In case anyone's missed it, Sarah Palin is McCain's running mate.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

In case anyone's missed it, Sarah Palin is McCain's running mate.

And, in case anyone is unfamiliar with her, the L.A. Times has this

Excerpt:

Palin is emphatically not that sort of woman. She is, however, the sort who fires the enthusiasm of the religious right and the GOP's socially conservative wing. That's where her presence on the ticket really helps McCain, whose popularity in that crucial part of the Republican base never has been better than tepid. As a correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network reported Friday, evangelical leaders literally hugged each other "in joy" when Palin's name was announced.

It's easy to see why. Palin is an evangelical Christian, a creationist and opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage. (Alaska was one of the first states to amend its constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage, and Palin supported that 1998 measure.) She also happens to be a lifetime member of the National Rifle Assn. and a hunting and fishing enthusiast whose favorite dish is moose stew.

With her but one ancient, creaky heartbeat from Commander In Chief, you could easily say goodbye to science in the classroom....

[Sibling Chatty]

I've been in e-mails and on the phone with friends in Alaska.

The McCain bumper stickers are vanishing, and more Bob Barr ones are popping up

She took the governorship there without the state party's support. And she's been a pretty effective fiscal reformer.

But I think she's also a sacrifice candidate, to not befoul Romney and especially Pawlenty with the soon-to-be-acquired stench of McCain Failure.

[Swatopluk]

Or as some already name her: Miers - the Sequel

[ivor]

Ew! I was thinking she looks like a Christian Evangialist just looking at her. *sigh*

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

Consolation Prize! Wanna vagina? HAVE  A VAGINA!

This, I think, should be the new McCain campaign slogan.

~Qwerty

[Swatopluk]

But she has foreign policy experience! She lives in a state bordering Russia!!
That's not a joke. Someone actually used that argument 

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

Who used that??? Were they not around to remember the break up of Pangea?

[Bruder Cuzzen]

Well , Alaska is right next to Canada .

[Swatopluk]

Faux News (why do you have to ask? )
just google Palin + Russia
or go to youtube and try: doocy palin russia

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

Well, how about this one, sucka?

Palin... rhymes with STALIN!

Talk about a pinko commie in the white house....

~Qwerty

[Swatopluk]

I am more for Michael Palin in drag ads
And I'd use Terry Jones in Eric the Viking for the global warming denial (Hy-Brasil is not sinking!)

[Sibling Qwertyuiopasd]

since Swato's references go over my head, I'll just build upon my previous statement.

Palin = Stalin
Obama = Osama

Well, Stalin ruled without religion, like China and most communist countries. So basically an atheist.

Osama, probably killed less people than Stalin, and did what he did in the name of god. Well, one of them anyway.

Osama may not have as much experience as Stalin, but he'll hold true to his core beliefs.


...I can't go on.

~Qwerty

[Swatopluk]

Kulturbanause!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_viking

   Back in the King's Hall, Sven,  Sven's  dad  and Harald are wide awake,
   but for the moment paralysed, as bits of masonry crash around them. The
   cheerful figure of King Arnulf  appears  at  the  top of a stairway. He
   raises his hands.

KING ARNULF   Stay calm! This is NOT happening.

   The King then hurries out of a door at the top of the staircase.

SVEN'S DAD   What did he say?
ERIK      Look out!

   The doors of the Great  Hall  burst  open  and  a wall of water crashes
   through, knocking the Vikings  off  their  feet.  There is little doubt
   that the whole of Hy-Brasil is sinking  see  a street go down, a statue
   sink and then we
   Cut to a close-up of King Arnulf.
   He is standing at the  top  of  the  Forum  steps addressing a crowd of
   anxious citizens. They are keeping  surprisingly good order considering
   they are already standing ankle-deep  in  water,  and the whole town is
   rapidly sinking around them.

KING ARNULF   Now, I know what some  of  you  must be thinking... the day has
      come.... we're all going  down,  etc.  etc.  But let's get away
      from the fantasy and look at the FACTS.
      FACT ONE - The threat of  total  destruction has kept the peace
      for one thousand years.
      FACT TWO - The chances of  it  failing now are therefore one in
      three hundred and sixty-five thousand.
      FACT THREE...

   By this time the  water  is  up  to  people's  knees,  and several have
   crowded onto the lower steps to avoid getting wet.

KING ARNULF   FACT THREE - Our  safety  regulations  are the most rigorous in
      the world. We are all  nice  to  each  other, we never rub each
      other up the wrong way or contradict each other, do we?
CROWD      No.

   Rumble. The buildings sink and masonry falls.

CITIZEN      We... er... do seem to  be  going down quite fast, Your Majesty
      - not trying to contradict you, course.
KING ARNULF   No, of  course  you're  not,  citizen.  But  let's stick to the
      facts. There has  NEVER  been  a  safer,  more  certain  way of
      keeping the  peace.  So  whatever's  happening,  you  can  rest
      assured, Hy-Brasil is NOT sinking. Repeat, NOT sinking.

   We cut to an unfortunate Hy-Brasilian who  looks out of a window to see
   if it's raining, but is immersed before he can find out.
   The citizens in the Forum, however,  are  reassured by the King's words
   - even though they are now  up  to  their  waists in water. One of them
   steps forward.

ANOTHER CITIZEN   May I just make a  point  in support of what King Arnulf's just
      said?
KING ARNULF   We'd be delighted - wouldn't we?
CITIZENS   Yes, we'd certainly like  to  hear  what  one  of us has got to
      say...

   Erik, Sven, Sven's dad  and  Harald  struggle  out  of  the Great Hall,
   carrying their belongings and the Horn Resounding, while the citizen is
   still speaking most  articulately  in  support  of  the  King. They are
   ALMOST in a panic.

ERIK      What are you all doing?
CITIZEN AT THE BACK (cheerfully) It's all right. It's not happening.
ERIK (urgently)   The place is sinking!
CITIZEN AT THE BACK Yes... I thought  it  was  too, but the King's just pointed
      out that it can't be.
CITIZEN (still speaking in support of  the  King) ...and, of course, we mustn't
      forget King Arnulf's EXCELLENT eye for flower-arranging.

   There is a smattering of applause. A few people pull their robes up out
   of the wet. Erik leaps onto a wall and shouts to the crowd.

ERIK      Save yourselves! Hy-Brasil... is sinking.

   There are a lot of knowing smiles amongst the citizens.

CITIZEN FROM MIDDLE Look, you don't know our safety regulations.
KING ARNULF   It can't happen.
ERIK      But it IS! Look!
KING ARNULF (ignoring Erik) The important thing is not to panic.
CITIZENS   Quite... yes... we understand....
KING ARNULF    I've already appointed  the  Chancellor  as  Chairman of a com-
      mittee to find out exactly  what  IS  going  on, and meantime I
      suggest we have a sing-song!
CITIZENS   Good idea!
ANOTHER      Can we do the one that goes "TUM-TI-TUM-TI-TUM-TI-TUM"?

   Erik looks around in despair.
   Meanwhile in another street someone is struggling in the floodwater.

LOKI      I can't swim! I can't swim!
KEITEL      Relax!
LOKI      I'm drowning! Help!

   Loki grabs Keitel round the neck.

KEITEL      Let go!

   But Keitel is pulled under. He re-emerges spluttering.

KEITEL      Urrgh! Argh! Let go, you idiot!
LOKI      Help!
KEITEL      You'll drown us bo...

   But they go under  again.  At  this  point  Erik,  Sven, Sven's dad and
   Harald swim round the corner, pushing the Horn Resounding. They see the
   figures disappearing under the water.

KEITEL      Help!
LOKI      Help!

   Erik, Sven and Co. swim  as  fast  as  they  can to rescue the drowning
   pair. They struggle to overpower  the  panic-stricken Loki, but he puts
   up a manic fight. Unexpectedly,  Harald Missionary suddenly unleashes a
   vicious right hook and lays Loki out  cold. There is a moment's stunned
   silence that is no unmingled with indignation.

SVEN (with hurt surprise) You hit him!
HARALD      Well, it's what you're supposed to do... isn't it?
SVEN'S DAD   Look!

   They look up as GOLDEN  DRAGON  sails  around  a  corner of the street,
   piloted by Aud.  As  the  Vikings  scramble  aboard,  the  sound of the
   "sing-song" reaches a particularly noisy  and discordant climax attract
   their attention.
   Back in what was the Forum,  a crowd of unconcerned-looking citizens is
   sitting on the  last  roof  and  just  coming  to  the  end  of another
   appalling song.

CITIZENS   ...Te...Tum!
KING      You know, I think we're getting better.
CITIZEN 1 (with genuine interest) How can you tell?
KING (a bit stumped) Er...
AUD      Father!

   The King looks up.

KING ARNULF   It's all right! It isn't happening!
AUD      But, Father, it IS!
ERIK      Get on board!
CITIZEN 2   No THANKS!
CITIZEN 3   Who do you think YOU are?
CITIZEN 1   Panic-monger!

   The roof  is  now  sinking  rapidly,  though  the  citizens  appear  as
   unperturbed as ever.

CITIZEN      Leave us alone!
SVEN      Yeah. Leave 'em alone.
AUD      It's sinking! Hy-Brasil is sinking!
KING ARNULF   Well, my dear, I think you'll  find it's all a question of what
      you want to believe in....  I  have slightly more experience of
      these matters than you...

   Unfortunately, at this point,  the  entire  gathering  of citizens, the
   King and the Forum Temple disappear below the waves.

Terry Jones (of Monty Python fame) plays King Arnulf.
And this movie is almost 20 years old!

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

NPR had a long-ish bit about Palin this A.M.

Nothing at ALL about her anti-abortion stance, her pro-creationism (and anti-science), her evangelical junk.

They did manage to mention she has little or no (read: zero) experience in foreign policy.   One young man they interviewed didn't like that at all--- but I got the strong impression what he didn't like most of all, was that she was.... "a she".  LOL!

The real base for McCain is the right-wing religi-nazis.  And those folk prefer their wimmin' folk at home, preferably cookin' up 'nother baby.... how DARE a wimmin get ideas of leadership.... !

Ought to be an interesting mix-up....

[Swatopluk]

The baby with Down Syndrome will also be a two-edged sword. It can (and will) be used both in her favor and against her.
The Dems should be very careful about that, except it is turned by the GOP campaign into her equivalent of the Son of Cains POW time (then the gloves are off).
On the other hand, if it were Obama's child, we would be drowned in a whisper/smear campaign about the Muslim <n-word> with the Mongol brat (with the GOP denying any connection to that of course)