[2ndDivisionVet]

If she's so horrible, why are you still so scared of her?! Does anyone here recall the left still going hammers and tongs after a defeated vice presidential candidate almost four months after the election?

[freekitty]

They are not even good at spinning anymore. Baldface lies of course are always there.

[SuziQ]

Imagine if McCain had picked even a neutral figure such as a Pawlenty or, say, Kay Bailey Hutchison. Yes, Obama likely still would have won (he ran a fine campaign and the economy collapsed) -- but if he did, it would have been in a real nail biter. And Tina Fey would not have been named entertainer of the year, and we wouldn't have had that turkey slaughtering video to enjoy.

Kay Bailey Hutchison? Riight. Then McCain would have gotten even FEWER votes, because conservcatives would have stayed home and not even bothered to vote.

I don't know anything about Tim Palwnty, but unless he is a dyed in the wool conservative, with some charisma, I don't see how he would have done any better than Sarah did.

Looks to me like just another hit piece on Sarah, trying to reduce her possibilities for any future national election.

[gwilhelm56]

McLAME with Palin ... you saw the vote totals
McLAME withOUT Palin... McLame’s Loss would have looked more like MONDALE’s 84 Loss against REAGAN!!

IMHO

[gwilhelm56]

McLAME with Palin ... you saw the vote totals
McLAME withOUT Palin... McLame’s Loss would have looked more like MONDALE’s 84 Loss against REAGAN!!

IMHO

[Diogenesis]

Could this be yet another Romney fawner attacking Gov. Palin.
Surprise. Surprise. NOT

"Romney, ignoring the 60% problem [public non belief of Iraqi WMD],
defiantly declares that the Democratic nominee will really be in trouble
when he or she has to tangle with the Republican nominee on this.
Yet he is the one who said he couldn't wait to take on the Democrats.
At the close of no-fireworks debate -- with barely a jab thrown by anyone --
most of the MSNBC analysts called it for Romney, simply because he was able to
pretty much deliver his stump speech without having to endure attacks,
which generally make him "flinch" and "look terrible" as one put it."

[Diogenesis]

"Recall that after months of trailing, McCain came out of his convention with a bump that led to at least a tie with Obama in the polls --
then he plummeted very quickly as the truth about Palin seeped out."

Truth? You can't handle the truth.

"Romney supporter turned Obama man Douglas Kmiec indulged in quite a litany of name-calling,
finger pointing and demagoguery against the GOP that would have been amazing from the same man only one year ago."

"Kmiec was named by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
to head the Romney for President Committee on the Courts and the Constitution in 2007."

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Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney

Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?

Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?

Romney Supporters Trashing Palin

Romney advisors sniping at Palin?

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Similar to Romney's other scortched earth tactics:

Novak: Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign

Said Novak: The rumors were "traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Romney) lost Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."
[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

....McCain came out of his convention with a bump that led to at least a tie with Obama in the polls -- then he plummeted very quickly as the truth about Palin seeped out....

No bias here. Nope. Just good honest journalism! (sarc)

1)McCain came out of the convention with a bump for one reason and one reason only - Sarah's speech.

2)The "truth" about Sarah never "seeped out". She was defiled by the press and the libs!

[turfmann]

Palin responsible for Obama’s victory? Ha!

The only positive thing to emerge from the 2008 campaign was Sarah Palin. McCain was an awful candidate, Obama is a worse president than any could possibly imagine. Joe Biden makes the executive branch like a sick remake of Dumb and Dumber.

Anyone recall that the R’s had many open primaries that were kneecapped by Democrats?

Anyone recall that it was manipulation of the caucuses that gave Obama an insurmountable lead over Clinton?

Anyone recall that McCain & Huck ganged up on Romney whenever he got traction?

Anyone recall that Romney stepped aside graciously while Huck did not?

Would you rather have a successful businessman who actually has participated in the free market and knows how it works at the helm right now, or are you content with the guy who’s there right now, whose knowledge of the economy is limited to whatever magazines happen to be in the bathroom in the Oval Office.

But, but... Obama is a Harvard Law School graduate! As if they taught economics at the law school. Ronmey got his JD from Harvard and his MBA from Harvard at the same time. But, Obama is the brilliant one.

Don’t even get started with the MSM fawning over Obama - but you can enjoy your coffee with the news that the Philly Enquirer is bankrupt this morning.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

This guy is so wrong.

The turning point came when Hank Paulson went to Capital Hill... and got down on his knees in front of Nancy Pelosi to beg for 700 billion dollars.

[Repeal The 17th]

I voted for Palin; in spite of McCain.

[stentorian conservative]

. . . (he ran a fine campaign and the economy collapsed). . .

Well that half true. Which is better than the article itself.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Recall that after months of trailing, McCain came out of his convention with a bump that led to at least a tie with Obama in the polls -- then he plummeted very quickly as the truth about Palin seeped out.

And exactly what truth is that, you moron? I seem to remember that a hit squad of thirty Rat lawyers flew into Anchorage overnight after Palin's selection and began sifting through her dumpsters looking for garbage to throw at her. THEY FOUND NOTHING!

The only truth about Palin that seeped out was the false truth the Rats made up about her and the complicit media spread it around like manure.

Also, some 56 million people voted for the McCain-Palin ticket, while 62 million voted for Obama-Biden. It was much closer than the media wants people to believe, with the difference being ACORN fraud and Rat-controlled cities like Philly, Chicago, and New York, among others. How many of those 56 million people actually voted for Sarah Palin and NOT McCain, in spite of all the invective and ridicule hurled at her and her family?

[Political Junkie Too]

Imagine if McCain had picked even a neutral figure such as a Pawlenty or, say, Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Imagine if McCain had picked Joe Lieberman, which was also being reported at the time.

-PJ

[RichInOC]

No, I don’t. And yeah, I find it intriguing that they’re still doing it. Especially when they put on the “I wish I knew how to quit you” act. And that is an act. It is as phony as it can be. They have no desire to let her go. If they did, they would.

Sarah Palin doomed the campaign? Sarah Palin killed the post-convention bump? Heh. Sarah Palin pretty much created the post-convention bump. John McCain got that bump because he picked an attractive, smart, engaging...and oh, yeah, conservative...running mate and Barack Obama picked a running mate who was none of those things. (Sorry, Joe. You’re just not.)

[Netizen]

Because John McCain and his people bought it, hook, line and sinker. This explains the sudden rise of Sarah Palin to the top of their VP list. They saw an opening - which really wasn't there - and went completely overboard. Not only did a female VP suddenly look like a great idea, but one who would have extra appeal to the particular type of Hillary primary voters so hyped by the media.

This isn't true. The Hillary voter isn't pro-life and that is a major issue with them. In fact its probably the biggest reason we didn't see the, flock to Palin in droves. Having said that, it was probably McCain's only or best option since conservatives were not going to vote for him. He needed a strong conservative on the ticket to get any traction at all.

[weezel]

Bullspit. Palin kept mccain from losing even worse. She could have beaten uhhbama had she been at the top of the ticket and free to run as she wanted to.

[Sans-Culotte]

well, he is correct that the PUMA thing was BS. However, he missed how effective the Palin pick was. The day after Obama’s “the speech” in Denver, all anyone was talking about was that “McCain picked a woman veep!”