Comments on: What about Mitt?

By: Frank in Spokane

Frank in Spokane — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:09:29 +0000

LESTER (24): Remember – voting for a third party or staying at home is basically a vote for Obama.

FRANK: A vote for Chuck Baldwin is a vote for Chuck Baldwin. I consider McCain to be just as bad for this country as Obama, and for many of the same reasons — so he never “had” my vote to begin with. The GOP candidate is not automatically entitled to my vote just because I don’t want Obama to be prez.

LESTER (24): Good call. Thanks for hijacking the party.

FRANK: Do you mean the Republican Party? If so, I haven’t voted straight Republican since 1988 (i.e., George HW Bush’s 1st campaign). I ain’t “hijacking” no GOP!

Or by “the party,” do you mean this thread? If so, Emily mentioned der Mittster as an alternative Veep for JMcS — I’m merely reminding you all that, contrary to JB’s “no one could have foreseen” lie/mis-statement, one of the GOP contenders — Ron Paul — DID foresee it.

But nobody wanted to listen.

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By: musing

musing — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:59:02 +0000

serious george post 39,

no actually I think it is too late: it would show that McCain’s vetting of Palin was totally inadequate AND that would bring his judgment into question.

Oh wait, based on his wavering behavior in the economic crisis, perhaps his judgement should be questioned!

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By: Serious George

Serious George — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:59:01 +0000

Or was it the appeal to men voters was a bust? I dunno. It’s late. There were two of them I think.

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By: Serious George

Serious George — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:57:36 +0000

It’s not too late to put Fred Thompson on the ticket. It’s possible that with CPAP for his obstructive sleep apnea, he’ll wake up in time for the swearing-in ceremony. The appeal to women voters was a bust. And with Fred on board, there’s double the curmudgeon appeal.

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By: musing

musing — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:45:04 +0000

I am hoping McCain keeps Palin on thew ticket.

It is going to be so much fun asking reform candidates how they reconcile their reform with a clear bipartisan finding that Palin abused her gubernatorial power.

This should make for an ongoing interesting campaign!

And when we add this to the continuing financial crisis, I am sure this is exactly what the McCain campaign has been hoping for.

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By: musing

musing — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:29:19 +0000

And the CNN report:

Palin Abused Power in troooper case

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By: musing

musing — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:19:40 +0000

so lets make sure we all understand the situation:

1) it was a bipartisan investigation

2) Sarah Palin agreed to cooperate

3) the report was released by unianimous 12 person vote for release of the report

4) the report finds tha tRalin illegally used her powers

5) McCain was well aware of this investigation before nominating Palin: the timing was NOT politically motivated

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By: musing

musing — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:08:52 +0000

As a minimum it would seem to belie her apparent arguments that she was blameless in this exercise.

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By: SteveG

SteveG — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:57:21 +0000

This will give McCain a chance to drop her without losing face. Will he be smart enough to take it? I doubt it.