Palin and Clinton on SNL (sort of)

[maxiep]

If I were advising Obama, I'd have told him to pick Bill Richardson instead of Biden. No baggage, one of the true good guys in politics, fills all Obama's holes even better than Biden does, continues the nebulous "change" theme, etc.

Get out of my head!

Executive experience? Check. He is Governor of NM

Knowledge of energy policy? Check. He was Secretary of Energy.

Knowledge of Washington and how to get a bill through Congress? Check. He was a US Representative.

Shoring up the base? Check. He delivers the Latino vote and has blue-collar labor appeal

Changing the Electoral Map? Check. He delivers NM, CO, challenges AZ and brings NV.

I couldn't believe after being the first person to abandon Clinton he wasn't rewarded with the Veep slot.

 

[maxiep]

Maxiep -- Do you think McCain should have selected Lieberman? I would imagine you are not fond of Lieberman? I got to say Palin scares me, so I don't think I am voting for McCain.

I actually like Lieberman, as I'm supportive of the War on Terror, yet am a social libertarian. My issue with JL is his view of the role of government--he's too big government for me.

As for Palin, she scares me too. I generally like my candidates coming from governors, not senators or House members. The debates will go a long way to establishing my comfort level with her.

 

[maxiep]

Maxiep -- Do you think McCain should have selected Lieberman? I would imagine you are not fond of Lieberman? I got to say Palin scares me, so I don't think I am voting for McCain.

I would have preferred Giuliani or Romney. Tom Ridge would have also been fine. All three have shown they are effective leaders and Romney has the private sector experience I like. However, I don't think the Republican base would have supported Giuliani's social views (pro-choice, pro-gay marriage), Tom Ridge's pro-choice viewpoint and it's clear Romney wouldn't have delivered anything. Besides, McCain didn't like him.

The choice of Palin is a high beta pick. They must have seen something in their internal poll numbers that showed they needed to reshuffle the deck if they stood a chance of winning.

 

[Denny Crane]

Get out of my head!

Executive experience? Check. He is Governor of NM

Knowledge of energy policy? Check. He was Secretary of Energy.

Knowledge of Washington and how to get a bill through Congress? Check. He was a US Representative.

Shoring up the base? Check. He delivers the Latino vote and has blue-collar labor appeal

Changing the Electoral Map? Check. He delivers NM, CO, challenges AZ and brings NV.

I couldn't believe after being the first person to abandon Clinton he wasn't rewarded with the Veep slot.

He was also ambassador to the UN. Foreign policy experience? CHECK.

 

[Denny Crane]

The problem is that Hillary would have had to decline it, which would be embarrassing to McCain. What the Democrats are doing with the Clintons are holding them hostage. How? Chelsea has a bright political future and that's the chit the Democratic Leadership is using to keep the Clintons in line. In response, the Clintons are on a slow-down strike. They're "supporting" Obama, but only enough to not really help him much.

Hillary's best option is still for Obama to lose and to run for President in 2012. Democrats don't embrace their past losers, and losing this election would finish Obama.

I don't think he'd have publicly made the offer, it'd have been done in a smoke filled room.

 

[SodaPopinski]

Hillary: "I believe global warming is a man-made catastrophe."

Palin: "And I believe it's just Gwahd huggin' us clooosah."

LMAO.

-Pop

 

[Denny Crane]

Hillary: "I believe global warming is a man-made catastrophe."

Palin: "And I believe it's just Gwahd huggin' us clooosah."

LMAO.

-Pop

Isn't the first pretty factual and the 2nd a caricature?

 

[maxiep]

He was also ambassador to the UN. Foreign policy experience? CHECK.

Dammit! I changed the format in the middle of my paragraph to a list and foreign policy was next. Thanks for correcting my error.

 

[Denny Crane]

Dammit! I changed the format in the middle of my paragraph to a list and foreign policy was next. Thanks for correcting my error.

I'm mostly non-partisan and hate partisanship in general. I liked Reagan, and I liked Clinton, too.

Bill Richardson is one of the true good guys in politics with all the right motivations and seriously skilled. I think he was the most qualified candidate on either side. The next two best qualified were Romney and Rudy.

Three least qualified IMO were McCain, Clinton, Obama in that order (Obama least of the 3).

 

[maxiep]

I don't think he'd have publicly made the offer, it'd have been done in a smoke filled room.

That's true. And expecting Hillary Clinton to keep a secret that benefits her is like expecting Homer Simpson to turn down free beer. It would have made her a lot of friends in the Democratic Party if she let it be known she was offered the VP slot and turned it down.

 

[maxiep]

I'm mostly non-partisan and hate partisanship in general. I liked Reagan, and I liked Clinton, too.

Bill Richardson is one of the true good guys in politics with all the right motivations and seriously skilled.

He was the guy I wanted to emerge from the Democratic Primaries. From the Republican Primaries, I wanted Rudy Giuliani.

 

[Denny Crane]

That's true. And expecting Hillary Clinton to keep a secret that benefits her is like expecting Homer Simpson to turn down free beer. It would have made her a lot of friends in the Democratic Party if she let it be known she was offered the VP slot and turned it down.

Oddly, McCain was rumored to have talked to Kerry about being his running mate. These things could happen.

 

[maxiep]

Oddly, McCain was rumored to have talked to Kerry about being his running mate. These things could happen.

The difference is that McCain was considered to be the Republican version of Lieberman. The Clintons are now one of the core families of the Democratic Party.