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Title: [Politics/Religion] McCain going deep into the playbook Post by: MFAWG on October 19, 2008, 12:02:14 PM and pulling out Republican talking points from 1985:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081019/ap_on_el_pr/mccain Just skip to the end, and check this out: Quote On other topics, McCain: _Defended his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate and cast her in a fresh ideological role. "She is a direct counterpoint to the liberal feminist agenda for America," he said. I could make a pretty good argument that Sarah Palin's political career is as much a result of the 'Librul Feminist Agenda' as a counterpoint to it, but it doesn't matter that much. What you have to be astounded by is the political tone deafness of the statement: If McCain is hoping to attract :airquotes: disenfranchised :airquotes: Hillary Clinton supporters, slamming the movement that many of them would identify with and some of them were actually a part of is probably not too smart. He continues to try to shore up The Base, and there just aren't enough of them left to do him any good. |