Interesting observations from Xymphora on the choice of Palin as VP.
I think the 120 million white evangelical Americans was an important factor behind that choice. In a nation where barely over 50% vote, from the overall American population who are registered to vote (78%)-----on average only 40% out of all American adults vote, and participate in their 'democracy'. In that scenario the Christian evangelicals vote block becomes very very critical. Then you factor in Diebold, and banana Republic electioneering which has become the norm in the country, and one can see why Palin was chosen.
I think the choice of her as VP is quite appropriate.
I think having two old grey haired men side by side on the Presidential ticket, was viewed negatively, one as President and the other as VP. For all Lieberman's political skills, the fact that he is an independent cum Republican counts against him, as not being clearly identified as the 'right' type of Republican candidate.
Youngish porn sexy Palin is attractive because she is clearly identified with a specific constituency, the evangelicals who matter to the Republican core support base. The fact that she might have zero talent is irrelevant if she is carefully managed by her handlers, and conspicuously absent from real debates, just Like Bush. It wouldn't be the first time that her types have been elected to high office in the USA. The difference this time round is that, to reflect true current Republican politicians and leadership, you have two complete card board cutouts.
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Deep Palin
By XymphoraYou know you are deep in conspiracy land when the people who are supposed to know things pronounce themselves dazed and confused. The two Palin questions:
- where the hell did she come from?; and
- how could McCain have made such an awful choice?
are starting to be answered, leading us to some amazing conclusions.
Remember that it was Israel that started the renaissance of the Right in the late 70s. At the same time, the Israeli government was actively courting the new 'religion' called Christian Zionism, an unlikely alliance as the Christian Zionists were profound anti-Semites. The big plan was that the moribund Right would revitalize itself with the spice of Christian religious outrage, and the Christian Zionists would be turned into temporary supporters of Israel as Israeli strength was needed to lead to the 'rapture', an old idea brought to the forefront by a lousy and obscure novelist named Tim LaHaye. The 'war on terror' was added to the mix later to give the Americans a reason to continue to support Israel after the fall of the Soviet Union (the recent revitalization of the Cold War is another front in the same quest).
Palin was secretly chosen by a cabal of Christian Zionists called the Council for National Policy. Its members include . . . Tim LeHaye (I wonder who paid him to write his books?). McCain, who didn't even know Palin before she was picked, had nothing to do with it. Rove told him he couldn't pick his old pals Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge as they were too 'liberal', and the only way to ensure the Christians would accept the pick was to let them make it. The Christian Zionists, who were only supposed to be an 'add-on' to allow the Republicans to play identity politics, have now taken over the whole party. The old party establishment has been completely excluded, and Wall Street is sending its money to Obama. The Republicans are very close to turning into the bunch of unelectable cranks that everyone accused the Democrats of turning into.
The downside is that the Democrats, already an extreme right-wing party, will become even more dominated by big business (that's the message they sent making Biden, a man who loves big corporations, the VP nominee). The Democrat platform: fascism plus abortion rights. The irony is that the Christian Zionist genie has escaped the Zionist bottle, thus denying the Zionists their most profound dream of Lieberman as VP, and a rabid Zionist President of the United States when McCain croaks.
