Any chance Sarah will withdraw her name as VP --- only to set up a different VP pick?

RiverStone

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:37 PM
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Any chance Sarah will withdraw her name as VP --- only to set up a different VP pick?

A little conspiracy theory here, but some friends and I were wondering if Sarah is being purposefully set up as the fall guy (or gal), just to allow McBush to replace her with someone a little less evangelical like Tom Ridge?

I don't put anything past Rove - who I figure still works out of the White House basement.

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DarthDem

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:38 PM
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1. No Sinister Purpose or Agents

But yes, I think it's very possible that she is replaced.

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WeDidIt

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:39 PM
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2. IT would be devestating to his campaign.

Replacing Eagleton with Shriver destroyed McGovern.

It would end any chance McCain had of winning the election.

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AlinPA

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:41 PM
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4. It is too late now. They still have hope that Palin will become a loved celebrity. nt

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RiverStone

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:49 PM
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9. That's why she would withdraw --- still, it would call into question his judgement...

For making such an ill fated choice in the first place. This scenerio seems to be a win/win one for Dems. She stays or goes - it spins bad for the pukes.

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Sonicmedusa

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:41 PM
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3. Even if so, we have to make this about his piss-poor judgement

"At the very least, the process reflects Mr. McCain’s history of making fast, instinctive and sometimes risky decisions. "I make them as quickly as I can, quicker than the other fellow, if I can," Mr. McCain wrote, with his top adviser Mark Salter, in his 2002 book, "Worth the Fighting For." "Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/us/politics/31reconstruct.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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TwilightZone

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:42 PM
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5. I was just wondering that myself. Could she be a bluff?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6863798&mesg_id=6863798

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NewJeffCT

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:42 PM
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6. No, she is doing what the AIP wants -

infiltrate national parties to promote the secession of Alaska.

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nxylas

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:44 PM
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7. So why not just nominate Ridge in the first place?

What would the McCain campaign gain from deliberately making themselves look incompetent in this way? I don't get it :shrug:

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liberal N proud

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:46 PM
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8. Once her and her Gramps sign the papers to add their name to the ballot

Her name is there through November if I am not mistaken.

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TheDonkey

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Mon Sep-01-08 01:49 PM
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10. 15% chance

as of now

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