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US election neck and neck after the Sarah Palin bounce

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Posted by tipper 2008-09-06 09:43|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top

#1 The extent of the convention bounce will not be apparent until tracking polls released Monday morning. Sustainability will be apparent by midweek.

Posted by regular joe 2008-09-06 10:19|| 2008-09-06 10:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, that is the actual Times Online headline. I can't believe the level of sexism that this campaign has been reduced to. Sarah Palin: bimbo, sex craving, naughty librarian, hypocritical sex starved Christianist, affair having, marriage wrecking, child popping, sex toy of McCain with no experience, zero brains but lots of "bounce". Oh, and her daughter is a slut and she is a bad mother.

I would not have thought we would be tolerating this in 2008. Amazing.

Posted by Betty Grating2215 2008-09-06 11:30|| 2008-09-06 11:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Um, Betty, 'bounce' just refers to an upwards change in the direction of the opinion polls, it's not a reference to Palin's physicality.

Posted by Bulldog 2008-09-06 11:53|| 2008-09-06 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The massive movement of the conservatives, who are always under polled in elections, won't be reflected as shifting from unmotivated/fence sitters to committed.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-06 11:55|| 2008-09-06 11:55|| Front Page Top

#5 At least "titz up" wasn't worked into this story.

Posted by ed 2008-09-06 12:27|| 2008-09-06 12:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Bulldog - true. But I have no doubt the pun was not lost on the editors. There are things you don't put into a headline just cause you don't. Like, "Obama campaign in the black". "Obama all ears at town hall meeting". "Biden plugs experience gap." I could go on if you'd like....

Posted by Betty Grating2215 2008-09-06 13:13|| 2008-09-06 13:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Betty, sounds like you worked on a student newspaper. Just think what the pros try to get through.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-06 13:16|| 2008-09-06 13:16|| Front Page Top

#8 sounds like you worked on a student newspaper

Anyone who has read my writings would know that I clearly lack the talent for such a position. Maybe if I work reeeal hard I could least aspire to the NYT or other failing rags.

Posted by Betty Grating2215 2008-09-06 13:33|| 2008-09-06 13:33|| Front Page Top

#9 My high school newspaper adviser would have kicked most of the current set of political commentators out of her class, for conduct unbecoming of ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by mom ">mom 2008-09-06 13:46|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2008-09-06 13:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Comments at the link are funny/infuriating. I never realized Brits thought they knew so much about American politics. And it's purely conceit, they obviously know NOTHING about our political process or way of life.

I'm convinced than an entire generation of foreigners form their opinions of our nation from Hollywood TV/Movies/DVDs, and actually BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE ON THE SCREEN IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS REALLY LIKE. (And honestly, who can blame them?)

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2008-09-06 14:32|| 2008-09-06 14:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Scooter, remember how our Gr**k friend always lectured us on America? "Y'all"?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-06 14:41|| 2008-09-06 14:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Scooter, I lies to them. Tell them that it's so. I'm off to look for 'gangsta cowboy picture..... John Wayne in Chicago suit with a Thompson mashin gun, charging 'Lo-the-Poor-Indian in the Monument Valley.

Posted by .5MT 2008-09-06 18:42|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-09-06 18:42|| Front Page Top

#13 The extent of the convention bounce will not be apparent until tracking polls released Monday morning.

Some Republican pollsters believe that weekend polling poorly reflects actual voters. If they're correct it won't be until Thursday when the Mon/Tue/Wed tracking polls are released that we'll have our first real look at the race post-Palin.

Posted by AzCat 2008-09-06 18:59|| 2008-09-06 18:59|| Front Page Top

#14 Good grief, troll - it's just pathetic the way you hang around here. Ever think of putting all that spare time toward something useful?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-06 19:54|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-06 19:54|| Front Page Top

#15 not very, goodnight

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-06 19:59|| 2008-09-06 19:59|| Front Page Top

#16 Barbara, don't engage him. Just go to the "O Club" and leave the mods a message about which thread needs de-pooping.

Posted by Sheth the Lesser2641 2008-09-06 20:16|| 2008-09-06 20:16|| Front Page Top

#17 At least he can't e-mail me anymore (I think), Sheth. I tried designating his first e-mail as "unsafe" since I thought that was just a different way of designating senders as junk, but that didn't work, so the next time I just checked junk directly - which AFAIK is supposed to keep that particular sender from landing in my inbox. Hopefully the e-mail filters are catching and deleting him now, if he's still trying to bother me.

Sad. He needs to get a life.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-06 20:28|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-06 20:28|| Front Page Top

#18 [Aris Katsar.is has been pooplisted.]

Posted by Aris Katsar.is 2008-09-06 20:43|| 2008-09-06 20:43|| Front Page Top

#19 I'll be rather glad when these elections are over

Posted by European Conservative 2008-09-06 21:01|| 2008-09-06 21:01|| Front Page Top

#20 As will we all, EC. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-06 21:44|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-06 21:44|| Front Page Top

#21 Nice of him to change his name so we can shorten the message:

Aris Katsar.is Pooplisted.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-06 21:48|| 2008-09-06 21:48|| Front Page Top

#22 he'll be back, just like you can pinch a turd off at any point, you can abbreviate an Ar*s screen nym

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-06 21:50|| 2008-09-06 21:50|| Front Page Top

#23 You could rename him,

"One who wastes bytes"

Posted by DarthVader 2008-09-06 21:59|| 2008-09-06 21:59|| Front Page Top

#24 @Barbara

Indeed. I guess we'll see not much change anyway. The red states will stay red, the blue states blue... mostly.

Obama is about as empty as Kerry was. I've seen him in Berlin.

Btw it's a shame nobody took the media to the woodshed.

Yes there were a lot of curious Germans, but most of the spectators doing the clapping and the "Yes we can" were Americans from the Obama campaign flown in.

Btw will ANYONE tell me just WHAT they can? Bind their shoe laces?

Posted by European Conservative 2008-09-06 22:07|| 2008-09-06 22:07|| Front Page Top

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