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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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

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.