Posts by sagenz
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Sage: Can you point to any substantive policy position Palin took on that stage?
After reading your prior post, which I read after I posted my link, perhaps best I leave you alone for a while. I dont want to ruin your blood pressure :^)
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Oh boy. I don't know what is going to happen next in the Sarah Palin story, but one thing is now for sure: John McCain has picked an Alaskan Margaret Thatcher to be his running mate.
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a very angry pundit on CNN
OMFG what a faux surprise
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Since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer -- except that you have actual responsibilities."
if thats wood - its smokun!!! :)
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maybe all the reps needed to do was read the dems briefing doc from 2006.
Palin Opposed Shortening Bar Hours to Close at 3 AM Instead of 5AM.
on that alone she would get my vote. chrissakes you call yourselves liberals?
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simon - "I have trouble making a lot of sense" - I guess we both have problems hey. Do you find it difficult being a patronising twat?
On the other hand tell me what is being wilifully ignored. I am slow, or perhaps my arguments dont suit your memes. If the size of Palins daughters stomach is an articulate argument then I am happy to be slow.
The point that Brooks gets in the first part then loses completely in the second is that McCain picked Palin to carry the apolitical torch.
McCain has a few years yet. He can bring in plenty of competent non partisan adminstrators. Lieberman for example. Biden has been a friend of McCains for 20 years. Can Obama reach across the political divide?
Get the competent administrators as cabinet members under a competent chief of staff. And train Palin in the ways of National management and international affairs. that way you have competent administration and the right management.
Reagan managed to tip the Soviet Union over the edge by having a few clear principles. McCain can achieve similar by sticking to principles.
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The daughter getting pregnant was considered and concluded upon. Voters seem to be a little more liberal & forgiving than you lot.
The husband must have driven INTO the police station to get done DIC in Alaska. 20 years ago. clearly that also disqualifies her husband.
yeah clearly fishing without a licence also disqualifies her.
But a little blow when you can afford it? hey no problem.
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Let me get this. Cos i am obviously slow. A guy with great oratory, no actual policy other than get out of iraq, no actual international experience is preferable to McCain. You support Obama cos you want "change" so he gets a free pass. Look at his freaking pronouncements. Obama is one of the biggest wafflers I have come across. Never answer a straight question when you can waffle.
A guy who empathises with the working class american and will work hard for them. A millionaire who leaves his own freaking brother in an African slum
But a similar aged woman who can demonstrate actually taking on vested interests and winning as no 2 is unserious.
Read this for a better analysis of just why the selection is excellent. brooks in the NYT
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Craig - no face to face interview. wrong. it is no face to face with the head of the vetting team.
So she meets other members of the team and has telephone conversations with the head as well as having met and talked to McCain. Well gee whiz it is a little different put like that. That was my reference to tight writing.
Palin took on 2 oil majors over Alaskan oil and won. She took on the state head of her own party and won. She has run a $40bn GDP state for 2 years. On any comparison she has a fuck load more executive experience than Obama. So what is your point exactly. That McCain did not go with a traditional pick when the electorate is clearly in the mood for change?
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No worries Trevor. At least you admit the error. The point obviously being that several sources is more likely to confirm its veracity, even to the frenzy. It seems others are determined to keep on pitching the "last minute unvetted" meme even after it has been thoroughly discredited.
Paul - well that just indicates there are more dem obsessives out there. There is a feeding frenzy going on because Palin was a surprise pick that infuriates the dems for being so appealing.
giovanni - I hope that is a piss take. Palin being a normal person might have considered that some time during the campaign it might become a little more obvious her daughter was pregnant and quietly disclose something to an msm that would then respect her daughters privacy. she was obviously not enough of a mind reader to figure out that dems are space invading obseessive loons who would just make shit up about proxy baby mamas