Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by vansmack:
I'm not terrified either. But I am concerned about those who are over confident and those who are overly lowering the expectations of Governor Palin in such a way that she can only succeed in the debate. We've seen this before...
i think the jokes are funny and all, but she will have little impact on the election results one way or the other. moderate republicans will get over it and undecideds will base their decisions on something else
basically her love of pork barrel spending makes me forget king kev for a couple of days [/b]
The thing is, the Republicans were able to concoct a complete and blatant lie about John Kerry's military service in 2004, and that might have been enough to sway a few states.
The point being, if a guy who spent the Vietnam era drinking beer at home can paint his opponent -- who won numerous combat medals for his wartime service -- as someone who doesn't understand war, anything is possible. The Republicans have demonstrated again and again that manipulation and outright lying wins elections (Max Cleland anyone?), and they will gleefully do it again this year.
Because it's so much easier to lie about the other candidate's record than to actually, y'know, come up with a compelling argument for your own.
And has manimtired come up with anything? No, he just douches that he's too busy to justify his position, while having plenty of time to smear shit in other threads. Interesting, that.
