[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Wed Nov 26 12:51:11 EST 2008
I was going to vote for McCain, simply because I thought there was no
other realistic choice. Then he picked Palin to run with him. I voted
for her, McCain just happened to be along for the ride.
Brad Haslett wrote:
> Rummy,
>
> You remind me of the people from the Upper East side of NYC who
> couldn't understand how Kerry got defeated in 2004, ie, "I don't know
> anyone who voted for Bush". In the part of Red country where I live,
> people were voting for Palin, not McCain.
>
> Brad
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:06 AM, <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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> http://www.nabble.com/POLITICAL-Palin-Begins-2012-Campaign-tp20692288p20692288.html
>>
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>>>>>>
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