Posted on 08/29/2008 1:43:04 PM PDT by Zakeet
A leading House Democrat said Friday John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a "risky" move that could ultimately prove disastrous to the Republican prospects in November.
Meanwhile, a top Senate Democrat said the pick is a "Hail Mary pass" and a "roll of the dice," in what is the initial reactions from McCain's rival party.
Speaking to South Carolina ETV Radio, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn likened the choice of Palin to Walter Mondale's choice of Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and George H.W. Bush's pick of Dan Quayle in 1988. Both picks — relatively unknown political figures at the time — generated initial excitement but were ultimately deemed poor choices by many political observers.
"I think (her selection) would be something similar to Dan Quayle — Dan Quayle proved to be sort of an embarrassment as a campaigner, being thrust on a national stage like that could be very tough," Clyburn said. "Now Mondale tried to shake things up by going with Geraldine Ferraro, she proved to be a disaster as a running mate. And as a campaigner, she was absolutely awful."
"And so I just think that it is very risky for McCain to do this, but it may be all he has left," Clyburn also said.
In an issued statement, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Palin is significantly mismatched to Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden and said the prospect of her becoming president is "troubling."
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Well, I guess Im your typical white male pig; She is a major league hottie! She shoots, has kids, she’s hot, she is from a state where words and rhetoric mean exactly nothing, she’s hot, and I think it was a brilliant move. And the biggest plus is she’s hot!
I said it on another thread, “The DEMONS really got their hair on fire now” I smell fear! BinLiden the BLOWHARD vs Palidin I’ll blow you away!
Thank you, I was responding off top of my head, (pinhead bump) you are correct I missed Pro NRA.
LOL must think b/4 posting,freepers always point out errors, as they should
“I smell fear in the liberals.’
Saw Wolfie on CNN a few minutes ago. His face registered a combination of fear, confusion and panic.
Palin Positives:
Intelligent
Executive experience
Pro American
Pro military
Pro family
Pro Life
Pro energy independence
Fiscal conservative
Not Obamba
Not Biden
Palin Negative
Not at top of the ticket
I believe they just berated Obama recently for his very traditional old politic selection of a Washington Insider, lecturing that he should have chosen someone inline with his theme of “Change” in this campaign.
In otherwords, McCain just did what Obama failed to do. He took a risk, chose a candidate with a Maverick reputation of her own, and he chose someone to appeal to those in the base while Obama rejected Hillary from consideration.
And they are mad, frustrated, scared and disappointed.
Let's see - troubling as potential POTUS, what about hillary wasn't troubing and she has less experience? Will they dare go after her as a woman? I don't think so....
Yea, they are squealing like stuck pigs—that means they are really afraid. I betcha they wanted Joe Lieberman...
I don’t understand why the choice here is to either love or hate everything about this pick just becasue McCain is the Republican candidate. Of course we’re all happy he chose Palin- she was the most conservative realistic possibility, and this is a conservative forum. That doesn’t mean that experience isn’t a real issue.
There has been a lot of discussion about this pick here over the last few weeks, and her inexperience in relation to other conservatives was one of the primary reasons many posters said they preferred someone else. So now that she’s the actual pick, all of those concerns go away? If someone said yesterday that Thompson has “zero experience” becasue he has never held a state or federal executive position or that Palin has tons of foreign policy experience because of the relative geography of Alaska, they would have been laughed off of these boards.
Why can’t we concede that Palin is indeed pretty inexperienced for this job but still support her becasue her stances on the issues outweigh that?
RE: your posted photo of Hillary!
1. OWW!!! My eyes!!!
2. I’m generally against cosmetic surgery. But in this case, it
should be done to make the world a more beautiful place.
Yeah, for the DEMS it could be a disaster
Fortune favors the bold, Barry.
could be a disaster
For them.
“Saw Wolfie on CNN a few minutes ago. His face registered a combination of fear, confusion and panic.”
Good!
as long as you take liberties with post and not me.
LOL
“Sen. Chuck Schumer said Palin is significantly mismatched to Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden”
...amd Senator chuckie is significantly mismatched to an IQ!
Sarah is hot, Hillary is not.
12. Can skin a moose with a pocket knife.
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