Regarding Palin - I’m not surprised at all, didn’t you know, Republicans have all the hot political candidates, see here.

Come on, admit the real reason you favor Sarah Palin.

It’s because she’s hot, right?

I’ve gotten so used to seeing hot, sexy women on the TV and cable news shows I almost want McCain to be elected too, just so I can see her every day. I wonder if she’s even sexier when she’s angry. Can we have a Vice Presidential debate that include a swimsuit competition?

But in all seriousness, I do have one thing of substance to say…

There’s a reason why your numbers come up almost evenly. It’s because both candidates are overall, quite similar. That said, while I will vote for Obama, I don’t think he’s that much different from McCain. The truth is, if Obama was really an agent of change, he wouldn’t be running as a Democrat, he’d be running as a Green. And if McCain was really a maverick, he wouldn’t go anywhere near the Republican Party, and would instead be running as a Libertarian.

For crying out loud man, she was in favor of the big socialization of the banking industry with 700 billion for bankers that made bad decisions and should pay for their own errors. We’ll be more communist than China. Is this the kind of reform you’re looking for?

Regarding Palin…the main thing I like about her was this: “If she were to become VP, and maybe one day President, I believe she has a real chance of reforming the Republican party and bringing it closer to its roots of middle class and everyday working people, bringing a further divide from the elitism of the Democratic party”

It is her reforming mentality that I think can bring real strength to the party now and well into the future. Her middle class background and social views (abortion, guns, etc) strengthen that view and appeals to me at a deeper level (Yes, in some way, probably because I lean Republican).

And you know I’m not supporting Obama.

It’s important to keep in mind that Palin is the VP pick, NOT the presidential pick. This is fundamental to my analysis above.

Granted, again, she doesn’t know alot - but that does not mean she can’t learn, or more importantly be able to handle significantly more years from now if she were to have to step in as president.

What I am saying is that what we know of her NOW does not say otherwise. And one can make the argument that it points in the positive direction. She did fine as mayor and was doing fine as governor.

You support a relatively untested candidate for president yet you have a problem with me supporting a relatively untested candidate for VP? Who is being the partisan one here? Certainly not me.

Sure, Obama now understands economics and foreign policy better…but he has had a year or so to catch up. I can find you article after article of his early gaffes on economics and foreign policy (see for example here and here) where he said stuff he wouldn’t dare to say now - months and months after talking it over with his economic advisors. Why not assume the same with Palin? Especially when we have a stronger record of her past and she has done just fine up to now (see here)?

If we can allow Obama, the truly inexperienced untested candidate to be president of the United States and finish learning on the job, then I don’t see why it would be problematic to do the same for Palin as Vice President.

Atleast with Palin, she knows enough to know when to shut up…not so with Biden, see here, and Biden is supposed to be Obama’s “Foreign Policy Expert”.

My aunt Madeline is neither an intellectual, nor an elite, nor a liberal. As best I can tell, that qualifies her for Vice President by the reasoning of some.

What are my Aunt Madeline’s positions on torture, admission of Georgia into NATO, or nuclear energy? Heck if I know. And I don’t know Palin’s either!

Why do you say she has good instincts? She doesn’t do press conferences, so we hardly know much about her views. She now has done two interviews and one infomercial with Hannity. The latest completely exposes her as ignorant. Have you seen the Couric interview? Even conservatives are calling for her to step down. She’s that bad. See here (in an article spiked on foxnews).

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6438

Obama’s statement about guns and religion is true. Poor people get stepped on and it drives them to guns and religion. That’s what he meant. I listened to the whole context of the clip. His statement is accurate. It’s being spun in a negative way, and if anything shows that he poorly stated something as John Kerry did (for it before he was against it). But this is a problem for him and not Palin because he actually does interviews. He actually takes questions. Reporters traveling with him are allowed to question him. Not so for Palin, so one would think she would make fewer gaffe’s. Then you watch one of her rare interviews and she makes up for lost time.

I think you just like Republicans and not Democrats, and this is why Palin is good and Biden is bad. Biden is fine if you are a wishy washy on the war Democrat. He’s tested, experienced, smart, and holds good enough positions (if you are a Democrat). If you are a Republican you like Palin on the positions she holds (especially abortion) and that’s about it. She’s not great on economics. Doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Supported the biggest joke earmark going (bridge to nowhere). A degree in journalism which required her to attend multiple schools before she acquired it. Wouldn’t you prefer a smart, qualified person? I think Bush’s Cheney pick was smart. McCain has picked someone that brings very little to the table. And check the latest tracking polls. I think this pick is backfiring.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html