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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Just Lou]
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10/02/08 03:39 PM
10/02/08 03:39 PM
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The best part of that clip is Benson's face when Quayle made the statement. Apparently he knew ahead of time that Quayle liked to make that comparison, and he couldn't wait to pounce.  ...I was watching CNN yesterday, and I forget the name of the person being interviewed but she made the comment: "Sarah Palin makes Dan Quayle look like Colin Powell." That's the funniest comment so far. I tell ya, at this rate, she is. If anything, I feel bad for poor Quayle now. OK, I actually don't, but you wouldn't blame me if I did, right?
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: ronnierocketAGO]
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10/02/08 03:43 PM
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McCain pulling out of MichiganJohn McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play.
McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. Wisconsin went for Kerry in 2004, Ohio and Florida for Bush.
McCain's campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Republicans had been bullish on Michigan, hopeful that McCain's past success in the state in the 2000 primary combined with voter dissatisfaction with Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and skepticism among blue-collar voters about Barack Obama could make it competitive.
McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin spent the night after the GOP convention at a large rally in Macomb County, just outside Detroit. The two returned later last month for another sizable event in Grand Rapids.
But recent polls there have shown Obama extending what had been a small lead, with the economic crisis damaging an already sagging GOP brand in a state whose economy is in tatters.
A McCain event planned for next week in Plymouth, Michiigan, has been canceled.http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/McCain_pulling_out_of_Michigan.html----------------------------- So McCain closed his offices in Iowa last week, and now Michigan....when will the bleeding stop for that campaign?
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Just Lou]
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10/02/08 03:49 PM
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McCain pulling out of Michigan
Have you seen the clip when McCain made a surprise stop at an automotive plant in Detroit, and the employees were chanting "Obama 08" at him? Really?!? Damn. Care to link that for me, my friend? That sounds like a laugh riot.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: goombah]
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10/02/08 04:05 PM
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Why so much hatred towards a seemingly nice lady? You can disagree with her stances on the issues all you want, but to so harshly criticize her as a mother is out of line in my opinion. It has nothing to do with this election and is very unfair. It has nothing to do with hatred and plenty to do with the election. It has nothing to do with what is perceived to be "fair." Palin opened her entire past, including her family, to the public eye when she accepted the nomination. If she didn't want the attention, all she had to do was tell McCain "no thank you." This is not a part-time position in which she is seeking. How it has to do with the election is quite simple. It shows the character of the candidate. It also shows her judgment. I find both to be severely flawed. I know two mothers of kids with Downs Syndrome. They are constantly going to doctors appointments or having to stay home with their Downs kids, who have a much tougher time staying healthy. Palin's 17 year old and infant need their mother right now, plain and simple. In particular, the infant needs its mom. Palin made a conscious decision to place more emphasis on her own career and ambitions than the needs of two of her children. Is she the first parent to do so? Absolutely not. But the stakes are much higher here - our country. We are fighting two wars and are in economic trouble. And the United States cannot afford a Vice President zoning out at a national security meeting because her mind is distracted about children. The Vice Presidency is not a position where the country can afford splitting time between work and home life. Those of you who consider yourselves Conservatives might want to ask Dr. Laura Schlessinger her opinion of Palin's juggling children and career.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Just Lou]
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10/02/08 04:14 PM
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I like Bob Dole, but he had no chance in 96. Clinton was so popular, nobody was going to beat him. There was no wars, the economy was prospering, and honestly the GOP that year didn't have anything to hang their hat on in terms of solutions/answers, or what they framed as the fundamental questions/issues. The Dole campaign basically was that Clinton is a devilish whore-mongering scumbag*, and that we needed more tax cuts. That was it, that was Dole's whole campaign. BTW, you all know that Dole is the only American to have been nominated for both President (1996) and Vice-President (1976) and win neither office? *=Which was true, but
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Just Lou]
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10/02/08 04:19 PM
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Sadly, Dole will probably be most remembered for being a spokesman for Viagra.  I'm really surprised that the holier-than-thou conservatives didn't get a hard-on about Dole being the spokesman. Oops, that was pretty bad. 
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Freddie C.]
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10/02/08 08:50 PM
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If she were Obama's VP pick and was a dem. I don't think she would be getting all this negative criticism from the liberal media. Or from liberal gangsterbb members. Liberal, liberal, liberal. Is that supposed to be akin to "Anti-Christ"? You don't think she'd be getting criticism if she was running on the Democratic ticket?? Puh-leeze. If Biden was unable to name a newspaper or explain the Bush doctrine or had an unmarried pregnant 17 year old daughter or claimed that his foreign policy experience came from the fact that he could LOOK at another country from his state or if he was unable to name a Supreme Court case other than Roe v. Wade, then that's just reeks of partisan blindness.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Mignon]
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10/02/08 09:13 PM
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In a van down by the river!
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 Long as I remember The rain been coming down.
Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
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10/02/08 09:13 PM
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You don't think she'd be getting criticism if she was running on the Democratic ticket??
Nope. She'd be a media darling, and would be, of course, a revolutionary for helping women to break the glass ceiling. Nobody could so much as touch her.
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Re: CAMPAIGN 2008
[Re: Double-J]
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10/02/08 09:29 PM
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Sicilian Babe
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You don't think she'd be getting criticism if she was running on the Democratic ticket??
Nope. She'd be a media darling, and would be, of course, a revolutionary for helping women to break the glass ceiling. Nobody could so much as touch her. That's patently absurd. She is what she is. Her party affiliation has nothing to do with the low public opinion of her.
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