September 4, 2008
I'd previously bet with a friend that Sarah Palin would step down from the ticket within 30 days. I have a few weeks to go, of course, but the chances of this happening are not nearly as strong in my view after her performance last night as they were on Sunday. I figured the baby stuff, corruption investigations, ethics investigations, lying about the bridge, rushed vetting by McCain and all the other things that make Palin a risky choice would end up with Palin stepping down for family reasons. The speech last night was going to be the deciding factor, at least the main one. If she nailed it, they'd try and keep her. But if she botched it, I expected the family issues would be the reason she'd take herself off the ticket. Instead, they've decided to fly the pregnant kids boyfriend to Minneapolis, put them all on-stage and will be using the baby story as a marketing tool. That's not what I was expecting, I figured they'd want the family stuff to be "off limits" as Obama has said it should be, but McCain apparently thinks it'll help them to use the kids as tools, so we've been seeing a lot of them. As a speaker, she did a fine job last night. But it is my hope that the negative tone will only appeal to the right-wing choir and will be a turn off for the majority of Americans. We'll have to wait and see.
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chet_larock (anonymous) says...
Exactly what I was thinking regarding the kids -- they're supposed to be off limits, but somehow it's ok to tout her son's impending deployment to Iraq, and how she will "be a friend" to other families with special needs kids? Which is it, off limits or not? I don't think it's "going after" the kids when legitimate questions regarding the implications her policy views have on the millions of other families who may be in similar situations.
September 4, 2008 at 10:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
chet_larock (anonymous) says...
...are being raised.Just finishing my thought. It was a great speech in terms of what it did for Republicans, and I pray that the Obama campaign will have the cajones to respond in kind.
September 4, 2008 at 10:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
El_Borak (Bill Hoyt) says...
If she could figure out how to get McCain off the ticket, I'd vote for her.
September 4, 2008 at 11:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
OnShakedown (Chris Tackett) says...
the daily show nailed the hypocrisy of their position about the kids: http://www.hulu.com/watch/33255/the-d...
September 4, 2008 at 2:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ladylaw (Terry Bush) says...
Oh yes, the font of all things wise and 100% accurate...a comedian. LOL. I wonder what the sage Jay Leno has to say on the topic......
September 5, 2008 at 12:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
godjilla (Jill Ensley) says...
Jon Stewart is more than a mere "comedian". I think he's proved that by now. Even so, since when is being funny mean you're exempt from making a valid point or pointing out hypocrisy. I'm sure you wouldn't like it if every time you made a good call we wrote it off based on your employment.
September 7, 2008 at 7:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
OnShakedown (Chris Tackett) says...
terry, it has little to do w/ stewart or comedy. it's the clips they show that tells the story. anyone with a tivo, a little memory and common sense can see the hypocrisy here and could put together this video. the point is that these tactics aren't used by actual journalists. and jay leno is an fool. we both know that.
September 8, 2008 at 1:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )