I will post on this at more length later

[fpb]

All I wanted to say now is this: everyone says that Sarah Palin was unknown to 99% of Americans until a few days ago. Well, I'm not even American and I had heard of her weeks ago, and looked her up. And I liked what I saw. Which is why I was so pleased when John McCain dropped the bombshell. I was, if you remember, terrified that he would be strong-armed into adopting Mitt Romney as running mate.

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[cerebresque.livejournal.com]

Based on her actions, and that she's willing to hold strong views without being inclined to force them on people, based on her record so far, she's made a good-sized chunk of the libertarian-inclined block happy, too.

[becomethesea.livejournal.com]

Not me! I am the past president of a student Libertarians organization, which is why I raise my voice. But I'll stop right there on the Palin talk out of respect for fpb.

BTW I am not an Obama fan, either, but this VP pick has left a bitter taste in my mouth. I was certain McCain would pick Lieberman (which would have sealed my vote for McCain 100%), but alas. Now I have to decide who I'm going to vote for based on who I dislike less, rather than who I like more. :/

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Liebermann has a 100% positive voting record from NARAL. Picking him would have been even worse than picking Romney; McCain might as well have gone straight home.