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Old 07-07-2009, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by texas*princess View Post
Well, you keep saying that the SNL skit affected the campaign. How so? is what I'm asking. What impact did it* have?

Why does it matter so much that people actually believed it was Palin who said she could see Russia?

Furthermore, you say the exception possibly being HC. That was the impression I got from her post which is why I responded to it, and then I got 2 pages of arguments that it was significant, but no one has mentioned how or why it was.

*it = that people "remembered" it was Palin who said that
Actually, people have said how or why it was significant:

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A significant number of American pollgoers actually thought Palin said, specifically, "I can see Russia from my house" . . . no matter what you want to think about the education, intelligence or common sense of the American public.
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The ONLY thing people remember?

"I can see Alaska from my house."

According to polls? Palin said it. You're overthinking this.
Then, there's this:

http://www.reuters.com/article/press...08+PRN20081105

Any basis you have for your assertion that it wasn't significant? Or could we at least admit that it's an arguable point?
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