In the end, the choice of his running mate said more about Senator John McCain and his image of himself than it did about Sarah Palin, the little-known governor of Alaska whose selection has shaken up the presidential race.
For weeks, advisers close to the campaign said, Mr. McCain had wanted to name as his running mate his good friend Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, the Democrat turned independent. But by the end of last weekend, the outrage from Christian conservatives over the possibility that Mr. McCain would fill out the Republican ticket with Mr. Lieberman, a supporter of abortion rights, had become too intense to be ignored.
With time running out, and after a long meeting with his inner circle in Phoenix, Mr. McCain finally picked up the phone last Sunday and reached Ms. Palin at the Alaska State Fair. Although the campaign’s polling on Mr. McCain’s potential running mates was inconclusive on the selection of Ms. Palin — virtually no one had heard of her, a McCain adviser said — the governor, who opposes abortion, had glowing reviews from influential social conservatives.
You know I am almost beginning to feel sorry for John McCain.
He has to act all buddy buddy with George W. Bush , a man he clearly despised in 2000, just to get back into the good graces of the GOP.
Then he has to start kissing the asses of the Evangelicals (Who he also hates).
Then he has to do a compete 180 on every single political point of view he has ever held.
George Bush tax policy? For it now, against it then.
Drilling offshore? For it now, against it then.
The only one of his old opinions he can still brag about is his anti-abortion position. I mean the why the hell should John McCain care about the women anyway? Well except for Hillary Clinton and her supporters of course. Them he loves!
Which brings us to his most recent disappointment.
He wants his buddy Joe Lieberman as V.P., but he gets saddled with a know nothing, scandal ridden, Governor from a state that he barely even considers part of America.
And if that were not bad enough. There is an even bigger Sarah Palin scandal coming which is going to make John McCain wish he had never, ever decided to run for President again.
Oh yeah I feel bad for John McCain.
But I feel really good about the Democrat's chances in November.
The problem with McCain is that he wants it soooo bad, he's so obsessive in his pursuit of the White House that he'll betray himself and those closest to him to get it. Kinda sad, he sold his soul for a shot at power. If I weren't supporting Obama, I might feel bad for him.
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What is the scandal that is coming? And when will it break? The spin on the lower 48 is that she is clean.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I am beginning to think that there is a dark force that can turn around a "maverick" like John McCain and make him do things that will leave regular folks scratching their heads. This is one of those times. I have always laughed at conspiracy theorists but I am becoming uneasy maybe wary. Something is amiss. I have a strange feeling that Americans will have to fight to take their country back. There is something behind the cloaks of the fathers of a party no less than the GOP that should cause this to happen. I predict that McCain will become President and then he will be incapacitated one way or another. Then Sarah Palin will step in and the manipulation will begin. She will only be a figurehead. Forget about all that maverick crap. Are you scared? I am.
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