Word: palinã
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Dates: during 2008-2008
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...example, Palin??s boiling down tax policy to “How can you possibly be better off if you’re paying more taxes?” is not only an inaccurate and irresponsible portrayal of the issue, but also an insult to the intelligence of the voting populace. Furthermore, to frame all those who supported the war in Iraq as “pro-victory” and those opposing the war as “pro-forfeit” is exactly the type of polarizing and impossibly simplistic dichotomy that allowed President Bush...
...Republican vice presidential candidate against the Democratic presidential candidate is an illogical strategy in more ways than one. Placing Governor Palin on this pedestal pushes Senator McCain out of the picture. Republicans would have benefited to focus less on the inexperienced Palin and more on the experienced McCain. Palin??s vice presidential resume consists of a brief tenure in the city council and then as mayor of Wasilla, a small Alaskan city, after which she was governor of Alaska for only two years. She has no significant national experience, unlike the other candidates on the Democratic and Republican...
...Comparing Palin??s relatively paltry service in the small Wasilla and 20 months as Alaska’s governor to Obama’s tenure as state senator and then U.S. senator for Illinois can only hurt the Republican Party. Her speech weakly hid this fact, instead comparing her tenure as mayor to his pre-Harvard Law School service as community organizer. “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities,” she quipped...
...Perhaps Palin??s inexperience, among other reasons, is why some advisors close to John McCain have criticized this choice, calling it “cynical,” according to Mike Murphy, a senior advisor in the 2000 McCain campaign...
...after it was over and McCain announced his running-mate, Obama led McCain by about seven percentage points in an average of five national polls. The RNC’s repercussions may be different. The convention’s focus on Palin left a lasting impression on Americans. After Palin??s speech Wednesday night at the convention, Obama’s campaign made $10 million—a one-day fundraising record. Coincidence or not? I leave the comparison...