No one had to manufacture baggage against Palin - her daughter did that for her, and gave the hostile media a feeding frenzy. I thought that was a terrible shame, and a miscalculation on the part of the GOP and the McCain campaign. Had I been in that situation, I would not have run, and had my daughter’s behavior being covered at the expense of my platform.
You kind of make my point for me. Our candidate has to be unblemished, so that there isn’t any issue that our enemies can even have a conversation about other than the political issues in the candidate’s platform. Palin was a great candidate, almost perfect - except for her daughter and not being prepared to wrestle Couric to the ground.
As to who we should run - I don’t know - but there must be someone in a country our size with conservative credentials whose parents were born here.
Kabumpo:
Yes, it was COMPLETELY manufactured. That you don’t see that I believe is no accident. That a teenage girl got knocked up by a douchebag boyfriend (and thank heavens she did NOT marry the opportunistic asshole) is somehow a singular disqualifier is patently ludicrous.
Joe Biden’s daughter is a serious drug addict and has been arrested, why has that not been a “disqualifier” ?
Al Gore’s son is a menace on the road and has been cited and arrested for reckless driving (including during the time he was running for President), why is that not a disqualifier ?
I can cite more examples of REAL serious situations involving family members of politicians, ones involving the law, but Palin’s daughter having sex is the ultimate “baggage” that must forever disqualify her from running for any office ? Sorry, fella, but you and your concern is a bucketload of horse manure.
There IS no such thing as an unblemished candidate. None. I also already corrected you that we could run the Son of God, and he would have baggage manufactured by the Democrat Media Hate Machine. Curious you don’t address that, or perhaps not so curious.
I also invited you to cite examples of candidates you’d like to see run, and you also didn’t come up with a single name.
The conclusion drawn regarding your presence here is that of a classic concern troll. Nothing more, nothing less. I think you can spare us your indignant displays lamenting our lack of intellectual curiosity when your agenda is so obvious. And I also issued you no threat, it’s the same admonition I give to those intending to sow dissension and misinformation on this website, behavior for which you have demonstrated egregious guilt in that regard.