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McCain, Palin, McCain, Palin

The ivory tower left often thinks too much of themselves. In the Sixties they became reactionaries. And now it's just in their blood, in their DNA. That's not a good combination at times. Like election years. They believe they can connect McCain to Bush, call him McSame (a rare bit of cleverness on their part), then POW!, it's Palin. Now they fixate on Palin. Dennis Miller muses, "how did Palin get so far into Obama's head?". Then lookout here comes McCain winning over their own at the 9/11 Forum on National Service at the very pro-Obama Columbia University. McCain was very Reagan-like. Principled, knowing what he believed, refusing at every turn to say that government could do it better.

Unlike the Saddleback Forum, I'm sure Obama got to hear all the questions and answers posed to "Mac" before he took the stage. Obama came off as a little condescending, professor-like, "do I expect to get my bill passed exactly as I wrote it? No. That's not how legislation works."

Obama is now being directed to attack McCain as Bush II. Well look out here comes Palin again, with an interview that went satisfactory. Now attack Palin. It's like a one, two, one, two, punch. And they never seem to see it coming. McCain, Palin, McCain, Palin.

They are smart. We are stupid. That's their meme. To quote George W. Bush, "they misunderestimate me." Well, they misunderestimated him to two loses in Texas and two in Washington. They will continue to do this until they realize they are not as smart as they think they are. Trouble is... they aren't that smart.

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Palin and the "C" word...

....um, coattails?


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VIP VP

McCain's surprising pick of Sarah Palin says that WE, the Republicans, are not going to make this election about experience, (HRC was the one with the 3 AM phone call ad), but about ideas, issues and solutions. I think the Republicans are well positioned to counter the Democrats need to preach unity with there own to preach solutions. The DNC spent the week saying "yeah us!", while the RNC can spend the week saying "yeah U.S.!".
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Ex-President Obama

There is another angle to an Obama presidency on which I've seen no commentary. If he is elected president, in 4 or 8 years (if, then hopefully the former), he will be an ex-president, and at 51 or 55 years of age he could be an ex-president for a very long time. Democrat ex-presidents of late, of both the 4- and 8-year variety have a real problem fading into the sunset as was modeled by Reagan, Bush I and Ford. Bill, to the consternation of Hill, was unable to play it cool. I don't think he helped Gore or Kerry much as his false pout wore thin with the electorate. And Carter's failed policies somehow served as PhD. degrees qualifying him to comment, nay criticize ad nauseum. On the contrary John McCain would very likely be the kind of ex-president that Bush the First has been. Remember Bush I refused to go to Germany for a victory lap when the wall came down, because he felt others deserved that honor more than he. Apparently Obama had no problem running that lap as pre-president.

So remember, we are not just electing a president, we are also electing an ex-president. Who would make a better ex-president?
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I think I'll take the rest of the year off...

...and lay off my employees, until next year. Because if I make over $250,000 I'll have to pay 12.4% more in taxes. That's both shares of the payroll taxes, the responsibility of one who is self-employed. That is if BHO gets his way. That's a 38% tax increase for everyone making over 250K!!! What will they get for that? $1200 a month after age 67? Please! Anyone making that kind of money during their career won't qualify for social security anyway because they were probably smart and set up a KEOUGH, an IRA, a SEP-IRA, a Roth-IRA and other personal saving vehicles.

Bring families together again... get rid of social security! Then Grampa can't say "I don't need to be nice to my kids I've got social security"anymore.
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Ishmael vs. Isaac

If John McCain chooses Joe Lieberman as his running mate, it would set up an historic contest between a descendant of Ishmael and a descendant of Isaac. Tracing it's roots from the book of Genesis to the conflict today concerning Israel and Jerusalem.

Joe could help deliver Connecticut's 7 electoral votes (Kerry could've had Ohio, and if Bush won CT he still would've won the presidency). And maybe help deliver some of the double voters in Florida and New York to the Republican ticket for a change.

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