McCain resents media's 'disgraceful' treatment of Palin

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[ameribbean expat]

Sen. John McCain reflected on his 2008 run with Sarah Palin: "The only thing I will ever resent about my presidential campaign is her treatment by the media. It was disgraceful."

[stocksthatgoup]

Of all palin’s adversaries McCain has been the worst.

[advertising guy]

I am just that guy

[SunkenCiv]

...Eight years later... what a tone-deaf moron.

[Hot Tabasco]

That RINO crap weasel enabled and empowered the backstabbing of Sarah Palin

And a lot of folks here are still piling on Palin........

[DoughtyOne]

That’s true. And he remained silent or added to it in some instances.

McCain is not worthy of the office.

That’s putting it nicely. (believe me)

[The Working Man]

It was his own staff that was behind much of it, as I recall.

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If I recall correctly it was indeed. Or to be more specific the staff he ‘borrowed’ from Mitt Romney that did their best to destroy Sarah Palin.

[Nero Germanicus]

McCain currently has a half of one point lead on his Democrat challenger.

[Right Wing Assault]

Maybe I have a bad memory, but I don’t remember Jonny staunchly defending her the last 8 years or so.

[Tammy8]

Oh he must have just been too upset to defend her.

His staff and his own daughter added gas to the fire, and he did nothing to stop it!

[freedomjusticeruleoflaw]

The proof that Palin is NOT supporting McCain will be her absence from Arizona in the coming weeks.

[nfldgirl]

Groveler! Liar! Only saying this now in the hopes she backs him. I for sure hope she does not!

[Jean2]

I never could understand he would choose her if he was going to sideline her and why he would sabotage her.

[Hojczyk]

He is up for reelection ......he never defended her....maybe the Ryan thing scares him

[Tammy8]

I think he chose her because his campaign was at a standstill and his people thought he needed a bone to throw at conservatives. The problem was she was connecting with voters in a way he couldn’t. He seemed angry at her popularity and now I think it was the message she had that he absolutely did not agree with.

[Albion Wilde]

Oh, NOWWWW he resents it? Now he resents what his own staff did to her?

I fart in his general direction.

[GOPJ]

McCain could jump on the anti-Trump bandwagon... where all the ‘cool Establishment’ guys are... and he didn’t do that... Now he’s defending Sarah.

I think we can cut him some slack here...

[Irish Eyes]

You are right about it hurting Palin to endorse Ward. It was very wishful thinking.

[Vision]

He and his team treated her like garbage, practical blaming the loss on her.

[Cementjungle]

Personal stuff aside, McCain was idiotic on a political level by not maximizing her benefit.

I don't think he intended to actually win... it was time for a black president. Palin brought new energy to his campaign, and I think that scared him. He didn't want to accidentally win, so he took steps to make sure she didn't help his ticket too much.