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[MYCAR47562]

http://news.aol.com/elections/article/palin-ties-election-loss-to-bush/243122?icid=100214839x1212638682x1200796633
ok so i see this article today, and couldnt believe the title so of course i read the article. well in my opinion she didnt say it was bush's fault i believe she was saying that it was the republican party's fault.

either way she isnt presidential material in my opinion, at least right now. i might have to retract this in 2012 just depends on what my views are then.

[gtrman66]

It was the republican party's fault.

I am very conservative, but I could not push the button for McCain/Palin, because they do NOT represent what I believe. The Libertarian party is the closest thing to Reagan I can find.

I might have been more inclined to vote a Jindahl (Gov of LA) / Palin ticket as he was a successful businessman who brought good practices to the state gov't.

[MYCAR47562]

Oh I Dont Disagree With You There We Shot Our Self's In The Foot. And What Was With All The Bad Press Coming Out About Sarah Near The End From Mccain's Advisor's

[Engels]

Well, she is technically correct that if the Bush Presidency hadn't been seen nearly universally as a failure, it would have been far more likely that the American people would have elected another Republican President.

What I believe she doesn't understand is that the prospect of a McCain-Palin administration was seen by a significant portion of the electorate as being, if anything, worse than the Bush years. The prospect of Palin being a "heartbeat away" from the Presidency horrified a lot of independent and women voters. But more importantly, McCain and his campaign never could communicate a clear vision of how they were going to be markedly different from the Bush administration. Promising "more of the same" in Iraq didn't thrill too many voters - and "Drill, Baby, Drill!" seemed less important once the financial markets started falling apart.

Success has many fathers but defeat is an orphan

Quote popularized by John F. Kennedy after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. (Of course, Kennedy didn't cite the origin, which is attributed to Roman Senator and historian Tacitus: prospera omnes sibi indicant, aduersa uni imputantur. - The credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.)

See, you've learned some latin today. You've heard of Tacitus, and you are reminded of some of our own near-recent history.

[MYCAR47562]

Look Everyone We Have A History Teacher Here Lol

No I Understand Bush Didnt Help Her But I Didnt See Where She Blamed Bush I Saw Where She Blamed The Party.

And Trust Me I Knew They Wernt Campaigning Well. But Honestly If They Would Of Been We Still Wouldnt Of Heard About It All We Would Of Heard About Was Were Obama Was At Every Given Second.

["shazbat"]

Our republican version democracy is a system of checks and balances. Three distinct branches of government each with it's own limited amount of power. You can kind of equate it to the childs game "Rock, Paper Scissors".
What power does a president have who is not a member of the same party as the controlling majority of congress. Little except Veto. But the veto is a viable tool in the checks and balance system. It can be overridden by enough support in congress but it has to be overwhelming support. If there is that much overwhelming support to begin with there is not likely to be a veto no matter what the president believes, but there is the threat.
The Republicans screwed up by forgetting that McCain is a moderate as republicans go. It's why he was intitially popular. The party saddled him with a perceived conservative running mate and held his feet to the fire to court the conservative faithful against the mainstream of the populous.
Had he been allowed to run as the moderate that he is it may have ended differently.
Regardless, neither the party or Bush did McCain any favors.

[MYCAR47562]

i believe mccain shot him self in the foot he wasnt aggressive enough in trying to get new voters in having volenteers out signing up new voters and pushing him mccain ran a 1992 ran vs. a 2008 race ran by obama easy to see who was gonna win. but hind sight is 20/20