Palin downplays plans, impact on McCain loss

I was going to vote for Obama anyways, but any doubt I had about McCain was sealed with the Palin pick.

I personally voted for Obama because I have no idea who the republican party actually represents.

I always had been voted for Republican but after McCain picked her as vice president my decision already made then.. Because of her inexperience and lack of exposure to the world outside of Alaska and her responses during the debate that cause me to evaluate the decision McCain made and did not vote for them this time. This is the first time I ever voted for Democrat party because of Palin was the candidate.

i think mccain would of been the best president for america and Palin would of been the best vice....im 18 and at my school blacks are starting riots because someone stands up and says mccain would of been better....america is not ready for a black president and i am not racist i am just stating a fact......

*I* did not vote for McCain BECAUSE of Palin.... hmmm... that's two.

I love Sarah Palin. She is the one and only reason I voted for McCain. We need a woman to help manage all the squabbling that has been going on. Only a mother would be able to accomplish that.

I also switched because of Palin and I know several other people who did as well. She reminded me of a female version of Bush with her "Folksy Charm"; shoot first ask questions later attitude. I have a lot of Respect for McCain and think he would have been a good President, but her selection as VP showed me that the maverik we all know was too easily willing to be the puppet for the party and that is very unforunate. If he ran as himself this victory would have been his; his last two speaches were great, but came too late. The McCain we heard on election day was the McCain that needed to be running his campaign. With Biden on Obama's ticket I could safely vote for him and know that our future was well guided.

I was resigned to having accept Palin, when I first saw and heard about her, as a possibility for Vice President. After listening closely to her comments and answers, discovering she could not name a paper she read, may have suggested the banning of some books; I was determined to do every thing in my power to insure she never reached the White House - which, for me, meant volunteering and contributing to Barack Obama's campaign.

I voted for him because of her

I was leaning toward Obama - but Palin sealed the deal. I was horrified by her interviews.... rambling incoherently. She sounded like an idiot. Maybe she thought her beauty and charm would get her through and found out the hard way that's it's not enough. Yikes!

I personally voted for McCain because of Palin. So I cancel out VotedforObama

Sarah Palin should forget about any future in national politics. She is uneducated, self absorbed, rude, a liar and I think most likely a cheat.
She cares nothing for the environment and has no ethics in anything she does or has done.
Thank God she ended up on the ticket for it made more people vote for Obama anbd Biden. I had to stop reading or watching the news because she angered me so much. She is hate personified, wrapping herself in Jesus and the flag. No longer does American accept that deception. The wolves in sheeps clothing are no longer in power. Karma is tough , sarah.

Well if you did that just because of her, then you are a fool. The President is the one who matters: all the VP does is preside over the Senate and cast his vote during a tie. This just proves how uneducated voters decide this election. I personally did not vote for McCain because of his stances on taxes and Foreign policy. Not because of his running mate Sarah Palin. That is an absurd thought, to base one's decision merely on the Vice Presidential candidate. Now you have not even stated your rationale for not voting Palin, and that is an egregious crime in it of itself.

After her early interview with Charles Gibbson, I immediatley knew who I was voting for. I am a middle - class college grad with 2 kids and a mortgage payment, I even played Hockey in a Beer League, and I know that "I" am NOT qualified to be Commander and Chief. But clearly I am more than qualified to be Governor of Alaska!

Same here. If it hadn't been for Palin, I would have voted for McCain. I ended up voting for Obama instead of a protest vote (Green Party) simply because I could not believe that such a smart man (McCain) had been pressured into such a dumb decision (Palin).

I'm sure Sarah Palin has great qualities, but I don't think they are POLITICAL... Being COCK-SURE in an awe-shucks way just doesn't fly anymore... People want intelligent leaders who not only reach higher but who also inspire us to do the same... .

Throw her ass out of office.

same here- if it wasn's for Plain, Mac would have gotten many more votes
what a shame--- an american hero went down because of a un-stately, un-classy woman

Ditto.
If Palin is the new star of the GOP then the GOP can count me out.
We need someone who has critical thinking skills and wisdom. We do not need a belligerent ignoramus.

Same here, Mccain lost my vote because of Palin. Independent against Palin. I made a mistake of voting for Bush, not going to vote for a right wing nut job this time.

I believe the previous poster is in the extreme minority. Almost all of my family and close friends were extremely pleased with Palin. In my volunteer work with the Republican Party in North Carolina, I was happy to find that most people (about 99%) that I encountered were extremely supportive of both John McCain and Sarah Palin, and very much so opposed to BHO (and rightly so).

Though I usually vote democratic, I do fully consider both candidates based on the issues. He was off the table the minute he chose Palin. If I am to be honest, I probably would have chosen Obama anyway, but had he chose a good running-mate I would have continued to explore the Republican option.

At this stage of her career, Palin is not suitable to come to national prominence at any level. She is so uninformed on many domestic and international issues she would look likean idiot in debates with other smart people in her own party. She should stay in Alaska and no tthink about running for any national office ever.

I am very sure that McCaine, now a hero of America. By taking the bullet of defeat, he saved this country from Palins'.
I salute Mr. McCain.

No, but I do know several Hillary supporters that were planning to vote for McCain until he chose Palin. They all voted for Obama and said Palin stood for nothing that Hillary stood for.

After the Republican Convention, I seriously considered what McCain might be able to accomplish. Once he appointed a candidate as obviously ill-fitted to the task as Sarah Palin is, my decision was made.

Palin turned me off

Yes, it was McCain's choice of Palin as a running mate that caused me to finally decide not to vote for him. I had been on the fence until then, but his picking her seemed to me to be a betrayal of all the things that I liked so much about McCain.

It wasn't THE reason, but one of many.

After George W. Bush, I don't think any Republican could be nominated this time around. John McCain is an American hero and would have made a wonderful President.

I have respect for the office. I am proud to live in a country where an African American man can be elected President. However, I do not share Obama's views.

Enjoy your socialist country "votedforobama".

Palin was a disaster. We still question about her youngest son not being hers. Investigative reporters confirm the baby was not hers. If this is the case, Palin lied and made false statement in several federal forms. She can be prosecuted and charged with federal crimes violations if she misled the FBI. I personally reviewed pictures of Palin during the entire year of 2007 until March 2008. The baby was born in April 2008. She did not appear pregnant in any of the pictures.

That wasn't the sole reason, but it was the cause for me to question McCain's ability to make decisions as a world leader. It seems like he rushed that decision, eventhough he secured the republican nomination 6 months prior.

I voted for him because I felt he was the best candidate; because I'm from Chicago, I'm too well acquainted with Obama and his history to even consider voting for him. Palin didn't enter into my decision.

I voted for McCain because I felt he was the best candidate; because I'm from Chicago, I'm too well acquainted with Obama and his history to even consider voting for him. Palin didn't enter into my decision.

HUSSIEN OBAMA SUPPORT BETTER CLOSE YOUR MOUTH...SARAH PALIN ALOT BETTER THAN HUSSIEN BAMA , THAT'S TRUE , THINK YOUR SELF AND BE SMART WHY REP. LOST NOT ONLY Mr.JOHN Mc.CAIN ,
THIS'S THE LOST OF AMERICA NOT Mc.CAIN THE HERRO HE'S ALLWAY WIN

I'm a republican and could not imagine having "that woman" be in charge of this proud country if something should happen to McCain. Anyone else? This country made the right choice. All that fear, hate and negative talk made me press the "mute" button anytime she appeared on TV.

If I leaned to voting for McCain (which I did not) for sure having someone on the ticket who is so utterly unqualified to do much more than running a little town, or competing in a Mrs. America pageant says it all. Who knows what the effect would have been had she not been on the ticket but she seemed like a liability to me.

Didn't Colin Powell add that to the list of reasons not to vote for McCain? Not exactly that she caused it... but, it still counts, right?

John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin was just one of the errors that reflected poorly on him and cost him support among the electorate.

His concession speech was gracious, thoughtful and reflected his love of country---one can wonder if a campaign thus conducted, and minus Palin, would have made it a close race.

Has anyone else noticed that "Chrissy" who posted the comment about how Sarah Palin is an "awesome Christian woman" misspelled "amen?" Guess she must not get her bible out too often.

Yep... she was the reason he lost my vote!
She was just not ready to be a 72 year old heartbeat away from the presidency!

She was WAY too much baggage... a scandal a week, dictatorial governorship, banning books. Surely the Ameican people are not that stupid. In fact after the last scandal came out, I had no further Q's for her - just one for Mccain... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

Sarah Palin is smart and savy. She's what we needed. A washington outsider to get things straight. Yes. She is inexperienced. But so was Truman when he found himself as President. Sarah Palin did not scare me. I voted for McCain because of the ultra liberalism represented by the Obama, Biden, Polosi & Ried leadership.
Sarah Palin is the most refreshing new face in American politics. For all our sakes i hope she remains intested in national politics.

Anyone who thinks that Palin didn''t cost McCain the election is a fool! In fact, they are even dumber than Palin. I voted for Obama becasue I thought he would get us out of Iraq sooner, however, even the remote possibility of McCain dying in office and leaving the country in the hands of a bible toting crazy christian pta mom was too much for me to stomach. She would have us praying in schools and forcing us to keep our babies so she could fill up the churches with even more unwanted children. The christian right tried to ruin our great country, but even god could not help them.

Some of you folks have swallowed too much of the liberal media's koolaid and believe their entrapments for Sarah Palin. She is a clean, wholesome, Godly woman which is in stark contrast to most of the world and America - and - the only reason many could not accept her. Political experience or lack thereof has nothing to do with it. Nobama has NONE, ZERO, ZILCH but one thing you can bet on - his agenda will destroy America.

The problem for McCain is his Palin choice was not with the smaller number that voted for him because she was on the ticket, but with the larger number that he selection drove away from McCain and to Obama.

Among Republicans, 46% said she was a factor in their vote and 21% of these Republicans vote for Obama. The problem was even more pronounced among independents. Of independents, 42% said Palin was a factor, and among these 58% voted for Obama.

I love how the right wing nuts throw around the words "socialism" and "socialist." 1) I am pretty sure most of them couldn't define socialism, including Sarah Palin AND THIS IS BECAUSE....
2) Sarah Palin is the governor of ALASKA, and as such she has bragged about how the people of the state of Alaska have benefitted from the COLLECTIVE SHARING OF RESOURCES, and the COLLECTIVE SHARING of ANY PROFITS from those resources!
I thank the Good Lord that the American voters are smarter than Sarah Palin.

Reading this thread reveals the statistics on this question. I too am one of the many, many, many self-described longtime McCain fans who completely lost interest in the ticket after the Palin pick. Clearly our types had an impact. McCain would have had my vote with a Tom Ridge VP pick. I think her fans are star struck, dangerously unsophisticated, and have no working knowledge of what the job requires. If having Russia close to Alaska counts as foreign policy experience, then there are over 1 billion Chinese dirt farmers more qualified to run the State Dept than Condoleeza Rice.

Dear Governor Sarah Palin,

Whatever the outcome of this election 2008, I am sure that you will not go down in history. I have heard you reach out to people during your campaign trail, and you have that real strength of a true leader. You stood by your convictions. Yes, some of the republicans pundits blamed you for the defeat. Do not be afftected by this. They are those cannot blame themselves because they lack the true courage and leadership that you have. it is not yet your time. The only mistake that you did is that you agreed to be chosen to be on the ticket at a wrong time. You should have analyzed that whoever runs for the republican this 2008 will surely lose the election. This is a fact. if such role reversal- if Obama was instead under a republican ticket, he will lose also because of the stains of the Bush administration. I am sure and I had a vision that someday, Americans will soon realize that they will need a woman president who is strong enough to stand by her convictions and strong enough to stand of what is right according to God's will.

That's all we need is another GOP ignoramus in the White House! LOL!

I didn't vote for her/him because she reminds me of Chrissy from Three's Company. Obama 08!!

I liked Palin at first but it's clear she needs a little more seasoning to be ready for national office. The same with Obama, he clearly doesn't have the experience or ability yet but people were swept away by his charisma.

Obama's color is historic but there's nothing else about him that makes him different from any run of the mill politician--which I suppose is a good thing. He's intelligent but not brilliant, a great speaker (that will be a welcome change from the current president) but whose ideas are run of the mill. I'm not expecting much. People are setting themselves up for huge disappointment by making him into something he's not.

Palin (SarahSixPack.com) sure as tootin' IS gearing up for 2012. And her legions of conservative supporters can't wait. She just didn't have enough time this time around to study up on issues and practice for the media interplay that was thrust upon her. Next time will be very different.

She doesn't know she cost him the election because her only use for a newspaper is wrapping fish.

PALIN: DON'T SHOW YOUR FaCE IN D.C. PLEASE! YOU ARE A CANCER ON THE G.O.P. AND YES, YOU DID COST JOHN MCCAIN THE ELECTION.

WITHOUT YOUR STUPIDITY AND ABYSMAL IGNORANCE, TODAY SEN. JOHN MCCAIN JR. WOULD BE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!

A clown like Palin should go into entertainment. She'll be taken more seriously there than in Politics.

As more than one have pointed out..we are about as socialist as it gets here in Alaska...I am sure that someone from the "outside" will be sure (or should) point out our collective lack of judgment voting Ted Stevens back into office...embarrassed I can see Wasilla from my house...

This entire election all we've heard is that McCain shouldn't be president because Palin isn't ready to be president. Will someone explain to me how this makes any sense at all? Is it because of McCain's age? Because we think he won't live for the four-year term? Isn't that discrimination? Do we suddenly not pick presidents because they are too old? And Palin has more experience (experience = more time in office) than Obama...who was an actual presidential candidate. What's even more absurd than all of the idiots who didn't pick McCain for PRESIDENT because his VICE PRESIDENT "doesn't have enough experience" are the pathetic and sad reporters and media that kept shoving this "reason" down the throats of the american sheep...oops!...I mean citizens...as not only a reason, but a VIABLE REASON for not voting for McCain this year. Who knows? Maybe Obama has what it takes to turn things in a better direction. But I wouldn't want someone who's only been with my company two years to suddenly become our CEO, and I don' t like the idea of the leader of our nation being that inexperience either. Luckily, all of the fickle "I want everything fixed now!" voters will be angry a year from now when everything isn't fixed, and then vote him out in 2012. I'm an American, and I consider myself a patriot...but the amount of stupidity in this country is appalling, hopefully Obama will fix the education system as he's mentioned so next time so many fools won't be voting.

I was never going to vote for McCain, no matter what -- he's just as bad as the dingbat who won. Palin and conservatives like her are the only ones with spine in the Republican party. Bush is a moderate, McCain is a liberal wacko. So is California's governor. Republicans in name only, definitely not conservatives. In fact, I've stopped calling myself a Republican -- I'm a conservative and the wackos can have the Republican party -- it's certainly not representative of me and my values. For the next four years I will be a conservative without a president. I refuse to claim him and never will acknowledge him as "president." He's a socialist pig as far as I'm concerned and those who voted for him can have him. They deserve him. Welcome to the United States Socialist Republic.

I believe the selection of Palin as a running mate cost McCain the presidency. However it is no fault of hers or McCain's, the selection was made by the GOP. On the bright side, we will slowly move away from the Bush era and into better times. Our country could not stand another 4 years of watered down Bush policies which a McCain and Palin ticket would have brought us.

I pray to God that the Republicans put up Sarah Palin for their choice in 2012. I'm sure she's a wonderful person, but she's not Presidential material.

From a state that might re-elect a 7 count convicted felon as Senator, she might have a very good chance at being elected one of Alaska's Senators in the future, or she should be encouraged to go back home and enjoy hunting, fishing, soccer and plumbing. She hurt Honorable John McCain. She hurt the Republican Party.

I simply cannot understand Christian women's near deification of Sarah Palin. Forget that she is an ignoramus of gargantuan proportion with absolutely NO intellectual curiosity, the bigger issue is that SHE IS A PERPETUAL, perhaps PATHOLOGICAL LIAR!
One of the 10 Commandments is: Ye shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. "False witness" means LIE, right? Think of every stump speech sanctimonious Sarah made in this election... did she not bear false witness against her neighbor, our next President, Barack Obama?

What say you, Christian women? I say... Hypocrites!

I live in Alaska and will be glad to have Sarah Palin back as governor. However she would have made an awesome VP. Before she was selected she had the highest approval rating of any governor at over 80%.

The rumors and half truths about her astound me. When something comes out in the media it’s a policy of mine to wait a while until the whole truth is out. A lot of people didn’t do that. The negativity sticks in your mind and for some it’s hard to change even after the whole truth comes out. If you voted for president on the basis of his choice for VP you are doing the country and yourself a disservice.

P.S. Someone responded that Trig isn’t Sarah’s son. Bristol Sarah’s daughter is pregnant and due in December. Trig was born in April. Do the math.

O EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHUT UP AND STOP TALKING ABOUT WHY MCCAIN LOST. IT'S OVER AND DONE WITH. OBAMA WON! HE WAS GONNA WIN EVEN BEFORE MCCAIN PICKED SARAH PALIN. HAHA OBAMAS PRESIDENT! HISTORIC MOMENT.
WHOEVER IS MAD CAN STAY MAD. YES AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE ACCOMPLISHING THINGS. STOP HATIN

I enthusiastically supported McCain because of Palin!!

Palin totally screwed up Mccain's chance of ever becoming a US Pres.....
That says somethin about Alaska too >.>

the presidential election was way overrated. i watched nickelodean instead

Palin in 2012?

How about she go on "Meet the Press" first?

I hope the Republicans stick with her, she's like an albatross around their necks.

3th grader are more smarter than Sarah Palin... So shoutout to all the 3th graders of Loma Vista Elementary school in Salas, CA. I'll give you extra credit for that... wink wink wink!!!!
She is the caused why McCain lost the election. She is a big embarrassment to the United States of America.

Just because sarah palin has more time in office doesnt make her smarter or more knowlegeable than "President Obama". The american people showed who they belived was the better person to lead
America on November 4, 2008. Sarah palin should get a permanent job on SNL or seasme street. She's a charactor. I wanna personnally take a trip to alaska and thank her for making John Mccain lose. She's blaming the media for her negative image but she put that on herself. I hope she floats away on an iceburg and end up somewhere in Russia. Good ridance to bad rubbish.

I think we ought to lay off Palin, the press did its job of discrediting a governor with an 85% approval rating by her constituency with trivial stuff and for more scrutiny than Obama or Biden got. Lets just enjoy the major suck up news conference Kumbayas and glowing news reporting we will get for the next 4 years about "all that is Obama is wonderful" and laud credit upon credit on him, and when he screws up give him a pass and say "Bush policies caused it." I think we all deserve a break from the Bush and America bashing we've had to live with since the Dems figured out that if Bush was successful in Iraq they would be a permanent minority.

THIS I AM READY TO ATTEST TO: 1. SHE WILL HIRE AN AGENT. 2. SHE WILL HAVE SOMEONE WRITE A BOOK IN HER BEHALF, 3. THE EVANGELICAL RIGHT "WILL COME OUT AND ADMIT PUBLICALY THAT THAT THERE IS NO SEPERATING CHURCH AND STATE", 4. THE REPUBLICANS WILL NOT ADMIT THAT CATERING TO THE EXTREEM RIGHT WING, COST THEM AN ELECTION. 5. MITT ROMNEY WILL REMAIN A MEMBER OF THE MORMON CHURCH, AND WILL KNOW IN HIS HEART, THAT HE WAS THE BETTER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT -- I SWEAR ALL THIS, SO HELP OUR GOD, WHO EVER HE (SHE) MAY BE!!!

great choice I voted for Mccain BECAUSE of Sarah Palin. not qualified??? Another canard by the media

I voted for McCain/Palin. I am not going to say I wouldn't have voted for him without her but she was definitely the energizer for me. I am extremely excited about her and how she can help the US in the future. Whatever she decides to do, she will be successful. She is very talented and intelligent. The nation is blessed to have her.

Palin is an intelligent woman and deserves respect.

Dear "OBAMA FAN"

Nothing wrong with electing an African American for president, but you want to elect the right one. Electing an open border socialist who despises the Constitution was not a wise pick. But hey make it a racial thing if it gets you by, never mind the details. Sarah Palin only had one shot at this which was the reason why the media and the liberal freaks tore her apart. The US will become weaker and complacent under socialistic rule. Corruption will rule.

McCain tried to use a gimmick to get over on the voters and it backfired. PALIN IS FAILIN and cost poor old JOHNNY the ELECTION.

Republicans have made shambles of this country. I liked Mccain in 2000, but he moved way too far right. The Palin pick was a desperate attempt to energize the base, but meanwhile ostracized moderates. We need to get our fiscal house in order. end the iraq war. boost efforts in afghanistan/pakistan. address this health care crisis with Boomers retiring. We need leadership with a new vision, not just another pair of glasses for the myopia of the past eight years.

Here's the thing.......I'm not a Republican but if I were, I would have been insulted by McCain's choice for VP. They obviously felt that they needed someone who could "dumb it down" for the "Joe the Plumbers" and "Joe Six Packs" of America. She's like the "Politics for Dummies" version of the Republican Party. I can certainly understand why McCain lost support after his nomination of Sarah Palin. When I heard her (mis) pronounce the word "nuclear", I immediately thought "wow, what are the odds that Sarah Palin and George Bush pronounce that word the same!"

I'm disappointed that I wasn't part of the following exit poll interview:
Q: Who did you vote for?
A: Barack Obama.
Q: Why?
A: Two words: Sarah Palin! In memory of her, I submit a new word for your consideration: "Palindrone." Endless meaningless babble that sounds the same "live time, real time" as it does when the tape is rewound.

Brian from cali: Your party has already destroyed this country. By blindly following Bush Cheney into Iraq, meanwhile accepting massive tax cuts on the top 5 %; this country is in a hole that will take 10-15 yrs to dig out of. Had Gore or Mccain been president in 2000, our country and world would have been spared the aftermath of GB's crusade.

I thought I live in MA and I voted for Obama so the next day I go to work me and my co-worker will have this huge celebration together. But guess what? It turned out they knew McCain was going to lose but they voted for him anyway, and 2 people even said the reason they voted for McCain was because of Sarah Palin! You must be freaking kidding me, and guess what I found out, they said they rather to see a woman got elected than Obama, anyone but Obama. I am very disappointed I thought American has come to the point where we unify and stand together as a union, and I found out the RACE thing is still a big issue. What is even funnier? They said the reason why Obama won is because of black voters. Really? Since when African-American became majority of the voters? The answer is NEVER! Ohio has the biggest white population and they VOTED for Obama. Let's face this: Our 44th President is Mr. Obama, please respect him and I congratulates him and I believe we can, Obama is going to bring us change we can believe in.

Obama-Biden 2008 - 2016

Sarah Palin is an abomination....shooting wolves from airplanes... a tarty extremist evangelical that needs to learn birth control. A hypocrite of the worse kind (denying sex education w/ a unwed pregnant teenage daughter on her hands); a vicious attack dog whose every line of speech needs fact checking. Too bad for McCain he had such bad judgment as to pick such a creature for his running mate. Yes, it very much helped him lose the election.

#83: Janice? Trig isn't Sarah's son! And so it is okay for her daughter to get pregnant and still be ok because it's her family matter? But it is not ok if we want to make our own choice as a woman about sex before marriage or abortion right? Why doesn't she keep her mouth shut and just leave other's family alone? Use your brain, do the math! Her daughter was pregnant with Trig and she got another pregnancy right after Trig, so what? Can't you count? Thank GOD she was not election as the VP, I must be bless by GOD, in fact, our whole country must had been blessed by god!

Obama-Biden 2008-2016

Bush is a silver spooned right wing warmonger, he blew his nose with the Constitution, lied to us repeatedly, and wanted to keep everything a big secret, to be only shared with his inner cabal. John McCain is everything Bush is. Above all, republicans have repeatedly demonstrated, for many many years now, that they are dividers, not uniters --- that they put their party and their in your bedroom ideology before their country. Over the course of the last eight years, they have put this country right in the crapper. Thats why I voted for B.O., and thats why I think the republicans were schooled last night. They deserved it. Don't let the door hit you in the A$$ on the way out.

The RNC revealed today their reason for being very involved with Gov. Palin's interviews and engagements. The Governor was not at all familiar with standard basic civics. In addition, it seems she didn't know the countries which comprise North America. She also thought Africa was a country~South Africa was just the southern part! During the last few weeks, her staff put up with temper tantrums about her schedule and screaming to the point that younger aides were frequently in tears. I doubt the mistake will be made again.

Yeah I hope Palin runs for the big spot in 2012 just to cement another Obama victory.

palin is a tard. i hope they throw the book at her the minute she gets off the plane (read troopergate). if shes the gop's only hope then they are in worse shape than I thought. if you want to know what a palin presidency would lead to rent Idiocracy (mike judge).

Palin hit bridge to nowhere, America cannot get stright answer from you.
Plain for run around
Plain for run around

I am so impressed with Sarah Palin and she was the strongest candidate of all four individuals running for the Presidential and VP positions. We should all be grateful that people like Sarah Palin continue to give of themselves for the good of the American people and do this with total honesty and a strong value system.
I voted for McCain and Palin because they are the best for the President and VP of the United States and they have heart and belief in the American people and the American way of life. They believe that hard work helps not only the individual but also our wonderful country. They were never ashamed of American values and are proud to serve the American people. I for one, hope to see the intellegent, amazingly strong Sarah Palin back in front of all of us very soon! Every man, woman, and child should use Sara Palin as an example for their children as to whom they should strive to become. What a fantastic role model and hopefully soon she will lead the United States of America!

It seems to me that a time when a lot of anxiety exists in the country (over the war, the economy, housing etc.), the voters gravitated toward the candidate who seemed to provide the more "secure" choice based on the "marketing" of the candidates. Obama and his team never changed their basic message from the primaries through the general election, ran a very "tight" organization without any obvious evidence of party infighting, and pushed an optimistic message that people were yearning to hear.
McCain's campaign seemed the opposite--the message of unpredictability. (he's a "maverick," the odd visual and philosophical pairing with Palin, the switch in message from the "experieced one" to "the agent of change," apparent internal philosphical fighting in the Republican party, and a more personal (borderline slanderous) attacking style that suggested a party without cohesivenss or a clear vision-these are ultimately what undid his campaign. I think both McCain and Obama are at heart much mroe pragmatic and centrist politicians than much of the party idealogues would suggest.
So while the Republicans may not have been able to win under even the best of circumnstances given the Bush backlash, I think that they have their own organizational problems to blame (and not the voters who voted for Obama).
Lets hope that Obama runs a similar tight ship in governance as he did in campaigning and that his charisma continues to motivate people to work together.

I know people consider her a christian woman. I do not. I think she comported herself without the grace the bible teaches us to live by. Jesus teaches us not to judge others ( wether they be samaritans, whores( mary ) ect..Palin was more of a snarling mean cheerleader.Palin was forever trying to poison the well. Trying to put fear into peoples hearts about Obama being muslim ( which he isnt ) his father named him HUSSEIN before he promptly deserted Obama and his mother.Obama choose of his own accord to choose Christ and bring him into his heart.But the ugly campaign of slanderous and harmless associationsl was just another example of stupidity. She knew very little about international affairs, she was frankly an imbaressment. She is a motivational speaker when she reads a speach writers mean rettorick from a teleprompter.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that PALIN WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS MCCAIN LOST. She did not know Africa was a continent, she could see Russia from her house, she bombed each interview and could not name a news magazine, newspaper she read and was not familiar with supreme court cases. She abused her power and was cleared by people she put on the board. PALIN is a major hypocrit with regards to teenage pregnancy. Her daughter was a poster child. PLEASE PEOPLE WAKE UP. IF OBAMA was an unintelligent as PALIN he would not have won the Demoncratic nomination. McCain used very poor judgment in selecting her as his VP and it cost him the election. She is what is wrong with this country and the Republican party. She ruined it for McCain and he needs to disassociate himself from her quick. He is a maverick and can retain his respect once this is over. However, PALIN will be remembered as the one big mistake McCain made.

election.

The Palin pick was possibly one of the greatest mistakes in the Rep camp. Obviously no one did the homework. Ms Palin with the exception of Bush 2, was the worst possible choice and the Republicans payed the price. The only saving grace is that she's not installed in the white house and hopefully never get a chance to get near the oval office. What we saw on election day was the new Palin Falin effect. As for her resurrection in 2012, it's never going to happen. Ms Palin, you came, you saw, you blew it. The only thing you can do now is beg the polar bears for forgiveness, donate your power suits to good-will, memorize the Bush Doctrine, blow a kiss to Russians and what the heck, read something!!!. newspaper sometimes.

MORE THAN HALF OF YOU IDIOTS CAN'T SPELL, REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU VOTED FOR!

Palin is a twit. She should stay in Alaska and hopefully either a wolf or a polar bear will eat her.

Palin is not one of the biggest reasons McCain lost, the liberal media portraying her as a moron is. Tina Fey does not equal Sara Palin. How many people who didn't even see the real interviews or watch the vp debate say Palin was an idiot just because thats what other people said. The fact that she can see Russia from her house was more of an interesting factoid than the rediculously stupid statement that everyone made it out to be.

It is the same way the left rips apart Bush everytime he speaks. I'm not a huge fan of Bush, but let's be realistic... When he says his "little girl" had a beautiful wedding, it's not exactly fair to say that he is a moron because his daughter is not a little girl. What if he said something really dumb like something about all 57 states or asking a man in a wheelchair to stand?

“?LIBERAL MEDIA PORTRAYING HER AS A MORON?”

Good God, everyone seems to be against the Republicans: the liberal media, young people, socialists, college professors, Hispanics, a majority of Catholics, a majority of women and men, African-Americans, a majority of independents, an overwhelming number of residents of Earth, my dog, vegetarians, and climatologists, but Republicans got Joe the Plumber and Palin’s cosmetologist (maybe, if the DNC gave him or her a big tip).

Also, how unfair of the news media, what did a moron ever do to them?

I didn't vote for McCain, just because he made a bad judgement call when he chose Palin. Talk about a a fuck up!