All right, it's been a while. I would say a lot has happened, but I would be lying. Only two things have happened since last I posted, and I will deal with them seperately. The first is John McCain's brilliant choice of Veep. Can I call them or what? If you'll look back to the only question ever actually asked here at askaconservative, it was who McCain should choose, and Palin was on my short list then. As the days went on, and I started hearing Lieberman's name thrown out there, she got on my shorter list. For the first time in my life, I was contacted by the GOP and asked to chip in. I told them flat out, if it was Lieberman, the answer was no. I also told the very nice young man on the other end of the line that if it were Sarah Palin or someone of her ilk, I would send a check the next day. I sent my money.
As we've all seen, the Obama camp has been passing very large stones ever since. I would say that his camp is exploding, except all the Obamicans who have been posting at the blog sites IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND, POOR PUNCTUATION AND SEPLING. NON THE LESS (if you don't want there to be a stereotype, don't be the stereotype) seem even more likely to wet themselves now than before. I still don't quite understand how people can suspend things like logic and facts, but then, if I did, I would be a Democrat.
Bottom line is this: Sarah Palin was a brilliant choice. She fits all of my guidelines on who he should have picked (and if you want to know what they are, go look for yourselves); she's brilliant, has a sense of humor, and makes John McCain look like he has a heartbeat to keep her away from the White House (and in the Senate, where she would belong). All that blather we heard after her interview with whatshisface from ABC about her not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is, check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine. After all, if Wikipedia has to clarify that there have been four doctrines, why shouldn't Sarah Palin ask for the same clarity?
While I agree that the "lipstick on a pig" thing was ridiculous, it was still interesting to see Obama do it. Wasn't he all about change? There doesn't seem to be anything Obama's been changing during this campaign except for his policies and shorts. I've been hearing him being compared to an empty suit, and falling short--and I'm not sure I disagree. I used to think he was at least fairly smart (he definitely hired the best speech writers this election), but with the Biden choice (and all the backpeddling he's had to do on that), the economy go-around (which he said Biden should have waited before saying anything. Wait for what? The poll results on what people think should be done? Way to lead), the public financing platform, etc., etc., I'm starting to think maybe he's less brilliant and more Manchurian. Do we know of any huge companies that have been giving him lots of money? Oh, wait... (more on that in the next post).
Please ask your questions; askaconservative is itching for a tussle.