Now they tell us: GOP pols, pollsters grumbling about McCain’s misuse of Palin
posted at 3:40 pm on December 23, 2008 by Allahpundit
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For the second time this week, I’m forced to begin a post about McCain with that line from “The Wedding Singer”: This information really would’ve been more useful to us yesterday.
The occasion is this passage from Sarahcuda’s “conservative of the year” interview with Human Events:
Now I have all the faith in the world in Sen. McCain and his family. But some of the folks around him I did not know, and so it was a kind of a risky thing for me to put my faith in the decisions they were making on my behalf.
As an administrator, as a chief executive of a state, I am not used to that. I am used to proving my abilities by calling the shots. Then I know the buck stops with me. I made the decisions, and I’m responsible. When others are making decisions for me, as they were in the campaign, and I am the one to live with the fallout from the decisions that were made on my behalf, that is something I am not very comfortable with…
But my reliance on seeking God’s direction in all that I do — that is good enough for me. And others who have a different worldview and different strategy on messaging and such, I would like to have the opportunity to prove to them that my gut instincts were going to be quite adequate.
And right on cue, via U.S. News & World Report, the pile-on begins:
Now I’m hearing from key Republicans on Capitol Hill and GOP pollsters who believe that the McCain campaign should have put her out to talk about energy and political independence—her two best issues—instead of making her the conservative attack dog.
Said one pollster: “The McCain campaign took this person and completely botched her assets.” What’s more, the pollster said that in Palin, the McCain campaign had an expert on one of the key issues that was on the minds of Americans: energy prices. “They should have used her knowledge and focus on her expertise.” And the pollster said on background that the campaign should have played up her reputation as a political maverick.
They did emphasize the maverick stuff — it became an element of Fey’s character on SNL — but between her having to play the bad guy by beating up Obama and being painted by the media as a religious nut, it ended up submerged in a narrative of Palin as rabid party apparatchik. As for energy, she talked about that too (most memorably at the debate with “drill, baby, drill”) but I agree that it was never as prominent as it should have been. I remember writing the day she was picked that oil would be “her issue” on the trail and then the next day that she’d be the point man on energy policy. It never really felt that way. Palinmania was about biography and charisma; maybe it would have been different if they had her giving speeches on oil right out of the chute to impress the public with her experience, but between the Couric interview and the fact that energy had faded as a key issue by the time the financial crisis hit (if not earlier), I doubt it would have made a difference in the election — although it might have made a difference in her credibility with independents now.
Exit question: Why the anonymous sources on this one? If you’re going to dump on McCain and praise the party’s new star, you might as well get full credit.
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hoosiermama on December 23, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Palin was the only thing that kept this election close. Otherwise McCain might have carried 3 or 4 states. If she had been on the ticket with Thompson or Romney they would have won big time. The MSM did their thing and managed to get McCain the nomination knowing that he couldn’t win and she almost turned it around anyway. “Hope and Change” would not have had a chance against another other ticket. Now we pay the penalty for the next four years (at least). All I can say is “God help up”.
duff65 on December 23, 2008 at 5:46 PM
You are easily scared! Might I suggest you simply crawl under your desk, insert your thumb into your mouth and suck? As for us conservatives, we shall move forward un-”scared” and un-bending to scared little RINO moderates who wish to just get along with really scary people out there… Have you checked with your mommy lately about what she’s doing to make sure you don’t have to be scared? Poor baby!
sabbott on December 23, 2008 at 5:50 PM
duff, wrong
Polls show Palin caused McCain to lose votes.
Without Palin McCain polled much better.
Palin turned off the middle and even conservatives who viewed her a ditz.
Duff without Palin McCain would have easily won florida. Before Palin McCain was leading in all the polls.
Palin destroyed McCain in Florida.
Palin also hurt McCain badly with Hillary supporters and in suburbs and urban areas.
McCain would have won Virginia without Palin. Palin hurt McCain badly in northern virginia.
Duff Palin was a double body blow because she took independent votes away from McCain to Obama.
Duff Palin is an electoral disaster without Palin McCain would have done much better.
Rush Limbaugh is another disaster he caused Talent to lose his senate seat with the michael j fox rant.
Limbaugh’s rant on colin powell as bad as Powell’s actions were turned off moderate voters.
The Limbaugh/Palin combo of the party can’t get 51 percent. Moderates don’t like them.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 5:54 PM
I’m guessing San Fransisco for some reason… Possibly the use of the word “druggy” would lead to that assumption. I’m thinking Nancing…lots and lots of Nancing!
sabbott on December 23, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Duffs, yeah Palin who turned off all those suburban women really helped McCain.
10 percent of voters said Palin was qualified for president.
To say she helped McCain is a lie and you know it.
She gave Obama the presidency. She was the worst campaign mistake in the history of presidential elections.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 5:56 PM
honestly, I think you are off your meds. But that IMHO.
upinak on December 23, 2008 at 5:57 PM
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Dream on. McCain was a loser from the moment he was nominated.
duff65 on December 23, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Now we know what John McCain’s handle is on Hot Air. It’s ryandan.
Percy_Peabody on December 23, 2008 at 6:00 PM
upinak,
I think you are using some meth from wasilla. Are you from w
I mean you got to be on something to think Palin who independents view as the plague helped McCain.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Now we know what John McCain’s handle is on Hot Air. It’s ryandan.
Percy_Peabody on December 23, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Good thought and probably accurate.
duff65 on December 23, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Firstly, I may be mistaken, but I don’t think McCain ever led Obama in the polls until he chose Palin.
Secondly, I’m not surprised that at election time so many people had a negative view of her. When one is the subject of an intensive slime job; when a person is defined not by herself but by assorted media pro-Obama hacks, wankers and mediocrities, it can affect perception to say the least.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Why would issues matter if the other candidate is a marxist? Seems like Palin would be the only choice..which is kinda what they tried to do to us with McCain. They ran a bum candidate because they thought the alternative was so bad, we would have nowhere else to go. Look how that turned out. And spare me the McCain was destroyed by Palin meme; his campaign was going nowhere fast until he brought her on board. She prevented a wipeout. As to Palin, I think with time, she’ll be fine. You have some serious bias against her which I doubt time or medication will be able to do much with.
As to whizzman, and his historical revisionism, no one has to make up anything with regards to McCain. It’s all in his voting record, and things he’s said. People who follow certain issues hated him with good reason. And whizzman, to question a logical fallacy, if McCain was elected by a majority of Republicans who just had to have a backstabbing geriatric jerkweed as a candidate, why would a few dissenters be able to bring down his juggernaut of a campaign? Seems to me if we were so effective in bringing him down, how did he ever win the primary in the first place? Taking the preexisting issues out, McCain was a horrible choice for candidate. Old, arrogant and uninspiring. Obama isn’t social moron John Kerry, or escaped mental patient Al Gore; Obama has charisma. McCain looked like the real candidates father with nothing much interesting to say. Sorry whizzman, but your dream wasn’t killed. It was suicide. McCain never had a chance. Your refusal to acknowledge that has dropped you into truther territory; as I’ve advised you before, you need to find a new hobby. You’re pants at politics.
austinnelly on December 23, 2008 at 6:03 PM
McCain was winning in mid august before Palin.
Obama had 28 percent of the independent vote and won 60 percent.
McCain is only a loser because moderate voters were turned off by Palin like she was the plague.
Hard to win an election with someone who is viewed as an extremist from Alaska.
Hard to win an election with the couric interview.
Hard to win an election when suburban women are repulsed by Palin.
Hard to win an election with Palin giving interviews like the Couric one.
Palin is such a great candidate she thought sarkozy was calling about Joe the Plumber.
Palin dragged McCain down to the Huckabee level.
Without Palin McCain would now be president elect and Obama would be the junior senator from illinios. Palin was a disaster.
Palin handed the white house to Obama.’
The only way for you Palinbots to see how repulsive she is to moderate voters if she runs in 2012 or 2016 and loses the general election by worse than mondale lost.
You Palinbots are so dense. You are politically tone deaf.
You follow Palin like a personality cult. You don’t care about substance. Get a clue Palinbots.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Oh, I think McCain did have a chance, and Palin was what gave it to him. What took it away was the oh-so-timely financial “crisis”.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Interesting…..
First off now I know you have read all the media BS concerning Alaska… but give me a break, I don’t do drugs. Sorry Sweetie!
Second, I am an independent. Never stated otherwise and for someone whom think I am doing drugs and is a republican … who actually gives out information hand over fist to anyone who asks for it concerning Alaska. You are totally misinformed and ignorant…. actually I will go a step further and say completely stupid.
Third, you seriosly have SOME issues, if not more then i can count on a hand.
Wanna try saying something of factual truth rather then supposedly saying you are conservative and spewing crap?
upinak on December 23, 2008 at 6:07 PM
There was one issue that McCain could have used against Obama and the dem party as a whole. That is the Fannie Mae/Freddy Mac issue. His hesitance to paint the dem party with this debacle haunts the (R) party still. It allowed the DPM (Dem Propaganda Machine) to set the narrative.
I still don’t know why the GOP refuses to set the record straight. This only highlights my lack of faith in the future of the party.
This was a bigger issue than even Wright/Ayers issue
lwssdd on December 23, 2008 at 6:07 PM
If that’s the case, I say screw “moderate voters”. These are usually just Democrats who are ashamed to say so anyway.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Is ryadan some kind of a complete nutcase or is he just a little bit “out of sorts”?
duff65 on December 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM
austin look at the polling in mid august McCain was on a course to win the election.
Palin destroyed McCain with suburban women.
Palin destroyed McCain in the cities and suburbs.
Palin was viewed as an extremist from Alaska and turned off suburban women and moderate urban voters.
Obama was getting 28 percent of the independent vote before CUDA.
CUDA more than doubled Obama’s independent vote to 60 percent.
Palin is what enabled an extremist like Obama to win.
The CUDA is a CURSE.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM
ddrint,
The key is to get a candidate like reagan who can appeal to conservatives and moderates.
Palin is viewed horribly by moderate voters so she should stay away from national politics.
Picking Palin only makes the left happy because then they can advance their liberal agenda.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Fannie and Freddie dropped into his lap and he looked across the table and Rick Davis was sitting there … end of story for McCain on that one
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:11 PM
5 cans short of a six pack
a twinkie short of dessert
a cheerio floating off the coast
Does a bear poop in the woods?
Ya, off can work I guess.
upinak on December 23, 2008 at 6:11 PM
how dense are you? Reagan was viewed exactly the same way Palin is being viewed today …
you know what he told the independents and “moderates” in the GOP?
“Go your own way..”
you may need some medication though … best of luck to you
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Bleagh. Reagan probably became attractive to these precious “moderates” because of the disaster that was Jimmy Carter.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:12 PM
I replied to your email upinak
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Actually, that’s untrue. According to the RCP poll average, McCain only led in four polls between August 1 and September 1. He did not take a strong lead until after the GOP convention, and quickly lost that lead after ’suspending’ his campaign after the financial crisis.
Slublog on December 23, 2008 at 6:13 PM
I smell an astroturfer.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Yeah Reagan who was the governor of the largest state in the country viewed the same way as Palin from Alaska.
are you on meth?
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:14 PM
the fundamental flaw of people like ryandak is that they view independents as some sort of reliable voting block, as if they must be satisfied first … we ran that candidate and what did the independents do? … vote for the most liberal candidate since McGovern! …
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:14 PM
you can’t even stay on point
first Reagan was good because he appealed to “independents” and “moderates” but after we told you that he was treated, even by his own RINO party, similar to Palin
you tell us that he was a governor of a larger state than Alaska … are you getting paid to look like a fool? or do you get autographed copies of “dreams of my father”
are you a “typical white person?”
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:16 PM
joey what happened is that palin happened.
Palin turned McCain’s electorate into Huckabee’s.
McCain’s mistake was picking Palin because it took away all the independent voters who were going to vote for McCain because they didn’t like Obama and were so repulsed by Palin they voted for Obama.
There were stories all around of clinton supporters who were going to vote for McCain and after the Palin pick were so repulsed they ended up volunteering for Obama.
Palin is a disaster outside of the rural hard core conservative base. Why can’t you Palin supporters see that. How dense can you be?
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:16 PM
You must not have been around in the 70s or 80s. Reagan was viewed as an idiot, an insane militarist, a religious bigot, a racial bigot, too divisive, too conservative, too m uch a turnoff of pro-choicers, too this, too that.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:17 PM
when did they let the residents out of Toontown?
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:18 PM
If the PUMAs were that easily repulsed they weren’t ever going to vote McCain no matter what.
Oh, if only Johnny Mac had chosen Lieberman! He would have won all those precious moderates! BS.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Population wise larger not geographically.
Alaska is viewed as being on another planet by independents.
Palin and that nut pastor didn’t help.
She was boxed in as the extremist from alaska.
Palin was easilly tagged as the person who wants to kill wolves from planes.
I can’t tell you how many voters McCain lost that I know of who voted for bush.
CUDA made Obama. Without CUDA Obama is back in the senate.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:19 PM
you tell us that he was a governor of a larger state than Alaska … are you getting paid to look like a fool? or do you get autographed copies of “dreams of my father”
are you a “typical white person?”
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:16 PM
No he is a undereducated troll.
duff65 on December 23, 2008 at 6:20 PM
who said anything about the population of California compared to Alaska?
this is just too much fun
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:21 PM
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:22 PM
ryandan is just yanking your chain, folks. Trying to get a reaction. He/she has no other point or agenda, other than to spread disinformation and chaos.
Stop feeding the trolls.
connertown on December 23, 2008 at 6:25 PM
ddrint Palin is viewed as a ditz from alaska.
Reagan had gravitas.
Palin has a dysfunction family and is viewed as a nutcase from Alaska.
Moderate women will NEVER vote for Palin.
10 percent of voters said they wanted Palin as President.
The american electorate can’t stand Palin.
To compare her to cowboy Reagan’s all american image is a joke.
Palin couldn’t be more different than Reagan’s image.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:25 PM
But…but…duty calls. :-D
Slublog on December 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM
ryandan why don’t you just go away and let this thread settle down to something sensible?
duff65 on December 23, 2008 at 6:28 PM
There ya go.
ddrintn on December 23, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Slug the convention lead is misleading because Obama had a bigger lead after his convention than McCain did after his.
After the biden pick McCain was up 2 percent and tied in the CNN poll.
Obama was at 41 percent in a reuters poll in mid august.
McCain was down by 6 percent in a PEW poll right after the convention.
McCain in mid august was up in every poll in florida.
Palin ripped the heart out of McCain’s support among independents and let Obama dominate the middle.
Palin was mayor of wasilla two years ago. She was a disastrous pick.
It took the whole Obama’s a risk away.
Palin made McCain’s age become an issue because moderates were saying what happens if she becomes president.
Palin became the risk not Obama which was a disaster for McCain.
Exit polls showed Palin was even a bigger drag on McCain than Bush.
CUDA the curse of the republican party.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Governor Palin, voted for the bailout
Governor Palin was president for last 8 years.
Governor Palin was black
Governor Palin is a government handing liberal
Governor Palin went to war on faulty Intel.
Governor Palin accepted public financing
Governor Palin had enough money to buy a 30 min infomercial on cbs ,nbc ,abc, fox unvision(Huge Hispanic network)
Governor Palin was running ads in florida lying about McCain’s position on social security… Too bad the senator didn’t have enough money to fire back…
Governor Palin told us that the economy was fundamentally sound as the stock market crashed
Governor Palin told us how she doesn’t understand economics.. Too bad the economy was the top issue this year.
IT’s ALL THE GOVERNOR”S FAULT !!!!
An Era of Hate on December 23, 2008 at 6:30 PM
ddrint you don’t get it.
Moderate women will vote for a conservative male they will never vote for a conservative female.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
I have had enough of these “Engrish” postings from this simpleton who goes by the screen name “ryandan.” Shut up or we’re revoking your citizenship!
(I know that sounds nastier than I usually am want to be, and I’m almost tempted to delete that last sentence, but really ryandan deserves it.)
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 6:31 PM
want = wont
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 6:32 PM
In the 19c the expression was nip something in the bud, in the 20th c it was peremptory strike, in the 21c cut her off at the knees-regardless the expressions all mean that Sarah must be stopped before she gains the big MO (momentum). ryandan is symptomatic of this phenomenon. Thank God for fanatics like this troll, for without this troll and people of that ilk we might not understand the passion they harbor to work 24/7, along with their allies in the MSM, to take Sarah out. And finally for those of you who think that it is too early to start the 2012 Presidential campaign, read over the holidays The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer; we cannot begin to battle to reclaim America too soon. However, unfortunately we may be too late. Time will tell.
technopeasant on December 23, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Joey,
these independent voters were voters who voted for Bush and didn’t vote for McCain because of palin.
You can read endless focus groups online.
Bush did well with suburban women. Palin caused McCain to do badly with suburban women.
Team Sarah seems to think you can get to 51 percent by just getting hard core conservative rural voters.
There is a math problem with Team Sarah.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Moving the goalposts, are we?
This is what you said:
Based on the RCP poll averages, that statement is demonstrably wrong. You’re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.
Slublog on December 23, 2008 at 6:35 PM
‘The Onion’ is not a source..
stupid moron..
and that is as far as I’ll go because this is Hot Air.. not AOSHQ.. :)
DaveC on December 23, 2008 at 6:35 PM
you know, I once received the comment from AP that I was wasting “bandwidth” by questioning the newsworthiness of one of his news postings
but yet there seems to be no problem with the repeated postings of people like Ryandan
I don’t know what this place is about anymore, I thought it was a conservative news service
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Funny, I smell Clearasil.
/sarc
Y-not on December 23, 2008 at 6:36 PM
My poll shows that large groups of conservative voters who would have stayed home or vote third party voted because of Palin..
their dogs also have chunks of people like you in their stool as well..
DaveC on December 23, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Link to back up your statistics and your claims or stop posting.
LINKS PLEASE!
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Polls also show that that David Axlerod likes to hang around the dressing rooms at ‘Lane Bryant’ with a mirror on his shoe..
DaveC on December 23, 2008 at 6:39 PM
you got that right Dave
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:39 PM
I remember that. I thought it was weird and unfair. I think the All Powerful OZ-Allah doesn’t like you.
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 6:39 PM
I think Benny Shakur and Rayadan on the people in charge here … no we are posting sarcastic articles about the only conservative on the Presidential ticket in order to get comments and hits
shameful behavior
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Just for giggles, I’m going write a post in the manner of ryandan.
Here goes. This is me pretending to be ryandan:
That felt rather good. I recommend that all of you make a fake ryandan post. It’s quite therapeutic. As the great saying goes: Mock the devil and he will flee from you.
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 6:50 PM
As long as Ryandan is a dude:
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Look at Pawlenty’s daughters can you see either one of them ending having a kid in high school and a mother in law as a druggie.
Also Palin is not responsible either. She wasn’t planning on having that child.
Her e-mails with the trooper mess show such a temper.
She was seen screaming at staff.
She was so out of it in that prank sarkozy call.
Have you seen Palin’s doodles. She is so strange.
She left a school in hawaii because it was raining too much.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 6:56 PM
You obviously do not pay attention. If you did you would know conservatives where not singing the praises of John McCain, we wher going to hold our noses and vote for him. That is until he named Palin for his VP. That is when the fire began and the base was energized. It’s o.k. if you are not a conservative, go ahead read some more learn some and maybe, just maybe you will soon realize just how right we are!!!
lwssdd on December 23, 2008 at 6:58 PM
right on cue!
lmao … anyway, I have stated my “complaints” about the site recently
but all in all … nice site
I love watching people like Ryandan …
good times good times
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 6:59 PM
You mean the brainstorming notepad she had when planning to run for mayor? yes, I have..
I’ve also seen Obama’s doodle with large phallic symbols and old white men.. now that is strange..
DaveC on December 23, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Ryandan..
you want to make God laugh?.. make a plan..
DaveC on December 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM
jingle bells ! Jingle all the way!!!11
An Era of Hate on December 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM
hahaaha, That Reagan is an idiot!!!
An Era of Hate on December 23, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Does ryandan have a wife or girlfriend?
Is his wife or girlfriend as hot as Palin?
Crux Australis on December 23, 2008 at 7:10 PM
It’s fun, isn’t it? But I gotta tell ya, the real ryandan is so hilarious. His/her latest is a classic — “She left a school in hawaii because it was raining too much.”
I seriously think that it might be Allah messing with us. It’s just too funny to be true.
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 7:11 PM
I have been busy! go check your other email …
upinak on December 23, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Awesome! I would have paid money to see her scream at the McCain staff and make them cry!
Didn’t one of the anonymous leakers claim that she make McCain staffers cry? That was my favorite leak. I don’t think any of them were true, but I sure wish that one was.
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 7:14 PM
She was throwing temper tantrums after she read articles about herself.
She is wacked out. She is the worst thing to ever happen to the republican party.
She was a major drag on the ticket and McCain would now be president elect without her dragging him down.
McCain would have made a great president.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Why would she show up for her swearing in on a Sunday? She’s smarter than that.
grdred944 on December 23, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I have no problem with Palin screaming at people … especially if it was CBS hack Nicolle Wallace
Ryadan is either AP or Carl Cameron …
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Maybe Todd will write her speech for CPAC like her wrote her RGA speech down in Miami.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Her eyes are so strange. She is a pyscho.
Her family is dysfunctional.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 7:20 PM
No offense but some of you are on crack. Obama spent THREE-QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS to get elected. Osama Bin Laden could have gotten at least 50% of the vote with that kind of bankroll.
Sure McCain and his people (especially that ^^^^ Wallace)screwed up and they royally screwed up handling Palin but they could have done everything perfectly with her and it would not have mattered.
grdred944 on December 23, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Are you sure that you’re not on meth? Run your tongue around your mouth. Are your teeth there?
meltenn on December 23, 2008 at 7:29 PM
If Palin’s so mavericky why didn’t she say what she wanted to? I actually like this woman and yet I cannot wait until she loses like 45 states in 2012. What are all you people going to do? Form a militia and attack the capitol?
alex342 on December 23, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Palin reminded too many people of Bush.
It was a disastrous pick.
McCain should have picked Pawlenty.
ryandan on December 23, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Let’s just cut this short.
There is absolutely nothing McCain could have done to win the election, short of choosing Barack Obama as his running mate. This was not his year. It doesn’t matter what people said about how Palin affected their voting preference. People don’t vote for vice president. People vote for President. Do you think people would have chosen Dick Cheney over Joe Lieberman? Probably not, but they were voting for George Bush over Al Gore.
jimmy the notable on December 23, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Yeah, that would have excited the base.
jimmy the notable on December 23, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Pawlenty would have rocked the mullet!!!
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 7:38 PM
I’m only answering you because it amuses me.
Hey, that’s life. Are you one of those liberal woman that Dennis Miller was talking about when he said, “I think they hate her – mostly woman on the left hate her – because to me from the outside it appears that she has a great sex life. I think she has non-neurotic sex with that Todd Palin guy.”
What kind of doodles do you make? I tend to sketch Aztec/Mayan/cuneiform/hieroglyphic trim designs in pen and ink along the periphery of my note pages. I don’t know what that says about me. Human sacrifice? Pyramid power? Pre-Columbian warrior cults?
So? I had a friend who transferred from UC Irvine to UC Northridge ‘cuz she couldn’t stand the Lord of the Rings dorm theme names. Well, okay — that, and ‘cuz Irvine sucks.
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 7:38 PM
good points
McCain was going to go really “maverick” and pick Hillary as his VP to “reach across the aisle”
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 7:39 PM
Do you know what is the most important thing about Palin’s college career to me? She paid her own way through it.
jimmy the notable on December 23, 2008 at 7:40 PM
yup …
joey24007 on December 23, 2008 at 7:42 PM
I see ryandan is STILL a die-hard Maverick supporter.
Let’s stop the autopsy. McCain was DEAD on 2/5/08.
Now, can we bury the body already and get on with it?
Of course they misused the Cuda. They should have taped up Maverick’s mouth and put him in a closet and ran the Cuda for president.
No Rinos ‘12.
HornetSting on December 23, 2008 at 7:50 PM
YEAH! Peasants Revolt!
ramrocks on December 23, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Well, according to liberals, that’s the only reason we have the 2nd amendment, so we better put it to good use…
jimmy the notable on December 23, 2008 at 7:57 PM
I tried out my new 20 gauge today. I’ll be sure to keep it in good shape for 2012 Peasant Revolt. ;)
meltenn on December 23, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Peasant revolt? No one invited me.
A grinch stole my guns this Christmas, but I still have my pitchfork and torch.
When do we revolt?
HornetSting on December 23, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Hmmm, Alaska has its own missile defense installations, Elmendorf and Eielson Air Force Bases with the latest fighters, Forts Richardson and Wainwright, and a motivated, well-armed population.
I’m thinking Palin could invade and occupy large portions of Western Canada, as well as the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Much of the population would welcome the Alaskan forces as liberators.
Cross the Rubicon, Sarah!
Jim62sch on December 23, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Don’t forget to invade under Alex342’s bridge, Jim.
HornetSting on December 23, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Whatever minuscule street cred you had.. you completely lost it..
You may as well been rapping this:
at the Apollo.. (from ‘Scary Movie 3′)
DaveC on December 23, 2008 at 8:15 PM
testing.. just testing..
DaveC on December 23, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Meh, I was thinking about just reducing San Francisco to rubble anyway and letting the residents eat each other in the ruins. If you occupied California, San Francisco would be Tikrit.
Jim62sch on December 23, 2008 at 8:20 PM
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