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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Do you think I would be wrong in saying that a lot of the opposition to Bush was over what he'd done, while perhaps an uneven proportion of the opposition to Obama is over who he is or what they think he will do? WMDs vs "taking our guns"?
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I think there's always hysteria over what someone is going to do from the fringes one either side.
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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
John McCain had zero chance of being elected. The people of the U.S. were tired of Bush in the WH and they were going to elect any member of the opposing party that won their respective nomination. McCain was probably the worst candidate the Republicans could put forth but in the end it really wouldn't have mattered.
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I used to refer to the selection of Palin as McCain's Hail Mary pass.