Comments on: Joe Trippi: Don't LOL At Sarah Palin

Democrats Risk Letting Their Guard Down By Dismissing McCain's VP Choice, CBS News Consultant Says

[oldertoo]

Joe, I think you''re absolutely right (and usually do). What I know of Palin tells me she''s charming and able to disarm and convince with superficial arguments. I''ve concluded that she was brought on the ticket to allow McCain to flip-flip on Alaska drilling because Palin makes a strong (yet also superficial) argument for it and it''s the only tread he''s gotten. Do not dismiss her, folks. She''s not stupid.

[antoniof123]

You know had the GOP put as much effort into running the government as they have in slinging mud and making excuses they would still be in power. But alas you can''t get a lepord to change its spots.

Moderation is the best way no one is truly unhappy except for the ultra wing nuts on both side maybe at most 20 percent of the people.

[samthetvcat]

---"Sarah Palin amplifies that part of the McCain brand, and helps to move McCain further from being identified with the Bush GOP, even while exciting some of the most conservative elements within it."---

Yeah, essentially McCain went right AND left at the same time. He''s not just taking on the ''change'' message, he''s taking on the ''8 more years of the same'' message - who here ever thought before of the GOP as being inclusive?

The very act of naming a woman isn''t just the message - with her comes the authority to speak about home and hearth, balancing work and family, etc. The dialogue coming out from the GOP side is completely new terrain . . .

[ioweign]

It is the top of the ticket that makes the calls...

Bush version 2.0

8 is Enough...

[jwrhea]

Palin earned a BS Journalism degree from an obscure college.

Contrast with Barack Obama''''s Columbia University and Harvard Law School.

We can''''t afford the Republicans'''' "Faith Based" governing.

Posted by smurfcrusher

And you trust that what a Harvard educated lawyer says, is really what he means. Your carrying the party loyalty a bit far when you get that close to a lawyer. And a *** good one at that. lol

[nishaboston]

Aprilabril let us know when you have escapled lala land. Like McCain really is going to fight curroption.

[aprilabril]

Excellent article. I agree completely, McCain can be a lot of things but stupid. Palin''s work shows how corrupt Biden has been for 30+ years he has been in the senate. Also, Palin''s experience shows Obama is completely out of place. If you feel afraid a woman of her experience and honesty will play second, then by no means can you accept an inexperienced in every sense Obama can lead the country.
People supporting Obama are falling in a deep pool of contradictions.
Obama chose a person to fill in his GAPS! His choice shows he feels inadequate and not ready. He chose a dad to stand behind him.
McCain can choose someone to support him and get things done, to fight corruption. Big difference!!
McCain/Palin 08

[nishaboston]

If this was one of Obama''s daughters pregnant at the age of 17 years you guys that are supporting Palin would be singing a different tune. Hypocrites!!!!

[vastr-wcon]

Who do you want as VP?

Joe Biden. The "cheney" to compensate for sweetie hussein''s gross inexperience; a plagiarizing expert who has stolen more words than Milton Berle (and he''s just as funny). Totally lacking in ethics, in his third-rate, mediocre law school Biden was only able to graduate 76th in a class of 85 - i.e., he was in the lowest 10.5%! Of course, while campaigning, he claimed falsely to have graduated in the "top half" of his class. A plagiarizer and a LIAR! As a politics-as-usual, 30+-year Washington parasite, Plagiarist-Joe never worked harder than in his efforts to kill bi-partisan legislation simply because it would have adversely affected the enormous income of his lobbyist son. Plagiarist-Joe is the poster-boy for all that is rotten in Washington. This choice illustrates the incredibly bad judgment of the Chicago Cretin.

Sarah Palin. A true political reformer who has cleaned-up one of the most politically corrupt states in the nation and who has shown a solid and unwavering commitment to ethical government. Palin is the antithesis of Plagiarist-Joe.

Tough choice? ----NOT!

(For the genetically low-IQ supporters of hussein: sorry about using all these adult words. Just so you''ll understand, "antithesis" means "opposite". Being a plagiarist is "bad" - not in sense of "good" but in the sense that going to jail for beating-up your old lady is "bad".)

[mitch5511]

Let''s face the real facts here.

The only reason Palin was chosen as McCain''s running mate is because of what she stands for. It sure wasn''t for her national credentials. She is a gun-toting mama with extreme right-wing beliefs. McCain is trying to energize the Republican base and attract women voters.

If he thinks it going to attract most of the Hillary women, he will be disappointed. Mainly because they are all smarter than he is and won''t fall for this little gimmick.