I am dumbstruck. I have gotten something right. I said a long time ago that maybe McCain would pick Palin, that’d be cool. And now he did it.
Wow.
I mean, wow.
This is cool and completely strange. First Obama vs HRC. Then McCain vs Huckabee. Now Obama vs. McCain. And Biden vs Palin.
Sweeet, it’s a first for so many things. The oldest, the youngest (VP, don’t know about the youngest Presidential candidate – wasn’t JFK younger?), the first African-American, the first female runner up as presidential candidate, the first republican female VP, the first Alaskan, the….well, you get it?!
And the thing I am currently musing about? All the “conservatives” (as in historically keeping it all intact and the same as its always been) who will have to choose from a lot of strange things. Either:
The young [A-A] senator who wants change together with the older white guy who’s been in Washington for ages and ages.
Or
The oldest presidential candidate with a history of going his own way and not toting the rightwing path with the youngest VP candidate from Alaska who happens to be a mother of five.
Yeah, this media coverage will be interesting. If not crazy it will still be strange.
I feel a bit like when I stayed up all night to watch [part of] the Wall come down in Berlin in 1989. Something might be on the way to change?!
5 comments:
not to be all trolly... but mccain isnt the oldest candidate, in spite of that meme floating around... he would be the oldest first time elected president (if he wins), but both dole and reagen (the second time he ran) were older candidates. Still it is pretty exciting all the juxtapositions between the candidates and vps :)
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/08/25/brian-kalt-hey-cnn-john-mccain-is-old-but-not-that-old.aspx
well, his the oldest first time not seeking reelection. Are we agreeing then? ;)
I knew that Reagan was older, 81?, when he won the second time ...
anyway, it doesn't take away most of the stuff that it feels like a strange election.
Well, it was a pretty smart move to try and get all the Clinton supporters that are still angry that it won't be a woman this time around either. And to get a "first" of something.
I just hope that none of them will fall for the trick. Women vice president would be awesome (especially if she'd be an atheist), but McCunt - err oops McCain - would just be another 4 years of a fucking American nightmare.
Negative me? Not a chance.
he'd been better off picking Michael Palin. At least someone would have heard of him, and he would probably bring some intelligence to the election, which is berift of it. if these are the four best ppl we can come up with, i weep for america.
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