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To: weston

But Biden didn’t bring in votes. 0bama was the star on that ticket.
Just as Sarah Palin was the star on the GOP ticket.

She was selected for the sole purpose of bringing out votes.
Not votes in one state, but vote of a particular ideological tilt.
She brought out those votes.
But there were less of those than there were votes for 0bama.

The concept is really not abstract. People vote for a candidate, not a campaign.
Usually that candidate is on the top of the ticket, but that’s not the case in the rare instance where the VP candidate is the one with all the support.

Sarah had all the supporters, not McCain.
Just as 0bama had all the supporters, not Biden.
0bama’s supporters outnumbered Sarah’s supporters.

What is so hard about that to understand?
I know it hurts to admit defeat, but this is the way it is.
Sarah doesn’t have as much support in America as 0bama does.


149 posted on 07/04/2009 12:44:29 AM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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To: counterpunch

Ha! I hope everyone keeps you going. It’s funny to realize you really don’t know how stupid you sound! ROFLMAO!


164 posted on 07/04/2009 12:51:50 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: counterpunch

“Sarah had all the supporters, not McCain.
Just as 0bama had all the supporters, not Biden.
0bama’s supporters outnumbered Sarah’s supporters.

What is so hard about that to understand?
I know it hurts to admit defeat, but this is the way it is.
Sarah doesn’t have as much support in America as 0bama does.”

Palin was just freshly introduced to the nation. Perhaps it was a bit early for her, a bit rushed. 4 years later and you have a lot of name recognition, some more seasoning and, hopefully, initiation into national issues. And you have perhaps a flagging economy to hang around Obama’s neck.

I DO however, have to say that this does not help Palin for 2012. I would have preferred to see her become more seasoned by successfully seeing through the governorship of her state, taking a leadership role in the Republican Governors Association, etc. Still, way too early to write her off, especially if the economy and especially the jobs market does not recover before 2012, upon which all bets are off and it is then conceivable that the winner of the Republican primary also has the inside track to win back the White House.


181 posted on 07/04/2009 1:09:20 AM PDT by floridagopvoter
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To: counterpunch
“Sarah had all the supporters, not McCain.

Nuff said to you.

186 posted on 07/04/2009 1:13:13 AM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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