The problem has been Romney and the RINOs
Posted on 11/09/2008 8:14:45 AM PST by AJKauf
McCain’s staff failed to recognize that Sarah Palin could — indeed, should — have been the GOP’s Obama. Her folksy, “hockey Mom” persona was the perfect foil to Obama’s claim that he was a relative Washington outsider, just as her from-the-hip speaking style was the mirror image of Obama’s soaring, lofty rhetoric. Where Obama sought to break the racial barrier as a harbinger of change and reform, Palin as the vice president would have broken the gender barrier, accomplishing the same goal.
Yet despite the huge surge in the GOP’s favor after naming Palin to the ticket, the McCain campaign squandered away her appeal. Some wonder now, in hindsight, whether this waste was intentional.
Given the “full-scale kneecapping of Sarah Palin” that McCain’s staff has undertaken since the election, it certainly appears they have a grudge to bear against her.
Funny how the Palin-bashing seems to be coming from those in the GOP whom she threatens the most.
(Excerpt) Read more at pajamasmedia.com ...
"Whatever," to coin a phrase. The actual "facts," of course -- as have already been widely reported throughout all objective media, both print and electronic -- are that it was Sarah Palin, rather than RINO-annointed-and-approved McCain, who routinely drew crowds of 70 and 80 thousand, wherever she went on behalf of the ticket; and that it was only the presence of Sarah Palin on said ticket that prevented "Squish" McCain from suffering an electoral ass-kicking of Mondale-esque proportions.
Reality can be your friend, rather than your enemy. Learn to make it work for you.
The election is over. The question was raised about changing the party and how to make it viable for the next election which I see as very important. I given my opinion if you don’t like it oh well. But I am being honest.
LOL...actually, Cougar is the gun I just bought. Very, very nice ;^)
Whatever. They came as a matched set. We got them both not one or the other.
Nice gun do you remember the bren 10?
The fault does not lie in the woman...Sarah Palin...the fault lies in the campaign. Sarah Palin is NOT a RHINO...the old dude with the grey hair (and I’m near his age and can call him that) was the problem. The Republican Party needs to get back to conservative issues and platform. It is the only weapon we will have against the Socialist now in office.
Look I’m not trying to rain on your parade but the truth of the matter is a candidate must appeal to more than the base, plain and simple. Like it or not that’s the way it is. If it’s about idealism that’s fine but if it’s about winning elections another story altogether.
New Hampshire was trying that a few years ago with the "Free State Project", in fact I linked it on my website for a while.
I was very surprised New Hampshire went for zero in such a big way
"Live Free or Die" my butt.
I heard on the non partisan, unbiased TV the other night that Congress was going to address the term limit situation. Will be interesting if they lift it for the President and their own slimey selves. Obama could literally be President for life.
The problem has been Romney and the RINOs
Except to the ROmneyBOTs, like yourself.
Reality. Cope. Deal.
In this election, the Republican Party had no base....the Republican Party wandered aimlessly in the desert of an election and went down because it lost it’s direction. Sarah Palin was pulled into this lost tribe of antiquated thinking ‘leaders’ who have no idea what they are doing nor where they are trying to lead us. It is time for them to define the Republican Party...and stick with it!
I don’t disagree. McCain was and is a RHINO but Palin in my personal opinion is not the choice, sorry. She just doesn’t have credibility to a wider audience. There has be others in the party that would fit the bill of being conservative AND credible and the ability to articulate the message without coming across as negative and hateful. Is that what you want? The majority of Americans to see conservatism as negative? I want the conservative message to be presented in a way that speaks to people that is how to win elections and it is a positive philosphy.
Ditto, excepting the local stuff.
This from Northern New Hampshire!
I jsut became familiar with this make recently. I bought a P350 about two weeks ago and the reviews I read were great.
I was in the market for 9mm and when I saw this one I snatched it up.Everything I've read says it's a Berreta, just with a diffferent stamp on it. All of the tooling and people were moved to Turkey so it's the all the same. Needless to say, I'm very happy with it. Is the Bren 10 similar or what is the history?
Quite a few people would like to see her throw in the towel.
ooops
I just don't think he's personally behind this. I don't think it's his style. And I doubt that he'll try running for President again, not with the vitriol his Mormonism aroused.
Sarah Palin has my 1000% full support from now until she either takes the nomination or loses it to hopefully another true conservative
and hopefully kneejerk color picking will have nothing to do with it
I am also quite taken (having seen him several times on the tube this week) with the congressman from WI, Ryan. Smart guy (good lookin' to boot).
I have also been hearing Mitch Daniels (Gov-IN) name bandied about. Not so charismatic, but smart and did great in his race this time out in a Dem year.
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