Tell me... why should anyone care what the creator of failed TV series has to say about politics?

the same on the GOP side of things, it doesn't matter what side of the fence you're on, you're going to critize the other side and it's stupid, towing the party line

McCain and biden are the "old school" Obama has "148 days" of sente experience, Palin has 1 1/2 years of governing a state

I hate to say this AICN but is the reason you're posting this to generate hits, how about we ask one of the 3 conservetives in Hollywood what they think (I suggest Tom Selleck [who played the lead in the TNT adaption of Joe Klein's "The Running Mate"]) he's about as qualifed as this guy is

I bet if Obama would've picked an "unknown" woman governor to please the Hillary folk, this bitch would have a totally different tune!

Fuck you Hollywood! Keep yer Goddamned mouths shut and go make me some Transformers 2!

With that long, hard tax dick of theirs.

Let's make the government bigger?

Let's not.

He'll get a bump because of the DNC which was quite impressive but McCain is likely to recieve a similar bump.

The strength of the Clintons is being completely underestimated and many Clintonistas WILL vote for McCain out of spite!

The independent vote will go to McCain after the debates and the rest is history!

The tickets are virtually even. McCain has eons more experience than Obama and Biden has eons more experience than Palin...but it's true that Palin at least has more managing experience than all three put together!

And this is coming from a guy who dislikes both McCain and Obama and Biden...I can't say the same for Palin because I don't know her...yet...

in most (if not all states) the Gov. gets very little breaks, serves almost the entire time she is elected

whatever your, um, interesting take on things is, the fact of the matter is that McCain and camp either have to share the stage with Bush at their convention (and his less than 30% approval rating) or they have to explain his absence. (I'll bet they send him to Florida). either way, if you think McCain will get as much of a bump after that mess as Obama does after giving a rousing and almost universally admired speech, you're not too quick on the trigger.

and the first time the Alaskan Mayor debates Joe Biden, it's done.

Sorry kiddo. McCain just sealed his own fate with this ridiculous VP pick.

if the Russians ever invade, she'll lead her five kids into the wilderness and attack them Red Dawn-style!

Wolverines!

1) that we haven't built a fuckin nuke reactor in how many freakin years??? Yes, nuke. It fucking works.

2) that stupid ass Bush made such a big deal about corn based ethanol, which was NEVER going to solve the energy situation, that food prices have jumped dramatically in the last couple of years

3) that we are not offering crazy incentives for development of alternative energy solutions that actually work (high efficiency solar, window covering solar, tide-based energy capture, self-generating hydrogen stations, and so on ...)

I thought the DNC in general came off as a success and Obama's speech was a lot of the same old stuff but the way he presented it was like nothing I've ever seen before.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT McCAIN CAN GIVE A SPEECH LIKE THAT.

But McCain can rely on substance to push him through to a victory. I thought the DNC show was great. But my choices when it comes to politics do not rely on who had the best show or who seems to be more popular with Hollywood celebs.

Once again, I don't even like McCain but my lesser of two evils choice goes to him.

I'll take a friendly bet with you...have to save my money for gas :)

Governor Sarah Palin has nearly as much experience as that cynical-liberal candidate owned by the far left, Barack Hussein Obama.

Actually, if you count "executive" experience, she has even more experience that the liberal senator from Chicago. Obama has shown up to Washington a few times to vote, but for the most part, he prides himself as being a "Washington outsider." How is Governor Palin any different?

Sigh.

It really isn't "tolerance" when you only tolerate those who support your own liberal views. There is no room for diversity in the Democratic Party -- no matter how much the party of slavery and Jim Crowe try to make it appear. But keep humping the leg of Barack Obama. If you hump fast enough, you might just get that rushing political orgasm that you seek.

...and 3 yr in office Senator Obama will thank you for it.

Now that noted political analyst Rod Lurie has criticized the pick, look for George Will and Charles Krauthamer to line up behind Obama.

I really liked Sarah Palin in A Fish Called Wanda.

look, pretty soon we'll have a gallup poll with both VP candidates in play, and with both conventions done. and when that happens, Obama will be up by 10 points, and as soon as EITHER the main or VP debates happens, it will be completely over.

that's my 2 cents. call me a nutcase if you like, but you better show up to the "Barack Obama wins the presidency" talkback, and eat some crow if he wins big. if he wins, but just slightly, I'l eat the crow, and we can all hug and be thankful he won at all!

McCain stole all the thunder from Obama when he thought he was going to coast to the throne. Women who watched the Dems diss Hillary Clinton's 18 million supporters in favor of an sausagefest ticket suddenly have someone to vote for. McCain will only serve one term meaning Palin could run for Prez in 2012. Hillary must be throwing more lamps than usual!

Rod Lurie's problem with Palin is that she isn't an extreme liberal like him. He knows his party is sexist and can't stand that the Republicans are prepared to put a woman in high office when the Dems wouldn't. The whole meme was "Dems care about minorities and women" but when push came to shove, they ran for the old while guy (Biden is 66) and to hell with the chicks. Too funny.

Revenge is a bitch, isn't it?

if all he has is "Obama's too young, not enough experience, etc." and he's 72 years old and his VP is younger AND less experienced than Obama, I don't see how they can do anything but fizzle out.

THAT BEING SAID, I have been a democrat for my whole life, and I have learned to NEVER underestimate the Dems' ability to fuck their own shit up. holy hell, the face we couldn't take the white house back in 2004 was sad enough. I am optimistic (clearly) and I think everything is going really well, and I'm excited. but I ain't popping the champagne until mid november when Obama gives his victory speech.

Somewhere in Denver, Al Gore shit his pants too.

Tell me that, I DARE you.

Oh yeah, Democrat majority in congress.

Get your head out of your ass.

Wow...

As for her experience vs. Obama's, think about it:

Palin is 44 years old.

She has to be ready to take the Office at a moment's notice should something happen to McCain.

She's pro-life and a Bible thumper.

She's been governor of a state of approx. 600,000 people for less than 2 years. (That's hardly managing a state the likes of New York, Texas, Virginia, or California.)

Before that, she was mayor of a town of only 6,000 folks.

She has no Congressional - federal experience.

She has no foreign policy experience whatsoever. (Yes, Biden will mop the floor with her on this issue.)

Meanwhile, she supports oil drilling in ANWR. (And if I had to put money down, I'd say this was a huge factor in McCain's decision. Because who has more "authority" on this potential fuel-source subject than the governor of Alaska?)

From what I've read so far, she sounds like a nice, intelligent woman. A fighter. But this just screams "bizarre token choice" by McCain. And considering Obama's magnificent performance last night, McCain hasn't made it any easier on himself by doing this; his work is definitely cut out for him. So, while I conceed that anything can happen between now and the election, with this VP pick, it may very well be that McCain just handed the Presidency to Obama on a silver platter.

But Obama's strength seems to come from his judgment and the fact that he genuinely fucking cares. So, there is a distinction here - it was the people who picked Obama as their candidate seemingly for this reason (experience or not). But it was McCain that personally picked Palin seemingly out of a hat(experience or not). And considering McCain's track-record as of late, that doesn't exactly instill a lot of confidence especially when you think that she could be left whistling in the wind should something dire happen to him.

Conversely, I found this quote by Palin (apparently made a month ago) quite interesting:

“As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?" -- Yikes!

Also, drilling in ANWR can be seen as nothing more than a concession to the big oil companies while hiding behind a dubious smokescreen of price gouging/corruption investigations. If big oil gets what it wants, then I've little doubt they will throw their weight behind the obliging candidate.

"I'm a firm believer in knowing what you're doing when you apply for a job and I think that if I were to seriously consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now, before having served a day in the Senate. Now, there may be some people comfortable doing that, but I'm not one of those people."

-Barack Obama, 2004 (Upon asked whether or not he'd run for President in 2008)

Cheap tactics may work for the lunatic right, but even the lunatic left knows to keep their eye on the ball.

running this state for a year qualifies you to run a country like playing Counter Strike for a year qualifies me to be shipped off to Iraq.

and before you start whining about Obama, please just realize that this whole "Executive" experience is 90% about foreign policy and the management of the US's place in the world. and Palin has NO experience in doing that.

she majored in journalism, Obama in political science with an emphasis on foreign relations. (McCain majored in getting bad grades and adding to his disciplinary record, but that's neither here nor there).

in her one ACTUAL piece of functional governing in Alaska, when she cancelled the bridge to nowhere, she whined all the way through her public statement and never actually admitted that the bridge was a horrendous waste of over 300 million dollars in the middle of an economic crisis.

look, all points aside, can we PLEASE stop saying, "1 year of executive experience!!!" as if that ends the argument. running Alaska, and running it through mediocrity and half-measures, does not trump ANYTHING.

AND THE REAL POINT HERE IS THIS: look at what we're doing? we're already comparing her to Obama, NOT JOE BIDEN...because if we did that...seriously? I mean, seriously? running alaska for a year? how abotu Joe Biden has been in the senate since he was 28, and has as much foreign relations experience as virtually anyone in the senate.

conservatives are REALLY having to scramble to make any logical argument that picking Palin was anything other than a stupid and unsuccessful attempt to grab more votes. and it's a dangerous and disgraceful thing to do when you're main candidate is elderly and has had major health problems.

you all must see that, right? I mean come on...Alaska?

http://tinyurl.co m/5fmgaa

I could point out that Arkansas saw tremendous growth under Clinton, or that it's a MUCH more important state than Alaska (it's consistently in the top 10 for business growth, best states for small business, etc.) but that's beside the point.

my point (that you clearly missed) was that executive experience does not, and SHOULD NOT trump other types of experience, INCLUDING education and legislative experience.

I mean, wouldn't you rather take Joe Biden's 30 years in the senate over 1 year managing 600,000 people in the tundra?

if we were talking about New York, or California, maybe, but come on...

people touting that are grasping at straws because there's nothing else to grasp at with Palin but air...

and her 2 ongoing ethics investigations are going to be a big boost to the ticket, lol

I was looking forward to the never ending gag reel that would be a Romney VEEP campaign.

Oh well, at least we won't have to listen to the shrill wailing of "Obama's not experienced!" anymore.

And Kudos for McCain's amazing eyesite even though he's 72. Most people failed to spot the massive groundswell of "Palin for VEEP" joyfull enthusiasm in the Republican Party, but no doubt it was just keeping respectfully quiet and well hidden.

Odkin: HELL YES!

Sizzler: She will also cross the stage and kick him in the balls.

Also, it's a smart move because If Biden attempts to toughen her down then he may come off looking like a bad guy and send people to the McCain ticket.

That, and she's a milf. I'd rather spend the next 4 to 8 years looking at her than Biden's hair plugs.

She has just as much experience, and probably more balls, than Obama. McCain both solidified his core, and made the Democrat's attacks completely ineffectual.

By the way, what the hell is this story doing on AICN? Some attempt to dig up a movie-related tie-in to get a dig against Palin? Unprofessional, guys.

or that....New York is comparable to Alaska?

next you'll tell me the war in Iraq is going swimmingly and Lost just keeps getting better and better...

bottom line, as soon as we have the debates, it's done. you can argue flash vs. substance all you want, but I didn't here conservatives complaining about it when Reagan was up there. the door swings both ways. conservatives nominated a 72 year old stodgy white guy who stutters. liberals nominated a 47 year old good-looking, well spoken african american.

that's the ballgame. if you hate it, then fine, I understand, and I don't begrudge anyone saying, "Well, that's not how it should be". maybe you're right. but that doesn't change the fact that as soon as these 2 are on a stage together, McCain will implode. and unless Innuit votes count for 100,000 apiece, Palin is NOT going to help him.

so instead of putting the onus on me, how about you tell me why Palin is so great? (and bear in mind, I am not a member of the NRA (as she is), I'm not for teaching creationism in schools (as she is), I don't want a CONSTITUTIONAL BAN on gay marriage (as she is) and I am not pro-life (as she is). the reason I mention all of this is that the main argument for her is that she is going to suck all of Hillary's supporters form Obama. and they all pretty much disagree with everything Palin says.

your witness.

I thought his ability to take Michigan was a factor but his clear lack of MILFness was obviously far more telling. The Republicans are certainly setting the bar as high as they can with that kind of rigorous qualification. Hillary voters will flock over in droves now.

Yes, I personally think he was a disaster prone gagfest but you could see the logic of his choice Electorally speaking and for the campaign coffers and grass roots.

Palin is completely leftfield.

The mad rush of News Anchors to find out who the hell she was by jumping on Wikipedia was probably only matched by surprised Republicans doing the same.

She. Is. A. Gamble. If it pays off McCain will be hailed a Genius but if it doesn't... well I notice that there are some loud voices from McCains campaign stressing again and again how this was such a PERSONAL choice of McCains. I sense some disgruntled or at least worried staffers and Republican old hands wondering if this is really the time for such a massive gamble.

here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/2q9j9y

1) Most natural rhythm dance-off.

2) 3-Point Basketball competition.

3) Biggest penis competition.

There you go, a non-partisan event, that is 100% fair, and would be a much better media event than a boring vote.

There, my job should be done, I should have pissed off everybody, from every side, with that post.

http://tinyurl.com/2q9j9y

That lasted for a good few days, even a few weeks... but then...

We'll see.

Dee Jay, have you been in a cave, brother? google "rick roll" and look at the wikipedia entry