Bush Strategist: McCain KNOWS He Put Country At Risk With Palin Pick

[cui bono]

Bush Strategist: McCain Knows He Put Country At Risk With Palin Pick
October 14, 2008 01:18 PM

Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign eviscerated John McCain on Tuesday for his choice of Sarah Palin as vice president.

Dowd proclaimed that, in his heart of hearts, McCain knew he put the country at risk with his VP choice and that he would "have to live" with that fact for the rest of his career.

"They didn't let John McCain pick the person he wanted to pick as VP," Dowd declared during the Time Warner Summit panel. "When Sarah Palin got picked instead of Joe Lieberman, which I fundamentally believed would have given John McCain the best opportunity in this race... as soon as he picked Palin, that whole ready versus not ready argument was not credible."

Saying that Palin was a "net negative" on the ticket, he went on: " knows, in his gut, that he put somebody unqualified on the ballot. He knows that in his gut, and when this race is over that is something he will have to live with... He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk, he knows that."

The other panelists were surprised, a bit, by Dowd's bluntness. Not least because McCain's well-known campaign motto is "country first."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14/bush-strategist-mccain-kn_n_134570.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Republicons first." - McSame

"Cronies & corporations second. Whoever - maybe America - third, or fourth. Whatever."

- McSame

[vanderBeth]

2. Country first my ass.

[WI_DEM]

3. I think he's right. Palin is a drag on the ticket, but McCain would have lost with Loserman too.

[nichomachus]

9. Yeah, but he would have lost with a little of his dignity intact

As it is -- he has humiliated himself publicly. He will be remembered for running the worst campaign in a century -- with the most unqualified running mate since 1896.

[Laelth]

18. All dignity was lost in 2000 (or 2004). See exhibit A, below.

EXHIBIT A

What dignity?

-Laelth

[Vinca]

4. Why should anyone believe McCain would be a strong leader if -

"They didn't let John McCain pick the person he wanted to pick as VP."

[cui bono]

5. Yeah, I was surprised to read that part. Not that it is true, but that it was said publicly.

So they're saying there's some party committee that runs everything and it makes no difference who their candidate is.

There goes the maverick and reformer argument out the window!

[Cha]

6. Are you kidding me ..this only has 3 Rec'd?! This needs to get out.

The hard truth about mccain putting his country at risk as stated by a repuke consultant!

[yardwork]

7. I love the comments. Somebody mentions Primary Colors without noticing

that author Joe Klein was also on that panel and called Palin a gimmick and the most disastrous campaign decision he'd ever seen.

[cags]

8. Maybe he should be a real Maverick, buck his party off the horse and kick her ass off the ticket

[Raschel]

12. That's what I've been saying

if you're a Maverick, ie, not a Republican, get off of the ticket.

Don't like your VP, don't pick her.

McCain is such a hero, so tough, how is it that he's stuck in and with everything and everyone he doesn't like?

We know the real reason. He's a phony.

[Raschel]

10. So Who IS John McCain?

He doesn't like the Republicans, he's a "Maverick"

He didn't really pick his VP

He didn't like his slogan, stole Obama's

He's even starting a new campaign, didn't like the first two

Just Who Is John McCain?

[iceman66]

11. K+R

A Republican strategist confirms what we suspected all along!

[my2sense]

13. K & R

[Ilsa]

14. Right now, having her investigated to the point where McC has to drop her

would be doing McShame a favor. He has to live with his ridiculous choice for back-up. He blew it.

[ProSense]

15. It's always good to hear from Matthew "Kerry was right" Dowd,

former Demorcrat turned Rove Republican and creator of the Kerry flip-flop meme. He's back and full of regrets.

Still, Americans need to hear from all the rats who jumped ship.

[cui bono]

16. Yeah, but I wonder if he's just saying it to get her off the ticket.

There seems to be a bit of momentum for that with leading conservatives.

[Karenina]

17. Ergo, he mustn't win.

Die Frau ist unfähig UND bescheuert, to say nothing of her KKKomrads. A mere surface scratch on this anal pustule will unleash a spring creek of infected nastiness.

[WillyT]

19. Big K & R !!!

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