Is McCain trying to throw this election?

[Taverner]

Gaffe after gaffe after wonderful gaffe
Sarah Palin
releasing the $150K on clothing story before the election
saying "that one"

[Wolfies Revenge]

1. mebbe he wants another shot in 2012 without the dingbat

Regrets? Second thoughts?

[babylonsister]

14. Sure. Then he'll 'only' be 76! nt

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Shock and awe, baby. That's our republicon stategery. Smirk." - Republicon Homelanders

"We broke America economically, environmentally, educationally, judicially, and morally. And as soon as you Americans vote and take back your broken nation and try to fix it, we republicons will use the full stinking force of our Media Propaganda Cabal to block and thwart and stink out everything worthwhile you try to do. Smirk. Those are our, smirk. Wide Stance Family Values. Smirk."

- Republicon Homelanders

[Higher Standard]

3. He's got Obama right where he wants him

:rofl:

[faithfulcitizen]

17. lol!

hehehehehehe....

[CatBO]

4. More than that...

He's not only appearing to throw his election, but he's appearing to throw the elections of all the downticket Republicans who are struggling in their campaigns, as the electorate just becomes uninterested in Republicans.

See the "dog eat dog" post.

[Taverner]

7. Do you think...perhaps

And this is totally out of my ass, so pardon the smell..

But do you think this is 'payback' to Bush for 2000?

Be the final nail in the GOP coffin?

[CatBO]

10. I have wondered, frankly...

He's not only destroying his own campaign, but as was pointed out here:

http://www.politico.com/playbook/

(In the last paragraph) He doesn't even have the decency to do what Dole did, which was campaign in states he had no chance of winning toward the end, to help the downticket Republicans.

Sure seems like he's trying to kill the Republican party. It might be the only shred of "honorable POW" left in him.

[Taverner]

12. Well in 2000, when he needed them the most, they dropped him like a hot potato

And went full on board with Bush.

Perhaps its payback?

[my2sense]

5. It seems that way

All these events happening at the same time:

-Economic Crisis
-Fanning the flames of hate
-U.S. Brigade deployed on American soil
-Totally cluserfucked GOP Campaign

I don't think the GOP really wanted to win this race - surely they had something better to offer us than McCain/Palin.....


:tinfoilhat:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. No, he's really this incompetent.

[Taverner]

9. He did crash 5 jets, start the largest fire on a warship in history

And all that before he turned 30

[Connie_Corleone]

8. Both McCain and Palin are Democratic plants to destroy the Republican Party.

[TornadoTN]

11. And the latest "Obama isn't being honest about his religion" - Sarah "TongueSpeaker" Palin

I can't wait to see that little meme handily destroyed.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

13. Just after the Palin choice ---

I asked here if we were looking at a situation where those around McCain were activelly trying to torpedo his candidacy -- kind of an Othello/Iago thing. McCain was NOT the choice of the GOP machine people -- I honestly think they were upset that he got the nomination, and I wonder if some on his campaign have been working to undermine him hoping O will be the nominee, so the GOP can shit on him for four years and then run a machine candidate.

Like Hillary in the primary, someone is giving the guy some very seriously bad campaign advice that is killing his run.

[Taverner]

16. True - especially the Clinton part

Mark Penn sank her campaign

[Essene]

15. i am not alone in saying... ive been asking myself this for 2 months

By all accounts, mccain war cornered on his vp pick and forced to take a social conservative rather than lieberman.

Mccain is an asshole, holds grudges and has a temper problem.

Sometimes i wonder if he doesn't put Palin out there knowing she is tearing down the credibility and legitimacy of the far-right religious warriors. It may be that he isn't as much intending that as he may simple be enjoying that secondary outcome.

I keep going back to the fact taht he apparently "made up his mind" during a 30 minute phone convo with 2 of his top strategists, after having spent barely any time with palin. She wasn't a big contender until the last minute.

There are many aspects of the campaign that seem sloppy if not down-right self-destructive.

And i think that's because Mccain knows how unethical, how disgraceful and how insincere his campaign truly is.

He has spent a long time slamming campaigns and politics precisely like those he is now pushing out there. He's an egomaniac who primarily runs based on his self-righteous sense of honor. We've seen some indignation on his part during the election, but for the guy who has been the top guest on The Daily Show... this is more than usual flip flopping.

The new Mccain is literally a complete rejection of the old Mccain.

This campaign is 100% everything he has previously called disgraceful and even unamerican.

[WeDidIt]

18. He was required by law to release teh $150K for clothing story

It was in the financial reports for teh RNC for September.

That said, we have no clue how much they spent on her clothes for October.

[TrogL]

19. Of course he is

They want Obama in charge to put the country, the infrastructure and the economy back together to they can loot it again.

[Taverner]

20. HAHAHAHA you may have just hit the nail on the head

:thumbsup:

[goodboy]

21. I think he's sick...sicker than they've been letting on this whole time.

I think his cancer was worse than they let on...I also read somewhere he's spent 100K on makeup alone.

I think he's sick.

on edit: He's concerned about his legacy...concerned he wouldn't make it through a term. Concerned that he'll be remembered for choosing that empty headed skirt.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. The GOP couldn't have picked a better candidate for us

LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ceYtl2j38