@HeerJeet To be fair, the Palin of today is not the public impression of Palin of August 2008.
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@HeerJeet That was really an anomaly. John McCain picked her without any idea who she really was. She didn't have a hard-right rep at all.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MattBruenig Right, which makes point even more: supposed smart centrist McCain was willing to pick Palin. Why would base not pick Trump?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Palin followed elite party line on tax cuts, entitlements. Trump’s tax plan is std conservative but he has diff msg on SS/MedicareThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet One answer: VPs are meaningless. They happily nominated Quayle into that role; he would've been infra dig as presidential material -
@DougSaunders If you have a president as old as McCain, VP pick not meaningless. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet I may be misremembering, but I thought 1 reason Palin was picked was alleged energy policy expertise. Gas was $4.50/gal in mid-'08Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MetroidThief@HeerJeet -disenfranchise Blacks & Hispanics & gerrymander your party into control of House & Senate-like that didn't work?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MattBruenig@HeerJeet Because the party as a whole works to pick a candidate, that candidate picks a VP. Variance is off the charts w/ indvThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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