Stop Blaming Palin; McCain’s Campaign Dropped the Ball
by Bill Levinson
Like the French generals who executed enlisted men for “cowardice” to cover up their own shortcomings during the First World War, John McCain’s campaign staff is now looking for a convenient scapegoat in the person of Governor Sarah Palin.
First and foremost, the McCain campaign selected Palin to be John McCain’s running mate. Even if the rumors are true (e.g. she thought Africa is a country as opposed to a continent, just as Joe Biden apparently thought that Franklin Roosevelt announced the Pearl Harbor attack on television), it was the staff’s job to review her credentials and those of other candidates ahead of time. If the staff failed to do so adequately, it set Palin and therefore McCain up for failure.
Second, we know of at least one dropped ball and blown opportunity. We called the McCain headquarters repeatedly to bring to its attention a letter from Hillary Clinton’s campaign counsel, Lyn Utrecht, that accused Obama of harassing, intimidating, and suppressing voters during the Nevada caucuses. We faxed and E-mailed copies of this letter to McCain headquarters, and also to some state campaign offices. Had the campaign publicized this letter’s conclusion in 30-second commercial slots, it would have utterly demolished Hillary Clinton’s new-found support for her party’s candidate while adding real flames (credible allegations of misconduct by Obama’s own campaign) to the smoke (voter registration fraud) of the ACORN controversy.
- There is no place in the American electoral process for the types of voter suppression, intimidation and harassment systematically engaged in by the Obama campaign, its allies and supporters.
Sincerely, Lyn Utrecht
Counsel Hillary Clinton for President
While various Hillary Clinton support groups like PUMA did re-post this letter on their Web sites–the optical character transcription of the Adobe Acrobat original that we provided helped–McCain’s people did not get back to us, and they did not act on this opportunity. Like a less than diligent maintenance crew that forgets to arm a Navy warplane with a full load of missiles, or doesn’t bother to top off the fuel tanks, McCain’s people let their “pilot” down. If they continue to badmouth Sarah Palin, she should make their own shortcomings clear to the entire world.
Their sob story about McCain supporters blaming Sarah Palin for McCain failing is STUPID!
McCain lost because of the Keeding Five Savings And Loan Scandal! In truth, we played cheerleaders for McCain because he was all we had as the last resort. In truth, McCain ruined the Republican party and makes me think he was a George Soros ringer all along - because if you study MCCain’s attitude towards Bush during the 1990s and other elections, does anyone remember what MCCain said against Bush? McCain said the same speech all month long and did NOTHING to provide us with HOPE with a plan that had better ideas than Obama’s! Sarah Palin only enhanced McCain’s campaign. As for her throwing fits, don’t we all throw fits. You should have seen my REAL REACTION when Obama won! I was not surprised - and was rather sad and upset, until I came up with a conspiracy theory idea that democrats couldn’t possibly be that stupid to elect Obama, unless he was planned as a brilliant CIA OPERATIVE COVERT STRATEGY to draw in all the terrorists who have been hiding………possible? If it’s not true, it would be a BRILLIANT PLAN to use Obama for the next plan of action in rooting out terrorism……then again, I just reason that democrats are really that stupid and that Obama’s profile isn’t a fascade to detour the general public while convincing our enemies he is on their side……….then you would have a conspiracy that included a lot of people who supported him………….and it would include Republicans working with democrats to make Obama happen and lose the election on purpose because a deal was signed……….dumb………okay…………I’m just trying to come up with some valid reason as to why Obama was selected, the odd support he’s gotten, the possiblity that the election was rigged and planned……….and………perhaps people really are that stupid and Obama’s profile is for real……….. Let’s go for a lawsuit to impeach Obama! As for Sarah Palin, I really liked her and thought that she only made McCain look better and not worse………she has my full support and respect! But I still conclude that if Obama is NOT A US BORN CITIZEN we should get Arnold Swartnzeggar on the 2012 ballot! Amen!
Comment by Michael Sunstar — November 8, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Your story about McCain supporters blaming Sarah Palin for McCain failing is STUPID! McCain lost because of the Keeding Five Savings And Loan Scandal! In truth, we played cheerleaders for McCain because he was all we had as the last resort. In truth, McCain ruined the Republican party and makes me think he was a George Soros ringer all along - because if you study MCCain’s attitude towards Bush during the 1990s and other elections, does anyone remember what MCCain said against Bush? McCain said the same speech all month long and did NOTHING to provide us with HOPE with a plan that had better ideas than Obama’s! Sarah Palin only enhanced McCain’s campaign. As for her throwing fits, don’t we all throw fits. You should have seen my REAL REACTION when Obama won! I was not surprised - and was rather sad and upset, until I came up with a conspiracy theory idea that democrats couldn’t possibly be that stupid to elect Obama, unless he was planned as a brilliant CIA OPERATIVE COVERT STRATEGY to draw in all the terrorists who have been hiding possible? If it’s not true, it would be a BRILLIANT PLAN to use Obama for the next plan of action in rooting out terrorism then again, I just reason that democrats are really that stupid and that Obama’s profile isn’t a fascade to detour the general public while convincing our enemies he is on their side then you would have a conspiracy that included a lot of people who supported him and it would include Republicans working with democrats to make Obama happen and lose the election on purpose because a deal was signed. dumb. okay, I’m just trying to come up with some valid reason as to why Obama was selected, the odd support he’s gotten, the possiblity that the election was rigged and planned and perhaps people really are that stupid and Obama’s profile is for real. Let’s go for a lawsuit to impeach Obama! As for Sarah Palin, I really liked her and thought that she only made McCain look better and not worse she has my full support and respect! But I still conclude that if Obama is NOT A US BORN CITIZEN we should get Arnold Swartnzeggar on the 2012 ballot!
Comment by Michael Sunstar — November 8, 2008 @ 12:33 pm