She didn't cost him the election, but rather probably kept it as close as it was? I thought the all out assault by the media on her was a glaring low point in the election process; which to me proved she had gotten the attention of the Dems.

 

As many have said, this was a bad year to have "R" next to your name; and McCain was the sacrificial lamb sent to slaughter. Hard to beat an unpopular administration, a horrible economy, unprecedented $$$'s, and several full-time propaganda machines disguised as network TV, Cable news networks, and objective publications.

 

I thought the McCain handlers did Palin a huge diservice by turning her into the attack dog, since McCain wanted to stay above those sort of tactics; and that's when her initial popularity seemed to start waning??

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Obama cost McCain the election.

 

I honestly believe that McCain would have been a great candidate against Hillary Clinton but Obama had the same message of McCain to ask the people to work and sacrifice for a better government.

 

Both McCain and Obama represented change from their party. McCain failed to continue on the path that won him the primary and instead went on the attack to appease a very nasty and bitter republican core that the majority of the country no longer had any confidence in.

 

I thought Obama did a much better job selling his message--He kept it short, simple and consistant!! They did a great job of selling McCain as "just more Bush" and another old, angry, white Republican. Obama presented a fresh face, and a "Change" message which obviously resonated with the majority of voters.

I thought the McCain handlers did Palin a huge diservice by turning her into the attack dog, since McCain wanted to stay above those sort of tactics; and that's when her initial popularity seemed to start waning??

She was the attack dog from the beginning ... her RNC acceptance speech was full of shots at Obama.

She was the attack dog from the beginning ... her RNC acceptance speech was full of shots at Obama.

 

 

That's the VP's role apparently, but I thought it got much worse as the campaign went on; and she seemed increasingly more uncomfortable with it.

Palin was like bad referees, she might not be the sole reason you lost the game, but she definitely didn't help...

 

 

Both Obama and McCain were bad choices altogether. That's why I voted for neither. Obama spent most of his Senate career running for president. McCain has been running for president since what, 1998? They've really been serving their states.

I can't disagree more. If "qualifications" had mattered to "most people", Obama would have been toast.

 

Qualifications were not the issue. Being a Democrat while Bush was in office WAS the issue.

 

I agree 100%

That's the VP's role apparently, but I thought it got much worse as the campaign went on; and she seemed increasingly more uncomfortable with it.

Really? She seemed pretty comfortable with it to me, especially because it made her so popular with the base.

Really? She seemed pretty comfortable with it to me, especially because it made her so popular with the base.

 

Obviously we saw it differently? At the convention she did the normal pointing out of the different points of view, and took a few shots to energize the base. I thought she became more uncomfortable, and thus looked worse; as they had her turn up the heat and pound home the same negative messages (Ayres, Wright, etc.) over and over. If you noticed she grew much more likable and natural when she got back on ther earlier topics like energy and special needs children.

In the end she didn't help the ticket, but she couldn't have hurt it any worse than McCain did himself.

The smear and distortion begins to discredit Palin for 2012. Liberals cannot stand anyone that has a moral compass, such as Gov. Palin has. They want beat her up now so the job , at least in their minds, will be easier to defeat her in 2012 or anyone like her.

 

I don't want my children to hear the hate and lies the secesionist gov. from Alaska was spewing on the campaign trail. Do you bash the other guy a little bit sure. Do you call everyone who doesn't believe the same way you do unAmerican, a terrorist. I liked McCain quite a bit until the moral compass Palin opened her mouth and spread her holier than thou rhetoric.

I don't want my children to hear the hate and lies the secesionist gov. from Alaska was spewing on the campaign trail. Do you bash the other guy a little bit sure. Do you call everyone who doesn't believe the same way you do unAmerican, a terrorist. I liked McCain quite a bit until the moral compass Palin opened her mouth and spread her holier than thou rhetoric.

 

Someone says something you disagree with, and you call it "hate"???? Sounds like the very thing you condemn...

I can't disagree more. If "qualifications" had mattered to "most people", Obama would have been toast.

 

Qualifications were not the issue. Being a Democrat while Bush was in office WAS the issue.

 

 

Her lack of qualifications became a disqualifier for Sarah Palin after people saw that she was unable to articulate coherent responses to reasonable questions during her extended interviews. If she had been able to give thoughtful answers which conveyed a clear understanding of specific major domestic and foreign policy issues, people (and the press) might have been more willing to cut her some slack on her small-time resume.

Her lack of qualifications became a disqualifier for Sarah Palin after people saw that she was unable to articulate coherent responses to reasonable questions during her extended interviews. If she had been able to give thoughtful answers which conveyed a clear understanding of specific major domestic and foreign policy issues, people (and the press) might have been more willing to cut her some slack on her small-time resume.

 

She thought Africa was a country.... :lol::lol::lol:

 

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27568141/?GT1=43001

You were paying attention to a different election than I was.

 

Think about it, voters are swayed by what they hear in the media.

 

How much media attention was McCain getting before he chose Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee?

 

Next to none.

 

The minute he chose her, that was all that was on t.v. for a week.

 

I'm not saying he couldn't have done better, I'm just saying she didn't hurt him much.

She thought Africa was a country.... :lol::lol::lol:

 

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27568141/?GT1=43001

While I am not disputing all of the "unnamed sources" claims, this one has got to be an outright lie. Palin may not be a smart as Einstein, but she is not a full blown idiot. We have no context of this alleged "thought." Was it a gaffe? Does Obama really believe there are 57 states? No.