Leaving aside whoever the Dems nominated, McCain was the only GOP candidate who COULD have won, because after 8 years of W the vast center (which is who decides these things) was completely disenchanted with the Republicans. McCain was the least scary. But McCain was unpopular with the Republican “base” and he knew it, so he brought in Palin to keep the Evangelicals from sitting it out like they had done for Bush I.
I NEVER believed the hype that the choice of Palin was a “brilliant” political move on his part. They were counting on winning over the disenchanted Hillary supporters, and thought they would flock to the ticket because Palin has a vagina. Yes, Minivan Moms can be a powerful voting bloc, but women in general are more inclined to be socially liberal than men, and all the hockey practices in the world wouldn’t make up for her views on gun laws, capital punishment, and abortion.
And again on her presumed “attractiveness”, I still prefer Tina. Sarah looks very “plastic”, in the standard “beauty queen” mold. We’ve seen Tina Fey in grubby sweats and fuzzy slippers, plopped on the sofa eating ice cream from the carton. (True, that’s still her “TV self”, so there’s still been a hair and make-up crew involved.)
Much of what makes the Sexy Librarian look actually sexy is that librarians can usually be counted on to know things. Smart is Sexy, and there’s where Palin completely loses me…
Leaving aside whoever the Dems nominated, McCain was the only GOP candidate who COULD have won, because after 8 years of W the vast center (which is who decides these things) was completely disenchanted with the Republicans. McCain was the least scary. But McCain was unpopular with the Republican “base” and he knew it, so he brought in Palin to keep the Evangelicals from sitting it out like they had done for Bush I.
I NEVER believed the hype that the choice of Palin was a “brilliant” political move on his part. They were counting on winning over the disenchanted Hillary supporters, and thought they would flock to the ticket because Palin has a vagina. Yes, Minivan Moms can be a powerful voting bloc, but women in general are more inclined to be socially liberal than men, and all the hockey practices in the world wouldn’t make up for her views on gun laws, capital punishment, and abortion.
And again on her presumed “attractiveness”, I still prefer Tina. Sarah looks very “plastic”, in the standard “beauty queen” mold. We’ve seen Tina Fey in grubby sweats and fuzzy slippers, plopped on the sofa eating ice cream from the carton. (True, that’s still her “TV self”, so there’s still been a hair and make-up crew involved.)
Much of what makes the Sexy Librarian look actually sexy is that librarians can usually be counted on to know things. Smart is Sexy, and there’s where Palin completely loses me…