Meghan McCain rips 'selfish' Sarah Palin for dining out despite COVID-19 diagnosis
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The hill ^
| 01/27/2022 | Judy Kurtz
Meghan McCain is ripping Sarah Palin as “stupid” and “feckless,” after her father’s former running mate was spotted dining at a New York City restaurant just days after testing positive for COVID-19. “Is she crazy? Day
two? I haven't seen her or talked to her for many years, aside from some short emails when my father passed [in 2018], so I can't imagine what she is thinking but this is highly irresponsible,” McCain, a columnist for DailyMail.com, told the site on Thursday.
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Meghan McCain says her late dad's 2008 VP pick Sarah Palin was 'set up for failure' by his campaign team and she hopes ex-Alaska governor finds 'redemption'
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Daily Mail ^
| 10/20/2021 | HARRIET ALEXANDER
... In her 2010 book, Dirty Sexy Politics, she described Palin as a 'time bomb' and 'somebody who leaves a wake of confusion and chaos -- to the point of dizziness -- wherever she went. 'Yet
McCain said her views on Palin have shifted. 'I have a whole new lens of viewing how Sarah Palin was treated and how the people working for my father's campaign really, you know, in my opinion, treated her really horribly, set her up for failure,' McCain told Hannity.
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Flashback: John McCain Compared Sarah Palin to Ronald Reagan – “I’m Proud of Her” – Video 11/28/2010
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Freedom's Lighthouse ^
| August 30, 2018 | Brian
Flashback to November 2010. A video we posted almost eight years ago of Sen. John McCain on CNN praising Gov. Sarah Palin up one side and down the other. He
even compared her to Ronald Reagan, saying “I think she’s doing a great job,” and “I’m proud of her.” Also remember that Sarah Palin went to Arizona and endorsed John McCain for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2010........(video)......Palin stood up for McCain when he needed it most. What a contrast to numerous media reports that indicate Palin was not invited to attend McCain’s upcoming funeral service. Some say there...
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CNN: Palin Not Invited to McCain Funeral Because She Began Era of “Vitriol”
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FinkelBlog ^
| Mark Finkelstein
Remember Ted Kennedy in 1987 claiming that if the Senate confirmed Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, “women would be forced into back-alley abortions [and] blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters?” Not
vitriolic. How about the 1991 “high-tech lynching” by Senate Dems of Clarence Thomas? Again, not vitriolic. Or the infamous NAACP dragging-death ad of 2000 in which George W. Bush was accused of killing the victim all over again? Nope, not vitriolic. No, the political vitriol didn’t begin until 2008. And it was Sarah Palin’s fault. That is, if you believe CNN, and, apparently, John McCain. This morning,...
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Sarah Palin, Loyal Running Mate, Excluded from John McCain’s Funeral
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Breitbart ^
| 29 Aug 2018
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who was Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election, has been excluded from his funeral. Breitbart
News has independently confirmed an earlier report in People magazine, which reported that Palin was not sent an invitation, and was told through intermediaries to stay away from the ceremony. McCain fundraiser Carla Eudy confirmed to People that Palin had not been invited — possibly, People speculated, at the behest of the McCain family. The news comes on the tenth anniversary of the date in 2008 when Palin was announced as McCain’s pick for Vice...
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Sarah Palin Not Invited to John McCain Memorial, Funeral Services: Report
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The Gateway Pundit ^
| August 29, 2018 | Kristinn Taylor
ohn McCain’s vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin was not invited to attend his memorial or funeral services, reported NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell. MSNBC booking producers Jesse Rodriguez and Michael Del Mouro first reported on O’Donnell’s scoop, tweeting, “NBC’s @KellyO reports: Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has not been invited to attend memorial
services for John McCain” and “No invitation has yet been extended to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to attend McCain’s memorial services, sources tell NBC’s @KellyO.”
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MSNBC Finds McCain’s ‘Biggest Political Mistake’: Sarah Palin
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Newsbusters ^
| August 27, 2018 | Kyle Drennen
Amid glowing tributes to the life and career of Arizona Senator John McCain on Monday, MSNBC took time to use the Republican lawmaker’s passing to trash his 2008 vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin, labeling McCain’s selection of the then-Alaska governor as his “biggest political mistake.” “McCain
made some controversial decisions, some much-criticized decisions. One of those decisions was who he chose to run with in 2008, Sarah Palin,” proclaimed anchor Katy Tur early in the 2:00 p.m. ET hour. She then recited a column from Washington Post Associate Editor David Ignatius making that case: The anti-Washington rage embodied by...
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Sarah Palin on John McCain: ‘Today We Lost an American Original’
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Breitbart ^
| August 25,2018 | Kristina Wong
Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate, called her former running mate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) a “maverick and a fighter” in a statement after his death Saturday afternoon. “Today
we lost an American original. Sen. John McCain was a maverick and a fighter, never afraid to stand for his beliefs. John never took the easy path in life — and through sacrifice and suffering he inspired others to serve something greater than self,” she said. “John McCain was my friend. I will remember the good times. My family and I send prayers for Cindy and the...
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John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the Rise of Reality TV poltics (liberalese for 'Rise of MAGA')
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Vox ^
| Aug 25, 2008 | Laura McGann
The party of Donald Trump began almost 10 years ago to the day, when John McCain tapped Sarah Palin to join his ticket. “She’s
not from these parts and she’s not from Washington, but when you get to know her, you’re going to be as impressed as I am,” McCain said when he announced his decision. “She’s got the grit, integrity, the good sense and fierce devotion to the common good that is exactly what we need in Washington today.” Even though McCain and Palin were bested by Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Palin inspired a slew of copycats, unleashing...
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McCain Announces Sarah Palin As His VP [2008]
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NPR ^
| Aug 29, 2008 | John McCain
I'm very happy, very happy today to spend my birthday with you and to make an historic announcement in Dayton, a city built on hard, honest work of good people. Like
the entire industrial Midwest, Dayton has contributed much to the prosperity and progress of America. And now in these tough, changing times, after all you've done for our country, you want your government to understand what you're going through, to stand on your side and fight for you. And that's what I intend to do. That's why I'm running for president, to fight for you, to make government stand...
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Sarah Palin responds to John McCain saying he regrets picking her for 2008 ticket
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washingtonexaminer.com ^
| 5/11/18 | Anna Giaritelli
Sarah Palin broke her silence Thursday and said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., never told her directly that he regrets picking her as his running mate as the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. However,
the former Alaska governor said every time she hears about the reports of his bitterness towards her, it's "like a perpetual gut-punch." "It's not a real fun thing that part of my job is the requirement – is having to read the news every day,"
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Sarah Palin Reacts to John McCain's Regrets Over Picking Her as Running Mate: 'Perpetual Gut Punch'
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People Politics ^
| 2 hours ago | Dave Quinn
John McCain may have admitted that he regrets picking Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election, but according to the former Alaska governor, “that’s not what Sen. McCain has told me all these years.” The
one-time Republican vice-presidential candidate told The Daily Mail on Thursday that she feels a “perpetual gut punch” every time she hears reports about McCain’s regrets and that having to read the news every day is “not a real fun thing.” “I attribute a lot of what we’re hearing and reading regarding McCain’s statements to his ghostwriter or ghostwriters,” Palin said. “I...
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Palin: Hearing that McCain regrets picking me for VP is a 'perpetual gut-punch'
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the Hill ^
| May 10, 2018 | Josh Delk
Sarah Palin said Thursday that Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) admission that he regrets picking her as his running mate in his failed 2008 presidential bid is "like a perpetual gut-punch." The
former Republican vice presidential nominee said the senator's recent remarks were "not what Sen. McCain has told me all these years, as he's apologized to me repeatedly for the people who ran his campaign," she told the Daily Mail before speaking at a pro-Trump PAC fundraiser. In his upcoming memoir, “The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and other Appreciations,” the 81-year-old senator laments not selecting former...
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Nolte: John McCain Deserves Our Thanks for Selecting Sarah Palin as His Running Mate
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Breitbart's Big Government ^
| May 7, 2018 | John Nolte
From the sound of it, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is currently on his deathbed in Arizona to meet with old friends, nurse grudges, and express regrets. [...] McCain’s public expression of regret against Palin comes off as ungracious, as well as further proof that he still does not understand why his own
presidential campaign failed. Over the last decade, Palin has been unfailingly loyal to McCain. Despite the malicious leaks against her that came from his own campaign surrogates, despite unrelenting personal attacks from McCain’s own daughter Meghan, Palin has never spoken ill of the elder McCain. She has always and...
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McCain says he regrets choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate
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American Thinker ^
| 05/05/2018 | Thomas Lifson
The forthcoming final memoir from Senator John McCain, titled The Restless Wave, and a nearly two-hour-long HBO documentary on its way seem to be being used as an opportunity to settle some scores. Jonathan
Martin of the New York Times has obtained copies of both books, and has spoken with the ailing senator at his ranch, where he seems to be spending his final days. This leaped out at me: While he continues to defend Ms. Palin’s performance, Mr. McCain uses the documentary and the book to unburden himself about not selecting Mr. Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent, as his running...
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McCain Doesn't Want President Trump at Funeral...Palin?
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6 May 18 | hapnHAL
News is reporting that McCain doesn't want President Trump to attend his funeral. Now,
McCain states that he regrets picking Sarah Palin as a running mate. Question: Should Sarah Palin attend McCains funeral?
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McCain says he regrets picking Palin as running mate
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The Hill ^
| May 5, 2018 | Morgan Gstalter
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he regrets choosing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to be his running mate during the 2008 presidential campaign. The
New York Times reported on Saturday that McCain, while still defending Palin’s performance, said in his upcoming book “The Restless Wave” that he wishes he had instead selected former Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) His advisers reportedly had warned against choosing Lieberman, who was once a Democrat, stating that Lieberman’s support of abortion rights could divide Republicans. “It was sound advice that I could reason for myself,” he writes. “But my gut told me to ignore...
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If McCain-Palin had won, what would America have looked like today?
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GuavaCheesePuff | April 8, 2017 | GuavaCheesePuff
We all know that Arizona Sen. John McCain is a war hawk. He
is a neoconservative. I admire his service to the U.S., but he loves a lot of war. I believe in war when necessary. That being said, if McCain-Palin had beaten Obama-Biden in 2008, what would America have looked like today? Would they have won reelection? President Palin?
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McCain resents media's 'disgraceful' treatment of Palin
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This is CNN ^
| 05.08.2016 | CNN Politics
Sen. John McCain reflected on his 2008 run with Sarah Palin: "The only thing I will ever resent about my presidential campaign is her treatment by the media. It
was disgraceful."
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There’s no Trump without Palin: Meghan McCain scolds conservatives for backing Trump
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salon ^
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...
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