Palin the Barbarian: The More She Becomes Known to Average Folk, The Worse She'll Do

Quote from Thunderdog:

"Here’s where things get weird. Typically political parties crack down on the other party’s donors, not their own. But unlike their financial brethren in the greater securities/investments community, hedge-fund managers are consistent Democratic donors. While the industry overall only shifted its giving to the Democrats in 2006 when a power-shift looked all-but-certain, CRP/Absolute Return data show that hedge funds have favored Democrats for longer and by wider margins. In 2006 hedge funds gave 69 percent of their campaign cash to Democrats (the industry overall was more closely divided at 53-45). They gave 67 percent to Democrats in 2004. In 2002, it was 84 percent."

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MzYyYTcyMmExZThlZTA2NzUzMTVjODExYzhhMGY3YTU=

P.S. Pabst, there you go again. For the love of English, please don't abuse innocent apostrophes unnecessarily. They have rights, too. :D
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1. Soros skews the totals.

2. 99% of hedge funds are in NY or CT. Who are the Senators there? The money doesn't go to some Congressman from Wyoming. When D'Amato was the GOP Senator before Schumer he raised millions from Wall Street. Ironically it was his coziness on a few IPO's that cost him the election. Now Schumer and Hillary raise money from the same set of donors.
 
Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:

1. Soros skews the totals.

2. 99% of hedge funds are in NY or CT. Who are the Senators there? The money doesn't go to some Congressman from Wyoming. When D'Amato was the GOP Senator before Schumer he raised millions from Wall Street. Ironically it was his coziness on a few IPO's that cost him the election. Now Schumer and Hillary raise money from the same set of donors.
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You'll understand if I hesitate to accept all of your assertions at face value. However, regarding your remark about raising millions from Wall Street, please note that the linked article distinguishes between the "greater securities/investments community" and the hedge funds. Therefore, all else being equal, and even if what you are saying is an accurate characterization, hedge funds still seem to favor (for lack of a better word) the Democrats.
 
Quote from Thunderdog:

From experience, I hesitate to accept all of your assertions at face value. However, regarding your remark about raising millions from Wall Street, please note that the linked article distinguishes between the "greater securities/investments community" and the hedge funds. Therefore, all else being equal, and even if what you are saying is an accurate characterization, hedge funds still seem to favor (for lack of a better word) the Democrats.
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Morgan Banks contributions mirror the partisan make of Congress.

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000103

Intuitivly I don't see hedge funds as being too big a contributer to campaigns. The typical fund just doesn't have the same interaction with government as an IB involved in M&A, IPO's, lending and brokerage services. I mean I doubt a guy in Greenwich with 200m in assets dedicated to emerging debt markets would feel the need to be a contributer to Chris Dodd.

If you're talking about Hedge Fund managers personal contributions that's different.
 
Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:

I think you're full of shit.

For months you acted like Joe Libertarian with your alleged "support" of Ron Paul. Now all of a sudden you're disgusted at the "insane" views of Sarah Palin when her stances are identical to Ron Paul's!

Ron Paul's Expressions of Faith:
In a summary about his faith, Ron Paul writes, "I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do. I know, as you do, that our freedoms come not from man, but from God. My record of public service reflects my reverence for the Natural Rights with which we have been endowed by a loving Creator."

Speaking about the First Amendment, Ron Paul says, " Similarly, the mythical separation of church and state doctrine has no historical or constitutional basis. Neither the language of the Constitution itself nor the legislative history reveals any mention of such separation. In fact, the authors of the First amendment ... routinely referred to "Almighty God" in their writings, including the Declaration of Independence. It is only in the last 50 years that federal courts have perverted the meaning of the amendment and sought to unlawfully restrict religious expression."

So which is it.

a. You're duplicitous.

b. You just weren't informed about Dr. Paul and your "support" was mis-guided or

c. Palin is in fact your type of candidate.
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Game..set...match. Federer over Murray in 4 sets and Pabst over BLSH in straights sets. What an ass kicking. :D
 
Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:

I think you're full of shit.

For months you acted like Joe Libertarian with your alleged "support" of Ron Paul. Now all of a sudden you're disgusted at the "insane" views of Sarah Palin when her stances are identical to Ron Paul's!
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Pabst, this is indeed a winning post, if it turns out that Ron Pauls holds some of the extremist views that Palin seems to hold. Are you aware that Dr. Paul believes that claptrap about the earth being 6000 years old, or holds the insane view that child rape victims should be forced to bear children? It was my impression that Dr. Paul's statements reflected a rational faith-informed view of public policy (even if that includes opposition to Roe vs. Wade) and not the kind of thing we're seeing attributed to Palin. In fact it's my impression that Dr. Paul thinks the government shouldn't attempt to legislate morality.

And once again, the right can froth away about how the left is bringing all of this up in an effort to smear Palin... but the fact remains that it's out there to be brought up. That is not the fault of the left. Just like I waited for American Muslims to come out with an organized, unambiguous and massively nationwide rally against 9/11 (and waited in vain, I might add) I am waiting for Palin to come out and state publicly that she isn't so idiotic as to believe in the more extremist things that were listed in the OP.

Let's see what happens.
 
Quote from Mercor:

I get the sense that a handful of these thread starters are on the dole for Obama.

They start new threads using the same anti-Palin information from previous posts.

Seems more like a campaign.

Go to other forums and you see the same anti-Palin text.
This is a coordinated copy&paste text program
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The WSJ has an article stating that the Democrats have dropped a big team of people into Palin's home state to dig up dirt on her... and Obama is in denial that she is getting the white woman vote, he says people can't be swayed that fast!! Pure denial there Obama, it's a psychological problem, Ok?

http://www.drudgereport.com/
 
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