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Liberals Blow — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:23:56 -0000

Nothing I cant stand more than a flaming liberal!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you are the first to get bombed when Obama Bin Laden gets elected.

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jelana — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:28:14 -0000

It is also a strike against her judgment as well. She should have turned the nomination down. Even she KNOWS she is not qualified to run this country!

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Daniel — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:33:20 -0000

Remember the electoral college though. It's wonderful that as you say, "kooky leftists, singles (I am, I don't see how that makes me a 'them'), elites, homosexuals," are becoming more active or growing, but it doesn't matter as much if these groups are already in states that McCain has basically conceded on. If you have another million or some odd young people who are energized for Obama in California or Massachusetts (my State), you still only get so many electoral votes, and nothing else. It's not popular vote which people still seem to think it is for whatever strange reason. Barack still needs a lot of work in the rust belt and mid-West, because there, it's very much is still "US" vs. "Them" as you liked to put it, but "US" is still the majority in swing states.

~ One of "US" I guess.

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kenyaw — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:55:11 -0000

Town,
That was the entire point of the nomination, to get Biden or someone close enough to Sen Obama to say something remotely condensending about that nice white woman. If and when it happens, you will habe white woman and some silly black women out protesting.
The cable news will twist the comment just like they did Wes Clark and typical white person-gate.

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GreenLadyHere — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:08:12 -0000

pjamma: I'm going with - A FAIR NUMBER!! :>) :>)

But, I'm waiting for the polls [somewhat]. They are questionable 2! :>)

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msmartin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:13:25 -0000

Being on the campaign trail is far different from posing for a family picture. BULLSHIT!

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GreenLadyHere — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:01:34 -0000

Miranda: Let US keep this conversation at a HIGH
RATIONAL LEVEL!! :>) :>)

HE IS QUALIFIED!!! ENOUGH!!!!! :>) :>)

Whew! Neurons on fire Deep Breaths!!!! :>) :>)

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GreenLadyHere — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:43:49 -0000

Town: Why don't you just TELL THE TRUTH!! :>) :>)
". . . common knowledge . . . YES!!! [with NO disrespect - just truth]! :>)

Again, thanks for articulating the FOCUS ["McAncient's" judgment (or lack thereof), temperament (despite the meds) and motives (albeit EVIL) ] :>) :>)

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Miranda — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:30:46 -0000

I can see why they are initially excited...they haven't heard her speak yet. As the weeks go by and the more they listen, they'll be like "WTF?!?!?"

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pjamma — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:15:06 -0000

I had a party today with some of my girlfriends and we started talking politics. Most were white suburban moms and they were happy that McCain picked a woman. Once it was explained what her politics were they all oh, hell no. Grated most of them were Obama Mamas to begin with but thought as women they should consider SP. I'm wondering how many more women out there won't pay attention to her politics and think they should go for the woman. This is going to be an interesting polling week.

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Karmi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:23:16 -0000

Besides City Council and Mayor, Palin has been Alaska's Governor since 2006, in case you didn't know.

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Karmi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:15:28 -0000

As usual...you are wrong again. Palin is a *REAL* Woman, and men like that fact. I was going to vote against the Dem Ticket; however, now I am voting FOR the Rep Ticket. Men like Palin a lot...simple as that.

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Miranda — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:11:04 -0000

So you believe the mayor of Greenville, AL is qualified for POTUS? And you believe quite a few former presidents were never qualified as well? Okie-dokie.

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Karmi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:03:10 -0000

Obama and Biden have no executive experience, i.e. none - nada - zip.

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Miranda — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:57:38 -0000

So the 30 year term mayor of Greenville, AL has more executive experience than all combined and therefore is more qualified to be President of the United States??

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Town — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:55:37 -0000

They could but they're not going to.

The Sarah Palin pick shows that McCain campaign is on its' deathbed. Many of the VP shortlisters may be furious, but better to let Sarah Palin go down with the ship than them. This VP pick is a win/win for Palin regardless of if they win or not:

She raises her exposure with her base (the extreme conservative right);

She raises her exposure nationally;

She makes history on the Republican side;

If they win, she'd be the first female VP in US history.

No matter what happens, Sarah Palin wins. If the Pubs intervene next week, it would be to throw both of them out, not just Palin. And they're not going to do that because that's sure disaster for them.

The majority of the time, McCain is polling around 42%. The latest Gallup poll shows him back at 41% to Obama's 49%. The ONLY way McCain will win in Nov. is if people just can't pull that lever for a black guy. Hopefully the Sarah Palin pick will ENERGIZE Democratic voters to get their asses to the polls to prevent this joke of a presidential ticket from assuming office.

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pjamma — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:44:08 -0000

Could the Republican Party overturn his pick at the convention and nominate another VP?

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Karmi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:43:11 -0000

She has more executive experience than Obama and Biden - combined.

"Because Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has relatively little experience in national affairs, the bar has been lowered this year for national candidates. This helps Mrs. Palin. As a governor, she has more executive experience than Mr. Obama."

McCain has some, though I don't yet know if he has more or less than Palin. She has a record of integrity that few - if any - elected officials can match. "She's an expert on one of this year's biggest issues - energy."

Anyway, here is a link that I just found: TIME's interview with Sarah Palin.

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Lamont — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:29:02 -0000

"What should or would we expect from a cocky fighter-pilot who missed target?"

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Town — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:11:28 -0000

"Last but not least...Obama has less executive experience than Palin, and he is running for President!?!"

So is Palin more experienced than John McCain?

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Town — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:07:09 -0000

The thing is this:

ANYONE with a Y chromosome CANNOT attack Sarah Palin. Period. That's why the GOP is jumping for joy.

You can't attack her on anything because anything you say about her WILL be turned around on Obama.

NOBODY with a XY chromosome from the Obama camp should attack her. None of the XY surrogates should attack her. That's what the GOP wants, they want the Obama camp to attack her.

DON'T.

The only people who can attack her are people with XX chromosomes. Ignore her like we ignore Alaska 99% of the time and keep the attacks on McCAIN.

Attack McCAIN's judgement. Attack McCain's temperament. Attack McCain's motives.

DO NOT ATTACK Sarah Palin. She will just put on the White Woman's Tears and then everyone will feel sorry for her (like Hillary in NH). I mean no harm to any white women reading this blog, but it's just common knowledge that when a white woman feels attacked, all she has to do is put on the tears and the sad face and people will back off.

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Town — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:57:58 -0000

Maybe McCain shouldn't have degraded Bill and Hillary's daughter and called her ugly. Karma comes back around, ya know?

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Town — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:56:38 -0000

She seems more like Sarah Hasselbeck, just a'chirping away Repub talking points. Let's not let this lady become Danielle Quayle.

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Town — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:53:41 -0000

The Sara Palin choice is an insult to women, and Americans in general.

This is a "beauty queen" pick. If Sarah Pain had the exact same views but looked like Barbara Bush she would not have been chosen.

And then for the McCain camp (and Palin) to say "hey vote for her, she's a woman, she's a MOM, she's JUST. LIKE. YOU." insult the intelligence of the average woman.

I'm interested to see the pro-Hillary crowd now and see what they do. They claimed Obama BET.NOT. choose another woman to be his VP because "women weren't interchangeable." Are they going to vote McCain/Palin jus cuz she's a woman and they want to see a woman up there that badly?

ANYONE who cosigns Pat "A Brief for Whitey" Buchanan is on my automatic X list.

McCain chooses somebody he's only met twice, apparently never seriously vetting her, all so he can create some buzz about his dying campaign?

And this foolio claims "Country First?" Maybe that should be "Cuntry First?"

The spinning heads are all on TV chattering about "Palin has more executive experience than Obama." By that logic, she's more experienced than McCain as well, and nobody would argue that she's more experienced than McCain.

They claim she has foreign policy experience because Alaska is next door to Russia.

The chattering heads are all spinning about how questioning Palin = sexism. The "Challenging Hillary = Sexism" meme is just being transferred to Palin.

If I were a Republican official, I'd be PISSED that McCain is playing games with a beauty queen and bypassing plenty of qualified, competent officials in favor of this person.

This is going to be Mondale / Ferraro 2008, just on the Republican side. McCain just signed his ticket.

But lastly, this choice is an insult to Sarah Palin, because McCain regards her as a pretty placeholder, NOT as a competent official ready to take over at a moment's notice.

McCain is playing games, but he has the nerve to claim Obama will do anything to win an election? Bitch, please.

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jdickenslaw — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:46:57 -0000

You make an excellent point that people vote against their interests all of the time. But people who vote against their own interest do so, because they would rather Obama lose than benefit from his Presidency. I understand them, because had Hillary stolen the nomination, I would have voted for McCain. The only way to appeal to them is to make them hate McCain more than Obama, and that's not the kind of campaign Obama is going to run. Let them go. Remember, the key to our victory is not with the same electorate, but on registering millions of new voters who vote for Obama. That's the strategy, and I think its working pretty good so far.

My family went out on the primary election day in downtown to try to encourage people to go vote. The polling place was in walking distrance of their homes, and most people refused to go and vote. Thery were walking around with alcohol and cigaretts in their hand, living in dilapidated housing, and most of them had no jobs, and they still refused to vote. Interestingly enough, these are the very people everyone is concerned about helping!! If they hate Obama that bad, there is nothing he or we can do to change their minds. Let them vote for McCain, and if he wins, let them suffer.