NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds - McCain picks a woman running mate!

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Originally Posted by johnjzjz (Post 481039)

1-first off she is a mother of 5 eldest son on his way to irak she understands what it means to have a boy over their in harms way
2 - Alaska in the most environmentally conscious state in the union and she won the job by pointing out the corrupt stuff that had been going on by the Washington insiders
3- with in a few weeks and days you might hear she is a no nonsense person who gets the job done and is not looking to be patted on the back
4-having a non Washington insider like biden is for sure is a big plus with real Americans today away from the metros like NYC and LA i could go on but i think you should look for your self before you automatically point a blind finger

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Originally Posted by SteveR (Post 481041)

1. Biden was the father of four, his one child and wife killed in a car accident, and his son is also in the Army and is headed off to Iraq

2. Yet she is a strong supporter of the idea of turning Alaska into Linden, by digging the state up and drilling for oil, and is a supporter and voted for the largest natural gas pipeline system in North America in Alaska.

3. Gets the job done? lol What, in the year and a half shes actually had a job in major politics?

4. I have looked, and I study, evaluate, and listen. And I conclude that this is a sexist, insulting, superficial nomination that undermines the very integrity of both the office of the Vice President, and that of the President of the United States of America itself.

1) And her 5th kid, that she just had, has down syndrome. Shouldn't her priority be on making sure she has as much time as possible to make sure all is well with her newborn, ill child?

2) Pointed out corruption, guess it's a "takes one to know one" scenario and that's why she's under investigation now in Alaska for abuse of power? http://www.ktva.com/ci_10026165

3) Or her cluelessness as to what the job even entitles (check the first link in this thread, or I can find you many more sources for this) may be what is revealed to everyone.

And ouch. Searching around an Alaskan TV website, I just found this: http://www.ktva.com/ci_10337913

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If McCain hoped to stop Democrats from getting much mileage out of the oil issue in this presidential election, he picked the wrong vice presidential candidate.
His choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, comes from a state whose lifeblood is oil. Palin favors opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development, something McCain opposes. Her family even gets one of its paychecks from the oil industry: Palin's husband, Todd Palin, earned $46,790 last year as a facility operator for BP Alaska in Prudhoe Bay."

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Campaign contributions Palin collected earlier in her political career could also provide fodder for Democratic campaign ads, tying her to an Alaska Republican political scandal from which she has tried to distance herself.
Palin raised at least $4,500 for her unsuccessful 2002 campaign for lieutenant governor from executives of VECO Corp., an oil services contractor at the heart of a massive influence-peddling investigation. Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens is accused of accepting more than $250,000 in home renovations and gifts from VECO executives and failing to disclose them on his annual financial statements; the senator says he is innocent. Palin received $500 each from nine VECO executives in December 2001, including then-CEO Bill Allen, who last year pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy, bribery and tax charges and agreed to cooperate in the corruption investigation.