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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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"Alaska is like a microcosm of America"--Sarah Palin
oy vay
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mbb
climber
the slick
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Hey Fattrad, other Repubs, since none of you answered my question on the other post, I will ask it here. Do you think McCain will start his campaign up again if we get a deal on the bailout this week? What have you guys been doing with all of the down time?
Thank god he dropped everything and came to Washington instead of sitting on the sidelines like Obama, he has been instrumental in getting this thing passed. Will Palin debate or is she still on standby waiting for a deal to be reached?
What a fabulous job these two have done to energize and bring the party together. The leadership McCain has proven he commands over the party is amazing, particularly with the senators from his home state.
What a leader!
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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I hate to bump a political thread this lame, but I also don't want to start a new one. The past week's polls are coming out and suggest big shifts in the states. If the internal polls look similar, things are going to get really ugly really fast.
If I were a GOP candidate, at state or Presidential level, I'd unleash the hounds right now. They're going to have to do something to get the Dems negatives up and suppress turnout. The new numbers are giving Obama 8 points and up, which is probably enough to overcome the Bradley effect if the Dems turn out the voters.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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"If I were a GOP candidate, at state or Presidential level, I'd unleash the hounds right now. "
You can take that to the failing bank. It's going to get ugly!
peace
Karl
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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I'm sorry but the hounds are unleashed. The RNC releases ads practically every day making unfounded claims about Obama's tax plan, the bailout plan and blah blah blah. The heat is up full blast.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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hddj: "I'm sorry but the hounds are unleashed."
Those aren't hounds-- they're chihuahuas.
Especially at the local and state level, the dark side is going to go to a very different level. My guess is that it'll get a lot nastier than what happened to McCain in Carolina.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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The Dems don't even need hounds....we can just let Palin keep talking.
In this glorious clip, Couric asks Biden and Palin the same two questions. Biden answers clearly with specifics. Palin runs out of talking points and then just starts grasping at bullsh#t. Not as much of a total meltdown as the economic bailout response, but more solid evidence that she's as fit to be VP as she is to be an astronaut. There are no gaffes here, just a total inability to show even a shred of knowledge about the issue beyond what her handlers told her to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBt0r9Exv2I
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
Nowhere
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As a society, we must do more to curb the tide of teenage, unwed pregnancy. Liberals talk tough on the subject, but it is just that: talk. We Republicans have taken the lead on this issue and must make it part of the agenda for '08."
--Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at the Republican National Committee "Victory in '08" conference, November 2007.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Holy bimbo, Batman!
That's pretty strong stuff in that pole.
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jstan
climber
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GC:
There has to a mistake with the attribution on your link.
That must be off Saturday Night Live.
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dirtbag
climber
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With that said Other Dirt, she probably still helps him by getting the base excited and sending money.
On the other hand, if a candidate doesn't have a good handle on the base by convention time, he's in deep trouble anyway. Nixon's old rule about running hard to the right (or left for Dems) during the primaries and to the center during the generals still holds true.
BTW, polls today and yesterday are looking great for Obama, even in Ohio and Florida. :-)
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bobinc
Trad climber
Portland, Or
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McCain's newest campaign slogan: "Life isn't fair."
Maybe he should rename his old bus the Irony Express.
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malabarista
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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I guess McCain is just one of the "nation of whiners". haha. Thanks Phil.
He must think it's "not fair" that all the lying, hypocrisy, bad VP choice, and kowtowing have failed to win or convince people that he's "putting the country first". He's unloaded so many cartloads of B.S. and backtracked so many times that no one knows who the real McCain is anymore, if there even is someone with an independent will behind his miserable campaign machinery.
“I think the point is, who is she as a person? I think that's what people are ultimately looking for,” Lieberman said.
Oh yes Joe, what we want in a VP is someone completely touchy feely and idiotic.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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My buddy told me of the scenario where Palin drops out 10 days before the election and Rudy steps in as VP on the ticket.
All the headlines go Republican for the last days before the election, effectively stealing anything the Dems say or do.
Then he said that if that didn't work, there'd be a real Oct. surprise.
I honestly don't think these guys are gonna just pack up their bags and leave after a "fair" election.
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dirtbag
climber
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I don't see Rudy stepping in.
Palin is important to McCain because he keeps the base fired up, doing foot work, giving money, etc. Guiliani was probably the only Republican candidate who excited the base even less than McCain.
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Hounds would pick up the scent quickly...chihuahuas will chew'm dead.
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