I heard on NPR that the Palin choice was less about wooing Hilary supporters than shoring up McCain's appeal to conservative voters. A lot of conservative women, in particular, feel that Palin is "one of us" and really like her. And her staunch pro-life stance comes as a relief to those conservatives who were worried he might pick the pro-choice Lieberman or the always controversial Rudi Gulliani. Sounds kind of like a one-trick pony to me, but very much aimed at the traditional republican demographic
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Don't look like there are any 3rd party wackos worth a vote either.
which would be the first time in nearly 40 years of voting I haven't at least been able to find the lessor of two evils to vote for.
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Mine is Dennis Kucinich. :-D He voted against the PATRIOT Act.
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I hated the Patriot act - something about taking away my constitutional rights just rubs me wrong.
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