There are lots of people who embody the conservative christian view with "good family values". And many of those people have much more experience and much more clearly stated viewpoints, so why didn't McCain choose a more qualified candidate with the same values?
Because she's female. The fact that she happens to agree with most of McCain's issues is what allowed McCain to choose a female as his running mate in an attempt to swindle the previous Clinton-supporters.
Why he chose such a poor candidate in his pandering to women, I'll never understand. Even, as the article states, Condoleeza Rice would have been a better candidate, from his perspective.
But his poor decision-making only emphasizes to me how much we need Obama to win.
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Date: 9/2/08 11:16 pm (UTC)From:Because she's female. The fact that she happens to agree with most of McCain's issues is what allowed McCain to choose a female as his running mate in an attempt to swindle the previous Clinton-supporters.
Why he chose such a poor candidate in his pandering to women, I'll never understand. Even, as the article states, Condoleeza Rice would have been a better candidate, from his perspective.
But his poor decision-making only emphasizes to me how much we need Obama to win.