Do the Republicans think Palin is the same as Hillary?

well, palin seems to be as big a wacko as mccain so i think thats also a reason why they picked her. it is sad to say that some swing voters will be voting for mccain simply because he has a woman vp. they dont care whats going on as long as a woman gets in. its all the angry hillarites. they cant stand the thought that obama got the nomination and i guess for them it was an all or nothing deal.

Are you kidding? If Republicans thought she was anything like Hillary she would be just as popular as Hill. Meaning:Not very. Palin is the Anti-Hillary. This question is an insult to Republican intelligence. I think I lost a point just reading the question. You guys just think that you are so smart and the Right is so dumb. And that's why you will lose. so keep doin it.
This discussion rates one molehill but no more.

I wasn't aware that McCain chose Palin to win Hillary's voters. He may have chose her because he has plans for Alaska if he wins and including her would make it easier. I can't see why he chose her over the others. But he did.

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I think that was the purpose of having an attractive woman. Trying to get some male votes, for her looks (as some just don't investigate the issues), trying to get some female votes, because she is a woman (same as above), but much that she stands for is so against what I do.

Additionally, I am not voting for the vice-president but the president. I hear things like, "people say she is inexperienced but so it Obama," but who is really experienced at being the president? Have we not seen more "experienced" men get into the White House and mess things up?

I am sad that Hillary did not get this far but I sure as heck am not going to vote for McCain, just because he chose a female running mate.

It's scary, though, because since she was on the ticket, the polls have gone in his favor, but we know, even the voting process can be in someone's favor and they can still lose (I.E. Gore vs Bush).

Clinton 2012!

I am glad to see so far that women do not seemed to be fooled by this ploy. Palin is a woman but she stands in stark contrast to the very things that American women need, and all the things that Hil fought for. She decided to carry all of her children to term - good for her. But that dosent mean she is some shining example of all women. It's easy for her to raise a 5 child family when she is a politician and her husband is an Oil Executive. Hello.

But the average American family struggles to feed, raise, and school just one or two children. For women who cannot AFFORD to have more children but get pregnant for one reason or another, forcing them to birth the child is like forcing them into poverty. It's HARD times we are living in (If you are not married to an Oil Tycoon, that is). And if abortions are made illegal... women will find ways to still have them.

History paints the grousem picture THAT leads to.

The McCant campaign must think Hillary followers are blind. They are in for a rude awakening when they find out that the people who follow Hillary actually have BRAINS, and are able to see right through Palin.

Heck no, Republicans don't think she's another Hilary. That's why we love her and can relate to her...and could not relate at all to Hilary.

But there were women who were going to vote for Hilary who are now going to vote for McCain/Palin. Our local news has interviewed quite a few. So has the national news media. One Hilary spokesperson said that of the 18 million Hilary supporters, probably 8 million would vote for McCain/Palin. That's because Hilary had the support of both liberal Democrats and moderates and independents. Palin appeals to conservatives and to some moderates and some independents.

Yesterday's Gallop poll said that 53% of white women would vote for McCain/Palin. (I have to wonder if we'll ever have polls that don't mention race or ethnicity. It's doubtful.)

I felt exactly as you do until I realized that the McCain camp is not trying to get Hillary's votes with this nomination. They are playing to the right wing and they have solidified that base with this very mediocre choice. Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton and I expect her nomination will drive Hillary's people solidly over to Obama. I know it has put me (a Hillary supporter)firmly into the Obama column. Any doubts I may have harbored were removed when Sarah Palin became the Republican nominee.

i dont know but palin doesnt appealing to me if obama's wife run i might vote for her. i know she is intelligent but palin talks harassing words and that mades me think of voting here as i thought she know that heart of women. she seems like tiger came out for pasture.

The Palin/McCain ticket believes that women should vote for them just because Palin is a woman.

Forget the fact that she may have the deciding vote in overturning Roe vs. Wade.

Forget the fact that she is one heartbeat away from being President.

Forget the fact that she wants to overturn all the gains made by women.

I can't believe how many women have gone over to the Palin/McCain camp because she's now on the ticket.

If they think that she has their best interests in mind, then they are sadly mistaken.

P.S. When will the Palin/McCain ticket start discussing the issues facing ordinary, everyday Americans?

Lloyd