She has a very compelling story that people connect with. All her family "problems" that the media touted I think just made people realize that she has the same issues they do and she still comes out on top, achieving great things.
I also think that she is the symbol of the revitalization of McCain's campaign. He was lagging and republicans weren't too excited about him. Then he picks her, grabs the "change" rub right out from Obama's feet (and keeps it), and gets republicans excited for the FIRST time. The GOP wanted to be excited by McCain never gave them a chance until now. So they have a lot of pent up energy.
McCain WAS a maverick, until those behind the Republican campaign had their way with him. I have no doubt they basically told him you will do as we say or you will not be the candidate. He is doing exactly this, when asked about his tax cuts he effectively said that he supports the Bush tax cuts because he has too. It is clear he knows these amount to incompetent policies. Perhaps even more dire is his complicit support of torture, you would think of all people he would be aggressively against this, yet he has voted in its support. (As did Obama i believe)
She has a very compelling story that people connect with. All her family "problems" that the media touted I think just made people realize that she has the same issues they do and she still comes out on top, achieving great things.
I also think that she is the symbol of the revitalization of McCain's campaign. He was lagging and republicans weren't too excited about him. Then he picks her, grabs the "change" rub right out from Obama's feet (and keeps it), and gets republicans excited for the FIRST time. The GOP wanted to be excited by McCain never gave them a chance until now. So they have a lot of pent up energy.
Those are my hypotheses anyway.
yes, a manufactured image designed to "connect" with people, much like the CIA uses pink fonts and kawaii emoticons to connect with pedos. nice going
Its a conglomeration of the best editorials from all newpapers (even some foreign ones). Its unbiased with plenty of articles for and against both candidates.
It is also the premier tracker of poll results and also tracks intrade.com
On September 23 2008 08:33 a-game wrote: here's a nice lil' piece of liberal propaganda
I smell some class warfare.
Lets rally the proletariat and take down the capitalists!
*plays Soviet national anthem*
But, joking aside:
"Campaigning for president has been very good for Sen. Barack Obama’s pocketbook, with his household income jumping from $991,296 in 2006 to $4.2 million in 2007, tax records show."
Mc daddy is getting trashed at the polls recently. His campaign spent an absurd amount slowly erroding Obama's lead, but the recent polls indicate all have gains have eviscerated. The way things look now, it doesn't even appear Obama will need Ohio to win.
On September 23 2008 08:33 a-game wrote: here's a nice lil' piece of liberal propaganda
I smell some class warfare.
Lets rally the proletariat and take down the capitalists!
*plays Soviet national anthem*
But, joking aside:
"Campaigning for president has been very good for Sen. Barack Obama’s pocketbook, with his household income jumping from $991,296 in 2006 to $4.2 million in 2007, tax records show."
On September 23 2008 08:33 a-game wrote: here's a nice lil' piece of liberal propaganda
I smell some class warfare.
Lets rally the proletariat and take down the capitalists!
*plays Soviet national anthem*
But, joking aside:
"Campaigning for president has been very good for Sen. Barack Obama’s pocketbook, with his household income jumping from $991,296 in 2006 to $4.2 million in 2007, tax records show."
On September 23 2008 08:33 a-game wrote: here's a nice lil' piece of liberal propaganda
I smell some class warfare.
Lets rally the proletariat and take down the capitalists!
*plays Soviet national anthem*
But, joking aside:
"Campaigning for president has been very good for Sen. Barack Obama’s pocketbook, with his household income jumping from $991,296 in 2006 to $4.2 million in 2007, tax records show."
Yes but why Tony didnt just say it was part of a larger plan to supress extremism ? That there were just a multitude of factors that made invading iraq inevitable, and that they never expected to have an easy time, or to acomplish something fast.
Invading iraq was like starting a RTS campaign, and they dont want you to think it, because no one likes a war, and if they dont play it better, its only going to continue
On September 21 2008 11:11 D10 wrote: Savio, Obama has demonstrated better judgement concerning all the issues that are relevant, better judgement on campaign management, better clarity of mind overall, if his history shows him being cockblocked on his proposals, it never showed that he wasnt trying to push important things foward, id rather have a president that doesnt fear doing the right thing but has no washington history to prove it, that one that has been stuck with the wrong one.
In the end, what matters is who has the better judgement, not who has the most executive experience, or what ever you want to call it.
And all these labels people put on him, only show the obvious, people believe in his change, and those that dont agree with it, are scared the shit out.
He hasn't demonstrated anything because he hasn't ever done anything.
BTW, he was dead wrong on the surge. McCain receives most of the credit for pushing the surge and getting G.W. to stop bungling the war. It is because of McCain (obviously others as well--Gen Petraeus for one--but as far as politicians, mostly McCain and Lieberman) that the US is winning the war now. Iraq is at the lowest levels of violence EVER. There has never been a month since the start of the war as good as these last ones. Obama said, "The surge will fail". That is not judgement. The surge was unpopular at the time, so it was a safe thing to say, but now most Americans trust McCain to handle the war.
Also, it seems strange to take someone who:
1. Never brought change to Illinios as a state senator. 2. Never brought change to the senate as a US senator.
And then all of a sudden say, "But things are different now. Now he will stand up and accomplish the hardest task in the world: changing Washington." There is nothing in his past or resume to suggest that he can change anything. The only thing he has are words. Promises of "future change".
Words are cheap. A record as a reformer, independent, and maverick (all of which Obama would like to be) is hard to come by.
hhahhahahahhaah
*takes breath*
hahahahahhaaaha
people still belive that we're winning this war, and that it can even be won? holy shit
On September 23 2008 21:49 Jibba wrote: Stewart gets tossed around in the interview and Blair wouldn't say that because despite popular sentiment, it's just notnot just a war for oil.
She has a very compelling story that people connect with. All her family "problems" that the media touted I think just made people realize that she has the same issues they do and she still comes out on top, achieving great things.
I also think that she is the symbol of the revitalization of McCain's campaign. He was lagging and republicans weren't too excited about him. Then he picks her, grabs the "change" rub right out from Obama's feet (and keeps it), and gets republicans excited for the FIRST time. The GOP wanted to be excited by McCain never gave them a chance until now. So they have a lot of pent up energy.
Those are my hypotheses anyway.
If you have any feelings that Palin is a good VP pick, you need a serious reality check. There's a reason the McCain campaign is not letting her do interviews. I'll let you figure out what that is.
Anyone who goes from communication major (which took her 6 years), to beauty queen, to sports caster, to major of a town of 8000, to governor for 2 years does not have the experience or the qualifications to be president. This woman wanted to teach creationism in public schools, she denies all the science of global warming and has only recently flip flopped on her views after being selected as VP pick by Mc'cain after a 15 minute interview. Yes John McCain knew this woman for 15 minutes and selected her as his VP pick.
The Republican party went down to a diversity flea market and picked out the cheapest item they could find that they thought would appeal to the most voters. She is purely a pick designed to appeal to young women and angry hillary voters. There is no other reason for picking her.
If you like McCain Savio, that's one thing. But if you really think Palin is a good VP pick, you need to wake up.
EPT
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