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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (268125)	9/12/2008 2:52:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793987

The basic Obama pitch that he could bring the country together simply by the strength of his oratory is in tatters.The McCain campaign has been doing much better, with less to work with. In fact, it has been a miracle of repositioning and risk-taking and smiles, smiles, smiles. And, it is fair to add, a lot of exaggerations, misleading comments and outright fibs. McCain has less to work with than The One's grandiose rhetoric? What is it about Democrats that they simply cannot see or understand Republican strengths? Nor for that matter, their own weaknesses? I think Republicans beat Democrats because Republicans understand Democrats a lot better than Democrats understand Republicans.

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (268125)	9/12/2008 4:15:33 PM
From: mph	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793987

But the notion that motherhood figures as a qualification to be commander in chief is too much too swallow. There are mothers who simply give birth and there are mothers who really make a difference over the decades in their children's lives, and that of the country. In either case, a mother ??" or father ??" must have talents and strengths beyond his or her own family. It was pleasant to see Palin and her family on display. Seven-year-old Piper is especially cute. But what did it mean to us? The voters need specific things, such as health care, regulatory and energy reform and a revitalization of privacy rights, particularly those of women. Many or most of us have cute children, or grandchildren, at home or nearby. I could parade my own. That makes us empathize with Palin but doesn't make us qualified to run the country. Nor should it make us vote for her, on those grounds alone. The polls are unambiguous about the boost Palin gave to the GOP ticket, particularly among white women who never cottoned to Obama's cool, male attitude of superiority. Well, there's a switch. In 2006, when San Fran Nan was crowned as the mother of the House, did we not hear about women, women, women and the need for women in government? Pelosi spoke of breaking the marble ceiling: cnn.com abcnews.go.com [In that last one she speaks of bringing the troops home right away] Here's Nan on her book, speaking to America's daughters: amazon.com But the Democrats have turned their back on women. They treated Hillary poorly once they decided to worship at the feet of Obama, the One they thought they could foist upon an American public too fearful of the racist label (and libel )to reject a hard core radical. That's why you see such a turnaround in the rhetoric from Pelosi's coronation back in '06. The left's treatment of Palin and the full court press to discount and diminish her is utterly demeaning to women and really shows, at least to me, the number of gender "Aunty Tommies" there really are in the Dem party.