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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:44 AM
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Jake Tapper reports: "Micigan Independents Cold to Alaska Govenor"...(aka Baracuda Barbie)
Michigan Independents Cold to Alaska Governor
by Jake Tapper
September 04, 2008 9:42 AM

The Detroit Free Press invited a panel of Michigan voters to weigh in on Gov. Sarah Palin's speech last night. Their reactions run the gamut, but the independents didn't seem to care for her very much.

Ilene Beninson, 52, Berkley independent: "Her speech contained few statements about policy or the party platform. … I am not convinced that Palin's experience as a mayor or governor in Alaska meet the qualifications to be vice president much less one stroke or heart attack away from being commander in chief.”

Mike Kosh, 38, West Bloomfield independent: “The way it looks to me, she's the Republican vice presidential nominee for one reason: Because Hillary wasn't selected.”

George Lentz, 66, Southfield independent: “I was completely underwhelmed. She was a Republican novelty act with a sophomoric script. It was not even a speech I would expect for someone running for the local PTA, much less for vice president.”

Diane Murphy, 42, Sterling Heights independent: “It appears that once she makes up her mind, that is the end of it. We live in a gray world, not every answer is black and white.”

Jan Wheelock, 58, Royal Oak independent: “Nothing worked for me. I found her barrage of snide remarks and distortions to be a major turnoff. She is not a class act. The most important point she made is that she will be an effective attack dog.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/michigan-indepe.html
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CitizenPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:45 AM
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1. west bloomfield too?
that's their place.

they're screwn.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:47 AM
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2. I call her Evil Gidget.
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Cal Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:48 AM
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3. I wish they had input from the northern part of the state and the UP
Edited on Thu Sep-04-08 11:49 AM by Cal Carpenter
I've been worried that she may appeal to that part of the state. Obviously a lot of them are going to be republican voters anyway, but the independents or the people who don't usually vote may be inspired by her. Rural northern Michigan folks have a lot in common with Alaskans, I would think.

(please no one call me a concern troll, thanks :hide: )
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shey1218 Donating Member (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 11:52 AM
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4. her son Track lived there for 6 months during his senior year
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