Posted on 11/21/2008 7:19:12 PM PST by Mobile Vulgus
We have gone through the first round of internal recriminations with the recent excoriation of Governor Palin by those “unnamed” McCain staffers. But, as we all know, Gov. Palin was the subject of heated debate even among Republicans long before the election. One common complaint was that she was the "worst" VP candidate pick "ever." But, was she really?
A look at recent history can only serve to deflate that ridiculous claim. There have been far worse picks than Gov. Palin and only the extremely emotional state of mind that this past election ginned up could obscure the historical record. Two of those picks in particular make Palin's choice rather inspired by comparison.
In the first case George Wallace's pick of general Curtis LeMay for his vice presidential pick in 1968 was a disaster and in the second George McGovern's pick of Thomas Eagleton for his in 1972 was even worse -- both were far more disastrous than Palin's. There was some speculation in the media that Palin would suffer Eagleton's fate, but the situations of the two just don't bear any resemblance at all...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
heck, national geographic WAS us young guy’s playboy in grade school! and yeah I bet thanx dinner might be a real adventure if I used that also.
You mean that she didn't bloviate? (shame on her!)
She came off as really cool, confident, and in sufficient control of the situation not to be sweating the moronic drivel that the interviewer was spewing. I.E. a female Reagan.
Folks are upset, the real question is:
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Complain on the ‘Net, or take tangible actions like organizing, supporting organizations that support the causes that reflect our views, or what have you.
She was just the most hated by the leftist MSM who were in the trenches for BHO!!
You and me and millions of others.
The question is absurd on its face. They are trying desperately to disqualify her as a future presidential contender.
The worst choice was McCain as President. The VP is like the last person taken in the NFL draft known as “Mr.Irrelevant.”
McCain for President is an anomaly to me.
Speak for yourself !!! ;^)
Neither did McCain. He often acted and sounded like that old guy down the street that yells at kids to stay off his lawn.
Stopped reading right there..
That "unnamed" staffer Mark Eisenstadt was proven to be a total fabrication.
Get with the program...
It was Bush who refuse to groom a sucessor. This country was screwed first by Bush 1 who abandoned Reaganism and gave us KKKlinton, and Bush2 who squandered and gave away both houses of congress and then gave us the ObaMaster.
Youre right. I should just go to bed and attend my racist sites during the day. Thank you for clarifying.
Picking a VP is irrelevant since they are for the most part figureheads.
I agree. Although I greatly appreciated having possibly the best VP candidate in history on the Republican ticket (what other candidate has outshone her own running mate and the two opposing major candidates?), she might have chosen better by declining to be part of the campaign team that treated her so poorly.
Are you hanging by your feet??
Palin / Jindal '12 !!!
What about Gore?
No but her choice of running mates was pathetic.
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LMAOROFROFLMFAO.
That's what made her the worst, you know.
Yeah I gotta admit that I was relieved that McCain didn’t choose my candidate of choice as his running mate.
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