John McCain picks Sarah Palin as his running mate. Interesting…
August 29, 2008, 11:38 PM
Finally, the battle lines are completely drawn for the 2008 election. Barack Obama has selected Joe Biden as his running mate, and John McCain surprised us all by picking Sarah Palin of Alaska, whom most of us have never heard of, as his running mate. Interesting move.
What got me was in reading this AP article on the VP pick. Specifically: “She mentioned that she followed in the footsteps of Geraldine Ferraro, who was the Democratic vice presidential running mate in 1984[…]”
It’s always a good idea to invoke the name of a vice presidential candidate whose ticket lost by a HUGE landslide in the 1984 election. Not to mention that this is the same person who, back in March, left-wing pundit Randi Rhodes described as “the David Duke in drag” due to Ferraro’s comments about why Barack Obama has gotten as far as he has. Excellent strategy, bringing a failed VP candidate’s name into the mix.
I say that if we’re going to invoke the name of Geraldine Ferraro, let’s see if we can’t make sure that they go the whole way down that Ferraro road. We do that by making sure that the McCain-Palin ticket goes the same way as the Mondale-Ferraro ticket did in 1984. Recall that in 1984, Ronald Reagan won in a landslide victory. Let’s see if we can’t secure as big of a landslide victory as Reagan did in 1984 for the Obama-Biden ticket in 2008. It’s doable.
Web site: Randi Rhodes trashes Geraldine Ferraro in a stand-up act in San Francisco
Song: Still with the Randi Rhodes theme, considering this Journal entry and the last one were written back to back.
Quote: And for the record, I have no problem with a female presidential or vice presidential candidate. I think a female in the Prez or the Veep chair would do as great a job if not better than a man in the same position. But so far, I haven't agreed on enough of their issues to vote for them.
Categories: National politics