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"One Thing I Think Americans Don't Want Is A Sore Loser," He Says In First TV Interview Since Election Day
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- Folks the fact that all the Republican''''s have to offer is one brain dead wacko like Palin say''''s more about how far they have fallen than anything I can say.
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Posted by Irmcvet97
Just like the Democrats in 1992. This whole change in politics is cyclic and come 2018 or so the tide will switch back to the Republicans. There is no need to plow down someone that ran for Vice President on a ticket. - Reply to this comment
- McCain came within 6% of Obama, even though Bush had a 29% approval rating. Considering that Obama had successfully portrayed McCain as "too much like Bush," it is surprising that he came as close as he did. If anything, Palin reduced McCain''''s spread. If McCain had chosen Romney or Huckabee, it would have looked like more of a Bush/Bush ticket.
Posted by bracemic at 11:13 AM : Nov 12, 2008
That''s just not what the polls of Independents and others OUTSIDE the Party say. By every poll I''ve seen on the subject the American People, by a WIDE margin, faulted McCain for picking the Air Head. They thought and still think she does NOT have the ability to be President. Anyone who finds ONE part of the nation "More American" than another part shouldn''t even be considered, EVER, to be a leader of the nation. We''ve been down that road and know full well were it leads!! - Reply to this comment
- Folks the fact that all the Republican''s have to offer is one brain dead wacko like Palin say''s more about how far they have fallen than anything I can say.
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- She helped inspire his base but she turned a lot more people off. She polled 60+% negative.
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At random times, Palin''s favorability exceeded that of the other three candidates. The bottom line is that American''s are fickle. Ratings are subject to drastic change in four years, including Obama''s. Just watch him slip as Americans begin to blame life''s woes on him like they did with Bush. Meanwhile, Americans might be fed up and looking for a reformer like Palin by then. I guess it depends on the mood at the time. - Reply to this comment
- Why can''t McCain just say it: "You bet your a$$ the media helped Obama get elected!"
Posted by bracemic at 10:55 AM : Nov 12, 2008
Why can''t the right just accept the fact that all of the negative stories involving McCain, Palin, this Administration, and the Republicans in general drowned out any negative stories about Obama?
The media just reported what was happening, and Obama benefited because of the corruption and incompetence that the Republican Party embodies and displays. - Reply to this comment
Give me a freakin break! The liberal media never posted anything negative about Obama. If they had, I would have crapped my pants. Trust me, I was waiting for the day when the media would stop promoting him. It never came.
Posted by bracemic at 11:20 AM : Nov 12, 2008
8 years of Bush and his failed policies weighed McCain down. He didn''t help himself by pulling closer to Bush.- Reply to this comment
- ===She believed that people would see through the gossip and the media interrogations that originated from biased motives.===
posted by bracemic
I thought you were talking about Obama for a minute there. Fortunately for Obama, people DID see through the gossip and the media interrogations that originated from biased motives.
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Give me a freakin break! The liberal media never posted anything negative about Obama. If they had, I would have crapped my pants. Trust me, I was waiting for the day when the media would stop promoting him. It never came. - Reply to this comment
McCain''''''''s loss wasn''''''''t totally Palin''''''''s fault. But she sure helped him lose big.
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McCain came within 6% of Obama, even though Bush had a 29% approval rating. Considering that Obama had successfully portrayed McCain as "too much like Bush," it is surprising that he came as close as he did. If anything, Palin reduced McCain''''s spread. If McCain had chosen Romney or Huckabee, it would have looked like more of a Bush/Bush ticket.
Posted by bracemic at 11:13 AM : Nov 12, 2008
She helped inspire his base but she turned a lot more people off. She polled 60+% negative.- Reply to this comment
- Can everyone just lay off Obama and Palin for a couple of years? Let''''s just wait and see how they perform, and then we won''''t sound like idiots when we talk. In four years, Palin might be totally different and Obama may have become a great leader. No one really knows.
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McCain had to get close to Bush and endorse his policies to win over Bush''s base. Unfortunately in doing so he alienated most of the rest of the country who think Bush is criminally incompetent.
McCain tied his political future to the failed policies of a President with no political future. Then he made it worse for himself by choosing a clueless, extremely unqualified, running mate.- Reply to this comment
- ===She believed that people would see through the gossip and the media interrogations that originated from biased motives.===
posted by bracemic
I thought you were talking about Obama for a minute there. Fortunately for Obama, people DID see through the gossip and the media interrogations that originated from biased motives. - Reply to this comment
- McCain''''s loss wasn''''t totally Palin''''s fault. But she sure helped him lose big.
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McCain came within 6% of Obama, even though Bush had a 29% approval rating. Considering that Obama had successfully portrayed McCain as "too much like Bush," it is surprising that he came as close as he did. If anything, Palin reduced McCain''s spread. If McCain had chosen Romney or Huckabee, it would have looked like more of a Bush/Bush ticket. - Reply to this comment
- "John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid"
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Sarah Palin damaged his presidential bid. - Reply to this comment
Why can''''''''''''''''t McCain just say it: "You bet your a$$ the media helped Obama get elected!"
Posted by bracemic at 10:55 AM : Nov 12, 2008
It''''''''s very simple. If you''''''''re winning, the media loves you. If you''''''''re losing they don''''''''t.
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Cain was way up in the polls at first, and the media still loved Obama. McCain pulled ahead of Obama after the RNC, and the media struck him down. The media doesn''''t care who''''s winning. They love money, and Obama had plenty of it.
Posted by bracemic at 11:06 AM : Nov 12, 2008
The media does love money. The media also loves a compelling story and a charismatic figure. Obama has all that. He inspires. After 8 years of Bush, we need inspiration to get through the mess we''re in.- Reply to this comment
- Palin%u2019s biggest form of naivete was that she was too trusting. She believed that she did not need to watch her every step and carefully plan her every word, because Americans were too smart for that and cared more about someone having good motives, who would fight for the interests of the people. She believed that people would see that she could not be broken by those who opposed her, and that her determination was the essence of leadership. She believed that her track record of routing corruption from the government was important to Americans. She believed that people would see through the gossip and the media interrogations that originated from biased motives. Well, she was wrong. I guess we won%u2019t have to worry about it happening anymore, since many Americans along with the media taught her not to trust anyone. Good job America, and welcome to the club Palin! No wonder the country is so messed up! Honesty, sincerity, and trust have been thrown to the ground in an effort to stay one step ahead of the next guy and to satisfy selfish egotistical motives. Yes America, Palin was naive. She was naive to your corruption.
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I pray she doesn''''t become as cynical as you suggest....But, I do remember a wide eyed bipartisan lover of America who came to D.C. long about 2000, and when I look at him now, I suspect you are right.
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I was being a little sadistic. I don''t really think that Palin can be corrupted, but I do think that she will start watching her back in politics. - Reply to this comment
McCain''s loss wasn''t totally Palin''s fault. But she sure helped him lose big.- Reply to this comment
- Why can''''''''t McCain just say it: "You bet your a$$ the media helped Obama get elected!"
Posted by bracemic at 10:55 AM : Nov 12, 2008
It''''s very simple. If you''''re winning, the media loves you. If you''''re losing they don''''t.
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McCain was way up in the polls at first, and the media still loved Obama. McCain pulled ahead of Obama after the RNC, and the media struck him down. The media doesn''t care who''s winning. They love money, and Obama had plenty of it. - Reply to this comment
Why can''''t McCain just say it: "You bet your a$$ the media helped Obama get elected!"
Posted by bracemic at 10:55 AM : Nov 12, 2008
It''s very simple. If you''re winning, the media loves you. If you''re losing they don''t.- Reply to this comment
- "Why can''''t McCain just say it: "You bet your a$$ the media helped Obama get elected!"
Yep, everyone including the media is your enemy. Everyone''s against you. - Reply to this comment
- ""the people were very excited and inspired by her. That''s what really mattered"
Excited like drunken reich wing nutjobs at a Klan gathering. - Reply to this comment
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