As noted in this article from Fox News McCain on Leno John McCain counters the claims that Sarah Palin was a drag on the ticket……and thats where he stopped. Sen. McCain should have and could have done so much more.
For a man that had no trouble jumping all over people within his own campaign whenever a jab was taken at Sen. Obama (legitimate ones by the way), his performance on Leno last night was a disgrace. Why did he choose to not take the opportunity to squash the irresponsible Palin bashing going on? Are people within the Republican Party (I believe that’s what we can call McCain campaign workers) that blind?
Sarah Palin is a young, driving force within this Party. Look at the crowds she drew everywhere she went. Perhaps that is part of the issue for Mr. McCain but I do not believe it is. Truthfully this is standard John McCain, rise above the bickering fair. What we are seeing is the moderate wing of our Party attacking the first legitimate person we have had in the national spotlight that was a true conservative. It has been a looooong time since we have seen a true conservative with a backbone.
Sorry Sen. McCain but obviously the conservative base does not want a Maverick. We want a candidate that campaigns for and stands for true conservatism. Reaching across the aisle does not mean unconditional conformance to liberal viewpoints. This is not cooperation, this is called giving up what you believe in.
Starting today the conservative movement within our Party will stand this no longer. How many out there are willing to join me? We must find true conservative candidates to lead us into the future. Sarah Palin being the first. Sarah if you run in 2012 we will vote for you. Thankfully you will not have to worry about John McCain being a drag on your ticket.
No Suprise
whitman4562001 Wednesday, November 12th at 6:57AM EST (link)At one point in the election John McCain had me fooled into thinking he had changed. This was right about the time he was coming out with those funny internet commercials. Then very shortly after the convention and more specifically when he suspended his campaign, he went right back to being the good ole John McCain I never wanted to be in a position to have to vote for. This John McCain was also the one who I wanted to frog march across the aisle and plant next to all of his Democrat buddies.
So, his performance last night on Leno is no suprise. One good thing to remember is that if you are a Republican lawmaker, John McCain can’t wait to turn on you.
I am not surprised.
Uma Richie Wednesday, November 12th at 9:32AM EST (link)Like so many here, I kept my Sen. McCain reservations to myself during the campaign.
I hinted in early summer that parts of his second autobiography, Worth the Fighting For, gave me cause for concern. The worst bit has come to light here.
If you look at the Keating Five chapter, you will see that he named Cindy, who is in charge of the family finances, for not reimbursing Charlie Keating in a timely manner for travel that he provided the McCains. He writes it as though he is reluctant to do so, and that he didn’t want Cindy to blame herself, but really, it was his own book and he could have omitted that detail.
Anyway, if he was willing to throw his own wife under the bus, Gov. Palin should step far back from the curb.
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Highlights the larger problem
Common_Cents Wednesday, November 12th at 10:19AM EST (link)With all the differences between REPS/DEMS, conservatives/liberals they are much the same in that they do not want change in DC. They want to keep their cozy jobs. While we are distracted by REP vs. DEM the bigger more dangerous fight to be had is ElectedElite vs. YOU.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.
Are you delusional?
redalert Wednesday, November 12th at 2:17PM EST (link)So your answer to beating Obama in 2012 is to move further to the right? Are you out of your mind? Don’t you see that the electorate just voted on the 8 years of the Bush Presidency and they had no intention of repeating it. Torture,illegal wiretapping,spying on American citizens and lying to people about weapons of mass destruction led people to completely abandon the Republican party. Lots of Republicans crossed over and voted for a buffoon like Obama ! What does that tell you? Go even further to the right in 2012 and the hustler will be reelected with ease.
A shrill analysis from somebody who clearly has no idea what Conservatism is...
randy streu Wednesday, November 12th at 2:36PM EST (link)“Moving to the right” has nothing to do with illegal wiretaps, spying, torture or lying. The ease with which you attribute these things to Bush, however, tells me where your heart and mind truly are, however.
Conservatism didn’t lose this election. Conservative ideals won even in states like California. People lost these elections. Politicians.
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Streiff Wednesday, November 12th at 2:36PM EST (link)as a “moderate” and that worked out pretty well for the other guys. You have to believe in something and there’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.
“A man does what he can and endures what he must.”
Conservatives in California?
redalert Wednesday, November 12th at 2:50PM EST (link)You are so wrong on what happened in California. I live in San Francisco and Proposition 8 which passed did so, not because of conservatives. It passed because an overwhelming majority of those who voted for OBAMA voted for Prop 8. 70% of blacks voted for it. 54% of Latinos voted for it. Lots of people who are liberals on other issues voted for Prop 8. None of these people will vote Republican in 2012. So to claim that because Prop 8 passed this means conservative values are accepted even in California is silly. What it means is that people don’t like gays to claim that their relationships are “marriage”. As for Bush,he is an idiot who will go down in history as the worst President in American politics. It was kind of difficult to take that title away from Jimmy Carter,but he did it. Wake up or it will be another landslide in 2012.
Well you are correct about one thing Redalert...
Attack Mode Wednesday, November 12th at 2:52PM EST (link)The electorate did reject McCain as more of the same old Bush. Where you are wrong is thinking that President Bush was a conservative. President was a bipartisan squish on all issues except the GWOT. So pretty much the electorate reject Squishy centrism. This is the reason why we as a party need Small Gov’t Conservative leadership, or would you like to just continue with the run to the left until the Dem party is full of absolute tyrants and the Republican party are just Socialists? Really you need to go read some books about what conservatism is and is not before you decide to blame it for our electoral losses.
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conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
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“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
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randy streu Wednesday, November 12th at 2:55PM EST (link)Look, I didn’t say candidates won… I said the ideal won.
I’m fairly convinced that most of California, like you, don’t actually know why they object to Conservatism, because they don’t actually understand what the hell it is.
This is, I think, the fault of Conservative leadership, rather than the fault of the brand itself.
Oh, and you failed, miserably, to answer the rest of my post. Were you going to attempt to prove yourself right, or just let it hang out there?
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What bothers me
NoKoolAidForMe Wednesday, November 12th at 3:01PM EST (link)If there was any kind of campaign whispering about Obama before or after the election (i.e. Rev. Wright), McCain would have put his foot down and been reminding everyone how great an American he is. McCain seems to be a very gracious character, and I can respectfully disagree with that. Now that this happens with Palin, his own running mate, and all he says is that these things “happen”, it’s rather pathetic.
I am so tired of this guy. We gave him the keys to the entire movement, and drives it into a ditch and walks the rest of the way across the finish line.
His “stuff happens” attitude towards Palin is McCain-speak for the following:
Sarah Palin is a dunce and choosing her ruined my brilliant campaign. I should have went with Lieberman.
I’m going to do what I can to save my party from the likes of her.
Not just California
redalert Wednesday, November 12th at 3:26PM EST (link)You keep talking about California. That’s not the problem. California usually votes Democratic from mayors all the way to President. The problem in 2008 was that states that usually vote for the Republican party rejected the ideas,not just the people. It wasn’t McCain and Palin. McCain is admired as a great American hero. Palin was very popular with the base. Yet they lost by landslide.The main idea people now have of Republicans is that Republicans care only about corporate America and Obama hammered that home for almost a year. Parties have to adapt after a loss. Obama ran a very smart campaign. He realized that from 1968 on Republicans had won 7 out of the last 10 Presidental races. So what did he do? He ran as a hawk on Afghanistan and Pakistan,even though we know that’s all fake. He never once mentioned the plight of blacks in America,which Gore and Kerry kept bringing up. The only time he touched on blacks was when his candidacy was almost derailed by the Jeremiah Wright fiasco. Obama did not emphasize abortion,like Kerry and Gore had. I hate the man,but I must give him credit for running a smart campaign. Now conservatives must adjust. McCain was applied the coup de grace by the economy,but he was in trouble way before that. He was forced to spend a lot of his time campaigning in places like Ohio,Indiana and even the deep South. That should be a wake up call. People keep moving around in this country. Places that had conservative majorities 20 years ago now have tens of thousands of liberals from other states moving there and voting there. Lots of Latinos are now voting in formerly conservative states. The young Cubans no longer vote Republican like their parents had for the past 50 years. That’s why Obama won Florida. Not even Bill Clinton,a Southener,was able to win North Carolina. Yet Obama won it. If that doesn’t tell you something,then 2012 is already lost. In the immortal words of Albert Einstein, “The sign of insanity is to keep doing the same thing again and again and expect a different result.” Run in 2012 like 2008 and Obama will win again. I don’t care if it’s Palin or Rindal or Romney.
lol
emgbane Wednesday, November 12th at 3:43PM EST (link)Anyway, if he was willing to throw his own wife under the bus, Gov. Palin should step far back from the curb.
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McCain's loss
baserunr Wednesday, November 12th at 8:12PM EST (link)is as much about the candidate as anything else. Try to lay out, in capsule form, McCain’s economic agenda. His energy idea (drill there, but not there?) his environmental agenda. All are gobbledy-gook. Conflicting and confusing. Give Obama credit, he had a consistent story. It’s all fabricated, but he was consistent.
People still like to keep what they earn, still like government not to get too involved in what they do. Conservatisim can win, if it’s got a competent, articulate spokesperson to define it.
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