Posted by caraher on August 30, 2008, at 0:45:59
In reply to Sarah Palin, posted by healing928 on August 29, 2008, at 22:58:44
Actually, I think the Sarah Palin choice will resonate with only a very narrow segment of the voting population, and not the Hillary Clinton supporters who were supposedly too bitter to vote for Obama. She will appeal most to the voters who oppose abortion and the teaching of evolution - the ones whose choice was really either to vote McCain or stay home. Most Clinton fans will probably take the selection as almost an insult to the extent that the logic of her selection was to appeal to voters who "want a woman."
Her lack of experience undercuts McCain's core message that a vote for him is a vote for experience, as his age means the VP candidate will get special scrutiny. I know lots of people with lovely personal stories who have absolutely no business in the White House and are to my mind about equally qualified for the presidency (which is the proper standard for a VP choice).
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