Was Palin A good choice for VP?

Question

I love it. Because he sure helped Obama. What a fool.

Answer 1

Yes, she was a perfect choice. She has way more experience than Obama, and in general, people like her because she can relate to them. I think Obama is about done.

Answer 2

Good choice.  I support Obama.

Answer 3

No, she is all surface gloss and no substance.

I'm voting Bob Barr.

Answer 4

Great choice!

Crooked politicians in Alaska learned that first hand.

Now let's bring it to Washington!

McCain/Palin 08

CHANGE, reality not just a slogan!

Yeah Boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Answer 5

Palin was a perfect choice........She has more experience as an executive than Obama himself making her even more qualified than he is to be president. I think its over for Obama........

Answer 6

Yes she was a great choice and Obama is slipping in the polls ever since.

Answer 7

As an Obama supporter, I view this as a gift

Answer 8

Good for Obama supporters .... I hope he doesn't win ... this will be the beginning of  a lot bonehead decisions ....

Answer 9

That was a very dumb pick by him and a very dangerous one for our country....she has 0 hours and 0 minutes of foreign policy experience....She hasn't talked to any of the worlds leaders, and probably not even the president of the united states.

Answer 10

Reckless and horrible choice. That this could open the eyes of Americans as to how far the Republicans are still committed to the same policies that brought Americans misery and destruction, is an upside.

But the negatives far out way that positive. McCain's campaign is probably indeed over now and that's good news but that one of the mayor US parties is still strictly in the grip of the far semi fascist right is less reassuring and confirms the need for far reaching reforms of the American political system.

The Palin selection demonstrates once again the dirty secret of American politics: that semi-fascistic forces exercise near-veto power over the Republican Party. The New York Times reported Sunday, based on interviews with several top McCain aides, that McCain had all but decided to select Senator Joseph Lieberman, who was the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 2000, to run with him on a cross-party ticket based on all-out support for the war in Iraq.

Top aides told him—reportedly relaying warnings from several influential state party chairmen—that there would be protests on the floor of the convention if he selected a running mate who supports abortion rights, like Lieberman or former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge (a Republican).

McCain made the decision after his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, chose Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware as his running mate August 23, passing over Hillary Clinton. The next day, McCain called Palin and invited her to meet at his Arizona estate on Thursday, where he offered her the second spot on the Republican ticket.

There is a strong element of recklessness and irresponsibility in McCain’s selection. He selected not only someone without any significant national or international experience, but someone whom he does not himself know and who is virtually unknown to the American public.

McCain had precisely one discussion with Palin this year, for 15 minutes at a conference in Washington last February, before calling her last week. His encounter with her Thursday, when he offered her the second highest position in the American government, amounted to two hours. Press accounts noted that their initial campaign bus trip—a six-hour swing from Dayton through Columbus to the outskirts of Pittsburgh—more than doubled the total time they had spent together.

With barely a year and a half in office as the governor of the country’s least populous state, Palin had been generally ruled out as a potential nominee. She herself told the Washington Post earlier this year that her selection was an “impossibility.”

The prospect of Palin, who has no experience and no known views on any foreign policy issues—or, for that matter, on most domestic ones—taking the helm as president may give pause to significant layers within the ruling establishment itself.

Answer 11

Only fans of American Idle think she's a good choice. They must have grown up watching MTV.

The day i found out about McCain's choice I couldn't stop laughing. People at work thought i was on something.

Answer 12

It's to early to tell but I would say right now I think he made a mistake. These people that say she has more experience than Obama are spitting in the wind. All the politicians that ran against Obama had more experience and he still came out on top. She was a mayor for eight years in a town that has 9,800 people. Give me a break! what do they do in this town for fun, watch the cars rust? They have been throwing curves at Obama for the last two years and he still manages to come out on top.

Answer 13

The talking head liberal media hates her so she must be perfect.

Answer 14

She was  a great choice! I can't wait for 2012 when she runs for prez and 2013 when she's sworn in! WOOT WOOT!!!

Answer 15

I lover her!  I am now 100% percent behind McCain.

Answer 16

I love it too.  You have a VP, on both sides that have more experience than Obama!  By the way, did you see the video were Biden blasted Obama for being inexperinced and not qualified to be President?  If not, you should educate your brainwashed mind.

Answer 17

You bet she is.

I'm a Hillary supporter.  I want a woman on the ticket!  

McCain/Palin 2008

Hillary 2012

Answer 18

And your telling me G.Bush hasn't made a lot (I do mean a lot) of bone head decisions ? So nothing new there. What about Cheney?

I don't like polls at all because they really don't represent the entire united states and are often done by bone heads...but Obama is 6 to 9% points ahead in the polls.