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McCain will continue as CNN fixture
Was it only two days ago when I got so annoyed at seeing John McCain on CNN — again? Yes, I turned off his ravings and accusations against Jay Carney, but … Continue reading McCain will continue as CNN fixture
McCain and Palin together again
“It” came from Wasilla and strutted into Arizona today to boost Sen. John McCain’s sagging re-election bid.
Seriously, he didn’t learn his lesson in November? He still thinks Sarah Palin can be an asset?
If he had an ounce of sense left, he’d have begged her to stay far, far away. Like deep in the Alaskan wilderness somewhere. I guess the only possible conclusion is he doesn’t have an ounce of sense left.
Pity those voters in Arizona if they don’t have a good alternative.
McCaaaaain, you did this!
I was shocked and deeply disappointed when John McCain named Sarah Palin as his GOP running mate back in 2008. Since then, I’ve just been getting angrier and angrier.
He created and loosed upon us the creature that has haunted us ever since. He lifted her from obscurity, pumped her full of political one-liners, dreams of power and influence, and an inflated sense of self-importance, and introduced her to the nation as an honest-to-gosh GOP-endorsed vice-presidential candidate.
She responded to the lights, the attention, the potential title, fame, and fortune, like the stereotypical small-town stagestruck beauty queen she is. Winky, flirty, folksy, aren’t I adorable, ad nauseam. The really scary thing is, she bought into the McCain hype — hook, line, and sinker. She really thinks she has a future in national politics. She really thinks she can lead the country.
Now we are beset by this giant living Barbie doll asking questions like “how’s that hopey changey stuff workin’ out for ya?”
Aww, isn’t that just the cutest thing!? Doncha just want to hug her to death? Bless her heart, she’s just adorable!
… gag! … blech! … wretch! … hurl! …
You Tea Party people, get a clue. She doesn’t care a thing about you. She’s just looking for a way to promote herself, another stage to strut across. Remember, she dropped her Alaska constituency like a hot rock, quitting her governorship in mid-term when greater fame and fortune beckoned. In “her” book (actually ghostwritten by Lynn Vincent), she trashed the McCain organization, showing no gratitude whatsoever for the people who made her a national figure in the first place. This woman is interested in power and self-promotion, not responsibility and public service.
Mom used to caution us when we paid too much attention to a show-off or blowhard:
“Shhh, you’ll just encourage her.”
Mom was right, as usual.
You did this, John McCain. You created this monster and now she’s running amok, frighteningly ill informed and with delusions of grandeur, aided and abetted by misguided voters and the insatiable media. I hope you can sleep nights, Senator.