John McCain just behaved in a cowardly and untoward manner, simple as that.
Senator McCain appeared on the Tonite Show with Jay Leno last night, and that would have been a perfect time for him to distance himself from the anonymous creeps associated with his campaign who have been trying to excuse their own failures by sliming Sarah Palin.
He didn't.
After copping a few lame bits with Leno, he was asked directly about the trashing of Governor Palin..and here's what he had to say:
Jay Leno: Now, these aides that were criticizing her — and I think everyone agrees there were Republican aides who were criticizing her. I know you wouldn’t go for that. I know you’re an old soul. You don’t let people talk — but why?
Senator John McCain: One — these things happen in campaigns too. I think I have at least a thousand, quote, top advisors. “A top advisor said” — people I’ve never even heard of, much less a, quote, top advisor or a high-ranking Republican official. It’s — these things go on in campaigns, and you just –
Jay Leno: Why don’t we just move on.
Senator John McCain: I’m just very proud to have had Sarah Palin and her family, a wonderful family.
These things happen in campaigns, Senator? Even after they're over? Puh-leeze.
I would have expected John McCain to man up and say, unequivocally that the rumors were garbage, not to be credited and bore no relation to reality. Instead, he chose to just gloss over it and make some innocuous feel-good remarks.
McCain put Sarah Palin on the ticket for one reason...he had to. The GOP base remembers all too well McCain-Feingold, the Amnesty, the constant fire directed at them from Maverick. Without her, he would have been lucky to get 40% of the vote nationally.
Interestingly enough, a story broke today that Bobby Jindall refused to be vetted as the vice presidential nominee because he feared he might “be caught up in what they believed to be a less-than-stellar campaign that could pin a loss on Jindal without much ability to change or control the direction of the contest”.....in other words, exactly what happened to Sarah Palin.
What McCain is doing is allowing her to take the flak for him, and that's disgraceful.
As for Sarah Palin, she'll be fine. People like her always rise above this type of crap.
McCain, on the other hand, has chosen to live in it.
4 comments:
I guess its true. McCain never really wanted to be President. Before this I thought of McCain as many things. Some of them good, some of them bad, and some of them down right awful. One thing I nver thought of him is that he is stupid. I may now need to rethink that. Perhaps he really is stupid.
Sarah Palin was one of the few bright spots in the McCain campaign, perhaps the only bright spot. Rather than sliming her what they and the Republican leadership should be doing is asking themselves, "where can we find more people like Sarah Palin?"
It seems incredible but it really does seem like the leaders of the Republican party really do want to commit suicide of the Republican party. Senator McCain has only survived and thrived as a politician by kissing up to the main stream news media. How does Sarah Palin rise above this? What media outlets can she go through to present her message in a fair and unbalanced manner?
Btw, I can't blame Jindal for not wanting to be a part of team McCain. Given how poorly the campaign was conducted from the beginning, I'm not sure I would have wanted any part of it either.
rofl
i'm always embarassed when i post in ff blog saying i saw something on late night tv.
mindless drivel.
i'm glad to know that sometimes, i said sometimes, ff soils hisself by stopping at one of those shows as well.
hi Y'all
I don't think McCain is stupid, nor do I htink he didn't want to be president. The amount of effort he put forth belies any reluctance he may have had.
I do think that McCain is whom he is, and has an exagerrated sense of self. For him to admit that people he hired are full of it would impede his march back to being the media's favorite Republican...end of story.
Sorry to disappoint you Louie...I saw this on the web, not on TV!
Regards,
ff
I didn't see much effort put forth on behalf of the McCain campaign. Maybe early on but late in the campaign I saw virtually no effort at all. The media relentlessly attacked him. Early on he did make an effort to counter this, which is more than we can say for President Bush. Once we got past the earliest stages of the campaign, other than the occasional wimper he and his team did virtually nothing to challenge the media.
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