My thoughts exactly. GWB must have assumed conservatives were not popular so he wanted to appeal to Conservatives and non-conservatives alike in 2000. This is because Clinton had branded republicans as uncaring. It was a political move, as was most of the spending.
“Who are the conservatives without common sense” she should be asked. I would say more than a few on this thread, except you and me LOL
What I know re Sarah and McCain is this:
1. SarahPAC donated $5000 to McCain's campaign, as well as donated to to Lindsey Graham's and Orin Hatch's campaigns.
2. McCain's top campaign security and foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann, is also currently advising Palin
3. Sarah Palin has said: "I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection....John was a maverick, and he said he had picked me because in many ways I’m wired the same. … I was proud of the senator. … He didn’t go with a conventional, safer pick. John believed in change, the power of independent and committed individuals, the power of women.”
To me that means one of the following which only time will tell:
1. John McCain is grooming Sarah Palin, because as she has said, "we're the same".
2. Sarah is a naive idiot, whose loyalty to an evil man could cost us all.
3. Sarah is using John McCain to get where she wants to be, and who is a politician just playing the game until she can pull the strings herself.
I still haven't decided which of those is the case with complete certainty. But these are things that would be foolish to ignore, because it is not something that Sarah is hiding or that is easily "misconstrued" -- it's all out there for anyone to hear if they are willing to listen to her.