At 5:04 PM -0400 29/8/08, Chuck Bennett wrote:
>On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:44 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Chuck Bennett wrote:
>>
>>> Fishing
>>> http://www.alaskaseafood.org/industry/enews/092607govpalinfish.jpg
>>>
>>> Hunting
>>> http://beldar.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/09/
>>> palin_deer.jpg
>>>
>>> Shooting
>>> http://i33.tinypic.com/wk5sih.jpg
>>>
>>> She's a life member of the NRA and her oldest son is headed to Iraq
>>> as
>>> part of an Army rotation.
>>>
>>> They have both been union members, her husband still is as well as a
>>> hunter and a champion snow mobile racer and runs a commercial fishing
>>> operation. (so he is a union guy and has a manly job)
>>>
>>> Now I understand Chris Matthew's Obama comment. "I have a thrill
>>> running up my leg."
>>>
>>> In a nod to Hillary, she said that Hillary and her supporters put 18
>>> million cracks in the glass ceiling now it time for women to shatter
>>> it.."
>>>
>>> Kids, we have a horse race.
>>
>> you're joking, right?
>>
>> K
>
>About the 'thrill' yes..
>
>Every NRA member in the country (that would be about 3 million voters)
>are going to see these pictures shortly and know that she is a life
>NRA member.
Sure. But what matters isn't how many NRA members there are,
but how many NRA members there are who have changed their vote. I
don't know about you, but I think a lot of NRA members where pretty
much going to vote for the old white conservative war veteran anyway.
>
>A lot of union folks are going to hear that her husband is a member of
>the United Steel Workers Union, and that she was a member.
> that will pull some from there.
Won't make too much difference if the USWU are trying hard to
push them back the other direction.
>
>A lot of women that wanted to vote for hilliary and can't (more than
>just the PUMA crowd) are going to take a hard look at her.
THat, I think, will give McCain a temporary bump. But people
will get over it.
>She doesn't have a lot of experience at the nation level but, as
>someone pointed out, governors make more decisions in day than most
>Senators do in a month.
> Besides, opening up the whole "she doesn't
>have enough experience" line is darn dangerous for Obama.
It WAS dangerous for Obama. Now it is even more dangerous for
the McCain camp. If McCain ever brings it up, all they have to do is
say 'and you an old man, and trusted the VP to someone with far less
experience', and McCain has taken a body blow.
So McCain has managed to take one of the few solid advantages
he had over Obama - and turn it into a disadvantage. Own goal.
>She has more "executive" time than he does, and that's not saying much
>about either of them.
>
>It could still end up being a dumb decision by McCain, but it shoved
>Obama's speech and the end of the DNC off of the news in every slot
>I've seen.
And I think McCain took a hit to his long term campaign, his
credibility, and ultimately both his chances of getting elected and
the quality of his administration should he manage it, in order to
win a news cycle or too.
Appalling decision, IMO.
Cheers
David
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