And McCain couldn’t ask the first four questions because he was too busy running away from Bush.
But that leaves the middle eight. McCain and Palin lost because they failed to discuss the financial crisis in a coherent, intelligible way. By the end of the World Series, every viewer should have heard of Barney Frank, Fannie Mae, and Fannie and Freddie’s $135,000 contribution to Obama. McCain spent the first half of the campaign defending the surge in Iraq and the second half defending people who make $250,000 per year. Four days before the election, while voters were worrying sick about their 401ks, the Maverick released an ad showing that Obama approved of his position on global warming. Like Dole, he always seemed to believe that American voters care about “character.”
Since Nov. 4th, posters have suddenly remembered that your enemy’s enemy is not necessarily your friend. But I continue to be surprised at the Sarahphilia on this site. She’s likeable, a genuine social conservative, and undoubtedly stirred the enthusiasm of the base. But that doesn’t win elections. Her job was to convert a hefty percentage of Hillary supporters. She couldn’t do this because she became a joke for them and for independents. You don’t have to be a RINO to be embarrassed by her performance in the interviews and debate, which is all most voters saw of her.
Reagan became the Great Communicator not just because of his training as an actor, but because he was intellectually curious. Jane Wyman, his first wife, complained, “If you ask him for the time, he’ll tell you how a clock works.” McCain and Palin were not curious enough about the most critical issue on the minds of most voters to educate themselves about the housing and credit crisis.
Sarah couldn’t ask because she was not allowed to by the McCain bunch ... I emailed her (www.alaska.gov/) with my support ....
What an extremely valuable and timely vanity. Perhaps next you’ll tell us where Wendell Wilkie went wrong.
Ugghhh..., another vanity...
Will these never stop? And..., will these ever be put in the “vanity slot”....
[*holding a cross*] — “Back, stay there...”
In order to ask those questions you would actually have to want to win the election. Let’s face it, most of us around here were holding our nose when we voted for McCain. He is a fine man (which is very important), but he is no conservative. I voted for him because he was palling around with Palin. We need her and Jindal to step up and lead the conservative movement. Two wildly popular conservative Governors who can win elections.
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Newsflash: the election is over. Obama won.
Long woulda/coulda/shoulda vanities don’t help at this point.
If a question is asked and no one in the MSM communicates it, does the answer (or lack of one) matter?
If a question is asked and the MSM uses it to demean the asker, should the question have been asked?
BRAVO SIERRA!!
Sarah was kept on a short leash by the McCain campaign staff, and was basically thrown to the wolves (ie. Drive-By Media) unprepared. And although her debate performance against Biden was not spectacular, it was anything but embarassing, considering the blowhard she was up against.
IMO, Sarah should appoint herself to be Stevens' replacement when he gets frog marched out of the Senate. That will keep her on the national stage and give her a chance to tangle with and intellectually defeat the the other 'Rat blowhards there.
Palin/Jindal 2012!
How many politicians do you know that could be thrust into the spotlight, endure savage media attacks, and perform as well as Palin. Hmmmm?
The idiot McCain campaign should have built upon the momentum PALIN gave them at the convention by sending her around to the conservative talk show circuit, as well as pinpointed local news outlets.
Without her, he would have been slaughtered at the polls.
They could have countered the “eight years of the Bush economy” by comparing the job growth and asset growth of the first six years (in spite of the 2000 tech bubble burst and 9-11) with a GOP House and Senate, with the unemployment and loss of stock values since the Democrats took Congress.