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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Matt, In many ways you're right but, it all boils down to
this. You can vote for a ticket that's wrong half the time (R) or a ticket
that's wrong all the time(D). In know it's better to be excited and vote FOR a
candidate that you can get behind but when you are faced with this kind of
painful reality you've got to man up, hold your nose and vote the man who will
do the least damage. For me that's McCain.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mattd2107@hotmail.com href="mailto:mattd2107@hotmail.com">Matt
Decker</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A> ; <A
title=starbliss@gmail.com href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com">Ted Moffett</A> ;
<A title=sslund_2007@verizon.net href="mailto:sslund_2007@verizon.net">Saundra
Lund</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 15, 2008 10:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Curious</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Really? I think keely, Saundra, and Ted have the old realm on
this topic. Our country, for the most part, couldn't name the capitol of Iraq.
Our youth cares more about you is in the "in" then who could be a leader. An
attractive VP, SURE. Reality is though both candidates are poop. We need
another.<BR><BR>Obama has been in the spotlight for two years now. Yes
hes done a fine job in Illinois, but is he really the answer? For you die hard
democrats out there, what really has he done(without looking on the internet)?
He has been the celebrity for a while now. Soon as Palin comes around though,
the whole celebrity name calling comes out. Let me ask you this, Is he the
Real answer of change?<BR><BR>What about Mccain? Another F*#@ing four years of
Bush. Sure I hear your pain. Thats why I hoped to god that Hilliary didn't get
in. Mccain has turned me off by his votes against the troops, along with
others. Is John my vote? No. My vote matters little, it's all about the
masses.<BR><BR>I believe that most are controlled by the media. TV hype. And
who is the biggest, hippest dude on the block? It's the black Fonzie. The
recent hype is Palin, but in true time, Barrack will be the celeb. Our youth
as a whole doesn't know where our voting stands are located. <BR><BR>Give me a
leader that has some umph and I will be in the lead pack. until then I will
not cast my vote. Obama and Palin is not the answer to real change.
<BR><BR>M<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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From: kjajmix1@msn.com<BR>To: starbliss@gmail.com;
sslund_2007@verizon.net<BR>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:39:12 -0700<BR>CC:
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Curious<BR><BR>
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I think Ted (and Saundra) have this nailed. As I've said before, and
will no doubt say again, I believe that God allowed the election and
re-election of George W. Bush as a judgment against this country, and we
appear to be more than eager to fill up the remainder of censure against the
direction we're
going.<BR><BR>Keely<BR>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<BR><BR><BR>
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:55:24 -0700<BR>From: starbliss@gmail.com<BR>To:
sslund_2007@verizon.net<BR>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Curious<BR><BR>
<DIV>Palin is an example of the "curious" phenomenon referred to by the phrase
"cult of personality." Image matters more than substance regarding the
popularity of many celebrities, or politicians. Obama has been
demeaned by calling him a celebrity, with a political attack add from the
McCain camp featuring Paris Hilton, while it appears that Palin is more an
expression of celebrity fever, given the substance behind her hyped
image. Politicians are marketed to the public by sophisticated Madison
Avenue advertising tactics, and the image projected by the candidate is what
sells the product.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Can you imagine Palin as editor of the Harvard Law Review, graduating
magna cum laude, then later teaching law at the University of Chicago law
school? Obama has more intellectual substance than Palin ever will, but
similar to W. Bush, her image appeals to many, while Obama's intellectual
accomplishments are sometimes viewed with disdain, by many who think of him as
a liberal academic elitist, who looks down on people. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>One political analyst commented that there were three main aspects of W.
Bush's image that had appeal for voters: cowboy machoism,
evangelical fundamentalist Christianity, and anti-intellectualism. All
three of these qualities are part of Palin's image. I think there is
little doubt that Palin was carefully chosen to appeal to NRA voters,
fundamentalist Christian voters, who were less attracted to McCain than to W.
Bush, and in this political cycle of disgruntled Hilary Clinton fans, who so
much wanted to see a woman in the White House, Clinton voters. Polls
show about 20 percent of Clinton voters will vote for McCain/Palin, despite
the fact that Clinton and Palin are nearly political opposites.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Palin has an engaging and attractive presence; a speaking style that
is direct, simple, with a tone that suggests she speaks for the average
working Jane or Joe. Obama has to work at projecting this sort of
image. I think sometimes it is a bit glaring that he is trying
to dumb down his thinking to appeal to a less educated public. Palin and
McCain come across as more "authentic" to many voters than Obama does.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And poor Joe Biden, who I think was chosen by the Obama camp in part
because be might appeal more to the average working class Jane
or Joe than Obama... Palin is overshadowing Biden in terms of sheer
volume of hyped up media coverage, with much of this media attention
amounting to free political advertising for the McCain/Palin ticket!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Anyway, consider the list below that I pulled off the Internet (I
can't vouch for the accuracy of all the information) regarding more qualified
Republican women than Palin:</DIV>
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<DIV class=EC_EC_introtext>Republican women that are better qualified than
Sarah Palin. 1. Christie Todd Whitman (R-New Jersey)- Worked in the Nixon
administration. Served as President of the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities in the cabinet of Gov. Thomas Kean. Former governor of New Jersey.
Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 2. Sen. Kay
Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)- Served in the Texas House of Representatives.
Served as vice-chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Served as
Texas State Treasurer. Currently serving as Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. She also serves on the
Appropriations Committee, the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration,
and the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. <BR>3. Sen. Olympia Snowe
(R-Maine)- Served as an aide to Senator William Cohen. Served in the Maine
House of Representatives and Senate and as a U.S. Representative. Currently
serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship. She also serves on the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence. <BR>4. Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-North
Carolina)- Worked in LBJ's administration. Served as Deputy Assistant to
President Nixon for Consumer Affairs before being appointed to the Federal
Trade Commission. Served as United States Secretary of Transportation in the
Reagan administration. Served as United States Secretary of Labor in the Poppy
Bush administration. Then served as President of the Red Cross. Ran for
president in 2000, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002. She currently
serves on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, the Senate Committee on Armed
Services, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. She is the Ranking
Member on the Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Capabilities. <BR>5. Sen. Susan Collins (R- Maine)- Served as an aide to Sen.
William Cohen. Served as chair of the Maine commission on financial
regulation. Served as New England regional director of the National Small
Business Administration. Formerly the chair and currently the Ranking Member
on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. Also
serves on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and the Senate Committee on
Armed Services. <BR>6. Gov. Jodi Rell (R-Connecticut)- Served as a Connecticut
State Representative. Served as Lieutenant Governor. Has been serving as
Governor since 2004. <BR>7. Gov. Linda Lingle (R-Hawaii)- Served in Hawaii
House of Representatives. Has been serving as Governor since 2002. <BR>8. Rep.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington)- Served as a State Representative.
Currently serves on the House Committee on Armed Services and the House
Committee on Education and Labor, and the House Committee on Natural
Resources. She is Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on
Water and Power.
<BR>------------------------<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=EC_EC_gmail_quote>On 9/14/08, <B
class=EC_EC_gmail_sendername>Saundra Lund</B> <<A
href="mailto:sslund_2007@verizon.net">sslund_2007@verizon.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN> </DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I'm
wondering why it is that people who know *far* less about
Palin's<BR>qualifications and political history were so quick to hop on the
Palin train<BR>while her close friends (they jokingly refer to themselves as
the "Elite<BR>Six," which includes Palin) are still undecided?<BR><A
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5755435"
target=_blank>http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5755435</A><BR><BR>I
find that very curious -- *not* that Palin has intelligent friends
who<BR>will decide how to vote based on the *issues,* but rather that so
many who<BR>know far less about her political history were quickly willing
to decide<BR>she's the best thing for this country since sliced
bread.<BR><BR>Of course, as more is learned about Palin's history, some of
those initially<BR>swept up in the Palin wave are regretting their initial
haste -- a friend<BR>who was initially thrilled with McCain's choice of
Palin forwarded me this<BR>article with a note of regret about his premature
enthusiasm. He doesn't<BR>see how swapping one good ol' boy
network for another is what this country<BR>needs:<BR><A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1"
target=_blank>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1</A><BR>&th&emc=th<BR>OR<BR><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/5tq6t"
target=_blank>http://tinyurl.com/5tq6t</A><BR><BR>"WASILLA, Alaska — Gov.
Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is<BR>local, not to mention
personal.<BR><BR>So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State
Division of Agriculture,<BR>she appointed a high school classmate, Franci
Havemeister, to the<BR>$95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate
agent, Ms. Havemeister<BR>cited her childhood love of cows as a
qualification for running the roughly<BR>$2 million agency.<BR><BR>Ms.
Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Ms. Palin hired,
often<BR>at salaries far exceeding their private sector
wages.<BR><BR><snip>"<BR><BR>Note particularly the bipartisan
concerns.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Saundra Lund<BR>Moscow, ID<BR><BR>The only thing
necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do<BR>nothing.<BR>~
Edmund Burke<BR><BR>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright
2008 through life plus<BR>70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy,
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