One Last Look at McCain/Palin

It is somewhat stunning, though not unexpected, but still disappointing what has happened since the election regarding the McCain/Palin campaign. In case you've been living in a box and not seen what has happened, people within the campaign have taken to dumping on Mrs. Palin and trying to put the blame for the loss on her. Most notably, an "anonymous" source has come out and made the claim that Mrs. Palin thought "Africa was a country, not a continent and that S. Africa was a "state/province" of it." This same "anonymous" source also claimed that she didn't know the countries involved in NAFTA. These go with the claims about her shopping habits during the campaign.

Let me first say succinctly say that this is the biggest crock of horse crap that I have seen in quite some time! For a person to come out "anonymously" and make these claims and not have the testicular fortitude or personal integrity to publicly make these claims is both obnoxious and abhorrent! The credibility of this person is SERIOUSLY in question! If you have paid any attention to Mrs. Palin, aside from the hack jobs done by The Perky One and Gibson and the one sided reporting of the liberal mainstream media, you get a clear indication that this is an intelligent, well thought out, and informed lady. She couldn't be anything other to be able to deal with the oil companies regarding Alaskan infrastructure or dealing with the corruption she had to deal with in cleaning up the state government there the way she has. Having heard directly from her and it being verified by the interviewer, I have to take her word over that of a coward who had to use anonymity to make their claims.

As for the campaign itself, I must say that it was the most poorly run campaign that I've seen in my life time! The campaign itself, and much has to be laid squarely at the feet of Sen. McCain, left so much material unused, either due to unwillingness or ineptness that winning was improbable if not impossible. One such example, Bill O'Reilly offered Sen. McCain the entire 2nd half hour of his show to answer, rebut, and make his own pitch following the Obama infomercial. Either McCain or his personnel didn't even answer the offer! McCain and his people let Obama and his people set the rules and when they got punched would not counter punch or when an opening came to land a blow(ie., Pastor Wright or Tony Rezko) wouldn't take the shot. His was a passive campaign with little other than Mrs. Palin to offer, until the end when he was handed the "spread the wealth" opening thanks to "Joe The Plumber." This turned out to be too little, too late and not really believable due to Sen. McCain's support for the $700b bailout and his desire to "buy up" bad mortgages. Senator McCain and his staff were out maneuvered at every turn.

The only reason that Senator McCain had any chance at all was because of his selection of Mrs. Palin as his VP choice. She was an energizing force for the campaign. As I have said before, she energized conservatives like no one has since Ronald Reagan. She was/is dynamic! She's energetic and as I said, she knows what she's talking about. She's sure of herself and her convictions. Her faith is strong, as is she.

John McCain, on the other hand, was not supported by the core of the Republican party. He was not an energizing candidate. If not for the "open" primaries in several states he would not have been the Republican candidate. He was probably the worst candidate that the Republican party put forth since Gerald Ford. Bob Dole could probably be tossed in there as well. His propensity to turn his back on his party, especially conservatives was a huge turn off. His willingness to attack his own party while letting the Democrats off the hook was just plain aggravating to many people. In all honesty, the majority of people who voted for him were voting more for Mrs. Palin than they were for him. If not for Mrs. Palin he may have come close to being beat on a Reagan v. Mondale scale. I can assure you that I would not have voted for him had it not been for Mrs. Palin. The Libertarian, Bob Barr would have received my vote.

All that said, it's now time to move on! To the Blue-blood Rockefeller country club Republicans I say, we will not be going back to the days when you controlled the party and were just happy to be there and occupy a seat and not ruffle feathers so that you could ensure your invite to all the "IN" parties and functions in DC and other NE lib areas. I remind you of a quote from Ronald Reagan again, "Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?" and "A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers..." He also said none of this is "...contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way." This goes for today as well. If there are people within the Republican Party that cannot subscribe to these principles, then, to borrow another less polite way to say it, "don't let the door nob hit ya where The Good Lord split ya on the way out!!!"