On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My point was that, if you look at the data - and I'll use Shep Smith, > McCain decline started during Palin's interview with Couric.
Not the mortgage crisis? McCain spiked after Palin so anything he lost still left him way ahead. > Now, would he have lost if he'd picked Tim Pawlenty? Or if Palin > would've actually prepared for that interview? 91% of republicans approve of Palin. I'd guess a lot less approve of McCain. > Quite possibly no. Maybe even probably no. > > So in that sense we were lucky that McCain both pick Palin and that > she's an idiot. McCain tried to hard to be appeal to the dems and that caused him to lose a portion of the base, Palin brought many of them back but not enough. > I think of the stories I've heard/read from Jews in Chicago about how > they got there. And many of them came over when Hitler was "elected", > because they saw where things were headed. However many of their > contemporaries thought they were nuts and felt there was no way Hitler > could ultimately fulfill some of his crazier ideas. They thought the > Germans would elect him out WAY before that. > > Some people call it "conservative" to be terrified of government. You > said I was spreading fear. > > I am. > > Be VERY terrified of government. You're such an ass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5