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Couldn't figure out where this author was coming from - but once I read the full article, it's another "John didn't come to the rescue of Sarah Palin" screeds.

1. Sarah Palin's a big girl, swimming in the big pool. If she can't handle critics by now, she never will be ready.

2. Sarah Palin may have a first-class mind hidden in there somewhere but if so, it isn't immediately obvious. For example, she usually answers questions just fine in the first phrase or two but she always keeps going and going. She seems to just enjoy talking, long after the question was answered. In the world of politics, less is better: "it's better to have your opponent think you a fool than to open your mouth and prove it".

3. John McCain was a hero before the campaign, was a hero throughout the campaign, and remains a hero today. No pundit, right or left, can change that fact. Those people that try to smear John McCain are always those midgets on the periphery that never served a day in any organization where their lives were on the line. Always safer to be a critic behind some anonymous keyboard.

I came away from the campaign with a less-than-generous opinion of Sarah Palin's future as a conservative candidate. I listened to her speak.

BRAVO SIERRA, over!

Much more should have been made of President-elect Obama’s ties to Bill Ayers and his terrorist wife, to Pastor Wright, Father Pfleger, Frank Marshall Davis, Tony Rezko and the rest of that hive of scum and villainy. McCain lost primarily because he didn't “go there” and show Mr. Obama for what he is. All this talk of fairness makes me want to vomit! Wait until next year and see what President Obama is up to then, and remind me how we weren't “fair” to him during the election@

John McCain ran a pitiful half-a**ed campaign. He did not appear to actually want to win. He was not aggressive. He did not use the opportunities presented - handed to him on a darn platter, to pursue victory.
The media was obviously against him and he didn't use that fact to garner votes. There were ways to exploit that clear fact and he did not. He was less than enthusiastic in his support for his choice for VP. The smarmy comments about Gov. Palin reflect more on the mind-set behind them than they carry weight, or validity in evaluating her. She was the rallying point that could have done so much more to bring out those who needed a strong reason to support the ticket; those who were not all that enthused over Sen. McCain but who still wanted a good reason to vote for the Republican ticket. She was the much under-used reason. McCains lack-luster campaigning and his luke-warm support and use of Gov Palin was, IMO, the reason the Republican ticket lost.
Yes, I place a lot of the reason right in McCains lap. He is no FNG to politics. He should have done better. Much much better.

Thats my call.

Did you really expect Mc Cain to win with:

George Bush’s approval rating being in the toilet and the Republicans being blamed for every scourge and ill on earth, including the stock market and bailout debacles

ACORN committing widespread fraud and voter intimidation at polling places on behalf of Nobama

The media spinning stories constantly to favor Nobama and to trash Mc Cain, and giving Nobama three times more press coverage

Nobama illegally amassing a campaign war chest with foreign and untraceable dollars that dwarfed Mc Cain’s fund raising etc.

There is no need to disparage a war hero by implying he has bipolar behavior or politically inept in running his campaign. Honestly, I find that offensive.

I think he did remarkably well under the circumstances!

When his country needed him to take on its biggest threat ever, when he was the one in a position to lead the attack, he was AWOL. His here status from being shot down and held prisoner. That was not a choice. He was a victim and nor a hero. You’ll all hate me for that but I’m not interested.
What is so honorable to refuse to tell the truth about one country’s enemy-Obama. How is that country first? It isn’t. No way.