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SnowFantasy
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United States3803 Posts
The scandal is on the front page of talkingpointsmemo: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ We'll see how that plays out. From what I've read it looks small but could get more serious, so I don't know. I don't really follow Alaska politics. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
Obama's pick needed to add to his resume, and I think McCain's needed to be a backup. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
On August 30 2008 02:14 fusionsdf wrote: the AP isnt important in itself; not many people go to the AP website for news. The trouble is that many (almost all) newspapers carry AP stories. Just look through a newspaper and see how many times the byline -AP appears newspapers choose which AP articles to syndicate. AP articles traditionally tend to be less valued than what other newspapers print because they lack depth, but they are important to small papers that can't afford international bureaus. Also, they tend to be the first to report anything, so even big papers make use of them. Anyway, there's still reuters. regarding Palin -- who the fuck?!? he passed over romney for some bitch? does he realize he's 10 points behind obama in polls regarding the economy? does he realize that clinton supporters are democrats and regardless of their moaning and bitching are still going to vote democrat? regarding the scandal, i smell an McGovern-Eagleton! | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/latest_poll_reveals_430_new | ||
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eStoniaNBoY
Switzerland439 Posts
 *cough* Florida *cough* | ||
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eStoniaNBoY
Switzerland439 Posts
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
but considering there has already been two attempts, its not like there aren't peopleout there willing to try | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On August 30 2008 04:02 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Hm, I wonder if Palin will actually grab the Clinton supporters and even more women to the GOP side. For some reason, I think that the Hillary supporters will see right through this pick and actually be offended. But, maybe I'm just being optimistic. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32147 Posts
So apparently my dog has taken a liking to pissing on my parent's Obama sign o nthe front lawn. If I didn't like Obama, it would be a great picture =p | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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NovaTheFeared
United States7232 Posts
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a-game
Canada5214 Posts
Palin has been in higher office as Governor of Alaska for exactly half the time Obama has been in the Senate. Before that, she served only two full terms in the City Council, from 1992 to 1996, before running for mayor of Wasilla. To put this in perspective, Wasilla had a population of only 7,738 people as of 2004. By contrast, as TPM's Eric Kleefeld calculates, Obama's State Senate district had roughly 210,000 people -- about 27 times the number Palin repped in lower office. | ||
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NovaTheFeared
United States7232 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 30 2008 06:19 NovaTheFeared wrote: The Obama campaign criticized the Palin pick because she lacks experience yet she has MORE years in elected office than Obama and time as chief executive of a state. I believe the quote was that having Palin a heartbeat away from the Presidency was irresponsible. Obama has a very similar amount of experience and less achievements, is it irresponsible to elect him? Senator is a much more significant post than City Council and Mayor. Governor > Senator IMO, but still she's only chief executive over 700,000 people. That quote is specifically pointing out that McCain could croak any second, and people shouldn't trust her to lead the country. 8 years in Illinois Senate + 4 years in Senate >> 2 years as Governor of Alaska + 4 years City Council and 6(?) years Mayor of Wasilla. Wasilla has 5,500 people btw. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 30 2008 06:27 NovaTheFeared wrote: That's correct. Obama's State Senate position is a bigger office than Palin's in Wasilla, but neither is impressive or qualifying for the presidency. They're both first term Senator/Gov so where does Obama get his wealth of experience qualifying him from the presidency and yet Palin is obviously deficient? Because he really has 12 years of Senatorial experience. The city council/mayor stuff can be thrown out the window. It's meaningless. | ||
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