this sums it up for me

[rone]

dennisperrin:

Like so many liberals, numerous reactionaries appear to believe that Obama's not a willing servant of capital and empire, but that he harbors a secret self, saying what he must in order to be elected.  Come Inauguration Day, the Real Obama emerges, which for liberals is a progressive patriot channeling FDR, and for right wingers, a treasonous surrendercrat, wiping Iranian and North Korean asses with Old Glory.

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has mccain thrown the election?

[(Anonymous)]

John McCain, to the chagrin of his party, threw a gutterball when he selected that ridiculous creature from Alaska as his running mate. The Senator from Arizona who - for better or worse - can't tell a Baptist from a snake-handler, doesn't know what he has on his hands. Mayor Palin belongs to the "Dominionist" movement, a cult whose "support" for Israel is highly suspect (the Jews must be gathered in Israel for the Coming of Christ, who will then "perfect" them as Christians). We'd likewise be interested in her position vis-a-vis the infamous 13th forgery known as "Revelation 2:9." McCain's obvious ignorance of these matters has alienated a sizable portion of both the Orthodox and Reform Jewish communities. He had a clear opportunity to nominate the young congressman from Richmond, Eric Cantor, but chose instead to align himself with the sketchy Governor from Alaska, a lady who once tried to ban the teen classic "I Capture the Castle" from her local library. McCain's choice wasn't simply an insult to Jews, but to thoughtful Gentiles as well. Let's hope that he realizes his error before it's too late.

Cordially,
Matthew Anger

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It's my opinion that it is exactly because of all of this that she was selected as McCain's running mate. In fact, in many ways, she was the best possible selection, and still is. Yes, she's a total Jesus freak, and all of the willful ignorance that entails. She's much younger than McCain, which she hasn't had that much time to accumulate baggage (in theory, anyway). She is a woman, and an attractive one as well (attractiveness always helps, but i'm not going as far as some of the moronic, misogynist VPILF people are). All these things help bring in many Republican voters who aren't fond of McCain.

As for your last sentence:
1) Republicans haven't been in the business of admitting mistakes for at least the last couple of decades.
2) Replacing Palin would cost them more votes than it would gain them.
3) Who the hell would replace her? The invisible Tom Ridge? Another neophyte governor like Pawlenty? Don't even suggest Jindal, a non-white Catholic, or Lieberman, a non-Republican Jew. The GOP would never vet those two. Eric Cantor? The GOP loves talking about and supporting Israel, but it's just lip service. They won't nominate a Jewish veep for a long, long time.

If you think the Palin choice was a gutterball and an insult, it is, but you're not the person whose vote they were hoping to court. God knows i was less than thrilled with the choice of Biden, but so what? I'm not thrilled with Obama, either. I'll look at my options and cast my vote accordingly. I stopped moaning about these things the day i threw up in my mouth after voting for Kerry.