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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
miss palin was slurping something up...else she wouldn't have gotten this nomination
TROOF.
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Nah, it was strictly a political decision for getting women votes and to shore up votes from social conservatives....like they'd really vote for Obama anyway. Plus he needed someone younger on his ticket since he's a corpse and everything. He hates Romney, so you know he wasn't going to pick him.
There's footage of her saying earlier that she didn't even know what the Vice President does....she was surely surprised when asked, but said, "Fuck it, lets give it a try."
McCain had only spoken to her once before asking her to be on the ticket....pretty scary that politics is more important than policy. No surprise there though.
Wow, she ran Alaska for over a year!! Amazing!!