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On the night she officially lost the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton enjoyed a long and friendly phone conversation with McCain. Clinton was actually on better terms with McCain than she was with Obama. Clinton and McCain had downed shots together on Senate junkets; they regarded each other as grizzled veterans of the political wars and shared a certain disdain for Obama as flashy and callow.

The first Senate legislation sponsored by Clinton was done with McCain. All three - McCain, Clinton, and Obama - are moderates. Obama is the new kid. McCain and Clinton have both been at war with the extremists - a new entity that did not exist with significant power even in the Reagan era. Appreciate why Clinton and McCain were so friendly. They were doing what Congress once did - and what wacko extremism (created in part by gerrymandering) eliminated in today's Congress.

The debates unnerved both candidates.

... as debates were for both Clinton and George Sr. Both sat side by side saying so to PBS's McNeil. To paraphrase what Clinton said, the debates are like sitting in a room with dynamite. Nothing bad will happen unless you make one stupid mistake. Little is gained from the debates. So much can be lost with one foolish statement.

Originally Posted by glatt

Yeah, the McCain camp is throwing Palin under the bus now that the election is over.

Palin launched her attack on Obama's association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain's advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.

Makes sense. Palin was selected by wacko extremists who also did not vote for McCain during the primaries. Palin does not represent the moderates who got McCain there. Wackos love the Karl Rove tactics where 'brown shirts' need to be told how to think so that they will deny reality later. It was important for Palin to tell Republican 'brown shirts' how to think - to inspire the hate that rallies and empowers 'brown shirts'. (That mentality also explains why potential assassins would stalk Obama and not George Jr).

This is, after all, the same technique used by Hitler and the Nazi power to obtain power in Germany. Tell the wackos how to think. Use hate to encourage them. Palin is only a frontman for the party’s wacko extremist wing. If McCain will not promote the wacko extremist rhetoric, then wackos could use Palin to force him to do so.

What is undisputable? Palin is as dumb as George Jr and Dan Quayle. But then wacko extremists do not need intelligent front men. They need spokesmen who recite political rhetoric in response to keywords. Just like George Jr who sat in an elementary school on 11 September for 15 minutes waiting for Cheney to tell him what to do. Just like George Jr who knew a category five hurricane was going to hit New Orleans – and instead flew to Southern California for a campaign fund raiser.