If he had went totally to the left, I would have stayed out. If he had picked another conservative, I would have still voted.

Moderate? Hmmmm. Long and hard. I would like to think I would have voted for the party but……….. I don’t think so. I would have sat out probably.

This is my first post at RS. I am a “FredHead” from way back. I was completely energized by Sarah. I am livid at FOX’s lockstep with these slime reports that have come from the McCain crew. Sarah Palin is the FUTURE of the Republican Party….Period…She will be very WISE next time……Love ya Sarah…..We will be here….

While the first obvious answer I would have gave in your poll was “I would not have voted for any Presidential Candidate”, I now have reconsidered.

When “Joe the Plumber” was “outed” by the press, I became so energized to vote for anyone that was not Obama. The drive-by media illustrated that they had become obvious cheerleaders for the Obama campaign.

The behavior of the media had become dangerous instead of just annoyingly amusing.

The drive-bys were now engaging in full-fledge propaganda peddling and acting as De Facto Politburo of the new Obama Regime. So voting against Obama was duty and necessary to stop the formation of, as a Major I work with called it, the U.S.S.A. While I am not a soldier nor do I ever suggest violence as a way to achieve political change in the U.S. I do believe in this phrase “I will protect the U.S.A. against all enemies foreign and domestic” not by force but by voting.

I guess I can call it the Obama Regime, since I do remember the left calling Bush’s Presidency as the Bush Regime.

Here are the possible reasons:

1 – He’s tired of this, and doesn’t want to publicly criticize his campaign staff, hoping it will just go away.

2 – He’s behind it and is doing it in order to pin the blame on her for the loss in order to rehabilitate his image.

3 – He’s either behind it or allowing it to happen in order to destroy her reputation and save the party from her.

4 – He’s petty and wants to get even with her for “spoiling” his chances.

I think it’s either number 1 or 3. My first thought (and hope) would be for number 1, but part of me says he’s wanting her to drown.

This isn’t about Palin. It’s not. The media couldn’t care less whether she runs again or if she crawls into a hole in Alaska somewhere.

This is about TV ratings. The more gory the crash, the better. The more horrific the story, the better. The more backstabbing, sniping and outrage, the better. It’s what sells!

The hot story of the day is McCain’s staff versus Palin. In a week or two it’ll all die down and something else will be the new story of the day. But until then, there’s nothing to stop it, not while it’s on the hot list.