Comments on: Palin has probably robbed McCain of the presidency http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The View from Here http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4183 The View from Here Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:02:58 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4183 Actually, you may be suprised to find Governor Palin very well liked and respected by scores of intelligent American women. She has endured the nastiness of the press for months and is still going strong. By the way Joe Biden trumps her soundly in his ability to consistently deliver one 'gaffe' after another. This may explain why he has done only one media interview (the ill fated Barbara West bit) in more than a month while Sarah has soundly executed 7 in the past two weeks. Obviously, there are not enough handlers for Crazy ole Joe- you think they'd do SOMETHING with that $604 million. Marie Lawler A Lawler<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4183','The View from Here'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4183','The View from Here','Actually, you may be suprised to find Governor Palin very well liked and respected by scores of intelligent American women. She has endured the nastiness of the press for months and is still going strong. By the way Joe Biden trumps her soundly in his ability to consistently deliver one \'gaffe\' after another. This may explain why he has done only one media interview (the ill fated Barbara West bit) in more than a month while Sarah has soundly executed 7 in the past two weeks. Obviously, there are not enough handlers for Crazy ole Joe- you think they\'d do SOMETHING with that $604 million.\n\nMarie Lawler\n\nA Lawler'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Actually, you may be suprised to find Governor Palin very well liked and respected by scores of intelligent American women. She has endured the nastiness of the press for months and is still going strong. By the way Joe Biden trumps her soundly in his ability to consistently deliver one ‘gaffe’ after another. This may explain why he has done only one media interview (the ill fated Barbara West bit) in more than a month while Sarah has soundly executed 7 in the past two weeks. Obviously, there are not enough handlers for Crazy ole Joe- you think they’d do SOMETHING with that $604 million.

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]]> By: Ross http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4182 Ross Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:15:38 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4182 A brief explanation on the US constitution and why I (and Governor Palin) are correct about the role of the Vice President and Doug (and Joe Biden) are wrong: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/opinion/27reynolds.html?_r=1&oref=slogin<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4182','Ross'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4182','Ross','A brief explanation on the US constitution and why I (and Governor Palin) are correct about the role of the Vice President and Doug (and Joe Biden) are wrong:\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/27\/opinion\/27reynolds.html?_r=1&oref=slogin'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> A brief explanation on the US constitution and why I (and Governor Palin) are correct about the role of the Vice President and Doug (and Joe Biden) are wrong:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/opinion/27reynolds.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4181 JuliaM Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:48:45 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4181 I thought it proved what a good-humoured sport she was - quite different from Obama's 'Can't I eat my waffle?' and 'Hold on a second, sweetie...' peevishness... You can usually tell a person's character under pressure - those two incidents tell me quite a bit about Obama's character I don't care for.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4181','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4181','JuliaM','I thought it proved what a good-humoured sport she was - quite different from Obama\'s \'Can\'t I eat my waffle?\' and \'Hold on a second, sweetie...\' peevishness...\n\nYou can usually tell a person\'s character under pressure - those two incidents tell me quite a bit about Obama\'s character I don\'t care for.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> I thought it proved what a good-humoured sport she was – quite different from Obama’s ‘Can’t I eat my waffle?’ and ‘Hold on a second, sweetie…’ peevishness…

You can usually tell a person’s character under pressure – those two incidents tell me quite a bit about Obama’s character I don’t care for.

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]]> By: Shaun Pilkington http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4180 Shaun Pilkington Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:33:57 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4180 Oh yeah... the inability to discern the difference between *telling* a joke and *being* the joke is also a tad worrying!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4180','Shaun Pilkington'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4180','Shaun Pilkington','Oh yeah... the inability to discern the difference between *telling* a joke and *being* the joke is also a tad worrying!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Oh yeah… the inability to discern the difference between *telling* a joke and *being* the joke is also a tad worrying!
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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4179 JuliaM Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:10:23 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4179 And what a good-natured sport she proved herself to be. A far cry from Obama's <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/21/927731.aspx" rel="nofollow">'Can't I just eat my waffle?'</a> and <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=4870599" rel="nofollow">Hold on a second, sweetie...'</a> peevishness.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4179','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4179','JuliaM','And what a good-natured sport she proved herself to be.\n\nA far cry from Obama\'s <a href=\"http:\/\/firstread.msnbc.msn.com\/archive\/2008\/04\/21\/927731.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">\'Can\'t I just eat my waffle?\'<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Vote2008\/story?id=4870599\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hold on a second, sweetie...\'<\/a> peevishness.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> And what a good-natured sport she proved herself to be.

A far cry from Obama’s ‘Can’t I just eat my waffle?’ and Hold on a second, sweetie…’ peevishness.

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]]> By: patently http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4178 patently Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:32:41 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4178 Hey - at least she sommands some respect from the US media: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ya39slPgs :o)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4178','patently'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4178','patently','Hey - at least she sommands some respect from the US media:\n\nhttp:\/\/uk.youtube.com\/watch?v=N6ya39slPgs\n\n:o)'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Hey – at least she sommands some respect from the US media:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ya39slPgs
:o )

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4177 JuliaM Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:31:53 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4177 Oh, that's the one that 'Freeborn John' was encouraging his visitors to take, isn't it? Yes, I took it - not sure what value it has if it's including non-US responses though.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4177','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4177','JuliaM','Oh, that\'s the one that \'Freeborn John\' was encouraging his visitors to take, isn\'t it?\n\nYes, I took it - not sure what value it has if it\'s including non-US responses though.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Oh, that’s the one that ‘Freeborn John’ was encouraging his visitors to take, isn’t it?

Yes, I took it – not sure what value it has if it’s including non-US responses though.

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]]> By: asquith http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4176 asquith Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:52:15 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4176 You may wish to have a look at this survey: https://www.psychsurveys.org/brietruesdell/2008elections It takes a good while. I identified myself as an economic centrist & a social liberal, a frank foe of McCain who is lukewarm towards Obama, etc. etc. I used to interact with some students from NYU & they are pretty much as good as it gets intellectually, though I didn't particularly like them :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4176','asquith'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4176','asquith','You may wish to have a look at this survey:\n\nhttps:\/\/www.psychsurveys.org\/brietruesdell\/2008elections\n\nIt takes a good while.\n\nI identified myself as an economic centrist & a social liberal, a frank foe of McCain who is lukewarm towards Obama, etc. etc.\n\nI used to interact with some students from NYU & they are pretty much as good as it gets intellectually, though I didn\'t particularly like them :)'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> You may wish to have a look at this survey:

https://www.psychsurveys.org/brietruesdell/2008elections

It takes a good while.

I identified myself as an economic centrist & a social liberal, a frank foe of McCain who is lukewarm towards Obama, etc. etc.

I used to interact with some students from NYU & they are pretty much as good as it gets intellectually, though I didn’t particularly like them :)

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4175 JuliaM Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:11:48 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4175 According to whom..? Sorry, but I'm afraid, for a supposedly 'classless' society, a lot of the media and pundit reporting on Palin had a whiff of the 'Not our sort, my dear, if you know what I mean...' to it. Still, ultimately, it's up to the voters, I suppose.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4175','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4175','JuliaM','According to whom..?\n\nSorry, but I\'m afraid, for a supposedly \'classless\' society, a lot of the media and pundit reporting on Palin had a whiff of the \'Not our sort, my dear, if you know what I mean...\' to it.\n\nStill, ultimately, it\'s up to the voters, I suppose.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> According to whom..?

Sorry, but I’m afraid, for a supposedly ‘classless’ society, a lot of the media and pundit reporting on Palin had a whiff of the ‘Not our sort, my dear, if you know what I mean…’ to it.

Still, ultimately, it’s up to the voters, I suppose.

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]]> By: bill Quango mp http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/10/23/palin-has-probably-robbed-mccain-of-the-presidency/#comment-4174 bill Quango mp Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:43:33 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-4174 JuliaM you are fighting the minutiae while seemingly overlooking the fact that Palin was a Theo Walcott moment for McCain. Not nearly ready enough for the world stage<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4174','bill Quango mp'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4174','bill Quango mp','JuliaM you are fighting the minutiae while seemingly overlooking the fact that Palin was a Theo Walcott moment for McCain. Not nearly ready enough for the world stage'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> JuliaM you are fighting the minutiae while seemingly overlooking the fact that Palin was a Theo Walcott moment for McCain. Not nearly ready enough for the world stage
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