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Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 13.15
by marksi
Chie wrote:marksi wrote:Edit: Today I realised. Sarah Palin is Bree van de Camp from Desperate Housewives.
I spotted the resemblance the first time I saw her on TV. I still think she comes across as more 'Anne Robinson' like though.
It's the fact she's a gun-toting Republican with an unmarried pregnant daughter that made the connection for me, rather than looks.
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 13.17
by all new Phil
I was thinking more Stiffler's Mom myself.
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 14.52
by rdobbie
Whoever eventually gets in, it's nice to see a country that demands that its future leader should face an arduous selection process within their own party, followed by a massive campaign in which they have to spend months trying to win the hearts and minds of the electorate.
It couldn't be any more different to the way Brown sneaked in through the back door.
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 14.56
by Sput
Would that be the back door that everyone knew he was going to go through when they re-elected Blair the year or so before, or the back door he sneaked through when no-one else in the party wanted to contest his move to the leadership, despite having the option?
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 15.13
by marksi
rdobbie wrote:Whoever eventually gets in, it's nice to see a country that demands that its future leader should face an arduous selection process within their own party, followed by a massive campaign in which they have to spend months trying to win the hearts and minds of the electorate.
It couldn't be any more different to the way Brown sneaked in through the back door.
Eh?
How exactly was she chosen by the party? She was chosen by McCain, who had only met her a handful of times before deciding she'd make a great Vice President. I've heard it said that any McDonalds employee goes through a far more rigourous selection procedure than she did.
Her selection was a box ticking exercise.
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 15.43
by Sput
Oh don't worry about the sense of the first part, his post is clearly all about the second part despite it making no more sense.
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 16.00
by Gavin Scott
She frightens me.
I can't help but look at the potential candidates in terms of how bad they will be for the world, as opposed to how good they might be for America.
The thought of a "creationist" VP gives me the absolute shudders.
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 16.20
by marksi
Here's an article you should read about her from Time Magazine online:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/artic ... 18,00.html
Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor.
Oh and (according to the same article) her husband's stepmother has said over the weekend that she's not sure who she'll vote for yet.
Which should tell us a lot really.
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 16.29
by barcode
I just don;t know what it is but I just don't like ANY of them, I would rather have Hilary I still don;t know why
and yes i would happily have Blair back!
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 22.05
by Square Eyes
Many happy hours can be had watching McCain clips on YouTube, this has to be a favourite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RN5xbWtNSU
Re: McCain
Posted: Mon 08 Sep, 2008 22.27
by Sput
In that vein, he's not a man without...
Secrets and I apologise for the adverts.
This is probably the better of the two.