Memo to Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt: The only reason I voted “R” for the Presidential row on the ballot was due to Sarah Palin. I’d been thinking of voting third party until she was picked as the GOP VP candidate. She managed to pull enough real Americans to vote so McCain’s loss wasn’t on the scale of Goldwater in ‘64, Carter in ‘80 or Mondale in ‘84. Blame that fine, decent American woman for McCain’s defeat!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Messrs. Davis and Schmidt, it is Vichy-limousine-RINOs like you that give Republicans and conservatives a bad name, and you two can kindly go kiss a water moccasin.
This is like tying your dog up to the far end of your house; he barks and bays loudly while burglars successfully ransack the contents. You ignored him while he tried to warn you, but you kick the dog anyway because your stuff was stolen.
Email the RNC. Get something started. We need to clean out the entire skunk’s nest that is McCain’s people and any one else not conservative. Time to start now to get rid of the RINOS.
Mr. Tom Cole sent me a thanks - as have a number of others - for the help I gave this year. I admit the first year I’ve ever contributed to a campaign. This has been my standard reply:
Dear Tom and the rest of you RNC yahoos,
I didn’t support the Republican party. I supported the ticket that was more anti-big government, more anti-socialist and had the best chance to win....McCain-Palin.
Had the “party” when it was in power in both wings of Congress and the Presidency actually practiced the platform of small government and anti-corruption that is professed perhaps you wouldn’t be in the position you are now.
I abhor all of you politicians who speak in forked tongues and Animal Farm phraseology. Damn you all to hell for failing to uphold our Constitution when you had the chance. I foresee decades of big government largesse built upon the backs of myself, my family, and my friends due to your inability to uphold your sworn duty and failure to meet your word.
Edmund Burke stated, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” I did my part. The Republican Party did nothing - except to further individuals petty power hunger.
I remember why I am an independent: both major parties continue to fail the citizens of this country over and over. Do you remember why your a Republican?
I didn’t hear one campaigner challenge anyone about “the money” and “the taxes” and the fact that it isn’t the government’s. IT’S OURS!! IT’S THE CITIZENS! To hell with the government! To hell with you and your party! Everyone in DC and every state capitol is a crook in my mind!
I only hope that your failures, incompetence, arrogance, and graft haven’t already destroyed this nation beyond repair.
See if they get any more from me in the future.
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What a bunch of scumbag losers!
thank God I voted for Bob Barr, I almost pulled the lever for McCain. :)
Exactly, if they don't like the job Palin did, then they have only themselves to blame, they picked her.
If we don't stop it now the general public will believe because the talking heads, even on the right, will continue to paint her as a dunce.
She was on the honor society, is a voracious reader.
We need to get the word out AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN. We also need to get out her accomplishments(with details) and duties (with details.
They better not even think of throwing Sarah Palin under the bus! Without her, John McShame would have made an even bigger fool of himself than he did.
Sarah came off (to me, anyway) as a bit inexperienced this time around, but she has all the potential to become a GOP superstar by 2012 if she stays active in politics and takes the lead in realigning the GOP with Reagan conservatism. I can see her leading the charge to throw out the RINOs and country club Republicans.
The McCain campaign ran a horrible campaign and now that the election is finished, McCain should consider retirement. He is a hinderance to conservative legislation in the Senate and a Democrat in his seat would do less harm to the conservative movement.
I donated to two other Republican presidential hopefuls in 2008. I was not going to donate to McCain. I changed my mind after Palin was picked. I wrote “PALIN 2008” in memo field of the check. I sang her praises such that my sister drove 180 miles roundtrip to see her at a brief appearance. I didn’t vote for McCain/Palin - I voted for Palin and the senator on her ticket.
I don’t think McCain himself is in any way responsible for the backstabbing of Palin, but it’s looking like some of his people are if any of this is to be believed. I like McCain, even if he is not a full-fledged conservative, and I especially honor his service to our country. I really love Palin though, in the same way that I loved Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
The poorly written article, strewn with misspelled words, promises to name names, but doesn't.
Also, please note that many “FReepers” throwing gas on this fire just signed up within the past month.
This story is a Dem “Divide & Conquer” attack!
If only they had worked this hard to place the blame for the mortgage crises on Congressional Democrats who pushed for risky mortgage and quashed efforts at reform, they could be engaged in petty squably to take credit for President-elect McCain, rather than squabbling to pin the blame for Senator McCain’s defeat.
My dream ticket for 2012 is Palin/Jindall.
Talk about scaring the holy crap out of the left. Two very powerful Conservatives with a message a deflated America will cling to....an unbeatable combination.
The next time anyone tells you how great Carl “The Weasel” Cameron is, remember his part in all of this, which was as a plotter and conduit designed to ruin our candidates. He partnered with little Johnny Martin of politico to sabotage FRed Thompson’s campaign in a like manner.