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I'm wondering something abouth the McCain camp. He's started closing out his speeches with a list of things he'll "fight" for. Saying "fight"

Posted by TWuG Nov 3 '08, 11:17

repeatedly.

"Fight" has been in his speeches since the convention, but as he's dropped in the polls he seems to have stressed it more.

Perhaps people are *tired* of fighting and hearing him talk about all the fighting he'll do has helped sway people toward Obama?

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or the word "fight" provokes an emotional reaction carefully intended to energize voters and get them to the polls. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:19 8
- I'm positing that his use of "fight" has actually cost him support. That the more he uses it, the less effective it is in securing - TWuG Nov 3, 11:21 7
  - And I'm counterpositing an equally reasonable point, to illustrate that it's nearly impossible to gauge how something like that would play out. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:23 6
    - And I'm countering your counter to say that a war-weary nation is unlikely to react positively to a candidate looking for a fight. -- nm - TWuG Nov 3, 11:25 4
      - And I'm turkey-slapping you. Just because. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 11:31 2
        
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        As much fun as I have checking the idiocy, I won't miss the pain behind my eyeballs from reading some of this stuff. - TFox Nov 3, 11:36
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    - And I'm interjecting to say that... - znufrii Nov 3, 11:23

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I'm wondering something abouth the McCain camp. He's started closing out his speeches with a list of things he'll "fight" for. Saying "fight"

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