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"This article and every other one like it will be the reason we lost the election. If you people in the press can't stop with all the sexist crap, the lies, generalizations and half-truths about this candidate, how in the hell are we going to win?"
Ok - you can take on 'the press'.
You have 60 days.
We can win by hiring our own "Turd Blossom'.
No, her appeal is not totally rooted in her attractiveness - but, it is a factor.
Just as in Kennedy vs. Nixon
Just as when Kerry 'looked French'
Just as when the more attractive children in grade school are perceived as being smarter than those children not considered as attractive.
Why Bush and Regan dressed up in cowboy clothes...
It's image! The Republicans have figured that out and they win.
The Dems do not play that game - they want the 'issues'.
It's not about the issues - it's about the public's perceptions.
Win the damn election - then talk about ‘issues’!
Found in 60 seconds....
“She is. She's lovely. I think she's beautiful," Cindy McCain said in response to the comment.
"Well there's obvious differences," he joked during a roundtable discussion on the economy this afternoon. "She's good looking." Joe Biden
David Zucker on GOP babe Sarah Palin: “She's hot!”
Rush Limbaugh: “Yeah, plus she's a housewife, before that, she's a babe. I saw a picture.”
It amazes me; Dems/liberals/progressives are often more prudish than right-wing/Republicans.
"Oh, my! I'm aghast."
Please - laugh a bit. You need it after 8 years of Bush.
No one at the Republican Convention was shocked at anything Palin said.
They cheered. They laughed.
And - they may probably win.
