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To: Swing_Thought
What part of "running mate" do you not understand?
As the vice-presidential candidate she had to support McCain's decisions.
She doesn't support the bailouts now and admitted the 1st one was a huge mistake.
141 posted on 11/28/2009 8:30:26 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (10 YEARS OF FREEPING! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY EEE!!!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
What part of "running mate" do you not understand? As the vice-presidential candidate she had to support McCain's decisions. She doesn't support the bailouts now and admitted the 1st one was a huge mistake.

I understand and appreciate that. But that isn't enough. There are others who supported the 1st bailout and haven't supported the others and who I nevertheless don't want anywhere near the Presidency because I don't see them as trustworthy on the monetary issues. Boehner and Cantor come to mind.

Look, I think she has the time to be able to shore up her support on the libertarian right, assuming she wants to do so. (At least among those of us who are going to be willing to consider a GOP candidate in 2012.) I'm just saying she still has some work to do. She's not going to be an ideal candidate to the libertarian right, but if she's right on the most fundamental economic issues, she'll be acceptable, just as Reagan was.

Whether she will need the libertarian right in 2012 is anyone's guess. The world can change drastically between now and then, but as it stands now it would be a strategic mistake for her to ignore the importance of the monetary issue, which is THE primary issue to many of us who will be considering voting for her in 2012.

Just my opinion, but she still has work to do. And hearing this now from people like me might be the best thing for her campaign in the long run.

177 posted on 11/29/2009 1:47:44 AM PST by Swing_Thought (The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. - Benjamin Franklin)
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