Sarah, Trig, and Bristol

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In the last week, I have gone from snickering at John McCain's choice for veep, to wondering whether he actually intends to keep her. What if she demurely says "Under the circumstances, Mr. McCain, I feel I can no longer stand as this party's nominee for vice president."

He gets the points for suggesting a conservative and a woman. She gets press. Then he can go back to a secret Plan A and choose another old white guy, during the convention, and claim it's all to mend things up. He can back away from the baby scandals and the brother-in-law and the polar bears, and pick a less-Right guy more like himself, having "shown" that he supports women in high office.

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cynical thoughts

[richenza.livejournal.com]

Of course, he would lose the $$$ she brings in from the pro-life lobby and the NRA...

Re: cynical thoughts

[dsrtao]

Not the NRA. The last issue of American Rifleman (NRA member mag) was 50% "Obama will take away our guns!" articles, 10% "McCain is OK", and 40% gun reviews and lists of the top 10 rifles everyone should own.

Re: cynical thoughts

[richenza.livejournal.com]

What was the publication date on the most recent issue? Had Palin been tapped at that point? I gather that the NRA was not a big fan of McCain, considering him the lesser of two evils, but Palin is a lifetime member and gun enthusiast.

As usual in politics, what interests me is who is paying. Not that both sides don't love their lobbyists...

Re: cynical thoughts

[dsrtao]

I was reading it a day before Palin's announcement. It's not that the NRA isn't a big fan of McCain -- it's that they actively hate Obama.

Re: cynical thoughts

[kimbari.livejournal.com]

they actively hate Obama

Now, what did Obama ever do to them? Or is it the (perceived) "arrogance."

Dipshits.

Re: cynical thoughts

[anastasiav.livejournal.com]

Not really. He's already raised something like 10 million over the weekend. That's $$ he gets to keep.

Re: cynical thoughts

[richenza.livejournal.com]

Right, but he's got to keep it coming. Sadly, $10 million is a drop in the bucket when it comes to a presidential run.

Re: cynical thoughts

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Does that count money that's been pledged, but may not be in his pocket yet?

Re: cynical thoughts

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

It seems the NRA members will vote for and shell out to anyone who is the least restrictive-- if they don't shell out *to* McCain's campaign, they'll just campaign *against* Obama like they did to the last 2 Democratic nominees.

Re: cynical thoughts

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much.