What Do Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney have in Common?

- Both overshadow the presidents they serve or are going to serve. It's hard to believe that during his administration, President Bush has made a single big decision without the supervision of his VP, Dick Cheney. On the other hand, in the two weeks since her nomination, Sarah Palin has effectively made Sen. McCain appear as No. 2 in the campaign; the Republicans' conservative base is much more enthusiastic about their VP than they are about the head of the ticket.

- Both Cheney and Palin are better speakers than Bush and McCain, and both profess values that are in line with the policies of the Bush administration.

- Both love hunting. It's not clear how this ties into their social and political values, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. But, it is a commonality. Both love guns: one locally, the other globally.

- Both are interested in oil, energy and pipelines. Almost every expert in the field of energy believes that the current crises in oil production, demand and supply are consequences of global economic growth, particularly in developing countries like China. Republicans, however, believe offshore drilling is the solution. (Why?)

- Both have - or will have- strong influence, or even control, over the President. In Cheney's case, it seems that President Bush, for whatever reason, has no other option to get the job done; in Palin's case, it seems that Sen. McCain's age, his short memory, his fragile position among the hard-line conservatives and Palin's own aggressive nature will lead her to jump and answer the 3 a.m. call.

- Both have a daughter that contradicts their conservative values. There is a slight difference: in Cheney's case, it is a matter of his adult daughter's orientation, whereas in Palin's case, it is a matter of a lack of sex education. Interestingly, both dealt with their family issues in a rather liberal manner.

- For obvious reasons, both hesitate to appear on TV shows and expose themselves the media.

- Both invoke God to justify their foreign policy. Palin's remark about Iraq being a task from God is just an example. (George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq')

- Both enjoy the same team of advisors and speechwriters.

- Both are longing for the days to come after the election. Palin will start her unexpected dream job, and Cheney will be relieved of 8 years of service with one of the most unpopular President the United States has ever had.

- Both fit the pitbull analogy in both campaign strategy and foreign policy style. The only difference is one wears lipstick.

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MRS. & MR. PALIN .....MOM & DAD.......­?????

ST. PAUL - A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s choice as running mate, called into question how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket. HE DIDN'T!
Ms. Palin and her husband, Todd, issued a statement saying that their 17-year-old unmarried daughter, and who was not practice safe sex, Bristol, was five months pregnant and that she intended to marry the 18 year old father. Republican moral value American value BETTER THEN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY crap !
Among other less attention-grabbing news of the day: it was learned that Ms. Palin now has a private lawyer in a legislative ethics investigation in Alaska into whether she abused her power in dismissing the state’s public safety commissioner; that she was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party, which has at times sought a vote on whether the state should secede; and that Mr. Palin was arrested 22 years ago on a drunken-driving charge. It will also come out that Mr. Palin has father a child during the marriage. Bottom line this is a tokem female thar was not vetted. McCain way of think was JUST GET A FEMALE!. No white republican in America's history ever repected any one other then another white male for vice president.

[TRUE BLUE AMERICAN]

another foolish dem spouting off like they know what "really" happened. Keep reading the lies and distortions from the left-- good luck in 2012....

[SunshyneState]

If I were McCain I wouldn't be doing any hunting with her.
"Oh, I thought he was a Polar Bear!"

[Bitsko]

Yeah, invading a bankrupt decadent Iraq was a task. Killing and maiming untold numbers of civilians was a task. Fomenting a violent civil war was a task.

Billy Graham used to say the same thing about Vietnam.

[FloridaShutterBug]

It would be easier to identify their differences.

1. She wears a dress.

2. Uh... um... well... I got nothin'.

[realpolitic]

What Do Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney have in Common? Palin has yet to shoot someone in the face, but that thought should not make McCain too comfortable. She may yet prove a poor shot.

[Vyvjala]

Perpetual greeeeeeee­d.........­..........­.

[Vyvjala]

Perpetual greed.....­..........­...

[mommadona]

I do believe they share a BORG moment, fer shure.....

[dadw5boys]

Unbridled selfish ambition !

[llib]

I'm sure McCain is enjoying all the attention and enthusiasm at these rallies...­.how's it going to look (and feel to Mcain) when he and Palin are no longer joined at the hip and she's getting big crowds and all the attention and he's back to...well, you know.

[BigSurf]

Both are more than interested in big oil, both are in bed with big oil.

Along with her support for drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge and off our coasts, she also opposes a windfall profit tax on the richest oil companies. Under her leadership, Alaska has sued the federal governent for considering listing the Polar Bear as a threatened species even though global warming threatens its very existence. She has been dismissive of alternative energy, saying "alternative-energy solutions are far from imminent and would require more than 10 years to develop" (The Post and Courier Charleston, SC, 8/16/08), when in reality it is the oil she would like to drill that would take a decade to bring to market.