<div dir="ltr">Though from our friend Robert, the possibility that we might want to ignore her....<br><br>-----<br><br>
from a guy I know who runs a polling consulting firm and knows what he's talking about.<br><br>-<br><br>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I hate to be the curmudgeon in the group, but it seems like all the fuss over Sarah <span class="nfakPe">Palin</span>
is designed to get voters to obsess over her ability to jump in and be
VP rather than focus on the issues. She's an easy target, but a
bulls-eye that going to lead to a series of misguided political shots
if not left alone.</span></font></p>
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</p><p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">It's
obvious that whatever the leftists in this group think of her, she
definitely has appeal among potential Republican-leaning women. And
keep in mind it is this group of suburban white women – with fears of
terrorism on their minds – that got George W. re-elected in 2004. It
wasn't religious evangelicals. You can check with Tipple X if you don't
believe me.</span></font>
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</p><p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">McCain
has shown great savvy in choosing a running mate who can win this swing
demographic, while simultaneously appealing to religious conservatives.
The more that the media - and the masses – continue to focus on <span class="nfakPe">Palin</span>'s
"experience," the more "experience" will become a dominant issue
between McCain and Obama, and the latter will come out on the short end
of that stick.</span></font>
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</p><p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I think the Obama campaign – and Obama supporters – should drop any dialogue about <span class="nfakPe">Palin</span>.
Let it go. Remember Dan Quail? The more they talk about her, the more
the race becomes a personality contest and less a contest over the
issues. If it's an election about issues, Obama has a chance to win.
The more it's a personality contest, the greater an Ex-POW and a "hot"
soccer-mom of a son fighting in Iraq carry the day.</span></font>
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</p><p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Stop talking about <span class="nfakPe">Palin</span> and renew your efforts to talk about McCain's upside-down position on the issues. Biden will put <span class="nfakPe">Palin</span>
in her place during the VP debates. I have no doubt about that. She
doesn't even know what the Bush Doctrine is. In the meantime, refuse to
engage in any conversation about her if you want to get Obama elected.</span></font>
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</p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">R. Kelly</span></font><br><br><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><br></b></font><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Tom Radulovich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomrad@well.com">tomrad@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
>From our friends and neighbors at the Drinking Ladies Group (DLG)...<br>
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Dear Friends,<br>
<br>
We may have thought we wanted a woman on a national<br>
political ticket, but the joke has really been on us,<br>
hasn't it? Are you as sick in your stomach as I am at<br>
the thought of Sarah Palin as Vice President of the United<br>
States?<br>
<br>
Since Palin gave her speech accepting the<br>
Republican nomination for the Vice Presidency, Barack<br>
Obama's campaign has raised over $10 million dollars.<br>
Some of you may already be supporting the Obama campaign<br>
financially -- I am, but I want to do more -- anything. I<br>
am horrified by Palin's selection, furious, and<br>
frightened by it for many reasons, one of which is her<br>
position on women's issues. May I pass along the<br>
following fiendishly brilliant idea?<br>
<br>
Make a donation to Planned Parenthood. Of any<br>
amount, in Sarah Palin's name. Here's the best<br>
part: when you make a donation to PP in her name,<br>
they'll send her a card telling her that the donation<br>
has been made in her honor. It won't change the<br>
election but it will support an important organization and<br>
it will make women's voices heard. (And even if this<br>
was cooked up by a PP person -- I don't care!)<br>
Here's the link to the Planned Parenthood website:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.plannedparenthood.org/" target="_blank">http://www.plannedparenthood.org/</a><br>
<br>
You'll need to check "make honororary or<br>
memorial gift," and fill in the name of the person you<br>
want to "honor", i.e. Palin (I did it although<br>
even that made me shudder.) Fill in the address to let PP<br>
know where to send the "in Sarah Palin's<br>
honor" card. If you use the address for the McCain<br>
campaign headquarters, they'll get the message.<br>
McCain's headquarters address:<br>
<br>
McCain for President<br>
1235 S. Clark Street<br>
1st Floor<br>
Arlington, VA 22202<br>
<br>
Please free to send this along to all your women --<br>
and men -- friends and urge them to do the same.<br>
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