Posted on 05/05/2018 6:26:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. John McCain
(R-Ariz.) said he regrets choosing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to be his running mate during the 2008 presidential campaign.
The New York Times reported on Saturday that McCain, while still defending Palin’s performance, said in his upcoming book “The Restless Wave” that he wishes he had instead selected former Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)
His advisers reportedly had warned against choosing Lieberman, who was once a Democrat, stating that Lieberman’s support of abortion rights could divide Republicans.
“It was sound advice that I could reason for myself,” he writes. “But my gut told me to ignore it and I wish I had.”
In a new HBO documentary, McCain goes on to say that not choosing Lieberman was “another mistake" that he made in his political career.
Lieberman told The Times that he didn’t know McCain felt that way.
“It touched me greatly,” he said of the film.
The Times reported that Lieberman recently visited McCain, 81, at his ranch in Arizona where the senator is recovering from his brain cancer treatment and surgery for an infection.
Recently released excerpts from McCain’s upcoming memoir indicate that he doesn’t know how much time he has left to live while battling the glioblastoma he was diagnosed with last year.
Although the memoir isn’t entirely political, McCain still takes swings at Trump.
McCain writes that the president seems to care more about “the appearance of toughness” than American values, chiding Trump's coziness with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in particular.
“The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and other Appreciations.” will be released May 22.
I’m starting to believe that McCain was the liar and traitor his fellow POWs claimed him to be.
Beliefs shared by Ronald Reagan.
I’m a long time Palinista with a long memory, so it’s easy to swat off revisionist lies about Palin.
Lord Bless Sarah Palin and family. I could cry thinking about what she’s gone through just to try to be of service to this nation.
George Allen was a buffoon.
I voted for him as Governor, would not support him to be President.
The Bush League Republicans brought him back to be a Designated Loser against Tim Kaine for his old seat.
Had he picked Lieberman as his running mate, he might have lost all 50 states.
Without Palin on the ticket, McQueeg would have gotten wiped out completely.
It’s all about the Bush Plan for North Mexico.
It was decided during the GHW Bush Administration that we were going to be a majority Hispanic bilingual country.
The RNC has only allowed us to vote for amnesty candidates until Trump broke through the Bush blockade at the RNC.
Just die you POS, millions of people need a grave to p**s on.
That’s what happens when you cross a douche with a power washer!
I said this before, but it applies here again: “ It is better to stay silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.”
Weird, huh?
I voted for Sara hoping McCain would have died in office
Me too, but don’t tell anyone.
Me too, but don’t tell anyone.
McCain, you lecherous scoundrel. Sarah is the only reason you got a vote from me.
I’m looking longingly at a sealed bottle of Elijah Craig awaiting the occasion.
He appears to have such a hardened attitude toward many.
Palin was the only good thing about his campaign.
Unbelievable. Yet another reason for me to despise McCain even more.
AMEN!!
Thanks; we’re in the same mindset on this. Went and heard her at Indianola; best political speech ever, and ultra-predictive of the fix we are in now.
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