Thread: Palin Admits McCain Ticket Represented Bush, Says Obama Articulates Change

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she thought the Election Day contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain would be closer. But she added that, in retrospect, "it's really not so much a surprise" that Obama's margin of victory was so large.
In an interview aired Tuesday on NBC's "Today," the Republican vice presidential candidate said three factors contributed to her party's defeat:

_"We didn't get the Hispanic vote."

_"We were outspent so tremendously."

_"The anti-incumbency sentiment that was spread across the land and our ticket representing the incumbency."

Obama, Palin said, "did a great job articulating his ability to usher in change. Our ticket represented too much of the status quo."

The Associated Press: Palin says she thought election would be closer

Palin is now admitting the McCain ticket was a carbon copy of Bush.

Sure. That means the McCain-Palin ticket was too socialist, and that's not how they were going to capture the segment of the population that resents the imposition of slavery upon them.

You don't resent becoming a serf, so you supported Obama, unless you're one of those people who are already serfs and see Obama's theft-plan as a means of getting money you didn't earn.

Wasn't anybody in the general election seriously discussing an American agenda. Or weren't you paying attention?

Originally Posted by Freedom for All

Sure. That means the McCain-Palin ticket was too socialist, and that's not how they were going to capture the segment of the population that resents the imposition of slavery upon them.

You don't resent becoming a serf, so you supported Obama, unless you're one of those people who are already serfs and see Obama's theft-plan as a means of getting money you didn't earn.

Wasn't anybody in the general election seriously discussing an American agenda. Or weren't you paying attention?

your posts should come with a secret decoder ring. i don't have any idea what the hell you're talking about.

Originally Posted by Bluegrass

The Associated Press: Palin says she thought election would be closer

Palin is now admitting the McCain ticket was a carbon copy of Bush.

I'm very glad to hear that. That actually makes me very happy, that Sarah Palin sees some version of the TRUTH.

'Cause I mean, I feel kinda sorry for her.

I think, she just had her "trial by fire". She just got into bed with the Neo-Cons, and she just got used and then spit out. Just the same as someone might, in a love affair or somethin'.

That is the PROBLEM with those Neo-Cons. They use people, and then spit 'em out. Like, those 8 US attorneys. Like, Sarah Palin.

See, so, I think, anyone that's happened to, is gonna react kinda the same way as we're seeing Sarah Palin react. And, people like Scott McLellan - same thing.

See, these people "start" by believing they got some kinda "consensus" in terms of ideology, but what they REALLY discover about these people, is that they're evil scumbags and they don't give a F*CK about anything but their own power. Their deal is, that they're right and everyone else is wrong, and they're not gonna listen to anyone or anything that tells 'em any different. Well, the end result of that, is..... TORTURE!

And I mean, the only difference between human beings - the ONLY difference - is how long it takes 'em to realize something like that. Some people realize it from "day one", others, kinda wake up in the middle of it, and still others, are semi-brain-dead and when the whole thing's over they say "gee, I hope we don't have to go through THAT again".... :laughing:

While I still got a brain cell left, and before I get old and senile, I'm gonna kinda try to make sure I'm on "top of" stuff, so I can catch the "trajectory" of things when they float by, 'cause I mean, this equation is TOO IMPORTANT not to pay attention to it.

Originally Posted by Freedom for All

Sure. That means the McCain-Palin ticket was too socialist, and that's not how they were going to capture the segment of the population that resents the imposition of slavery upon them.

It's called irony.

You don't resent becoming a serf, so you supported Obama, unless you're one of those people who are already serfs and see Obama's theft-plan as a means of getting money you didn't earn.

I voted for Ron Paul. I believe you poo-pooed that too. Shocker- and it must be exhausting getting enemies mixed up when there are so many.

Wasn't anybody in the general election seriously discussing an American agenda. Or weren't you paying attention?

They all claim to have "American agendas". Or weren't you paying attention?

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Originally Posted by Freedom for All

Sure. That means the McCain-Palin ticket was too socialist, and that's not how they were going to capture the segment of the population that resents the imposition of slavery upon them.

So you are saying that all the conservatives and libertarians voted for the guy who they said was the most liberal senator there was? What a fuckin joke.

McCain did better than any other republican candidate could have. If a more conservative guy had been running he would have been clobbered far worse than McCain!

Originally Posted by Pragmatist

McCain did better than any other republican candidate could have. If a more conservative guy had been running he would have been clobbered far worse than McCain!

That's an interesting one, Prag. I see why you're sayin' that - but I'm also thinkin' this: ROMNEY, may be the one person, who could have changed some of that. Why? Because out of ALL the Republicans, he was the ONE guy, who didn't like the Neo-Cons very much, and didn't want to get in bed with 'em. (And, maybe, that's part of why he lost, and ALSO, part of why they made him spend his own money on the effort).

It seems to me, that Huckabee, and Giuliani, and Thompson, and all those other clowns, woulda jumped right into bed with the Neo's, which means, the campaign that eventually resulted, would have been run "more or less" the same as McCain's campaign was.

I have a very strong feeling, that a Romney campaign would have been run "differently" though. He would have tried to bring in a different set of people.

Seems to me, based on what I'm seeing from my Republican pals here just these last couple of days, that there's a lot of people considering that equation right now, in just this light. You know, it's debriefing time - "what could we have done" - well, one of the answers that keeps poppin' out, from anyone who's really thinkin', is "Romney".

And, where that goes, is it takes their heads into considering how they would have worked that equation with the religious right!

Originally Posted by nonsqtr

I have a very strong feeling, that a Romney campaign would have been run "differently" though. He would have tried to bring in a different set of people.

I don't think so. Obama got over 50% of the vote and I can't imagine someone who voted for Obama voting for Romney.

That is unless Palin took 6% of the vote away from McCain which I suppose is possible, she was dimwitted enough to possibly do that. But that also means McCain would have won by a larger margin than Romney if he had just selected someone who did not scream ignorance.

Originally Posted by Pragmatist

I don't think so. Obama got over 50% of the vote and I can't imagine someone who voted for Obama voting for Romney.

That is unless Palin took 6% of the vote away from McCain which I suppose is possible, she was dimwitted enough to possibly do that. But that also means McCain would have won by a larger margin than Romney if he had just selected someone who did not scream ignorance.

Do you think McCain would have done better with Lieberman?

Originally Posted by nonsqtr

I'm very glad to hear that. That actually makes me very happy, that Sarah Palin sees some version of the TRUTH.

'Cause I mean, I feel kinda sorry for her.

I think, she just had her "trial by fire". She just got into bed with the Neo-Cons, and she just got used and then spit out. Just the same as someone might, in a love affair or somethin'.

That is the PROBLEM with those Neo-Cons. They use people, and then spit 'em out. Like, those 8 US attorneys. Like, Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin has been given a hard time in the media but none of it is deserved. She stood the test of fire just fine. She has been just as truthful and understanding of reality and polics as Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden. She has said less faux pas than Biden and she has more real experience than Obama. Every negative story I have seen about her has been almost 100% rumor. You are doing a great job of spreading more rumors. Keep up the good work, it reflects well on you and yours.