Posted on 09/13/2008 6:58:57 PM PDT by Publius804
A Winning Streak with Evangelicals
The Palin pick is only one reason McCain is suddenly doing well with the religious right.
Sep 12, 2008
When word leaked the Friday morning before the Republican National Convention that Sarah Palin was John McCain's choice for vice president, a group of 40 religious leaders meeting in Washington all gave a standing ovation. They were convinced that McCain would settle on one of his buddies, Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman, men whose pro-choice views render them unworthy contenders from the Christian-right perspective. They didn't know much about Palin, but the fact she wasn't Ridge or Lieberman was enough to make them cheer.
They were so surprised by McCain's bold nod in their direction that their whole view of him changed. They were willing to re-evaluate him in the light of this astonishing appointment (though some in the room warned against getting carried away).
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
And if you try to trash Palin for being a Christian, then it's open season on Barack "my Muslim Faith" Hussein Obama.
Checkmate.
Cheers!
"Democrats looking for equivalency between the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's incendiary remarks and video clips of Palin's exhorting prayer for an Alaskan gas pipeline should understand that the voters who will decide this election do not see something alien. They see in her themselves, or their next-door neighbor, a quality that could defy traditional polling."
Indeed. Sarah is NO Jeremiah Wright! She's your typical all-American girl!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“A Winning Streak with Evangelicals”, how awful!!
When the Palin pick was first announced, Clift (on The McLaughlin Group) proclaimed the pick was greeted with laughter in the newsrooms.
Doesn’t sound like they (or Eleanor) are laughing now, does it?
I don't they will be going back to the Marxist.
I don't think they will be going back to the marxist.
Wasn’t see the one saying the newsroom were all laughing? lol
Now that the obvious naked character assassination campaign by the media back-fired, we get the second wave, which although seemingly fair, attempts to peel off independents through simple guilt by association. Thank you Eleanor for this “her biggest supporters are those scary Christians” piece. Apparently Newsweek has wised up that people will not take kindly to obvious unfair attacks. For this this to be a fair article, it would have mentioned something other than “the religious right”. It’s a hit piece in disguise. We all know where Eleanor Clift is on the political spectrum.
Especially after all the mud and vitriol has been already slung. Going to a "reasonable" approach now makes you look even more hypocritical. The DIMs "first impression" was a total disaster and it cannot be put back into the bottle.
I was shocked she wrote this. It is good straight forward analysis.
I summarized everything which was in your article here, before you did.
And the real reason Palin energizes Americans is the picture at the bottom of that article.
Cheers!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Eleanor Clift: C-Team journalist who made the B-Team because she married an actor’s brother.
I thought Biden might go
Now its Barry
I believe that Andria Mitchell...
Bullsh!t, Eleanor. Just because you were ignorant, don't assume everybody else was, too.
I was at the New York State Fair when the news leaked. About 3 minutes later, I was talking to the people in the Right to Life booth in the exhibition hall. They knew all about Sarah Palin, about Trig, and about her pro-Life bona fides. They were thrilled!
Bullsh!t, Eleanor. Just because you were ignorant, don't assume everybody else was, too.
I was at the New York State Fair when the news leaked. About 3 minutes later, I was talking to the people in the Right to Life booth in the exhibition hall. They knew all about Sarah Palin, about Trig, and about her pro-Life bona fides. They were thrilled!
Is there ANYBODY that Eleanor “Pickle Puss” Clift actually likes? She’s such a sweet, lovely, endearing woman. Her voice is like music. From an out of tune screechy violin.
She is SOooooo envious of Sarah Palin. She hates her.
Hahahahahaha
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