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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 06:36 PM
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"Shallow Throat": McCain Is a "Catastrophe Waiting to Happen"
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Written by Bernie Weiner
Wednesday, 27 August 2008

From crisispapers.org :

August 26, 2008 – San Francisco (crisispapers.org) – The race between McCain and Obama is tighter than one would think should be the case. I needed some help in figuring out why, so I got a coded message to "Shallow Throat "-- the high-ranking GOP mole in the Bush Administration with whom I've consulted often.** We met under some shade trees at a public park in Alexandria.

..........................

Shallow Throat smiled. "Don't get too nervous, Bernie. Your guy should win. McCain, a catastrophe waiting to happen, makes even the plutocrats nervous. They're doubling down by sending money Obama's way as well. He may not be their first choice, but he's not radical and they can live with him.

"Besides, what you're witnessing now, before Labor Day, is just the usual jockeying for position. Trying out themes and ideas and ads. See what works, what sticks. Trying to brand your opponent, etc.

"In a few weeks, the name of the game starts to shift: It'll be G.O.T.V. (Get Out the Vote) time, and here your Democrats should do gangbusters. The Republicans are fractured; the far-right ultraconservatives and many of the fundamentalists don't trust McCain; there's not the same kind of passion for the GOP candidate that energizes the Democratic legions that will be sending money to and walking the streets and making phone calls for Obama."

more at:
http://www.apj.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1672&Itemid=2
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 06:39 PM
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1. Plutocrat support is something I wouldn't have counted upon.
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ClarkBayh 2008 Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 06:39 PM
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2. History proves that the GOP wins unless there is ....
a serious deficiency in their candidate or there is a 3rd party candidate to siphon off votes.

For Obama to win those last 3 states he needs he will needs Barr on those state ballots drawing 5-10% of the vote.

Barr. Barr. Barr.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 06:59 PM
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3. Imagine for a second
Edited on Wed Aug-27-08 07:00 PM by C_U_L8R
that you're a Wall Street Tycoon or a Captain of Industry...

would YOU trust the global economy to rootin' tootin' John Bomb-Bomb McCain?

I think we may finally have something we can ALL agree on
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