BREAKING CNN--Plane from ALASKA landing in Ohio

underpants

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:02 AM
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BREAKING CNN--Plane from ALASKA landing in Ohio

A woman named Plain

:shrug:

Something like that

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leftynyc

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:04 AM
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1. The Governor under an ethics cloud

And just had a baby.

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underpants

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:06 AM
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3. Sarah Palin

I meant to post this in LBN whoops

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leftynyc

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:16 AM
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5. Do you think this is a head fake? (n/t)

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d_b

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:05 AM
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2. the mayor of wasilla?

The governor of Alaska for what...two years?

:rofl:

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Jim__

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:29 AM
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6. Don't play the experience card.

She's been governor for as long as Obama's been a senator.

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d_b

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:32 AM
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8. no

Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 07:33 AM by d_b

Obama has two years on her. And a first time governor of Alaska (former Wasilla mayor) is not comparable to a four year senator from a state the size (population) of Illinois.

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endthewar

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:57 AM
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10. Don't forget to add in Obama's state senate experience

It's interesting because that has probably shaped him the most politically. In state politics you don't have the grandstanding and party-line voting like you would on the national scene. State legislators meet directly with their counterparts in the other party and must compromise to get bills passed.

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mwb970

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Fri Aug-29-08 09:59 AM
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20. But how can *they* play the experience card any longer?

Obama's been a senator for as long as she's been governor.

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Jim__

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Fri Aug-29-08 11:17 AM
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21. True. McCain threw away his trump card.

Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 11:18 AM by Jim__

When I heard this this morning, I thought it was a feint and that it was deliberately being played to highlight Obama's lack of experience. This is a major blunder on McCain's part.

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notadmblnd

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:07 AM
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4. Sarah Palin

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mwb970

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:30 AM
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7. So it's St. Sarah for Little John?

If so, it's good news for our side. Alaska politics are among the most corrupt in the nation (it's the usual problem - too many Republicans). We shouldn't have to look too deep to dethrone this "saint".

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Outlier

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Fri Aug-29-08 08:13 AM
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11. wrong

i fail to see how having a woman who just had a baby as the vp nominee on the republican ticket can be anything but bad for democrats. All those disaffected fence sitting female democrats in places like WV kentucky and ohio will be tempted to vote republican.

I can already hear the ads with women who voted for hillary voting republican because they have a woman on the ballot.

this would be bad, very bad.

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mwb970

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Fri Aug-29-08 08:44 AM
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13. Does having a baby trump a corruption investigation though?

Lots of people have babies. Only a few betray their public office. Anyway, I guess it's not her, so it doesn't matter.

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Outlier

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Fri Aug-29-08 09:04 AM
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15. having a baby doesn't matter to me

but all the dingbats that watch oprah will eat it up. On a side note the last kid had down syndrome which equals major sympathy.

the wikipedia entry paints her as a whistle blower slash reformer. The only time she abused power was when she tried to get her former brother in law fired from his job as a state trooper for threatening to kill her father and tasering his 11 yr old stepson.

This is going to be a much tougher race than we thought.

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mwb970

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Fri Aug-29-08 09:58 AM
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19. Is she presidential material then?

Does her status compare to Biden? Does it matter that nobody has heard of her until today? What is her relevant experience, aside from motherhood?

I don't think it's at all obvious that this makes for a tough race, Down syndrome or not.

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Roland99

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Fri Aug-29-08 09:12 AM
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17. So, these pro-choice, socially liberal women are going to vote for gun-totin' Barbie?

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endthewar

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Fri Aug-29-08 07:55 AM
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9. Their info sounded second hand

Dana Bash reported that Tim Pawlenty had confirmed he was out of the race for V.P. on a radio show and Bash also said that a plane from Anchorage landed in Ohio. She sounded like her sources weren't very firm though.

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Outlier

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Fri Aug-29-08 08:32 AM
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12. cnbc reporting

Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 08:33 AM by Outlier

Sarah Palin vp nominee. Source supposedly insider in Mc Cain campaign.

It's also been top headline on drudge for an hour.

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Outlier

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Fri Aug-29-08 08:46 AM
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14. more on palin

5 kids, married to native american, life time member of nra, owns a float plane, mayor, gov.,

cnbc reporting her last kid has down syndrome. Strictly speaking politically here comes the sympathy vote, and no doubt she will be asked about why she didn't abort it. Probably going to do oprah. Pro-lifers out in force. this seems like a bad deal for democrats.

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trapper914

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Fri Aug-29-08 09:07 AM
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16. Bad For Democrats?

If nothing else, this choice would shore up the conservative Republican base, but little more.

I'm sure there will be a few disaffected Hillary voters who could switch their vote...not Hillary voters with brains and principles...but they could switch.

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Outlier

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Fri Aug-29-08 09:46 AM
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18. nbc news confirms palin is vp choice.

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