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To: Road Walker who wrote (412532)	9/2/2008 2:15:41 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574680

I think I understand what happened with Palin. After seeing how well the Dem convention was going and that the Clintons were not going to divide the party, McCain panicked. I bet he was going to go with either Romney or Lieberman but by Wed or Thursday, he felt the need to really 'spice' things up and picked Palin even though she was not on the short list. I suspect its why his vetting team didn't get to Alaska until Thursday.

To: Road Walker who wrote (412532)	9/2/2008 2:33:23 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574680

JF, > "Limited government" has very little meaning... government is always "limited". "Limited government" means realizing that the government's positive influence on a certain problem is limited and subject to unintended consequences, and that an overreaching bureaucracy usually does more harm than good. That's different than the big government advocates who see some problem in society and immediately jump to the conclusion that government as one big collective is the most effective solution. Usually such a mentality is accompanied with the phrase, "We have to do something!" And yes, Republicans all too often fall victim to the big government mentality. Look at the war on terrorism, for instance. Tenchusatsu