She can only hurt you.
So said Richard Nixon, anyway (though of course he used a masculine pronoun.)
I wonder what he’d have thought about Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running-mate? Some folks have thoughts on the matter.
I tend to agree.
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When he first picked her, I was intrigued, but the more I find out about her, the less I like.
I’m totally flummoxed, to be honest. It seems to me that McCain has effectively undercut the argument he’s used most successfully against Obama thus far.