No. FAR FROM IT. But her running mate was possibly the worst presidential candidate ever.
Amen! I agree. The only fault I can find is that by comparison she made McCain look even more like a doddering old man unable to come up with fresh bold ideas.
The question should be was McCain the worst nominee ever?
She had the worst press, but I think she’s got a lot of promise. How can that question be asked when we’ve had Eagleton and Spiro Agnew?
She was just the most hated by the leftist MSM who were in the trenches for BHO!!
The question is absurd on its face. They are trying desperately to disqualify her as a future presidential contender.
The worst choice was McCain as President. The VP is like the last person taken in the NFL draft known as “Mr.Irrelevant.”
McCain for President is an anomaly to me.
Stopped reading right there..
That "unnamed" staffer Mark Eisenstadt was proven to be a total fabrication.
Get with the program...
Picking a VP is irrelevant since they are for the most part figureheads.
What about Gore?
Change "minor star" to major star and "many thousands" to MILLIONS and I will agree with the author.
The only factor in the election that prevented an Obama landslide was Governor Palin. But if the liberal northeastern establishment bigwigs such as Christy Whitman and her RINO ilk have their way Palin will be sidelined and silenced, and the party will resume it's long slow slide into irrelevance as the token opposition party, which in reality doesn't oppose anything except conservative principles of governance.
No! The worst VP pick was Reagan’s Bush the Elder. The gift that keeps on giving...higher taxes, bigger gov’t, clinton, shrub, obama...
however, SHE WAS THE BEST OF ALL THE CANDIDATES RUNNING ...THE BEST...THE MOST GENUINE, THE MOST INVIGORATING...THE MOST BELIEVABLE....SIMPLY THE BEST....
I usually vote Republican, but my wife, daugther and son always vote Democrat. This year was the first time that all 4 of us voted Republican, and it was thanks largely to Gov. Palin. My wife now says that she will never for Democrat again because of how Palin was treated.
I believe Gov. Palin brought in far more votes than she lost. It was McCain himself who lost the election, him and his rather pathetic campaign people.
Without her McCain would have lost every state!!
She was the most qualified of all 4 candidates!
Conservatives associating with the Republican Party viewed Sarah Palin positively, but manifold enemies surrounded her. McCain forces granted her such selective influence as seemed to increase daily polling numbers. According to Republican elites the era of Ronald Reagan implementing the thoughts of William F. Buckley was over, so maintaining conservative credentials meant fighting a political Cold War. Any show of principled action demanded extraordinary energy, cunning, and often insubordination. She had to fight battles within the campaign as severe as any against the Democrats or the media.
Sarah Palin was fated to follow a downward path similar to Ike Eisenhower’s in relationships with the party elites. When Republicans chose Ike, Harry Truman said they would eat him alive. Truman foretold Ike’s principle compromises, even as Republican leaders maintained Ike’s proven character was vital to reverse ever-diminishing Republican Party influence. In the same manner Sarah Palin was the only hope of rallying the base as the last time the Republicans ran an inspiring campaign under Reagan.
Ike’s first major principle abandonment came when Joe McCarthy denounced George Marshall as a Communist. General Marshall had promoted Eisenhower over hosts of more senior officers, and supported his assignment as commander of the D-Day invasion. Ike decreed McCarthy would not board his train in Wisconsin. Ike would also present a tribute to Marshall in Milwaukee. First aides, through supposed miscommunication, allowed McCarthy on the train. Political aides then not only dissuaded Ike from delivering the tribute, but also convinced him to appear with McCarthy in speeches. Eventually Ike would participate in political lies surrounding the U-2, completely stifling the character and principles of the man leading allied troops on D-Day.
Sarah Palin’s conservative stature was under continuous assault because of McCain’s addictive fawning for media, and liberal approbation. She can now help in the fight to build a party whose motto is not, “Vote for us. We are just as good as the Democrats”.
The worst choice was RINO McCain. He’d have made a good candidate for the rats though.
The left are so hateful..it’s not enough that they won, that they’ve literally taken over the government..they still want to keep destroying our side. They will NEVER be happy because they are unhappy with their own lives. Got a call from a relative living in Australia. HATES BUSH. Says that the press in Australia keeps telling them that Bush has ruined the world. Everything is Bush’s fault. You’d think he’d be happy that his man won. But no...they’ll never be happy..
Ahem..this should be a thread ender
Admiral Stockdale !
It is disgraceful for an American to even ask this question. Thank you for letting me know of a publication to ignore.