By choosing Sarah Palin as his running-mate he made a cynical tryst with a party base that he has never much liked and that has never much liked him.

通过选择萨拉佩琳作为竞选伙伴，麦凯恩与原来那些他不怎么喜欢并且也不怎么喜欢他的共和党基础人士达成了妥协。

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Your mother may be to blame for your relationship woes (though choosing a better mate could improve matters).

糟糕的婚姻可能归咎于你的母亲(尽管挑到好的另一半很重要)。

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When you are choosing a life mate and have doubts about your choice.

当选择伴侣时感到怀疑与不肯定。

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Careful planning goes into choosing a mate to produce the best possible racer.

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And this leads to the second false premise of Internet dating: that choosing a mate should be a rational choice, in which people carefully comparison-shop for partners.

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The buzz you're hearing is the mainstream media and political establishment reacting in anger that McCain's gone outside the circle in choosing a running mate.

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