Onyx, politics is confusing enough without playing the game of misleading people out of loyalty. I know that’s not what Sarah intended to do, but that’s what it turns out to be in the end.
Young people who are trying to figure out who Sarah is, can now safely say, she agrees with McCain 100%. I don’t personally believe that, but it is what she telegraphed through this statement. And this is something that I too expected, her mishandling of certain issues due to inexperience.
As much as I like Sarah, this is her number one problem. She doesn’t understand the right, and how this is a betrayal of sorts to them.
Does she agree with McCain/Kennedy?
Does she agree with closing Gitmo?
Does she agree with bringing the detainees to the U.S.?
Does she also think Obama should have been praised for his military cutbacks earlier this year?
Does she also think we have nothing to fear from Obama?
Does she also think the Democrat party is made up of fine Americans?
Does she think we should sign the LOST Treaty?
Does she think we should be a part of the ICC?
I mean where does it end, this 100% support for John McCain?
I think it was wise to have a conservative voice under McCain during the run up last year, but is it wise to telegraph you agree with the man 100% now in light of his history?
We are searching desperately for a person who can lead us out of the wilderness, and this woman just said she supports a blind man 100%.
The prospect of John McCain being around for another six years is as disconcerting to me as having Obama around for the next three.
He short circuits our cause continually, and by God he just did it again.
You do see that don’t you? Sarah didn’t do herself any favors here, and that’s the absolute last thing I want to see.
Folks, can’t we be honest even with ourselves? Is this going to turn into another BushBot type of thing where we can’t be totally honest with ourselves until after the administration has blown out the national debt by 87% in eight years?
I want Sarah to be the next President. This simply isn’t up to snuff and we all know it.
John McCain is a pig in a poke, and there’s no other way to put it. 100%? My God...
D1, I completely understand your point of view and where you’re coming from and I agree with you that her comments will be misunderstood by innocents and purposely miscontrued by her detractors. If I have one criticism of her, it is her unabashed honesty and desire to quickly answers questions posed to her. She answered from her heart, and in doing so, she supplied more information than “we think” was necessary.
Reportedly, she said,
“I am so sorry if people took this silly incident the wrong way. I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago. So much for trying to be incognito.”
To parse her statement: She adores him, (OK) supports “him” 100% (OK) and will do everything she can to support his reelection.(OK)
That’s not saying she supports his policies. She supports her friend. She does say will support his reelection to the US senate.
She hasn’t articulated her policies on the issues you have listed, but I think she may have expressed her opposition to the closing of GITMO and bringing the detainees to our soil? She’s recently separated herself from McCain on global warming, and she’s always differed with him on drilling in ANWR.
I don’t think she’s into praising Obama either, -— death panels -— but again, we need to give her time. She’s not a candidate yet. She is a conservative, and also a ‘maverick’ when it comes to fighting corruption within her own party.
She’s done superbly since she’s been calling her own shots, but there will be times, (like this) when she provides too much information.
I was hoping to see McCain defeated in the AZ primary. I am still holding out that hope, but if Sarah gets involved in the primary, then her reputation is on the line too. UGH and UGH.
The fossil should have had the grace and sense to retire. But no. That addiction to DC power must be awfully intense.
FR mail coming soon. There’s some things I do not want to post on the forum.