Cord, let's be honest, if this were Michelle, you would talk about how classy she is despite frigid temperatures. I like Michelle and will likely vote for Obama (I don't want to go back to Iraq anymore than people want us to go), but lets be fair here.

Michelle isn't running for office. Not that I disagree with you blah, but there is a difference between the first lady and the vice president

Especially when it was McCain who lambasted Obama for being a celebrity.

blah- I really don't think that's fair. If Michelle Obama appeared in Vogue, I don't think Cord would commend it. But he probably wouldn't critisize her for it, either. It's part of the political game. It's frustrating that Sarah Palin is in it because it just shows McCain's hypocisy. His half-ass disses about Obama being a celebrity can be thrown back his way.

By the way, Cord, this post was really, really well-writen. I might not politely refuse the next time you propose to me.

As she's from Alaska you sleep soundly knowing she's well connected to the people of the US.

"you can"

I don't think he'd criticize her for it and that is the whole point Ilz.

blah- Why don't you critisize Cord for something he as actually said and not your prophecies? If you cannot find one existing statement that you find offensive, than you are kind of complimenting him.

I agree, he's transcendental. Winks!

Ilz, I'm not prophecizing. I'm also not letting my love of someone cloud my opinion.

1. mccain's choice is insulting to any hillary supporter, thinking that by placing a female on his ticket suddenly they'll flock over to to their side

2. every argument he's had against obama regarding being inexperienced just went to hell…flip…FLOP.

3. i really look forward to the day when mccain keels over in a year or two and we're left with this woman who has governed in f-ing alaska, a city of 800, as out of touch from real world america as it comes.

4. she is extremely conservative, anti-gay rights, anti-choice for women

5. she is a mother of 5, the youngest being only 4 months old. SWEET MOVE MCCAIN.

obama/biden '08.

Right… that's my fear. That if he wins, and then dies of being old (or whatever it is that kills old people,) we will be stuck with someone who was hired as a gimmick but ACTUALLY HAS AN AGENDA.

blah- That's unfair. The whole "ambivalent" to females being funny thing pissed me off. I don't agree with everything that he ever spews.
I really do not see how it's okay to critisize him because you imagine he would attack a republican for appearing in Vogue but not Michelle for appearing in Vogue. He's attacking McCain's hypocrisy… both parties do celebrity-like things, and McCain should stop pretending he is above that.

A SCARY ONE.

I smell desperation.

So one appearance in a magazine makes someone a celebrity. The only reason she was in the magazine was because she was a Govenor, and happened to be mildly attractive. Get real people. When Mccain referred to celebrities, he was referring to people who are made popular by the media/press while having no real substance or depth i.e. Brittany, Paris or any other loser that is lambasted by this web site. Don't hate on Mccain or Palin because she was featured in an article about her taking flight as the next Govenor of Alaska.

I think she's great and I'm excited that McCain chose her.

Remember all those glamour shots of Hillary Clinton in Vogue posing with the jelly fish while dressed in the haute couture for when you are under the sea? Oh, wait, Clinton refused to appear in Vogue because it didn't seem appropriate. So, some do think it does give more of a clebrity vibe and that it should be avoided by politicians. And it's not just republicans who worry about such things.

HATERZ!!!!11

Alaska sure looks like beautiful country, I want to visit there someday.

Here I thought that McCain was SERIOUS about running for President. OK, I get it NOW McCain. Wink.

Mark, she was a model before she got into politics. It was much more than just one photo shoot. She came in second place in some pagent (forgot what it's called) as well as a host of other things. So Mark, I think most people have an issue with the fact that her modeling career is longer than her political resume.

Blah - undecided? "Undecided voters are the biggest idiots out there." Another terrible move by the Republican party away from their libertarian principles - yeah, let's cow tow to the Religious Right some more, whoo hoo. I won't vote the McCain ticket, but I am conflicted on her - I can't support anyone who would advocate teaching creation, but I like her strong authoritarian ethics stance.

I AM SO CONFUSED. I have NO POLITICS. NONE. I have no politics, I just don't like the way people in any one party tend to demonize the big evil satan other party.

Why is it OK to be part of some media outlets and not others? Some candidates go on The Daily Show, some go on SNL, some go on CNN, some go on Fox god forbid, some are in Parade, some are in Vogue, some are in the newspaper. Can you honestly say you're not just behaving based on how you already feel about this lady, and what you already want for your country? It seems like MG's gotten downright hostile about its politics, and it's no fun to read.

And I swear, if someone "accuses" me of being a "republican" after this, like it's some kind of terorist regime, I will pee in your eyes and then pee in them again.

I'm going to vote for Obama, but I still respect the other candidates and am not convinced that they are the devil like some people seem to think. I can't support someone who is not pro-choice and who believes in teaching creation in school. Save that for church.

sar, quit being so republicanny!

*winks, and then tilts head back and opens eyes*

I really want to see a "Has no politickz, pl0x!" LOLCat.

I actually disrespect both, but hey that's me the centrist libertarian/classic republican. "[People] are very rarely worthy of governing themselves."

what would pl0x be?

Sorry, my 1337 h4xX0r skills are too much for WordPress. It'd just be please. :)

Sarah Palin was in Miss Alaska Pageant back in the eighties, something like thirty years ago. Did she win?
Eh, those pictures aren't exactly glamorous to me, looks like the same old ugly boots and scruffy work jacket everyone wears in 'Northern Exposure' ..am i righ' am i RIGH'! hehaheha!

Her youngest baby has down syndrome too! That McCain…are you going to NOT vote for a mother of a child with down syndrome! Are you heartless!

MBP I wish I knew 1337, that's how dorky I am.

I can haz Europeen ctizenshp?

Like I said I knew a bunch of pageant girls, and I'll tell you that most of them fell into pageants as a way to get money for their dreams - one wanted to teach dance, another wanted to further her education, etc. it wasn't teh freakshow kind of stuf - although they did tell crazy stories about backstabbing and competitive people. Maybe the pageant thing just means she is competetive, and possibly that she enjoys spraying sticky tack onto her beehiney for the swimsuit competition.

Mags- Yes. I don't give a fuck about her retarded baby.

SHE'S BEEN THE GOVERNOR FOR A YEAR AND A FUCKING HALF! DOES THAT COUNT AS EXPERIENCE!?? NO! (i'm channeling pro-ana chelsea)

1337 h4xxor = elite hacker. Although I prefer l334 haxorz - becuase I am plural bitches!

A plox upon both your houses!

Well how dorky does that make me?

Anyway, I was gonna say how I would've aborted that fetus so fast… Mae makes it all seem a-okay.

that's why we heart mae.

i bet there are some actually qualified republican women who are PISSED right now. i mean, come on.

really? this woman? when mccain keels over on his second day of office like zachary taylor (to be fair, i think ol' zach made it about a year before dying of diarrhea or whatever), this woman who has been governor for a year and a half, and a mayor, and on the PTA is going to be president. with two wars going on and russia about to lose its mind.

yeah.

i may make a run for the border. to the north that is. i'm allergic to cilantro and don't think i could eat only mexican food forever. although it is delicious. let me think about this and get back to you.

I was once a conductor on the bust to Funkytown. Can I now hold some public office?

Does this mean that we will have the treat of watching our Miss Teen South Carolina-2007 run for office at some point in the future?

I can't WAIT!! :-)

Maybe we will finally get those maps. Such As.

I briefly considered running for co-president in high school. And I also like hockey and marijuana. Can I be chief of staff?

I think McCain should have picked Tyra. Tyra has probably interviewed lots of politicians.
Therefore she has tons of experience.

Plus she is a FIERCE model.

Dude, Tyty would be awesome in a debate.

STM, that was William Henry Harrison who died after a month or so ;) Dammit, I may not be smart but I am possessed of a freakishly large wealth of presidential factoids. Also, when I was little my dad had a life goal of me and him going to every single presidental home.

Oh, and the very first thing I said when I head that she was going to be his veep was "Great, if he gets elected, when he drops after a few months we're going to be stuck with her as a president." This seems to be a common thought.

And luckily, she will have tons of relevant personal experience on every possible challenge this country faces. If Link and Zelda don't get the nomination, I'd probably have to vote Tyra. Assuming that her running mate is her mother.

She's still not as hot as Michelle Obama.
I would vote for Link. He can turn into a wolf. (Now how cool is that?) And Midna would be a great VP.

Se's been undercover as Michelel Obama and the results. Will shock you.

Why do I insist on hitting submit before I edit. It's just so thrilling to hit Submit. I need a hobby.

Hold on BBB, I have to perfect my back slice, then we can talk about that freaky girl and her penchant for golden bugs! Dubba Yeeewe Tee effe.

Good one Luz. That's who I was thinking of. But Zachary Taylor died of acute gastroenteritis 16 months in to his term.

Or so wiki wiki tells me. And wiki wiki no lie.

This presidential information really gets me giddy. Seriously, it does. I'm that sad.

I think, as far as political savvy goes, chosing her is a great idea. It takes the wind out of Obama's historic sails. Now, being a democrat, I don't appreciate that at all, so I am choosing to believe, until I can think of something more damaging to her to believe, that she is anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage because both gay relationships and abortions mean there are fewer plump, fresh, succulent babies for her to eat.

She's anti gay marraige but not gay rights—she vetoed legislation to ban rights for domestic partners,

Come now, how serious do you think Alaskan pageants are? A seriously, if I lived in Alaska I would have moved to a different state by now. Maybe I am just still bitter about getting Alaska for my state report project in the fifth grade. I am curious to see what her views are, despite her lack of experience.

Lisa, with her in imp form, riding Link while he is in wolf form ("oookh aah") they would be a shoe-in.

Don't You Wish Your VP Was Hot Like Ours…

#28 Tangerine Speedo, I think I love you. =)

Most of the comments are completely eviscerating this woman for something pretty minor. Just like attacking Hilary for wearing pantsuits, being to masculine, then being weak by almost crying, then this, then that etc when she was going for the democratic nomination. All stuff that just doesn't matter.
Who cares about a beauty pageant 30 years ago, or a magazine photo for a story highlighting strong successful women?
I feel like this is the attack Hilary Clinton syndrome starting all over again - this time with Sarah Palin - Americans, it seems, aren't ready for strong and accomplished females. It's sad really.
And no - I'm not a republican - not even American yet actually.

I think, jill, if you pay close attention, we simply just attack them all.

Obama and McCain have not gone unscathed.

It's a sport. Snark is the great American Sport.

It is a sport that has not reached Olympic heights just yet, but just look at ping pong.

Ping Pong is now an Olympic sport. They call it Table Tennis. WHATEVER.

Well jill. It's not the same. Hiliary is actually qualified to hold a high public office. Just like the McCains, Bushes, and her husband before her, this is the direction in which she has chosen to gear her life toward. (BTW, It's too masculine, not to) This woman, Sarah Palin, just happened to get lucky and stumble into it. Everyone involved in this decision should be highly ashamed of themselves. This nomination is actually a few hundred thousand steps backward for women.

I haved to agree a bit with Jill on this and Queencrone too. Bed bugs sounds a little too hysterical though….this is thousands of steps back for women? She seems pretty bright and accomplished actually.
Maybe not the most accomplished choice out there, but certainly no less than Obama - and no having a Harvard degree doesn't automatically qualify him. Not quite so sure what else he's put on the board that makes him president worthy. Better an inexperienced VP than an inexperienced president who gets into office for giving moving speeches.
And what a speech it was the other night, will be interesting to seem him articulate how he'll get some of the things done. Anyway, America is so entranced with this guy that I hope he is all you want him to be, it he gets in. Reality check is that this is politics and both sides have armies of spin doctors doing everything they can to control image. Just keep it in mind - it's never good to be infatuated with any politician. The debates will tell. I hope for the best for you folks.

I keep hearing that she's a "Feminist for Life." It's an oxymoron. The fact that she has a vagina doesn't mean she's doing women any favors. She's a self hater, and that's the kind of hater I hate the most.

Jill - I can't help thinking that she's a "strong and accomplished female" because she's following a playbook that a bunch of good ol' boys gave her. Look at her record. She's a Stepford Candidate.

Amen UKer. We had something in Canada years back called Trudeau-mania where people swarmed around the man at every moment and cried during his speeches. He was a brilliant speaker. A brilliant debater. Highly educated. Lawyer. Charisma. He was the answer.
Too bad after the landslide victory he created havoc with everything financial, was left wing in ways u have never seen in the US (buddies with Castro etc)and pretty much embarassed us regularly on the world stage.
This Obama thing looks eerily familiar for the beginning stuff above.
Between your economy and the war I think US is longing for a bright light to take it all away, just make sure that's what youre really buying. I don't know if it is or not but "Caveat Emptor"…and God Bless America.

This is only peripherally related, but Castro wasn't always such a dick. Absolute power creates blah blah blah… but I do think it's important to point out that Cuba has a 99% literacy rate. America most assuredly does not, but here's what we DO have… HOT POCKETS!!! Oh, and diabetes. There's that, too.

Egads Sarah.
You picked the most irrelevent part of it to comment on.
So much for intelligent commentary.

Yeah and Cuba limits freedom of speech too. On the bright side, then we wouldn't have to listen to Sarah anymore!

Oh, you brilliant, brilliant hag!

Oh. I feel that I should also point out… I think relevance is overrated and unnecessary. Like tea and crumpets. Or bubble and squeak. Intelligent commentary, Here I Come!!!

I feel like Sarah Palin is the ideological opposite of Hillary Clinton.

Am I wrong? I didn't think so.

And for Sarah to invoke Hillary in her speech talking about "breaking the glass ceiling"…

Rolling my eyes and all…

I won't say "pandering" but I will say: "Give me a break." Stepford candidate is what I am thinking.

"Sybil: The Next Generation"

Oh Bedbugsandballyhoo, you are so deep. I have to get my scuba gear.

I was thinking: Kathryn Janeway, (Kate Mulgrew)but I know that you know she was also Mrs. Columbo.

I've got to come up slowly to avoid the bends.

Palin is not a Placebo!

I just wish I could have came in at 12:45 am with that comment. It would have been so much more poignant.

I meant to say:

I'm not swallowing Palin, because she is the Rebulican Placebo!

Placebo is a fantastic group and The Bends is a fabulous album.

Oh, BBandB, you give me more puzzles to solve.

I will do my best.

"Republican" I think is the correct spelling.
@ #76.

When Sarah Palin says "we can break the glass ceiling" it is beyond insulting. Hillary never said 'vote for me because I'm a woman, yeah! What a great opportunity I'm giving you, women!' Voting for Palin would be a step back for women's rights.

And to the dumbass who said Obama is no more experienced than her: no.

BB&B: I'm really familiar with them, but I do love Pure Morning.

*I'm not really familiar…

Let's assume that the Republican ticket won. Now let's assume that McCain bit the bullet 30 days into his presidency (hey, it's happened before). Now we've got this woman who just got her passport last month running the country and responsible for international affairs. Great. What will she do for the Middle East Peace Process? Invite Hamas and the IDF to Anchorage for an ice-fishing excursion?

Her lack of experience and overall ignorance of the world around her will no doubt tell every man with a slight bias against women that women are in fact, not able to cut it in the political office.

As a life long registered Democrat, i am voting Republican this November 4th. Nuff Said

Luz, how about some facts to back it up? Just ":no"? Umm gee that is convincing.

You're not a Democrat, and barely registering a month ago and considering it "life-long."

And to you, NO?, is it really that hard to figure it out? I mean, I understand wanting BIG DERICIOUS facts to back up a pretty difficult argument, but are you for fucking reals?

Uhm, gee, you freakin' darsh.
Let's have a big ski race down the K-13, kay?

NO MONTAGE WILL HELP YOU, NOW…

*doesn't count. Add that along to the first sentence.

No?: Sarah Palin was elected governor of Alaska about a year and a half ago. Before that she was mayor of a very small town. Before that she was raising 4 kids and entering beauty pageants and sports reporting on the local news station. Not that there's anything wrong with any of those things.

Obama graduated from Columbia and Harvard, was the president of Harvard Law Review, taught at the University of Chicago, was in the Illinois Senate and the US Senate, and is now running for president, and unlike Sarah Palin, he has known about it for over 3 days.

Okay. Here are my thoughts, for what they're worth:

We all know that she's been governor less than two years, was mayor of a town with a population smaller than South Amboy in New Jersey, has no foreign policy experience, and had met McCain only ONE TIME BEFORE HE CALLED HER FIVE DAYS BEFORE ANNOUNCING HER SELECTION AS HIS RUNNING MATE. She's not a firm believer in climate change, is anti-abortion (even in cases of rape or incest), and supports teaching creationism in public schools.

We also all know that she's a former beauty queen, high school sports star, and former television sportscaster. She has a picture-perfect, white, attractive, two-parent, Christian, American family with quirky first names most celebrities would kill for. She likes to hunt and fish and has been a lifelong NRA member. Her husband looks a little like Tim McGraw and is a three-time "Iron Dog" snowmobile race champion. They own a commercial fishing operation, just like the kind you see on those dramatic cable channel "dangerous job" shows.

Which of course means that she'll be wildly popular among the very same people who voted for George W. Bush because he seemed like the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with. She's a babe. He's hot. The kids are SO CUTE! They love Jesus and guns and four-wheel drive.

It's all about the image. NOTHING MORE.

And the thought of her taking charge of the country in the event of the sudden demise of McCain (he's 72, she's 44) scares the shit out of me. Entirely.

Very nicely put, Poo.

I heart poo.

And a little like Tim McGraw is way too generous.

This is the first and only time you will hear me say the phrase "I like poo".

:)

Poo for V.P!

Poo for V.P!

Poo, please say more stuff. I need to cleanse my eyeballs after reading the nine miles of American Patriot posts in the Obama Speech comments. I NEED YOU NOW.

I think we all do.

Palin's daughter is pregnant? I mean, whatev - these things happen - but what do Republicans thing of such stuff?

Hi paperback_writer,

Everytime I see Sarah Palin on my t.v. I'm going to sing "Papa Don't Preach-I'm Keeping My Baby…"

I'm glad Sarah's daughter had that….choice.

I would like to see everyone make "choices" that they can live with. You can't make a "choice" if you don't have options.

My take on today's revelations?

If Sarah knew that her daughter was pregnant,

AND she knew that the pregnancy would certainly become public knowledge,

AND she knew that reaction to this could be devastating to her family — and most of all, to her own daughter carrying an unplanned child —

AND fully knows that her daughter (along with her own five month-old baby with Down's Syndrome)needs her attention, love, and support

AND is fully aware of the ruthless glare of a 24/7 media blitz in which NOTHING is off the table for criticism and commentary that won't leave them any privacy…

WHY THE HELL IS SHE (or any parent, male or female) NOW PUTTING ALL THIS ON THE BACK BURNER WHILE SHE RUNS FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST POLITICAL OFFICE IN THE NATION?

I am so freakin' amazed at this.

And there is MUCH, MUCH MORE to follow.

Trust.

And queencrone, RE: "choices" –

Bravo!

Well played.

Yes, it's like I have been saying. McCain doesn't REALLY want to be President.

Remember when we were in the 5th grade?
And twice a week, we played kick ball for P.E.?

And you for SOME reason, (you're being humble now, you were a kick-ass athelete in the 5th grade)you always got picked to be Team Captain?

And then you would pick children from your class to be on your team.

You KNEW who had the heart. You knew who would go the distance, and you knew who would play like their life depended on it.

So this week, you're not feeling up to it. You have a cold, or you are just feeling hormonal, and you don't know what that was just yet.

You just want this kick ball game to be over. And you are feeling a little cantankerous.

So you pick some people who NEVER get picked first. You pick the kids that lent you a nickel when you were short on change in the lunch line. You pick that boy who everybody picks on and you are sick of it.

This damn game will be over soon, and we will all be back in class. THANK GOD.

That's all I'm saying.

Who knows……one day a one legged, left wing,lesbian latino type might become President of the Land of the Free…all you've got to do is close your eyes ,click your heels and repeat after me…
theres no place like home.
This might be a bit difficult, the clicking bit that is, if you only have one leg….but you've just got to believe.

I woke up with something else to ponder:

Aren't the same people who are now inexplicably rallying around Governor Palin as exemplifying "real families with challenges" the same ones who blasted the movie "Juno" for "glorifying" teen pregnancy?

Oh, and just wait… it's gonna get even more interesting today with discussion of something called the Alaska Independence Party, whose motto is "Alaska First — Always First".

It never ceases to boggle my mind at the number of people who envy others (for what they perceive someone else has and they don't). Forget all the other stuff, focus on her abilities and skills to represent the nation. Maybe the mirror is a little too glaring? Isn't that the norm these days? a husband who drank and drove, a teenage pregant daughter etcetc. Why is everyone so shocked? lol … Sarah is the perfect example of the "norm" these days.

No, thedomestcigoddess, she's not normal.

Not by a long shot.

Not in my family.

Not among my friends and co-workers.

And no, I'm not envious of Sarah Palin, John McCain, or Laura Bush.

Or you.

I'm angry that people like you can so easily overlook hypocrisy and dismiss the relationships between what candidates SAY and what they DO, who ask no questions and want everything explained to them in simple terms.

I'm annoyed at people like you who throw criticism of public figures back at the commentors and use petty insults with the words "jealousy" or "envy", belittling the people who have the guts to stand up and call bullshit on the farce that passes for "American patriotism" today.

Things are changing.