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JUL 09, 03:28 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
That night in 2008, after Sarah Palin gave that "Drill, Baby, Drill" speech, my boss, who owned a trucking company, called me. Neither of us knew anything about her earlier in the day, but at that moment, we knew why she was chosen.
To me, it was one of the best convention moments since Goldwater's 1964 speech. |
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Republicans have almost always been more nuclear-friendly. I appreciate investment and growth of renewables, and think they're the future (dyson spheres here we come! ok, not that far future but still), but at this point you have to have a more reliable base supply, and that's oil/coal or nuclear, or some mix thereof.
...but nuclear shouldn't get the "and nuclear too!" treatment. It's just so damned short-sighted. Honestly, neither should renewables.
I think the focus on drilling has a sensationality to it; a "screw you hippies!" with a bit of a "and you OPEC jerkoffs too!" sprinkled in. It fits a MAGA platform; it's like a Kid Rock song in a policy. Still, drilling is objectively worse than nuclear. So is coal. Let's be real, so is every reliable source we have access to right now. Ok, now I'm just soapboxing. Sorry.
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olejoedad
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JUL 11, 07:47 PM
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ray b
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JUL 14, 09:57 AM
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williegoat
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JUL 14, 10:28 AM
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williegoat
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JUL 14, 10:31 AM
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BingB
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JUL 14, 10:33 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
That night in 2008, after Sarah Palin gave that "Drill, Baby, Drill" speech, my boss, who owned a trucking company, called me. Neither of us knew anything about her earlier in the day, but at that moment, we knew why she was chosen.
To me, it was one of the best convention moments since Goldwater's 1964 speech. |
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McCain was ahead in the polls when he chose Palin as his running mate. She was a joke. One of the worst decisions he ever made.
BTW I supported the "maverick" McCain in '00, but by '08 he was broken to lick the boots of the GOP.
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NewDustin
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JUL 15, 05:57 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by BingB:
McCain was ahead in the polls when he chose Palin as his running mate. She was a joke. One of the worst decisions he ever made.
BTW I supported the "maverick" McCain in '00, but by '08 he was broken to lick the boots of the GOP.
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That's not really how it played out, though. McCain and Obama got close more than once, but Palin drove McCain's numbers up, especially initially. As...strange...of a politician as she ended up being, she appealed much more broadly to Republicans than McCain, who was centrist.
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maryjane
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JUL 16, 03:11 AM
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williegoat
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JUL 16, 07:40 AM
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Trump/Vance 2024
Vance/Trump 2028
 [This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 07-16-2024).]
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williegoat
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JUL 17, 12:45 PM
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