Democrats: Do you consider Sarah Palin a threat?

Question

I have to give McCain credit in that he caught practically everyone off guard, but I really think this may be the smoking gun that ends his chances of getting the White House.

After spending every waking moment of his campaign criticizing Obama's lack of experience, he chooses someone with even less experience.

Here is her résumé:

-City Council Member of Wasilla, AK from 1992-1996

-Mayor of Wasilla, AK from 1996-2002

-Governor of Alaska from 2006-Present

I'm not saying I dislike the woman. Even as an Obama supporter, I find the woman to be very charismatic and very well qualified....to be a governor.

What I hope voters consider come election day is that this is a woman who is by no means ready to run the United States. Given McCain's age and health issues, that thought should cross ones mind even more vividly. I think Palin is a very pretty lady with a lot to offer this country...but i don't see her as a Vice President. Not yet.

So, questions for Democrats: Do you feel threatened by McCain's choice? I personally felt a sense of relief when he announced his decision because while it looks good on the surface, it's an awful idea in the long run that could very well cost McCain this election.

Thoughts?

Answer 1

The experience question is interesting.  She still has more executive esperience than Obama does and she is not running for the top office.  I would rather make this a question of character though.  Lets stack her character up against against Barack's.  Ask Barack why he will not support a bill protecting the lives of children born in botched late term abortions.  Sarah on the other hand gave birth to a child with Downs Syndrome and never contemplated aborting the child.  

Answer 2

I don't give a s***t about her or mccain.

Answer 3

Honestly, I laughed when I heard. I think this pick is so transparent, and McCain must take women voters for fools.

He completly discredited his entire campaign up until this point. All that "Obama does not have the experience" rhetoric goes right out the window now.

Women are smarter than John McCain gives us credit for. His voting record on women's issues is abyssmal. I don't know how ANY woman could vote for him.

I think there might be a little initial bounce in the polls but in the long run this will only hurt him.

Can you imagine Biden the foreign affairs genius up against Palin at the debate?

Answer 4

Given that she is a relatively hardcore conservative, I think he just shot himself in the foot.  He really needed to go for the independents, libertarians, green party folks, and any other group he could try to reach, and I think picking her doesn't help his cause.  And while Biden and Obama have relatively similar views, I do believe that those two will reach more people sitting on the fence than McCain and Palin.  

Answer 5

No. lol.  No.

She has less experience than Obama's opponents say he has. BTW I do believe Obama is ready to lead on day one, even if not all of his experience is within the halls of Washington DC.

I'm not even worried about too many Hillary supporters crossing-over, I mean in the voting booth, would really choose the GOP ticket, whose views are almost the complete antithesis of Hillary Clinton's/Barack Obama's, over the Dem ticket that speaks much more so to their interests?



If some of them are, then WHY THE h**l WERE THEY SUPPORTING HILLARY??? LMAO!  I doubt they would have voted for her anyway had she won!

When you're voting for a President, you're also voting for a Vice President, it's a package deal.  The VP needs to be ready to take the office in case something, God forbid, happens to the President. Sarah Palin is nowhere near ready compared to Joe Biden.  He OBLITERATES her on the subject.

Srsly, Why the h**l didn't McCain pick Romney!?

Answer 6

I like Palin but I definitely don't see he as a threat. She is too conservative to get the Hillary supporters that McCain is going for, she is too risky to have as a veep for a 70 something year old man with a history of medical issues. She is a good choice to woo the evangelicals that he is going for, but definitely not the blue collar undecideds. I think McCain just wrapped the election up in pretty paper, put a nice bow on it, and handed it over to Obama.

The only way he will win now is if the vote gets split enough with write ins or people just not showing up. IMO

Answer 7

Ok, and Obama who is running for the office of the PRESIDENT

-Part time teacher 1992 - 2004

-Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004

-Us Senate 2005 - present

Seems to me that both of them have relatively the same amount of experience. However Palin has executive experience (Governor) where Obama has none.

Answer 8

Looks really good on the surface. I'm worried about the disgruntled Hillary woman who just wanted to see a woman in THEIR lifetime in office.

Besides them....I think it will be close like 60/40 with Obama winning

Answer 9

I actually was caught off guard too, but I think it will give him a huge advantage chosing this woman to be the ticket with him.  I understand what you are trying to say, but I am more concerned about the die hard clintonites.  I mean it is scary when there are millions of women out there who feel so offended about the barack nod that they will vote against women's rights for "revenge".  That is the reason why I am scared.  

Apart from those folks, I have to agree with you about the experience thing.  But, I do not expect anything more from Republicans.  It does not surprise me that they slam someone for not being around long enough but than the person they have chosen for their VP does not have that much experience either.  

Answer 10

Palin admits she doesn't even know what a VP does.  SEE/HEAR HER IN HER OWN WORDS:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pak-rH0dC...

(her V.P. comments are toward the end of the video)

...and she's under investigation for corruption like her mentor Ted Stevens whose endorsement she scrubbed from her website just this morning.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTX-oJUC...

...and she called Hillary a "whiner."   http://www.newsweek.com/id/156190

Answer 11

No, I do not consider her a threat.

Quite the opposite, after supporting Hillary all this time, only to see her snubbed totally in the end by Obama, I am glad to see the GOP finally doing something right.

I was voting against Obama anyway, but now my vote is defintely locked in for McCain/Palin.

Answer 12

No I don't feel threatened.  I have a "wait and see" attitude.

Picking Palin was a sheerly a political ploy McCain is using.  Some people can't see through that so I think the race will be a very close one.

I am disgusted that he offers her out to voters as some kind of bait.  He seems to know now that most voters don't vote based on "experience" of the candidates.  

Answer 13

Wait until she gets indicted. Nothing fits the Rethuglican mode better than to have one of their major candidates under indictment for a felony.

Answer 14

It's a good way to steal Hillary voters now while they're still miffed.  Ultimately McCain will steal the election, just like Bush did the last 2 times.  

Answer 15

No threat at all.

Her selection just presented Obama with the keys to the White House.

Thanks, Sarah.

Answer 16

I think its a bold choice and i admire Mccain to be the first one in his party to nominate a woman but i think the election will be decided by the independents and she is an hard core conservative

All the honest hillary supporters are just opposite to her values so i don't think she will much impact on the ticket

I think an moderate conservative would have been a far better choice because conservatives will vote for Mccain that's guaranteed but choosing a conservative and expect independents to vote for him is kind of naive in my opinion

Answer 17

"After spending every waking moment of his campaign criticizing Obama's lack of experience, he chooses someone with even less experience."

True. Then again, it is going to be a tough sell for democrats to try and paint Palin as inexperienced, with Obama's lack of experience. For all intensive purposes, Obama's and Palin's *leadership* experience is awfully similar. The gubernatorial office better prepares you to lead than does the senatorial office. And of course, she isn't running for president, and McCain's "ailing health issue" isn't a really an issue at all.

Answer 18

And hmm......Obama is by any means ready to run the US??

What has he done politically besides give speeches?  Not much.  Sarah has executive experience which none of the other 3 have

Answer 19

No, I don't consider her to be a thread. Her appointment is more like a gift. She seems like a nice woman from what little we've seen of her but just being a nice person isn't going to cut it if she became the president through unfortunate circumstances.  She'll appeal to the conservative base---at least the ones who don't object to women in high places---but other Republicans more qualified could have done that for McCain as well. As a first "presidential" decision his pick displays the kind of recklessness that has worried me about McCain all along.

Also, her life experiences living way up in Alaska gives her an isolated view of America and the problems of the lower states. She can shoot a moose, dress it down and cook it for dinner.