> On Sep 16, 9:16 pm, "Sean"
now.com.au> wrote:>>> On Sep 16, 6:19 pm, "Sean"
now.com.au> wrote:>>>> She is the best person available in all the Republican Party for the
>>>> position of VP Candidate.
>>
>>>> This I find quite encouraging in the longer term.
>>
>>> The Sarah Palin Phenomenon is doomed.
>>
>>> But it's not because of her lack of foreign policy experience or her
>>> deer-in-the-headlights look during part of her interview last week
>>> with ABC's Charles Gibson.
>>
>>> The primary reason why the Palin bubble will burst is that the media
>>> will decide that they are bored with her. They'll need to move to
>>> shine a light on a fresh issue or individual.
>>
>>> This is how the world works in the age of 24/7 news cycles. Whether
>>> the subject is Britney Spears, Michael Jordan or Sarah Palin, we
>>> inevitably raise stars to mythic levels, out of all reasonable
>>> proportions. Then we knock them down.
>>
>>
>>
>> whilst that's true, what's more insightful to me, is how the republicans
>> &
>> their supporters themselves saw her. As in the many "doorstop" queries
>> put
>> to individuals and their comments. And it's still going on "how well she
>> represents" them and their values etc.
>>
>> So it's a stop and think moment for me --- out of all the currently
>> available and potentially qualified Republicans out there, and there's
>> thousands of them, Sarah Palin is the *best available*?
>>
>
> 1. Obama didn't pick Hillary, 2. to ralley the party faithful, and 3.
> when someone less attractive is with someone attractive the less
> attractive one seems more attractive.
>
That's true. and that's exactly what I mean.
It clarifies what "best for America" means to most Republicans, their
supporters, and McCain in particular.
