I think you hit the nail on the head with that post. It will be interesting to watch the lengths some posters will go to to find fault it Obama becomes a good president, as there is no reason not to believe he will. If his campaign is any indication of his governing style we are in for a well run administration.
Melanie, based on what you wrote, I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised by an Obama administration, because your analysis of why he won, and who supported him, is way off base, IMO.
I think the headline here is that Palin actually had a significant effect on the election, just not the kind McCain wanted. Palin was the number one reason people voted for Obama.
I don't blame her. McCain took a big chance in picking her at the last minute without vetting her. McCain was kind of in a pickle because the right-wing of the party boxed him in - McCain was ready to pick Lieberman. But there were many better known, more qualified and deserving, and equally right-wing, politicians in the wings like Jindal for example.
I am sorry she is getting so trashed. But I wonder if some it isn't deserved too. I find it hard to believe that the McCain campaign was just out to get her at the cost of doing in McCain. She must have been pretty horrible for Republicans to break ranks like that in calling her a whack job, rogue, and diva on the record (albeit anonymously). I have a funny feeling she was tough to work with, was a rogue, and got a bit greedy with all the stuff (no biggie except for the fact that she claims to be such an everyperson's person).
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"My friends," who responded to my post, this kind of attitude is beginning to worry me.
<<And it's unfortunate that you continue to express these gloom and doom predictions as if they were gospel.>>
Well it is my opinion.
It's possible you're right that the Obama presidency will be a disaster.
~Ghostwriter, M.A.
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It won't be important to point it out.
Melanie, based on what you wrote, I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised by an Obama administration, because your analysis of why he won, and who supported him, is way off base, IMO.
~Ghostwriter, M.A.
I think the headline here is that Palin actually had a significant effect on the election, just not the kind McCain wanted. Palin was the number one reason people voted for Obama.
I don't blame her. McCain took a big chance in picking her at the last minute without vetting her. McCain was kind of in a pickle because the right-wing of the party boxed him in - McCain was ready to pick Lieberman. But there were many better known, more qualified and deserving, and equally right-wing, politicians in the wings like Jindal for example.
The story behind Palin is that she is a product of the Fox guys like Kristol who were salivating over her. Read about it in its gory interesting detail here: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/27/081027fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all
I am sorry she is getting so trashed. But I wonder if some it isn't deserved too. I find it hard to believe that the McCain campaign was just out to get her at the cost of doing in McCain. She must have been pretty horrible for Republicans to break ranks like that in calling her a whack job, rogue, and diva on the record (albeit anonymously). I have a funny feeling she was tough to work with, was a rogue, and got a bit greedy with all the stuff (no biggie except for the fact that she claims to be such an everyperson's person).
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