John McCain’s campaign faces quite a dilemma.
Their running mate, Sarah Palin, has proven effective in electrifying crowds across the country. So much so, in fact, that she’s been outshining McCain, the Republican presidential candidate.
That alone’s enough to be worrisome – voters vote for the president, not the vice-president, and McCain’s lackluster public persona could become a handicap come November. But there’s further indication that the McCain camp may want to pull in Palin.
A St. Petersburg Times tally of undecided voters shows that Palin, a politico with fundamentalist tendencies, has negatively impacted some people’s opinion of McCain:
Five weeks ago, the St. Petersburg Times convened a group of Tampa Bay voters who were undecided about the presidential election. Their strong distrust of Barack Obama suggested it was a group ripe for John McCain to win over.
Not anymore. The group has swung dramatically, if unenthusiastically, toward Democrat Obama. Most of them this week cited the same reason: Sarah Palin.
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Of the 11 undecided voters participating in the discussion one recent evening at the Times – four Republicans, five Democrats, and two registered to no party – only two Republican men applauded the selection of Palin.Nobody had finalized a choice, but seven of the panelists said that McCain’s running mate selection had made them more likely to vote for Obama, and in several cases much more likely.
Eighty-year old veteran Donn Spegal says that he’s “frightened” of Palin, whom he equated with an “‘ideologue.” Full-time mother of five Philinia Lehr said she’s “offended” by the candidate, especially with regard to the “appalling” exploitation of her 17-year old pregnant daughter, Bristol.
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Florida’s an extremely important state and this anti-Palin attitude may be good for Democratic rival Barack Obama. The Senator from Illinois is currently within one or two points of John McCain, who leads with about 47% of Floridian voters.
Despite people’s hesitancy over Palin, the Alaska Governor drew thousands to a solitary campaign stop in the Sunshine State this weekend, with people waiting 90 minutes simply to park their cars.
Key
“People should not fear their governments, governments should fear their people.”
Way too often we forget that simple truth.
marco channing
Someone who believes in teaching creationism in school should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. This is the 21st Century, not the 19th.
And the fact that Palin made women pay for their own rape kits (at $1,500 a pop) and believes that teenage girls who are raped and impregnated by their father, brother, uncle or cousin should have the baby, will send women flocking to the Democratic ticket, which has Joe Biden–the man who got Domestic Violence legislation passed.
When it comes to Palin–be afraid, be very afraid.
michael
Alaskan Husky dog pulling a sled !
John
Every time I see a picture of her I can’t help but think of Matt Damon’s comments about this being something out of a bad Disney movie (Mrs. Smith goes to Washington? — no offense Frank Capra).
People need to get out and vote, because come January she could be President. McCain could pass at any time if you haven’t noticed.
CitizenGeek
I think Democrats should really focus in on Palin’s draconian anti-choice stance and Sen. Biden’s role in the Domestic Violence act. Lots of people said white women weren’t stupid enough to fall for McCain’s cynical ploy, but it turned out that they were. Democrats need to emphasise these points to win those voters back.
Jaroslaw
If the polls are any indication, it seems sad to me that a very significant portion of the Caucasian population won’t vote for an African American under any circumstances.
That said, it is beyond dispute that neither candidate is the cream of the crop in my opinion. But if Obama was White there would be no contest of who to vote for.
If elected John McCain will be the oldest president ever. Not to mention he & Sarah as part of the Republican philosphy oppose every kind of government program or tax cut to help working families. I can’t believe the nation as a whole is fixated on Guns & God and whether or not Obama is “elitist.” Which is the better candidate based on their POLICY statments and experience?
mark
If anyone is SO STUPID they’d hand Miss Wasilla the motherf*ckin codes to the nuclear arsenal…G*d help us all.
She’s more secretive than Cheney, dumber than Dubya, and VINDICTIVE towards political enemies, and rewards High School and Church CRONIES.
and she thinks her pipeline proposal is ordained by the Creator
Jaroslaw
Gosh Mark, “liking cows” is not sufficient qualifications for a high school buddy to be Dept. of Agriculture? You’re just a mean person.
Jimmy
How reckless is John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his VP. Dude is 72 a year old former POW that is in extremely BAD HEALTH. Odds are that he will die before his fisrt term is over. Also he is borderline senile. Look how he forgets things on the campiagn trail. I am so terrified that he might get elected.
It would the biggeest mistake in polictical history only second to the election of GEorge BUSH
CHURCHILL-Y
The only ones who’s dick shrivel up and fall off when they hear the name Sarah Palin are Obamatrons. Funny how they selectively choose a woman party hack to trash talk and say how frightened she is of Sarah while ignoring the thousands of women who feel more empowered and view her as making history for all of them. Lovely Obamatron media keep it up, “Could Help Obama”, denial is the last refuge for losers.
The hatred of some so called liberals feel for this woman never seizes to amaze me. From contradicting themselves concerning feminist ideals to attacking her children, her physical appearance, her humble all-American upbringing to attacking her husband and making accusations of incest. Do keep it up!
McCain ★ Palin ’08
michael
Churchhill- hatred is not always a bad thing. And in this case could keep the biggest piece of white trash this country has ever seen from being in the White House. America is circling the drain in all areas, well I am sure things are pretty much the same in the trailer park you reside in, but outside of that people are losing their homes, America is in massive debt and about to get into more to bail out failing corporations, no doubt operated by Republicans. I don’t expect to convert you, your to much of a simpleton, but I will use your idiotic statements to make rebuttals that keep others informed of the facts. The more posts I read from you the better I feel about my choice to vote for Obama. 2 months ago I was not going to even vote, but the stakes are bigger now, we may not even have a country in which to obtain Gay marriage if Grandaddy and his trailer park ho get in office.
polobear
People are starting to see her for what she truly is after the initial shock. Surely there are more qualified women in the republican party and this choice shows that John McCan’t will do anything to win this election. Instead of picking a qualified potential leader he chose one for shock value; bad judgement on his part. She better be boning up on her geography because she starts to sound like a parrot in her interviews.
Can’t wait for the debate
Sarah Barracuda meet Joey the Shark
Churchie if you are getting excited when you think about her maybe her prayers are working! Just PRAY the GAY AWAY
marco channing
Obama is climbing in every poll. Palin is dropping. It’s been 40 days since she’s given a press conference and she just banned reporter questions from her meeting with foreign leaders today (but she’s posing for photos). McCain said Monday that the fundamentals of the economy are strong, then the market crashed, so he changed his story and said that he meant American workers are strong. WTF?
The emperor has no clothes and more and more people are starting to see that. Obama is about to take Nevada away from McCain. McCain’s support in Florida is waning.
This isn’t even about Obama vs. McCain anymore. It’s about McCain/Palin being a dangerous farce and Obama becoming the ONLY rational choice.
blake
Isn’t it convenient how Church-nazi ignores Palin’s anti-gay history: banning gay themed books, belonging to a church that sponsor “repairative” therapy, etc.
But, as anyone who’s read this site for a few months knows, Church-nazi is a racist.
As for this talk about women being inspired by Palin, isn’t it nice how Church-nazi conveniently ignores all of the major feminist organizations who point out Palin’s long history of opposing core feminist beliefs: equal pay for equal work, the right to choose, etc.
But the rights and desires of women mean little to Church-nazi. Palin is just a pawn in his racist game.
I said it before, Church-nazi’s racist is more than the racist meanderings of the normal twisted bigot. It goes deeper. May be Church-nazi is one of those white guys who knows that grandma or great grandpa was black and hates the black within? After all, modern DNA show that 1/3 of all white Americans have African ancestry from former slaves. There are self-hating homophobes who go to great lengths to hurt other gays.
Look at how Church-nazi lied to Lauren of Sterohyped and said that all major homophobic activity was led by blacks. Nice of him to ignore the murders of Matthew Shepard, Lawrence King (a young black/biracial child by a white boy), Marcus Sandy, or others. He also ignores the murders in the UK and the rampant, violent homophobia in Eastern Europe.
But, I could be wrong. Church-nazi could just be your above average racist scumbag. Look at how he pretends that he does all of this anti-Obama campaigning when McCain has a LONG history of not supporting gay-positive legislation. McCain is against ENDA, all forms of domestic partnerships, and gave his ringing endorsements of the anti-marriage groups in California and Arizona.
Santiago
I’m a Floridian and i will definitely be voting for Obama.
Fundamentally, Florida is a complex state, with the northern half of the state being traditionally conservative and the southern part of the state traditionally leaning to the left. Typically, most elections are decided in the I-4 corridor (Clearwater, St. Pete, Tampa, Orlando, and Daytona). Tampa, being the largest of these cities, is pretty crucial. If this is the general consensus in that area, perhaps Florida might finally turn blue. =)
CHURCHILL-Y
I have family in Hillsborough County and they are saying totally the opposite. Given all the hit jobs and persecutions the media has been engaging as of recently against anyone who even hints of not supporting the black Savior Obamamessiah they tell me people are not fond of talking to them and those who do usually will say anything to get them off their backs and not be labeled with the preferred attack weapon of the Obamanite thugs, being accused of ‘racism’. But once people go to the voting booth they will make their voices heard and let the criminal media know that no one can’t dictate the American people how or who to vote for.
McCain ★ Palin ’08
Sean
After all of what is going on in the US and me having to defend my country at every damn dinner party I attend I felt I just needed to write this all down and get it off my chest.
Once again we (America) are starting to lose face with the rest of the World. Having been here (Europe) during the entire Bush Dynasty, I have seen first hand how America has completely squandered it’s bank of goodwill with the rest of the world.
Having been raised in Florida and still have a residence there I would love to see this State pull out the stops and turn blue again.
There is so much brewing on the world stage (the rise of Russia (again), Nuclear weapons in North Korea, China basically owning the US, etc.) that it is inherent that we have a leader who has a brain and the wherewithal to lead in a diplomatic and intelligent way.
All eyes have been on the US and the politcal theatre/drama which has been unfolding. The latest episode is no exception, this clearly amateur and naive choosing of a renegade VP candidate that could very well become the next president if God forbid McSame gets elected.
McCain failed the first task of choosing a viable, well rounded candidate for the second most important job in the US clearly shows the lack of thorough follow through and clear decision making which is needed in a leader, (for bad examples, see current Chief Executive). I dread to think what would happen if Palin were to become president, Russia would mop the floor with her and North Korea…please.
Her tough ignorant stance at home would surely win votes from the Bible thumping, cousin humping, crowd but would be of little use on a world stage.
Is there any wonder as to why no iterviews have been given since the convention? She is getting a crash course on world politics. The woman just got her first passport last year for fuck’s sake, that in itself speaks volumes, let alone the list of hypocritical beliefs she has which have been well documented.
Please America don’t let me down, we are such an amazing country and one I want to be proud of again. Let’s not elect a party which would not be the change we need, afterall McCain’s time is limited and Palin is merely Bush with a C*NT.
That’s my 2 cents.
Absentee ballot being Fedexed back today!
Regards,
Sean