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August 29, 2008

My American cousins

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Think of this not so much as an election. Think of it as a national IQ test. On the one hand you have a Marxist community organizer and his plagiarist running mate. On the other hand you have a bona fide hero and his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin. True fact:

Chuck Norris wishes he was Sarah Palin trapped in a man’s body.

Let the Laura Roslin comparisons commence. Even al Guardian is impressed despite her being the obvious huntin', fishin', shootin' candidate. But then these suggest a difference class position than they do in Blighty.

Picking the Alaska governor is a bold play from John McCain for the potentially millions of disaffected Hillary Clinton voters who have remained impervious to Democrats' pleas for party unity. She presents a new face unfamiliar to most of America, and is likely to stir up the race and excite the news media.

At 44, she is a youthful addition to the Republican ticket. Sarah Palin is an avid angler and hunter, a member of the politically powerful National Rifle Association, and her husband has native-American roots. She is also a former runner-up in the Miss Alaska beauty contest.

Canadian Flea-readers should also know she manages a hockey team. And -- as the Guardian alludes -- her husband is an Eskimo.

Update: Fred has spoken.

"I am absolutely delighted by this selection. Once again, John McCain has shown that he is an independent thinker who paints in bold strokes. Sarah Palin is a conservative reformer with executive experience who will bring a breath of fresh air to Washington. She will be an ideal running mate for John McCain, and will make a major contribution to our country's future."

Update: Wow.

Update: "A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built for." Seriously. This locks up the Evangelicals, the fiscal conservatives, the libertarians, and what with her biography -- and that of her husband -- has an astonishing appeal to conservative democrats, and especially union men in the northeast. Not to mention Clinton supporters. This ticket could take Boston. I exaggerate, but only slightly.

"There is only one candidate who has truly fought for America and that man is John McCain."

And she pronounces nukular correctly. God, I am in love.

Update: Governor Palin knocks President Bush for being in bed with the Saudis. About. Time. I have been blessed with a lot of good news this week. Sarah Palin for Vice President is the best.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 29, 2008 06:23 PM

Comments

I'm amazed how many dimwit democratic commentators are shrieking about her lack of experience. Are they so dumb they don't know that the experience issue is not a good topic for obama? And he wants to be president, not vice-president.

Posted by: voon [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 30, 2008 07:50 AM

She'll take Biden apart on the Global Warming issue if/when it comes up in the VEEP debate.

Posted by: The_Campblog [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 30, 2008 12:56 PM

I certainly expected to see many of my American friends ecstatic over McCain's choice. It definitely took the media's attention-span challenged mind away from the Dems' convention.

It's not that you have to agree with every public pronouncement from Governor Palin that really tickles my interest. It's that you know what she believes in and what she supports.

Can you imagine a Canadian politician with similar huevos? It is to dream.

I have also followed some of the anti-Palin commentary. I can only shake my head.

Posted by: GSmith625 [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 31, 2008 01:03 AM

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