Posted on 05/06/2016 11:35:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Donald Trump’s coronation as the GOP nominee will present plenty of opportunities for Republican amnesia and short-sightedness. The easiest thing to do, if you’re a conservative Republican, is to dismiss Trump as an aberration, as if his candidacy emerged out of a whirlwind. But that’s the work of revisionist historians, not honest observers of the last decade of Republican politics.
Consider this recent tweet by Meghan McCain, the daughter of John McCain and now a commentator for Fox News:
I hope history remembers those who gave up their conservative principles for the cult of personality and celebrity. And those who didn’t.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) May 3, 2016
The myopia here is staggering. Although she didn’t respond, I asked Meghan if she remembers an obscure, half-forgotten figure named Sarah Palin? I asked because, in so many ways, there is no Trump without Palin. Palin was Trump before Trump. The rambling incoherence, the vacuousness, the reality TV theatrics, the ghastly marriage of ignorance and confidence – Palin brought this to national politics long before Trump did.
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
I kind of hope he brings in Palin later overseeing Energy rather than offering her up as VP. Otherwise the media will be giddy before the election grinding out Palin hit pieces.
And its broadcast by IHeart Media and grates me so much I avoid listening to it 9pm-12 Midnight on WHP Radio locally.
The reason McCain family members get media attention and media jobs is because Senator McCain has sat on or been ranking member-chairman of Senate committees overseeing regulation of media in this country.
Voted McLame and Romney ,
All these Losers need to ,
Well,,,Shut the heck up
and get a Real Job!
But, enough about you Ms. McCain...
That's not what she said. It's from the person who wrote the article.
It's also BS.
First of all, because the potential is always there for all kinds of things in American politics. The Ross Perot campaign indicated that Donald Trump or somebody like him could do well in presidential politics, but it would be fatuous to say that there couldn't be a Trump without a Perot.
Secondly because McCain didn't know just how Palin would have turned out as a candidate. Picking running mates is like flipping a coin and nominees don't know for certain whether their choices can rise to the occasion.
Third, I don't think most people here would agree with the writer's opinion of Palin.
But it's the writer's opinion, not Meghan McCain's.
That’s not what she said.
Read the article more closely.
“I hope she gets a cabinet position.”
Me too. In fact, I not only hope Sarah gets a cabinet position, I demand it. We need our absolute best people at the top, to help President Trump realize his full agenda.
What a pig.
“Why is she important?”
I can’t believe a Freeper is actually asking that question.
If you don’t understand, I can’t explain it to you.
That’s a skin peeling post, my friend. The GOP elites are squealing because Trump is yanking the covers off their worthless hides.
The question was asked in a sarcastic vein. I guess you cannot understand that.
Er....did you mean Meghan, or Sarah?
It wasn’t clear in your initial post.
“The question was asked in a sarcastic vein. I guess you cannot understand that.”
Some people do sarcasm better than others. Your intended sarcasm fell flat.
I’m not a fan of Trump and was quite disappointed that Palin backed him. That said, I could NOT care less what Meg-ham McPork has to say about anything!
A little photoshop could do wonders for that picture!
Is this same pro-homo “marriage” and pro-abortion digbat that calls herself a “conservative”. I thought so. Ignore. She’s voting for Hillary Clinton.
Megan, go away.
– sorry, were we talking about Sarah Palin or Meghan McCain?
who the hell does this girl think she is to tell us what conservatism is?
She is nothing with out her daddy’s name and even then her name is related to RINO.
I only hope she or her few, handful of dopes read this site and can get it into her dumb head that she is a no body and why FOX even pays this fat turd is beyond me.
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