Did you know who Sarah Palin was?

An anti-Sarah Palin blog. What a brilliant source. I have better things to do than read their drivel. She's governor of the largest state in the country. The population may be small, but the geographic size of the state brings issues not present in city or smaller state. There's more to being a governor than dealing with the people in your state.

The blog entry does no 'original research', it's all sourced, cited, and quoted--so look at the myriad links coming off of that entry and find fault with THEM if you can. I wonder if you would equally dismiss a blog that praised her as a "pro-Sarah Palin" blog? "I have better things to do than read their drivel." Why don't you listen to the woman herself express her complete ignorance and lack of drive for the position she was just nominated for, just a month before being picked? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pak-rH0dCeA (2:50) I'm not surprised the Romney and Pawlenty are angry at having been passed over in favor of this newbie.

Thanks for the link, it's a little long I read some and have to come back when I can read without the noise. I have been wondering a few things about her and her anti abortion views.

That poll was done less than 24 hours after McCain's decision. The people polled didn't have enough information to make a valid assessment. It would be better to look at polls done after people learn about her. In comparison only 39% of voters said Biden was ready to be president when a poll was conducted shortly after Obama choosing him as a running mate. As Biden is extremely experienced that number is ridiculous. As with Palin, most of the people polled probably had no idea who he was at the time. I know you're generally an honest guy, but the flickr photo you used really doesn't look like any official poll at all. The data in that photo doesn't match anything written in the source you listed either. Overall according to that article her effect on his campaign is clearly more positive than negative. It is also more positive than Biden's effect on Obama's campaign.

That is something that I didn't think about. Yeah, Obama probably would have chosen Hillary to counter this move if he would have seen it coming. I know a lot of Democrats wanted him to...well, time will telll who made the correct choice; November is just a couple of months away.

Women aren't so stupid as to flock to voting for McCain just because his running mate has two X chromosomes. In fact, it looks like women are LESS satisfied with the pick than men are. So much for that gamble: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2810618377_1d08f2d3f6_o.png (source: http://tinyurl.com/6f6ulx ) McCain's Hail Mary didn't work, like it or not.

Yeah, I researched her right after the news broke. An advantage of being self-employed is that you can do things like that when you feel like it. I am not sure if he made a bad decision or not; in my mind, the jury is still out on that issue.

Frank, take your disgusting comments elsewhere. I just reported you as such a statement is completely inappropriate.

Excellent. Mylot removed that jerk's comment. Thumbs up to the moderators.

I tend to vote for candidates from both parties despite belonging to one of them. I have never voted a straight party ticket in the twenty-two years that I have been voting.