The GOP/RNC picked Sarah Palin because...? (fill in the blank question)

[Up2Late]

Since I can't start a Poll on this right now, I'd like your theories in a "fill in the blank" format.

The EIGHT Best will be use in a future poll when we are off of Defcon-3.

I have my own theory (which will be answer #9, along with "other" in the future poll) but I don't want to influence the other current theories here so,

Why on earth did the GOP/RNC go with such a clearly unqualified V.P. Pick?:shrug:

[rateyes]

1. The Christian Right, Rush Limpballs, and Palin's vagina. nt

[Gman]

2. They're swinging for the fence in the bottom of the ninth with 2 outs, a full count

down by 10 runs, no one on base and it's the seventh game of the World Series. In other words, they're Desperate (capital D).

[Pyrzqxgl]

3. They like the Holly Golightly hairdo?

[democrat2thecore]

4. THEY didn't. James Dobson did (McCain's 'gift') - nt

[Eric J in MN]

9. The Max Blumenthal article has a misleading headline...

...which says that James Dobson vetted her.

But the details of the article say that Dobson just watched her on TV after she was announced as the VP nominee, not that he vetted her in advance.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/the-secretive-right-wing_b_122881.html

[Eric J in MN]

5. Excite the religious right. It worked. NT

NT

[patrice]

6. They're concretizing their base so they will have a tool to be used by

Re-cross-overs and newly aligned TPB Later. Of course, they'll take a "win" in they can lie, cheat or steal their way into one, but Job #1 is holding onto a guaranteed vote count.

[Up2Late]

13. What does TPB mean?

That's a new one to me.

[patrice]

17. It IS kind of new; The Powers that Be.

[XemaSab]

7. I still think it's a trap

There are about 10 reasons why we could wind up looking like assholes, but I think the two main reasons she was picked are the "inexperience" argument and the "McSame versus Maverick" argument.

It totally hoses the two dominant memes of the campaign from both sides, and defnitely shakes up the game.

[mzmolly]

8. I agree with the assertion that the Religious Right picked Sarah Palin.

She wasn't chosen, she was appointed.

[BklnDem75]

10. Al Pacino knows...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5vlco4yvSc

:smoke:

[Arkana]

11. They think that women are stupid and interchangeable

and that Hillary's supporters will automatically support him because Palin's female.

[IndianaGreen]

12. McCain has a soft spot for former beauty queens

:toast:

[John Q. Citizen]

14. McCain's play caller dropped acid and had a 'great idea.'

Or

McCain's handlers tried a hail Mary since nobody else really much wanted to run and nobody else seemed to change the narrative much.

Desperate times call for desperate measures and such.

McCain is really lame, on a whole lot of levels.

[Up2Late]

16. I LOVE you first answer...

...but your second answer is one of my current theories, one of several.

[Starry Messenger]

15. The rest of the Republican line up this year smelled box office poison for their party.

And didn't want to touch this race with a ten foot pole.


MPK

[patrice]

18. Hence an attempt to shore up their herd for "milking".

i.e. the cross-over thing got to be toooooooo much trouble for them so they need to guarantee those votes for whoever they have left in office or to run again after this GE.

[DeadManInc]

19. She is a liar and hypocrite. She possesses all the key

ingredients to make an outstanding repuke.

[Guaranteed]

20. Oil. They want to drill in ANWR. nt

[Up2Late]

21. O.K. opening the floor for your favorite crazy conspiracy theory! (there are no wrong answers here)

What else?:shrug:

[toadzilla]

22. she has a vagina. they hate all women, and think they are idiots.

[depakid]

23. They're beholden to anti-science fundamentalist extremists

and wanted to elevate a Margaret Thatcher type to prominance.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

24. Grampy McShits picked her

because he believed PUMAs existed and weren't a Repig funded dirty trick. McCainus actually believes pro-choice HRC backers will vote for him because he selected a woman (or whatever) to be his VP. Think Hillary is a little bit pissed off right now?

[1Hippiechick]

25. Because the Viagra poster boy thinks women are stoopid and will vote for ANY woman, even an airhead

who won't pose a threat to him if he runs for re-election.