primitives tell us who McCain's running mate's going to be

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6584186

Oh my.

How interesting, the primitives knowing things even professional Republicans don't know.

TheWraith  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:19 PM
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So who's McCain's VP going to be?
   
I think everybody's missing something: McCain doesn't have a really good VP option. Not one that helps him all over, at any rate. The major choices:

Charlie Crist is probably gay, and would only further turn off the religious right.

Mitt Romney is considered a cultist by the evangelical voters, and would also anger them.

Mike Huckabee has become something of a national joke, and even if he comes back from that, he's too much voltage on the bottom of the ticket: a VP choice better and more likeable than the presidential candidate.

Haley Barbour: one of the better choices, but he's still weak nationally and doesn't

Matt Blunt: Too young.

Bobby Jindal: brown skin, which is a non-starter for the Repub base.

Tim Pawlenty: What I'd call the most likely candidate, at this point. No major downsides I can see.

Sonny Perdue: Too old.

Rick Perry: Talk about tethering yourself to the Bush legacy.

Mark Sanford: Not obnoxiously "Christian" enough for the religious right.

wienerdoggie  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:26 PM
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1. You left off Eric Cantor, who's been thrown out there as a possibility.
   
They're hoping for VA and Jews, with that one. Sanford blew it with his 20-second brain fart on national TV with Wolf Blitzer--he's toast. Jindal is 10 years younger than Obama--he was never a serious contender. Haley Barbour is a lobbyist--too much material to attack, there. Crist is a no-go for the reason you mentioned. Perry dropped off the radar when Rudy Giuliani did. Huckabee is indeed a national joke. Sarah Palin--younger than Obama, not much experience, under investigation for an improper firing, and also has a brand new baby with disabilities, no way is she ready to step in and be Preznit if McNutz goes belly-up or strokes out in office. Carly Fiorina--I mean, really, what is she known for besides business? Yeah, I think it's Pawlenty, Cantor, Ridge, or Mittens.

Quixote1818  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:34 PM
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4. My money is on Romney.

StevieM  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:37 PM
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5. I think it will be Sarah Palin

TheWraith  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:42 PM
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9. Nah. No way McCain picks a woman.
   
Even putting aside the fact that in his formative years women were only "qualified" to be nurses and teachers, he doesn't need to piss off the Republican base any more than it is. He needs a lily-white male who's liked by the evangelicals.

nsd  Donating Member  (615 posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:45 PM
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11. It won't be Palin.
   
She's only been governor for 1.5 years. McCain is going to try to make Obama's experience an issue. He's not going to pick someone who has even less.

Also, Palin had a new baby in April. I doubt she's anxious or ready to hit the campaign trail.

Lucky 13  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:47 PM
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14. She is WAY too good for that...
   
She was elected Governor while I was still living in Alaska. I think she is too "anti-machine" for the mainstream Republican party. She has put her foot down to the oil companies and screwed them out of a major gas pipeline deal and they are PISSED.

I just don't see them being ok with her being on the ticket. And god knows if the oil companies don't want something, it ain't gonna happen.

Not to mention the fact that I don't think SHE'd be ok with it. She represents the last of the Republicans with a conscience and I don't see her tying herself to this loser.

Another issue is that she has like 4 or 5 kids including an infant with Down Syndrome, a husband with a lucrative job up on the slope... and they LOVE Alaska. I don't see her wanting to leave Alaska... ever.

Not to mention, she doesn't really bring anything to the ticket for McCain except being female. In the governors race, the argument was that she was not nearly qualified to be GOVERNOR because her prior experience consisted of being mayor of Wasilla or something like that. (Wasilla is a small town north of Anchorage.)

Anyway, take away her stance on social issues and it's HARD not to like her. She's a looker too.

Lucky 13  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:39 PM
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7. Elderly rage-aholic seeks assistant...
   
Rumor has it a bunch of the folks listed have already said no. Who would want to tie themselves on to that sinking ship? These people are worried about keeping their CURRENT jobs in this climate of anti-Rethuglicanism.

I suggest he put an ad in the Penny-Saver and see what kind of response he gets:

"Elderly rage-aholic seeks Assistant. Ideal candidate: non-ancient white male lacking conscience or morals. Must have experience sucking corporate dick. Must be able to relate to and manipulate Christian fundamentalists. Closet homos with wide-stance welcomed! Federal minimum wage to start. No benefits. Position may eventually be outsourced to India."

BlueDogDemocratNH  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 12:52 PM
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18. Rob Portman
   
Former OHIO congressman and White House budget director. And did I mention he's from OHIO?

Tim Pawlenty is the other likely pick.

Romney? McCain can't stand him, and he has that air of insufferable rich white asshole douchebaggery.

Huckabee? Too goofy.

Perry? Too much of a lightweight.

Crist? If McCain needs him to take Florida, he's in big trouble, and the gay rumors will be a distraction.

Hutchison? An outside possibility, but McCain's current team seems to be a play-it-safe bunch.

Palin? Even more of a stretch than Hutchison. Picking a first-term governor of a state largely inhabitted by polar bears and oil workers sort of undercuts the experience meme.

Gato Moteado  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 01:11 PM
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20. would he consider giuliani?

Gato Moteado  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-04-08 01:11 PM
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21. and what about lieberman?

franksolich on the other hand knows for sure, knows for a certainty, that Barry "Goldwater" Obama's going to pick a running mate the primitives Hate, and when that announcement comes, my fellow alum Skins is going to have to put Skins's Island on DefCon6 or DefCon7, or whatever it is.

[Lord Undies]

The Obama campaign is so out of touch with itself and so out of sync with the public, and since the wheels are falling off His Golden Chariot, you maybe surprised how liberal the pick will be.  To date, the campaign has not made wise choices.  I don't see that changing.

[Chris_]

Yeah, that  Condi Rice chick is just serving coffee -- and the highest-ranking brown-skinned (D) Cabinet appointment was?????  And our attempts to draft Colin Powell were because we don't like brown skin.

Thank God for Jindal -- when McCain finishes his 8 years, we will Jindal as inoculation against hussein's 2nd try.  Jindal has standards and intelligence.  He is more than his skin color, which is more we can say about hussein "they is scared of me, them whiteys is" messi-uh.

Got projection much you bunch of racist pukes?

[Chris_]

The Obama campaign is so out of touch with itself and so out of sync with the public, and since the wheels are falling off His Golden Chariot, you maybe surprised how liberal the pick will be.  To date, the campaign has not made wise choices.  I don't see that changing.

I can't wait for them to go negative.  Attacking an elder statesmen who literally suffered and is still feeling pain from his service to his country will be a real winner.

husseiin played his only card on a side play and COULDN'T MAKE THE TRICK!!  The card is now useless and the early attempts to attack McCain by proxy backfired big time.

Things are shaping up -- now my advice to McCain: STAY ON MESSAGE!!! DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW+ECONOMIC WOES STARTED IN 2006!!!