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Originally posted by Jaguar
A McCain Lieberman ticket would have been cool because bipartisanship be woo.
A McCain Lieberman ticket would have been cool because bipartisanship be woo.
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He would have ended up somewhere in the 20s wrt popular vote %s.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio -
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A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Ha ha.He would have ended up somewhere in the 20s wrt popular vote %s.
Look, the major parties are such that they could nominate a rock and get ~40% of the vote. I don't know if McCain/Lieberman would have done better or worse than McCain/Palin, but no way they'd have gotten under 40%.
I agree that Joe the Senator wouldn't have whipped up the base, but he also wouldn't have alienated moderates.
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The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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Actually, Lieberman was probably the only way McCain could have won. Lieberman is rather popular with the FOX news types, and McCain could have wooed the independents with his maverickiness.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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But as somebody already mentioned, the loss wouldn't just be in the base staying home and yada yada, but more importantly that the fundies are the only ones enthusiastic enough to get out there door-knocking, calling, etc. to boost turnout. The independents Lieberman would have taken from Obama probably wouldn't have made up for the number of non-votes.Comment
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Yeah, but he is also popular with the GOP base.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Only in terms of being the Dem they like on national security. They'd hate when they heard he's in favor of reversing the Bush tax cuts, pro-choice, pro-gay rights, etc.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.â€
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Please quit digging that hole as it is quite obvious that you have no real idea what you are talking about here. The man is a staunch democrat who except for a few of his policy positions (namely the fact that he is one of the few Dem hawks on national security) isn't going to be at all acceptable to the GOP base. They would have stayed home or voted 3rd party in the face of such a ticket.Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles
Yeah, but he is also popular with the GOP base.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Liebermann on the ticket may have resulted in the creation of a religious right 3rd party for this election.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.â€
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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That would be amazingly wonderful.Comment
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^^^^^Someone should totally edit up a parody from that BTW; surprised it hasn't happened already.Comment
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No, you don't. VPs have traditionally served as the attack-dog of the campaign while the nominee stands clear of the fray. Biden served exactly this role for Obama. It's hardly shocking that a VP nominee like Palin who was engulfed in a media feeding frenzy whilst carrying out her designated role in attacking Obama might end up with higher negatives than positives.When a VP pick has negatives much higher than positives you know something's off.
The truly puzzling thing about Palin is that she actually seemed to have an effect on how a great number of people chose to vote; I'm not sure a VP nominee has ever done this before. To a large extent, the election became Obama v Palin in a battle of the lightweights...Comment
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Obama won.Originally posted by Naked Gents Rut
To a large extent, the election became Obama v Palin in a battle of the lightweights...
...with more electorial votes than any Democrat since Johnson's landslide victory in 1964.
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electoral ... /spellingqueen<Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
I like your SNOOPY POSTER! - While you Wait quote.Comment
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