McCain picks Palin

[altariel]

No, not Michael, although surely that would have been a sure-fire winner. Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska.

Thorts, o my flisters? Has this swung it for McCain? I have to say when I read the story, I thought, "You crafty bastards."

(Ladbrokes were offering 100:1 on this last night. Bugger.)

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[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

I'm watching this whole business from the other side of the ocean, slowly despairing at the false insanity of it all. Obama may not be the perfect candidate, but he stands for a change the US urgently need. And though I'm willing to grant McCain a certain measure of honesty (regarding his efforts to banish torture), I can't help feeling that he won't enable a true improvement, neither of real politics nor the tragically lost reputation.

Great God, as if this was some cheap soap opera! The Russian Bear gives a short roar, and suddenly all those important ideas about civil rights and needless wars seem (as the German magazine Der Spiegel said last week) to shrink to the question who of both men is more male or patriotic. Who rules over one of the most powerful countries of this world seems to depend on who of both waves the flag more enthusiastically - or is the owner of the bigger cojones.

And now - oh, McCain has actually chosen a woman for Vice President! Hooray - he can't be that bad, for now he's waving a petticoat! (Sorry if that sounds cynical, but however skilled and able that female governor may be, she's IMHO nothing more but a pseudo-progressive figleaf. I should feel pity for her, only that the whole thing makes me way too furious.)

*headdesks*