Posted by
Cory Glenn on Friday, November 07, 2008 10:32:11 AM
Stories are now coming out that Palin brought down the McCain ticket. http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=1 0560
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If the Republican Party is going to play the blame game, blame the candidate. If you noticed during the debates on numerous occasions Barack Obama said that he agreed with McCain. Agreed with McCain! So the question is not whether Sarah brought down the ticket, the question should be why was it that when McCain spoke, Obama thought he heard himself in McCain and said “I agree with McCain as if they shared the same value system…when Obama is the most liberal senator there is? If Obama and McCain agree, there is a serious problem.
When people are given the choice of two liberals, they will naturally go with the one who is calling himself a liberal. McCain was and always has tried to compete with those who were looking to expand socialism instead of securing the base. By the margin that McCain lost by, it was NOT because of the middle of the road the “unwashed”, it was because Republicans did not vote for him.
If you don't believe that to be accurate look at three extremely conservative values based bills that went through: 1. Proposition 8 in California, a state that Obama carried voted to amend the constitution to define marriage is only between a man and a woman. 2. Proposition 102 in Arizona that amended the constitution to define marriage can only be between a man and a woman. 3. Missouri voted to pass amendment No. 1 to make English the official language of government. These issues are what the middle of the road and conservatives voted on, and many of the liberals did as well. So if McCain's loss could be blamed on anything, blame it on the fact that he has sided with McCain/Kennedy, McCain/Feingold, Gang of 14, he voted against the federal marriage amendment. McCain lost! Conservatism did not.
Frankly those Palin bashers out there, including those in the Republican party are setting themselves up to continue to lose elections if they are going to take their talking points from: Joe Lieberman, MSNBC, CNN, Tim Matthews and Ted Kennedy. McCain turned down a 30 minute "free" interview on the number one rated O'Reilly Factor which would air on the same night as Obama's American Idol vote show to instead appear on CBS Sunday morning and speak to an audience of 3 people that have televisions with the turn dial knob missing and pliers are too hard to use to change the channel..so they are stuck watching CBS. If conservatives want to win elections their answer to problems cannot be "the government” or "McCain/Kennedy was not amnesty".
Last point keeping your eyes on your opponent is a sign of strength and confidence. I did not write publicly about this, but I did send the McCain, campaign that I personally thought McCain lost all 3 debates because he would not stand in confidence and speak to Obama. Plus telling everyone he'll cut pork, but then voting for the mortgage bailout that contained nearly a billion dollars worth of pork did not help him either. Oh, and you must not forget, the “I am going to suspend my campaign until we fix this mortgage problem”, only to show up unprepared for the debate that you were not supposed to be at! Way to keep your word. Too much to cover, not enough time.