‘An insane choice’

Jason

The Obama campaign isn’t pouncing because, when they originally tried that, they got slapped for it. Right at the announcement of Palin as McCain’s running mate, one of Obama’s spokesmen made the comment how Palin was hardly qualified as someone who governed over a town of 90,000 or so. The point is valid, but the Obama campaign had to immediately backtrack when news outlets and pundits began calling foul that the comments didn’t take into account the “momentous occasion” it was that a woman VP was selected. So the very next day the Obama camp releases a message congratulating Palin and women in general, and Obama makes a comment to reporters how “everyone is on pins and needles during this period” (something to that effect, in explaining away the initial “pouncing” comment).

So, as it stands now, the Dems have to wait awhile for the whole escapade to play out, otherwise they come off as boorish jackasses…of course, waiting it out also means that the Republicans get to go through with the initial stages of their convention (already they’re using Gustav as a means of silencing criticism) without much anti-Palin feedback. Win-win.

Moreover, I’d conjecture that the Palin choice will give McCain a slight boost for the next couple of weeks, accentuated by the convention of course, and then people will realize that just because she’s a woman, had 5 kids (one who’s serving in Iraq and another who has Downs-Syndrome we’re told constantly), and loves hockey doesn’t mean she knows shit about anything. Hopefully independent women will realize that McCain’s choice was pretty high up their on the disingenuous and insulting scale. The way they’re playing it though, Palin’s aiming directly toward ex-Clintonites, one could see that easily with her comments on how “Clinton left the glass ceiling with 18 million cracks, and now the women aren’t done yet”. Ridiculous.

Aug 31, 2008 @ 7:20 PM

Mark Elliot Cullen

“that a woman VP was selected”

I think the funniest part about that was her sound-bite about breaking some glass ceiling, by doing the same thing Geraldine Ferraro did 24 years ago.

I bet the unofficial Obama groups like Moveon will probably end up doing most of the mudslinging. They should just enlist Hillary.

Aug 31, 2008 @ 11:09 PM

Jason

Exactly! Palin hasn’t really done anything that substantial in being nominated, and as for the mudslinging, Obama has already stated that his opponents’ families would be off limits (something Michelle Obama is yet to benefit from), so its left in the hands of separate liberal groups…too bad, especially with news of her daughter’s pregnancy. Abstinence only…right.

Sep 1, 2008 @ 4:11 PM