On Sep 17, 2:24Â am, "Sean"
now.com.au> wrote:>> On Sep 16, 9:16 pm, "Sean"
now.com.au> wrote:>>> "Immortalist"
yahoo.com> wrote in message>
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>>>> 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.
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>>>>> This I find quite encouraging in the longer term.
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>>>> The Sarah Palin Phenomenon is doomed.
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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*?
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>> 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.
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> That's true. and that's exactly what I mean.
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> It clarifies what "best for America" means to most Republicans, their
> supporters, and McCain in particular.
If I were a Dem ad writer I would point out that Obama, under enormous
pressure by a large and radical group within his party, did not cave
by selecting Hillary. And of course Honorable John *did* cave to the
same fundamentalists he condemned 8 years ago.
I don't know how vindictive that camp would have been had he chosen
someone like Lieberman or Ridge, but it would surely have helped him
with true independents and crossover Dems.
Since I don't think the 'base strategy' can work this time
(numerically), I would expect some *really* nasty stuff from the
independent groups attacking Obama towards the end.
-tg
