Pls. see this link as well:
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/culture-tech/2008/09/usa-vote-palin-wikipedia . *Who scrubbed Palin clean. It also speaks about Wkipedia entries and edit. * On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those interested and on Facebook, there is a new interesting group on > Facebook called *I Have more Foriegn Policy Experience than Sarah Palin * > http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=36436310820&ref=nfwith > around 60,000 members already. > This group ridicules Palin. > To quote the group description > "For all of you dumbfounded by the selection of Governor Sarah Palin as > John McCain's running mate. This moose-eating political featherweight could > be a heartbeat away from the presidency - what a frightening thought" > I have a feeling that quite a lot of Sarah Palin effect is media created > > 2008/9/10 damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Palin effect: white women now deserting Obama, says survey. >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/10/women.uselections2008 >> >> White women voters are deserting the Democratic presidential candidate >> Barack Obama because of the sudden emergence on the Republican ticket of >> Sarah Palin, according to a poll yesterday. >> >> An ABC/Washington Post survey recorded that an eight-point lead Obama held >> over his Republican rival John McCain before the arrival of Palin had turned >> into a 12% lead for McCain. >> >> The trend is in line with other polls since McCain's vice-presidential >> running mate ignited the Republican convention with a speech last week >> espousing social conservative values and presenting herself as a small-town >> mother taking on the cosmopolitan media. >> >> McCain has taken a 3% lead in a tracking poll by the RealClearPolitics >> website. >> >> Although the momentum has shifted to McCain and Palin, the election will >> be decided by independents and moderates, where Obama's domestic and foreign >> programme should have the greater appeal. >> >> However, the loss of support among white women could be fatal for his >> chances of winning the presidency if it was to be sustained. Obama had upset >> this constituency before the conventions, with many Democratic women unhappy >> that he had dumped their champion, Hillary Clinton, out of the nomination >> race. >> >> McCain received another boost when Rupert Murdoch's New York Post backed >> him in a front-page editorial. Earlier this year, Murdoch, who has extensive >> media outlets across the US, had hinted of support for Obama. >> >> Palin campaigned with McCain again yesterday, before taking off on her own >> for what is likely to be a tumultuous return to her home state, Alaska. She >> is not only bringing in the crowds but also the funding. McCain said a >> single fundraising event in Chicago had brought in $4m. >> >> The Democrats were initially uncertain about how to respond to Palin, but >> Obama, in recognition of her impact, now devotes almost as much time to >> attacking her as he does McCain. >> >> At a rally on Monday, he ran through her CV: "Mother, governor, moose >> shooter. That's cool," he said. But he went on to say that voters had to >> look beyond and study her record as a Republican to see that she would >> amount to a continuation of the policies pursued by President George Bush >> over the past eight years. >> >> Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, acknowledged she had energised >> the Republican base but said the crux question was whether she would succeed >> in reaching out to independents in the run-up to the election on November 4. >> >> Obama's campaign team are continuing to go through her political record in >> Alaska, in particular her initial support for the Bridge to Nowhere, a $400m >> link to an island with a population of just 50. She later switched to >> opposition of the project. Obama said: "You can't just reinvent yourself. >> The American people aren't stupid. What they are looking for is someone who >> has consistently been calling for change." >> >> A BBC poll published today will show that, despite the tightness of the >> race in the US, Obama is the overwhelming favourite in 22 countries. He is >> preferred to McCain by a four to one margin on average across the 22,000 >> people polled. >> >> The margin in favour of Obama ranges from just 9% in India to 82% in >> Kenya. On average 49% prefer Obama to 12% preferring McCain. Nearly four in >> 10 do not take a position >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Bobby Kunhu http://community.eldis.org/myshkin/Blog/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
