Posted on 11/06/2008 10:29:58 PM PST by bigbob
Whatever you may have thought about John McCain's running mate -- about whether she was qualified, prepared or experienced enough for the job -- try to put all of that aside for just a moment, because Sarah Palin is who she is.
She did not become measurably more intelligent or measurably less intelligent during this campaign. Remember, she was only part of the campaign for a matter of nine weeks.
Sarah Palin is who she is, which is why I find it so stunning that the very people who introduced us to her, who told us she would make a great vice president, have now turned on her with a vengeance.
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The issue, as Limbaugh pointed out, are these country club Republicans.
There was no way a Republican was going to win this year because of the unpopularity of President Bush, and the economy. McCain came close...AFTER he picked Palin. Coincidence? I think not.
But McCain was too interested in having the spotlight on himself. His grandstanding "suspending my campaign" thing was as much about getting attention away from PALIN as from Obama. As soon as it came over the radio, I said, "Oh, you just blew it, man." I could FEEL any confidence I had in this cruddy candidate drain away.
And now he will crawl back to the senate with the prize he REALLY wants--the love of democrats and Chrissy Matthews. I suspect he'll pout and run as an independent like his wished-for VP pick Joe Lieberman when it's time for his re-election bid.
While McCain is a great American, he's a crappy Republican...and unfortunately, there are a lot more just like him at the country club.
Truth and fairness from Campell Brown?
Hardly-read into it.
She's ripping into the leakers as as she's ripping Sarah.
No bias no bull my ass-Campell Brown can f' off.
Ouch! That’s going to leave a mark.
I can’t quite figure Campbell out. She has all the earmarks of a leftist - job, personal history, family background, but then she goes and marries Dan Senor who’s always struck me a conservative, at with respect to foreign policy.
Anywho, I only watch her show with the sound muted and Bolero on the stereo.
We all know the a**holes MaCaca chose to help him get elected. It's Ironic that they expected a 'little' woman to LIFT this weasel to victory. Imagine that!... The weasel could not lift his own weight... If she had not come along he would have disappeared from the picture long ago.
She was the ONLY positive thing that came out of that bunch.
She is a class act. Needs more international exposure and she will be ready to be president. She is AUTHENTIC in as much as can be expected from a politician.
It seems that he showed zero judgment in picking his staff.
“I thought McCain showed great judgment in picking Palin. It seems that he showed zero judgment in picking his staff.”
That sums it up
Someone else may have mentioned this, but on the 6th Rush stated that, “By this point the McCain team had spent more time trashing Governor Palin than they have spent trashing Obama over the last two years.”
McCain himself has defended Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the entire Democrat party. All I hear right now is crickets.
McCain either has control of his team or he doesn’t. He either approves of what they are doing or he doesn’t. Either way, what is taking place right now is proof positive that McCain neither has the character to lead, or the skills to lead. He can’t even keep his team under control, unless of course they are doing just what he wants them to.
Very true...
Look up “The Leper Project”.
A lot of people are paying attention to this, and are taking names.
Palin is the future of the Republican Party, and there is a faction that Does Not Like This.
They are trying anything they can to bury her post-campaign.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Campbell is Saudi bait.
As I said earlier; Sarah Palin has struck fear into everyone. First she had to handle the onslaught form the Obama machine icw the MSM. After they ran over her; McCains team picked her up to throw her under the bus again and again. Senator McCain - Your Silence is Deafening. Obviously, everyone wants her to go back to Alaska and never even think of returning to the lower 48.
She gave me the impression that she believes in our conservative principles. A little more time on the national stage and she will be able to articulate our principles even better. That is the fear that she has stirred up. She attracted more people to rallies than McCain and everyone took notice. Why do you think the attacks on her are personal? Her principles are sound, nobody will challenge her on a conservative stance. I am truly sick of watching this party constantly shooting itself in the foot, to save someone’s butt..We should rise above this type of stuff.
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Just had a tip from a max McCain donor who called their office to find out if McCain would defend Palin. He gave his name and explained he had donated the max, establishing he deserved some amount of customer service.
"That person," this idiot insisted, "has already been fired."
"You mean Randy Sheunemann? He wasn't the one smearing her, he was the one defending her."
"You don't understand," the guy "arrogantly" responds (characterization from source), "He's been fired. It's been handled."
"You don't seem to understand. Sheunemann is not the person smearing Palin," my guy says again.
"Look," the guy says, becoming irritated on top of being arrogant, "Senator McCain cannot step out and defend Palin every single time someone says something bad about her."
"Can he do it once?"
Hang up.
He called back to get the guy's name. He got hung up on again.
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... and that's how the John McCain campaign stands up for the one individual solely responsible for his not ending up electorally (and humiliatingly) routed, 49 states to 1.
No honor.
None what. so. EVER.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Its becoming apparent that McCain surrounded himself with classless hacks.
How hard would it be, at the end of a hard-fought campaign, to give one another a hug, a handshake, wish one another well, and go your separate ways. And if anyone asks you about it, remember the parts that made you proud. How hard would that be?
NONE of them should get any campaign jobs in 2012 with Sarah, nor in her Presidential Administration from 2013.
While we are at it, the likes of THIS:
should be taken down from FR. He is at least 50% of the reason for the drubbing we got!! Why should we, as CONSERVATIVES, continue to worship at his feet like robots.
And I am no Palin fan either. She was totally unqualified. But McCain was as much a drain as she was.
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