One could honestly wonder whose side Sen. John McCain is on this election. Yesterday, McCain gave Mitt Romney a bit of unsolicited (and unhinged) advice on how to beat Barack Obama: do what I did in 2008. McCain went on CBS This Morning and said that the best thing Romney could do it to pick Sarah Palin as a running mate. He appears to be making a joke but one wonders what is more interesting: the fact that McCain might suggest it or that his prior running mate is now an obvious joke as a disastrous choice for a candidate.
When asked to suggest some names on Wednesday, McCain initially offered only one: “I think it should be Sarah Palin.” he laughs at the thought of it.
Palin quit her job as governor of Alaska before completing her first term and started a reality show instead. She has made millions ridiculing “intellectuals” and wrapping herself in a proud cloak of ignorance on policy issues. As a result, she has become one of the most polarizing figures in American politics. Yet that is the person McCain wants Romney to pick to run in what would at best be a close election.
Despite widespread views that Palin cost McCain critical percentage points in the 2008 race, McCain long seemed to have embraced a clinical form of denial and refused to accept that he made a colossal mistake. Of course, it would immediately improve the employment numbers by guaranteeing work for Tina Fey.
For my part, I believe it is the most inspired suggestion since Christopher Walken insisted that what was missing from the Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper” was a cow bell.
Source: CBS
Did lawsuit factor in Olympia Snowe’s departure?
By Bill Allison and Lindsay Young
Feb 29 2012
http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2012/snowe/
SWm,Gene H,raff:
Since the three of you have mentioned my Governor,I thought of Henny Youngman with a twist”take my governor please”:=)
Christie will put his foot in his mouth consistently if he is the VP choice.
Well that would certainly be a trump card on Snow, bettykath. Where did you read that (if you recall)?
I understand that Snow decided to not run due to a pending scandal involving her husband – business not sex.
Christie is a viable option if he can keep his foot out of his mouth long enough. If Biden could do it, I don’t see why Christie can’t be wrangled. Given that I don’t like any of the candidates, Christie would be a lesser evil than Rubio.
I think Christie is the one that appeals to independents.
Or independents for that matter.
McDonnell is certainly policy compliant with the GOP but I think his appeal to moderates is harmed by his stances on privatization and abortion. Both of those are polarized issues that don’t play well with moderates.
. Bob McDonnell of Virgina is said to be near the top of the list.
Smom,
Oh, I know Rubio isn’t a moderate, but he a player. I give him points for being able to sell himself.
Gene, Rubio is not a moderate. Snow is not anti-abortion so she is out.
Palin? Not unless he wants a landslide loss.
Santorum? Too divisive in most of the country do to his theocratic bent. They’d loose almost everywhere except maybe the South.
Snow? Interesting idea, but it would loose him the South.
Rubio? Maybe. He’s a gamer even though some of his policy tends toward the extreme.
Christie? The guy isn’t a torpedo but he has a penchant for putting his foot in his mouth.
Jindal? No. He’d be a disaster outside the South. He’s a mini-Santorum.
Daniels? Maybe. It depends on how much labor will organize to come out against him.
He needs someone with moderate appeal for independents, but of those listed above, only Snow, Daniels, Christie and Rubio come close to that description. Daniels probably is the best “facing” choice of those as he hasn’t overexposed himself too badly in the past.
Actually, if you watch the video, McCain laughs so much when he mentions Palin that I think he’s kidding. He mentions other possible VP candidates without laughing.
Palin is ready, she knows about N/S Korea, where Africa is located, what the Federal Reserve is about and even the relationship of the Queen of the United Kingdom in governance! Of course, who knows what she doesn’t know, just wait! Palin is as dumb as a fencepost and those who support her agenda!
pegsiskatzencats
1, April 5, 2012 at 1:48 am
Whats worse a empty VP or an empty room?
“Maybe an April Fool’s Day gag?”
If Willard has a running mate with ideas then his own will Pale in comparison. If Willard chooses a woman then his wife will get mean. If Willard chooses a Southerner he gets some geo diversity but then his own accent will Pale in comparison. Willard should choose a man from a place out West with good ideas and not wealthy, not particularly healthy but wise
Someone with a good looking wife, a few grown kids, no skags in the closet. Willard needs to own up to the fact that he was conceived in the Willard Hotel in Washington DC and drop the Mitt which means My in Swedish. We will see how a snowball has a chance in Haiti.
Whoever Romney comes up with will probably be a doozie.
The bigger joke might be if he picks Santorum as vp candidate, who has volunteered several times now that he realizes he is not going to be the nominee. Maybe Olympia Snow is going to be the VP pick?? Could that be her reason for suddenly retiring from Congress?
As for Sarah Palin, I wish that crazy thing would just go back to Alaska and shoot bears.
Frankly 1, April 5, 2012 at 7:36 am
Dredd – well for one he hide out in France enjoying the wine, women & song while McCain was hanging by his broken arms in the Hanoi Hilton. For another Willard is good buddies with the GOP power structure than never really like McCain all that much & who foisted the Wassila grifter on him in ’08. And, maybe, part of it is Willard came from money while John had to marry for it.
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Interesting. Thanks.