John McCain more likely to drop Sarah Palin, bookmakers say

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:31 pm

The smart money thinks there's a better chance Tuesday than Monday that John McCain will dump Sarah Palin as his running mate.

Before the Republican senator's presidential campaign disclosed the pregnancy of Palin's 17-year-old daughter, bookmakers in Britain and Ireland were offering 20-1 odds or higher on a bet that she would be forced off the ticket, meaning a 1 pound ($1.78) bet would pay 20 pounds. Now that same bet will pay no more than 8 pounds.

"While it is rare that a VP candidate gets dropped, it's not completely impossible," said Ken Robertson, political
betting analyst at Paddy Power Plc, a Dublin-based gambling company. "Lots of our punters are betting 'Shocking' Sarah's
days are numbered," he added, using a nickname he came up with for the first-term Alaska governor.

Twenty to one odds? LMAO!

I dunno..

You would think it would be political suicide if he did and political suicide if he doesn't.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:41 pm

I think he will keep her. It doesn't make any sense not to at this point. Unless of course they didn't vet her properly and then in that case no way does McCain deserve to be President.

BroncoSport · Post by **BroncoSport** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:54 pm

After watching her speech I want to put $10,000 on him KEEPING her! I cant wait for the vice-pres debate.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:56 pm

Me neither. Maybe she can borrow that ear piece that Bush used in the first debate in 2004.

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:06 am

BroncoSport wrote:After watching her speech I want to put $10,000 on him KEEPING her! I cant wait for the vice-pres debate.

you mean the speech Bush's former speechwriter wrote for her?

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:48 am

9mmprincess wrote:you mean the speech Bush's former speechwriter wrote for her?

It's common to refer to speeches as if they were written by the speechmaker. Everyone knows speechwriters are generally employed to craft them.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:13 am

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Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:25 am

downhill wrote:Me neither. Maybe she can borrow that ear piece that Bush used in the first debate in 2004.

I'm sure they would have risked someone picking up the radio transmissions...

I can't believe people come up with this stuff..

http://www.slumdance.com/blogs/brian_fl ... 01214.html

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:58 am

Me neither. You would think that Bush would have been honest and gone solo during that debate.

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:28 pm

Burke wrote:It's common to refer to speeches as if they were written by the speechmaker. Everyone knows speechwriters are generally employed to craft them.

I'm not sure why people are making a big deal about this speechwriter bit. It's common. Hell, I went to a speech given by one of Willy Clinton's old speechwriters -- he said Clinton could pick up a speech 10 minutes before he had to give it and deliver it perfectly.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:35 pm

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Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:09 pm

downhill wrote:Me neither. You would think that Bush would have been honest and gone solo during that debate.

Well again..its most likely he didn't do what you think... no proof other than a bulge in his back to say otherwise. I remember watching that debate and reading about this nonsense afterwards. This link pretty much says it all

http://www.slumdance.com/blogs/brian_fl ... 01214.html