On Aug 31, 8:00 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
well, you're easy to convince. A wife and a plane, THAT's the way to go.
hmmm.

And, don't forget, McCain's wife owns a beer distribution company...

:-)

Seriously, however, all of Obama's talk about "Hope & Change" (whatever that
means) seemed to go out the window when he selected "More of the Same" Biden
as his running mate. Until then, he seemed like the real maverick in the
race.

McCain's selection of Governor Palin, on the other hand, represents a bold
new direction, while also harkening back to the "pre-RINO days" (RINO=
"Republican In Name Only" -- the idiots who were elected as Republicans, and
then abandoned all of their principles the moment they hit Washington) of
the Republican party.

She's fiscally conservative (thank goodness), pro-family without being
sickeningly uber-religious, well educated, well spoken, and is comfortable
in front of cameras. That's called a "home run" in politics, and McCain
showed (for at least this moment) a true stroke of leadership genius when he
took this very risky step.

Also, despite what you say about her politics being different than
Hillary's, I think she may sway a lot of women voters, for two reasons:

1. There *are* a lot of single-issue voters, and being a woman is a big
reason they will vote for her.

2. A lot of women HATED Hillary. There was no "middle ground" with
Hillary -- you either loved her, or hated her, and I know just as many women
who despised her as loved her. Palin, on the other hand, seems to be
well-liked by all women, at least so far.


That was my thinking too, until it turned out she was a Buchnan
supporter and seriously anti-abortion.

Now I don't know any Hillary-ites but I doubt that many of them would
shoot themselves in the gender foot by voting for a woman whose views
are so divergent from those represented by Hillary.