All you can do is more of the same - more despicable attacks against Sarah Palin. Go for it. Objective people see this for what it is. You've got old Biden and Obama who is showing himself to be a party hack. The Republicans have two mavericks interested in change. You respond with arrogant condescension, implying that you are the power, you are the center, you are America, and you just aren't. We are delighted with our ticket - one a war hero with a superb record and the other a dynamic Governor who has stunned the political world with her ability and accomplishments. You on the other hand have a Community organizer and Biden. Lawrence From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McCreery Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:59 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sarah Palin gets the spiteful Margaret Thatcher treatment On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: No, no. The point is I was commenting upon the mean-spirited personal attacks against her after having heard her speech twice. How could anyone not realize how brilliant she was? How? Lawrence, I make my living in the company of bullshit artists. Some of them sound pretty good, too. And I've been in enough sound studios to know that a decent actor who is not the brightest tool in the shed can sound terribly intelligent reading the prepared script. (And, no, the teleprompter didn't fail. That rumor has already been debunked.) Justt by the way, how do you reconcile all that red meat last night with John McCain's sounding so much like Barack Obama calling for a change in Washington that involves healing bipartisan divisions, and trying to make it sound like he cares as much about the little guy (when he's all about more tax breaks for the rich and has voted with screw-you Bush 90% of the time)? Did you check fivethirtyeight.com? Current EV projection is 310.6 (O) to 227.4 (M). John -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 http://www.wordworks.jp/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1652 - Release Date: 9/4/2008 6:54 PM