Posted on 11/06/2008 7:01:49 AM PST by ODDITHER
To the McCain staff and Republican Party leaders:
My family has been Republicans since before the civil war. One of my ancestors lived in Arkansas and is described as a Moral Abolitionist. Originally from South Carolina he brought his Family to North West Arkansas and started a community named The Lord’s Vineyard. Here he taught both his children and the slaves he brought with him as well as the slaves he inherited or bought in South Carolina to read and write. Once they reached 21 and were able to read and write and had learned a skill, he gave them a piece of property and helped them set up a business. He once said that his children were no more prepared to live in a world without slaves than the slaves were to have freedom. He is it was his duty to ensure that both could be free and successful. He created uproar when he gave one of his slaves a business before his son, because his son had not become sufficiently humble.
I believe through my family, I have earned the right to speak as a Republican and believe my thoughts reflect many other Republicans.
The McCain staffers who did not agree with Sarah Palin, would you please just Shut Up!! You must understand that most of America loved Sarah, she energized long time Republicans who like myself was not enamored with John McCain as the candidate. When he won, I had decided to sit this election out, I would vote for him because he was the lesser of two evils but I was not going to walk the streets and volunteer my time and money. Sarah changed that for me. I worked harder to get Senator McCain elected than I worked to get George Bush elected. If you’re an example of what the insiders in Washington have become, we deserved to lose!!!!
Americans are starved for someone that can clearly articulate our agenda of lower taxes, limited government, protecting the unborn children and our personal freedoms. Sarah Palin is that person and you are trying to destroy her. We will not allow that to happen, not this time. She will not become a George W Bush because you have hurt feelings. Our message was schizophrenic at best and liberal at worst. We must get back to being the party of ideas.
We must accept the fact that when liberals wage a campaign of personal destruction they win. They not only have the backing of the press but many in Europe. People who want to see American power in the world diminished back the liberal agenda because they know that liberals are the best avenue to destroying everything we hold dear. When liberals are forced to wage a campaign of ideas they lose. American values are center right not left. Every liberal that won, did not discuss issues but instead focusing on their opponent’s personal life and distorting their values. Republican’s who wage a campaign of personal destruction always lose.
If we move to the left, Americans will keep electing Democrats, we need to unite, and start presenting our party as the party of ideas and taking our case directly to the American people. We need every Republican united in that cause.
Shut up and get to work or get out of the way.
Please STFU
Cheers
And neither will I.
A lot of people want to be loyal.
George W Bush has been our “leader” for eight years. People deep down, want to be loyal to their leader. Especially conservatives. Remember that crowd of firefighters that day, surrounding President Bush yelling “USA! USA! USA!”.
It’s like the Blue Angels. One leader, the rest flying in formation. If the leader flies into the ground...
That’s why there are so many RINO’s.
RINO “leaders” have convinced too many, that’s how to win.
Clearly that’s how to ... LOSE.
We need Sarah Palin in 2012. America needs her. And we need to beat mercilessly (rhetorically speaking of course) any so-called Republicans who have the unmitigated audacity to attempt to blame Sarah Palin for McCain’s LAME CAMPAIGN.
My financial contribution to the party was sent to Sarah.
No Sarah no money. If the party doesn’t get straightened out they can forget me.
Thre’s no one spreading rumors about Governor Palin except the Dems.
And you’re (sadly) falling for it.
Didn’r she say Roe v Wade?
Beats me. I think a lot of them were smitten. There was an election going on. The not-loved McCain was the candidate, and the vile Obama the opponent. People needed something to hang their hat on this year, and it was Sarah. Let's relax and see how she does over the next few years.
You can ignore her because she couldn't immediately come up with an answer on prior USSC decisions in 10 seconds
I'm not ignoring her. I'm saying that I accept her as a prospect, but not as the Anointed. I want to see competition. I want to see us try to find someone better, just because it's the smart thing to do.
I'd like a candidate who, for one, can make a strong case for a limited Constitution protected by justices who do not legislate from the bench. The ability to cite at least ONE example is not too much to ask.
Vanity posters can take their own advice.
“””A better way to let your displeasure be known is to call the RNC office at 202-863-8500. Tell them to pass along your message to McCain to SHUT HIS STAFF UP. It is cowardly to let her take the fall for the loss. She is the one who energized the Republicans in America.”””
I just called the RNC Chairman’s office and asked them to ask the McCain staff and other Republicans to stop bashing Palin.
When you call the above number, hit “O” zero to get connected to the chairmans office.
Thank you. I’ve been thinking that for days.
Perhaps they were drawn to her because of her conservative principles.
No one is anointing her. I believe the topic of this thread was how she is being blamed. We can throw another good conservative under the bus or we can admit McCain sucked. Our choice.
Amen.
Once again, perfect response!
“Can you give the reasoning behind your take that she is not a strong candidate?”
Sure. She came off to me as a bit shaky. Unsure of herself and lacking the self confidence and knowledge needed to express conservative ideals to the general population.
We all know that ANYONE that steps into the national spotlight, and claims to be a conservative, will be savaged by the press relentlessly. They must be able to overcome this in order to reach the numbers that we need.
Her candidacy felt rushed and poorly prepared to me. When questions were posed to her, I felt like she would often miss the central reasons for our stance on said issue.
Okay, Mr. Know it All. 34% is obviously a ‘minority’ of 100%.....you’ve got liberals and independents and 34% conservative.....in the voting block they do not represent a minority of the voters. We’re pretty much broken up in 3 groups, like we’ve always been.
The point is this....conservatives still matter in large numbers whether the media and the GOP like it or not.
Agreed.
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