Palin
I’ve heard just about enough of this, so I’m going to write about it.
Some people have basically accused Palin of costing McCain the election.
It’s true that I’ve met people that didn’t “mind” McCain, but couldn’t “stand” Palin. So those votes were certainly influenced. But who’s fault is that? McCain’s. McCain choose her, probably against advice, and he took that risk on his own. If you want to blame someone, blame him.
McCain’s entire campaign was obviously poorly managed. For one, he didn’t work the press as he should have. We should have seen McCain and Palin on every news and talk-radio show imaginable. Palin could have handled an honest debate with someone like O’Reilly or Hannity. And McCain’s can take anyone on. Why did they hide? Probably because they were overconfident.
But also, you have to consider McCain’s early pact with Obama to accept federal funding and cap their campaign funds at 84 million dollars. Something Obama didn’t honor. Obama also didn’t honor an agreement to debate “any time, any place” with McCain, preferring to stick to the typical three big-network debates. When you make a deal with someone like Obama, you have to accept his willingness to break it. Obama received over a million dollars in donations every day for the past few months of his campaign. And, of course, Obama’s camp “keeps the change.”
McCain lost, and it is only his fault. That, and the gullible american youth vote.
November 12th, 2008 at 8:32 am
For the first time in my life, I’m ashamed of my country.
December 12th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I had a _far_ more favorable opinion of Palin than I did of McCain. The few people I was around who expressed an opinion seem to have the same take on it and I believe most of them in fact voted for McCain-Palin.
If the ticket had been Palin-McCain, I would have held my nose and voted for them. As it was, I just stayed home — first missed election since 1976. I haven’t seen a Democrat at the federal level worth voting for yet and both the Republicans and the Libertarians offered up people you couldn’t pay me to endorse.
December 12th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I know what you mean. I actually think Palin would have made a good president. It’s too bad that the “politics of politics” probably won’t let it happen though.
–Elliott