I guess Sarah wasn’t elitist enough for them. They failed to recognize her down-to-earth character that made her so attractive to the Conservative base. She’s one of us, not them, and they hated her for it. They’re no better than the liberal media and Democrats who did nothing but trash this poor woman.
Real conservatives are expected to rubber stamp "next in line" Establishment candidates like Dole, McCain, and Romney.
Real conservatives are also expected to set their core agenda items of the right to life, protecting marriage, the free market, free speech, and privatizing government aside in order to let RINOs push their pointless agenda of whatever and whatever.
All of that came to bitter fruition in the legendarily poor candidacy of John McCain.
Ironically, the antidote is found with a certain North Star: a gentle Alaskan woman with an enchanting penchant for saying, "You betcha!".