McCain: Palin's "United Our Party" (delusional)

[ProSense]

McCain: Palin's "United Our Party"

posted by Ari Berman

In an interview with Good Morning America today, John McCain calls Sarah Palin the new face of the GOP, saying "she's united our party."

(Video: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/378925/mccain_palin_s_united_our_party">McCain Reacts to a Party Under Palin)

Um, tell that to Colin Powell, Christopher Buckley or Ken Adelman, all lifelong Republicans who've cited the Palin pick as a chief reason they've endorsed Obama. Or to conservatives like David Brooks, David Frum, Kathleen Parker, Ross Douthat--all past or present McCain supporters--who've strongly criticized Palin. Or ask all the supposedly wavering Hillary Clinton supporters, who took the Palin selection as an insult and rallied around Obama.

No matter what happens on Election Day, a battle for the soul of the Republican Party is well under way. McCain's defeat will hasten that conversation, but surefire losses in Congress will require the party to plot a new course regardless. Will Republicans lurch right, under the banner of Palin's social conservatism and faux-populism? Or will they try and recapture the middle, reconnecting with suburban voters and independents and Hispanic voters they've lost ever since 2000 by advocating competent government and pragmatic problem-solving?

Don't count on the latter. Reports the Politico's Jonathan Martin:

Few believe that the Republican party will respond to another brutal election by following a path of moderation, but conservatives are deeply dispirited and anxious to reassert the core values they believe have not always been followed by Bush, congressional leaders and their party's presidential nominee . Many on the right, both elites and the rank-and-file, see a rudderless party that is in dire need of new blood and old principles: small government, a robust national security and unapologetic social conservatism.

That sounds like a recipe for continued disaster, not rebirth.

Palin's career is over.


On edit: The first link in the piece is to DU's Research forum. Yay.

[hatrack]

1. Yes, it's so much more united, and so very much SMALLER than it once was!

Way to go, Bible Spice!!

[ProSense]

3. There seems to be an effort underway to

salvage her reign of idiocy on the national stage.

[kwolf68]

2. Guess what

Palin has also UNITED our (Democratic) Party as well

[ProSense]

10. She certainly united

voters behind Obama.

[CakeGrrl]

4. Sounds like the same delusion that's telling them IA is tied.

:crazy:

I can't wait for the Repubs to throw her to the wolves, so to speak, after she's blown the election for them.

She may think she's the darling of the GOP, but she'll get a rude awakening when they decide it's time to rake her over the coals for Troopergate and all her other misdeeds in Alaska. She's been crusing under the protection of being on the McCain ticket, but that'll be over for her.

[Thrill]

5. Bragging about something he needed someone else to do. This guy is an idiot

[ProSense]

14. That about sums it up.

Two idiots for the price of one.

[Median Democrat]

6. Think Palin Has Done More To Unite The Democrats Than The Republicans

The William Buckley conservatives are not thrilled about the anti-intellectual, Faranheit 451 streak that she embodies.

[Buzz Clik]

7. She's done such a wonderful job uniting the McCain campaign, too: All of them hate her.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

8. If they go that direction, and I think they will.

they are condemning themselves to electoral irrelevancy outside of the Stupid Belt (not a specific geographical area) for a generation. Get going, Freepers, take over the entire Repuke party and kill it deader than Dillinger.

[brooklynite]

9. I agree with her...

The Republicans who love Sarah Palin think McCain is an idiot, but they'll let her keep him on the ballot...

The Republicans who hate Sarah Palin think McCain is an idiot for putting her on the ballot...

[olegramps]

13. The GOP is quickly becoming marginalized

After this election it will increasingly be seen as the party of racists and religious flakes. Each year that goes by, we see the Republican Party losing more and more members as people become better educated. Rove admitted exactly this fact. As people become better educated they embrace liberal values. They become less bigoted and more open to progressive values. It has been a slow, but steady march toward sanity and away from racism entrenched in ignorance. It is a steady backing away from the outright superstition that continues to dominate a large segment of the religious community. The Republican Party is gored on the horns of a dilemma of their own making when they embraced the evangelicals and fundamentalists. Their base now consists of racists and religious extremists who are consumed with hatred of anyone who disagrees with their asinine positions while the old guard of the party whats the party to return to its conservative values of small government and fiscal responsibility. A major split looms that will sink the party.

[No Elephants]

11. What does anyone expect him to say. "What an idiot pick I made? "

[stolivodka]

16. Concidering the "diva" and "gone rogue" leaks..

maaaaaaaaaybe! :)

[CalGator]

12. by united...

I think he meant it got all those "dirty" moderates to leave the party and support the opposition. I couldn't agree more!

[stolivodka]

15. YES!

Don't wait until Nov. 5th to start the Repuke civil war! Get in your opening shots today! Don't get "left behind"! Brandish your knives now!!!

[Phx_Dem]

17. Yeah, and you're winning! ROLF. Crazy old fart.