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“I blame McCain for Palin’s loss”

That is absolutely the right way to view this.

Many of us have said that the ticket was inverted. That’s another lesson learned: an inverted ticket is a risky ticket. People may be charmed or fascinated with the bottom of the ticket but they ultimately have to vote for the top.

As Mark Steyn wrote “McCain had a biography but no platform.” True. He really didn’t stand for anything. Sarah was the one who provided the new-found focus on energy independence, children with special needs, and low taxes. She was also excellent at tying some of these together: we need to drill-baby-drill and mine-baby-mine because our dependence on foreign tyrannical regimes is a national security risk. Two campaign themes tied up in one package!

To call McCain an “untraditional conservative” is like calling Obama an “untraditional Christian.” The latter’s not a Christian and the former’s not a conservative. McCain is a moderate DemRat, a counterpart to his good friend Joe Lieberman. According to an article on Drudge this morning breaking down the voting by demographics, few independents voted McCain-Palin. On being asked in an exit poll why he voted for Obama given his lack of experience, one indie said “Well, no one has experience in that job until one has actually done it” (a trite answer but worth repeating, I think, to the MSM in a future debate). When asked why he would vote Hussein when he knew his taxes would go up the indie replied “So? My taxes would probably go up under McCain.”

And he’s right. McCain’s no conservative, traditional or otherwise.

There were also some asinine rumors from the McCain camp that Sarahcuda “didn’t know that Africa was a continent, and not a country” and that she once answered her hotel room door during the campaign wearing only a towel.

I don’t know about the first — and after all, Obama claimed on video that he had visited “all 57 states” — but the second would have been a real story had he claimed that Palin answered the door completely naked. THEN I would have been interested, as well as extremely jealous...

If the Africa bit is true, my answer is this: big deal. Hussein, Biden, and the press were unable to identify the statement “we think spreading the wealth around is good for everybody” as Marxian socialism. And when Hussein claimed that his statement reflected merely his desire to give a “tax cut to the middle class”, the morons in the press believed him. That’s far worse than any mistake or gaffe or slip-up on geography.

Schmidt and Davis sound like a$$hats. It sounds as if they were afraid of Sarah too. Sarah is the OUTSIDER; one of US. She threatens the existence of INSIDERS like THEM.

This campaign seems as if it’s been going on forever, but consider that Sarah has only been part of it for about 8 weeks. Amazing.

Palin is a strong, determined person and a natural politican to the core. But I plan on showing my support by sending an e-mail to her affirming the idea that right now SHE is the frontrunner of a new conservative movement. There are a few other good people, but right now she’s out in front.

It wouldn’t hurt if other FReepers did the same. She’s returning to being a full time governor, mom, and wife, and I doubt she has time to surf alternative media like the Internet to see what her conservative supporters are saying. The base needs to get both information and encouragement to her.

After all, by helping her we ultimately help ourselves.