Comments on: McCain’s Veep is Sarah Palin. Conservatives Rejoice. (Updated with Extra Democratic MSM Snarkiness. And Fred! And Van Palin!)

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:52:40 +0000

Sarah Palin is not just No Hillary. She's a joke. As a woman, I don't see how she has any courage or conviction. She's as duped with the whole male supremacist ideology when it comes to her politics as the wives of the Texas Polygamists are when it comes to love. Women have no choice or voice in the Republic party. They're just used as puppets. B/w, Doesn't McCain look too frail to be President? He looks like he's barely able to keep his balance.

Los Angeles, CA

By: thomyris

thomyris — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:51:02 +0000

Palin comes to the ticket laden with scandals, troopergate, former member of the Alaskan secessonist party, firing of people who stood in her way when she was the mayor of Wasilla

. And she's neglecting her Down's baby, and her unmarried pregnant teenage daughter (the girl was in at least one traffic accident where she was at fault while she was supposedly home with "mononucleosis"– clearly the daughter was crying for attention). I'm sorry, but this is not my idea of family values.

By: suek

suek — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:48:26 +0000

fostert…

Didn't read the Obamacrimes link, did you.

It could all be put in the "finished" file if Obama produces his official birth certificate to the court. Why hasn't he?

By: fostert

fostert — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:54:34 +0000

"Question now is whether the suit for birth certificate proof of “natural born status” will go anywhere."

There's really no question about that. The issue of whether Obama's mom was old enough doesn't apply in this case, because he was born on US soil (unless you want to argue that Hawaii is not a state, which has a sliver of merit). The age situation applies only to foreign born children with a single US citizen parent. Now, had Obama been born in the Panama Canal Zone, he would not be a citizen (unlike McCain, who clearly is because both of his parents were US citizens). I'm familiar with this because I had a little scare with a Thai woman, and I talked to some immigration lawyers. Turns out, if she had become pregnant, her Thailand born baby would have held dual Thailand-American citizenship because I was over 21 at the time. Had I been under 21, she would have needed to give birth on American soil for the American citizenship (but the baby would have lost the Thai citizenship in that case because of Thai law). It's all cleared up now, though. She didn't get pregnant, and then she married a Dutch guy and now lives in Rotterdam. Interestingly, had she become pregnant from me, married the Dutch guy, and given birth in Thailand, that child would have triple Thai-Dutch-American citizenship.

So short response: short of declaring that Hawaii is not a state, Obama must be accepted as a natural born citizen. And I doubt any judge would want to wander into the Hawaii Nationalism debate. Even Hawaiian judges steer away from that issue.

There is an interesting wrinkle to this: had McCain's mother been three years younger, we would need a DNA test to prove paternity. Otherwise, we would not know if John S McCain Jr was really the father. And if the real father were a Panamanian, John McCain wouldn't be a citizen. It's a good thing McCain's mother was 24 at the time, or we might open up a nasty can of worms. Some things are better left as mysteries.

By: Mari

Mari — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:54:16 +0000

I bet Obama would take back Biden if he could. Man, was that a botched choice. With Hillary as Veep I betcha he'd have taken this, even with Palin on the GOP ticket. But hey, I ain't complaining!

By: GraceD

GraceD — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:11:06 +0000

Sure thing, my friend. I look forward to that post because, with all due respect to Governor Palin, it seems to me there are a number of Republican women who are far better prepared for the office.

All righty, then…

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:49:43 +0000

Grace, if it's okay, I'll answer that in another post, since it's a bit of a lengthy answer. I have been pondering that question and there are some very good reasons.

By: GraceD

GraceD — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:06:04 +0000

Hey dollin, your Loyal Opposition here. Can you give your thoughts as to why he didn't choose seasoned Republican women such as Senator Hutchinson or the relatively young Representative Shelly Moore Capito?

I'll take my answer off the air.