Obama's worst case scenario would have been Condi Rice as McCain's choice.

Sarah Palin is a great second choice for the simple fact, albeit silly, women are so desparate to have a woman in a position of power, they will vote for McCain.

Now, before you condemn her, I suggest you take a look at her record, perfect for republicans as well. Pro-life. mother of five, fiscal hawk, ethics are impeccable, more experience in an executive position than Obama!!!

Of course, if you watch Keith Olberman, non of this will matter to you.

only a republican would be dumb enough to think Condi would be a good choice. you realize she knew about 9/11 and nothing, right?

It'll be fun taking Palin apart. She's got oil connections. game over

Her record is why many women won't vote for her. I know plenty of Democratic women and most of them do not vote for women just because of their chromosomal make-up or their genitalia. After the Democratic Primary, many HRC supporters went as far as to say that if Obama picked any female running mate other than HRC, it would be a slap in the face.

McCain's choice is poor for numerous other reasons: 1. her experience is as a mayor of a tiny town and a governor of a small (population wise) ultra-red state. Earlier today, McCain's camp was saying that Obama is not ready to lead. And Pallin is? 2. She is currently under investigation. How stupid of a choice to pick someone that may have recently broken the law in a manner akin to the many laws Bush's "Justice" deparment broke! 3. Many HRC supporters are staunchly pro-choice and vote along those lines often. 4. Many of Obama supporters are women and having a powerful women like HRC run against him wasn't enough to stop his momentum. As such, McCain's choice is obviously a choice based solely on her gender--something that brings into question the whole Republican stance against affirmative action.

I could go on. I hope McCain continues to shoot himself in the feet like this over the coming months.

Don't worry, I have faith that most women are smart enough than to be bought off with a beauty queen.

herself as a reform governor.

A first term governor of Alaska who's already engaged in many fierce battles against entrenched interests and beat those special groups head on definitely beats a first year U.S. senator who's mainly engaged in absentee voting.

And just how many blacks are voting for Obama because of his vast experience as a Senator???

You walked right into it!

Palin has more executive experience than Obama.

She also has more executive experience than McCain.

And no one knows who she is. Which, given McCain's age, I'd say was a bit of a problem.

Ethics? She's under investigation for politicized hiring and firing practices and she's tried to force creationism into Alaskan classrooms. If you think women will vote for her against their own interests, then you're entitled to think that. You're wrong. But you're entitled.

Women don't vote based on vaginas. They vote on character and issues, neither of which are commanded by this moron.

Just how many blacks are are voting for Obama because he picked Biden???

So State Governors lack enough experience to get elected to the National stage? What do George Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter have in common?

she's tried to force creationism into Alaskan classrooms

What??? I didn't realize that evolution was a fact. Last I checked it was a thoery as well. It is our own arrogance and to some extent, ignorance that what Darwin said is the truth.

You need a few examples:

1) 500 years ago, we KNEW the earth was flat.

2) 110 years ago, man was not supposed to fly.

3) 50+ years ago children were dying from Polio.

We are the only species on Earth to have that arrogance and yet be so ignorant at the same time. It is a matter of faith my atheistic friend. The thoery of creation is just as plausible as Darwin's theory. At the very least, it should be an option to be studied in schools with the parents permission. You know, kinda like educating our children about homosexuality?

OOPS, my mistake, they are already doing that WITHOUT parents permission.

evensteven, I sympathise with you. I too get het up when I have to listen to the arrogant atheocracy.

But I still think McCain's been foolish here. He's picked a candidate who will give him a few days of great headlines, but who will be a liability for the next two months. He can no longer say Obama's "not ready" for the job (his best attack, by far) if he thinks that Palin's ready on the back of two years running Alaska.

Obama picked Biden for his experience. ok, i get that, Let's say something happens to Obama, Biden then becomes president.

Uh, last I heard, Biden BARELY survived a brain aneurysm. How are his medical records vs. McCain's?

Now here's the scariest thought of all....

After Biden is NANCY PELOSI????

God help us all!

Evolution is both fact and theory.

The fact of evolution--that evolution occurs--is confirmed by direct observation in realtime in living populations. These observations include speciation events, which by definition represent macroevolution.

Evolutionary theories, on the other hand, aren’t fact but are derived to explain facts: the large body of observations from multiple fields of inquiry regarding the observed biological diversity of the living organisms on earth. Evolutionary theories (like all scientific theories) are comprehensive, predictive, parsimonius, falsifiable and tentative, and are composed entirely of corroborated hypotheses.

Creation ISN’T a theory, plausible or otherwise. Far from being comprehensive it must ignore the majority of the evidence from which evolution derives. Far from being derived from evidence and corroborated hypotheses it derives from subjective personal faith in the authority and accuracy of scriptural texts (texts known to be replete with errors and internal contradiction.) It is dogmatic rather than tentative, and because it invokes magic and a speculative supernatural deity it’s neither parsimonius, predictive, nor falsifiable.

And finally, it possesses no explanatory power whatsoever—it simply avoids the hard work of deriving an explanation by writing everything off to ‘magic’. Ultimately, “God did it!” is indistinguishable from “Pixies did it!”, Leprechauns did it!” or “Fairies did it!” on any basis other than personal taste.

We're basing our existance on a man's observations on a boat trip taken 150 some odd years ago?

Do apes have specific and unique fingerprints as humans do? How did that evlolve?

Why don't you simply open your eyes and look around sometime at what we have accomplished in the last 2000 years. Can you honestly say that it's a matter of evolution?

I feel sorry for you and your children that they can not be given the opportunity to learn something other than the arrogance of man in school. Are you that afraid that your children might actually learn something other than man evolving from apes or other lower forms?

Buddism, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, it makes no difference. they all believe in the same thing. What's wrong with showing them something else?