jo4hn wrote:
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First of all, thank you all for your contributions. Secondly, my
apologies for not labeling this exercise OT.

Having watched Ms Palin give her speech, I was struck by her ability to
breathe life into the crowd. She actually said little beyond McCain
good, Obama evil, me hockey mom; having been given little policy by the
RNC. Since then she has not been allowed in public unless she was in
the company of McCain and RNC functionaries. I was curious to see what
the wRECkers thought about the erstwhile administration and rather than
ask a direct question, I threw out the lure.

My thoughts on results are that wooddorkers generally are not convinced
that the Reds are going to do much more than continue the Bush track
concerning the war, education, the war, etc. One major problem, of
course, is that little policy has been presented in any form. Reading
the platform gives some information. For example, the chapter on
education promotes abstinence education, voluntary prayer in schools (!)
and to have access to school property for bible study and the like, and
what appears to be vouchers. Speeches are of no use: they like blogs
focus on misstatements of the intentions of the Blues. Nor is there
much clarity on the wedge issues like abortion, gay rights, flag
burning, etc., McCain having modified his stand on most.

And for the curious out there, I did check with snopes.com the day I
sent out this little gem and it was not listed. Did I suspect it would
be? Yup. Did it anyway.

If anyone has a good source for clear, concise information from either
party (did I say that?) please communicate same. In the meantime, make
sawdust, enjoy it, and don’t let the toolbugs bite.
mahalo,
jo4hn