Posted on 11/20/2008 6:44:58 AM PST by Rufus2007
As it turns out, swaying from conservative principles doesn’t always pay off for a Republican presidential candidate. Sen. John McCain learned that lesson that hard way.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a senior policy adviser to McCain’s failed campaign, said Nov. 19 that McCain’s support for the $700 billion bailout of the financial sector was the “key strategic blunder of the entire campaign.”
“We also make mistakes,” Holtz-Eakin told a group of conservatives at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. “There’s no doubt about it--20/20 hindsight. I think the key strategic policy error of the entire campaign, that is mine, is believing that the bailout bill would help.”
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Is he for it now?
That was more than two decades ago, and during an era when the press still claimed to be objective.
that was also before fox news, conservative talk radio and the internet.
McCain has never had any conservative instincts. Never.
Claiming you would never sign a pork laden bill and then signing one was his first mistake. Gov Palin tried but she couldn’t overcome McDole.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Let me know how that works out for you, mkay? LOL
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I think had John McCain suspended his campaign and returned to Washington to announce his opposition to the bailout, we would be looking forward to his inauguration in January. And if he had also promised to make those who are responsible for the fannie mae and freddy mac failure, pay for their crimes against America. Instead, now we have these very same people in control of everything, and living very large. |
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Sarah found out early that the promise of letting her speak her mind was a false promise.
Yes! Multiple times.
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