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McCain: People voted 'mostly for Sarah Palin' last year
CNN Political Ticker ^ | 3/26/09 | Martina Stewart

Posted on 03/26/2009 11:02:38 AM PDT by redk

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has no illusions about the 2008 White House race.

"God bless them," McCain said Thursday at the Heritage Foundation when reminded of the tens of millions of people who voted for him last year.

"Over 50 million people voted for me and Sarah Palin - mostly for Sarah Palin," McCain said to an eruption of laughter. But "there was a sizable majority of the other party returned to Congress. And, elections have consequences. Elections have consequences. And these consequences we are seeing now in full display."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008veep; bho2009; bho44; bhostooge; mcbama; mccain; mccainsfailure; mccainsfault; mccaintruthfile; mchussein; mcinsane; mcjackass; mclame; mcnuts; mcqueeg; mcrino; palin; rino; rinoalert; threwtheelection; trojanhorse
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To: redk

I would not have voted for McCain, if not for Sarah, because I had hopes that we could overcome the consequences of 0bama, and I was certain that the Republican Party would never overcome the consequences of McCain. At least now, there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Republican Party, providing the “intellectuals” (their description, not mine) don’t screw it up by trying to liberalize conservatism.


61 posted on 03/26/2009 11:23:18 AM PDT by pallis
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To: jnsun
Just like Julia Roberts is a front (pawn) for Hollywood producers.

LOL!!

62 posted on 03/26/2009 11:23:51 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)
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To: redk
Count me as one who held my nose to vote mclame, and ONLY did so because of Sarah.

I would have turned off the TV just as quickly when he showed up as I do when obama opens his mouth.

We had no good choices.

63 posted on 03/26/2009 11:23:53 AM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: redk

He should have been saying this all along, and not wait until almost 5 months after the election to admit it.

I’m sure Meghan McCain will come out with a slice and dice opinion about how Palin actually lost the election for her father.

Who would have voted for McCain if he had chosen Lieberman, Ridge or Pawlenty as his running mate, or even Guilliani.


64 posted on 03/26/2009 11:24:08 AM PDT by euram
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To: SoldierDad

I voted for Sarah Palin, and I will vote for her when she runs for President too..She will always have my vote :-)
If it hadn’t been for Sarah, I would have stayed home.


65 posted on 03/26/2009 11:24:24 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: redk
Yes and his Gods Children Kennedy antics caused 8 to 10 Million of our core to sit out the election!!! BTW Thanks Traitor John your ancestors must be VERY proud!
66 posted on 03/26/2009 11:24:49 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama the Wright kind of Racist!)
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To: redk

Methinks the good Senator should give his daughter a call...


67 posted on 03/26/2009 11:24:59 AM PDT by BlueNgold (... Feed the tree!)
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To: redk

No fan of McCain, but I appreciate that comment a lot. He treated her bad by remaining silent immediately after election day, but this comment may be his way of saying that he knows she was a huge draw.

That said, John, his daughter and the other Dem-lites in the party need to get out of the way so some real conservatives step up and take the lead to build some name recognition.


68 posted on 03/26/2009 11:25:06 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: redk

Yeah. Palin made me vote for McCLame.


69 posted on 03/26/2009 11:26:26 AM PDT by chemicalman (Government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. (R.R.))
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To: agere_contra

70 posted on 03/26/2009 11:26:36 AM PDT by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: redk

It is too bad McCain didn’t figure this out in October and send Sarah to represent him in the last two debates.


71 posted on 03/26/2009 11:27:56 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: redk

one vote for Sarah here.


72 posted on 03/26/2009 11:27:58 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: redk

If we had had Thompson/Palin we wouldn’t have the messiah right now.


73 posted on 03/26/2009 11:29:18 AM PDT by Names Ash Housewares (Refusing to kneel before the socialist messiah. 1-20-13 Freedom Day.)
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To: redk

He’s flippin’ a-tweety on that one! I’d have flushed him after Iowa and beyond -anytime up to November 4...NEVER, EVER, NEVER WANT TO HEAR THIS ASSHOLE’S NAME AGAIN!


74 posted on 03/26/2009 11:33:36 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: redk
uhhhhh..... You think?

My God, what a loon.

He knew that we were voting for her and not for his policies before the election.

Hello. Ding-Dong nobody home.

75 posted on 03/26/2009 11:51:36 AM PDT by Ultimatum (**"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." -Mother Teresa)
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To: definitelynotaliberal
If Susan Collins or Olympia Snowe had been the running mate, he would’ve made the exact same comment.

No, he wouldn't have, because all of us would have stayed home on election day. Sarah boosted the ticket by a minimum of 10 points.

76 posted on 03/26/2009 11:52:47 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: redk

Where did McCain give his speech? The article noted that they gave him a standing ovation. Who are these idiots?


77 posted on 03/26/2009 11:53:08 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: MBB1984
Where did McCain give his speech?

The Heritage Foundation.

78 posted on 03/26/2009 11:54:47 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: redk

Oh he’s a sly one. He implying he lost because people voted for Sarah and not him.


79 posted on 03/26/2009 11:56:15 AM PDT by rintense (Go Israel!)
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To: redk

I hope he explains this to his chubby daughter.


80 posted on 03/26/2009 11:57:45 AM PDT by fish hawk (The Golden Calf you worship will not bail you out!)
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