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McCain on Palin “best decision I’ve ever made.”

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:58 PM EST
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So, with a couple year’s worth of perspective, and with the cold, hard realization that there may never have been a candidate so frighteningly unprepared, and so woefully inadequate to hold the position of Vice President of the United States, how does John McCain feel? How does he feel about having chosen an un-vetted running mate, who hadn’t even fully submitted the necessary basic documentation, to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

Speaking to Sean Hannity this evening in New Hampshire, John McCain said that naming Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008 was “still the best decision I’ve ever made.”

This, of course, begs the question, “What’s the worst decision he’s ever made?”

 

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feliznavidad

McCain really has gone round the bend. But the only person he could have said this too, who could keep a straight face, was Hannity. As Sarah herself might say, "WTF! Also.Too."

  • 21 votes
#1 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:59 PM EST
Z1P2

He has enough class to not trash his former running mate; I can respect that. Not surprising since he's always had more class than her. Of course selecting her as his running mate did cost him the election, but trashing her isn't going to change that now. It would just come across as sour grapes. He's better than that, he always has been better than that.

I'll tell ya, he'd have my vote if he were running in this election without her... especially if it was McCain/Romney. But I think it's too late for him to enter the primaries at this point. Too bad, he'd easily be the best candidate in the current pool of degenerate psychopaths they've got running now.

  • 1 vote
#1.1 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:38 PM EST
Reliant

I don't for a minute believe that he believes this in his heart, but he is not the kind of man to throw someone he was ailed with under the bus, even Gov. Palin.

  • 8 votes
#1.2 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:05 PM EST
Student of Life

That's my thought when I saw this remark,

"Soooo what you're saying is that you really never wanted to be President in the first place."

Well, gotta appreciate his honesty I guess...

  • 14 votes
#1.3 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:07 PM EST
gillanator

“still the best decision I’ve ever made.”

Well, in light of the fact that McCain lost? That says it all doesn't it ?

  • 14 votes
#1.4 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:12 PM EST
Lisa_Lee

Further proof that old Johnny has totally lost his marbles.....You Betcha!

  • 16 votes
#1.5 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:15 PM EST
hard2port

Best decision he ever made, huh? Senile and way past his expiration date in the Senate. Thank God he isn't POTUS.

  • 16 votes
#1.6 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:39 PM EST
Pat-#@!&!#@

Dementia. Probably the cause of the statement in September 2008, "the fundamentals of the economy are sound". I respect his service to our country during the Vietnam War but his time in public service was up several years ago (2008).

  • 13 votes
#1.7 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:53 PM EST
Tink-2285193

From where I stand, that was indeed the best decision that he ever made, as losing the election saved America from an even worse disaster than Bush/Cheney ever dreamed of, and how many more years and lives lost in Iraq.

  • 15 votes
#1.8 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:57 PM EST
Randy McMurphy

The best decision he made was running with an exotic dancer named "Marie, the flame of Florida", Picking Sarah was the final nail in his presidential bid.

  • 9 votes
#1.9 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:48 AM EST
sms29s66

Reliant, he certainly has thrown his daughter under the bus with that blatant lie. How on earth is Megan McCain supposed to defend the veracity of that statement when they call her on it on MSNBC?

  • 3 votes
#1.10 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:58 AM EST
G. Bud

From where I stand, that was indeed the best decision that he ever made, as losing the election saved America from an even worse disaster than Bush/Cheney ever dreamed of, and how many more years and lives lost in Iraq.

Agreed..I thinks maybe he really didn't want to be the prez and purposely put the fly in the ointment. he he

  • 7 votes
#1.11 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:01 AM EST
gillanator

Agreed..I thinks maybe he really didn't want to be the prez and purposely put the fly in the ointment. he he

I think he wanted to win in 2008. But he might be glad now that he didn't. Realizing the disaster he would have inherited, and the idiot he would have had as a VP, McCain's statement might actually make sense.

  • 9 votes
#1.12 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:06 AM EST
Pat-#@!&!#@

McCain's statement might actually make sense.

That's so funny... :-)

  • 3 votes
#1.13 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:11 AM EST
DEATHNELL J.

Thank you GOD he wasn't elected president!

  • 7 votes
#1.14 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:15 AM EST
G. Bud

See.. we can be bi-partisan. ;)

  • 3 votes
#1.15 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:16 AM EST
gillanator

That's so funny.

That's just me. I try to arrange things so they make sense. And anyone wanting to have to work with Palin defies logic.

  • 4 votes
#1.16 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:28 AM EST
Monkey99

There you have it, folks.

John McCain is officially senile.

  • 5 votes
#1.17 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:10 AM EST
FrozeNorth

Great seed, feliz! I was surprised someone else found an article from my back yard :)

  • 1 vote
#1.18 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:57 AM EST
feliznavidad

Love Mud Flats -- they were way ahead on the whole Palin debacle. I'm just glad some hearty folks live in Alaska so I don't have to! :)

  • 1 vote
#1.19 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:17 AM EST
Ditto

No Mr. McCain, the best decision you will ever make will come on the day you retire.

  • 4 votes
#1.20 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:39 PM EST
feliznavidad

Ditto, Ditto! His day for retirement has long since come and gone. You gotta know when to fold 'em!

  • 3 votes
#1.21 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:50 PM EST
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TPisFORtheBATHROOM101

That question WOULD be better off unanswered. I REALLY don't want to know. Too disturbing of a thought.

  • 5 votes
Reply#2 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:23 PM EST
TPisFORtheBATHROOM101

This, of course, begs the question, “What’s the worst decision he’s ever made?”

Oops,forgot quote. That is what my #2 was not wanting to think about.

  • 2 votes
#2.1 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:13 AM EST
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Mike-1499840

frighteningly unprepared, and so woefully inadequate to hold the position of Vice President of the United States,

Wow! I guess the Leftists keep repeating a lie long enough and loud enough, it becomes, "truth." The fact is, Governor Palin was more qualified to be POTUS, than McCain, Biden and of course it goes without saying, Obama. State Governor, Small business owner...and a higher security clearance than any of the others.

When you keep repeating tripe such as you do in this article, you make yourself look bad.

Before you tee off on me...please list out any accomplishments, experience or qualifications that Obama had that exceeded Governor Palin 24 hours prior to election day 2008.

I will readily stipulate that serving as POTUS is the best resume entry anyone can get.

Regards,

Mike

  • 1 vote
Reply#4 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:09 PM EST
Hempluva

She was the mayor of a broom closet who conned a small population state into voting her into the gov's office. Then she quit so she could drag her family around peddling books and stirring up trouble with her endless stream of lies and mind numbingly stupid opinions.

I'm not sure how she got a higher security clearance than the others or if that is even true but any intelligent wouldn't let that idiot house-sit let alone run the free world.

As far as experience, just having experience isn't necessarily a good thing if you sucked at the job. Here's a football analogy. Curtis Painter was the starter for the Indianapolis Colts for much of last season. They finished the season 2-14. He has more experience at being an NFL quarterback than Andrew Luck, the star qb at Stanford, but given the choice, Colts fans will likely choose Luck, with no NFL experience over Painter with several years in the league and several starts. Why? Because Painter sucks and so does Palin. Sarah is the Curtis Painter of politics.

  • 6 votes
#4.1 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:42 PM EST
Monkey99

If Palin was the best decision he ever made, I wonder how Cindy feels about that?

  • 4 votes
#4.2 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:20 AM EST
feliznavidad

List Obamas accomplishments:

Here's but one -- getting through undergraduate school without having to transfer colleges five times.

  • 5 votes
#4.3 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:20 AM EST
lib50

The fact is, Governor Palin was more qualified to be POTUS, than McCain, Biden and of course it goes without saying, Obama. State Governor, Small business owner...and a higher security clearance than any of the others.

lol, good one! Oh, wait, where was the sarc tag? You were serious? Yikes.

  • 2 votes
#4.4 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:45 PM EST
Matthew-480753

I wonder how his daughter, Meghan, feels about it...

  • 2 votes
#4.5 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:45 PM EST
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newdayDAWNING...RETURNED

You know, as a liberal, I always had respect for McCain. I didn't always agree with him, but I felt like he was a pretty honest man, trying to do his best, and of course, his personal history is compelling.

But if he is really serious about Palin being the best decision that he has made...it shows how impaired his judgment really is.

I hope sometime he is more honest about this. Staking one's legacy on Sarah Palin seems pretty foolish to me.

  • 8 votes
Reply#5 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:11 PM EST
feliznavidad

McCain really has no legacy -- he'll be but a footnote in American history texts, as mention that he was Obama's opponent. Nothing more.

  • 5 votes
#5.1 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:21 AM EST
fernando-2143457

feliznavidad- McCain is a combat veteran, was a POW and a Congressman and Senator. I think the election of 2008 is a footnote on his life. Even if I don't agree with everything the man has to say, I salute his patriotism and his strong will. We would be a much better country if more people were willing to sacrifice their own lives for the Nation.

  • 1 vote
#5.2 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:59 PM EST
feliznavidad

Patriotism and strong will are admirable -- but not enough alone to get you in the history books. Many valiant men and women have exhibited great courage for our country --- but that alone is not enough to make one the subject of historic treatment.

  • 4 votes
#5.3 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:06 PM EST
newdayDAWNING...RETURNED

I'm thinking he may be more remembered for his lack of honesty about Palin. He MUST know, in his heart, what she is.

  • 3 votes
#5.4 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:49 PM EST
landspirit

If McCain really means his statement then one can only conclude that he did not want to be elected POTUS. His decision really was one on the lines of hiring the town drunk buffoon to teach a class on recovering from alcoholism.

  • 1 vote
#5.5 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:45 PM EST
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Hempluva

I lived in AZ for years and always had the utmost respect for the Senator. Then the GOP went absolutely bat@!$%# crazy and instead of standing up to the loudmouth morons who took over, he buckled under and joined him. Utmost respect turned to utter contempt and this just confirms it. He has become a typical GOP opportunistic huckster.

  • 5 votes
Reply#6 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:31 PM EST
Truth be told-1349420

If Palin is the best decision McCain ever made as he says, Boy! now one understands why the country is in such a mess with McCain as a Senator. I now truly believe that God has blessed America by not letting this retarded man get elected president in 2008. By now we would be spelling America backward, Acirema.http://www.andyross.net/acirema.htm

  • 4 votes
Reply#7 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:34 PM EST
Pattie in Maryland

Huh? This is a guy who chose the idiot who drafted the legislation that deregulated in the financial sector and repealed Glass-Steagel, which resulted in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, as his financial advisor. He hobnobs with a stupid, ignorant protestant preacher from Texas who wants a war in the Middle East because he believes in made-up "prophetic" idiocies. Then he picks an incredibly stupid and ignorant but sexy fundie chick who believes in witches and her sex life to be his vice president, in complete disregard for the fact that he is elderly and in poor health and might die in office and leave this pathetic chick in the presidency of the United States. If this is the "best decision" he ever made, what the heck judgment was this? THANK GOD he lost the election and is not POTUS as we speak! Thank you, Jesus!

  • 8 votes
Reply#8 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:54 PM EST
feliznavidad

Thanks for the unvarnished truth, Pattie. Amen and Amen.

  • 1 vote
#8.1 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:23 AM EST
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AlphaDogReporter

If that's the best decision he's made, it's a very sad commentary on his supporters, and a perfect illustration of how the wheels are completely off the GOP.

He could have picked Romney or Giuliani and won the election. Instead he picked a pathological lying petty sociopath (on the advice of his handlers, no doubt).

It's almost like they WANT to lose elections.

  • 3 votes
Reply#9 - Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:57 PM EST
Pattie in Maryland

I have heard, but not researched, that Palin was recommended to him by Richard Land, an incredibly bigoted right-wing twit who engineered his way into heading the Southern Baptist Convention. McCain chose to kow-tow to the phony-religious right. Land is a real ass-wipe hiding behind religion to further his bigotry against women, gays, and blacks. This is a great illustration of why "religion," whatever that is, and politics do not mix. Land, and the Baptist conference he leads, really need to be watched. They are out to hurt their fellow Americans.

  • 5 votes
#9.1 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:13 AM EST
Truth be told-1349420

In second thought, maybe he's talking in terms of what he got behing closed doors and between open legs in return for picking her. The guy just can't be too explicite. If this is the case, I think no other decision could have been better than this, for real! Wouldn't you rather lose a presidential job to a job well blown ?

  • 3 votes
#9.2 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:15 AM EST
feliznavidad

Alpha Dog -- advice of his advisors -- perhaps. I'm sure they thought they could seize the "hillary moment" by offering up Palin. After all, a broad is a broad is a broad to republicans. However, I think also that McCain got it up for her, and began thinking with his other "brain."

  • 2 votes
#9.3 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:24 AM EST
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Matthew-480753

I don't get the upside of that statement from McCain's perspective. They lost to someone who was pretty unknown before the nomination win over Hillary... So either she was the straw that broke that camel's back OR it was him we didn't want.

  • 3 votes
Reply#10 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:13 AM EST
A. Commentator

McCain, do you really enjoy getting hit by the little wife with the frying pan everytime you mention Palin? It was so obvious the night of your defeat, that your wife can't stand Palin. So why do you say these dumb things. McCain, is it because you are a gentlemen that you will never admit the worst mistake of your political life was picking Palin.

BTW, maybe it was God's will you picked Palin. Why? Because it could have been disasterous for our country. We could have been deeper into war, recession and corporation take over of our democracy.

  • 3 votes
Reply#11 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:27 AM EST
feliznavidad

I think that had McCain won, he would have died by now and Palin would be dictator -- er -- president.

  • 3 votes
#11.1 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:25 AM EST
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Donna-3163307

I'm afraid John boy needs to be tested for senility. Why would he put forth a lie like that? He knows better and the whole country has let him know. I think he just doesn't want to admit he had very poor judgement. Heck, if Sarah didn't have such a gargantuan ego, she'd probably tell him herself. John, go back to being the elderly war hero, people like you better that way than being a politician.

  • 5 votes
Reply#12 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:46 AM EST
sherry-400949

When was McCain diagnosed with alzheimer's? And Donna, you are right, if he hasn't been, he needs to be tested.

  • 3 votes
Reply#13 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:04 AM EST
AlKhidr

If McCain meant picking Palin saved him from having to seriously contemplate the job of presidency, then he did in fact make the best choice possible.

  • 5 votes
Reply#14 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:08 AM EST
imsewvainDeleted
demo scout

Poor man. If Palin was his best that means he has never made a good decision. I wonder what his wife thinks about that?

Pathetic what an old man will say to try to give meaning to the disappointing autumn of what could have been a meaningful career.

No honest person could opine that Palin was in any way good for McCain's campaign. Whatever chance he might have had against Obama, she scuttled it within a month of her nomination.

  • 2 votes
Reply#16 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:20 PM EST
feliznavidad

Yes demo-- within a month! That's when she began running for president -- McCain be damned.

  • 1 vote
#16.1 - Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:39 PM EST
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Mofongo

So it's settled then. McCain was and remains senile.

Wow John, if you have trouble admitting your mistakes, there's always the option to just keep your mouth shut.

On the other hand, if you truly believe choosing Palin as a running mate was one of your better decisions, I'm very happy you aren't sitting in the White House at the moment.

    Reply#17 - Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:12 AM EST
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