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I want Palin on the 2012 Republican Ticket!

Do you want Palin on the 2012 Repbulican Presidential Ticket?

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TurtleDude said:
sorry, I didn't know I was dealing with a college kid. My apologies. I didn't see your birthdate on your profile
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I guess he just isn't use to dealing with knuckle dragging neanderthals like you:mrgreen:
 
winston53660 said:
I guess he just isn't use to dealing with knuckle dragging neanderthals like you:mrgreen:
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yeah being 51 I am ancient I guess.

And its cro magnon to you dude:mrgreen:
 
from the aptly named Turtledude

(of course if bush got into Yale because white preppies were cut breaks that's bad but if Obama got into harvard law with grades that no white man was able to gain admission with that is great because Obama was "an oppressed minority"
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I would love to see those actual grades. Please provide them along with evidence that no white man gained admission with the same record.
 
haymarket said:
from the aptly named Turtledude



I would love to see those actual grades. Please provide them along with evidence that no white man gained admission with the same record.
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Obama didn't even make honors at Columbia which cut off around a 3.3 average. I knew several hundred people who applied to harvard law-at least 150 in my class at Yale and many who I met when I went to Law school. While I cannot prove that sometime somewhere a white male with the same credentials as Obama never got into Harvard law, I never heard of any white male with less than an A minus average from Yale or an equivalent (Amherst, Williams, Princeton, harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth or MIT) getting into HLS

the year I applied they supplied a graph. One vector was GPA. each gradation had a .15 range so the top box was 3.85 to 4.0

The LSAT was the next one. the top line was (I believe its been almost 30 years) 780-800. At HLS the top box on the grid was for anyone over a 3.8 and in the top 1% on the LSAT. acceptance percentages in that group was fairly good. maybe 55% chance. go one line down or one line back (ie top board scores but say a 3.75) you had less than a 50-50 chance of acceptance. Go down to a 3.2 and there were a few acceptances. I was told by the Harvard Dean of Admissions when I met with her at YLS in 1980 that those were "special cases" (ie minorities). The year I applied to Yale and Harvard, Columbia and Cornell Law schools (among others) the black student with the highest credentials who was accepted had scores that NO WHITE male was admitted with and any of those four schools
 
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disneydude said:
You are absolutely right Digsbe....the GOP should nominate her. She is their only hope in 2012.
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I never said they should nominate her. I was pointing out the fact that compared to Obama she isn't that bad (popularity wise). Palin is not the GOP's only hope
 
digsbe said:
I never said they should nominate her. I was pointing out the fact that compared to Obama she isn't that bad (popularity wise). Palin is not the GOP's only hope
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I disagree. Palin is by far the best candidate and the best hope that the GOP has in 2012. She is wildly popular with the GOP base.
 
disneydude said:
I disagree. Palin is by far the best candidate and the best hope that the GOP has in 2012. She is wildly popular with the GOP base.
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I'm not sure she could win a primary. She is widely popular and many share her views, but many Republicans feel there are similar members within the GOP who are more qualified to serve as president.
 
digsbe said:
I'm not sure she could win a primary. She is widely popular and many share her views, but many Republicans feel there are similar members within the GOP who are more qualified to serve as president.
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That's what those in control of the GOP WANT you to believe. They are deathly afraid of Palin and her ability to be to voice of the party. The base of the GOP feels very differently. If you want any shot at 2012, the only person who can deliver it for the GOP is Sarah Palin. If she decides to run and the GOP fights against her...she and her followers will dump the GOP quicker than anything.
 
claim by Turtledude

of course if bush got into Yale because white preppies were cut breaks that's bad but if Obama got into harvard law with grades that no white man was able to gain admission with that is great because Obama was "an oppressed minority"
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me to Turtledude on Obama

I would love to see those actual grades. Please provide them along with evidence that no white man gained admission with the same record.
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from Turtledude

I cannot prove that sometime somewhere a white male with the same credentials as Obama never got into Harvard law
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thank you.
 
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RightinNYC said:
Well, you guys fell in love with a candidate based on one speech, so I guess it makes sense that you'd write one off for the same reason.

:2razz:
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At first I thought you were talking about Palin.
 
Haha - Henry's a gem! He has something to say about everyone.

 
I am reminded of an old Keg-leg Hillery ad about the red phone at 3:00 am in the morning.

Can you imagine the person answering that phone being Sarah Palin? If you say, "You betcha!" you need serious help. :lamo

Just sayin'. :roll:
 
disneydude said:
I disagree. Palin is by far the best candidate and the best hope that the GOP has in 2012. She is wildly popular with the GOP base.
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do you think anyone is fooled by your Palin Paens? A far left dem is obviously only interested in screwing over the GOP.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
I'll be upfront and say I use to love her - I use to be a Republican and I was thrilled when she came onto the scene.
Now I'm not even a Republican and I can't stand her (gee- how things change)

so putting aside my feelings - looking at the basics:

She was brought into the race PURELY because of her connection to the oil-companies and how she dealt with them.
That was IT.

Remember - we were at the height of our ginormous gas-prices. Gas for me was $4.25/gallon - "Drill baby Drill' was the mantra. (remember that?)

She was not brought in because she would have been a stellar leader for the country, an excellent guide for our citizens or because she had the ability to rally support. She was brought in because of her oil-situation and that was *it*

Now she is no longer governor.
THAT was her only tie to power and the ability to deal with oil companies and garner support.

Now that is gone - wooosh, gone. And all that's left is useless, unemployed Palin.

If anyone actually supports her *now* then they aren't a serious voter and they really don't give a **** about the issues. Because oil is no longer an issue. We're still cleaning up the glass from Obama's ceiling-shattering moments and our country is no better off.

I hope *and pray* that people *stop* trying to set records and stir the pot. I really hope that everyone votes with the consideration of who will actually *get things done - and do them well* instead of voting for popularity and appeasement.

Obama's black - does it matter?
Clinton played the saxophone - did that help him in office?
Bush, well - Bush rides horses - still, did it help?

Yet these 'popularity' things that are more appropriate when you're making friends in school are *the issues* for many voters and this is what they *base their votes on*

It's actually a bit disturbing - and when I look at things *that way* the idea of having peoples' voting rights curbed is slightly appealing. I mean - if someone's not going to make a sound, reasonable vote based on issues and facts - but more so on race, gender or location - then I don't actually WANT them choosing my future for me.
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Damn. I couldn't have said that better myself Aunty.

Well.... maybe.

But you just about covered all the bases. You rock.
 
TurtleDude said:
do you think anyone is fooled by your Palin Paens? A far left dem is obviously only interested in screwing over the GOP.
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Duh...

That's why he wants Palin to run. 'Cause if she does, the GOP IS screwed.

Please don't tell me you just figured that out.
 
I am the more cautious type. I would rather she stay as far away from any real power as possible.
 
Palin is every bit the dunce that ronald reagan was, and has just as much of a chance against Carter II as ronnie did.
 
Captain America said:
Duh...

That's why he wants Palin to run. 'Cause if she does, the GOP IS screwed.

Please don't tell me you just figured that out.
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of course not-I knew it right away. I was just letting D2 know that we weren't fooled because D2 seemed to think the charade was still working
 
Now that's a bet I would take. But it won't happen.

Much to DisneyDudes disappointment, ;) ain't no way the GOP's gonna run her for the oval office. It's just, well, laughable.

How you been CP?
 
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TurtleDude said:
of course not-I knew it right away. I was just letting D2 know that we weren't fooled because D2 seemed to think the charade was still working
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I think it was more just some tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. A dryer sort of humor. Don't think he thought he was foolin' anybody.
 
Captain America said:
I think it was more just some tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. A dryer sort of humor. Don't think he thought he was foolin' anybody.
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ah Captain Obvious stuff
 
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