Darragh, is that you?

If they are from a liberal state, let 'em be!  

Because every time they have an email campaign they make fools of themselves.  Everytime they try to organize a gathering they barely get enough people to fit into a mid-sized RV.  Because I recognize the names of every single poster on the PUMA sites I check out.

And last but not least, they're concentrated in New York and California, the opposite of "battleground".

Forget your three PUMAs - I know five - FIVE - 9/11 truthers.  Are they and their fellow-travelers going to swing an election?  Not on your life.

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.  Of course you're the original flea, so I take everything you say with a grain of salt.

I personally know TWO people who can even stand Clinton.  I know not ONE democrat who will vote for McCain.

I'm sorry but I just don't get you. I'm also a woman who supported Hillary and cried many tears of frustration over her treatment by the media. I cried those tears because I could relate to her struggles as a woman who rose high in corporate America and have had to work harder than the boys.

I admired Hillary's strength because she stood up to the establishment and the constant criticism and did not waver. I'm not sure I could do that.  

Part of those tears were from the realization made that we have not come as far as I perhaps thought we had in the beginning, but we damn sure have come farther because of her.

To vote republican is to set-back women back immeasurably. If you don't see that, then I feel sorry not just for you, but for all women who will suffer the consequences of your misplaced anger.

I hope you are able to find a way back to the party that wants the best for you.

I believe there are more PUMA's out there than believed.  I too have come across three white female democratic Clinton supporters this week who said point blank, they will never vote for Obama.  Two said they would not vote for McCain or Obama and one did not indicate if she would support McCain.  However, the refusal to support Obama isn't completely due to dissatisfaction that Hillary didn't receive the nomination or a VP offer because each stated they wouldn't vote for Obama even if Hillary had been selected as the VP nominee. In fact I'm sad to say, one, point blank said they could not vote for a "black" candidate and another simply alluded to it.  Had another "white male" candidate received the nomination instead of Obama, I believe at least two of these ladies would have fallen in line behind the party nominee.  All three women were 50 years or older.

Not all PUMA voters have any consistent principles. They were for superdelegats exercising their discretion when it suited them. Once they fell in line for obama, they were horrified by this concept. I am trying to come up with a new representation for PUMA - PYSCHOS USING MORE ALCOHOL. I am not too pleased with tihs first try. I need to refine the UMA part.

OK, need to clarify slightly.

What I am (inelegantly) trying to say is that I don't think this is about picking up disaffected women voters who supported HRC, many of whom have political beliefs that are diammetrically opposed to Palin.  I believe it is about picking up the so-called "bitter" voters that Obama has had such trouble connecting with.  Many of them are women, but many of them are men too.

She advocates slaughtering wolves so that hunters have enough game for sport...!

They may give McCain a second look, but as soon as they look past him to her, they will reject them both... and for good reason.

And WHO gives a DAMN who she looks like?  This is V-POTUS here!

DISCLAIMER:  what I am about to write is purely anecdotal so doesn't mean anything.

I work with a large contingent of Ron Paul/Independent voters.  Today we got to talking about Palin during lunch and they were unanimous in supporting Obama now.  By picking someone who is so inexperienced and has such right wing views, he lost his maverick status to these guys and appeared just like another Republican.  These guys have been on the fence all election season waiting to see who the two candidates picked for VP.  

I'm glad that McCain picked someone that would diversify the leadership in the U.S., but I surely wish them success in being a complete failure and losing THIS election.

Also, I've heard that this picks targets conservative men as well as disaffected republican women voters (about 2 million)who did not vote in 2006 elections.

And if any woman who supported Hillary thinks a vote for Palin is a good move for women....maybe they weren't for what Hillary believed in after all.