"Long before the summer of 2008, I respected the man known as the 'maverick of the Senate.'"
Exactly what part of McCain's despicable record does she respect, huh?
It's become fairly clear where Palin stands, and it isn't on the side of grassroots conservatives.
“It’s become fairly clear where Palin stands, and it isn’t on the side of grassroots conservatives.”
You Paulbots are not grass roots conservatives. Paul is whack job who has more in common with Lyndon Larouche than Ronald Reagan (whom Paul detested).
"I was inspired by his willingness to buck his political party - and even his president - to do what he believed was right for this country."
Like what, Sarah? Amnesty? Cap and tax? Bailouts? Voting against tax cuts? McCain-Feingold?
It's become fairly clear where Palin stands, and it isn't on the side of grassroots conservatives.
Maybe in your own limited mind... and I'm sure you hope that you can transfer your wishful thinking over to other conservatives...
Have you noticed that it's not working... :-)
Palin stands on the side of winners. McCain did not lose the Presidency because of his inadequacy. He lost the election because the electorate voted against President Bush. McCain served one term in Congress and has been reelected to the Senate four times. That is a winning record.
What you need to do is prove that Hayworth can win the election before you put down McCain and Sarah Palin.
Based on what you quoted, it’s all past tense.
“It’s become fairly clear where Palin stands, and it isn’t on the side of grassroots conservatives.”
What is clear is that you are a Ron Paul kook.
FR seems to have 3 major factions when it comes to Sarah Palin and McCain.
There is the group that you seem to be in, which takes Palin at her word about McCain, and sees it as a betrayal of convervatives.
There is a group of dedicated supporters, who also hate McCain, and try to justify Palin by claiming she is lying about how she really feels about McCain in order to satisfy some obligation to him, but that eventually she’ll stop lying and tell the truth about him.
And there is the group I consider myself a part of, that takes Palin at her word, believes her when she says that she respects McCain and thinks we should vote for McCain, but don’t think this disqualifies her.
Of that third group, there are probably two subgroups, the one who listen to Palin and will vote for McCain because they trust her judgment, and those who respect Palin, but think she is wrong about McCain and won’t take her advice.
The group I respect the least is the 2nd group, who CLAIM to love Palin and think she’d be a great President, but then argue that she’s a liar who would pimp for votes simply for political payback. Although I think some in the 2nd group don’t really think she’s lying, they think she is just too ignorant to really understand about McCain, is somehow blinded by his presence — not that the image of a woman who can’t understand what a man really is like would be a BETTER argument for her.
I think the group I believe you are in (group 1) is wrong, and I think some of you (not you in particular, I have no way of knowing) aren’t really sincere in the argument, but just are using the conservative hatred of McCain and trying to get it to rub off on Palin to bring her down so another candidate can be built up.
I do realise there is a lot of that around here — so much so that nobody believes me when I say that’s not my purpose here.