tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post240715700252899830..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Two myths that matterRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-23624992433289780412008-11-16T14:49:00.000-05:002008-11-16T14:49:00.000-05:00Well, Gov. Palin MUST attract some independents. S...Well, Gov. Palin MUST attract some independents. She could not have been elected governor on ALL Republican votes in Alaska. You are so right, RS. It was the fault of Team McCain and how the media has driven home a lot about nothing. Notice that there are few if any stories about her governing POLICIES! No, make her out to be some whack job fundamentlist Christian and cut her out in 2012. Ain't gonna happen. Might I remind all as I do often that the same type of media did all of this to one Ronald Reagan. Oh yea, he was only elected twice in real landslides, electoral and popular vote.Righty64https://www.blogger.com/profile/09732939643534694274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-44667280640686277632008-11-16T12:58:00.000-05:002008-11-16T12:58:00.000-05:00McCain, as weak as he is, had a better than even s...McCain, as weak as he is, had a better than even shot at the election before the economy tanked AND he screwed up the response.<BR/><BR/>McCain was not much different than Obama other than the Iraq War if one looks at their history. Exit polls show that if the GOP base had been enthused about their candidate the results would have been at least a push.<BR/><BR/>That tells me a mature Jindal type candidate, or an excited Fred Thompson type, would have sent the liberal Illinois Combine candidate back to Rezko land.<BR/><BR/>Look, McCain sucked as a presidential candidate and Obama still didn't get a real landslide. A strong GOP candidate would have opened a can of Whup*** on him.<BR/><BR/>Bottom line, too many of the GOP base stayed home. That's on McCain.<BR/><BR/>Oh, yeah, Barr was not that guy. He was simply another short, grumpy, balding old guy that looked like a nut job. I know, Thompson is old and balding, but unlike the other two he can express core values in a modern terminology that is understandable and NOT BORING.Steve in TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990498448942991511noreply@blogger.com