Dick Cheney is WRONG! I would never have voted for McCain WITHOUT Sarah Palin being on the ticket. McCain would have lost by a landslide without her! Cheney is just another establishment GOPer!
I agree completely. I had decided to just not vote but when he picked Palin, I held my nose and voted for McCain.
The only reason I voted for mcain/Palin was because of Palin. Otherwise I would have voted for the Libertarian or Constitution party ticket.
Had McCain picked a southern governor of some sort who had faced off the media and had some experience...it might have swung 500k votes over toward McCain. I personally think some insider to the McCain inner circle pushed Palin as someone likely to stumble the campaign. I would also make this comment...had Palin simply gone on being Alaska governor for a full eight years, and eventually challenged Senator Lisa...it would have been a better path in the long run and given her more time to mature. Accepting the VP option...was the wrong choice.
Did Palin help McCain beat Obama?
Cheney is right to point out Palin had only been a governor two years and, well, look at the fall out: she lost her governorship, ended up with huge legal bills, her family was dragged through the mud and her political career is shot because she accepted McCain's offer.
By most objective criteria, her being McCain's running mate was a "mistake."
Of course, too many swept up in a cult-of-personality will see this as an attack on Palin when it underscores the importance of NOT picking someone just starting off, who isn't well-established.
This is why Rubio and some other 'favorites' here are awful choices for Romney. It's not like they're the next Abe Lincoln.
There are a lot of shades to this argument. Sarah Palin was not ready. On the other hand, the other three of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates all had even less relevant experience.
Dick Cheney is WRONG! I would never have voted for McCain WITHOUT Sarah Palin being on the ticket.
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Same here. And I suspect there are thousands like us.
There was a time when I just loved Cheney — I even have a cat named after him. So sad to find out what he really is....
SO VERY TRUE!
It was Sarah who turned me around, NOT McCain.
Cheney is blaming Palin because that's how the "good ol' boy" club operates.
If he disparaged McCain he'd be expelled.
With the exception of Sarah Palin, they're ALL pretty much DIP$HITS.
Exactly...lost a bit of respect for Cheney on this one.