Sarah Palin's Impact

She will become another Dan Quale

I wasn't thrilled with the choice of John Mcain to head the Republican ticket.  The only 2 reasons I voted for him was that I definitely didn't like the Democratic choice and I was thrilled with his choice of Sarah Palin!  I would definitely vote for her in 2012!  I am just very upset about the reprehensibe behavior of her own party toward her in the election aftermath.  purpleflirp303

She is an opportunist who has always traded on personality and appearance - this is probably true of many politicians,  but this one is as ill-equipped as George W. Bush on the grounds of ignorance,  provincialism,  the feeling of being personally "called" by God to be president (dangerous!).   Also she showed herself ungrounded and malleable during the campaign by allowing herself to be "used" to give speeches,  written for her,  that roused up very evil emotions in her audience (shouts of terrorist,  kill him) that she did nothing to quell.   That is a real dangerous demagogue which we can't afford in this country.   She's a "divider" not a uniter.   But I hope the Republicans foster her,  because that will mean they are prolonging their marginalization. 

We Americans have a way of eating our young. Those we demonize one day, we worship the next. We haven't even dried the ink on this election, and we're already quashing the next? People, let's take a break! We have a new president - like his politics or hate them, he is OUR president. We have important issues before us NOW. Can we please get back to making America succeed today before we worry about who we can crush 4 years from now?

This is a strong, motivated person...Leave out the fact that she's a woman, if you can...She has a strong sense of who she is, what's wrong in politics & would use common sense to right the wrongs...In other words...No politics as usual.

As a life-long Republican and long-time supporter of John McCain, the idea of an ignorant, uninformed, inexperienced Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from the presidency made the McCain-Palin ticket a no-go for me.

I think Sarah Palin is a wonderfully spirited educated woman! I do not think she hurt the campaign at all. I liked her answers to foreign policies much better than Biden. I feel she lacks experience, but but so does Barak Obama. I like what Barak has to say, i just have too many unanswered questions about his loyalty to the USA. Sarah would have made an excellent VP, however i dont think she was ready to run the country any more than i think Barak can. I think with a few years experience she could do a great job..and i think she should focus on 2012.

McCain's response is a good reason why he lost the election.  He still will not confront the truth of Palin's hurting his campaign with her hate mongering ignorance.  McCain did not put "country first" in choosing Palin, because the thought of that idiot being a heartbeat away from the presidency scared the hell out of most women I know.