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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?We contributed to the McCain/Palin campaign on the last eligible day, not to the Compliance Fund. I’ve been thinking about asking them for a refund since they have been trashing Sara. If the rest of them had worked as hard as Sarah did, and shared her positions, John McCain would be getting ready to move into the White House.
You are wrong. The leftist scumbags I know are scared to death of her.
I don’t think McCain himself is in any way responsible for the backstabbing of Palin, but it’s looking like some of his people are if any of this is to be believed. I like McCain, even if he is not a full-fledged conservative, and I especially honor his service to our country. I really love Palin though, in the same way that I loved Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
I wouldn’t be ashamed, for all his faults, McCain was better than Obama, I really did try to vote for him, but unclicked the box at the last moment in the voting booth, it just didn’t feel right. One thing that really got me was how McCain didn’t even offer Paul a speaking slot at the Republican convention, despite everyone else who got much less votes speaking. Having spent many hours and $$$ campainging for Paul (we took second in NV), I just couldn’t stomach it. Maybe we need a jimmy carter to get a Ronald Reagan.. If history is any guide this will be a reality, I have faith in the American people.
The poorly written article, strewn with misspelled words, promises to name names, but doesn't.
Also, please note that many “FReepers” throwing gas on this fire just signed up within the past month.
This story is a Dem “Divide & Conquer” attack!
Done.
Hmmmmm.....
AnglePark
Since Oct 15, 2008
When you hire “moderates” what can you expect?
Thank you. See my tagline.
Yep, just another sign of his naivety. He actually believed Bozo would keep his work about taking public funding. I saw that as a trap as soon as the news came out. I couldn't believe he didn't see through that ploy. Even after that he insisted on "taking the high road". His stupidity cost him the election, including his voting for the bailout, one of his biggest mistakes.
Oh my.... now you are making me sad.... Fred and Sarah.... Heavy sigh : /
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Looks like lot of FReepers got sucked into the DU scheme to hurt the Party. I notice there were no denials to your charge. Sounds like some of the B.O. brown shirts don't have a life to return to after the election. Or perhaps they are working for 2012.
I wish I could still have faith in the American people, but if they can vote into office the POS like Osama, it tells you a whole lot about too too many Americans. And with the widespread fraud, deceit, the filthy MSM plus our own back-stabbers in the GOP, I see no future except a new conservative party to a size that will overshadow the re-maining NE elites.
I just tried emailing Nelson to return mine and my wife’s campaign contributions, but I got an error message when I tried to send.
Is there another way I can do this? I think it is an excellent way to get it across to McCain that he ran a lousy campaign. His only bright spot was choosing Palin. She brought out the crowds—not the Senator. I guess the inside-the-beltway crowd didn’t like that much.
“Riiiiiight...and how do you explain the humongous enthusiastic crowds?”
Uh, no one is arguing that she wasn’t able attract huge crowds. As a matter of fact, THAT was the point. Palin did, not McCain. And they’re trying to trash her and blame her for the loss.
Let’s not forget Kevin Madden who was peddling the trooper-gate story at the convention...
AFAIAC, it’s time for a true Conservative Party, whatever you call it, to put sand in the gears in 2012, or maybe even win.
McCain was a really dull candidate, and had no enthusiasm from me until Palin. Zero. I probably would have voted for him w/o Sarah, but it wouldn’t have even been a nose-holding affair. There wasn’t even that level of passion.
Now, I’m ready to form up with a truly conservative party. Clearly, the Republican Party is not going to honor the base that got it where it is. Clearly the Republican party is Demo-Lite.
Can a new conservative coalition draw 30% of votes away from the Republicans in 2012, assuring their defeat? Is that, plus powerful education programs, the way to shock them and give the true base a platform to operate from that is distinguishable from the Democratic party? Four or eight years from now, a conservative message may start to resonate again.
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