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Originally Posted by O'Sullivan Bere
I don't throw it around loosely, only rarely and deservedly. It bothers me on its own standing merit and I'd lodge that strong objection no matter who did something like that.
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It must be me who lacks the moral compass then. I'll have to re-investigate my views on killing people, I guess.
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I think the Dems would be better focused to return to the other issues and McCain, but given Palin has given the ticket a bounce, strategically they should knock her down if they can. VPs do matter. Bush 43's experience is telling of that. He helped unify the GOP libertarian and social conservatives as Reagan's VP and made the ticket very strong and winning for 2 terms. He then won himself, but part of the reason he lost his re-election bid was a weak VP, Quayle. Insofar as McCain's ticket, I'd wager most of his bounce pickups and extra energised base is precisely because of her, and not McCain, of whom many have not been happy.
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The attacks have been petty, mean and insulting to others, which can actually energize voters. For example, all the looking-down-their-noses at Ms. Palin's religion and small town status only reinforces the negative impact of Obama's prior comments about people in small towns "clinging" to guns and religion because they're bitter. I'll bet a growing number of these bitter folks would love to see Obama taken down a notch on election day. Watching this develop has been amazing. It's almost like McCain picked her just to set Obama up for the rope-a-dope, and he's walking right into it.
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Moreover, the rape kit issue is an issue. She can send lobbyists to Washington DC to get and spend millions of pork barrel cash on projects in Wasilla, but charges raped women hundreds to collect the rape evidence from them. People may judge that very harshly on fairness, wisdom, judgement, value system, etc.
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I'll believe it when I see it.