[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign

Herb Parsons hparsons at parsonsys.com
Wed Nov 26 12:48:36 EST 2008


Rummy,

It's time for you to "get real". I have no idea who they called, 
obviously though, not you. You're not a Republican are you? I think 
you've said on here, several times, that you have no party affiliation. 
How many other similar studies would you like? That IS what was asked 
about, and I provided.

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>  
> Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket,  according to a new 
> Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%)  say she had no 
> impact, and five percent (5%) are undecided.  
> And this is your source of information? Who did they  caqll? 
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 11/26/2008 2:13:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> hparsons at parsonsys.com writes:
>
> This  article lays it out pretty  well:
>
> http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2012/69_of_go
> p_voters_say_palin_helped_mccain
>
>
> David  Bradley wrote:
>   
>> Brad, do you really believe that?  "Despite what  the pundits write,
>> McCain would have lost by 10 points without  Palin."  I've not seen a
>> single piece of analysis that doesn't  say Pailin cost McCain votes in
>> the centrist crowd.  I am not  debating that she accomplished good
>> things in Alaska or that she isn't  a viable conservative candidate.  I
>> just think she contributed to  the defeat this time.
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On  Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Rummy,
>>>
>>> Sorry  to burst your bubble but that is not going to happen.   Despite
>>> what the pundits write, McCain would have lost by 10  points without
>>> Palin.  There are still a few of us left who  believe in ourselves and
>>> not some some 'gubment' program as our  path to happiness and
>>> prosperity.  Will Palin make it to the  Whitehouse?  Maybe, maybe not.
>>> Unlike "The One" where people  project their hopes on a blank slate,
>>> Sarah Palin has a real  record of accomplishments. Get use to is Rummy,
>>> Sarah has always  written her own ticket and she's not losing sleep
>>> about your  bitching.  Come to think of it, neither am I.
>>>
>>>  Brad
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:42 PM,   <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>>>      
>>>       
>>>> Brad,
>>>> Nobody is worried about Palin, we would  just appreciate it if she would 
>>>>         
> go
>   
>>>> home.....and stay  there.
>>>>
>>>>  Rummy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated  11/25/2008 7:34:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>>  flybrad at yahoo.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>  Ben,
>>>>
>>>> Sooner or later, people will figure out  that Sarah Palin is  the "real 
>>>>         
> deal".
>   
>>>>  She didn't  make fools out of Big Oil CEO's by being  stupid despite  the
>>>> howls of derision against her by you and your  ilk.   When the patina of
>>>> "sacredness" has worn off  The One, people will be hungry  for someone of 
>>>>         
> substance.
>   
>>>>  Laugh your ass off while you can.  The  press and the 'leftards'  
>>>>         
> wouldn't pay so
>   
>>>> much attention to Palin if they  weren't  worried about her.
>>>>
>>>>  Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Tue, 11/25/08,  Ben  Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>         
>>>>> From: Ben  Cittadino  <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>>>> Subject:   [Rhodes22-list]  POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign
>>>>>  To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>>>> Date: Tuesday,  November 25, 2008, 6:04  PM
>>>>> November 25, 2008, 3:11  pm NYTimes Online
>>>>>
>>>>>  "Southern  Exposure
>>>>> By Tobin Harshaw
>>>>> Well, for  those of you who  thought Sarah Palin would
>>>>> quietly  go North to the
>>>>> Future, it  appears that instead  she's going Deep South:
>>>>> "Republican  vice
>>>>>  presidential nominee Sarah Palin will make  multiple
>>>>> campaign  appearances on
>>>>>  behalf of Sen. Saxby Chambliss next week in  Georgia,
>>>>>  serving as the
>>>>> political closer for the GOP senator   who is battling to win
>>>>> a second term,"
>>>>>  reports CNN.
>>>>>
>>>>> "This is Palin's first  campaign appearance on behalf of
>>>>>  another  Republican
>>>>> candidate since losing her bid to become  the  nation's
>>>>> first woman to  serve
>>>>> as vice president. Palin will  attend a  fundraiser on Sunday
>>>>> night, then
>>>>>  appear at multiple  campaign stops on Monday in an effort  to
>>>>> rally the GOP
>>>>> base to  turn  out to vote for Chambliss. The incumbent
>>>>> Republican is  facing  a
>>>>> strong challenge from Democrat Jim Martin.  A runoff is
>>>>>  scheduled for next
>>>>>  Tuesday, after neither candidate received the 50   percent
>>>>> plus one vote
>>>>> needed to win on  Election Day."
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug Mataconis at  Donklephant considers the strategy:
>>>>> "The  biggest  challenge
>>>>> that both Chambliss and Martin face in the  run-off  election
>>>>> is getting  their
>>>>> voters to turn out to the polls,  since it's  unlikely that
>>>>> voter turnout will
>>>>> be  anywhere near  the level it reached on November 4th.  To
>>>>> the extent that
>>>>> she's  able to  motivate the base to get out and vote,
>>>>> Palin could   prove
>>>>> useful to  Chambliss."
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr. Steven Taylor at   Poliblog thinks this may be more about
>>>>> Palin  than
>>>>> Chambliss.  "First, the move is further evidence  of
>>>>> Palin's likely  long-term
>>>>>  ambitions," he writes. "Second, the move means that
>>>>>   Chambliss thinks that
>>>>> Palin plays well with the GOP base  in a red  state like
>>>>> Georgia …  Certainly
>>>>> if Chambliss wins, the trip  will be  perceived as evidence
>>>>> that Palin is a
>>>>>  serious actor  within the GOP going forward, at least  within
>>>>> GOP  circles."
>>>>>
>>>>> Palin or no Palin, Ed  Morrissey at Hot Air is cautiously
>>>>>  optimistic  about
>>>>> the G.O.P.  chances:
>>>>>
>>>>> Voter  enthusiasm for  Martin has declined since the general
>>>>> election.   Martin
>>>>> got his momentum from the massive numbers of  Obama  voters,
>>>>> most of whom
>>>>>  appear less interested in the remaining  down-ticket  race.
>>>>> Chambliss may not
>>>>> have that  problem, since  John McCain didn't generate an
>>>>>  enthusiastic
>>>>> response from the  Republican base,  meaning that
>>>>> Chambliss' voters will  be
>>>>>  motivated more by Chambliss himself. Republicans  have the
>>>>>  secondary
>>>>> motivation to  deny Obama a filibuster-proof Senate  by
>>>>> ensuring  Chambliss'
>>>>> re-election.
>>>>> Either way,  it  looks like it will go down to the wire.
>>>>>  Republicans around
>>>>> the  country who want to keep at  least one potential check
>>>>> on the excesses   of
>>>>> single-party government had better start  actively
>>>>>  supporting the  Chambliss
>>>>>  effort."
>>>>>
>>>>>  We can't make   this stuff up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy  Thanksgiving;
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben   C.
>>>>> --
>>>>> View this message in  context:
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
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