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The speech was a shrewd success, and it doesn't matter what she or anyone else says about McCain.
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Agreed. Some interesting, get to the heart of it comments here.
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How is it possible that you and the other lefties on the forum do not know this?
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They do, they just mean successful in different ways, re the wider public.
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Contempt and anger and condescension are no substitutes for knowledge. You have to understand how the opposition thinks - and you seem to have no undrestanding in how Republicans think. You don't even express interest.
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Hmm. Very common complaint.
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The Beloved One is the focus of this campaign. Palin went after all the vulnerable areas for Democrats - both the stereotypes and the real issues, and there is often overlap.
The left is so arrogant and contemptuous of conservatives that they have forgotten that there are real concerns out there.
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They feel those concerns are answered.
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Obama has never given the slightest indication that he understands that the world is a dangerous place.
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The Dems dont run on a fear agenda, it contradicts hope. For me personally the fear agenda makes Americans look silly.
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How will he serve as commander in chief if he is a pacifist? He is stuffed with love - love that pours out and floods the universe. This is all very well as a joke, but how will he serve as head of the military?
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Probably very well. A loved America will get more done and thus make a safer america and world. Are you sure you know what the left thinks?
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How will his huge tax increases effect the economy? Or rather, how will they hurt the economy?
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Hmm, huge is a strange term. marginal taxation is not hurtful to the economy. The 50s and 60s seen much larger taxation and rapid growth. Didnt do so bad in the 90s either.
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How will people who are not on the left fit into the world of Obama and his leftist friends?
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Weird question. The usual way. How did the left fit into Bush's world? That said, I doubt Obama will bother trying to alienate the right. All he has to do is leave their guns alone and stake out an energy plan and theyll be fine.
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These are genuine questions. The Democrats turn away from them with amused contempt.
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Actually, theyll answer them, the trouble is they disagree with many of the assumptions in these questions so it takes time to get past that.
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But it is nevertheless a close race. And Palin's speech is the clue as to why: if you care enough about polutics to listen and think seriously.
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Agreed. For me it really has become a choice between Hope and Fear.