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If you think Hillary was shrill and unlikable in that clip, then you have not heard many of her speeches. She is fine when she is just talking. Where she really comes across very poorly is when she gets exciting and raises her voice. The more excited and animated, the worse is gets. She really has a very poor campaign style about her, and that is not good when you are campaigning for POTUS. All those rallies are taped and will be outstanding campaign commercials and a huge windfall for talk radio. By the end of the campaign, people will be laughing at her, like Al Gore and John Kerry before her. Al Gore was stiff and unlikable, ditto with Kerry. We would all like to say that people vote for the issue but that is not reality. Reagan was brilliant but also a very likeable person. Bush I was so so but far more likeable than Dukakis. Clinton came across as friendly and happy, unlike Bush I and Dole.

There certainly are other factors in each election, such as Nixon taint in the 70's, the Cold war in the 80's and the economy in the 90's and really all the time. But for someone to be as visible as the POTUS is, people want to like that person. Other than Clinton, look at the D's nominees. Most of them were elitist and arrogant, just like Hillary. I don't think Obama has a chance against the Clinton network that has been set up since '92 but he is definitely a better national candidate. An arrogant, northeast liberal where have we seen that?? '88, '04 and soon to be '08.

I would love to be an RNC staffer pouring over her stump speech archive footage to put together campaign ads. It would be a field day.

As tempting as the idea of taking down the queen of "smarter than thou" might seem, the "poring over footage" part sounds like something that should be included in the sentencing guidelines, somewhere in the range between being thrown naked into a Turkish prison and having ants devour your eyeballs.

This would be a perfect job for a bulemic - no more having to shove your fingers down your throat.

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grown and unions by then were totally obsolete [and of course compulsorty] and a drag on profits. For that and other reasons, the company I worked for tanked and went virtually belly-up, as the Big Three auto companies are about to do today.
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1. You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by lack of Federal funding. 2. You have to believe that the school system that can't teach a fourth grader how to read is some how the best qualified to teach those same children all about sex. 3. You have to believe that guns, in the hands of law abiding Americans, are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese communists. 4. You have to believe there was no art before Federal funding. 5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth's climate, and more affected by Americans driving SUVs. 6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being homosexual is natural. 7. You have to be against capital punishment but support abortion on demand. 8. You have to believe that business creates oppression and governments create prosperity. 9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists from Seattle do. 10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it. 11. You have to believe that the U.S. Military, not evil and tyrannical regimes, start wars. 12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

Jon Kyl and Kit Bond are good for nothing and deserve to be deported to Cuba, where they will feel more at home, ideologically.

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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...

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Its us or the Democrats ?
If you don't agree with us you aren't interested in whats best for the country ?
If you don't support the bill your a bigot ?

The party is having a really hard time communicating with those that desperately want to support it. That needs to change.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777

It would do you well to take into consideration a couple of things:

1. Sarcasm is not usually meant to be taken literally.
2. I never said or implied anything that deserved the last two questions and I frankly resent the implication that I did. As you well know, my boss and I take a frequent pounding on this board and that's the first time I've ever said a thing like that, but it's true.
3. I'm the one trying to make the point that there's a measurable difference between Jon Kyl and Arlen Specter, here, and it's *your* side that's forgetting that. The fact that I am *also* making the point (at the same time!) that there's a measurable difference between Jon Kyl and Russ Feingold doesn't hinder my ability to speak clearly, I don't think.

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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...

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as you had the misfortune to be in its way. Kyll has had a good run but with this he can destroy it all and more.

You have been head and shoulders above the other people who have come to this site communicating their employers views. I'll say this as well you have done considerably better than those that given their positions should have done much better.

I am quite wired on the immigration bill. Not just because of the substance of the bill. (Vile as it is) The way this bill is going forward is a slap in the face. It was made in the darkness. Its creators have tried to sneak it past the safeguards our form of government provides. They have done this over the legitimate objections of the populace. Finally dissent has been met with name calling.

If the President said we have to go to war but because of security concerns we can't give you all the details till later, I would say fine. You were elected to do just that.

If congress were to pass a bill that would hurt me personally but would be for the security of the country, result in our having a freeer society, or actually shrink the government I would be for it. I can name several provisions that I feel should be passed that would personally damage me. (medicare reform, tort simplification, not mandating new data processing requirements for doctors offices) are all things that if passed will hurt me but I support.

So when this bill comes forward, from its perversion of the process pushing its garbage. I get wired.

I can't see much difference between Kyll or Specter if they vote yes to allow our government to be subverted, and one to be put over on the people.

The party is having a really hard time communicating with those that desperately want to support it. That needs to change.

This is not directed at you specifically. It is also purely descriptive. If the party doesn't do something to reconnect with those that really want to support them, its done. Expect permanent 50-75 vote majorities in the house and 13-18 vote majorities in the senate.

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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777