| | John McCain has picked Alaska governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/29/mccain-to-name-running-mate-on-friday/
That's an interesting choice, and I think a very smart one. I'm not sure I agree with it, but it is smart. Palin has a much-touted (probably exaggerated, but whatever), record of fighting waste, she's extremely pro-life, and not least importantly, she's a woman. Call me sexist, but I personally know some Hillary supporters who were on her side solely because she lacks a Y chromosome, and they now have a very good reason to vote for McCain: Palin.
Plus, groups that are traditionally very outspoken on the Democratic side of things, particularly unions and feminists, now have no excuse to throw in publicly with the leftists in this race. I'm sure they will privately support Obama, and I'm sure the CNN Ministry of Truth won't even attempt to address it, but they're hamstrung in the public arena from the get-go.
Turns out this race might not be quite as Obamacentric as it seemed from the past year's coverage. NPR still throws his name out 4-to-1 or so when compared to McCain's, but it's NPR. Nobody listens to it that's not planning on voting straight Donkey anyway (or further left than that). Well, except my family, but we're all kinds of anomalous already.
Book update: 5 and 1/2 Dresden Files books read.
Last chance for this riddle:
Row 1: A E F H I K L M N T V W X Y
Row 2: B C D G J O P Q R S U
On which row does the letter Z belong? Why? |
| | Posted 8/29/2008 12:42 PM - 49 Views - 2 eProps - 5 comments
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