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TLE_MGR a posé la question dans Politics & GovernmentElections · il y a 1 décennie

Is Sarah Palin the first Affirmative Action Vice President?

When we compare her background to the 40+ other male governors and even some big city mayors who have city populations 8 times as big as Alaska, who can argue that this was nothing more than another example of Affirmative Action working in white women's favor, who is otherwise least qualified?

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  • il y a 1 décennie
    Réponse favorite

    i see your point, but i think mccain picked her as his

    v.p. out of desperation. i think he feels getting

    a woman v.p. will get him the clinton vote. remember,

    she got 18 million votes.

  • Anonyme
    il y a 1 décennie

    No more so than Hill who reverse carpet-bagged it to NY as their partys selection because she was popular.

    She had experiance doing what--where was she when pal Sptzer got caught-she didn't do her job and protect sleeze.

    Any day now we're gonna have a health care plan-she has been working on it for -what-16 years now?

    Isn't it obvious that those who get elected are in a popularity campaign more than anything else.

    Nixon got elected over Humphrey based on what

    But Kennedy beat Nixon

    Reagan , the actor, beat Carter

    Theres no rhyme nor reason why who wins win-especialy if you loose.

    If the candidate is a Female it's a 50/50 shot, they are people too and bout time .

  • Anonyme
    il y a 1 décennie

    You can sure build a good case for that argument and the bottom line is, I agree with you. If Hillary became president she would have earned that right with years of national and international experience and a good education. If Sarah got the VP or POTUS job it would only be because McCain wanted a woman on the ticket who would get the social conservative dollars rolling into his campaign.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    il y a 1 décennie

    I question the judgment of the old man McCain in picking a mayor from small town Alaska to be his VP . What type of bad decisions will McCain make in fixing this country economy or in a crises with a nuclear super power like Russia it could be a disaster .

    OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

  • il y a 1 décennie

    No, she was selected for three main reasons.

    1. Get the evangelical vote.

    2. Get some of the Hillary Clinton voters.

    3. Stood up to legislators to stop wasted spending.

    j

  • Anonyme
    il y a 5 ans

    in no way. Her being a candidate for the Vice Presidency, became not something greater advantageous than the act of a desperate old guy, who knew he became sinking and concept bringing Palin could develop his possibilities. i'm particular McCain does not something yet bump his head on the wall crying, why, why, why did I do one among those stupid component?

  • il y a 1 décennie

    officially, yes.

    unofficially, no.

    affirmative action, officially, was created to help those who are less fortunate. unofficially, this only works in favors of "minorities." and by "minorities," i mean blacks and hispanics. if a white woman got a job, it wasnt by affirmative action bc accordin to the law, caucasians dont go under that category

  • il y a 1 décennie

    I just hope ppl REALLY take the time to actually THINK before they actually vote another REPUBLICAN into office. The VP knows NOTHING about running a country the potential pres will probably drop dead soon.

    SCARY STUFF>

  • Anonyme
    il y a 1 décennie

    Wow. Clearly visible projection. I like it. The Affirmative Action President, is what you're really worried about, isn't it?

  • Bob G
    Lv 6
    il y a 1 décennie

    Are you forgetting about Geraldine Ferraro (1988)?

    Or are you discounting her since she was VP candidate for a losing campaign?

  • Anonyme
    il y a 1 décennie

    With the possible exception of McCain, there is nobody on the political scene right now with a stronger record of reform and standing up to vested interests. Isn't this what you want?

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