I’m kind of surprised Fox was the one to break the Africa/NAFTA thing, though. Are they trying to kneecap her, for some reason?

thing I got right about this stinking election is that the blame would be on Palin.

Folks, she is a Conservative, and is a rising star, so she must be destroyed.

“Also,” to quote Sarah, if she didn’t know all the things they say she didn’t know who does that say more about, her or McCain!

So, the Evangelica wing to the Party is now being beat down. Is this really the direction, Republicans want to go?

… is what I’m talking about!

Taking the fight to ‘them’ who ever and where ever ‘they’ are.

Well done sir!

Any person(s)leaking or making up of any this stuff with the intent of smearing Gov. Palin and her family are a disgrace; to themselves, our movement and our country.

Call them out Erick. They must be exposed.

And on a another note, did anyone notice the chilliness in McCain and Gov. Palin’s ‘embrace’ after his concession speech last night? Even though they (we) had just lost, it sure seemed like an awkward exchange.

If the people leaking are lying, then turn them into lepers.

If they are telling the truth, I have no problem. I want to know if someone is an idiot.

I applaud you for sticking up for her.

These McCain staffers should aready be blacklisted from working in politics for even being associated with such a lame campaign in the first place. The only job in politics for any of them should be walking Barney Frank’s dog.

If she declines to run in 2012, Palin’s endorsement would be the most sought after one in the primaries.

If this is rumors at its worst I think we can see why McCain lost the election. There were too many people worried about their own power rather than the strength of the country.

Regardless of what Palin’s abilities are, the path to reclaiming our positions in the government can be found in the 1980 Presidential and 1994 congressional elections. Candidates who communicate the principles of conservatism to the electorate in a relevant way. Real issues with real passion. That kind of candidate is in the mold of Sarah Palin.

during the whole campaign. I find it hard to believe she didn’t know what NAFTA entailed.

We have to remember, this was the McCAIN campaign. We all saw how that ended last night. No wonder she “exited stage left quickly” last night. She looked like she could have spit fire at McCain.

Could this be more Romney operative rumors? Just saying….

I applaud the effort to seek and destroy the rats behind this.

It’s one thing to air a criticsm, but gutting your own team members to score news coverage is just plain bad. Gov. Palin worked hard for the ticket, and she took a lot of hits for the team. She should not now be trashed by disappointed Republicans. John McCain shouldn’t be trashed either. Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment should be dusted off and brought back into custom.

I’m totally on board with this idea. This reeks of positioning for 2012, and the people responsible need to not be trusted with money, votes, or power - ever.

As for the Africa thing - I’ll believe it, when I see the video (after said video has been checked to see if it has been created on a computer or in a studio).

Governor Palin was recognized by the Obama Campaign and the Mainstream Media (but I repeat myself) as the threat she is to them. She represents the antithesis of the modern mythological feminist woman.

She has truly made it on her own (no famous husband), no Ivy League degree, no law degree, God-fearing, Christ-worshipping, faithful to her husband, pro-life, free market, beautiful and unabashed in her beliefs and love of this country.

One of the great things about a loss like this is the opportunity to purge double-dealers and weak-kneed sunshine soldiers. Good bye and Good Riddance.

And simply have a hard time believing some of it.

NAFTA? Africa? Come on, she’s old enough to have actually received an education (particularly with a teacher father) unlike too many today.

The one I found was quite interesting was the “shopoholic” comment. Sorry, when did she have time? The quick dash into Walmart was captured on video and nothing else was?

Ever know a “shopaholic” to be fast? Especially one with their own press entourage?

This all sounds like petty backbiting of some who were likely called on their BS by Palin!

The “unnamed sources” gambit is why I finally had to stop watching and reading political coverage.

BTW, note that most of the slams on Palin are rooted in the fact that she’s a woman. The real story of the 2008 election is the disgusting treatment of female candidates, largely by the media.

I thought I had seen the most disgusting thing ever when John Kerry used Mary Cheney’s sexual preference as a weapon in a televised debate. But, the attacks on Palin’s pregnancy set an even more stunning standard for ugliness, IMO.

If I were the Republicans, I would make the fair treatment of women candidates an issue.

His concession speech, while didn’t make me in any way, shape or form thrilled with an Obama win, helped me feel a little better about his loss.

He’s going to reach across the aisle to help Obama? HAVE YOU NOT LEARNED YOUR LESSON?

Fercryinoutloud.

I LOVED Rush’s comments today and appreciate this post. Fight on!

…(or whatever the final margin was).

Who fired up the previously disspirited social conservatives and got them to the polls?

Who caused the campaign offices to suddently have volunteers?

Who drew crowds in the tens of thousands and had the most-watched convention speech by a VP since… ever?

Whose addition to the ticket caused the only poll lead McCain ever had this summer/fall?

It was her. Without Palin the election results would have looked more like 1964, rather than 1992. The cowardly anonymous bad-mouthing and finger-pointing has no place here. People get cranky when they lose, but that’s no excuse for these folks. Our 2012 candidates and eventual nominee will be well-advised to avoid the “lepers” that Red State identifies. (Know their names, make them famous… and all that.)

Wow; I cannot believe this is happening…

To now try and destroy Sarah from within when she gave her all to the cause is beyond comprehension.

This party needs to change it’s soul..

Please name the names quickly (and let Fox News know if they’d like to continue their high viewership it might behoove them to not have reporters and commentators showing such glee talking about this crap.)

We’ve supported Fox over the years and they can be dumped with the MSM if they continue down this road..

This is more disgusting than watching Obama win last night…

I know it is just after the campaign, but McCain was so quick to disavow any comment — using BHO’s middle name, the NC anti-Wright ad, etc — very, very quickly.

Where is he on this one? She is the only reason many of us even considered McCain and she busted her a** for him.

And, frankly, that would go for others close to the campaign… Romney, Lieberman, Skippy from SC.

You know, from now on I am applying my Cook County voting rules to the national elections. I will no longer vote for the lesser of two evils just to do my civic duty. I am not going to give any kind of validation by upping his/her vote totals.

I am a conservative, not a Republican. If there is not a conservative on the Presidential ballot - I’ll just leave it blank or put in the meaningless write-in.

The GOP is now “eating their own”. This kind of trash makes the GOP no better than the Move On/Daily Kos/Huff Po trash.

Yeh - I AM DISGUSTED!

A question or slip of the tongue while talking with staffers gets repeated to others then leaked to the media who then reports it as serious fact. I don’t really believe any of it and it’ll pass in time.

But he’s got a point, guys. It’s stupid and petty what they’re doing right now.

And it’s stupid and petty what you’re suggesting we do in return.

is the ONLY reason the 13 members of my family voted for McCain. . . 5 of them older first time voters. Before that, we were either not voting at all OR voting libertarian.

Expose the name of the disgusting miscreants who are attacking this amazing woman, because they deserve to be purged from the circle. PERIOD.

What the media has put her and her family through is disgusting, but if republicans are scapegoating her, that is BEYOND disloyal, I consider it completely IMMORAL.

Expose them for the traitors they are.

need to exposed before they sign on to another campaign. Does anyone seriously believe that without Palin that McCain would have done better? What utter rubbish. I imagine these McCain workers are the same ones who always urge him to “pass something” just for a grip and grin with the same Democrats who tarnished him.

I’d use a few stronger words here, but they’d get me banned (I’m saying them, but not typing ‘em).

These “anonymous” staffers think we’re stupid. Those hillbilly conservatives will believe me if I leak that Sarah Palin doesn’t know that Africa is a continent and not a country. And that she negotiated with Canadian (and US) companies for the NatGas pipeline, but has no idea what countries are in North America!

Let’s have names. Buh bye paychecks.

The idea of McCain staffers assailing Gov. Palin–or anyone else for that matter–is like being called ugly by a frog. This was one of the worst run campaigns in my lifetime, and they’re trying to scapegoat the one person who gave them a realistic chance of winning.

Ops research? On the day before the election, these folks produced some fairly damning statements by BHO relative to the coal industry, in which he promised that energy prices would “skyrocket” in his administration. Great stuff to use in PA/OH/IN….given that Barry gave the speech in April, I only wish we had used it a little earlier.

Stagecraft, advance work? Take a look at the speech Mac gave in Shreveport, LA, on the night that Obama clinched the Democratic nomination, last June. It looked like a poorly done high school production.

Worst of all was day-to-day messaging, strategy, and tactics….especially the brainstorm of suspending the campaign to come back to DC, and the threats to boycott the first debate. Overall, this was the worst run campaign since the Mike Dukakis effort, and that’s saying something.

These anonymous and bogus charges against Gov.Palin are the work of inept staffers who bollixed up a Presidential campaign, and are trying to shift the blame to an effective and charismatic politician, with a rising star. Sarah Palin did a teriffic job as our VP nominee; imagine how she’ll do four years from now with her own team in place, not having to look over her shoulder at a bunch of little backstabbers.

she comes from humble roots… you can’t expect her to know everything plus the nuances…

that’s part of her appeal… as well as joe the plumber, et al.

i don’t care that she didn’t know NAFTA was just us… she probably thought… “we have a few something-FTAs in the americas”

on south africa… c’mon, she HAS to know it’s a continent, this is just vile… she’s a devoted christian… all devoted christian understand even the basics of africa because so many missionaries are sent there. the context around this was probably… the country “South Africa” vs. south africa — the southern part of the continent.

she answered the door in a bathrobe? are you kidding me? she was a shopper? oh gosh. you must be joking. she’s a woman! let her do her thing. don’t be shocked when she acts like a woman and not a man.

God bless her. She’s renewed my faith that everyday people can still get elected.

Nuture this relationship and it will pay dividends for decades.

This guy was apparently fired for having mentioned the campaign staff’s BS. He knows who some of the “anonymous sources” are likely to be.

My guess is that as a foreign policy guy (the side of the campaign that actually seemed to make some sense) he has insights into some of the decisions about what was off-limits to discuss (e.g., Wright, etc).

Folks please our party is being destroyed and we are talking about this? Shame on Fox for piece its over what is point now? Media is still trying to destroy Palin

Palin will make a better name for herself (and she is going to be watched on everything) and can only get better in future

What happened in this campaign is done we must learn from it and move on. Palin wants this for us.

Make 5 dollar donation to her Governor Campaign then cause u know the Dems are going to raise a tone of money against her

Who do Brooks, Noonan, et al write for? Is Brooks the interpreter liberal NYT readers for us aborigines?

These people have delusions that they are trend-setters or first principle enunciators. They are effete kabitzers. Trend setters are people that actually do something like win an election, govern a state.

(I hear Carl Cameron is onto that coffee-mug story.)

coming to the rescue is because it is true. The whole campaign seemed to be little more than a cluster F@#* with constant reports of tensions between Palin and McCains advisers. That being said, it shouldn’t be getting out like this.
I’m not sure if Gov. Palin helped McCain more or hurt him more in the election. As judged by this site and all news reports the right wing of the republicans love her and she definitely solidified the base, however her perception among moderate and liberal republicans, not to mention independents wasn’t very good. To me McCain was damned if he did, and damned if he didn’t pick her.
I think it will be very difficult for Gov. Palin to ever be seen as a viable canidate for President in 2012 or beyond. First impressions are hard to overcome, and their just aren’t enough votes from the right alone to win anything, although it would be easier for her to run to the center than it was for McCain who was trying to run both ways.

McCain’s people hate Romney and wouldn’t want to help him at all.

Last week a bunch of people jumped all over Romney because they thought he was the one behind the anti-Palin stories. All of that was based on an unsourced story from an anti-Romney publication.

Some people in this thread are ridiculous enough to believe the Romney people infiltrated McCain’s inner circle to plant these rumors. Let’s move beyond Romney Derangement Syndrome and realize this never had anything to do with him.

Romney was a good soldier and did everything the campaign asked and more.

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1. I’m sick and tired of the GOP eating their own. For God’s sake, the Dems don’t even do that to their convicted CROOKS. Smearing Palin, who did a terrific job, is despicable.

2. If the GOP tent is not big enough for Sarah Palin, it’s not big enough for me. I will become an independent. Then I can get EVERYONE’S attention.

3. The elite arrogance need not expand beyond the beltway and Manhattan. The country can be run quite well with those that have NOT attended an Ivy League school. Otherwise, the GOP will shrivel.

Just saw this and wonder if it explains why McCain is mum on Palin:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2008/nov/05/john-mccain-sarah-palin

…of themselves. McCain’s so-called campaign managers and strategists are the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. In the end, naturally, their objective is to lessen the blame coming their way. How fitting that their strategy is to trash Palin. They still don’t get it, that she is the one bright spot for which all their other shortcomings might be forgiven.

Sarah Palin may be a genius. She may have great political instincts. But, it takes time and experience to develop the skills and knowledge base necessary to look polished and authoritative in front of a national audience. To have expected her to pull this off in a matter of weeks was not prudent. And therefore, if there is any blame, it must be on McCain.

I do not believe these stories any more than I believe Obama thinks there are 57 states. For Fox to use an anonymous source as true without even treating it as an allegation is nothing more than a smear.

I am so on board with unmasking these dirtbags trying to destroy Palin. Just furious here.

I call BS on the whole thing. There’s a lot of blame to go around and no one wants to take responsibility.

I expect to be seeing names in the near future or else I will lose my respect for you and for RedState — just as I have lost all respect for Cameron and Fox News. I now have no where to get national news from because my wife & I have decided we will no longer watch Fox after this.

Anyone attacking or insinuating anything negative about Sarah Palin who is a member of this party is going to suffer some terrible consequences for a long time if they do.

Sarah Palin graciously and enthusiastically accepted one of the toughest jobs in the world: to inject some energy and vitality into a campaign that needed it by the trainload full, in an historic contest against a person who was made into an almost Godlike political icon. She got pilloried by the media, had her email account broken into by the son of a Democratic state legislator, had an army of op-research investigators dropped on Alaska to dig dirt on her and her family, was excoriated as someone who “abused the powers of her office” in the manufactured scandal of “troopergate” and became the target of the Harvard/Radcliffe Women’s Studies Hit Squad and Cheerleading Team.

Her entire record of accomplishment in public life was reduced to a T&A poster/incompetent bimbo caricature by Tina Fey.

Sarah Palin put in the effort during this election. She was a terrific VP nominee during an historically “max difficulty” election. I wish McCain himself would say something at this point. He really needs to start knocking heads.

Erick, please stay on this and track down every single name you can, because those people are never going to be allowed to forget it.

most of these lepers so far are either Rudy Guliani, Mitt Romney, or McCain’s people.

http://www.zimbio.com/Nicolle+Wallace+-+White+House

I was sick to my stomach yesterday that McCain had lost, but after watching and listening to this attempt by his campaign to destroy Sarah and place the blame on her, I’m glad that man isn’t my President. He would have done major damage to the Republican party if he had been elected. I should have known what an @sshole he was from his SNL skit mocking Sarah. The man has no class.

Sarah Palin was the only bright spot to this whole sorry election. So let’s get back to supporting true conservatives like her, and throw the RINOs under the bus.

I hope *Operation Leper *is a permanent link on this site. We have two years to work at retaking the House and Senate, so it would be nice to know who to support and who not to support.

Check out Glenn Beck’s: The Real Sarah Palin

I hope Sarah goes on Oprah, and names the names of those media organizations who wanted her to take a DNA test to prove she was Trig’s mom, or asked questions about her amneiotic fluid leaking before his birth.

Leper this guy.

Seriously, if you’re going to do this — I’d make sure to also take down the folks who threw a wrench into the McCain campaign.

The right to life is paramount, and it is also a winner in elections if you don’t run from it.

But all the other social concerns are not only not winners, they turn off a lot of people.

Right now you must pick and choose because the ONLY way we will make any headway against the Democrats now is to pick a few issues where we can have credibility and push those forward.

The public will not listen to a long haraung from us, they don’t like the republican party right now, and they will not be for anything that smacks of Bushism.

So for the social conservatives I say you get the right to life issue right now, that’s it. For economic conservatives. the most important thing will be to keep the governments hands off our IRA and 401K’s. For foreign policy conservatives you get Keep up the vigilance against terror states. NO talk of expanding the USA roll anywhere else, that is a non-starter. For good government types, we could launch an all out assault on agriculture, ethanol, and other subsidies. It would be both the right thing to do, and popular.

Something for everyone, but if we try to do too much, we will make no headway at all. We have to wait for the Dems to screw something up then we can jump on a new issue.

Pragmatism must trump ideology when you are at the bottom of the heap.

No. We at least had a “competitive ticket” in the last election because of that courageous woman….

Her name is Sarah Palin.

Like Reagan, she accepted the call to be a VP pick despite the tumultous environment ahead. She has accepted all the mudslingings and lies with a SMILE.

That smile gives many of us, the conservatives, a new hope for the future.

With Sarah, the conservatives have realized how much valuable are the young republican leaders including Jindal and Cantor.

With Sarah, the conservative base have realized that the times of Guiliani and Romney are over. Newt Gingrich and Fred Thompson are now considered by many as more of “republican elders”, with Fred Head is better to be a republican worthy of a seat in the SCOTUS.

McCain lost but Sarah has gained so much. Conservatives have also gained in this exercise by realizing our follies, by being “too trusting” and “too complacent” all the time with the RINOs and traitors. We can nolonger offer stale candidates. We must offer new faces, with new ideas but real accomplishment unlike Dem’s Obama.

And we have these potential figures. Sarah can continue her job in Alaska. Let her make Alaska as a very progressive and a model state for the entire country. Let Bobby challenge that too by making LA another model republican state. Let Ohio, PA, Michigan, New Mexico, Iowa and Illinois be envious of Alaska and Louisiana. That’s Sarah and Bobby’s job. Let Cantor show his true grit by courageously battling the Dems and Rinos in the House. Let Cantor show to the Jews that it’s better to be a conservative rather than a liberal. Let us support these new leaders.

Nuff said!

Only conservatives will get my vote ever. No more intermarriage with the liberals and democrats and…

No more dictates of MSM!

If she is allowed to be destroyed, then I am destroyed. She represents my life and my values. When Sarah isn’t allowed to be in national politics, no one like me is allowed. She is what the founders intended. She is the citizen politician.

If she has no place in the Republican party then neither do I. She represents the soul of the party and the only reason I bother to care about politics. When all the GOP is about is taxes and war I leave.

Our values determine our future.

The attack by McCain’s staffers on Palin is disgusting. Saying that she didn’t know Africa was a continent and didn’t know which North American countries participate in NAFTA doesn’t pass the smell test. This is a nasty attempt to smear Palin and ALL conservatives by playing to a wider audience the MSM’s stereotype of conservatives. Name their names. These people must be held politically accountable.

And if he does not tell his minions to stfu about Gov. Palin, he is going to have no support ever from anyone who gives a fig about him.
He chose defeat by not telling the truth about Obama and FNMA.
He chose defeat by not bothering to learn all of the stuff Obama himself said about the economy, coal, energy, defense, taxes, etc. etc. etc. and teaching the American people about it.
McCain chose defeat by allowing Obama to tell lies about him and to get away with it.
McCain chose defeat by his flaky campaign suspension/non-suspension.
McCain chose defeat by spending his career as a Republican…battling Republicans.
Palin drew bigger crowds than he did.
Palin was harder working than most of his staff.
Palin at least bothered to attack Obama and his loony tunes friends.
Palin likely made the difference in several House races in our favor.
Memo to McCain staff trying find someone to blame:
Look in the mirror.

If McCain ran such a terrible campaign, why did he get nearly half the vote? Obama’s campaign has been called the most brilliant in history, so how is it then that McCain came so close in actual votes (obviously not electorial)?

If Palin was such a bad pick, why did the base love her so much, and draw so many crowds? She was even the darling of many of the former Hillary supporters.

Why is it that Carl Cameron would report a rumor without a source? I thought that was a no-no in reporting. Isn’t that why the John Edwards story wasn’t reported prior to the National Inquirer breaking it because there were no facts to back up the rumor, even though they were sitting on the story?

Why does the Republican party have to take such hits from the media, then the Democratic party gets a pass? (Well, maybe that was a dumb question)

Why are we focusing on stupid issues like problems in the McCain campaign when we have a new President that had so many issues during primary?

Maybe my questions have obvious answers, but I feel that instead of trash talking about McCain, we should look forward to who will be our new representatives for the future.

seeking to blame Palin for McCain’s problems.
HE. CHOSE. HER.
This only makes McCain and his idiot staff look even more immature, unprofessional, manipulative, and irresponsible.
This urge for conservatives to stab themselves in the back at the direction of democrats is deeply ingrained in Republicans and I, for one, am sick of it.
When the democrats get tired of having man guilty of negligent homicide in the Senate for forty years, and stop running people who attend racist churches for President, I will start worrying about how Sarah might hurt someone’s feelings.
The FOX bs piece boils down to whether or not Palin was well prepared for some of her early interviews.
That sounds like a failure of leadership from McCain, to me.

Kirk Jowers, head of Utah Republicans for McCain.

Kirk Jowers of the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics said Romney is clearly the leading contender for the party’s nomination four years from now.

“Republicans are nothing if not predictable,” said Jowers, who is now head of Utah Lawyers for McCain. “Republicans have nominated the second-place finisher in every election since 1976, with the exception of our current president.”

Jowers said Palin has not “distinguished herself as a competent vice presidential candidate, and that is going to be a heavy anchor to drag into 2012.”

I know nothing about the Africa/NAFTA stuff. I don’t care to: I am tired of rumors.

But, Palin was correct on her views of the role of VP. I also believe she was correct in her Free Speech analysis (although she spoke as lay person she is rather than as a lawyer, which she is not).

Sarah make this ticket.

Those who work to bring down a ticket should not be rewarded by the party.

Palin/Jindal or Jindal/Palin.

I know they pay lip service to the fair and balanced thing, but what do you think would happen to their ratings if all of the conservatives stopped watching? I heard a few times the reporters saying that Pew research found they were watched by Democrats, Independents and Republicans equally. Really? They would no longer be #1 if the Republicans stop watching. But they don’t care and the coverage over the next 4 years will be heavily skewed toward Obama. O’Reilly led the way with his fawning coverage of Obama just to get him on his show. Watch for this to continue the next 4 years.

We need our own Red News Organization.

Or conservatism will die just like what happened in Britain and the rest of Europe.

1> If you really think Fox News was unfair to the Republican ticket, you are having some sort of breakdown, as that position is untenable in any fact-based environment.

2> “Operation Leper” is a farce. You will ALL end up backing whatever candidate you think best suits your beliefs and self-interest regardless of what staffers they have working for them. You know, I know it, we all know it. Worse, it is stupid policy. Would you forego a strong, conservative, viable, winning candidate because of the identity of a staffer, and instead back a weak, doomed-to-fail candidate whose staffers have passed some sort of purity test? Really?

Grow up. Post-loss fingerpointing is an unattractive but inevitable part of the process. It is over in another month or so, and then everyone takes a breath and gets to work. Only amateurs or losers let it bother them.

Is there a way I can get involve to help with anything? Be it researching something or helping out a cause like this? I want to help my party too!

Do you need any assistance? Can I or mine be of help?

Sarah Palin has already recieved enough abuse by the media without RINO’s helping them.

We Will Remember

Palin would be the hero, but now they want to blame it on her for loosing.

I’m listening to Erick on Glenn Beck right now; awesome!!!!!!!

Get ‘em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As McCain loves to say:

“MAKE ‘EM FAMOUS!”

You know, I swallowed a lot of McCain’s c@#p and voted for him in part because of Sarah Palin’s selection as VP. Now that I see how McCain and his team are throwing Palin under the bus I know that I should have stuck with my original thought to not vote at all. I will never again compromise my beliefs in order to get the lesser of 2 evils.

If McCain doesn’t come out and denounce this I will contribute to whom ever runs against him in his next AZ election.

McCain needs to be added to the list if he doesn’t put an end to this.

Wonderful; great job folks!!!

Perhaps McCain’s name should be added to the Leper list unless he speaks out…

…he just brought it up in his promo.

This really gets me po’s that some a-holes are doing this to Palin.

So you know…

Name names, Eric and Redstate!

If not, what’s the motivation?

I am all for doing whatever it takes to make sure that Sarah is saved from the lynching that the McCain people and Fox News feels she deserves.

I am just SICK….but, I am sending a thank you card to Sarah, and I will let her know that SHE is the one who got me to the polling place on Tuesday, not McCain.

Oh…and this “anonymous” stuff stinks out loud. If Carl Cameron has a story, he better name names or shut up.

I think with some effective introspection you will realize that you want the *idea * of Palin much more than the real thing. It is becoming more apparent that she is in fact an incurious, ignorant, unprincipled diva who is not actually a reformer. But she talks a good game when properly prepped, has phenomenal superficial people skills, and is symbolic of the culture wars.

Don’t forget, she’s being trashed primarily by her own party.

Republicans can embrace her and be a minority party of hate and division for a long time or go back to our roots of true conservatism.

Neither the true nor symbolic Palin is a positive thing for either party or country.

I will help in whatever capacity I can. Just name it.

I was a ground pounder in this election cycle. Talking to people, 10 to 1 enthusiasm for Palin over McCain. That was the bottom line.

For campaign staffers that want to trash this woman I would caution them. Had she not been on the ticket, their performance would have looked ridiculously pitiful. You should thank her for making you look as good as you did.

I am fed up with the Republican Party. In August, I saw a group of Republicans take the floor to make a stand on drilling. I, for the first time in a very long time, was excited! We were finally growing a backbone. Then many in the House stood and said no to the first bailout bill and I said “Yesssss!” and then it disappeared for the sake of politics.

No longer will I allow my local committee, my state or national organization to kowtow to liberal positions nor will I be silent with my elected officials. I will fight tooth and nail to reclaim the principles that made us who we are and who we can be. It all begins with exposing them.

Name those names, Erick and shine the light of truth on these worms.

Self-appointed “gay rights” Republican. Why would anyone let him near a campaign? Former Cheney! spokesperson? Good God, when can we start purging. Starting with, if you worked for Dick “My Grandchild has Two Mommies”Cheney, you need not apply

Count me in!! My beautiful RED state of Colorado went BLUE on Tuesday and I want it back. In order to do so, we need to rid ourselves of these rats and bring back the base.

Sarah Palin was the sole reason many people I spoke with even bothered to vote at all. Obviously, her popularity is a threat to the self-esteem of the the folks who ran the McCain campaign (and perhaps McCain himself)- GOOD. It’s about time that they take a LONG look into the mirror.

Anything I can do - I’m here.

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Erik,

I want to thank you for standing up for Sarah Palin. This woman single handedly energized our base. I traveled an hour 3 different times to see her here in Florida. The crowds were huge. I believe she was more popular than John McCain. My daughter voted for Sarah Palin and that white haired dude running with her. My sister-in-law was voting for Sarah, not John McCain, for President. I could sit here and write all day on the amount of enthusiasm people I know have for her.

I am so disgusted at the “moderate” spinless Republicans that have infiltrated our party. We have to get them the hell out if we stand a chance of reclaiming and repairing our “brand”. Let them become Democrats, because I believe that is what they are.

As far as Nicole Wallace goes, I think George Bush has been the poorest communicator of any President I can remember, and I remember all the way back to Nixon. Her reputation should already be MUD. Let her go work for Katie Couric, because she should already be used to poor ratings.

I knew Schmidt was a loser when he claimed credit for the speach Sarah gave at the convention. What an ass. As if any political leader writes their own.

Call them out for the weasles they are, and I will forward any and all posts to everyone in my address book. This is war, and I intend to FIGHT!! We absolutely can NOT let them contaminate our party any longer.

I would like for everyone to try and send Sarah an email or letter showing her our support. This woman and her whole family put it all on the line this campaign. She tried to fight, and was muzzled at every turn. If I were to compair this election season to a war, it would be Viet Nam. Sarah was fighing with one of her arms tied behind her back. She had the biggest “pair” on the ticket, and wasn’t allowed to use them. I think she handled herself with dignity and grace, inspite of enormous odds.

People act like if John McCain would have chosen Mitt Romney it would have been a different result. Mitt would Not have carried the evangelicals, and I believe the Obama campaign has dirt on him. As a matter of fact they had dirt on “everyone” they thought was on the short list, with the exception of Sarah. The pick of Sarah, as evidenced by the massive witch hunt which ensued after the announcement shows just how off guard they were caught.

We can not let this stand. Consider me a foot soldier, with lipstick, in this war!!

I’m sick of ALL the RINOs infecting the Republicans. Conservatives need to rise up strong again, articulate our principles, and beat the Left back into submission, if not oblivion. If anyone is not on board, then don’t let the door hit you on your backside on the way out.

And not apologize for our principles. You never see the Left apologize for anything.

Name the names, Erick!

“Moderate”, “Northeast” Republicans have effectively destroyed the Party of Reagan. What sunk John McCain was John McCain. Examples in no particular order:
-cap and trade
-amnesty
-global warming
-Gang of 14
-Campaign Finance Reform
-”No” vote on Bush tax cuts
-kid gloves for terrorists

The economy tanks and all he can talk about is EARMARKS! Do you know how maddening that is?!?!

Sarah Palin is the best thing that happened to the McCain Campaign. I fully support Operation Leper. Good riddance to the “Moderates”.

All the Ron Paul supporters voted against McCain and for Obama.

of Palin discussing NAFTA.

It could be Tine Fey’s next performance on SNL.

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So so good to see RedState take up a cause such as this.

It’s been nearly a year since I began blogging here. RedState is my home.

I’m sure they’ll be welcome with the Scott McClellan’s of the world, no?

No Palin, No base!

62% would have not voted McCain had he picked a liberal/moderate running mate! (as of 1:33 AM 7 November)

count me in. I am disappointed McCain hasn’t made a statement against this nonsense.

I just have a question regarding for you all regarding Palin. Let’s say for the sake of argument, that these latest revelations regarding Africa etc. are in fact true. Does this concern any of you that you want a person with this level of ignorance to run the most powerful nation in the world, or does this strengthen your feelings with regards to her qualifications?

I am not saying that it is true (though it is not a huge stretch), but asking for answers as to how you would feel if it were.

I’ve not been one to call on John McCain to speak out about this. I really think that, at least in the news media, this story needs to die. And John McCain wouldn’t be the one with first-hand knowledge of any of this, anyway, so his defense of Palin would simply be seen as his coming to the defense of a woman and people would say that she can’t handle herself. I think she can handle herself, and I think she’s handled it quite well by herself, so I don’t need for McCain or any other person without first-hand knowledge to speak out about this to the news media.

However, almost every person on the senior staff has come out with denials. Some of them could be lying. But has Mark Salter said anything to confirm or deny this stuff? He was the main one always trying to protect McCain’s honor, so I would imagine that he’d have some himself, but I’m surprised that no publication has contacted him, especially since he’s the other party in the alleged bathrobe incident, which Steve Schmidt denied.

A number of Gov. Palin’s staff have not had her best interests at heart, and they have not had the campaign’s best interests at heart,” the McCain insider fumed, noting that Wallace left an executive job at CBS to join the campaign.

CBS, huh? Jeez. Idiots.