Posted on 12/29/2012 3:45:16 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Just before the Christmas break the Boston Globe published a lengthy postmortem on Mitt Romney’s massive failure as a presidential candidate. Between this, and the constant hand-wringing by Geniuses of the GOP™, I think we have beaten this dead horse to a pulp, but there was one thing that came out of this article that has me as angry as I have ever been over a politician.
Before we get to that, let’s step back in time to 2008. Like 2012, the Republican Party didn’t exactly put forth an all-star field of candidates for voters to choose from. In the end it came down to Mitt Romney, Corupt-o-crat Mike Huckabee, and John McCain. With McCain in the lead, and on a bit of a winning streak, Romney did the right thing and bowed out. Huckabee hung on a little longer, for no particular reason. McCain became the nominee.
As you know, McCain had been running his campaign on a shoestring, at one point he was flying commercial and carrying his own bags. Obviously, the situation improved. But McCain was short of campaign staff, so here comes Mitt Romney and his people to the rescue. All well and good, so far. McCain still had problems and was down in the polls until he picked his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin. It was after Sarah was chosen that things picked up, considerably. Massive crowds started showing up, volunteers showed up to man local GOP offices, and money came pouring in. McCain’s choice of Governor Palin was brilliant.
Dishonest media hacks have tried to sell the lie that Governor Palin cost McCain the election, something many in the GOP, especially those loyal to Mitt Romney, have parroted non-stop for the past four years...
(Excerpt) Read more at thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com ...
Shut Up! You have NO idea who I vote for. I love Gov. Palin, just not for POTUS.
Harassed out of office by enemy lawsuits, more like.
I don't blame her one bit for resigning, it was the honorable thing to do under the circumstances. She was compelled to respond to the lawsuits and was taken away from devoting the proper time and attention to the office of governor.
Thanks for confirming I hit a nerve.
I love Gov. Palin, just not for POTUS.
Your love is as surface as you are.
You have NO idea who I vote for
I could care less who you vote for and but I do know your vote wouldn't come from common sense!
Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.
Perhaps she was a liability to their endeavor to throw the race...
Ah, one of the original PDS'ers finally rears his head, spouting the same old lie. Haven't seen you for a while...
Here's the truth...
Palin Points to "Strange Doings" With WH's Rouse
Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, And The Cost Of Fighting Chicago Thug Politics
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Show me the lie in what I wrote...here's the part you quoted, to make it easy for you...
"palin showed her colors when she quit six weeks after the announcement that she had been paid a hefty advance to write her book. Being governor was getting in the way of her media career (which is the only career she has genuinely pursued since 7/09)".
Go ahead...show the lie in that statement.
Ther lie is your need to treat interpretation as fact.
I’ll be taking a new tactic this year, I only care about defeating the RAT and I’ll take whichever one is the most likely to win.
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That’s pretty much the approach I take as I want to defeat the ‘crats and get the control of future out of their hands. The most likely to win isn’t always the most conservative but I’ll still take them over a ‘crat any day.
Take care and have a great 2013.
Your whole sentence is a lie.
Honestly, I didn’t think Sarah did all that wrong in that “interview” (inquisition) with Couric. “Katie” just got hold of a bone and fought over it until really, SHE was the one who looked silly. Sarah just simply didn’t have a long list of liberal rags (”newspapers”) to spiel off when “Katie” demanded it. I doubt most of us could spout off everything we read last week. The “Alaska Gazette” would just be fodder for Cupcake’s ridicule.
These “journalists” have, through their malfeasance and ignorance, foisted the biggest fraud and fakir on this country in our lifetimes.
Prove it. You can’t.
Your lie is extraordinary.
Palin is the most influential republican politician in America, she is doing more to reshape the office holders in America, to her individual liking, from the Congress, to the Senate, to Governorships like Sanchez and Haley, than any other politician in America.
Not only did she play a role in about 60 races in the history making victories of 2010, but in this election, while you Romney lefties were having your head handed to you, Palin gave us our only Senate pick-up with Deb Fischer, and gave us Ted Cruz of Texas over Dewhurst, Palin had a good election.
Heh...you want me to prove your negative?
palin's million dollar advance book deal was announced in May of 2009 (fact). The book was to be ready for publication in less than a year (fact). She quit in July 2009 (fact). She has not run for any political office since then (fact). She has focused since quitting not on political office but on energetically pursuing a career in media - books, TV, FOX, paid speaking engagements...(fact).
Show me what's not true...go ahead, I am all ears.
Actions speak louder than words. She led you fools down the garden path.
July 2009 - palin quit.
Elected office that palin has run for since quitting - none.
Media career moves that palin has made since quitting...TV reality show, FOX gig, another book, paid speaking gigs, PAC money gathering despite not running for anything.
You were had chump...big time...how much of your money did she get?
Then you can quit defending him, we need to make sure that he has no influence on republican politics.
You can help us increase and promote the influence that Governor Palin has on the GOP.
I'm sure that we can count on your enthusiastic support in those two goals, of course that would mean a reversal of the role that you are playing on this thread.
Many of us Palin supporters saw this happening as it happened and were furious about it but no one would listen. And even with all the grass roots backing, she decided NOT to run. Well now we have no more choices so I guess the Rino and the dems win because they have joined forces against us.
some of the Mormons think the world will end 12/31
This will simply embolden the dem’s to try it again, and on a larger scale next time.
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