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Why I like McCain’s pick

August 31, 2008 – 4:38 pm

I’m gonna be positive.  I’d rather not wade into the muck of leftist hypocrisy (I’ll leave that to Jeff G at Protein Wisdom — warning, not a good link if you want to avoid rough language, Jeff’s a bit um, colorful)
There are a lot of cruel things being said of the Governor, (most of the [...]

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Palin / Quayle comparisons

August 30, 2008 – 8:13 pm

They seem to be rife throughout the internets…
Some little remembered facts about Quayle… (from Wikipedia)

Bush was trailing by as much as 15 points to Dukakis before the Republican Convention in 88.
Senator John McCain, said of Quayle “I can’t believe a guy that handsome wouldn’t have some impact.”
Sure enough, post convention the Bush/Quayle got a bump, [...]

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