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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:10 PM Original message |
"When's the last time a losing VP candidate was still in the news a week after the election?" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. 1968 |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Muskie was probably the last. You are right. n/t |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why the hell is she still geting nationwide air time? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Because most of the media calling the shots are men? Thinking with their little head? |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. "lust of the eye" - people love a train wreck... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Part watching a train wreck fascination, part something subliminally sexual, |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Andrew Sullivan got it right.. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. when was the last time a VP candidate was so unknown until 60 days before the election? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I agree with your take. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Great post, and I agree. She's filling in as fodder for everyone, |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. That is a great post |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Palin Power!! Please join me in voting for her in the 2012 primaries!!! |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Be careful what you wish for |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yep. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. her base loves her. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. "That the press felt required to maintain a facade of normalcy |
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spartan61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Is Palin the only Governor at the Gov Conference |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. When has a VP candidate ever looked good in a short skirt? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Too bad intelligence isn't more important, isn't it. nt |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I was going to say breasts. It's all about the breasts. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Freak Show. Tabloid sensibility. And not really surprising. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's like watching a car wreck or a bad B movie. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. "in the case of the B movie you hope" |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Pailin is still in the news BECAUSE she's excruciating to watch |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The Paris Hilton of politics nt |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R! |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. K&R |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. k & r! |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
25. Because she is an accident we can't help but watch. |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
26. Perhaps the best way to explain it is to use an analogy....American Idols's William Hung |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. When was the losing VP candidate more popular with her party than the actual nominee? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. obsessing on a failin palin. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. I was thinking of this the other day and realized that I tune in to see what nonsense is going on |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I must admit I watch her for the same reasons you stated. |
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