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- Who Is Going To Win The Election Now Depends On One Thing Only
That 'thing' is the american people's perception of who has something to gain from the huge risk entailed by the gigantor buyout and bailout. If the american people perceive that at the solution point when these bad assets are eventually...
- The Feisty Obama? Still Factually Incorrect On The Economy And Mccain
An ad by Democrat Obama sneered: "How can John McCain fix our economy if he doesn't understand it's broken?" January 2006: Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]: "Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae's regulator reported that the company's quarterly...
- Obama Will "dispatch Female Surrogates" To Overcome The Palin Bounce
Get out there and get me some votes, bitch. Barack suddenly finds himself on the ropes because of Palin. So, what does he do? He uses women. He uses them. You thought Bill Clinton was a misogynist. You ain't seen nothing yet. From the New York...
- Obama Chose Mafouz, Mccain Chooses ... Joshua Chamberlain
Outflanked, outgunned, low on ammo, critical moment... ATTACK ! McCain: Palin more qualified than ObamaMounting a ferocious defense of his embattled running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he is buying a TV ad arguing that Alaska Gov....
- Mccain Picks Palin As Running Mate
This comes from the "Any American can rise to become President of the United States" Department. From AP: DENVER - John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on...
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It Appears That Palin Was A Threatening Presence To The Old Rhino Pecking Order
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A poster at Hot Air just raised a good point about the McCain staff smear thing: this is a guy who instantly went on the attack against his own party when they brought up Jeremiah Wright as an issue, but won't go to bat while his veep choice gets attacked by people who worked for him.
McCain has always felt "dishonorable" when taking the side of Republicans. This is, I think, why he would not call Obama and the Democrats out on Fannie Mae/CRA: Because to do so would have put him firmly on the side of his fellow Republicans.
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However, this comment shows later:
There's a reason why McCain couldn't go after the Freddie/Fannie thing any more than he did.
Rick Davis ran an organization that was a PR front for Fannie and Freddie. He made $30,000 a month doing basically nothing but putting ads in newspapers. After that folded, Freddie Mac kept his firm on the payroll, just to have access to McCain. The New York Times ran the story immediately when McCain ran the ads attacking Frank Raines and Jim Johnson. McCain had to drop it or end up making Rick Davis the issue in the middle of the campaign.
McCain filled his campaign with lobbyists. That was the first and biggest mistake he made.
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Palin brought to his campaign interest, visibility, money, volunteers, fight, passion, and the only freakin' chance to get within reach of the Presidency. Who drew crowds? Palin. Who connected with regular voters? Palin. Who reinforced the platform of reform and real change? Palin.
McCain OWES it to her to defend her not now but yesterday. The report (as I understand it but that could be yet another smear) that he would not let her speak at the concession speech because his staff didn't want her to is a sad reflection of his leadership. The campaign was over and he still listened to his handlers advice? Ridiculous.
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It's the non-con careerist shits with pretentions sneering at the flyover girl who -- GASP! -- actually believes in stuff. (Not God but... Winning. Public service. Could you believe her naivete!)
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Must be some sort of combination of the hatred and terror they feel in her presence. After all, back in her home state they were the exact sort that she brought low once she rose to prominence. They don't want to risk seeing that level of housecleaning on the national stage; therefore they must do all within their feeble, flailing power to ensure that she does not return.
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This is an extraordinary, welcome opportunity to draw distinctions between RINOs and conservative Republicans - an opportunity that we would not have had if McCain had somehow won the election. Don't get me wrong. I'd have preferred the lesser evil of a McCain presidency to the greater evil of an Obama one. But since that's off the table, we have a chance to finally rid the party of these back-stabbing, politically spineless losers.
Let McCain be McCain, indeed, and he and the rest of the reach-across-the-aisle folks can take a walk. Now that the election's over, I'm done holding my nose.
A poster at Hot Air just raised a good point about the McCain staff smear thing: this is a guy who instantly went on the attack against his own party when they brought up Jeremiah Wright as an issue, but won't go to bat while his veep choice gets attacked by people who worked for him.
McCain has always felt "dishonorable" when taking the side of Republicans. This is, I think, why he would not call Obama and the Democrats out on Fannie Mae/CRA: Because to do so would have put him firmly on the side of his fellow Republicans.
*******
However, this comment shows later:
There's a reason why McCain couldn't go after the Freddie/Fannie thing any more than he did.
Rick Davis ran an organization that was a PR front for Fannie and Freddie. He made $30,000 a month doing basically nothing but putting ads in newspapers. After that folded, Freddie Mac kept his firm on the payroll, just to have access to McCain. The New York Times ran the story immediately when McCain ran the ads attacking Frank Raines and Jim Johnson. McCain had to drop it or end up making Rick Davis the issue in the middle of the campaign.
McCain filled his campaign with lobbyists. That was the first and biggest mistake he made.
*****
Palin brought to his campaign interest, visibility, money, volunteers, fight, passion, and the only freakin' chance to get within reach of the Presidency. Who drew crowds? Palin. Who connected with regular voters? Palin. Who reinforced the platform of reform and real change? Palin.
McCain OWES it to her to defend her not now but yesterday. The report (as I understand it but that could be yet another smear) that he would not let her speak at the concession speech because his staff didn't want her to is a sad reflection of his leadership. The campaign was over and he still listened to his handlers advice? Ridiculous.
********
It's the non-con careerist shits with pretentions sneering at the flyover girl who -- GASP! -- actually believes in stuff. (Not God but... Winning. Public service. Could you believe her naivete!)
*********
Must be some sort of combination of the hatred and terror they feel in her presence. After all, back in her home state they were the exact sort that she brought low once she rose to prominence. They don't want to risk seeing that level of housecleaning on the national stage; therefore they must do all within their feeble, flailing power to ensure that she does not return.
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This is an extraordinary, welcome opportunity to draw distinctions between RINOs and conservative Republicans - an opportunity that we would not have had if McCain had somehow won the election. Don't get me wrong. I'd have preferred the lesser evil of a McCain presidency to the greater evil of an Obama one. But since that's off the table, we have a chance to finally rid the party of these back-stabbing, politically spineless losers.
Let McCain be McCain, indeed, and he and the rest of the reach-across-the-aisle folks can take a walk. Now that the election's over, I'm done holding my nose.
- Who Is Going To Win The Election Now Depends On One Thing Only
That 'thing' is the american people's perception of who has something to gain from the huge risk entailed by the gigantor buyout and bailout. If the american people perceive that at the solution point when these bad assets are eventually...
- The Feisty Obama? Still Factually Incorrect On The Economy And Mccain
An ad by Democrat Obama sneered: "How can John McCain fix our economy if he doesn't understand it's broken?" January 2006: Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]: "Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae's regulator reported that the company's quarterly...
- Obama Will "dispatch Female Surrogates" To Overcome The Palin Bounce
Get out there and get me some votes, bitch. Barack suddenly finds himself on the ropes because of Palin. So, what does he do? He uses women. He uses them. You thought Bill Clinton was a misogynist. You ain't seen nothing yet. From the New York...
- Obama Chose Mafouz, Mccain Chooses ... Joshua Chamberlain
Outflanked, outgunned, low on ammo, critical moment... ATTACK ! McCain: Palin more qualified than ObamaMounting a ferocious defense of his embattled running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he is buying a TV ad arguing that Alaska Gov....
- Mccain Picks Palin As Running Mate
This comes from the "Any American can rise to become President of the United States" Department. From AP: DENVER - John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on...