kentuck
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:05 AM
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Why are McCain and Palin running from the Republican label?? |
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Why do they refuse to call themselves "Republicans"? Or even conservatives? They are now "reformers". They are "mavericks". They are pitbulls. They are change agents. They are everything except Republicans.
Democrats have been accused of running from the "liberal" label, also. However, they have never ran this fast or for the same reasons.
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:06 AM
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1. One asterick explains it all: * nt |
liberal N proud
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:07 AM
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2. Because this is what the republican label has become |
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:11 AM
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3. I think they want to distance themselves |
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A little Orwellian spin (surprise). Bush was a Republican. His numbers tanked. So "they are not like him" and thus need a new label.
:shrug:
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Skwmom
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:11 AM
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4. It's what she did in Alaska and it worked. |
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:17 AM
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Anti-Republican sentiment is high. The only chance they have is to detach themselves from the party to avoid guilt by association.
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:29 AM
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6. Just as GWB ran as a Compassionate Conservative and haS |
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OPERATED TO RIGHT OF Atilla.
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Thu Sep-11-08 10:32 AM
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7. Reformers... Change agents... |
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Code words for Reconstructionists / Dominionists / Christian Taliban.
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