McCain's veep choice is historic and hardly known

Saturday 30th August, 04:05 PM JST

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CavemanLawyer at 02:03 PM JST - 31st August

The Consevative:

And I know a lot of military servicemen, both retired and active, several of which have seen action in Iraq. Not a single one is even considering Obama.

Not a single one? I guess you travel in very exclusive circles then. McCain does lead in support from veterans. 56% to be exact. What I want to know is how you managed to avoid the 34% that support Obama? My instinct is telling me it is something racial, and we cavemen have pretty good instincts.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109654/Veterans-Solidly-Back-McCain.aspx

I cannot find statistics to support Nessie's contention that more active duty support Obama, but I don't doubt it. A majority of military I have encountered through this spirit box support Obama.
sailwind at 02:03 PM JST - 31st August

What some of the good folks in Alaska are saying about her now that she's the V.P choice.

The folks in Alaska seem pretty sharp to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MDHvVT9QX8

The 'speedo' comment at the end is a classic.
CavemanLawyer at 02:20 PM JST - 31st August

Strange though being a lawyer and all I thought that would one of the first things they would teach in law school. Our legal process to run for office.

It is far from the first thing, but early enough. Later we learn how to exploit the process. It came to my attention even before Whitehawk mentioned it that Obama ran against no one for state senator. You read correctly. No opponents. All opponents were removed from the ballot by legal process. Fairly done it would seem, but I wonder how Obama's men knew where to look? Just clever? Maybe.

So again, we have you assuming how things work. There are several ways Palin could have gotten that governorship, and until you know for sure how, you should not be assuming it was by the purest methods we all hope for. I wish I could tell you how, and when I find the answer I will tell you.

Dang, not much faith in representatvie Democracy shown here.

Yes and no. Sometimes it is subverted. Do you know how voting machines were taken out of black districts in Florida in 2000 creating havoc at the polls? Or how voters were turned away for having names similar to criminals in other states?

And sometimes bad people elect the bad people they want. What I have no faith in right now is the people of Alaska. That is because I know nothing about them or their politics at this time.

I have recently learned a lot about the politics of Chicago. Add that to what I know of Washington. Next I intend to learn about Alaska. So far I see many clues pointing to shenanigans, but my investigations are far from complete. There is still two months to November. I suggest you also dig deeper.

--Cirroc
CavemanLawyer at 02:38 PM JST - 31st August

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MDHvVT9QX8

Good video. Thank you.

The folks in Alaska seem pretty sharp to me.

Yes. All 6 or so of them.

--Cirroc
CavemanLawyer at 03:25 PM JST - 31st August

It seems the good people of Alaska have quite a few corrupt elected officials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskapoliticalcorruption_probe http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/

But Palin has nothing to do with it for good or bad. Even so, we now have reason to be dubious about the voting choices of the good people of Alaska.

Potentially rigged election in Alaska?

http://dwb.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/8270887p-8167765c.html

"As a result of these modifications, data from the 2004 election appears to have been altered," Metcalfe wrote in his letter, dated Thursday.

Not directly tied to Palin either, but just goes to show that things are not always on the up and up in Alaska.

Still working on Palin. It seems that she has reported some people for corrupt practices in the past. I like that. But its off-set by her alleged firings of people for purely political reasons and attempted firings of people for personal reasons. Makes me wonder if she might have had ulterior motives for reporting the corrupt fellows. More to come...

--Cirroc
CavemanLawyer at 05:02 PM JST - 31st August

Most of what I see says Palin looks ok, at best. The important thing is that I can give you reasons.

-She has irked her base by not denying gays certain benefits, even though she herself is anti-gay. That takes some guts and integrity. She is not swayed by blind hate as some of her constituents are.

-She is not afraid to toss people out. She does not seem to be a corporate plant in government. Not only will she out the scum, but she will also reverse last minute appointments made by the previous office holder, even if that person is in her own party. Unfortunately, she won't be making that decision with regard to Bush's last minute whatever as VP. Obama will as president if he wins. I just worry that she can't separate political and personal reasons to out someone from real justice.

-She does not believe global warming is man-made. But she still supports reduction of greenhouse gasses ie pollution. Who could be against reducing pollution?

-She does not seem to have a problem with taxing the rich. But neither does Obama, who will actually have some authority on that if he wins. But also she raised sales tax as mayor to build an ice rink, and that hits the little guy. But then again she is pretty supportive of welfare when she sees a need. It balances out at the bottom. So if she supports taxing the bloated rich that looks good to me.

-She smoked pot. b(^o^) But hypocritcally opposes legalization. p(>
CavemanLawyer at 05:08 PM JST - 31st August

Answer: Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now--while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.

It is a good answer. If the fed is going to throw money at Alaska, it could be politically unwise to accept. I would have supported it myself. At present you have to take a car ferry to get to the airport. It is cheap, but all it will take is for the ferry to sink and everyone will be screaming about how that bridge should have been built.

Connecting the airport to the city is a good idea. It really is. The sticking point was just the price.

--Cirroc
CavemanLawyer at 05:09 PM JST - 31st August

it could be politically unwise to accept.

I meant to not accept. Sorry, I am just a caveman.

--Cirroc
Nessie at 05:18 PM JST - 31st August

I cannot find statistics to support Nessie's contention that more active duty support Obama, but I don't doubt it. A majority of military I have encountered through this spirit box support Obama.

Check my link to the Boston newspaper.
yabits at 07:18 PM JST - 31st August

Connecting the airport to the city is a good idea. It really is. The sticking point was just the price.

And I totally agree with you, CL.

What I object to and try to counter is the misinformation currently being disseminated by Republican supporters that Governor Palin was somehow always opposed to the project herself, or that she killed it on grounds that were something other than what they truly were.

This was previously done in the selling of George Bush's "getting health care legislation passed in Texas" and it never fails to amaze me how many fish they can reel in with it.
Sarge at 11:47 PM JST - 31st August

America: Meet Sarah Palin ( on YouTube )

Oooooooooh, Barracuda!
yabits at 11:57 PM JST - 31st August

Barracuda...

America, something is really fishy about all this.
USAFdude at 11:45 AM JST - 2nd September

Nessie: Fantastic Boston article! Thank you for sharing. I hope every American reads this article and appreciates just how much hope we American troops have for an Obama victory, which will then lead us to a US victory in the War on Terror.
WhiteHawk at 12:06 AM JST - 3rd September

yabits - sorry, but you failed to make your case.
zurcronium at 11:12 PM JST - 4th September

Peggy Noonan: Yeah.

Mike Murphy: You know, because I come out of the blue swing state governor world: Engler, Whitman, Tommy Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush. I mean, these guys -- this is how you win a Texas race, just run it up. And it's not gonna work. And --

PN: It's over.

MM: Still McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do himself some good.

CT: I also think the Palin pick is insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, too.

PN: Saw Kay this morning.

CT: Yeah, she's never looked comfortable about this --

MM: They're all bummed out.

CT: Yeah, I mean is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?

PN: The most qualified? No! I think they went for this -- excuse me-- political bullshit about narratives --

CT: Yeah they went to a narrative.

MM: I totally agree.

PN: Every time the Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at, they blow it.

MM: You know what's really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical.

CT: This is cynical, and as you called it, gimmicky.

MM: Yeah.