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Originally Posted by Atia  I'm hoping "Joe six-pack" is a bit more aware of the slight-of-hand candidate or political machinations of either party. That said I'm playing the glad game that this blatant and shameless move by the McCain camp will go down in flames.
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I'm hoping the same. I guess I'm at least 1% more cynical than you and would not be as surprised as you if the campaign wonks were able to turn her into a popular figure with J.S.P. as they have been able to do just recently with The Bush.
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Then comes the debate, she proves the capacity to memorize the McCain agenda (except the ANWR thing) and we're expected to believe she is anything other than the empty pant suit we saw unscripted with Charlie Gibson or Katie Couric?
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Well, even an empty pant suit can have value. I think Peggy Noonan is a tool, but here's part of her take of the debate from the WSJ:
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| Sarah Palin saved John McCain again Thursday night. She is the political equivalent of cardiac paddles: Clear! Zap! We've got a beat! She will re-electrify the base. More than that, an hour and a half of talking to America will take her to a new level of stardom. Watch her crowds this weekend. She's about to get jumpers, the old political name for people who are so excited to see you they start to jump. |
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Palin's very own beloved Joe Six-Pack and Hockey Mom are going to become much more discerning when they can't afford beer or gas because of home foreclosures, unemployment, lost health insurance and soaring gas prices.
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I certainly hope so. But let's also remember that the worst of times for a country economically, socially, politically, are the best of times to throw a lot of patriotic rhetoric around, because frightened people are not known for becoming more discerning, but rather more ready to swallow The Lie.
Shall we continue this elsewhere?
