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[apocalypsos]

In an interview just a month ago, [Gov. Sarah Palin] dissed the job, saying it didn’t seem “productive.”

In fact, she said she doesn’t know what the vice president does.

Larry Kudlow of CNBC’s “Kudlow & Co.” asked her about the possibility of becoming McCain ticket mate.

Palin replied: “[A]s for that V.P. talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the V.P. does every day? I’m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that V.P .slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we’re trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.”

Your possible next vice-president, ladies and gentleman.

Hey, at least she's got lady parts! All you Hillary voters are stupid enough to fall for that, right?

(Note: I do not actually think anyone I know is stupid enough to fall for that. Not even my cat. In fact, I think even the chinchillas would call bullshit.)

Comments

[regala-electra.livejournal.com]

What is it exactly that the V.P. does every day

What is it exactly that the V.P. does every day

What is it exactly that the V.P. does every day

Every time I read that, a part of my soul dies.

Let's be fair.

[seferin.livejournal.com]

Maybe she's making an ironic statement about the illegal/treasonous acts perpetrated by Cheney.

Re: Let's be fair.

[regala-electra.livejournal.com]

Oh I just saw that she supports teaching Creationism in schools.

Yeah, I can totally give her the benefit of the doubt.

[retention.livejournal.com]

I.......

....uh


.....somebody just tell her there's a lot of filing and sorting involved. That oughtta work.

[xany.livejournal.com]

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because ... ah some ... people out there in our nation don't have maps and ... ah ... I believe that e-education such as in South Africa and The Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should ... our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or, or should help South Africa and should help The Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future. ... "

[prettydragoon.livejournal.com]

I see what you did there. (here from metaquotes)

[tinylegacies.livejournal.com]

I’m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration.

Yeeeeeeeah, cause that'll happen in the good ole boys club of the Republican Party.

[tully-argyle.livejournal.com]

Yep, we had the same thought here. "The GOB network is gonna really support a woman on the ticket. Yeah."

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Oh, god. Canada is looking better and better.

*headdesk*

C'mon Obama.

[lovedbythesun.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Quite honestly, if McCain gets elected, I may give serious consideration to my best Canandian gal's marriage offer. If only to get my foot in the door.

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

We are a shiny progressive land of social services and boobies!

[ornithoptercat.livejournal.com]

The only reason I haven't already split for Toronto or Vancouver is that it's too fucking cold. (I grew up in New England, and that was already too fucking cold; more north BAD.) Of course, with England both unlikely and looking less and less like an alternative... well. What's Australia's immigration policy like?

[ornithoptercat.livejournal.com]

oh sorry, here from metaquotes.

[magedragonfire.livejournal.com]

...Cold? Vancouver? Are you sure we're talking about the same place?

I mean, we get about an average of two inches of snow on the ground every winter. The temperature never dips below -10C at the very outside - winters run more like slightly below zero. Toronto, yes, it'd get frigid there, but here in Vancouver we're living in a temperate rain forest, plus getting the warm winds off the Pacific, and... Well, it's the balmiest place in Canada, basically. You want cold and snow, you have to go up into the mountains to find it. Not that they're very far away, but...

It's really rather like Seattle, and I'm sure you've heard about their lack of winter. XD

[notorious-oit.livejournal.com]

I love Vancouver! Better weather than Portland OR Seattle.

Wouldn't mind living there myself...

[caira.livejournal.com]

We've just had a change of government, so it's in transition from "downright evil" to "seriously obnoxious".

[notorious-oit.livejournal.com]

As long as you have a skill that's in demand, they're happy to let you in.

Actually, if you want it easy, apply for a work visa to New Zealand. It's free for US citizens.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

Never,ever underestimate the human capacity for boneheadedness, darlin'. I have no doubt that your chinchillas are smarter than some people out there who can not only vote, they can drive cars, drink and reproduce as well. (Come to think of it, with a great many of them those last two are often linked.)

I was saying to Glinda yesterday that I thought McCain was going senile and just doing what he was told. Now I'm starting to think that his campaign is being put together on the fly by David Lynch.

[ambrmerlinus.livejournal.com]

Totally off-topic, but your icon is fantastic.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

LOL, thanks. A friend got me that tee shirt and I knew it had to be immortalized somewhere other than my chest.

[ornithoptercat.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[ornithoptercat.livejournal.com]

They picked a woman to win the Hillary vote. They picked her to make doing so as damaging to real feminism as possible.

[snellios.livejournal.com]

If Obama had appointed Hillary it would be sooo much more likely that he would win right now, imo.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

She says that after the Secret Cheney Presidency? Really?

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's too good. Bwaha.

Ladies and gentleman

Gentlemen? ;)

[tully-argyle.livejournal.com]

She's pro-life and presides over an oil state. Those hot buttons make her well-suited for his Republican ticket, woman Hillary-bait or not.

[paranoyd.livejournal.com]

Maybe not anyone you know personally - but plenty of people I know.

[baileytc.livejournal.com]

To be fair, how the VP role is defined depends largely on the president. Dan Quayle, like many a VP before him, ended up spending most of his time attending the funerals of foreign dignitaries. Gore and Cheney, on the other hand, had/have substantive roles--perhaps too substantive in Cheney's case.

So it's a legitimate question: What kind of job will VP be under McCain?

The more important question is: With McCain celebrating his 72nd birthday today, is this really the person ANYONE wants one heartbeat away from the presidency? Her resume is thinner than Obama's, a point that I'm sure will be hammered into the ground over the next few days. And although I haven't seen her speak, her lack of experience makes it pretty likely she'll be eaten alive by Biden in the debate.

[doqz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it will be interesting to see where the trend goes. Gore and Cheney both redefined the traditional (Trumanesque) role of the VP as an empty suit. Wonder of the new role sticks.

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Yep...I was thinking exactly that...that Biden would eat her alive during the debates. I can't wait. *puts popcorn on her shopping list.*

[thexpuzzler.livejournal.com]

I do not actually think anyone [I know] is stupid enough to fall for that

I don't know about people you know. Nobody I knew in the whole world, voted Bush either four years ago. But scratch the 'I know' part and you get a sentence to which I wouldn't offer a definite answer under force. There are plenty people out there with no interest at all in politics, just looking to make a little cross on a piece of paper.

[drbunsen.livejournal.com]

Wait ... you still think Bush was elected???

[thexpuzzler.livejournal.com]

Depends on how loosely you define 'election', I think ^^

[namey.livejournal.com]

Annnd to metaquotes again you go.

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine had some very insightful (and scary) comments on why Palin is a threat.

[ornithoptercat.livejournal.com]

Considering that said Hillary voters are stupid enough to insist they are better off voting McCain when Hillary herself says they should vote Obama... I'm afraid they may well fall for it.

Most cats I know are considerably smarter than many Americans.

[ilyena_sylph]

oh, you are awesome.

I kind of what to slap both of them for some of the comments, but thanks for posting these.

[idealistagain.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least she's got lady parts! All you Hillary voters are stupid enough to fall for that, right?

(Note: I do not actually think anyone I know is stupid enough to fall for that. Not even my cat. In fact, I think even the chinchillas would call bullshit.)

I said the same thing. And yet...a 20-point swing among white women who are now backing McCain by a 20-point margin. Guess we were wrong. Sigh.