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To: carranza2 who wrote (265615)	9/4/2008 9:39:13 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793955

I honestly am not comforted by the vision of Sarah sitting behind the Big Desk while the Russians roll into Poland.

To: carranza2 who wrote (265615)	9/4/2008 9:40:35 AM
From: Bill	10 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

One party rule is more toxic than anything Palin could dream up. Obama with a Dem congress will be the death of this country.

To: carranza2 who wrote (265615)	9/4/2008 9:56:36 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

One of the biggest mistakes made by the right over the years is expecting the left to "play nice"....not a damned thing in recent history to make me think that is going to change. Her vetoing a half billion in spending in Alaska makes me wonder what she could do with that power in D.C.....who knows it might actually add up to some actual "big money". That would be a great incentive for the base to work for a congressional mix that could at a minimum sustain her vetoes.

To: carranza2 who wrote (265615)	9/4/2008 4:07:20 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

I suppose that is the strategy, cover the base with Palin and go for the Dems uncomfortable with Obama through McCain. It's a very odd strategy because it sends mixed messages. Also, the Dems uncomfortable with Obama are going to be much more uncomfortable with Palin. They join up as reformers, that's where she reinforces the McCain brand. There is nothing at all new in picking a VP to reassure the base and be the attack dog, so the main candidate doesn't have to. That's what Bush 41 did with Dan Quayle, who performed as badly as Sarah Palin has performed well. Despite that, he did become VP. The mixed messages you are concerned about are practically SOP for presidential campaigns. Look at Obama - he's running as a great unifier on a standard-issue liberal Dem agenda. Isn't that a mixed message too? McCain just turned 72, and is in good health. I don't have an actuarial table handy, but I'm sure it would predict that he lives until his late eighties at least. I'm not any more worried about his dying in office than Obama. I don't think comparisons to Goldwater are valid, since Sarah Palin is not the top of the ticket. People vote for or against the man at the top of the ticket.

To: carranza2 who wrote (265615)	9/6/2008 4:32:32 AM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

carranza2, IF Obama wins, it will mean he will bring Dems along with a clean sweep for both the House and Senate. IF that happens, then part of what you said will be the case, IMO. ...we will toxic partisanship and divisiveness redux. The quicker we all realize we have a choice this election...We vote for Socialism/Marxism or we vote for trying to retain the rights of the Individual ... Notice I said "trying"....We have been swinging farther left the last several years, and if we want to see how non-successful that venture was, look at the Jimmy Carter years. Also take a gander at the other countries in the world who have a Socialist Government now. All of them are nonproductive and sinking into the marsh.