Name an intelligent Republican woman McSame could have chosen instead of Palin.

[Toucano]

I go first:

Christine Todd Whitman.

Don't love her, but always respected her.

[philly_bob]

1. Susan Collins. Olympia Snowe. n/t

[bullimiami]

11. and if he wanted a hard-line battle axe. hutchison or dole.

there were plenty of choices but he had to pull a doozie out of left field.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

24. christie witless ain't no dummy, either.

What about Nancy Pelosi? She's been acting like an effing GOP for two years now.

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. Was thinking the same

[yellowdogintexas]

2. Olympia Snow. nt

[kurt_cagle]

14. Olympia Snowe

Snowe would have seriously pissed off the religious right, of course, but she would have given him serious street cred with undecideds, and may have made this a much, much closer race at this stage.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Kay Bailey Hutchison or Olympia Snowe.

[Toucano]

10. Kay never struck me as being particularly bright.

But I don't know her that well.

Only what I hear on C-SPAN.

[TwilightGardener]

20. She's brighter than Princess Caribou, which isn't much of a statement.

[Toucano]

21. Agreed. n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

12. Kay in an earlier time

Her college avocation aside, she is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[dkofos]

13. The OP said intelligent that would exclude KBH

[yellowdogintexas]

59. I hate her but she ain't dumb. She graduated from law school

that counts for a lot

[AldebTX]

45. Kay Is Far From Bright

However, she is brighter then the current VP in an interview.

[Ian David]

4. Condi Rice. But god I hate her. n/t

[Toucano]

44. Condi strikes me as a well educated woman

of unremarkable intelligence.

At least she can name a magazine, so she's more qualified than Palin.

[Ian David]

60. Sarah Palin reads BOTH magazines... Field AND Stream. n/t

[napi21]

5. Hutchinson

[dkofos]

The OP said intelligent that would exclude KBH

[napi21]

32. I don't agree with that. I don't like her politics or, her personality,

but you'll never see her stumble like dimwith Sarah did!

[Toucano]

35. That's a good point.

She annoys me, but she's got a bit more going on in the noodle department that Sarah.

[dkofos]

42. You wouldn't think so highly of her if she was your senator

[napi21]

49. I don't think much of Saxby Chambliss either and he's MY Senator, but

neither one of them is Stupid! I don'y usually call people nasty names, but Sarah has gotten on my last nerve! I certainly can't call her smart!

[Alexander]

6. Jodi Rell.

I suspect we'll mostly be talking about moderate Republicans here.

[librechik]

7. Oxy Moron

cuz any woman who chooses to be Republican is not so smart. Might even have a lobe missing.

[ecstatic]

43. ...

Ding ding ding

[EFerrari]

8. You mean, the woman that certified the air at Ground Zero when it was toxic?

That Whitman?

[Toucano]

16. I didn't say she had to be a GOOD candidate.

Being Republican sort of precludes that, doesn't it?

:)

In another thread, people were talking about if Palin is qualified and I realized that the question probably should be, "Is she the MOST qualified?".

That's what started me thinking about this.

[EFerrari]

22. I know. I thought about this too. Where ARE all the qualified Republican women?

Hey -- what about Mean Jean? At least what you see is what you get!

[Toucano]

27. OMG!

That hurts!

I do think there are more Palins and Katherine Harris types in the Republican party.

Hair and make-up are a big deal to Republican women, with your notable exception of course.

[EFerrari]

30. It's the freak show of Prom Queens.

It looks like competent women don't, um, become Republicans!

[Toucano]

31. Excessive hair spray retards brain cell growth, I bet. n/t

[EFerrari]

37. And I bet Palin sprays it straight at the sun.

:rofl:

[philly_bob]

56. There's a Body Mass Index (BMI) requirement for Republican women ...

that requires constant dieting. Heavy women don't get listened to.

(All of the named women -- Snowe, Collins, Hutchinson, Palin, etc. -- are quite thin.)

[EFerrari]

23. Dupe

[Redbear]

9. Olympia Snowe

She would be a dangerous opponent. I could actually see a lot of Democrats voting for a ticket of the 2000McCain and Snowe.

[lpbk2713]

15. Sorry, I can't help you.

First name that involuntarily popped into my head was Katherine Harris. That did it for me.

Forgive me, I won't be able to entertain a serious thought for a while. :eyes:

[Toucano]

19. Thank you for trying.

You can pick up your case of Rice-a-Roni on the way out.

:)

[garlicmilkshake]

17. Mamie Eisenhower

:silly: :shrug:

[mitchum]

41. LMAO!

nicely done :)
and welcome to DU!

[LiberalHeart]

18. Jessica Simpson.

[mitchum]

25. Lindsey Graham...ooops....you said "intelligent"

sorry

[Toucano]

29. ROFL!

I actually laughed out loud, mitchum!

Thanks. Whew! I needed that.

[EFerrari]

39. Do you really want to open that can?

lol

[tularetom]

26. Elizabeth Hasselbeck

You said "intelligent...instead of Palin". Compared to Palin Hasselbeck is intelligent.

[wryter2000]

34. Spew alert

:rofl: :rofl:

[AldebTX]

47. Oh God

I suddenly don't feel so good.

[Hardrada]

28. Margaret Thatcher

O wait, she's a Brit.

[Bigmack]

33. I posted before... this list...

PARTIAL LIST OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN MORE QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT THAN SARAH PALIN

Senators: Lisa Murkowski, Alaska(?!?); Olympia Snowe, Maine; Susan Collins, Maine; Elizabeth Dole North Carolina; Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas

Governors: Oline Walker, Utah; Linda Lingle, Hawaii, M. Jodi Rell, Connecticut

Members of the House: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Florida; Deborah Pryce, Ohio; Barbara Cubin, Wyoming; Sue Myrick North Carolina; Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri; Kay Granger, Texas; Mary Bono, California; Heather Wilson , New Mexico; Judith Borg Biggert , Illinois; Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia; Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee; Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida; Candice Miller, Michigan; Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado; Thelma Drake, Virginia; Virginia Foxx, North Carolina; Cathy McMorris Rodgers, West Virginia; Jean Schmidt, Ohio

Cabinet: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State; Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor; Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education; Mary Peters, Secretary of Transportation; Susan Schwab, US Special Trade Representative

http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gatemouth/partial_list_of_repu...

[Toucano]

38. That's a good list.

Clearly McCain wasn't reaching too high.

Or do you suppose no one with a political future wanted to touch this ticket?

Palin said yes because she's a moron who will get a minor mention in the history books, but be largely forgotten.

[KamaAina]

54. Ros-Lehtinen and Chao are ineligible, having been born in Cuba and Taiwan respectively

Members of the House: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Florida...

Cabinet:... Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor

Although, come to think of it, they may still be more qualified to be pResident than Moose-olini. :P

[Double T]

36. barbara bush

:evilgrin:

[depakid]

40. Peggy Noonan!

:crazy:

[AldebTX]

46. Ugh...

That caused me to throw up a little in my mouth

[DS1]

48. Since I had to look up her politics

THIS WOMAN





is out of the running

LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
ACTOR DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) $5,000

ROGERS, MIMI
LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
ACTRESS

Frank R. Lautenberg (D)
Senate - NJ
LAUTENBERG COMMITTEE (1994) $250

[Winterblues]

50. I remember when Dole ran against Clinton, everyone said the wrong Dole ran.

I didn't agree with them then or now. Neither Dole was worth a bad penny.

[norepubsin08]

51. Nancy Reagan (joking)

How about Rice?

[Blue_In_AK]

52. If he was looking for an Alaskan,

even Lisa Murkowski would have been better. At least she's somewhat moderate and sane.

[orwell]

53. Meg Whitman...

...ex CEO of E-Bay. McCain campaign advisor. Bachelor's in economics from Princeton. MBA from Harvard. She is probably running for Gov. of California.

Her economics credentials would have helped McLame a lot right now

[redqueen]

55. Olympia Snowe - a real Maverick. (nt)

[XRubicon]

57. Larry Craig