[kj] oliver / fox election spin

[Karen Weil]

Excellent post, fluw. Maybe the GOP's leadership will wake up one day and 
figure that out.

k.w.
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Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] oliver / fox election spin



> Palin was no doubt ill equipped for the position, but note this report you

> linked came from Fox News who..

>

> are attempting to spin the story of the election, by giving people on the

> "right" a scapegoat - which will make it easier for them to stomach all 

> the

> jubilation elsewhere in the country. They would rather believe - or paint

> the picture - that McCain's campaign lost the election, through bad

> decisions and tactics (which certainly didn't help), instead of American's

> voting for someone who they believe in.

>

> the right-wingers so badly want history to view Obama's election as a

> mistake, a series of errors, and not social evolution, or however it may 

> be

> perceived on the left.

>

>

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] 

> On

> Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard

> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 3:06 AM

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] Oliver...............

>

> The specter of President Palin forced the hand.

>

> It was just revealed she did not know Africa was even a continent. She

> thought it was a country. And John "My Fellow Prisoners" McCain is so

> old she could've become Pres. and had her hand on the nuke arsenal.

>

>

> http://wonkette.com/404207/sarah-palin-thought-africa-was-a-country-not-a-co

> ntinent

> <-- video there

>

>

> Sorry, but no. Denied. Go back to your arctic circle, ma'am, the US

> state that has a lower population than many US cities.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> fluke fluke wrote:

>>

>>      Out of curiosity, why did you vote for Obama?

>

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