Media Wrong Again: Palin Helped McCain In 2008

NewsBusters ^ | November 30, 2013 | Noel Sheppard

[greene66]

No kidding. As an addendum to my earlier post about how Palin’s selection boosted my enthusiasm to levels I hadn’t experienced since Reagan’s days, it was the aftermath involving the loathesome GOP/RNC’s complete backstabbing of Palin that totally destroyed my opinion of the Republican Party. Had been an exclusive GOP supporter and voter my entire life, but after this, I lost every tiny shred of trust, faith, and respect I once had for the GOP.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Covenantor]

Same for me. She was as electrifying at the convention as Ronald Reagan in his 1964 convention speech. And both times I said, “The Republicans nominated the wrong person, they’re going to lose.”

Read my tagline.

[Kolath]

Before the RNC convention, McCain was behind about 8 pts. Post Palin convention speech, McCain was up 4 pts.....a 12 pts swing.....and that was all Palin.

Before Palin, McCain rallies got a few hundred. With Palin, they had to move to bigger venues as she drew tens of thousands.

At the 2008 financial crisis, McCain shut down the campaign, went into prevent defense mode and used Sarah as a “fall guy prop”.

McCain simply gave up and got some of the worst advice ever from losers Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace.

[Nepeta]

I was voting for Sarah.

I would vote for her again.

If anything, I am even more impressed with her now than in 2008. No matter what filth gets thrown her way, she maintains her high class and dignity; you know this is a decent, thoughtful human being. Her message has not changed.

Compared to Palin's presentation of herself and her message, Barack Obama looks like a fifth rate carnival huckster. You know he's lying. You know she is not.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I did not vote for John McCain in 2008. I voted for Sarah Palin. It’s not my fault McCain was also on the ticket.

[tet68]

Duh is right. One can easily envision the dimensions
of McCain’s historic loss without Mrs. Palin.
An Obama mandate would have been claimed, it was any
way.

[exit82]

I voted for Sarah.

I hoped the old Manchurian Candidate would sod off in his term, and she would become President.

Sarah was worth at least 10 million votes for McDogPoop.

Sarah will be President No. 45.

She has more testicular fortitude than the entire GOP-E.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

All I know, is that when it came to the vote, I voted for Sarah! McNuts be damned!

[onyx]

Of course Sarah Palin got McCain/Palin Those Three (3) Million More Votes in '08
than Romney got in 2012! (Duh)

[trisham]

How could there be any doubt?

[onyx]

Exactly so!

[Covenantor]

Thanks for the ping.
See my 36 & 43.

[sport]

So did I. I was going to sit it out. McCain picked Sarah so I voted Republican. I would say that she doubled or tripled the votes MCCain got.

[TADSLOS]

I came to the conclusion long ago that McCain, with the urging of Charlie Black, made the cynical decision to bring Sarah Palin on the ticket, not to win but to allow him to disengage from the campaign and revert back to his "bipartisan" back stabbing slithering. He knew he was going to lose to Obama and his staff knew. Palin became his convenient lightening rod to draw negativity away from him and allow a graceful exit back to the Senate chambers- which he essentially did when he suspended his campaign to push Bush's government bailout monstrosity.

Palin became his political piñata for the left and the GOP to beat on in effect, and his own staff willingly participated at taking their turn at bat on her.

[GeronL]

bump

[RKBA Democrat]

You forgot that Sarah was the rainmaker who brought in the money to fund his senate relection campaign.

[buffaloguy]

This statistical work has already been done and the answer is:

Sarah added 13% to McCain’s totals thereby avoiding a humiliating blow out.

We owe her, not the other way around.

[McGruff]

Sarah Palin was the only reason for any optimism over the last 6 years.

[PLD]

Sarah Palin,was the only reason I voted for the old fart McCain..I was not going to vote until she came into the picture..I just had this warm feeling about her she is a beautiful intelligent woman that could get this country back to where we all are proud to be Americans again. It is a shame what those bastards did to her and when I say bastards I mean McCain and his loony toon bunch..