McCain picked the Gov of Alaska to be his running mate, WTF?!?!?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_veepstakes

So we've got:

Democrats:
President: Obama no experience
Vice Pres: Biden lots of experience

Republicans:
President: McCain lots of exp
Vice Pres: Palin less exp than Obama

Since McCain is old and since old people have tendancy to die, Palin could be president. I don't know what I think about this development....

Edit: I had the state wrong and I said lieutenant gov, not Gov.

Nope, there's never been a female vice president. Geraldine Farro was the Democrat vice pres candidate back in 1984 I think, Mondale and her lost to Reagan/Bush.

I was hoping McCain would pick Lieberman...

How much less? Are we to take it that you care quite a bit about that?

"Could care less" > "Couldn't care less", so yes, Mark cares.

Only the ignorant ones. Oh wait, that's probably all of us. Ouch.

I haven't figured out the split between could care / couldn't care. It doesn't seem to be regional, but it is said both ways depending on the person.

You bet. That's what this is all about. It could be a great pick. In fact, he could have picked his 150 year old mother and gotten the same results. The feminist subset of Clinton supports are that ridiculous.

But that said, the hillbilly right might have problems with his pick because they don't want to see a woman in office. However, I doubt that will be a problem.

I thought he might try a south-western VP to keep Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico or a mid-western one to help with Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana. Both of those blocks of states will be critical to Obama if he cannot win Florida or Ohio.

But I guess this locks up Alaska's 3 electoral votes.

Obama has't been a Senator? Whats this crap I keep hearing about "Experience"?

Oh, I wonder if this Gov of Alaska has the criminal history of Ted Stevens (current Alaska senator iirc)? When they first said the "Gov of Alaska" I immediately thought he must have picked Ted, it would be so fitting for a Conservative to pick someone known to be in the pocket of big <insert favorite whipping boy here> and corrupt!

X-G: though at a certain point, to care any less you'd have to make effort, so "Could care less" could easily mean: "I could care less, but I don't want to bother"

McCain has said he would like to pick someone he feels comfortable with. This female VP pick has a reputation of a maverick also by bucking party lines. I think that was his main push for her. Running a close second would be the upset Hillary voters he is going to pick up. Many pundits have predicted that if McCain picked a woman, this show was basically over for BO. BO was basically on a sinking ship before and now a cannon ball just ripped into his ship as well.

"Obama hasn't been a Senator? Whats this crap I keep hearing about "Experience"?"

The big deal about the experience issue is that she is on the bottom of the ticket, not the top. Even with less experience Palin has experience that is more appropriate for the top job. She has had executive experience being a mayor and governor of a state. I assume she has not made deals with the likes of ayers or other various hate groups.

"I was really hoping Obama would pick Hillary. I could care less who McCain picks."

If Obama had picked her I think enough idiots would have swept them into office no matter how bad the consequences. This would be bad for america and republicans in the short run but would have been a great boon for the long term. It would remind another generation that Dems need to be kept far away from the main levers of power. The soccer mom mentality is good for raising a family but bad for running a country.

"Has there been a female vice-president before, or can we now be absolutely certain that at least one skin colour or gender glass ceiling will be broken on November 4?"

This is such a non issue. What is important is the continuing success of america. These elections are not about being the most PC, or atleast they should not be. Why not focus on who is best to lead the country perhaps and leave the skin color and sex thing at home.

Lets all hope a few old judges retire in the next four years so we can get rid of the liberal goof balls that are merely playing judge.

This is a good way to start off the day.

For the sake of rhetoric, I'll say that "I could care less" means there is no minimum limit to the amount of which I could care. My 'caring' efforts are less than whatever national, unsigned number you can think of.

Him: "I couldn't care less."
Me: "I could."

infinity minus one!

Ha Ha! Dangly Bits.

heh, I just saw the boss from Harvey Birdman (voiced by Stephen colbert) saying that!

Maybe a little. But McCain has totally reversed track on many of his own beliefs, infact, he's now against Bills of his own creation only because they werent exactly along party lines. He's turned into the GOP's puppet.

Obama has legislative experience, but no executive, which is what they complain about. One thing is to legislate and another to execute.

Well I've had time to let it sink in, and yep, I'd hit it... oh errr....

It was a masterful stroke by McCain though. He took the wind right out of the Democrats post convention sails. Palin appeals to the Republican base, her persona is tough as nails. All she has to do is not say anything too wrong between now and November. Biden has a reputation for placing his foot in his mouth so she shouldn't fare worse than that guy.

I have to say that my opinions are changing about Obama though. My main reservation against him was the Iraq occupation. Since it's looking like the thing is almost won, how much harm could he cause?

On the energy front I think Obama is much more likely to support some major legislation to push through building a power transmission corridor into the midwest (to get the wind energy to the coast) as Pickens Plan dictates.

Well, if I was considering voting for McCain before, I'm not anymore. The problem is that McCain is old, and old people tend to die at inopportune times. I really don't want a one-year governor from Alaska as president.

Do I sense irony?

I still want to know how you think an intelligent senator will harm the war.