They are the voters any candidate needs to win and they also are turned off by name calling high schoolboy behavior of all American politicians.
The candidate who will win will be the candidate that gets those independents..
I don’t buy your analysis. And at is point, this is refreshing to hear. What about the considerations the independents give Palin and the way she is treated. Somehow the “independents” forgot her.
Its that couple of percent of actual independents that elect presidents.
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valid points! and certainly that was the conventional wisdom that McCain used, when he defended Obama, from people who dared call Obama the marxist he was.
(many of us knew about the Chicago “New Party” in 2008.)
but
McCain refused to speak the truth.
and lost.
Obama DID insult huge numbers of Americans, repeatedly.
and won.
the new conventional wisdom i’ve read, is that if you fire up your base enough to get even an extra 5%, it more than makes up for losing a few independents.
(and, with enough enthusiasm and momentum, you might even get them too.)
However, certainly i agree with you point in general, that you should avoid wildly insulting Americans.
but West carefully DIDN’T insult anyone who was naive in 2008.
he only insulted people who are too stupid to learn,
and have Obama 2012 stickers.
(and as Rembrandt points out in #44, there are very few of those...)
finally, you and i agree this is minor, compared to this:
“Because of this and my families background the WOT is my number one issue.”
that has been my number one priority also, for many years.
the democrats can bankrupt us, and do incredible damage. but America can recover.
but if the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan succeeds
(and they are already in stage 3!)
America will be gone forever.
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2740725/posts?page=4#4