I don't think I'd never even heard of Sarah Palin until yesterday, but I think her nomination was a master-stroke.
Young to McCain's old, she's photogenic, a gun-toting anti-abortionist — yet she's, well, a she. That's going to be a hell of an inducement for those Clinton supporters who are thinking of going Republican.
I disagree with you on the troop-surge. It hasn't solved anything, but merely put the lid on things for a while. The insurgents are just biding their time. And soon as the US "declares victory" and leaves, the civil war there will be back big time.
And thanks, you're right that he didn't vote against the war — he was still in state government at the time, not federal. But he did speak out against it, much to his credit.
And when he did join the Senate he voted, on more than one occasion to continue funding it.
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dancing_serpent
A Master-Stroke
Date: 2008-08-30 09:28 pm (UTC)Young to McCain's old, she's photogenic, a gun-toting anti-abortionist — yet she's, well, a she. That's going to be a hell of an inducement for those Clinton supporters who are thinking of going Republican.
I disagree with you on the troop-surge. It hasn't solved anything, but merely put the lid on things for a while. The insurgents are just biding their time. And soon as the US "declares victory" and leaves, the civil war there will be back big time.
And thanks, you're right that he didn't vote against the war — he was still in state government at the time, not federal. But he did speak out against it, much to his credit.
And when he did join the Senate he voted, on more than one occasion to continue funding it.
Bloody hell. Are you sure about that?