The average American voter is stupid. People like us, who care about politics enough to get online and talk about it, keep up with the issues. 85% of the people who will cast ballots on Nov. 4 believe only what the news media tells them. McCain can talk until he's blue in the face and be factual all the way through. Then Obama can simply say, "That's a lie," and folks say, "OK, McCain lied." The news media won't go into any depth on it, so that's the impression that sticks.
That's why debates usually make absolutely no difference in the outcome of the election. It doesn't really matter who is effective and who isn't. As long as you have a retort for what your opponent throws your way, you've held your own in the minds of most voters, even if you were schooled in the actual exchange.
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Politics, it seems to me, all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour
Oh, and who cares how big Michelle Obama's backside is? Sure, she's got a big backside. Cindy McCain's looks give her the dumb blonde appearance. What matters is that they handle themselves with the grace and dignity an American First Lady should if their husbands are elected.
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Politics, it seems to me, all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour
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"There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory." --American author and humorist Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Amen to Griswold's post! I agree, most Americans are more concerned with what the latest sports scores, movies, ect are than politics. They get their information from the liberal media like NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, the Washington Post, Boston Herald, ect. just to mention a few, and they take what they've heard and swear it's gospel. They have neither the inclination or desire to find out the TRUE facts concerning a canidates stance on an issue, let alone how or where to go to look for how they voted on issues in the past. There must be some of those type's of folks posting here just by the way they are talking. For those needing help determining how a canidate stands on the issues, and how they've voted on issues in the past just ask, I'll be glad to steer you in the right direction, and NO, it's not FOX news.
Obama was annointed as the Great Black Liberal Hope based on his speech at the DNC several years back. The solid to far left love him andhe is gonna get virtually all of the black vote, even among those who think that Palin is his running mate. On the other hand, plenty of moderates are so ticked off at Bush that they wouldvote forRosie O-Donnell instead of another Republican. So, yes, he is in a position to walk in-between the raindrops.
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"Shoot him again....his soul is still dancing"
On another issue, I've been involved with the NRA for quite some time, and can tell you in all the years of trying to get people to join it's been the hunters (hands down) who are the worst group at supporting the one organization that is out there day after day fighting for your second amendment / hunting rights. I'm not saying ALL hunters, but a HUGE proportion of them anyway. For those hunters who are NRA members I want to THANK YOU so very much for joining / supporting the one organization out there big enough to fight the good fight. For those of you who are not members, I KNOW you spend every month the cost of a years membership on something else other than a yearly membership to the NRA. So,If and when they come for our guns, all I can ask is .. Where were you when you were needed, and don't cry to me that they've taken your guns away.
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