Don’t you think that Palin running with Mclame clearly showed she agrees with him on the issues more then she disagrees?
I know you’re one of the last people I would ever have to re-hash all of McCain’s BIG govt, rino positions. He’s done more to stab conservatives in the back and help his “friends” across the isle then anything he’s ever done to prove he’s conservative. He might as well switch parties for a all I care.
Palin would’ve gone along with him just to get her hat in the ring for the future? That’s sad if true.
Telegraph.co.UK
September 10, 2008
Sarah Palin is ‘the new Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan’
American conservatives have reacted with near ecstasy to the Republican convention speech by Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska....
A star is born. She stuck the knife in with a big smile, a kind of ‘Make my day’ look,” said Michael Barone, conservative columnist and editor of “The Almanac of American Politics”.
In a column entitled “Welcome Back, Dad”, Michael Reagan, adopted son of the late president, wrote: “I saw my Dad reborn; only this time he’s a she. And what a she!”
Larry Kudlow asked whether “we’re not witnessing the Western frontier version of Margaret Thatcher”.
He added: “She connected really well with middle-class working folks, both in cultural and social terms, which is no small feat: values matter and the Democrats are in trouble here - big-time. The more they go after Palin culturally, as they have already, the more trouble they’ll fall into.”
Jonah Goldberg of the conservative “National Review” enthused: “She was put on this earth to do two things: kill caribou and kick butt. She’s all out of caribou.”
Mrs Palin electrified the Republican convention, declaring herself an “average hockey mom” and launching a blistering attack on Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee and his “clouds of rhetoric”.
After three days of scorn from Democrats and relentless media scrutiny, Mrs Palin came out punching, mocking Mr Obama as someone who makes “dramatic speeches before devoted followers” and has “authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate”.
Throwing down the gauntlet to the press, she said: “I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.
“But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion; I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country.”
I don’t know. I went back and watched her early debate videos in Alaska and thought at the time that she sounded genuinely conservative. She did openly buck some of McCain’s positions and stated she wasn’t going to agree with him on several issues, but she later went along with some his positions that raised doubts in my eyes. But I still supported her. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes.
McCain blew his chances by supporting the bailouts.
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Not really. I suspect she hoped that if McCain was elected she would have an opportunity to do some good things and possibly exert some kind of influence on him. Added to that, Palin is a realist. It's not easy for a politician to get her/his name in front of the public.
No. As in elections in the past, the VP candidate is chosen to balance the presidential candidate. They bring votes that the top of the ticket might not be able to get on his own. Remember, Reagan chose Bush senior. Kennedy chose LBJ. Neither of those presidential candidates actually agreed with the VP candidates and visa versa.
So just because she was on the ticket does not mean she agreed with him.
Palin would’ve gone along with him just to get her hat in the ring for the future? That’s sad if true."
Palin went along with him because she felt she gave him the best chance to win. She was a fighter willing to give her all and stand up for her country. She brought more people, energy, and life to that backstabber's campaign than he deserved.
So no, it's not true. She didn't join McCain thinking she would lose. She's a fighter who hates to lose. She hoped she could help him win and she put action into her hope by campaigning her heart out. Even when the McCaniacs tried to rein her in.
Though McCain's people tried to sabotage her at every turn, she gutted it out.
I didn’t like the GOP ticket, either, though I voted GOP as I always do. One thing that bothered me about Palin was her support of the public school system and funding. (We’re a homeschool family.)
But, maybe she’ll rethink that position over the next few years...