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10-25-2008, 05:07 PM #1Senior Member
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I suppose when mcCain laid eyes on her he forgot the vetting procedure and could not help himself saying: "I want her".
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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10-25-2008, 11:07 PM #2Senior Member
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I don't know. McCain has what Lincoln used to refer to as "the presidential bug." I don't think he'd take the pick lightly. And say what you like, he's not stupid.
More likely, I think, is the fact that this campaign has been a "news-cycle" effort. Rather than adopting a long-term, coherent strategy, as Obama has, they've simply tried to fight every news cycle. Each day, in other words, is a whole new campaign, fighting for the five o'clock news. I think they just figured that Palin would take the news cycles, at least for the day, and once the effect wore off, they'd think of something else.
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10-26-2008, 09:27 AM #3Senior Member
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Well they did get her in the news but mostly in a way that deters voters!
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10-26-2008, 12:46 PM #4Senior Member
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Yeah, for sure. Do you think maybe they're regretting this?
Originally Posted by Kees
Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says - CNN.com
Psychologist friend is saying that she's showing signs of being sociopathic.
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10-26-2008, 05:01 PM #5Senior Member
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I think it has more to do with McCain taking campaign advice from the last person he talks to. His campaign actually took away his cell phone because of such problems. Originally Posted by Kees
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10-26-2008, 06:39 PM #6
Just read in the paper today (having breakfast in a tavern with the wife, kids were away
) that McCain's campaign was falling apart at the seams. Palin was named as the number 1 cause for the following reasons
- she is going rogue
- she is an extremist
- she is ignorant and dense (some of the things she's said...
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- she had a number of skeletons falling out of her closet during the campaign
- she does not understand the electorate, judging by the fact that she spent 150000 euros on clothes, and her makeup assistant ears 9000 euros per week...
There were other factors mentioned for the McCain campaign problems (his initial cozying up to Bush, chaotic campaign planning, the Obama bashing) but Palin seems to be his biggest detractor.Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
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