Shameful

Hmmmmm.

"I wonder how many people actually voted for John McCain (that is, voted for him because they liked him, and thought he would be a good president)?"

Not I.

I don't trust McCain. He's made it his career to attack conservatives and it's extremely clear that he selected Palin only -after- it was clear to him that he was toast without conservative support.

But now he'll go back to the standard McCain. Pain in the ass, overly opinionated and pig ignorant on important issues and self righteous in all regards.

We really need to see him loose his next primary.

I'd rather he lose it.

Hmmmmm.

"We really need to see him loose his next primary."

ROFL! Thanks!

Perhaps it was a Freudian slip eh?

What a silly world we live in. I'm almost nostalgic for the Soviet Union. They were commie Red bastards but they were honestly commie Red bastards.

Turns out the rumors were a hoax: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/arts/television/13hoax.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

But Fox News' reporting and John McCain's reaction weren't. These jokers managed to score two direct hits on Republican targets with one stone - Fox News' credibility and McCain's integrity.

Good show, men; good show.

For the record, I did not vote -for- McCain, but some combination of for Palin and against Obama.

I thought that Carl Cameron said that Eisenstadt wasn't his source?

Maybe McCain shrugged his shoulders because he approved of the leaking.

I sure as hell didn't vote FOR McCain; his incoherence on economic matters, his droning on about wall street greed, that alone was enough for me. I was totaling up the pros of the Obama win; Hillary lost, no more homeless for at least the next 4 years, etc. The biggest one I had was: "John McCain will never again be a candidate for POTUS".

It seems that Palin is destined to be forever the object of sexism. In this case it is sexism on the part of people claiming that McCain should have stepped forth to defend her. Can't she defend herself? Especially from such impotent and ridiculous claims such as that she thought Africa was a country? (She may lack experience at the national level, but did she skip grade school?)

Last night Bill O'Reilly went so far as to assert that McCain should have "defended her honor." Really? What is this, Victorian England?

All you folks who feel that McCain should have come to her rescue, think again. Your sentiments are noble but sexist nonetheless. This woman can take care of herself.

All you folks who feel that McCain should have come to her rescue, think again. Your sentiments are noble but sexist nonetheless. This woman can take care of herself.

It's not about coming to her rescue so much as punishing the people who are doing this, to discourage such behavior. Obviously she can take care of herself, and has.

All you folks who feel that McCain should have come to her rescue, think again. Your sentiments are noble but sexist nonetheless. This woman can take care of herself.

By this logic, McCain was racist for coming to Obama's defense. The issue people have with McCain not defending Palin has nothing to do with her gender. Rather they are pissed because he would go out of his way to challenge people who dishonored Obama, even when they otherwise supported McCain. But dishonor his own running mate? *shrug*

Do you think the "internal" attacks on Palin compare to a guy saying Barack's middle name at a rally? McCain came right out and denounced anyone who would make derogatory use Obama's own middle name. Why not defend Palin with at least the same vigor?

If the dem ticket had been Hillary, I would have sat out, unless McCain had still picked Palin (unlikely) then I would have had to think about it a bit.

Obama was that bad,that I voted for McCain.

For me it was entirely a VP affair. I was for Palin and against that F'n idiot -- Biden.

I viewed McCain as duct tape - a jerry-rigged patch to minimize the damage until his more reliable successor takes over.

It's not about coming to her rescue so much as punishing the people who are doing this, to discourage such behavior. Obviously she can take care of herself, and has.
I would be in of favor of him doing that, but how do you want him to punish them? By going negative in public against obscure, publicly unknown people? Anything he tried to do like that would only make him look small, and Palin look weak.

We can't know what he may be saying privately, but as McCain seems to be an honorable man, I would hope that it would not benefit those responsible for the Palin smears.

By this logic, McCain was racist for coming to Obama's defense. The issue people have with McCain not defending Palin has nothing to do with her gender. Rather they are pissed because he would go out of his way to challenge people who dishonored Obama, even when they otherwise supported McCain.
I think you're comparing apples to oranges. McCain defense of Obama was mainly for show, to make him look good: "Look at me! I'm not a racist!" But the campaign's over. What purpose would it serve to make a public show of defending Palin? He may be doing so privately.

Obama goes to a racist church for 20 years, and McCain is the one paranoid about being nailed as a racist. Lewis Carroll couldn't have made this up.

> What purpose would it serve to make a public show of defending Palin? He may be doing so privately.

It would show he has character.

Instead, we're left with "McCain defense of Obama was mainly for show, to make him look good"

Hmmmmm.

IMO McCain should have defended Palin because the people attacking her were -his- people. He hired them and then -he- assigned them to be her handlers. She didn't have much of a choice in the matter.