Oh my: McCain to host fundraiser for … Romney
posted at 8:27 pm on September 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
There’s nothing necessarily unseemly about this — it’s an event for Mitt’s PAC, not for his campaign — but the grassroots remembers well Maverick’s conspicuous omission of a certain someone when naming exciting young Republicans on Leno’s show.
Smells like … betrayal.
Sen. John McCain is co-hosting a fundraiser for his former 2008 Republican primary rival Mitt Romney next Wednesday in Phoenix…
The fundraiser will benefit Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC, and features a $3,000 per person VIP reception along with a $300 per person luncheon.
The politic thing to do would have been to hold off on fundraisers for anyone else until he’s done one for Sarah PAC. Although that, of course, presumes that Sarah PAC wants him for a fundraiser, which it may not. Given the base’s contempt for McCain and the ‘Cuda’s emerging positioning as a libertarian populist in 2012, the Maverick brand may be something she’s trying to edge away from. The question is, what’s Mitt thinking here? Every time PPP does one of its Obama vs. X polls, Romney unfailingly lags behind Palin and Huckabee among Republicans. Hooking up with McCain will do nothing to change that and may well exacerbate it. I guess he’s committed to being the centrist next time out. Exit question: Where does that leave Huck? Social-con heaven?
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g2825m on September 25, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Good night and stay safe!
KickandSwimMom on September 25, 2009 at 9:26 PM
The facebook/Speech giving stuff isn’t going to cut it. She needs to go on the hard hitting shows to discuss and define herself on many positions.
Let’s hope that she is preparing for a future interview while she does the small stuff as well.
TimeTraveler on September 25, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I wish these 2 charlatans luck in getting that $3,000/person in this economy.
Jenfidel on September 25, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I don’t think that will be the problem, Jen.
HornetSting on September 25, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Looks like an intra-Morman squabble has broken out about this event:
Terry_Dyne on September 25, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Thank you!!KickandSwimMom
Still many of us over here fighting for the country back home. Quick story…when VP Biden was over here last week there sure wasn’t too many troops around him like there was any time Bush/Cheney/Condi et al were here! We know where our bread is buttered.
Good night.
Go Mitt!
g2825m on September 25, 2009 at 9:32 PM
If this isn’t a good drinking song I don’t know what is.
“MMMM, MMMMM, MMMMM, Barack Hussein Obama”
Chant it 5x and see how it makes you want to drink OR..THROW UP
PappyD61 on September 25, 2009 at 9:32 PM
This will eerily sound familiar
Except it will be about real hope and giving back our change (money)
Kini on September 25, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Two days of that and I want to put a knife thru my skull….I feel sorry for the poor kids who had to memorize it.
HornetSting on September 25, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Agreed. Votes, credibility, leadership, …..
Kini on September 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I was a Mitt Girl. Mitt did his thing to support numbnuts McCain. This is a Huckabee thing. Sarah is going to kick butt. Sarah and Mitt?
suzyk on September 25, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Listen to what the Progressives (ultra far left) at the Institute for Policy Studies have to say. If you don’t have time for the whole video, go to 50:00. Who is it they fear? And if you attack Palin, you are attacking the right-wing populus….keep that in mind. These are the folks calling the shots. If you watch the whole video, you will see that.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7900177939290563733&hl=en#
njpat on September 25, 2009 at 9:43 PM
He can’t possibly win re-election. The economy will be as bad as it is now, or worse. Maybe a lot worse. By 2012, obama fatigue will have set in as well. No US president gets re-elected with the economy in the dumpster, especially in the dumpster for his entire term. Unemployment above 8% is political death for any president. It is now 10% and expected to remain there for years.
keep the change on September 25, 2009 at 8:46 PM
seesalrun on September 25, 2009 at 9:45 PM
TimeTraveler on September 25, 2009 at 9:28 PM
THE FACEBOOK/SPEECH GIVING STUFF ISN’T GOING TO CUT IT. SHE NEEDS TO GO ON THE HARD HITTING SHOWS TO DISCUSS AND DEFINE HERSELF ON MANY POSITION
I would agree with you if were Sept 2010, but it isn’t.
Sarah has time to ready herself for the battle ahead. Currently I believe she is adding staff and mapping out her schedule for the next 3-6 months.
I believe she will follow the Reagan playbook to the letter-paid and unpaid speeches, op-eds, and in addition interviews with Fox News as she develops the policy positions she wants to advocate. She may also do radio commentaries, but I am not sure of that. What she may do instead is to use Facebook and Twitter as a substitute for radio.
Nevertheless as God made little green apples I am certain Sarah will endeavor to keep her name in the public eye and position herself as a Reagan conservative so as to forestall any talk in 2010 and 2011 that “we don’t have a true conservative to vote for”. With Sarah conservatives will have a chance to vote for a conservative, and it will be up to them to rally behind her candidacy if she runs. If they don’t they only have themselves to blame if a RINO wins the 2012 nomination.
technopeasant on September 25, 2009 at 9:47 PM
no matter how you look it it. With this LEVEL of COMPLETE MANIPULATION of this Country’s structure in 9 months. Let us hope we have a fighting chance in 2012.
2010, though is another matter. I believe it may be our last Stand.
seesalrun on September 25, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Nothing to read into this… Mitt Romney needs our support and stop trying to see infighting here where it doesn’t exist! McCain’s just trying to help!
THIS NEXT CAMPAiGN THE ENTIRE GOP NEEDS TO BE UNIFIED… FIGHTING, RIVAlRY, OR INNUENDO AMONG THE REPUBLICANS WILL HURT US ALL AND EMPOWER DEMOCRATS!
I don’t care who wins in 2012 as long as there is an “R” after there name signifying Republican! Let’s all rally to make that happening and stop gossiping and bringing down our own!!!
IntheNet on September 25, 2009 at 9:48 PM
IntheNet on September 25, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I care troll. I care alot. We don’t need you to pick our candidate. That didn’t work too well in 08.
You, unlike your leader are transparent.
seesalrun on September 25, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Mitt made nice with McCain after the primaries like an adult.
The others have not.
You want kids or adults in charge?
scotash on September 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM
If the republicans nominate another rino they will lose in ’12, and we’ll have 4 more years of the Won. Everyone is fed up with phonies. None of our representatives do the jobs they were elected to. They all have staff to read the bills and lawyers to make them so twisted no one can understand the content. What do they do all day except be interviewed on tv, play golf or shop?
Kissmygrits on September 25, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Its my party and I’ll cry if I want to
cry if I want to
cry if I want to
you would cry to if Mitt happened to you.
Mitt’s not that bad, but his name fit better in the lyric than McCain.
Geochelone on September 25, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I don’t want these Bozo’s anywhere near in charge.
Kini on September 25, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Mitt made nice with McCain after the primaries like an adult.
The others have not.
You want kids or adults in charge?
scotash on September 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM
seesalrun on September 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Ummmm….I think Sarah Palin knows that she’s hated as well, which hatred is even more irrational than the adoration.
ddrintn on September 25, 2009 at 10:05 PM
+1
I would add bringing back American exceptionalism. Reducing government regulation except where democrats have mucked up the process.
Kini on September 25, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Oh my: Meghan McCain is attempting to use her father’s “maverick” shtick to establish a show business career! Oh my Allah! Oh my! Ha! ha! ha!
RMR on September 25, 2009 at 10:06 PM
You watch. Palin will be an adult about this. She’s already given 5K to JMC’s reelect. She’ll go down to Arizona and hold a huge fundraiser for him.
She will shame McQueeg.
victor82 on September 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Mittens must be desperate.
Having McCain fund-raise for you is like the kiss of death.
Norwegian on September 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Come to think of it though, who else in the GOP could attract a crowd larger than one that would fill a high-school gym, without offering free beer and pizza? One thing detractors will have to learn pronto is that their own standards of “experience” and “knowledge” do not necessarily hinder Palin from having massive support in the future. That’s why we had the unprecedented Slime Machine.
ddrintn on September 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM
ddrintn on September 25, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Yes, Sarah Palin evokes strong feelings among the Far Left and Democrats. But what our side overlooks is the passion she evokes on our side and her potential ability to rally millions of voters in a GOTV during the 2010 midterms, especially among conservatives. Without Sarah, McCain would have lost by IMHO by about 13 points not the 7 points he lost by.
The hatred directed towards Sarah also drives the Far Left crazy and there are signs they are increasingly becoming unhinged in their attacks on Sarah. Sarah would say, bring it on. The more attention she gets, the more viable she becomes.
technopeasant on September 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Duh…I think she got
theyour message…You remind me of that Simpson’s episode that has the line
ARE WE THERE YET…ARE WE THERE YET
She’s been free for 60 some odd days…lighten up…jeez
jerrytbg on September 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I swear I’ve seen a national geographic special somewhere that described RINO’s as animals that run in packs. So, this is no real surprise.
karen32862 on September 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Sarah at this junction doesn’t need to do anything she is not doing right now. She may give a few more speeches hopefully in the lower 48 before the year ends but if she doesn’t so be it. The spring thur the fall of 2010 will be key as to what Gov. Palin is going to do. Lets not for get she will have a book to sell and this will be her vehicle to travel and network i.e. campaign for the mid-terms. In Late 2010 or early 2011 Gov. Palin will have to make the decision to run or not to run. She may wait to see who announces on our side and if she does like the field Gov. Palin may jump in and ans. the calling from the grassroots. One other thing Gov. Palin wants O’s hide too add to her political trophy case.
Clyde5445 on September 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
They had better ditch the Progressives like Romney & McCain…or the independent will have a better chance of winning. People are sick of the parties…democrats outnumber Republican voters and Independents outnumber both parties.
njpat on September 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Mitt is The Other McCain. They cut a deal; Meg gets a kitchen cabinet position or else the Ambassadorship to Whales, her call.
Geochelone on September 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Allahpundit, there is no dark betrayal going on. Some GOP pols are pushing Romney despite the fact that Romney has never polled well. McCain is simply being the loyal GOP trooper he was for GOP candidates in the 2006 elections when Bush and McCain worked hard for the GOP, and McCain is doing so now again at a time when Sarah Palin is not doing that much to push her name. McCain personally likes Sarah Palin much more than Romney, and there is plenty of time before 2012.
Phil Byler on September 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM
It’s not betrayal.
Who says McCain has to back Palin in the primaries?
I like Palin. I like Romney. I really like Jindal.
I don’t like Huckabee- mainly because I think he’s a conservative version of Slick Willie, and though I like his political positions, I don’t like his methods.
Who say I got to be all anti-Palin if I like Romney, or anti-Romney if I like Palin?
I liked McCain as a person, I tend to like ornery characters, even if I didn’t care for his politics.
I think we all need to get back to remembering Reagan’s 11th commandment. Maybe Palin is your pick for 2012. That doesn’t mean Romney and everyone else is bad. It just means you prefer Palin. Maybe your pick is Romney, that’s no excuse to join in the unfair treatment of Palin.
Too much of politics has become about cults of personality. Hillary vs Obama. Romney vs Palin. Howabout we all agree that we prefer conservative politics, and that we disagree who the best standard bearer is- but the more important issue is the standard- not the bearer.
We need to focus on conservative ideas that can compete with the Democrats statism. Focusing on finding a charismatic leader to compete with Obama is a losing strategy. Heck, it’s not even working that great for Obama- why would we want to copy him?
Sackett on September 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Clyde5445 on September 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I just had a vision of the “0″ on a cedar planked wall…
jerrytbg on September 25, 2009 at 10:18 PM
That’s naive. You can find a Professor Schrenkengerat who knows every conservative tome by heart, and has some damn good ideas. But if same Professor has the charisma of a pack of weenies, fuggedaboudit.
ddrintn on September 25, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Fire up those pizza ovens! Beltway insiders LUUUURVE their pizza!
unwashed minion on September 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM
^ I offer Steve Forbes as Exhibit A.
ddrintn on September 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Gov. Palin what his political ass so bad its laughable. When she opens up a can of woop ass on him he will became a blabbing idiot. This is one thing everybody overlooks.
Clyde5445 on September 25, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Kini on September 25, 2009 at 10:06 PM
seesalrun on September 25, 2009 at 10:29 PM
ddrintn on September 25, 2009
I always thought Steve Forbes would make an excellent candidate: wealthy, intellectual, well-grounded in business, a political animal and plenty of contacts.
Yes, there is only one reason that he can’t get elected POTUS, and that one ingredient is what Sarah Palin has in spades.
There is no substitute for that one ingredient: charisma. You either have it or you don’t have it.
technopeasant on September 25, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I find it amusing that many of you rant about “hatred” directed at Palin while simultaneously spewing hate-filled vitriol at McCain.
If you think about it rationally, McCain faced a no-win situation (trying to defeat a black candidate when he would have been pilloried as a racist by a large percentage of the public and all the MSM for any criticism stronger than what he employed, and following Bush, who was intensely disliked) and, while it would have been better if he tried harder, he campaigned with more grace than Osama Obama.
Despite his obvious policy shortcomings, McCain would at least have brought a sense of decency and patriotism to the White House, which is now so sadly lacking.
He picked Sarah Palin, as well, and it seems to me that accusations that he “snubbed” and “attacked” her have been based almost 100% on anecdotal “evidence” from the MSM.
Palin will face some pretty tough criticism — not all justified — but she’d better be able to take it. It goes with the territory.
As for the comparisons with Reagan: he served two full terms as Governor of California, spoke and wrote extensively, and campaigned actively for another candidate (Richard Nixon) before heading the ticket himself. When Palin has that kind of resume, many of the criticisms of her can be laid to rest.
MrScribbler on September 25, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Surprise, surprise…please John The Plumber, spill the beans and say why you almost bailed out of the campaign and was convinced to get back on the bus.
Please do tell!
ProudPalinFan on September 25, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Sorry meant Joe The Plumber…commenting in the dark.
ProudPalinFan on September 25, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Huckabee is coming across as the commonsense conservative.
He stands by his principles and lets the viewers know why. He stood strongly for Israel. He stood strongly against TARP, Spendulous, bailouts, Obama/Romneycare.
Huckabee talks about kitchentable issues on his show and does so in a commonsense tone.
His viewers find him likeable and trustworthy.
texasconserv on September 25, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Big shocker, eh?
Mitt Romneycare is the obvious candidate of the Whigs in 2012.
james23 on September 25, 2009 at 10:32 PM
MrScribbler on September 25, 2009 at 10:29 PM
seesalrun on September 25, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I don’t hate McCain.
It was still winnable for McCain, in large part because of Palin. McCain’s behavior during that financial “meltdown” sunk him.
Well, at least on the international scene, that’s for sure.
Say, what do you think Reagan would’ve thought about Sarah Palin?
ddrintn on September 25, 2009 at 10:39 PM
last thought – should we as conservatives be successful in 2010
WHAT UNDOING WILL HAVE TO BE DONE AND HOW CAN WE SAVE WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SACRED?
it will be something to watch.
I’m in.
seesalrun on September 25, 2009 at 10:40 PM
I assune you’re talking about McCain…
I beg to differ…I think she just might ignore him…for now…
And continue the full court press on the real enemy…her only opponent…
jerrytbg on September 25, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Mr. Scribbler on September 25, 2009 at 10:29 PM
In time past I would agree with you and I am willing to even go so far to admit that even 15 years ago Sarah Palin would not have had a chance to be POTUS with such limited experience but here are 4 reasons why circumstances are different:
1)Sarah ran as VP candidate and therefore knows what a campaign entails
2)Sarah is a superstar; she could not win without being one. There are just too many things against her including serving less than one term as a governor. Being a superstar allows her to overcome any obstacles in her path including the “inexperience” or “quitting” card
3)The technology of the Internet allows Sarah to directly communicate with her supporters and the American people on a daily basis no matter what the MSM says about her
4)Going into the wilderness allows Sarah to chart the same path as Reagan took. Yes, Reagan was a two-term governor and a lot older but by the same token the advantage that Sarah has is Reagan’s proven pathway to success and blazing the trail from going into the wilderness and having access to his playbook that he followed between 1977 and 1981. I expect Sarah to follow it to the letter.
technopeasant on September 25, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Something you have to remember, almost everything she posts on FB is not only vigorously read by almost one million people, hundreds of blogs cover it, as does almost all of the media.
For Sarah, unlike anyone else in politics, a FB entry is exactly as good as a press conference. Maybe even better.
Sarah can whip up her millions of supports just by being there. Now I know some folks think this is “cultish” like it was for Obama. But they couldn’t be more wrong.
Here’s the difference between the cult of Obama, and the incredible support Sarah has. As John Ziegler’s film points out, as well as others, the average Obama cultist was not politically savvy, or even very well informed on the issues. They simply liked Obama. It was a cult of personality. They knew nothing of Obama, and most knew even less about current affairs.
On the other hand, people who support Sarah are very, very well informed politically. The KNOW about Sarah, her life, and they KNOW where she stands. They actually understand the issues, and understand them well.
As for the Maverick helping out Willard, well, good. It’s means nothing, really. I don’t think McCain either hurts or helps Romney. McCain isn’t particularly well liked by the base, so he’s not going to be some plus. And Romney hurt himself with RomneyCare.
Both McCain and Mittens are Big Government squishes. They worship at the alter of Big Government. It is their god.
Sarah Palin, like Ronald Reagan, is the exact opposite of these two. She sees government as evil, oppressive, which it is. Now like every other sane person, she knows that government is a necessary evil, one we must have, but an evil none the less, and one that must be constantly watched, so that evil doesn’t grow larger.
And THAT is why Sarah Palin matters, and the rest of this bunch are just bit players in her show!
gary4205 on September 25, 2009 at 10:45 PM
M damn spellchecker..
jerrytbg on September 25, 2009 at 10:46 PM
The facebook/Speech giving stuff isn’t going to cut it. She needs to go on the hard hitting shows to discuss and define herself on many positions.
Let’s hope that she is preparing for a future interview while she does the small stuff as well.
TimeTraveler on September 25, 2009 at 9:28 PM
LOL at u? two months ago you were saying she needed to bone up. Now its hard news shows. Just admit it. she will never be good enough for you and you secretly love Mitt
unseen on September 25, 2009 at 10:50 PM
technopeasant on September 25, 2009 at 10:44 PM
yes why should she reinvent the wheel? Politicians always think they need to be different to draw votes to have the bigger program or sweetest offer of taxpayer handouts.
Palin is following a proven successful playbook. she can cut the time down much like a scientist can cut the time down in learning a new subject because he doesn’t have to rediscover the law of gravity. The scientists builds on others works improves it and adds to the knowledge base. Palin is building on the work of the founders, Reagan, thatcher and adding her personal touch and flourish
unseen on September 25, 2009 at 10:54 PM
His viewers find him likeable and trustworthy.
texasconserv on September 25, 2009 at 10:31 PM
i find him a slick snake oil salesman that is trying to sell a liberal has a conservative
unseen on September 25, 2009 at 10:58 PM
gary4205 on September 25, 2009 at 10:45 PM
tim c on September 25, 2009 at 11:07 PM
RINO supporting RINO.
Birds of a feather, or something.
Dave R. on September 25, 2009 at 11:10 PM
unseen on September 25, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Mitt Romney will be a credible candidate if he runs. He will have the GOP establishment behind him, his own money to back him and the MSM in bed with him. He will definitely be formidable.
He believes what he believes. I will not call him a snake oil salesman because that puts him in the same category as Obama, which he is not.
Having said that Sarah should be able to beat Romney in the primaries, but it is by no means automatic.
technopeasant on September 25, 2009 at 11:11 PM
I think Reagan would like Palin. I also think he would want to see what she can do rather than just what she can say.
And as for the “million readers” who follow her on Facebook: a million votes won’t win it for her.
I keep saying — though some think I’m a troll — that she is a viable potential candidate but if the last eight months have taught us anything, it is that the nation does not need, and should not have, a facile talker with no record as president.
Given a full term (or more) in some nationally visible elective office where she demonstrates the leadership and skill her fans currently infer without real proof, I think she can handle it.
MrScribbler on September 25, 2009 at 11:21 PM
To ddrintn on September 25, 2009 at 10:39 PM:
Respectfully, I tend to agree with Mr. Scribbler about the 2008 election. I don’t know that a different handling of the financial “crisis” by McCain would have made a difference. While I think that McCain unwisely pulled his punches (Victor Davis Hanson has written two or three questions that McCain should have challenged Obama with about Obama’s radical ties), there were a lot of “headwinds” in 2008 facing McCain: (i) a financial meltdown that created economic anxieties that have historically favored the Democrats and did in 2008; (ii) a Bush financial bailout that muddied the waters of what was a Reaganesque economic message delivered by McCain and Palin on the campaign trail; (iii) the unpopularity of Bush, which is unfair but which is the result of unceasing attack by the Left and Bush not using the bully pulpit to defend his Administration; (iv) money and more money, some of it illegal, that Obama had (how do you beat a 7 to 1 money advantage?); (v) media bias that was absurdly in the tank for Obama and that operated effectively day-in, day-out as a propaganda machine for Democrats (e.g., Obama, the tax cutter); and (vi) demographic changes (if the country had the same demographic makeup as in 1992 and the McCain-Obama vote was the same per group, McCain would have won).
McCain was clearly the superior choice. You just had to pay attention to substance. But substance did not mean much in the 2008 election.
Phil Byler on September 25, 2009 at 11:30 PM
She isn’t going to run. The best she can hope for is Secretary of Energy for a Republican President.
Speedwagon82 on September 25, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Speedwagon82 on September 25, 2009 at 11:32 PM
That’s like saying that Brett Favre will stay retired. And we know how those predictions have turned out in the last 2 years.
technopeasant on September 25, 2009 at 11:37 PM
McCain’s hosting a fundraiser for Mitt?
I guess Mitt doesn’t want to be President all that bad.
SagebrushPuppet on September 25, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Of course, she gets $63,000 for charity for 1 dinner with 5 people
kcarpenter on September 25, 2009 at 11:46 PM
To quote a Star Wars euphemism, 2010: A New Hope
Kini on September 25, 2009 at 11:55 PM
It looks like Mark Levin’s candidate is going to betray the conservatives base and impose another progressive on the party. Can anyone deny that McCain is anything but a progressive that simply throws scraps to the social cons to gain their vote?
I love what Mark Levin represents, but his and the triumvirates recent attempts to once again impose the progressive Republican brand on the base is heinous. When have the Republicans reduced the size of government?
True_King on September 25, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Kini on September 25, 2009 at 11:55 PM
seesalrun on September 26, 2009 at 12:01 AM
He gets mega liberal votes. Arizona is not that conservative, we Mexicans have turned this state alot more purple.
True_King on September 26, 2009 at 12:01 AM
McCain will only hurt Romney. Why should McCain be a positive after his miserable campaign? He made Sarah do the heavy lifting, and criticized those in his own party who spoke out against Obama. (He didn’t want to lose his cozy ties with the MSM.) By having McCain in his camp, Romney has sealed his niche as a RINO and as more of the same garbage that we’ve come to expect out of the Republican party.
Christian Conservative on September 26, 2009 at 12:06 AM
I don’t want nice, I want a war against the lib takeover of America. If Myth would kiss Juan McCain’s ass, how quickly would he fold againt the dims in congress if he were prez.
Lou Budvis on September 26, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Give it to next year’s election cycle before deciding if Maverick is trying to dump on Sarah. Nobody’s going to be a bigger fundraising speaker for GOP candidates than Palin, and McCain knows that. So if she’s not invited next year to speak at one of his benefits, then you’ll know he’s willing to throw away campaign $$$ because he doesn’t want her to get a leg up on the 2012 primary season.
jon1979 on September 26, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Two words to describe McCain my friends… Fart Face!
I know childish but think about it literally.
Oh Ya Bulldogger Pulitzer Prize baby! :)
Bulldogger on September 26, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Wow. $10,000 per month. $120,000 per year. If true, the guy made more on his “business venture” than I did doing real work.
Another take on that story is here.
Looks like shinanigans all around.
unclesmrgol on September 26, 2009 at 1:28 AM
Here’s why those million and the Tea Party millions matter to Sarah. And yes, I know that many of those on Sarah’s FB page are also active in the Tea Party movement.
These people matter, because 3 years out, she already has an excited, motivated “get out the vote” team. Most Palin supporters will walk through fire if asked.
You figure she has all of these people NOW, what will it be in 3 years? It will be a much larger and even more motivated crew. The Tea Party/912 Movement is only growing and growing, and they are all Sarah Palin voters. (or hers for the asking)
It’s funny, the “establishment” Republicans so disliked Ronald Reagan they ran John Anderson on a third party ticket! We all know that Reagan beat Carter in a electoral landslide, winning 44 states, but in raw vote, Reagan only got 50.7 percent.
I bring this up, because Sarah’s path and Reagan’s are very much a like. Even the reactions to her, both by the democrat/communists, and the “establishment” Republicans, is pretty much the same as Reagan got.
The difference?
We’ve already seen this movie before, and know how it ends. Instead of worrying whether or not Sarah will be our next President, she will, we just need to continue to bring the conservative message strong and clear. We need to show wayward conservatives the error of their ways.
Frankly, I look forward to a tough primary. Sarah’s had ‘em before. When she ran for Governor, it was tough. The Republican primary was a 3 way deal, and her democrat opponent was a well liked, popular former Governor. She handled that well.
We all saw what she did to Joe Biden in her first at bat on the national stage. She’ll embarrass any GOPer in a debate. And do you really think she won’t absolutely destroy Obama in a debate?
What I love about all of this is just how much fun it is watching her do what she does! She’s putting on a clinic!
gary4205 on September 26, 2009 at 2:23 AM
Man, it’s like…deja vu. Or is it cut and paste?
It’s funny, really….I mean, Obama was celebrated for using the internet to his advantage where the Republicans didn’t, yet now we have Palin using the internet to her advantage, and lo and behold, using the internet to her advantage just isn’t going to cut it, lol.
xblade on September 26, 2009 at 2:56 AM
One loser supporting another.
Enough said.
mikkins on September 26, 2009 at 4:30 AM
gary4205 on September 26, 2009 at 2:23 AM
Sarah is following the Reagan playbook to the letter and as another poster mentioned earlier IS NOT trying to reinvent the wheel. She knows what she is doing and is confident of what she is planning to do because as you say gary4205 it has worked in the past. And she is student of past success.
People often comment that Reagan’s advantage of being in the wilderness was that he was already a two-term governor and he was much older and more experienced than Palin. But what Reagan did not have was the complete assurance that his “wilderness” strategy would work and he was operating under late 1970′s communications and technology.
What Sarah has going for her is again a proven blueprint but even as important the use of 21st c technology (Internet, Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, blackberries etc) that she can use to get her message out without having to rely on the MSM who frankly hate her guts because she is a Reagan conservative and a definite future threat to the Messiah in 2010 and 2012.
And being younger than Reagan she may not be as “experienced” but she does have his memoirs and books written about Reagan to fall back on and unlike Reagan in her mid-forties has a boundless amount of energy to “do what she must do”. Yes Reagan in his late 60′s also had a lot of energy but you cannot compare the energy of a senior citizen with that of someone who has not reached 50 yet and runs every day. Where Reagan would have tired more often, Sarah will not. This is an advantage that few talk of now but I know will pay dividends for Sarah down the road.
There is no substitute for youth but when you combine youth and superstardom it is a combination that few can compete with. Tiger Woods has been a dominant force in golf since 1999 when he was 23; no other golfer has even approached his greatness; and with Sarah I think it will be the same as the next couple of years unfold.
technopeasant on September 26, 2009 at 5:22 AM
These guys are neither starters nor good bullpen material. If they get on the mound, it merely means an early trip to the parking lot and anothe lose for the home team.
300 million people and they can’t (or won’t) do better?
This is not the time to smile and reach acrooss the isle, but to draw a line down the middle and define out loud and clear what side is America. Too soft -too long, we are in the final inning of the World Series and these guys are still playing with nerfballs.
Don L on September 26, 2009 at 5:44 AM
$3K a person dinner to eat with a loser?
Jeff from WI on September 26, 2009 at 6:17 AM
I voted against Obama in 08 because I had enough common sense to spot a Jeremiah Wright/Bill Ayres Socialist Marxist when I saw one.
I didn’t vote for the top of the Republican ticket but for the other,better half.
Can’t say I’ll vote next time if the Generic Old Party puts up another sham conservative no matter who’s the number two!
chickasaw42 on September 26, 2009 at 7:37 AM
puh-lease.
Let’s skip the school-girl gossip cr*p about “betrayal.”
I see it as speaking volumes as to one blueblood/Country Club GOP member supporting another.
Bathe well in that McCain glow, Mitt…. /s
Lockstein13 on September 26, 2009 at 7:37 AM
So we’re going to let the CPACers, Beltway Old Boys and “independents” pick our next candidate?
Oh, joy.
Dr. ZhivBlago on September 26, 2009 at 8:02 AM
What is wrong with the party uniting to try to fight the Dems in 2010 and 2012. McCain and Romney were sniping at each other at the primary and they do not see eye to eye for a lot of things and yet they are reconciling to fight a bigger battle. I am not sure if Romney is the ideal person or if he would win the nomination, but I wish people will focus their venom to the real things you have to defeat. Paraphrasing Reagan, it is better to have someone who agrees with you 50% of the time than to have someone whose policies are totally hostile to your beliefs and values.
The purity candidate , and I do not see anyone who fit all your agenda, who likely to unelectable other than in an uncontrolled straw poll posted on Ron Paul Nation.
bayview on September 26, 2009 at 8:07 AM
What if McCain is doing this to help Palin by solidifying Romney’s RINO status. Plans within plans, people!
Here’s my prediction (and like most pundits, my prediction is actually just wishful thinking):
Obama, unable to get out of the way of his ego, never moves to the center, even with a newly elected GOP controlled congress.
Romney and Huck take each other out in the primaries, and Palin sweeps into office ushering in a new era of libertarian leaning conservatism.
Also, Israel bombs Iran back into the stone age.(technologically speaking, they’re already there politically)
jacrews on September 26, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Mitt was my guy in the primaries of ’08 only because he was the best of the lot and that is not saying much. He is a good guy, has a nice family, and has a famous name. It’s all the Republicans had in the primaries. I was disappointed he dropped out because McCain was never, ever my choice. He just was never my idea of a president that could make good decisions. Same with Romney. Both do not leave me with the impression that they would do the right thing for the country. It’s always politics with them. I do not think either of them have expressed a vision for this country. If they have I don’t know what it is.
I do know Sarah’s vision because she has stated it many times. She has been to hell and back with the MSM and yet she keeps on fighting. She has a servant’s heart, that is obvious. She loves her country and wants to see it succeed. She fights corruption at every turn. And that is just for starters. We have no clue what she will do in the future to establish her creds. That is the beauty of this women. You do not know what she will do. But you better believe she will do whatever is good for the country. Look out, Obama. She is coming after you. Haven’t seen McCain, Romney, or Huckabee do anything like that. They are all sub par. Sarah is the shining star. Even the Democrats have figured that out.
McCain owes Romney this one because Romney did step aside in the primaries. The only person Sarah owes is McCain. He isn’t running for President again and will not be a threat. She might do a speech or two, but that is where it will end. I don’t see her doing a lot of stuff to re-elect McCain. There are others who are not well known that she will support.
BetseyRoss on September 26, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Aw come on…
Mc has graciously released… Randy Scheunemann, his top foreign-policy adviser in 2008.
Handy Randy, crafted that great Hong Kong speech the “Cuda” just gave!
Lighten up on da olde man!…
OK…!
Geezer on September 26, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Romney should just go ahead and flop on abortion again and try to get the senate seat. Just don’t run for prez again. I don’t like to be negative, but Mitt does not belong on the national stage. Like it or not, populism in the presidency is reality. Romney is a limp noodle that only an ideologue could love.
mike_NC9 on September 26, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Hey Top…
So you think the good citizens of Massachusetts would vote for “Mittens” a second time around?
Geezer on September 26, 2009 at 9:41 AM
mike_NC9 on September 26, 2009 at 9:23 AM
I don’t know Mike, but I have conservative relatives in MA that cannot stand the guy.
So what, what McCain does, Sarah does not need his help, and could possibly be a drag on her anyway.
shar61 on September 26, 2009 at 9:52 AM
It is more than strange to see someone being accused of being an ideologue and at the same time being dumped on as one changing positions constantly !!
bayview on September 26, 2009 at 9:52 AM
My mistake: Romeney was not being accused of being an ideologue, but it is strange to claim that only ideologue would love Romney. It will be the exact opposite: ideologue hates Romney !!
bayview on September 26, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Ha, ha, ha…
You call ‘em “flippin’ ideologues’”
Geezer on September 26, 2009 at 9:59 AM
It’s not about hate. It’s about the reality that Mitt has an almost zero chance of being president. If he can raise money and turn the party into one that works for us, then more power to him.
mike_NC9 on September 26, 2009 at 10:25 AM
I thought this was clearly coming, since he avoided endorsing Palin. Worse, he never explained the role of the RNC in the debacle over the clothes.
But then, that’s just McCain.
AnninCA on September 26, 2009 at 10:32 AM
To True_King and other anti-McCain posters:
John McCain’s voting record historically is overall conservative and this year is very conservative and as good as any. McCain voted AGAINST every Obama bailout bill. McCain voted AGAINST every Obama deficit spending bill, denouncing the multi-trillion dollar deficit spending as “generational theft,” a phrase thereafter used by Sean Hannity and more recently by Rush Limbaugh. McCain voted AGAINST the confirmations of tax cheat Geithner, radical pro-abortion advocate Sebellius, leftist Kagan and transnational legal theorist Koh to their respective positions in the Obama Administration. McCain voted AGAINST the confirmation of Sotomayer to the U.S. Supreme Court. McCain has announced he is firmly opposed to Obama’s cap and trade bill and firmly opposed to ObamaCare.
Calling John McCain a “progressive” as if he were a liberal or even a socialist is just false. Obama and the Democrats are socialists. Republicans and conservatives don’t agree on everything, but those differences should not obscure the big, big differences with Obama and the Democrats.
Phil Byler on September 26, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Hmm – so conservatives are supposed to rally behind a guy they didn’t like before due to his positions because a guy who couldn’t win the election before supports him?
How is a Republican who doesn’t support what conservatives support any better than a Democrat who doesn’t support what conservatives support?
At some point the GOP has to decide if they want to give conservatives a seat at the table other than at election time.
katiejane on September 26, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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