Inside Info: McCain Seriously Considering Sarah Palin For VP?
I have to say, not a bad idea…
“…In many ways, Palin is an ideal choice: a governor, a woman, a conservative, a Christian, a budget-cutting fiscal hawk known for opposition to pork-barrel projects. And even as Alaska governor who favors drilling in ANWR…”
A tipster tells Wizbang’s Kevin Aylward that Arthur Culvahouse — who is heading up McCain’s vice presidential search team — is in Alaska:
…There’s only one reason he would be there - to meet with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin about the Vice President position.
This comes on the heels of McCain’s Memorial Day weekend barbecue attended by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, former White House budget director Rob Portman, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman. Supposedly that was in informal affair, not a vetting session, but it appears that the VP selection game is very much afoot.
(Wizbang)
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She’s pretty. I bet she is smart too. Certianly the best looking in the bunch.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:33 pmdefinitely the best looking of the bunch.
i saw a t-shirt that cracked me up. it has her picture, then says Sarah Palin. G.I.L.F
http://images.cafepress.com/product/133832122v6_240×240_Front_Color-LightPink.jpg
May 29th, 2008 at 1:42 pmMIght be too green still for VP, but shes hot, smart, and conservative. I’d pick her.
On another note, its a shame that there are so few good, legitimate Governors to choose from for McCain.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:45 pmThis would be a brilliant move by McCain. This would immediately put the energy issue on the table as Alaska needs and desires the high pay, long term jobs and cheaper gas and oil.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:47 pmAll Americans can appreciate someone that has and will cut government spending.
G.I.L.F
May 29th, 2008 at 1:47 pmL.M.A.O.
SOC, she ain’t pretty, she’s pretty hott! She also is a former beauty queen and has not given up her femininity to become a politician.
She is an interesting possibility although I don’t know much about her.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:50 pmKinda takes the bite outta the gripe over Obambi’s inexperience though dontcha think?
May 29th, 2008 at 1:50 pmFinally the Republican party is making a smart move. Finally.
May 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pmhttp://www.nndb.com/people/845/000118491/
May 29th, 2008 at 2:46 pmThis woman just had I think her fourth or fifth child while Governor, it being born with some form of birth defect that could have been avoided with an abortion, which she rejected, going to please the pro-lifers, and she is filing suit over the polar bears being placed on the endangered species list, and I have a sneaking suspicion that she may not buy into all of this Globull Whining.
I am definitely taking a wait and see approach but not a bad possibility, I’ll vote Jindal for president after he sorts out that mess years of inept management and corruption has wreaked on the citizens of Louisiana.
May 29th, 2008 at 3:06 pmShe also wants to drill more in Alaska!
I like the idea of her being VP. It’d also be ultimate middle finger to the hajjis who hate women!
May 29th, 2008 at 3:19 pm*gasp* An actual conservative republican on the republican ticket?! OMG! It just might make the mccain bitter pill a little sweeter.
May 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pmGILF - I’m rolling
May 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pmPalin won’t be picked by McCain because it makes sense. She also won’t be backed by feminist women who a woman President or Vice-President because she is conservative.
This ticket would give Nobama a run for his money.
May 29th, 2008 at 3:53 pmThis woman just had I think her fourth or fifth child while Governor, it being born with some form of birth defect that could have been avoided with an abortion, which she rejected, going to please the pro-lifers,
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Down Syndrome …
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/05/20/omission-watch-pro-life-alaska-governor-has-down-syndrome-baby
As the parent of a DS child myself, I would be honored to have her as VP …
May 29th, 2008 at 4:16 pmI don’t think her inexperience would be much of a hindrance to the McCain. The experience argument is about the President, and mainly about foreign affairs experience. The VP slot would deal mainly with domestic issues, which Palin would have no problem with being a Governor and all. I think she’d be a great selection, and it would even allow me to vote for McCain with less of a lump in my conservative throat.
May 29th, 2008 at 4:24 pmThis is a great idea! Especially when compared to Obama who must pick some dim-witted empty suit VP because he will not share the stage with anyone of stature. John McCann is not afraid and does not scare easily. Gov. Palin overturned the Republican machine in Alaska and then crushed the democrat opposition. She would make a hell of a VP or even Commander and Chief if necessary. This would let me vote for McCann without holding my nose.
May 29th, 2008 at 4:57 pmAnyone find a good source for where she stands on the issues?
May 29th, 2008 at 5:05 pm“I don’t think her inexperience would be much of a hindrance to the McCain….”
Yep. It would. Thought about it and like her alot but both her and Jindal take the ‘lack of experience’ argument against Obambi away from MAC.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:23 pmI disagree. Alaska needs her more then MacNasty.
For MacNasty she’d only be a window dressing to be ignored once elected; She’s conservative & he’s liberal.
Lets face it the Kommiecrats win this election no matter what. Lets save out future stars for better times when they won’t be tarnished by that idiot senator (pick one).
Romney might have influence with his economic abilty but Macnasty is too stupid to listin & too stupid to pick him. Conservatives and even some replublicans are dropping out of this election and spending the day getting drunk…
May 29th, 2008 at 5:34 pm“Lets face it the Kommiecrats win this election no matter what.”
Yep.
May 29th, 2008 at 6:50 pmTroll.
I don’t see what she brings to the ticket. Sort of like a Dan Quale. Safe, but no candidate for the next time around. Need someone who can be the candidate next time. Need a leader. She just had her 5th or 6th kid. That’s the priority. Sorry.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:49 pmJeff, Google “Draft Sarah Palin for Vice President” and you can find out where she stands on the issues and links to other blogs, YouTube videos, etc.
Boo Boo, she gave birth to her 5th child on April 18th. These children not only have an excellent mother, but SURPRISE, SURPRISE — they also have a very involved FATHER who is just as capable of caring for the children as Sarah. Her husband, Todd, is a hottie too. He’s a very manly man and a three time champion of the Iron Dog race - the longest, toughest snowmachine race in the world.
The media will have a feeding frenzy with all the stories they can write about Sarah and her family.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:20 pmAnd, here’s an important piece of advice: If it looks like it’s going to be McCain/Palin anyway (and that should be a “no brainer” for Team McCain), McCain should announce NOW or VERY SOON, rather than later towards the convention. There’s currently a growing chorus for Obama/Hillary (as VP) ticket (in fact the Dems are likely aware of the Palin phenomenon). If the GOP waits while movement for Hillary as VP grows — even worse until after it is solidified that Hillary will/could be VP pick — selecting Palin will be portrayed by Dems/liberal media more as a reaction by GOP selecting its own female (overshawdoing Palin’s own remarkable assets), rather than McCain taking the lead on this. Selecting Palin now or early (contrary to the punditocracy) will mean McCain will be seen as driving the course of this campaign overwhelmingly, and the DEMS will be seen as merely reacting. And, there’s absoultely no down-side to this because even if Hillary is a no-go as VP for Obama, the GOP gains by acting early. McCain the maverick. Palin the maverick. Do it now!
There’s no reason, and actually substantial negative, in McCain waiting to see what the Dems do first insofar as his picking Palin as VP, because, no matter who Obama picks, Palin is by far (and I mean far) the best pick for McCain and the GOP, especially in this time of GOP woes. The GOP can be seen as the party of real ‘change’ (albeit I hate that mantra, change, change, bla bla), while not really having to change from GOP core conservative values, which Palin more than represents.
In light of the current oil/energy situation, as well as the disaffected female Hillary voters situation, and growing focus on McCain’s age and health, Palin is more than perfect — now.
(Perhaps Team McCain is already on to this.)
June 1st, 2008 at 10:35 amThere’s been noted buzz of late on rising GOP star Louisiana Gov Bobby Jindal as a McCain prospective Veep. Certainly Jindal is more than very good, However, I believe there’s some “strategerie” going on here. The “real” beneficiary of the Jindal talk is the other rising GOP star, Alaska Gov Sarah Palin. Palin’s got everything that Jindal has (new/exciting, wildly popular, ethics and spending reformer, core conservative etc.) and more — mother of 5 w/remarkable bio, she’s 8 yrs older than Jindal, Alaska energy issue, and set to garner the disenfranchised female Hillary voter (I don’t believe Dem leaders can dump Obama).
Getting Jindal’s name out first — at Team McCain’s BBQ for instance — sets the stage for the obvious choice, Palin. For example, albeit Rush Limbaugh introduced Palin’s name, and later Jindal’s as good Veep choices, of late Rush has been praising the name of Jindal while on his very same shows discussing at great length the frustrated female Hillary voter and the global warming hysteria/need for energy development, without mentioning Palin’s name as the obvious beneficiary of those two issues. Rush walks a fine line, introducing Palin, yet can’t, at least yet, reiterate much, knowing that his praises may be counter-productive to many a swing, moderate and/or formerly Dem voter (who’s against Obama and switching to McCain). Moreover, while I feel that Palin has more real accomplishment, experience and qualification than Obama (and Hillary combined, albeit w/Obama the bar is pretty low), the only potential argument against Palin is she’s a newbie to the national scene. By having Jindal out there first as a VP prospect “passing” the “experience” and “new to the national scene” test, implicitly passes Palin as well. (For that matter Palin’s got as much if not more experience and accomplishment than Florida Gov Crist who’s only been Gov for 2 yrs — and the media has been touting Crist as a VP prospect.)
That’s my thinking at least.
June 1st, 2008 at 10:37 amBottom line, with Palin as VP, McCain WINS.
Without Palin, McCain likely does not win.
Case closed.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:10 pmSarah Palin for Vice-President… Because America Needs a Spanking… I’ve got it on a coffee mug I bought online.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pmhttp://www.cafepress.com/sarah_palin_vp
It IS Palin- and the emerging, standard Dem spin that her lack of experience knocks the experience issue out of the campaign is hooey.
In case our friends of the asinine persuasion haven’t noticed it, we nominated the one with no experience for VICE president.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:51 amI’d give her a drilling in her wilderness.
August 29th, 2008 at 8:47 pm