A Campaign Question
Has it occurred to people wondering why, if Republican Senator John McCain was going to choose a woman to be his vice presidential running mate, that he did not name Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or Maine Senator Olympia J. Snowe because neither candidate wanted anything to do with the mean-spirited, wrong issued, on its way downhill, trainwreck of a campaign?
Whether you agree with their stands on the issues or not, if McCain was picking a running mate based at least in part on gender (and I wil not even try to figure out his actions for anything), both Rice and Snowe have the knowledge, experience and ability to hold the office of vice president, and indeed, president.
Instead, McCain and his choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (must.hold.back.laughter) continue to go down faster than the stock market, with little chance of regaining lost ground.
Whether you agree with their stands on the issues or not, if McCain was picking a running mate based at least in part on gender (and I wil not even try to figure out his actions for anything), both Rice and Snowe have the knowledge, experience and ability to hold the office of vice president, and indeed, president.
Instead, McCain and his choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (must.hold.back.laughter) continue to go down faster than the stock market, with little chance of regaining lost ground.
posted by Kevin J. Hosey at 6:55 AM
2 Comments:
Condi said a few times that she was not interested. Olympia Snowe is Pro-choice, isn't she?
I'll take a stab - it had as much to do with pandering to the conservative arm of the party (whom had threatened to sit this election out) as it did with gender. Rice et al. don't come with the conservative background like Gov. Palin. I also think he wanted to validate an energy policy by associating himself with someone who has experience dealing with the petroleum industry.
BTW, why would Condoleezza Rice want to sit out the McCain campaign for reasons of it being wrong-issued? All I ever hear from the Obama side is that a vote for McCain is a vote for 4 more years of the administration Condi has served so well.
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