Did anyone really believe that right-wingers WOULDN'T vote for McCain?

BzaDem

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Mon Sep-08-08 05:43 PM
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Did anyone really believe that right-wingers WOULDN'T vote for McCain?

It looks to me like McCain's latest "bounce" was partly due to people who thought McCain wasn't conservative enough coming around to McCain. I think that would have happened anyway, even if he didn't pick Palin. If that is true, then hopefully the rest of the truly undecideds are made up of more democrats or democrat-leaning independents, which would make them easier to win over.

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napi21

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Mon Sep-08-08 05:46 PM
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1. I think they would have stayed home. Yesterday I read that Dobson

and his RW buddies were planning a major protest against him at the comvention. I have no idea if that's true of not, but it's believable!

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Midlodemocrat

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:08 PM
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3. I know of a couple who are going to stay home

Directly because of Palin. They're disgusted by her and McCain's selection of her and won't vote for him.

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napi21

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Mon Sep-08-08 08:56 PM
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9. I can only hope there are a lot more people like them! n/t

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Patsy Stone

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:07 PM
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2. Not me.

And I was just about to point out the same thing. They were never going to sit home, no matter what anyone said.

These poll results are the Republicans falling in line -- like they always do. It took a gimmick to get those voters to come out and vote for him, and that's a sad reflection on their opinion of the man, if you ask me.

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TheKentuckian

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:11 PM
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4. They were sleeping at the wheel

and had deep mistrust of John W. Bush. Some few would have went with Barr, more would have sat home if something didn't happen to motivate them.

Palin woke them up and got them fired up for another battle in the culture war.

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Patsy Stone

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:35 PM
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5. He was always

going to have to pick a RW Fundie wacko as his running mate. Bobby "The Exorcist" Jindal, or Mike "I eat squirrel!" Huckabee would have fit that bill, and been much less of a potential liability in the press. I think the party decided long ago that they needed to increase enthusiasm, and with the top of the ticket such as it was, there were very few options. No way were they going to let the maverick pick moderates like Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman. They told the maverick exactly what he had to do in no uncertain terms, and he caved.

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KathieG

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:39 PM
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6. I knew they would...picking Palin clinched it because she is so RW...

her addition simply brought the base back in line.

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Bucky

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:40 PM
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7. A few deluded fools are still hoping Bob Barr will break 3%. He won't break 1%.

He plus Nader plus McKinney plus whatever feeb the Natural Law cranks are spitting out this year all combined won't break 2%.

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Life Long Dem

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:41 PM
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8. I think people have Palin on their minds too too much.

You don't vote on Palin, and then McSame.

You vote once either for McSame/Palin or Obama/Biden. One choice, not two.

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lumpy

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Mon Sep-08-08 09:14 PM
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10. Anything is possible. Astounding that Bush was elected the

second time around. We have stupid, mean, avaricious people in this country. Period

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