McCain's VP: Gov. Palin is chosen

[Shawn.L]

video from the McCain campaign:

http://www.johnmccain.com/Convention/PalinVideo.htm

[Swarner793]

Originally Posted by J8300

The funny part was the bump from women, which is the opposite of what some here predicted. Maybe it was just because of his speech, but it was after Palin was announced as the running mate.

The real funny part actually is giving any credit to the polls. My wife and I are both Gallup Panel members, most the time they do not get straight answers. So, I do a little Social Engineering on my terms. Most of the folks I know that interact with pollsters just fool with them anyway. It is silly that news organization make news (by conducting the poll or having a vendor conduct the poll) and then report on it as if it is news, simply silly I say We will see where your clairvoyant polls come in when it is time to have everyone cast their vote in the privacy of the Polling Place.

Be safe (and manipulative).

Scott

[J8300]

Originally Posted by Swarner793

The real funny part actually is giving any credit to the polls. My wife and I are both Gallup Panel members, most the time they do not get straight answers. So, I do a little Social Engineering on my terms. Most of the folks I know that interact with pollsters just fool with them anyway. It is silly that news organization make news (by conducting the poll or having a vendor conduct the poll) and then report on it as if it is news, simply silly I say We will see where your clairvoyant polls come in when it is time to have everyone cast their vote in the privacy of the Polling Place.

Be safe (and manipulative).

Scott

lol

Yes we will see, hopefully Ron with 60 million votes

be safe yourself

[Swarner793]

Originally Posted by J8300

lol

Yes we will see, hopefully Ron with 60 million votes

be safe yourself

I am not so far from your position, I just do not have the constitution to follow through with it, I admire your optimism. I did vote for him in the primary.

One shortcoming I have, of many, is I am a no-frill realist, I have always viewed it as half a glass.

Let us all be safe.

Scott

[deputy]

Some oF the guys from the squad wEre sitting around and talking some politics. What I heard maDe me ill. About 9 out of 10 guys feel that the democrats are going to take office. Palin is just what we needed, but unfortunately the mainstream people are not getting past the "Messiah."

[adymond]

Originally Posted by J8300

Nothing. Thats why I started a separate paragraph.

If you want to know her connections to Stevens "google it like everyone else."




The funny part was the bump from women, which is the opposite of what some here predicted. Maybe it was just because of his speech, but it was after Palin was announced as the running mate.

I have always supported the idea of innocence being assumed until proof of guilt is shown. The burden of proof should be on those making alligations. I'm not too interested in polls, but I think 36% is higher than McCain was polling with women in general previously.

[5711-Marine]

Newt Gingrich on Palin's Experience

[adymond]

Can you paraphrase? I don't have speakers on my work computer.

[Pector55]

Originally Posted by adymond

Can you paraphrase? I don't have speakers on my work computer.

Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, Example 4, Now tell me what Obama has done... <crickets> Back to the studio Chuck.

[5711-Marine]

This is even better. Obama cites experience running his campaign as executive experience that prepared him for the Presidency.



She Is a Small-Town Mayor. She Is Not — Repeat, Not — the Governor of Alaska. [Byron York]

In an interview of Barack Obama last night, CNN's Anderson Cooper mentioned Sarah Palin's experience as a small-town mayor and as governor of Alaska. Obama, hewing to his campaign's talking points, ignored the governor part:

COOPER: And, Senator Obama, my final question — your — some of your Republican critics have said you don't have the experience to handle a situation like this. They in fact have said that Governor Palin has more executive experience, as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state of Alaska. What's your response?

OBAMA: Well, you know, my understanding is, is that Governor Palin's town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We have got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month.

So, I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute, I think, has been made clear over the last couple of years. And, certainly, in terms of the legislation that I passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina of how we handle emergency management, the fact that many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place as we speak, I think, indicates the degree to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.

Just for the record, Alaska's FY2008 operating budget is $11.2 billion, and the state employs approximately 15,000 people. Those certainly aren't huge numbers in federal terms, but they're a good bit bigger than the Obama campaign.