Thanks for the ride John. I'll take over now.
“I am a conservative through and through. The only reason that I decided to support McCain is the addition of Palin to his ticket. She is a conservative and it scares the Dems and the RINOS.”
The only reason that I decided to support McCain is Obama.
Thank you for the vanity post.
McCain fired Scheunemann, the only staffer defending Sarah. Don’t doubt that this comes from the top. He knows there is going to be a battle for the heart and soul of the GOP, and he knows Sarah represents the conservatives he passionately hates.
The attack on Palin is beyond belief. McCain should spend as least as much energy savaging those members of his staff who did this as he did savaging that poor radio guy who made the mistake of calling Barack Hussein Obama Barack Hussein Obama.
Welcome to FR.
I am only a McCain supporter in an election next to Obama. He was the last Rep candidate that I would support. Having said that, he is no coward.
The McCain staff are career politicians, who get vested in the bureaucracy of politics. When their candidate gets voted out, they immediately start looking for their next job, sometimes even before the actual election. Thus, we had the leaks.
“She is a conservative and it scares the Dems and the RINOS.”
Exactly
Thanks for the ride John. I'll take over now.
Same here. OK, I probably would have held my nose and checked the McCain/X box regardless, but with the addition of Palin I attended rallies and actively promoted McCain/Palin. I'm not surprised at the reaction of the r's; I've been expecting a backlash against the conservative wing. Palin put it succinctly--they're "little people".
He is now in the process of receiving national security intell....and giving it to our enemies here and abroad.
FORGET ABOUT MCCAIN...HE IS DONE.
I was just listening to Rush speak on this theme. I really must agree with you. Sarah Palin MADE this campaign for McCain, it is most unfortunate that these lowlifes (who mismanaged the entire affair) are now allowed to get away with their smear of a true conservative and future leader of the country. I trust that Gov. Palin can save what is left of American freedom four years from now.
I agree McCain wasn’t hard enough on Obama. He tried to be nice to them and Obama’s thugs saw that as weakness.
But I vehemently disagree as to the ‘why’. I believe it was out of a misplaced sense of honor. I do not think McCain is a coward, politically, or otherwise. I don’t believe he’s afraid of anything.
They got exactly the candidate they wanted. They got exactly the party platform they demanded. The campaign was run exactly the way they insisted it be run.
How'd that end up working out for us, again...?
They actually managed to lose to a one-term Senate Marxist with open and unapologetic terrorist ties. The ONLY thing I want to hear from Team McCain or any of its shrill little online apologists, from this day forward, is a meek and contrite: "We're sorry."
They have nothing else worthwhile what. so. EVER. to contribute to any meaningful discussion, re: either conservatism or winning electoral strategies.
It was the late-added presence of SARAH which energized an otherwise moribund and apathetic conservative voting base.
It was SARAH who drew record-shattering crowds, everywhere she went on behalf of a sour and ungrateful McCain campaign.
Friendly little word of warning to any/all RINOs out there reading this, and thinking about standing in the way between this woman and the conservative base that adores her, anytime during the next four years:
You're expendable to us. SHE isn't.
Conservatives saw through the veil that the RNC tried to hide. McPain doesn’t nor will ever represent the face of the Republicans. He’s like Specter, a RAT wearing a PUB title.
You can’t be nice when you’re at war, and campaigning is war. It’s not being concillatory in the Senate.
Another lesson for the future.
I have to agree.
Shame on you Senator McCain.
Whomever is responsible for this smear campaign needs to be fired and never allowed to work in a Republican campaign again!
Look, you can say McCain is no conservative and you can say he ran a poor campaign, but he's no coward. McCain actually fought a tough fight under difficult circumstances. With a lot less money and facing the Obama juggernaut, it would have taken a miracle for McCain to pull this out. It didn't help that many Republicans voted for Obama and many conservatives stayed home on election day. Even with picking Sarah Palin, the Religious Right didn't come out for McCain. Throw into that mix, an unpopular Pres Bush and the WallSt crash, and what you have is a perfect political storm working against McCain's best efforts.
If the GOP picks another moderate to run for POTUS in 2012, the same thing will happen again.
Doesn’t he come up for re-election in a couple of years? How delicious it would be to help Arizona elect a TRUE Republican to replace him! Let’s move to Arizona!
I voted for him for President as the “lesser of two evils”. Sarah Palin made it much easier.
They plot and act to destroy Palin while not attacking 0bama who plots to destroy the Constitution. Yeah, that makes sense.