Posted on 09/16/2008 9:59:35 AM PDT by truthandlife
Until the voting began, most pollsters declared the 1980 presidential race between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter too close to call. Yet the Republican challenger beat the incumbent Democrat in a landslide victory, as Reagan unleashed an unlikely secret weapon—registered Democrats. Working-class Democrats who had grown tired of their party's leftward lurch helped land the conservative Republican in the Oval Office twice.
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With all due respect to Senator McCain, I believe it’s the Obama candidacy that’s uniting Republicans.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Huh? Bringing people together? Making them feel "proud to be an American again"? McCain's got a long way to go in my book to be compared to Reagan, but Obama... ah, ah, ah, ah, what I said was...
What an abomination to utter the name of Obama when talking about the true virtues of Reagan!
No, Palin can.
Agreed, but McCain was smart enough to pick her. If he wouldn't have picked her, the McCain campaign would have been as "luke warm" as Dole's and he got trounced by Clinton.
Agreed, McCain’s legacy will be Sarah Palin.
They have to say the election is close so it doesn’t look so funny when the demoncrat machine starts it’s voter fraud efforts.
However, if McCain decides to do an "across the aisle" compromise with the rats on drilling via the gang of 16, or any other liberal issue, he risks losing the election.
McCain unite republicans? LOL
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