I love the bit about Ford agreeing to be Reagan's VP but only if he secretly ran the White House.
This was also my response when I got offered a job writing software for a defense contractor.
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I'd tell you how they answered but it's classified.
If you don't mind me asking, what defense contractor was it?
Also, I was at my girlfriend's parents house for a family BBQ and her family (all hardcore evangelical Christians - my gf and I had a big fight about this that is still unsettled) and they all LOVE Palin. Go figure. Instead of being a "maverick" and attempting to bring the Republican party back to fiscal responsibility and smaller government, he attempts to tap into the evangelical base, the PUMAs who feel estranged by Hillary's loss, chicks who just want to see a chick in the White House, and those stupid people who will vote for McCain because "Palin's hot" (they're out there). It's a pretty shrewd move, I'll admit.
But on the other note, a few of my friends who are of the fiscal responsibility/smaller government/pro defense Republican type... absolutely hate the pick and now aren't voting for either.
Beforehand, if McCain won it wouldn't have been so bad (even though I've been probama from the start)... now, forget about it.