John McCain says he was surprised Palin left, she didn't quit and didn't promise voters to stay on when she was elected
By John Amato Sunday Jul 12, 2009 12:00pm
John McCain was on Meet the Press again this morning and was trying to defend Sarah Palin's decision to quit her job as Governor. When you win an election, you are making a vow to the people that voted for you that you'd work as hard as you can for the duration of your position. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to make sense of her decision and even his answers didn't make any sense whatsoever. Gregory worked him over and tried to get him to admit that she didn't have the commitment to public office like he did, but McCain rehearsed as well as he could and still came off sounding like chalk on a black board.
(rough transcript)
Gregory: You must have been shocked to see Sarah Palin resign as Governor?
McCain: Well, I wasn't shocked. Obviously I was a bit surprised, but I wasn't shocked. I understand where Sarah Palin made the decision to where she would be most effective for Alaska and for the country...
Gregory: But you say you were surprised a little bit, why?
McCain: She had not called me and we discussed it since and I better understand the reasons for her decision...
Gregory: What were they?
McCain: Well, how could she best serve? How could she most effectively serve Alaska and the country and that was her
Gregory: But Senator, you have a reputation of personal and professional toughness and sticktoitiveness. You sought the highest role in the land as President of the US. You never quit.
McCain: No, I don't think she quit. I think she changed.,...
Gregory: She made a promise to the voters to serve out her term, didn't he?
McCain: I don't know if there was a quote "promise," but I do know that she will be an effective player on the national stage. And I will say...
...she's popular republican of her own party, she ignited our base, she did a great job as my running mate even under the most sustained personal attacks in certainly recent American political...
Gregory: Sen. McCain, you have faced torture, personal attacks, political attacks, investigations, you have never resigned from anything. Is it consistent with your qualities of leadership to resign an elected post like that?
McCain: Oh, sure.
Gregory: It is consistent?
McCain: If you can be, the question is how can serve most effectively...
The whole attack meme is so disingenuous. Every day Barack Obama is personally vilified and was during the campaign (nobody claimed she was a terrorist lover) and Sarah hasn't been subjected to anything that comes close to the personal and professional onslaught of attacks that Hillary Clinton did and is still receiving by the right and the media. Palin's been in the spotlight since the campaign. Hillary has been attacked on a daily basis since 1992 and yet she has managed to never quit a thing. How can Sarah serve Alaskans at all if she's not in office? I'm sure many Americans would like people to defend them in this way. She announced that she quit her job, but that's not quitting. She's just leaving office to better serve her people. Riiight. I mean what does that mean? Pols resign during scandals, (except republicans I should say) but she was voted in by the people for four years. She called herself a lame duck with almost half her term left. When did that become a lame duck status? Resigning would only help her to make a ton of money and build up a national base, not a local one. McCain wouldn't say he'd endorse her for 2012 yet, but did say she'd make a great president. Could he say anything else?
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and Winners Never Quit.
That's what I was always told growing up.
Perhaps Palin could twist this into a different message for today's youth.
"Quit only when it benefits you at the time"?
I can only imagine her run for president:
"I want to be your president for the next 4 to 8 years! Maybe... or a couple. I don't know."
But of course she won't run, she knows she hasn't a chance, so, hello book deal, and hey, GOP... meet your new SELL OUT!
Ha ha ha ha ha.... she sold you suckers out!
She doesn't care about you AT ALL!
She said she had a plan for America, but she sold you out for book deals!
Suck on it!
Poor old Senator McCain. How do you defend a whacko flake like Sarah Palin? And what the hell, she ignited the republican base? So their base is the extreme right?
I hope Sarah does go for the book deals and fades into the political sunset. She is one scary person. We don't need somebody even more arrogant and ignorant than George W. Bush running our country, ever.
from McHale's Navy, The misadventures of a misfit PT Boat crew during World War II.
This week, new replacement for Ensign Parker. McHale gets loopy and appoints the crew's resident POW, Fuji Palin, XO. [laughtrack]
McHale has flashbacks to when he blew up an aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal. http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/026510.jpg [laughtrack].
McHale has nightmare he's appointed Admiral, gets blown up, Fuji Palin takes over the helm and sinks the boat. [laughtrack]
Don't miss a single hilarious episode of "McCain's err... McHale's Navy", brought to you by Bush's Gassy Submarine Beans.
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that's the Enterprise can o dumbass
Four more
years...months...weeks... we have faith. That's sumthin.July 7: Gov. Sarah Palin, R-AK, invited reporters on a family fishing trip to explain (repeatedly) why she resigned. Rachel Maddow is joined by Daily Beast contributor Mark McKinnon to talk about her comments.
It's called the Altar of Greed. It's where all Republicans & way too many Dems worship.
Asking her personal opinion of the Bush Doctrine? No way, Charlie.
Asking her views on Supreme Court decisions? Too much.
They even asked her what written sources of information she relied on.
How utterly disgusting.
She should have told the MSM who played for the Packers. They wouldn't have know the difference. Or was it the Steelers?
Thank goodness no one went so far as to ask her the time of day. That would have been sooo over the edge.
it's time grampa and edsign hit the road together. They could open up an ink parlor in Arizona and have payme do the heavy lifting.
edsign needs to go now. Although his tearm will not be over until 2012, the lame guv we have, Zero, could appoint whomever, probably himself, and then the main election would be held next year as per Nevada law.
We will have a new Democrat Senator next year!
her kidz: stuck, puck, truck, smuckers and rubberduck.
bad, bad. But funny.
She can name the next two schmuck and Schtick
Those were brutal personal attacks! How dare you?
Unqualified By Design
by Laura Clawson
Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 01:00:04 PM PDT
Sarah Palin is unqualified. She is at a minimum intellectually incurious. She is unethical. And calling these things for what they are is not an anti-feminist act. Nor is Sarah Palin the individual the real issue.
This can be a delicate question because qualified, honorable women have so often been called unqualified and attacked for their ambition or assertiveness.
http://www.dailykos.com/
Whenever you hear the refrain that Palin is being picked on just because she is a woman in high office the best rebuttal in as few words possible...
unlike Jennifer Granholm.
birth certificate. She was not really born in Hawaii.
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Palin' with Palin...
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Once you've had Sarah, all else will Palin comparison.
Jennifer Granholm: Now THAT'S a hot female governor! She has the crucial, magic ingredient: A fucking BRAIN!
And PEGGY LOVES REPUGLYkkkAN WOMEN
McCain: You are right, David. I really screwed up with that choice didn't I? At least I never fooled around with South American women. After I got elected. Or danced in public with Karl Rove.
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the Green Room before the show.
Warning: Republican Spin Ahead.
Leave Valuables, Sanity and Logic at the Door.
Where do you start with that jumble of contradictions.
Consistently inconsistent is consistent.
Quitting the job is doing that job better than doing that job better.
I'm not surprised except when I am surprised.
Am I wearing any pants?
Wow John, the room is still going around after you spun me off my chair and onto the floor.
Could you talk about fans instead?
I could use a cool breeze about now.
the 1st commandment as set down by the deity, reagan
however, senator....you were attacked for having a black child out of wedlock
your daughter has been called fat, an airhead and worse
you never complained...you didnt cry...you didnt play the victim game
stop trying to pimp out his wannabe king maker
I don't think that word means what you think it means, Senator.
Definitions of quit on the Web:
discontinue: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
leave office: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
depart: go away or leave
foreswear: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
drop out: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Unless he means Sarah did not join QUIT!
;o}
Whatever happened to the straight-talk express? This was one of the lamest excuses for defense of Palin's quitting that I have heard. Actually, the best way for Palin to serve the people of Alaska IS TO QUIT & get out of the way of someone more competent & dedicated.
There is no higher calling than preventing overstocking of Salmon in Alaska's crowded waterways.
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Oh Sarah, I just can't quit you.
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Don't Republicans have anyone else to go on this show?
Or is it just that David Gregory didn't shill hard enough for them during the last election like he did for McGrampa?
Maybe David doesn't have many friends??? He needs to start working that cocktail party circuit like Cokie Roberts does. I'm sure she could show him where they keep the top-shelf gin.
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When running a marathon...
... I leave when I've crossed the finish line.
NOT during mile 13!
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When running a marathon I leave after 100 meters. 26 miles is a long way to run when you can drive.
With his befuddled stories he's turning into Grandpa Simpson as we speak.
Old Man Yells At Cloud
His old tales of fightin' an flyin' an finagalin' always brings a tear to my eyes.
Or it could be those onions tied to his belt.
(wish I thought of that myself)
I am also so, so tired of whining over the "incredible" personal attacks against Palin and her family. Please. As noted, ask Hillary Clinton who was both a lesbian and having an affair with Vince Foster before she and her husband had him killed. That's just scratching the surface.
no kidding . . . she used her family like human shields whenever it was politically expedient . . . if they have a problem with how they were treated, they should whine to her
"People need to understand that in Republican circles, resigning as Governor does not harm Sarah Palin's career. Being a Governor is just ... governing ... and Republicans don't do that.
"In fact, there is a contempt for the idea, and Palin has just reinforced her brand as one with contempt for government. The very word, "Governor," is suspect to them. The only use of the job is to affect redistricting so Republicans can have more power, and to keep a state from "spending" (also known as providing services to the citizens)
When Reichsmarshal or Fuhrer sounds so much more authoritarian.
All this Palin chitter chatter is not why I care about politics. The cmsm is trying to get me to care about the latest gossip on this airhead. It's like all the gossip on Michael Jackson, is this the 80s all over again? The boob tube tries to get you involved in crap that is mostly irrelevant. I refuse to play in that game.
By distilling an whole mornings ramblings and dumbassitude into succinct and manageable dollops of douche, C&L frees up our lives so we can get on with those things that make life worth living.
ie:
Exfoliating - Stop choking your largest organ, let it breath.
Working on my German - Here have another glass of Mosel my gummibärchen and show me where it hurts.
Squeezing blackheads - It's not a dirty word, just a dirty pore.
Extremely good paragraph you wrote. The comparisons between criticism of H. Clinton versus Sarah Palin has been done before; you hit the nail on the head.
He has fell in one pile of shit after another his whole life, but because of his lineage and his wifes money, he has come out smelling like a rose every time.
He got into Annapolis not because he was qualified but because his father and grandfather were both Admirals. He graduated almost last out of over 800 midshipmen.
He crashed 6 planes on his way to getting his sorry ass shot down over North Vietnam. You are a hero when you shoot down the enemy not when the enemy shoots you down. When you get shot down it just means you were a lousy pilot.
The wife he left behind waited for him all that time taking care of the kids and getting disfigured in a car wreck. Well she's not good enough to be my trophy wife now , hell she doesn't even have any money.I need me a young rich bitch to show around and spnge off good old dads money , enter Cindy exit faithful wife. ( so republican)
the S&L scandal and the Keating 5 should have meant the end of his career as a politician but money and influence made all that go away.
His 2000 run for Pres. might have been succesful except for a crooked SOB named Bush along with Karl (slander anyone) Roe but he loses and winds up kissing Bushes ass to stay in the loop.
2008.. He runs again and gets the nomination. He picks a know nothing hick ass governor Of a state that is sympathetic to seccessionists wanting to pull Alaska out of Union. She was personally with the group and its not like she read about them in a magazine or book ..heavens no ... but I read all them I just don't know which ones they are. But hey in all good republicans minds she is more than qualified .. Hell she's good looking and got a vagina ...you betcha!
Hero is not a word I would use to describe him any more. He's just an old wore out peice of shit who should never have gotten as far as he did except he's one lucky SOB whose time has come and gone.
I for one am more than ready to say good riddance.
Southernman's MKKKain biography above is all anyone needs to know about that P.O.S.
Grampy McCain WAS NOT the only American POW held captive in Vietnam. Grampy, the republicans and what passes for media continuing to parrott the "HE was a POW hero" meme does not make it so.
Figures for actually how many Americans were held as POW are not actually known. Or how many actually died while POWs. Officially, 661 recognized prisoners were returned; some 100 of those have since died. All endured sickness, starvation, and torture. Most of them went on to live full productive lives without grampy's pa clearing the way.
These returning 661 POWs were/are just as much of a hero as grampy. One thing that sets them apart from grampy is that they did not spend their lives as Noun Verb POW. Nor did they have an admiral father who made sure that the records dealing with POWs were sealed.
Grampy really gets bent out of shape and hostile when anyone brings up the possibility that American POWs were left behind or that some POW MIA's may still be alive in Vietnam today? There are many who do believe this.
I find it fascinating that none of the 661 returned POWs still alive today were involved in grampy's presidential campaign. You know, telling us what a great hero and all he was?
She's a lousy governor, but an excellent headliner for a fundraiser.
Got it.
who exactly decides to put WifeCheater McDontKnowShit on the air? does anybody know? they need to find another job. i hear NAMBLA is hiring.
as if you will ever get a straight or honest answer out of Grampy McPrisonCamp. he made a horrible call in naming this bimbo to the ticket. it will haunt him for the rest of his life.
McLying Hypocrite: "I have never seen personal attacks on someone's family like what happen to Sarah Palin's"
"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father" - McLying Hypocrite
"There's a new dog in the White House. *holds up a picture of Chelsea Clinton*"
- Republican Party Boss Limpballs
Wonder why Gregory didn't reference these quotes? Not like it's not common knowledge by now.
Gregory is a worthless tool who gives a shit about nothing but "access". You can bet he knows about McCrazy's comments about Chelsea, but he isn't gonna go there because then McCain will get mad and his handlers won't let Gregory talk to him anymore.
David Gregory is possibly the worst host of MTP ever. He adds nothing to the political discourse, just sucks whatever weiner might get him his next "interview" (metaphorically speaking of course).
McNasty "I love Sarah Palin and her family"
Cindy and I just haven't had them over to one of our 7 house since the election due to scheduling conflicts....or even so much as spoken to them on the phone.
It's simple, John McCain is lying.
http://pickwaynesbrain.wordpress.com/2009/07/...
"Why, why do Republicans lie?"
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The funniest part though is nobody backstabbed and attacked Sarah Palin any more the the McCain campaign did after the election was over! McCain wouldn't even let her speak during the concession. Why didn't Gregory bring this up?
candidates DO NOT/HAVE NEVER given a concession speech.
Try again.
I see stupid.
That neither he, nor Sarah Palin, were ever capable of doing the job of President and VP.
And why is McCain still on TV anyway? He lost the election. He is totally irrelevant.
My favorite part is when McCain claims he's not sure there was a "promise" not to quit from Palin - as if running for the office itself didn't assume that.
Of course resigning equals quitting. Palin resigned; therefore, she quit. Can you imagine what sort of shape the country would have been in if McCain-Palin were elected? Neither one shows any evidence they have a grasp on reality or the ability to communicate anything, let alone real ideas. How I wish Gregory or someone just once would pin McCain down on his awful comment about Chelsea Clinton when he comes out with that whining about Palin.
McCain buy Sarah and the first dud that house in Alaska because I don't think they could afford a home like that on their salaries.
McCain buy Sarah and the first dud that house in Alaska because I don't think they could afford a home like that on their salaries.
Wow...was that a glitch or what?
is gonna be the new political analyst on FauxSpews. Either that or starring in such porns as Nailin' Palin and the Moosehunting Hussies.
Aw damn, I was betting that her first porn flick would have been named "Drill Baby Drill". Either that, or Sarah does Wasilla.
re⋅sign
/rɪˈzaɪn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ri-zahyn] Show IPA
–verb (used without object)
1. to give up an office or position, often formally (often fol. by from): to resign from the presidency.
2. to submit; yield: to resign before the inevitable.
–verb (used with object)
3. to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
4. to relinquish (a right, claim, agreement, etc.).
5. to give or sign over, as to the control or care of another: She resigned her child to an adoption agency.
6. to submit (oneself, one's mind, etc.) without resistance.
Serve the people thay serve themselves.
No mccain not palin no republican that I can think of has anything more then helping themselves.
republicanism is a mental illness!
Gregory: She made a promise to the voters to serve out her term, didn't he?
McCain: I don't know if there was a quote "promise,"
It's silly of the Alaskan voters to think that once they elect a governor to expect that governor to complete the term. I mean, what kind of elected official completes their term in office. It's unusual.
when he lost in November to make an ass of himself at every turn. That's all I can ascribe most of his comments to.
does anyone wonder why?
She ignited our base... What's their base?
And what's the Democrat's base?
And what's the base(s), of any other formidable political party.
Wait till we see who's on second...
We know Palin is a hit, even though she walked! ;)
Let the faction fighting begin! Can Mitt, the money manager, appease their base? The Huckster, with his Foxy moves, take the prize or Gingrinch crack the whip? Thanks John,
I wish that the Repug base would be literally ignited.
That's understandable. :)
McCain is a putz. I have zero faith in his judgement or opinions.
""McCain: I don't know if there was a quote "promise," but I do know that she will be an effective player on the national stage. And I will say...
...she's popular republican of her own party, she ignited our base, she did a great job as my running mate even under the most sustained personal attacks in certainly recent American political..."
As appalling as the prospect of Sarah Palin as VP is, even more appalling is the idea that this moron could have been President. She did a great job as his running mate? Really John?? Did you watch her interviews. You're blaming the media because that woman became a laughinstock?? Jesus! I'll say this for the GOP'ers - they sure do have message discipline. They say one thing, then another, make up all kinds of inconsistent bullshit - but they stick to it - reality be damned. By the way, John? She took an oath of office when she was sworn in as Governor of Alaska. Maybe it's just me, but I've always thought of such an oath as being a very formal promise to the people of her state
McCain is officially Sarah Palin's sex tool. It is like he's buying coke for a stripper, he'll say anything to keep her happy. She's in control, her intention is to keep it that way and if he wants to keep working he does what she requires. Like all the other sex tools that salivate over the odor coming out her ass.
Please, please, PLEASE don't ever use the name McCain and the words "sex tool" in the same sentence!:-)
"The whole attack meme is so disingenuous."
What?? Sarah has been attacked waaaaaaaay more than that Liberal Cow Clinton whose kid is homely and who is a closet Lesbian who killed Vince Foster and is fat and pushy...'n stuff.
Holy shit, I'm glad this man was never elected President. .
He's definitely out there now ONLY to ass-kiss the ever-shrinking conservative base of the party. And, I can't believe the dumb bastard STILL thinks the stock market crash caused his defeat.
Wake up, Gramps it was that fuckbrain you had on the ticket with you. Apparently, being a naval aviator and not a surface officer, you're not familiar with the fact that an anchor like Palin drops to the bottom and if you're tied to it, you're going down.
He knows he made the worst decision in the world, literally, and now he has to stand behind it, even though it's as plain as day that he regrets it 110%.
He made his bed. Lie down, gramps.
Oh why did she quit? She couldn't have stuck it out another 18 months or so. Wouldn't that have looked better on a resume? I can't believe more than 70% of repubs would vote for her as pres given that she is a SOCIALIST and takes PROFITS from the OIL companies to redistribute the WEALTH among Alaskans.
"Old man yells at cloud."
Just imagine where we would be now under President McCain.
WifeCheater McCrashSixPlanes should just STFU and go find out how his wife is making out with at airports (look it up) and leave us all alone. nobody trusted him enough to be in charge and he is as bitter as hell (if you cant tell). and we are really tired of his self righteous act.
"why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? because Janet Reno is her father."
-Grampy McSheetstain-
and he defends palin against all of us because we slighted her family? really. bill clinton should have jacked this asshole across the mouth when he said that. i would have.
Can someone please explain to me how and why Sarah Palin got a book deal? This woman has done nothing of significance in her life to warrent a deal for millions of dollars.
How can she write a book when she can't speak in simple, let alone compound sentences?
Does anyone think that she will include a chapter on the witch doctor who drove the demons out of her?
ah yes right,, this is all above "service"
McCain is so transparent when spewing his bullshit and lies.
half way through her term. Quitting is justified because she will then be able "to be most effective". Yeah, right. Palin thinks it's just fine to rewrite the rules so she can do whatever she wants to do to satisfy her whims. McCain fully supports her this. It's amazing how government is such a supple thing in the hands of republicans like this. And, let's her it for the quitter... hip hip, hooray! hip hip, hooray! hip hip, hooray!
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