Posted on 11/06/2008 10:45:00 AM PST by mbraynard
News has been circulating around GOP insiders for weeks that McCain campaign honchos Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt were planning to blame Sarah Palin for McCain’s loss. This was expected to be an effort to punt the blame for their own failures to the side of the ticket that was most popular with the base, attracted the largest rally crowds, and scared the living bejeepers out of the opposing party.
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His response to the bailout was to use it for an excuse to postpone the VP debate by at least a week. Wonder why...
Don't hold your breath. McCain is heading back to his clubby senate seat to resume "reaching across the aisle". He needs to distance himself from the partisanship of the campaign in order to be "effective" again. That means distancing himself from Palin.
The RNC will receive not one dime from me until they get some housecleaning done. This is just going to repeat itself over and over until those people are gone.
Sorry - my post wasn’t clear. I’m not saying that Rush and Beck believe the rumors - I was trying to say they are reporting the rumors, and that they believe McCain staff are responsible for these rumors.
“he went on SNL with her”
Uh, that wasn’t her. It was Tina Fey.
Nicolle Wallace Quote:
"The more that we see kind of the crazies like Ann Coulter out attacking John McCain, the better Republicans feel about their chances in the general election."
I know some Baptist and PCA members who wouldn’t vote for her because she is a woman.
Even after pleas to remember Esther and Deborah, they still said no.
And a lot of barf bags on this web site smacked me when I said I did not like McCain or his campaign. THIS type of crap is why. McCain was a loser from the git go. Only Palin brought him close. His stupid campaign IS WHAT LOST FOR HIM. THE IDIOTS LIKE THESE TWO BUFFOONS ARE THE REASON!!!!!!!!
“Maybe Davis and Schmidt can get a job on the 2012 Hussein Campaign.”
Sure. These Washington politicos are like prostitutes, except that prostitutes have a code of honor.
Ping to read later
That’s exactly what many in my family did—they voted for the McWhatshisname/Palin ticket.
Palin was lipstick on McCain’s pig. Worked remarkably well in that regard, too.
Don’t blame Palin for the Republican candidate losing votes. We don’t know how many independents switched from the Republican candidate to the Democrat candidate between the two elections. Generally, when there’s an economic downturn, the party in power loses.
You know I was thinking about how odd that was, the guy has had more names that Elizabeth Taylor. (married 8 times)
Now that the election is over we can all say what has been bugging us, that McCain was just a Dole repeat. Stupid choice and we are all scratching our heads on how McCain got the nomination in the first place.
Hear, hear! Well said.
Well - that was a signal to McCain that he should shucked the pledge. Taking public financing is a trucial bargain. It is not some kind of good in itself. When Obama shucked it, McCain could have followed suit. I think McCain has this weird sense of honor that precludes him from doing the things necessary to win. Imagine if during the Vietnam War, the NVAF and the USAF had agreed to use only aircraft cannon during air-to-air combat. And the NVAF had used air-to-air missiles anyway. McCain would probably have insisted on continuing to use only aircraft cannon. I think he doesn't understand the fact that some things are only good in relation to other things - that not all things are good in and of themselves, and that the public financing pledge was part of the former.
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