Stephanie
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I saw Steve Schmidt speak a few weeks ago. According to him, we did indeed dodge a bullet.
Steve Schmidt is an asshole.
McCain did not lose because of Palin.
McCain lost because of McCain.
And Obama.
McCain won the nomination not because anyone wanted him, but because the Corporate scumwads refused to support Huckabee, and the religious nutters refused to support Romney because he was a Mormon. (Well, they had a point.)
No one really wanted him. He just became the concensus candidate because he didn't offend anyone that badly.
If anything, Palin probably revitalized McCain's moribund campaign, because it gave people something to be excited about.
Now, I like McCain and respect the hell out of what he did, unlike Romney who hid out in France. But he was an awful candidate in 2000, and he was an awful candidate in 2008.
If any bullets were dodged, we dodged a bullet in that McCain probably would have gotten us into a war with Iran.
Until the GOP gets right with working people, and stops putting the interests of corporations above those of America, they can keep on losing elections, and assholes like Schmidt can keep blaming other people for their Fail.
Steve Schmidt may be an asshole but I admire a guy who owns up to his mistakes. And he said that Palin was the most unqualified person to run for VP that he knew of.
Come on Toro, you can't be serious..She had more experience than McCain even..she was a mayor and then a Governor of a state
Schmidt should reevaluate if HE is qualified to ever again help run a Presidential election..since HE lost the one with McCain..Schmidt is spinning his loss on Palin..
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