Report: McCain ducking media to avoid questions about Palin
posted at 8:41 pm on January 8, 2009 by Allahpundit
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It’s a sore subject, apparently.
Sen. John McCain doesn’t want to talk about the presidential campaign, and he certainly doesn’t want to discuss Sarah Palin…
During a GOP-senators retreat this week at the Library of Congress, McCain told his colleagues that Republicans need to reach out more to diverse groups, rather than just relying on Christian conservatives, if they want to regain majority status, according to sources who attended the event.
“[McCain] talked about the lessons he learned on the campaign trial, and the ‘discussion’ he had with the American public and what he learned from it,” said one GOP insider.
But the man who once called the media his “base” has not done TV or press interviews lately, and he won’t do so for at least several more weeks, according to his aides. He especially wants to avoid discussions about his relationship with Palin, whose nomination as McCain’s running mate was either the best or worst thing that happened to his campaign, depending on who you talk to.
What’s eating him, specifically? Does he feel overshadowed? Bored with answering questions about the backbiting? Reluctant to get dragged into her war with the media? Just had enough of the whole “hockey mom” shtick to last a lifetime? You can run but you can’t hide, Maverick! Eventually he’ll be holding a presser about some bill on the floor and the question will come: “Senator, what do you think of Governor Palin’s statement that she’s had an ‘awakening’ on immigration and now opposes a path to citizenship for illegals?” And then all the bile’s going to come pouring out. Followed by him endorsing Tim Pawlenty in 2012, natch.
Also mentioned at the Senate retreat this week: A lecture about “tone” on immigration. Of course.
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Followed by him endorsing Tim Pawlenty in 2012, natch.
LOL – if he lives that long!!
izoneguy on January 8, 2009 at 8:44 PM
The fact that she was his best hope for election, but after he bungled the bailout, he wants to pretend it was all her fault he lost.
MadisonConservative on January 8, 2009 at 8:44 PM
I want to believe in the goodness of John McCain (and Bob Dole, and Colin Powell), but I just can’t stand their politics.
Skandia Recluse on January 8, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I hope never to hear from McShame again.
progressoverpeace on January 8, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I’m no big J-Mac fan, but,
If you lost the most important contest of the year, would you feel like talking about it?
jgapinoy on January 8, 2009 at 8:50 PM
What a remarkable piece of crap McCain is. We ducked a bullet this election my friends, we sure ducked a bullet…
AntonK on January 8, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Done and done with McCain.
baldilocks on January 8, 2009 at 8:52 PM
For a man who was running for President you sure aren’t acting very Presidential now, except proposing how to cave in to Obama. I can’t get over the fact that you defended Obama more vehemently that you ever did Sarah. For that alone you deserve to be ostracized by the GOP.
technopeasant on January 8, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Maybe he realizes she was totally mishandled like most of the aspects of his campaign, Wussy
Valiant on January 8, 2009 at 8:53 PM
In a way, I’m glad he’s keeping his trap shut. Bodes better for Palin in the long run. At this late date, anything he might say would come out kinda grampa-ish. A consession speech before all our country’s voting was even finished on Nov 4th–screw him.
CInAz on January 8, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I made it quite clear that I was supporting Palin, not McCain, whenever asked. Oh, I had nice things to say about McCain – his SNL appearances were a lot more natural and actually funny – but his politics? Oy!
Palin, now. If she can avoid a major disaster for a few years…
Mew
acat on January 8, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Would much rather have “a bullet” then a bomb…: o )
christene on January 8, 2009 at 8:56 PM
That he made a huge mistake picking Sarah Palin for veep. That the “real conservatives” turned their back on him. That probably the most qualified man in Washington for the job lost to probably the least qualified.
Just like in 2000, the GOP backstabbed McCain.
JetBoy on January 8, 2009 at 8:56 PM
What a pig.
angryed on January 8, 2009 at 8:56 PM
What a remarkable piece of crap McCain is. We ducked a bullet this election my friends, we sure ducked a bullet…
AntonK on January 8, 2009 at 8:50 PM
We sure did, unfortunately as we were ducking we failed to notice the napalm canister gliding down toward us, dropped by the Obarfa Air Force.
Bishop on January 8, 2009 at 8:57 PM
McLame is jealous of Palin and has animosity towards her because in his warped view of republicanism, he thinks her “conservative cooties” caused his loss.
So he and his buddy Lindsey Grahamnesty spread vicious and despicable lies about Palin not knowing Africa is a continent and other such nonsense as “anonymous sources” to Carl Cameron and the other MSM jerks.
He is a RINO jerk. Go back to Arizona and retire.
Palin 2012!!
jencab on January 8, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Really, AP, who cares? At this point talking about the relationship between McCain and Palin is like talking about Benifer.
NPP on January 8, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I am so glad this asshat got beat. He is a disgrace.
Wade on January 8, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Bullshiite. The GOP backstabbed conservatives- again.
Fletch54 on January 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
By the way, this is just rich:
Too bad he didn’t have that attitude a few months ago, when he helped the government spend over a trillion.
MadisonConservative on January 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Go back to Arizona and retire
Heh, I voted him for Prez to get him OUT of Az!
CInAz on January 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
You just know it’s a dead solid lock certainty that, in order to get back into the good graces of the D.C. media, McCain’s going to do an interview this year where he basically will agree with the interviewer’s statement that Palin brought his campaign down. The only question is how long it will take and which of the networks gets the scoop (given Maverick’s cluelessness when it comes to the big media and how they feel about him, my guess is Chris Matthews during one of those “Hardball” College Tour forums).
jon1979 on January 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
I can’t get over the fact that you defended Obama more vehemently that you ever did Sarah. For that alone you deserve to be ostracized by the GOP.
technopeasant on January 8, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Right on. Everytime Obarfy was attacked, ol’ Mac would run out and have a presser to admonish someone and beg that Baracky be left alone.
When lovely Sarah was dragged through the mud, “Well…my friends…I don’t know if it’s appropriate but anyway let’s move on.”
Bishop on January 8, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Goes with being a leader, and displays he is not. He is just another turd who has been around DC too long.
Wade on January 8, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Too bad none of his “discussions” were with conservatives.
ctmom on January 8, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I had to use both hands to vote straight Republican. How is it he still thinks his opinion is relevant? He should just quietly take his place among all the other also-rans. All that the press is looking to do is create (and run with) the moment that trips a lever in Palin’s head causing her to go berserk.
ericdijon on January 8, 2009 at 9:04 PM
McCain can endorse whomever he wants – it will make it that much easier to identify the RINOs and the duds! I recall the proposal that proper respect for the efforts of Governor Palin in the recent election should be a litmus test for future Republican candidates. A modest extension to that proposal:
Respect for Palin = litmus test
Praise from McCain = shitmus test
drunyan8315 on January 8, 2009 at 9:05 PM
I’ll add a +1 to the part about him keeping his mouth shut, whatever his motives for doing so. I’m glad that the ‘Cuda’s had her say on the media, and I enjoyed the interview, but I think she needs to leave it there now. From this point forward when people ask about the campaign or the media I hope she says, ‘I’ve said my piece on that. Let’s talk about the issues.’ Otherwise, she risks getting too bogged down in all that. I think two things from the recent past could still come back on her: Inside stuff from the campaign and Tasergate. I’d certainly like to think that both are over and that everything’s come out, but I think there’s a possibility that things (true or not) could still come out that could hurt her.
meltenn on January 8, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Turnabout is fair play.
FloatingRock on January 8, 2009 at 9:05 PM
How could anyone say that with a straight face? This is not a man who is going to learn a blessed thing from his badly bungled campaign, which was only saved from being an epic fail by the presence of Governor Palin on the ticket. I wonder if he’s learning anything from the “discussion” we’re all having about his freakin’ PAC. And I would kill to know how much he’s collected since he sent those emails . . . like, maybe $12, half of it in pesos? Wouldn’t surprise me a bit.
califcon on January 8, 2009 at 9:05 PM
See the comments above.
The hatred directed at McCain (and the deification of Palin, based in too many cases on her physical assets instead of her mind) explains, to some extent, why the conservative movement is being drowned by a tide of sickening liberal Osama Obama-love.
The Right seems to have as many mouth-breathers in its ranks as the Left. A shame; the country will suffer for that.
MrScribbler on January 8, 2009 at 9:06 PM
No. We held our noses, like his mother said we would. He kept spitting in our faces, anyway, smiling all the way. Do you remember how he started talking about his idiotic amnesty+citizenship the minute he got a lead after choosing Palin? I do. I still voted for the slug, because I had to vote against the idiot messiah. Well … I actually voted for Palin, but the slug was part of that package.
He was the 2nd most qualified, and he came in second only because the Dems were total retards.
It’s hard to backstab someone who is always smacking you in the face. McCain hates conservatives, and makes that clear with just about everything he does and says. He had to slap down Bill Cunningham for using BHO’s inauguration name (”Barack Hussein Obama”) right out of the gate.
McCain is a pathetic individual whose greatest interests in life now seem to be the destruction of the conservative movement and the dissolution of the United States.
progressoverpeace on January 8, 2009 at 9:06 PM
if ever a man done a woman wrong.
Tommy_G on January 8, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Look, McCain I agree with you that the GOP has to broaden its base of support beyond evangelicals but your approach is all wrong. All you want to do is alienate them instead of wooing their support. You lacked the grace necessary to win them over. Fortunately you chose Sarah and she did it for you. Thank God, you did pick Sarah. At least you did one thing right in the campaign.
technopeasant on January 8, 2009 at 9:07 PM
That was 2nd out of the 4 P/VP candidates, just to be clear.
progressoverpeace on January 8, 2009 at 9:10 PM
If that’s a mistake, it’s a very good mistake. I and millions of others voted for Sarah Palin, in spite of McCain. That’s what angers him.
Just returning the favor McCain has done for/to Republicans and Conservatives hundreds of times over.
My vote for funniest line of the week.
RJL on January 8, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Well, as I recall, Tom Brady…oh, wait.
Snowed In on January 8, 2009 at 9:10 PM
People, the GOP’s loss has nothing to do with lack of appeal. Look at how many elections Republicans have won over the past 40 years. The tide was too strong..unpopular president, mediocre nominee, financial meltdown, biased media, etc.
The fact that McCain/Palin got 46% in a year with that much negativity, with the other side having a once in a lifetime nominee says a lot.
That said, McCain is a punk for not sticking up for Palin. I don’t like her, but she was his pick..so deal with it.
therightwinger on January 8, 2009 at 9:12 PM
mccain is an arrogant jerk. Always has been – always will be… par for the course for him.
any why is anyone even covering him anymore is beyond me.
gatorboy on January 8, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Yeah, little things like why he drew crowds of a few thousand while Sarah drew crowds of 10s of thousands. Easy to understand.
tarpon on January 8, 2009 at 9:13 PM
+1
on everything you wrote
califcon on January 8, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Her self-made achievement, party-independent attacks on corruption, and approval ratings aren’t exactly chopped liver.
If you want to see someone who is succeeding on attractiveness and virtually nothing else, you may want to look at the other party.
As for “her mind”, I at least think I know what is in Palin’s mind and I can make my judgement of her on that, but Obama’s is simply a media creation, or perhaps a fun-house mirror.
drunyan8315 on January 8, 2009 at 9:16 PM
“Pig”, “McShame”, “piece of crap”, “disgrace”. Wow, those are some personal insults worthy of the Democratic Underground.
alex342 on January 8, 2009 at 9:17 PM
My son is a Captain in Iraq. He is about as Republican as one can get.
He met McCain when McCain was in Iraq.
He said McCain was lost, vacant, and bumbling–McCain was too old, and was just out of it.
I can’t say “we dodged a bullet,” because ending up with Obama is not “dodging a bullet”: it is taking one full in the frontal lobes. Not sure what to say. Maybe, “We had a choice, the frying pan or the fire….”
__________
RJGatorEsq. on January 8, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Just like during the primaries, and the general, those real conservatives bashed McCain worse than any liberal Democrat did.
Bottom line…we ended up with President Hopey-Changey. Thanks.
JetBoy on January 8, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Ah, so if we have an attractive candidate, we’re all thinking with our genitals. Wonderful.
There’s this thing called wrong. It’s what you really, really are.
MadisonConservative on January 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM
What I will never understand is McCain’s performance at that Alfred Newman dinner in New York — he was sharp and witty and charming and engaging. We didn’t see a glimmer of that guy at any point during his campaign, either before or after he got the nomination. What’s up with that??
califcon on January 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I don’t know the numbers for “conservative” Christians, but something like 70% of Americans self-identify as Christians. As an evangelical Christian Republican myself, my perception is that McCain could have possibly won if he had energized the base instead of demoralizing it.
The future of the Republican party is not as a monolithic, far-right evangelical party. If it cuts off that wing of its base, however, it’ll be in the political wilderness for a looooong time.
cs89 on January 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM
The major difference is that none of these would be censored on network television. Can the same be said of DU’s epithets?
sulla on January 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Excellent observation Allah. McCain the Rino is a loser, Gov. Palin is a winner.
Zorro on January 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
alex you beat me to it. please dial back the invective a bit, & be worthy of commenters at a “best blog” site, & dont allow any issue or personality to descend the language level into Kos or DU or HuffPo territory.
Whatever you think of McCain the political figure,
(and there are reasons to take great issue with him), doesnt justify personal slurs against a guy who has given his share and then some to the country.
Mike D. on January 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Exceptional comment over at Big Hollywood, to spot on to excerpt:
Absolutely perfect!
drunyan8315 on January 8, 2009 at 9:29 PM
There’s this thing called blind. It’s what you really, really are.
You clearly have not read the comments on any Palin thread at HA since she was picked for the VP position. Some of the comments were eerily like those of besotted libs when Osama Obama wore tight Levi’s….
MrScribbler on January 8, 2009 at 9:30 PM
When I first read MrScribbler on January 8, 2009 at 9:06 PM I got gastric reflux. I got it again.
ericdijon on January 8, 2009 at 9:33 PM
McCain has Palin’s loyalty. McCain has McCain’s loyalty. Palin doesn’t have McCain’s loyalty.
Consider how Palin outdrew McCain at every rally since she was nominated. Could he have a male version of penis envy?
Captain America on January 8, 2009 at 9:34 PM
The more he opens his mouth the more I realize this.
Dritanian on January 8, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Could McCain’s reticence be due to the fact that he realizes how well he was set up by the media, and how Palin was so much more attractive a candidate that she almost upset their plans? If he does realize this (and it is the truth, IMHO), I doubt that his ego will allow him to admit it. I would love to be proven wrong on that, but I think I am in no danger of that happening.
drunyan8315 on January 8, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I agree, Joe Biden is sort of dreamy…………
Red State State of Mind on January 8, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Indeed!
R D on January 8, 2009 at 9:39 PM
We “ducked a bullet”? The One in the oval office is “ducking a bullet”?
JetBoy on January 8, 2009 at 9:40 PM
thank you for saying that.
Red State State of Mind on January 8, 2009 at 9:40 PM
I am so over John McCain, I don’t see him as bi partisan I see him as some one who Colludes – He is at cross purposes of the “Citizens” of The United States of America. These people really do live in their own little worlds…bubbles where they don’t ever get the low down or real skinny.
Dr Evil on January 8, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Fixed it for ya.
allrsn on January 8, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Agreed on that too. We don’t need the name calling. Now. I’m getting out of here before someone says Huckabee, and all the nut cases come out. oops….
R D on January 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM
A loser acts like a loser. What a shock.
Great military man, poor excuse for a politician.
Spirit of 1776 on January 8, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Thanks. That’s more palatable.
ericdijon on January 8, 2009 at 9:45 PM
That would be Huckabee hating nut cases.
R D on January 8, 2009 at 9:45 PM
…killing any chance Tim has.
dominigan on January 8, 2009 at 9:49 PM
McCain, loser in more ways than one.
Bicyea on January 8, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Your comment makes me very sad because I have a sinking feeling that you’re right. He’s mean enough to do it too. I think it might have galled him to see the crowds at his joint rallies with Palin slowly disperse the minute that Palin finished speaking. They would trickle out while he was still giving his speech. That must have been a bit of a blow to his ego.
She has consistently defended him and praised him. She is a classy and gracious lady, and McCain now looks churlish and utterly foolish.
I secretly hope that she’ll campaign for whoever tries to run against him in 2010 for the Senate. But, of course, she would never do that. He might even call on her to campaign for him in Arizona because it’s going to be a tough race for him. And if he asks, she’ll do it because she’s a class act and she feels grateful to him to choosing her as his running mate — as if saddling her stellar track record to his crappy one was not a net gain for him and a net loss for her.
Ann Coulter was absolutely correct when she described him as being “contumacious” and “stupid”. Perfect description of him.
ramrocks on January 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM
In my opinion this bickering about McCain and Palin is useless at this point. We all feel pretty bitter about this election for various reasons. I, too, had to drag myself to the voting booth to pull the lever for McCain. I liked Palin and still do, but she had her problems too in this election. If she were the VP pick of someone younger from the party there would not have been such a rabid dog reaction to her because people would have figured that she had potential and plenty of time to mature as VP since no one would have been concerned about the age of the president and the possibility of her ascending into the job too soon.
We, conservatives and republicans, have only ourselves to blame for lame McCain. As I recall, there was a lot of in-fighting over the nominee which only hurt us in the end due to vote-splitting among the candidates.
Please, though, we have to stop eating our own. We still have republicans and conservatives trashing Palin. Have you noticed that the democrats are not trashing Caroline Kennedy? Because most democrats are keeping their mouths shut about her, the public is now going to be much more receptive to Kennedy being appointed senator since they have not been fed a continual negative spin on her. In contrast, members of our own party did a lot to embed the negative narrative on Sarah Palin which poisoned her in the minds of a lot of the public. Hopefully, she’ll be able to rewrite the narrative – time will tell.
KickandSwimMom on January 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM
That he made a huge mistake picking Sarah Palin for veep. That the “real conservatives” turned their back on him.
That is the funniest thing I’ve read on here in a while. It is sarcasm, right?
BillyRayValentine on January 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM
If McCain had won, I wouldn’t have been surprised if he had ditched or forced out Palin as VP and brought in someone more to his liking, like Joe Lieberman. Palin was just something McCain was trying to use to drum up conservative votes. Now that the election is over, he has no more use for her, and we have no more use for him.
ddrintn on January 8, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Today must suck for you. First a knee to the groin in the form of that catholic article AP linked, then this. What next? Maybe a homosexual can call for a violent revolution and AP can make it quote of the day.
Darth Executor on January 8, 2009 at 9:57 PM
For the record, that earlier article really said nothing new. The Vatican is anti-war. Big surprise.
Actually, McCain-bashing around here…Big surprise.
As for the Quote of the Day, ya never know…
JetBoy on January 8, 2009 at 10:02 PM
…except Palin had a resume, which was regularly cited, while Obama had a blank post-it note for his accomplishments.
Because we recognize she’s a hottie does not mean that is the basis upon which we build our opinion of her as a potential leader. You are wrong, my friend. Ann Coulter is a hottie, yet I am one of many critical voices of hers. Calling the conservative movement shallow is a big mistake.
MadisonConservative on January 8, 2009 at 10:03 PM
I agree with the previous commenter that the “frying pan or the fire” analogy is more apt, but do you really have any doubt that if McCain were the president elect right now he wouldn’t also be talking about a trillion dollar bailout and trillion dollar deficits for years to come? I sure don’t. McCain isn’t against big government, he’s only against earmarks.
FloatingRock on January 8, 2009 at 10:06 PM
What is wrong with finding the right “tone” on an issue like immmigration. Let’s face it, politics is all about finding the right tone, whether that tone is tough, concilitory, or underscored. For me, Republicans have the stronger positions on most of the issues; but that is not enough to win elections.
RedSoxNation on January 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM
…and so, in the sense that Obama’s big government programs won’t tarnish the GOP as much as McCain’s would’ve, the GOP did dodge a bullet.
FloatingRock on January 8, 2009 at 10:09 PM
That’s my take on it but AP perverted it to make the cardinal imply israel = nazi germany. That IS something new and really, really low on allah’s part.
Darth Executor on January 8, 2009 at 10:10 PM
McCain … do the honorable thing and GO AWAY
I can’t believe Republicans wasted money and effort on you … we couldn’t even explain why we were voting for you other than you picked Palin and you were not Obama
I knew he was DONE when he said “we are going to buy up mortgages”
poor Mitt Romney didn’t know what to say to Chris Wallace after that debate
joey24007 on January 8, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Well, no, it isn’t. But then, Democrats haven’t been running the whole show since 1993, either. That will help considerably.
ddrintn on January 8, 2009 at 10:12 PM
The reason we were more critical of McCain than the Dems were was because they recognize one of their own. Mavericky Maverick was loved because he f*cked his own party as often as he could, to the benefit of the Democrats. McCain criticized his own party more than he ever did the Democrat party; does that mean we really are a bunch of bigots because we disagree with him on amnesty, or is he just a big fat backstabbing a**hole?
We lost, Jetboy, because we ran an uncharismatic old man. You guys blew the nomination on a loser; you thought you were going to get Hillary with her 50% negatives so you thought you could run a corpse, and still win. So, you get old Backdoor John in the chute and WHOOPS! Somebody with a personality and a bit of charisma won the Dem primary. Now what? We lost. In terms of his relationship with his party and his base, McCain was a bad choice; in terms of being perceived as a doddering uncharismatic old fart, he was a bad choice. You blew it. It’s your fault. Shut up and take it like a man.
austinnelly on January 8, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Yes, because of course if people hate Huckabee they must be nuts.
FloatingRock on January 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Good. Whoever he endorses will be radioactive.
Lehosh on January 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Thanks for the anecdote. It seems about right to me.
McCain/Palin just didn’t have chemistry.
He is indeed too old.
Remember when he said something at a rally like:
“How ’bout that Palin! She’s something else, eah?
Eah? EAH?”
He sounded like a lecherous old man.
And when they embraced at the convention, it looked like Palin had to keep him at a distance, somewhat, and she had this look like… “don’t get too excited, flyboy.”
You know, McCain just isn’t as smart or with it as he needed to be. McCain lost this himself.
McCain/Palin’s repetition of “a team of mavericks” just didn’t ring true enough.
He damaged her more than vice-versa. In fact, no vice-versa.
silverfox on January 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM
In this context, what’s wrong with McCain’s “tone” is that it’s code for amnesty-renamed-comprehensive-immigration policy. You can say nicely all day long “We need to secure the borders, keep people from coming here undocumented and working without the legal right or they need to go home” and he’ll still cast you as a backward racist who doesn’t like brown people.
It ain’t the “tone,” it’s the policy that McCain doesn’t get.
cs89 on January 8, 2009 at 10:16 PM
That sounds about right. Good one, AP.
CP on January 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Speaking of war with the media…It would seem that the ‘Cuda is continuing hers.
meltenn on January 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I’m glad that the ‘Cuda’s had her say on the media, and I enjoyed the interview, but I think she needs to leave it there now. From this point forward when people ask about the campaign or the media I hope she says, ‘I’ve said my piece on that. Let’s talk about the issues.’
+++++++++++++++’
You dips**t… the media IS the issue these days…
fabrexe on January 8, 2009 at 10:18 PM
MaverickGutless Turd!SuperCool on January 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM
In other words, he’s going to lay The Kiss of Death on Pawlenty.
SuperCool on January 8, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Don’t forget that the most significant embedding of that narrative was done by members of McCain’s own campaign staff.
If nothing else, McCain’s campaign was useful in unveiling the raw disdain with which so-called “moderate Republicans” (especially McCain) view their conservative (economic, governmental, social/religious) co-partisans.
Harpazo on January 8, 2009 at 10:30 PM
LOL. Well you’re in the wrong place, dude. Don’t expect that as long as you’re here. If there is anyone – anywhere with a ‘anonymous sources claim’ or ‘huffington post reports’ or ‘depending on who you talk to.’ such as any democrat or disgruntled conservative who implies something but has no proof whatsoever to back up their assertion, but it doesn’t matter because he’ll no longer get the benefit of the doubt because he’s A TRAITOR TO ALL CONSERVATIVES because he HATES PALIN DON’T YOU GET IT!!! … it’s going to be reported on here.
You’ll be out of luck with that wish of yours. Until the day that he dies. Maybe for 10 years after that as well. Sorry I had to be the one to tell you.
wise_man on January 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
I just want to thank you, John McCain.
For giving us Governor Palin.
You can go now.
Saltysam on January 8, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Oh, really, cowboy? So what were their names?
……. You do know their names, right?
wise_man on January 8, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Interesting idea, Allah. One would almost think you’re letting us know how you feel about Governor Palin. I know, I know…crazy, right?
As for McCain, I can’t wait to donate to McCain’s new PAC now that I know he doesn’t want to talk about the best example conservatism’s had in years.
Kensington on January 8, 2009 at 10:36 PM
McCain is tough.
McCain is courageous.
He has NEVER been smart.
Saltysam on January 8, 2009 at 10:36 PM
any day now …. after all, he is teh hated evil mctraitor.
…… any day now ….. maybe now. Did he do it yet? No? Well just wait. He has to. Because then that opinion will be validated.
Did he do it yet? Nope. Just wait …. any minute now.
…………………………….. annnnnnyyyy minute ………………………
wise_man on January 8, 2009 at 10:39 PM
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