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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Oh, either he's the biggest baddest thinker in the world, and knows EXACTLY what the press will say and do...

Or he shot from the hip and hit his foot.

I was thinking this morning about who would be a Palin substitute, and the only name I know that would fit is "Mike Huckabee". Vetted, no known issues, somewhat liberal for a Republican, and a Baptist Minister with sterling Christian credentials.

At this point, McCain can't lose the section of his party that just got excited for the first time since McCain secured the nomination.

I did half-wonder if we'd see a floor fight in the convention. I just picked the wrong convention to wonder about. :-)

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Ditto on much of this.

I was somewhat horrified to find myself liking Huckabee last week, when he was interviewed on The Colbert Report. And then I reminded myself of his politics. Why can't people whose positions I loathe be brainless thugs?

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

"Love the sinner, hate the sin". ::laughing hard over here::

I would so much more appreciate someone who is smart, articulate, thoughtful - but disagrees with me, than the small-minded fanatic that will not stop to think about the problems and issues.

Huckabee is just as religious as Obama, as far as I can tell. They just have different visions for what their values mean and how they should be expressed.

I could not vote for Huckabee. But I remain a fan. (Just as I did not vote for GHW Bush, but remain a fan. GWB, not so very much.)

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I wish I could find more people who still remained a fan of pols they couldn't vote for, because I think it's actually a healthier way to proceed and more pleasant for all of us. Sorta like how I expect that in a good job search at my job, we'll bring in three candidates I can be a fan of, even if in the end I'm going to vote for one of them.

And lemme tell you, I don't think the McCain campaign met THAT mark with Palin, of bringing in someone you can be a fan of even if you won't vote for her. Cuz sheeeeez!

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

You can work with someone, if you think of them as decent human beings.

Palin might be, or she might be the poster child for the Religious Right that she is being painted. Too soon to tell. She does seem to be a bit unsophisticated in her thinking, but that's a bare first impression.