McCain finally does something right (UPDATED)
I never cared too much for John McCain, and this election, up until this point, feels like it has come down to voting for the lesser of two evils. The longer the election season has gone on, the more that feeling has settled in. Every week we’ve been reminded of how scary the Obamassiah’s vision of America actually is - and how blinded his followers have become. On top of that, at least once a week McCain says something to demonstrate how not-so-conservative he really is on some key issues.
With the announcement of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate, there is now a very real air of excitement to this campaign. The blogosphere is on fire, along with the MSM’s coverage. I’m jumping on the bandwagon here, as well… (click below to continue reading)
Palin actually knocked Obama’s “historical” speech off of the front page on just about every major news network out there. For the first time since good ole Fred Thompson dropped entered the primaries with a fizzle, the conservative bloggers are energized. Blogs4God has a good round-up of Christian bloggers’ opinions (hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit, who also points out that there is some pessimism about). Ace of Spades HQ has a ton of excited posts about Palin. Of note is this post comparing and contrasting Obama (age 47) to Palin (44). Check out those bikes and this excerpt from Ace:
Obviously both her and her husband have a bit of the outlaw in them. They eloped, they’re kinda kooky individualist outsiders, etc. They’re going to play really well.
A good thing about the husband is that he’s obviously a Guy’s Guy so there won’t be that sniping about “carrying his wife’s handbag” and such emasculating rot.
Her husband, Todd Palin, being a man’s man is an understatement. He’s a blue-collar worker to the bone. He is a fisherman who works at a BP oil field during the offseason. When he wants vacation he races snowmobiles across Alaska…not only does he race them, he kicks ass doing it considering he won the 2000 mile Iron Dog race four times. This guy is certainly of a different sort than the elitists on the Left, and no one can accuse him of being out of touch with everyday Americans.
But the real treasure here is certainly with Sarah Palin. She’s staunchly pro-life - a mother of five who just gave birth to her youngest in April. To make the family even more amazing, her youngest son was diagnosed with Down’s syndrome early in the pregnancy (CNN questions her parenting skills if she gets VP). Her oldest, and only other son, recently enlisted in the Army when he turned 18. He’ll be deploying to Iraq in a few months. Ace has a good bio listed, and many other bloggers do as well. She’s a proven reformer, but of the conservative kind (as opposed to the McCain kind). She cleaned up both the small town she mayored as well as the state of Alaska, going against the Republican establishment to end state corruption. She’s a lifetime member of the NRA, hunts, fishes, eats moose-burgers, and when she and her high school sweetheart decided to get married, they eloped. She got into politics via PTA meetings, which, by the way, was after winning a beauty pageant or two…yes, gentleman, she’s a beauty queen who doesn’t mind getting down and dirty with the boys. I can’t even call her a MILF (or a VPILF, lol) since she’s just so damn respectable, but I sure as hell bet she was a wild one in her youth. Just look at her picture. How can you not like this family?
Rachel Lucas has this to say (plus some more - go read it):
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If you’re lucky, that saucy minx is your next vice president.Gotta admit, I’m totally stoked right now about McCain’s VP pick. I’ve had a crush on Palin for a while, a purely platonic-but-I’d-have-her-babies-if-she-asked-me crush, and I don’t care what anyone says, she’s perfect for this.
I’m going to have a very hard time refraining from politics blogging now though. Thanks, Sarah, you naughty naughty maverickette.
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It’s ok Rachel, I think I’d have her babies, too, if she asked…that is, if I wasn’t worried about her husband dragging me behind his snowmobile with a fish hook, just to remind the world of what a very manly and lucky bastard he is, all the while daring my huge, frozen carcass to slow him down too much to win another 2000-mile race across Alaska, thus presenting his wife with another trophy. TWO-THOUSAND miles across ALASKA. Balls.
Some more rambling with less substance:
FrankJ at IMAO was hoping to start a fact sheet on McCain’s VP pick, hopefully like his Fred Thompson facts from the primaries. I think Sarah Palin sounds like one tough cookie woman. A Fred Thompson - Sarah Palin ticket would’ve been pretty kick ass. Now, however, we have something more like beauty and the beast old-fart…well, McCain. But it could be a great precurser for the knockout cat-fight to the Presidential death: Sarah Palin vs. Hillary Clinton in 2012 (hoping McCain doesn’t run again)…
Yay for McCain-Palin 2008!
UPDATE: The inevitable Sarah Palin facts have emerged: here:
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Sarah Palin is so tough she shaves her legs with a blowtorch while putting on her lipstick.
itsspideyman on August 29, 2008 at 11:44 AM (from HotAir.com)Sarah Palin is so tough, when the glass ceiling heard of her nomination it didn’t shatter, it just fled in terror.
Fatal on August 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM (from HotAir.com)Sarah Palin is so tough she didn’t take off work when she had her baby last Spring. She delivered the baby during a phone conference and finished the day.
carbon_footprint on August 29, 2008 at 11:36 AMOh wait. That one’s true!!!
petunia on August 29, 2008 at 11:51 AM (from HotAir.com)Governor Palin is soooo tough, she relies on God for her strength! (also true)
Ordinary1 on August 29, 2008 at 11:54 AM (from HotAir.com)Sarah Palin is so tough her father used to take her moose hunting at 3 in the morning… Oh that was on the news… my bad.
petunia on August 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM (from HotAir.com)Sarah Palin is so tough she sharpens her hunting knives by giving herself a manicure.
Tuning Spork on August 29, 2008 at 11:56 AM (from HotAir.com)
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and here:
We don’t know who would win in a Chuck Norris - Sarah Palin cage match because they’ve never invented a cage that can hold Sarah Palin.
Alaska is the 49th state solely because they knew even before she was born that Sarah Palin would never finish last.
Global Warming doesn’t kill polar bears. Sarah Palin does - usually with her bare hands.
Three of Sarah Palin’s five kids came out sideways - she never flinched.
, and at AoSHQ I have posted my contribution:
True story:
Years ago, Sarah Palin invited Chuck Norris and Fred Thompson to dinner one weekend. At some point, while her husband went out with a pocket knife to catch dinner, Fred and Chuck got into an argument over something silly. The argument led to a brawl. After a few minutes of fighting and a tsunami or two, Sarah had enough, walked up to the two men, grabbed them by the ears, and slammed them into the couch, demanding they apologize. Her husband gets back with several polar bears and a few dead moose only to find Fred and Chuck looking guilty on the couch, a new lake in the backyard, and Sarah threatening them with a frying pan. Chuck and Fred have never said an un-nice thing to the other again out of fear of Sarah Palin’s threats.
More at those links. Enjoy!
