How Obama got elected

classicman · 11-19-2008, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Playing games does not solve your problem, classicman. You are spinning like Rush Limbaugh. She claimed she was on some kind of front line - therefore she understood national security. Why do you want to defend somebody so dumb that only a wacko extremist could love her?

I was just clearing this fact up. What she was purported to have said was that Russia was visible from her home. That was NOT true. That was a skit from SNL. There are parts of Russia visible from Alaska. That IS true. I honestly didn't know that and apparently wasn't alone in that. I had forgotten how close we really are to Russia - geographically.

That she tried to parlay that into a broader perspective of National security or "wisdom" was/is ridiculous.

tw · 11-19-2008, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

What she was purported to have said was that Russia was visible from her home. That was NOT true. That was a skit from SNL.

She said Russia could be seen from Alaska. And Alaska is her home. So she could see Russia from her home. Obviously, this is arguing semantics. But the point of what she claimed: she understood national security because Russia could be seen from Alaska.

Well that might play among those who know only using sound bytes. But exposed was a bigger Palin problem. She did not have George Jr's superior campaign skills. She was chosen to be the right wing extremist representative - as George Jr was. But, well, the movie W. does demonstrate that even George Jr did not have those skills when at about the same point in his life. The movie W also demonstrated how Goerge Jr refined those political skills.

Maybe Palin can be trained to be a good frontman as George Jr was. But she obviously was not ready which made her a classic target of ridicule. Worse for her, somebody keeps pushing her out there as if she is a viable and electable politician. That is only creating an image just like Dan Quayle - another whose image gelled in the American psyche.

Flint · 11-19-2008, 07:56 PM

Is the point of this thread that the poll asked stupid, pointless questions?

What "side" you're on shouldn't negate your ability to spot a stupid question.

classicman · 11-19-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Is the point of this thread that the poll asked stupid, pointless questions?

What "side" you're on shouldn't negate your ability to spot a stupid question.

Yes that and many who voted had no idea really what they were voting for or against...on both sides.

Aliantha · 11-20-2008, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Yes that and many who voted had no idea really what they were voting for or against...on both sides.

That's the case in most elections though.

I don't really think this one was any different to the last time GW got elected. Do you?

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