Comments on: The McCain-Palin Blame Game Continues http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/11/06/the-mccain-palin-blame-game-continues/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:00:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Guitar Willy http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/11/06/the-mccain-palin-blame-game-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-255110 Guitar Willy Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:13:10 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/?p=11032#comment-255110 My son is 10 years old and pretty bright. If John McCain had picked my boy to be his running mate I think he would have done alright - for a 10 year old at least. But McCain would have surely lost and no one would be to blame more than John McCain. So people can blame Palin as much as they want (and i think being a Governor is GROSSLY overrated, as I live in California where we had exactly 350 run for Governor not long ago...and Arnold is up to his neck in sh*t and talking about raising taxes...), but at the end of the day, JOHN MACCA has is to blame and, being the stand up guy he is (but was not during the election), has shouldered the blame. My son is 10 years old and pretty bright. If John McCain had picked my boy to be his running mate I think he would have done alright – for a 10 year old at least. But McCain would have surely lost and no one would be to blame more than John McCain. So people can blame Palin as much as they want (and i think being a Governor is GROSSLY overrated, as I live in California where we had exactly 350 run for Governor not long ago…and Arnold is up to his neck in sh*t and talking about raising taxes…), but at the end of the day, JOHN MACCA has is to blame and, being the stand up guy he is (but was not during the election), has shouldered the blame.

]]> By: republicannibal http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/11/06/the-mccain-palin-blame-game-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-246634 republicannibal Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:43:58 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/?p=11032#comment-246634 Not sure if you caught this hilarious youtube video on this topic, but in their own words! LMAO!! In a heated campaign counseling session with Jim Lehrer: Blame Game : Et tu, Palin? Palin 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrUN8oldj9o I agree with you. McCain squandered his lead as Barack and Hillary battled it out. By the time Barack received the presumptive nominee nod, McCain should have crafted a remarkable middle-America platform with real solutions for real issues. Instead he called in a fake plumber to fix the leaks. By the time he was matched up, he had already dropped the ball and had to steer away from issues, violating his past 2000 statements of trying to run positive campaigns. The saddest part of this was when he tried to salvage what little Maverick dignity he had left in his gracious concession speech it was met with boos and canned GOP cheers. Once the hate machine gets fired up, it's hard to turn it off. And guess who was smiling during those canned cheers? "You Betcha!" Et tu, Palin? So, while she's not to blame for her placement on the ticket and the lack of vetting, she is complicit in her willingness to play an integral part with her suggestive gestures and folksy innuendo in firing up Real America with a failed Southern Strategy 2.0. She played her hand and I think people are still trying to figure out if she fleeced an elephant when she was supposed to field dress a donkey. The only thing we do know is that she got a great wardrobe. She'd do well to "leave" it at Sen. Steven's house so they GOP lawyers can't find it. Not sure if you caught this hilarious youtube video on this topic, but in their own words! LMAO!! In a heated campaign counseling session with Jim Lehrer:

Blame Game : Et tu, Palin? Palin 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrUN8oldj9o

I agree with you. McCain squandered his lead as Barack and Hillary battled it out. By the time Barack received the presumptive nominee nod, McCain should have crafted a remarkable middle-America platform with real solutions for real issues. Instead he called in a fake plumber to fix the leaks. By the time he was matched up, he had already dropped the ball and had to steer away from issues, violating his past 2000 statements of trying to run positive campaigns. The saddest part of this was when he tried to salvage what little Maverick dignity he had left in his gracious concession speech it was met with boos and canned GOP cheers. Once the hate machine gets fired up, it’s hard to turn it off. And guess who was smiling during those canned cheers? “You Betcha!” Et tu, Palin? So, while she’s not to blame for her placement on the ticket and the lack of vetting, she is complicit in her willingness to play an integral part with her suggestive gestures and folksy innuendo in firing up Real America with a failed Southern Strategy 2.0. She played her hand and I think people are still trying to figure out if she fleeced an elephant when she was supposed to field dress a donkey. The only thing we do know is that she got a great wardrobe. She’d do well to “leave” it at Sen. Steven’s house so they GOP lawyers can’t find it.

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