Do you think McCain's choice for Vice President, Ms Paldin, will help or hurt him?

Question

Do you think McCain's choice for Vice President, Ms Paldin, will help or hurt him?

Answer 1

It will help with the funnies and hunt with people who do their research.

She is not qualified to be  President or the Vp.

Answer 2

It has hurt him....

He just handed Obama, the Presidency over on a Silver Platter.

I think McCain knew he wanted out, but didnt know how to get out, so he did this, and chose her. He sealed the deal.

Answer 3

help him get women votes  

Answer 4

It will hurt.

In the short term--the next 2-3 weeks--it may gve him a bit of a boost. And it will get the religious right cranked up.

However, as Palin is scrutinized and becomess known to the public at large, she is going to alienate large numbers of voters.  There are several reasons. Here's some of them:

>her desire to force creationism to be taught in public schools

>her extreme anti-abortion stance

>the fact that she is already under investigation for corruption after only 2 years in office as governor of Alaska

>the (at least superficial) appearance of hypocrisy--she presents herself as a "good Christian mother" by the standards of the fundamentalists. That does not square with photos of her like the ones on this link:

http://www.trendhunter.com/photos/23808

NOTE I am not criticizing her for this in and of itself--I'm pointing out that it is not compatible with the standards the religious claims to uphold. Its this contradiction that makes her look like a hypocrite.

>her "not believing in global warming" which is simply ludicrous and makes her look like a bought-and-paid for spokesman for the oil companies.

Answer 5

bad choice baddd badd choice

Answer 6

help

Answer 7

Hurt him. He took all the criticisms of Obama - lack of experience, rumors of scandals, reverse sexism (instead of racism), to the extreme of their party (right instead of left), and named that person for his  VP running mate.

It is like he is trying to make a joke that backfired on him.

Answer 8

Hurt him badly.

Answer 9

that's GOVERNOR Palin and it has already helped him.

Answer 10

I don't think it helped him.  I could think of at least a half dozen others that would have been a better choice.

Answer 11

It's actually Mrs. Palin.  It can only help him, especially when people find out that she's more qualified to be President than Obama is...see for yourself in the URL below

Answer 12

Help with the evangelical.  Hurt with the 18 million cracks she referenced.

Answer 13

I think it will help him, because a bunch of people were pissed off because Hilary didn't get voted to go against Mccain. So now that they see Mccain is old, and his Vice President is a woman. If anything happens to him, we have a woman president. No offence to McCain or anything.

Answer 14

I think it may hurt him.

He should have checked her out, instead of just deciding she was his soul mate.

"Republicans in Congress this June united to defeat a proposed windfall tax on oil companies, deriding it as a bad idea that would discourage investment in U.S. oil exploration.

Things worked out far differently in the GOP stronghold of Alaska, a state whose economic fate is closely tied to the oil industry.

Over the opposition of oil companies, Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska's Legislature last year approved a major increase in taxes on the oil industry — a step that has generated stunning new wealth for the state as oil prices soared."

"Palin's administration last week gained legislative approval for a special $1,200 payment to every Alaskan to help cope with gas prices, which are among the highest in the country.

That check will come on top of the annual dividend of about $2,000 that each resident could receive this year from an oil-wealth savings account."

Answer 15

After months of slamming Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.

Huh?

Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:

    * She was elected Alaska 's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.1

    * Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.2

    * She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. 3

    * Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4

    * She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.5

    * She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.6

    * How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.7

This is information the American people need to see. Please take a moment to forward this email to your friends and family.

We also asked Alaska MoveOn members what the rest of us should know about their governor. The response was striking. Here's a sample:

She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has been a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and international experience. I shudder to think that she could be the person taking that 3AM call on the White House hotline, and the one who could potentially be charged with leading the US in the volatile international scene that exists today. —Rose M., Fairbanks, AK

She is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She's a hunter and fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She ran on ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several charges involving hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO experience beyond Alaska. —Christine B., Denali Park, AK

As an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement. Palin is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be. —Karen L., Anchorage, AK

Alaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation. She is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on the national level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it came to that. She is as far right as one can get, which has already been communicated on the news. In our office of thirty employees (dems, republicans, and nonpartisans), not one person feels she is ready for the V.P. position.—Sherry C., Anchorage, AK

She's vehemently anti-choice and doesn't care about protecting our natural resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L., Juneau, AK

I think she's far too inexperienced to be in this position. I'm all for a woman in the White House, but not one who hasn't done anything to deserve it. There are far many other women who have worked their way up and have much more experience that would have been better choices. This is a patronizing decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would assume he'll get our vote by putting "A Woman" in that position.—Jennifer M., Anchorage, AK

So Governor Palin is a staunch anti-choice religious conservative. She's a global warming denier who shares John McCain's commitment to Big Oil. And she's dramatically inexperienced.

In picking Sarah Palin, John McCain has made the religious right very happy. And he's made a very dangerous decision for our country.

In the next few days, many Americans will be wondering what McCain's vice-presidential choice means. Please pass this information along to your friends and family.

Sources:

1. "Sarah Palin," Wikipedia, Accessed August 29, 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin

2. "McCain Selects Anti-Choice Sarah Palin as Running Mate," NARAL Pro-Choice America, August 29, 2008

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17515&id=13661...

3. "Sarah Palin, Buchananite," The Nation, August 29, 2008

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17736&id=13661...

4. "'Creation science' enters the race," Anchorage Daily News, October 27, 2006

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17737&id=13661...

5. "Palin buys climate denial PR spin—ignores science," Huffington Post, August 29, 2008

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17517&id=13661...

6. "McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy," Sierra Club, August 29, 2008

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Answer 16

Thatgirl... you should post the "moveon.org" first it would save all of us alot of time reading all of that info to just find out it was made up by socialist left leaning wack jobs.

Palin is a great choce. 13 years+ political experience and none of it scratching backs in DC.

Answer 17

The only thing that's going to hurt is McCain's eyes and butt. His eyes for checking out her bum and his bum when his wife sees the video of him sneaking a peek.

Answer 18

I think it will hurt him.  It's so obvious that it's a ploy to get women voters.

It's insulting.  

Answer 19

Moveon.org LOL!!

What is america coming to?

Palin will be a good choice because she's more qualified than Obama himself.

Foreign policy? Like Obama has any experience there?

At least a Governor has executive power....something Obama has never experienced. You know, things like being in control of the National Guard.

Or would you rather have a racist Byden as a vice president? I hear he likes 7-elevens!