I too, as a woman, am truely offended by this vulgar plunder. To insult our intellect as though we view this world with rose colored glasses is just degrading on many levels.
The Republician party has always been based on morals and values, and now after centuries to tell us to a turn a blind eye just for the sake of having a Republician in office is repulsive. How DARE MCCAIN!

I'm insulted that McCain is trying to say that poor Sarah Palin is being "destroyed" by the media because their asking her personal questions.  poor Sarah. She can't answer any questions. poor un-feminist Sarah

I'm a little worried that we may have Palin as our President if McCain can no longer serve.  I worry every time I look at McCain's left cheek.  Wonder if his cancer is really in remission?

Why is it that when all candidates have their good and bad qualities, people have to discredit their own opinions by only celebrating one or the other. The world has no absolutes on its own, Yet us people choose to stay in your own little absolutist bubble. Change will NEVER occur until we realize this.

I would like to know how McCain claims he was tortured when based on the Bush assessment of what torture is and one that was endorsed by McCain himself...he was never tortured..they just used advanced interrogation techniques?

A housewife next door...  Is that really what you want to go with?

I don't know how mccain pick Palin.  She had as much baggage as he know.  They both talk out the corner of
there mouth.  I 'm sick of hearing about Biden and Obama.  Obama is the best candidate, Biden is the best VP.  People cannot get past color!  I dont want four more years of Bush-Mccain!!! This country need change.  Less of the Maverick in Iraq for a  100 years,

Obama's plan to tax the very wealthy (more than 1000 billionaires this year/ versus a dozen several years ago); not tax waitresses tips - the republican way.

How do the republicans plan on paying the National deficit?  A reminder that using social security to pay against this debt is illegal.

No one should attack Palin's family.  

Having said htat, there was just thunderous applause to the idea that Obama is not qualified because the Presidency is no place for "on the job training."  Talk about a double standard!  

Only conservatives are buying into the ridiculous arguement that Palin is not lacking in the exact areas that McCain said make Obama unfit to leave.

In otherwords, if you don't want a double standard, don't support a Presidential canidate who says one thing and does another.  

As others have said Palin has started a good resume that will help her political career but it's not a resume for the second highest position in our nation.

Marcy R, from L.A. you have hit the head on the nail! You need to read what she wrote! OUTSTANDING!

The Gender Card - Image if Obama started off his existence in politics by using the race card republicans would've had  an epiphany. Here's a simple case or ploy by the McCain base to apply reverse discrimination by calling people sexist who question her lack of experience. Since this is the case the same card could have been placed by Obama but he remained bigger than that and focused on issues rather than his blackness. When the pundits questioned his judgement or experience he could of easily played the card. When they labeled him arrogant or risky hey why not play your card. So in reality what there intentions are is to play this card like McCain plays his P.O.W card. So if you ask any informative questions don't say anything just play your card Palin.Oh! Men are so evil to woman yet we are fathers, husbands, uncles, grandfathers, loved ones.If Obama would have played the race card white folks would have ran him out of office. Yet it's perfectly fine to play the sexist card at any point. The true hypocrisy of it all. Charlie                

Kbaum.. are you saying that you would vote for a person based on gender and not if they are truly qualified for that position? if so...that is what is wrong with America, we chose our leaders based on gender, race, or are they someone who we would like to have a beer with... Palin is no Hillary, I was for Hillary and now find myself for Obama... not based on race or gender but on a belief that they really care about the working class in America. Middle Class includes Women and Men of all races who have been cast aside over the last 8 years for the true base of the Republican Party - the Rich. I was once part of that party for over twenty years (until little bush was elected by the Supreme Court) but can no longer endorse their slanted views on what America should be like. Vote Obama, if we get 4 years of the same then we vote him out and maybe sometime in the future we'll find someone who believes in what America can be!

Did anyone notice that there was no color diversity in the audience? Why? Is thats what the Replubican party represents? Just White America? That is not America to me! Sorry to you republicans!

While it's unfortunate about her child,but it points to her most important leadership role -- her family.  She is promoting abstinence yet she can't even get her child to believe and practice it?  What does that say about her leadership ability?  Notice that the Bushes, the Fords, the Carters, the Clintons, didn't have pregnancy issues.  I like the GOP saying "life happens".  That's great.  Now, every time the Moral majority states some nonsense --people can say with a smile "life happens". Next time you men or women get caught cheating, or stealing or drugging holler " life happens" (LOL)! To bad though, most things happen because people make deliberate choices and when caught don't want to take responsibility for them.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082302200.html

there is a defined, clear a present double standard

for sure a double standard

No matter what you think about Bush, McCain or anyone Republican. Obama is the real problem. How the Democrats can nominate such a person is beyond me. Here are a few of Obama's 'NOT EXACTLY'S'. Before any of you bleeding heart liberals make a comment do a little research as I have and you find each and everyone of these statements true.


1.) Selma Got Me Born - NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google ' Obama Selma ' for his full March 4,
2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)


2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.


3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.


4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY; your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is p ro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law. Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to speak to Odinga on the phone.

Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians' homes and then burned men, women and children alive in a Christian church where they took shelter.. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.


5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.


6.) My Name is African Swahili - NOT EXACTLY, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means 'blessed' in that language.
Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya, his father's family was mainly Arabs.. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). From....and for more....go to.....

http://www.arcadeathome.com/n
ewsboy.phtml?Barack_Hussein_Obama_-_Arab-American,_only_6.25%25_African

7.) I Never Practiced Islam - NOT EXACTLY, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.

4-3-08 Article 'Obama was 'quite religious in islam''
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=60559


8.) My School In Indonesia was Christian - NOT EXACTLY, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).

February 28, 2008. Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago:
Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, re citing them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart attacks); Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as 'one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.'
This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says 'Obama's narrative is being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts.'


9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language.


10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.


11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise); you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.


12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - NOT EXACTLY, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.


13.) An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.


14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My outlook on Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.


15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV,
that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.


16.) Voting 'Present' is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.


17.) Oops, I Misvot ed - NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.


18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.


19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.


20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn't write it, introduce it, change it, or create it.


21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish.


22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23.) I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.


24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.


25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued th e names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.

29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - NOT EXACTLY, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel .

30.) I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY; you said let the delegates decide.

31.) I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.

32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.

33.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

34.) I Don't Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it.

35.) I don't Have Lobbyists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.

36.) My Ca mpaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

37.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time.

38.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it

GOD HELP US IF WE JUST SIT IDLY BY AND LET THIS PERSON BECOME OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. IT WOULD BE SUICIDAL FOR US TO DO NOTHING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE ONES YOU VALUE, JUST AS I AM DOING.
IT'S TIME THE 'SILENT MAJORITY' TAKES A STAND! GET OUT AND VOTE! PLEASE!

the day i heard the announcement of McCain's selection of Palin as his running mate, i was listening to the TV news on my car radio.  i wish i had listened closer to who was being interviewed in the republican party regarding this decision, but his response was "WE'VE GOT THE BABE".  this one commment and knee jerk reaction instantly turned my hesitation of voting democratic to a certainty.  this comment indicated to me a total disrespect of Palin and the power of female voters.  do the republicans think american women are so naive that we would cast a vote for the presidency and vice-presidancy of the united states based solely on sex?  will her own party take her seriously in this position of mccain is elected?  will her "worth" be measured by the votes she attracts?  is palin being "used" by the republican party to win an election?  and once the election is over, what value will she hold?  will she be shut out of the very experiences she will need should she be needed to assume the duties of the presidential office? presidential candidates select their running mates for various reasons, all which serve to strenghthen their position,whether it be choosing a VP from a state in which they need to attract more votes, or capturing a person who is known, respected and with a strong political following.  perhaps running mates may even be chosen for the financial support they would be able to lend to the campaign.  the only reason that i can see that mccain would choose palin was for her sex.  this to me is inexcusable and an insult to all women.  it is also an example of how women's issues will be considered under his presidency.  until and unless mccain can convince the american public of any possible alternate reasons for his choice, all voters should consider this one decision of mccain suspect and an indicator of what his term in office would render for the next four years.  this is not a game.

Gov. Palin can fool the American media and public;
but the Chinese and Russian governments will eat  
her lunch...If McCain passes; we are in trouble.

As a woman who struggles everyday balancing family and career, I am appalled that people think because Gov. Palin is a Mom she should be home with the kids because they need her! Maybe some of those Washington dads should have been home....

What happened to all the strides we have made for women, where men and women share equally in the responsibility of raising your children and supporting your family. My husband and I equally share in that with our child - I am an executive, so is he - so, we both have to give and take. While we are not the leaders of the free world, Hillary was the one who told us "It takes a village" - why is that any different for Gov. Palin....

Whether you love her, hate her or are indifferent, she has every right to be where she is and proved this evening that she is a velvet hammer.....

Palin's speech was NEGATIVE and nothing else. So she's a normal person with a really negative opinion of approximately 60,000,000 Americans that voted for Democrats. That tells me you better fight like hell because any hope for health insurance reform, fair taxes that don't favor the rich, an end to the war, reduction of the deficit.... What do Americans have to hope for if this pair gets elected - four more years of the same!  Same negative tactics, same love of war, same mindless policies over and over. Americans, are you better off than you were 8 years ago?  We can't fall for this bull again.

I am tired of her badge of honor statement that she had a baby that she knew would be handicapped.  Why wouldn't she, she's not raising the child anyway!  I feel horrible for her daughter.  I believe that Sarah Palin is being extremely selfish.  

Is this lady awesome, or what? After that speech, it's obvious McCain made the right choice.  The Dems. are going to shoot themselves in the foot if they aren't cafeful.  If they don't stop the personal attacks, they will lose the support of the average, middle-of-the-road, blue collar working democrat and find themselves surrounded by nothing but the extreme left and moveon.org drones.

Let's see, John McCain is not part of the Washington Elite, yet he votes with Bush over 90% of the time.  The earmarks which he mocked on Rick Warren's forum, he actually voted yes on. She mocked earmarks yet accepted millions of dollars in earmarks.  Who is the Washington Elite?  Who has double standards? Who would replace half of the Supreme Court because they do not agree with him.  John McCain and Sarah Paley belong together.  They are both hypocritical, two-faced liars.

Let's see if these messages have to be approved,by MSNBCOBAMA most likely any that is pro-republican won't show up.

Her speech made my leg "TINGLE". Oh sorry that was a comment from MSNBCOBAMA also.

We should take all of the lib's in congress and ask them to line up if they have ever had an abortion or pre-marital sex....that would be fair..right??

The dem's are true to form and are angry people, most likely due to losing the white house again.

I will clutch my bible and pray for you tonight, sleeping next to my gun err wife.

I can't help but to think back to Animal Farm and how the Republican party has continued to use the media in an attempt to state their overly simplistic messages like a broken record.  If you continue to call yourself a Maverick Reformer you have to state what you are reforming which would be the current Republican white house, not a Democratic White House.  I am tired of hearing the same press points over and over again in terms of classifying Sarah Palin as a maverick (i.e. unpredicable nutcase) and then the anger when anyone brings up any critical points regarding who she is and the relevancy to her qualifications to be a vice-president.  She was a member of the successionist party, promotes abstinence education in the context of science that it doesn't work, RAISED taxes in Alaska, is under ethics investigation, gave her 5-month old to her daughter to hide an unwanted pregnancy rather than being straightforward about it . .  I am personally tired of politics as usual and thank the media for uncovering the hypocrisy of Sarah Palin as a maverick anything when she voted with Bush 90% of the time along with the hypocrisy of Haggard, Foley, Bush, Craig and other politicians who are willing to say whatever to maintain the campaign of fear and ignorance in this country no matter what the issues are.

Palin did not cover any policies she hopes to address, except a little energy plug, and she striahgt out lied about the "bridge to nowhere". She supported it then flipped.

I'm not a democart or republican, but anyone with reason can see she is NOT fit for the job, and that has nothing to do with her being a woman. This would be true for any candidate. Listen to reason she is the wrong choice and so is McCain unfortunately.

I have always beleived that What Goes Around--Comes  Around----Remember the Swift Boat Scam and what Kerry went through with all the fear factor he could not keep us safe---7 years ago A Republican Pres---Republican House---Republican Senate---what got done with Health Care--Energy--Education---Etc--Etc --Etc--NOTHING-NOTHING----And that Dear Americans is what you  will get if this charade happens and you elect McCain-----

should the RNC be happy, they now get the media attention, they used to complained that democrate get more coverage.

The Republicans cannot believe we'll be fooled by their cries of "double standard." They are hypocrites, through and through. McCain is an angry misogynist who despises women, and the Palin nomination was nothing but pandering in an attempt to reach Sen. Clinton's supporters.

Got news for y'all ... Palin is the very opposite of everything Hillary believes, everything she stands for. Palin will find poor comfort there among the Clintonites.

(BTW, Palin's camp has announced that the happy couple, Bristol and Levi, her 26-year old rapist, will be exchaning vows the day before Election Day. As far as I'm concerned, that's using your own family for political expediency. If YOU are pimping your own dysfunctional family out, then you've just made 'em fair game.)

Palin's speech was small, vicious, petty and snarky. I expected as much; she's nothing but another ambitious politician. And who the hell IS taking care of those kids? She's got a more-than full-time job as Governor and hubby Todd works on the North Shore, which is week-on-week-off. Who's taking care of her own family?

I despise the Republican because of the very qualities Palin represents - a woman who hunts wolves from helicopters, a woman who puts her career above everything else, a woman who won't give her own daughter a choice on whether or not to keep the baby (at least she *has* a choice), a woman who wants to insert religion - HER religion - into the very heart of our nation's capital) ... and a woman who wants to control every other woman's body.

I was trying to have an open mind listening to her speech, but the pettiness and belittlement completely turned me off. I now have official contempt for Jr. Gov. Sarah Palin.

Hey MSNBCOBAMA, I am guessing you are NOT printing my comment???

Didn't think so, try harder to get YOUR candidate elected,....it didnt work for CNN either in the primary.

What is great is that most people are smarter then you think!

However....I still have a "TINGLE" in my leg from her speech.

I have had a teenage pregnant daughter and I have done darecare for a downs syndrome child.  I know that they both require 24/7 care!  I think Sara would be a wonderful vice president, but at this time she needs to make a choice between her country or her family!  Her ecpecting daughter and youngest child alone would be a full time job.  What is going to happen to the other middle children?  She will have no time for them.
I will not vote for John McClain because I do not want to deny Sara from spending quality time with her family.  They need her more than our country does.  Charlene Gates

FINE LADY. JUST WHAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.  GREAT PERSONALITY TOO.

if you guys think there isnt a double standard in the media you are crazy.

Hmmm, selective on the family aren't we.  No problem in touting the fact that she has a down syndrome child.  However, we need to question her value as a parent when she is running Alaska and hubby is runnin' for Ironman.  We know what they were doing, but they didn't have any idea what their daughter was doing. Also, Can't have sex education in schools either - point made!  

We were free to call Hillary at 3:00 a.m., but it is unlikely we will find the Palins in!

Just in case anyone has forgetten....weren't the last two Democratic Presidents "governors of sparsely poputated states"?

WHY IS THE MEDIA TREATING THE REP VP WITH MORE RESPECT THAN THEY DID HILLARY???????  YES THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD FOR REPUBLICANS, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT...ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT THE RP VP CAN SURE HANDLE THE MEDIA.....THAT MADE ME FEEL GREAT.

I love how the left compares the media attacks on Palin to Clinton's "ordeal."  I guess I consider his personal choices in the White House as a just a little bit of a bigger deal than most.   The selective memory of the left always amazes me.

I'd like to echo what KB said - "John McCain, Barrack Obama, and Joe Biden do not have a four and half old infant with down syndrome.  My issue with her is over that.  You don't accept a VP role when your child needs their mother, then again I feel parents should raise their kids and not their nannies.  I just feel that her child needs her more than this country."

I've been saying that very thing since I heard about her son. If the Republicans family values mean it is the right thing for her to spend less time with her special needs infant son and campaign and potentially run the nation, what does that say?

As a mother, I can't believe she would accept this nomination if for no other reason, unqualificaiton aside.

Would you prefer a Housewife next door that has direct experience or an individual that has had no responsiblity to lead a complex business, such as a state government.  My vote would be on experience, not empty promises and a compelling smile.

THIS IS NOT RUSSIA, IF SOMEONE POSTS A COMMENT IT SHOULD BE SHOWN....FREEDOM OF PRESS REMEMBER THAT ONE.

Choosing Palin was a bold move, but ultimately will prove disastrous, as every photo-op of McCain and Palin together just highlights his advancing years. She is completely unprepared and lacks the gravity to be President.  The double standard that McCain is trying to invoke will backfire on him as well, because people will see McCain returning to regular Repub negative campaigning. It's a sinking ship... they look like a blind date from hell together.

No one gets this it's unreal! PEOPLE Palin is NOT running for President! Obama is! Why don't you compare Obama to McCain instead of Obama to Palin! This is so ridiculous! Everyone keeps saying she's a heartbeat away from the presidency but OBAMA could quite possibly be the president and he has NO experience. He has not even earned his right to be in the white house. Look at John McCain's background and what he's been through. He has earned his right that is for sure. Quit saying Palin is running for President SHE IS NOT. Get a clue people geez!

The only double standard I can see is the obvious cry of "FOAL" the moment information and facts are sought on the part of a deserving public who one week ago never even HEARD of Sarah Palin. The double standard here is the contrast of her asking for privacy for her daughters' situation when she is only too willing to tell the nations women what to do with their own private decision concerning pregnancy. The absurdities only seem to multiply. Hey, my 13 yo daughter today asked me, "Isn't she a bad role model?" Funny when the moral tables are turned how this is all painted over as "It's only a representation of America"

I would like to nominate my 5 year old son for vice president.  

For what or whom were those delegates cheering during Palin's speech? For every one of her- this is my daughter- this is my son- this is my husband- these are my parents- My god, maybe they should have had her walk down a runway. She's like a sexist cliche come true- Every family has its ups and downs? I'm surprised she didn't give them a casserole recipe. How convenient that Bush didn't come- Sure, elect mini me and mommy. We have the chance to elect a person of caliber and vision in Obama, and I'm terrified we're going to elect Methuselah and Red Riding Hood. What is this Iraq "victory" we have within our sights? Oh, yeah, the same one Bush talked about on that ship- uh... how many thousands of lives ago?

What a bunch of whaco libs this bunch is.

Palin is EXACTLY what the country needs: a true public servant who doesn't care a whit about joining the "inside the beltway club", and understands that Government at it's best is to serve the people. Sarah Palin EMBODIES "WE THE PEOPLE", and I am thrilled.

Presidential candidates usually pick their VPs based on the VPs appeal to either strengthen a perceived weakness and/or pull in certain demographic votes that the candidate may not have otherwise received.  This is the standard selection process and everyone is fully aware of it.  Yet, suddenly it's unfair to pick an articulate woman with questionable experience.  Kind of ironic.  

If Obama were a white man with as little experience as he has Hillary would have crushed him before Super Tuesday.

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