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Arguing with TAPPED

By "Milbarge" and "Fitz-Hume"

Reviving a long defunct post topic. The response over at TAPPED to the Palin pick has generated it's fair share of laughable lines. A small sampling.

"But it lends more credence to the argument that the McCain campaign is a war room masquerading as a campaign. They're not thinking about governing--they're thinking about winning." link

Me: Are you joking? Are you seriously trying to say that Obama wouldn't have picked Jenna Jameson as his VP if it would've given him the best chance of winning? This is politics. Winning has to happen before you can govern. To imply that the Democrats would never stoop to selecting a VP solely because it would help them win is insulting to anyone with a brain.

"She's Reagan with a vagina!" link

Me: Wow, that's mature.

"Barack Obama picked a running mate who can help him govern. The president's job is far too big for any one person to do on his own, so Obama took the first step toward building a first-rate team. John McCain engaged in a cynical stunt aimed at winning the news cycle. It's an incredibly arrogant decision that calls into question whether he really understands the nature of the job he's running for." link

Me: Many things on this one.
1: Obama picked a running mate to help him govern because he needs a running mate to help him govern. McCain doesn't need that help. This is as much a comment on Obama (the presidential nominee) as it is on Palin (the VICE presidential nominee).

2: Democrats have spent the last 8 years decrying the amount of power that Cheney was given in the Bush White House. Now all of a sudden that's the accepted mold. Bullshit.

3: McCain doesn't understand the job he's running for but Obama does? Does anyone believe that? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

4: Obama preaches about change, and picks a life long Washington insider who has done nothing to change how the city works. McCain talks about change, and picks someone from outside Washington who has tackled corruption in her home state. And McCain is the cynical one?

"If McCain were in his 50s, or even his 60s, or weren?t a cancer survivor, Palin would be a more understandable pick. But given his age and his medical history, picking the single least qualified candidate in the modern history of the presidency and vice-presidency is simply a dangerous decision for the nation..."link

Me: Yeah, because governors and mayors have never, every ascended to the Presidency and done alright. Being a History major, comments from professional journalists that have a blatant disregard for anything past the last 50 years is a little insulting.

"I can't help but be, oh, a little bit skeptical of Republican's sudden interest in the glass ceiling." link

Me: Because Liddy Dole running for President 8 years ago doesn't count as Republicans trying to break the glass ceiling.

"MCCAIN'S SEXIST VP PICK." link

Me: If he picks a highly intelligent and talented women, he's sexist. If he doesn't pick one, he's insensitive to the majority of the voting population. What a wonderful scenario where he can be slammed either way.

"McCain?s selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate is a triumph of Republican identity politics."link

Me: Translation - "It's no fair when they do it too."

Wasn't the entire Democratic primary one big identity politics-off? What exactly happened to all those highly qualified, experienced Democratic white males in the running? Oh yeah, they finished a distant fifth to the inexperienced woman and African American and dropped out of the race.

Full post as published by Begging the Question on August 30, 2008 (boomark / email).