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Old 11-08-2008, 10:27 AM
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Palin in spotlight as Republicans turn on each other

Right tears itself apart in pinning blame for McCain's defeat

by Oliver Burkeman

As the implosion of the defeated Republican campaign continued yesterday, the landscape of American conservatism was dotted with signs that these were very strange times indeed.

Rush Limbaugh, behemoth of rightwing radio, took to the airwaves to declare war on two enemies: Barack Obama and the Republican party. Bloggers at FreeRepublic.com, an internet hub for conservatives, announced a boycott of Fox News and John McCain's aides fell over one another to leak embarrassing details about the campaign to the press.

Liberals, indulging in what the writer Andrew Sullivan termed "Palinfreude", were presented with a smorgasbord, ranging from the tale of how McCain's pro-Palin foreign policy adviser had his Blackberry confiscated in the closing days of the race, to how the party had paid for Todd Palin's silk boxer shorts.

The fighting consuming the McCain and Palin camps threatened to derail broader efforts to overhaul the Republican party after Tuesday's decisive defeat, for which some insiders blamed Sarah Palin. Veterans of the right gathered in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, on Thursday for a summit on the movement's future, but even as they did so, the blame went on.
Palin in spotlight as Republicans turn on each other | World news | The Guardian
I feel sorry for the decent Republicans who are seeing their party implode, but if the party hadn't tried to pander to the lowest common denominator it wouldn't have happened.
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What was the decision making process that selected Palin? Obviously there was strong support within the McCain inner circle for getting the fundamentalist Christians on board for his election. What that team overlooked is that McCain also alienated traditional conservative base voters (non fundies) with his bail out plan and continued weak position on securing the border. The team missed the point that cross over voters and independents would be alienated with Palin, a source of votes they desperately needed.
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What was the decision making process that selected Palin? Obviously there was strong support within the McCain inner circle for getting the fundamentalist Christians on board for his election. What that team overlooked is that McCain also alienated traditional conservative base voters (non fundies) with his bail out plan and continued weak position on securing the border. The team missed the point that cross over voters and independents would be alienated with Palin, a source of votes they desperately needed.
so where is your evidence that the choice was made because of 'fundamentalist Christians'?

What is a fundamentalist christian anyway? LOL.. More leftist gobblidigook.. and smears.
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What is a fundamentalist christian anyway? LOL.. More leftist gobblidigook.. and smears.
pre-tribbers....weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......gawd will save us from newkewler fallout....ware all gonna go up in the sky with geeeeeeeeezus. Let the heeeeeeeethans fry.
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pre-tribbers....weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......gawd will save us from newkewler fallout....ware all gonna go up in the sky with geeeeeeeeezus. Let the heeeeeeeethans fry.
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gibberish..
Exactly. That's what the fundies spout.
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This is sad, focus on policies people.

Though not knowing Africa is a continent is plain shocking.
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I'm going to grab a six pack and have a seat on my easy chair for this one.
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LOL.. More leftist gobblidigook.. and smears."

Well, I guess you are the expert in that gobblidigook department.

Go back and read the numerous columnists on the Palin decision. NY Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, etc... I bet you only watch Fox for your news.
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