I don’t have any idea why she endorsed him and don’t care. He did however pick her to be his running mate and I would think she would feel that since she would not have the attention she is getting if he had not picked her she feels a certain loyalty to him.
“I don’t have any idea why she endorsed him and don’t care. He did however pick her to be his running mate and I would think she would feel that since she would not have the attention she is getting if he had not picked her she feels a certain loyalty to him.”
I care (about why Sarah Palin endorsed McCain). I’ve been a Sarah Palin supporter and fan for a long time. Most Alaskans are. And I, for one, would sure like to know what the hell she was thinking when she decided to endorse McCain.
The argument that she did it out of loyalty, if true, doesn’t set well with me. The Palin we know stayed true to her principles and led us to believe that she wouldn’t become part of the old-boy’s club, political establishment. She doesn’t “owe” anyone anything, and even if she did, she’s either going to stay true to her conservative roots by endorsing those candidates who best represent her views, or she’ll lose many of her supporters by becoming just another typical politician.
I’m still a Palin fan, but have to admit that if I were to make excuses for her endorsement of McCain (which I did when I first heard) I’d be a hypocrite to now yell about Romney’s endorsement of McCain.
Of course, if McCain had picked Romney, this thread would be full of attacks on Romney and McCain for playing the quid-pro-quo game.
I like endorsements to be heartfelt, and don’t like when people use them simply to pay back favors.