We must NOT allow the press to rehabilitate McSame

[gaiilonfong]

He MUST be called out for the kind of campaign he ran, and his SURROGATES ran

Yesterday, during the day here in South Florida I counted 98 Rev Wright ads run between 8 am and 4 pm

PLus the robo calls to the Cuban community saying that Castro just endorsed Obama

They approved that crap.

[ErinBerin84]

1. agree...the concession speech was "nice"

but some people around here are just too forgiving. I believe in redemption, but there is a longgggg road ahead...I'm sure the press will forget about it, but I hope we don't.

[WinkyDink]

12. Forgiveness, where I come from, results from TRUE CONFESSION & PENANCE. I'm waiting.

[NJmaverick]

2. We won, time to move on

Time to unite as Americans, as our new President has said we need to do.

[meow mix]

3. wouldnt mind seeing mccain survive, as long as moosebreath takes the blame and is

destroyed. forever..

[Mike Daniels]

5. Given that Alaska voted for McCain I have a feeling that Palin could be in the Senate soon.

Unfortunately, Palin will be on the national stage for some time.

Fortunately, I don't think any moderates or independent voters will ever forget her divisive rhetoric on the stump. Consequently, her chances of ever pulling more than the base in a presidential election are pretty much slim to none.

[MJkcj]

4. McCain is history - its a new day

I think McCain will fade away and become a non issue. Even though he had a nice concession speech the truth is that he is an angry bitter arogant SOB and his time is OVER. Its actually sarah that I worry about coming back to haunt us...

But I do think that people will look at these 2 campaigns in the future and see how Mccain's campaign of lies and hate was doomed where as Obama's campaign of hope and inclusion was brilliant.

It may change the way elections are run in the future

[Liberalatus]

13. See, I have to disagree...

I actually used to have some respect for McCain. And I think he had all the best intentions of running an honorable campaign. I really believe that. But they got to him, dragged him somewhere and sat him down, and told him, THIS is how you win, THIS is what you MUST say. If you don't, we lose. TRUST US, it has worked before, and will work again. See, to be successful or to get anywhere at all in the Republican Party, you have to play by their rules. They own you, and they do not hesitate to threaten to remove you, betray you, and ostracize you at all. And the people who go along, play nicely, and are the most committed to the cause, are the ones they allow to move up the ladder. They needed McCain, and used him for all he's worth, and I'm sure he was told he had better go along with it. You just say this, and let us (the campaign, the conservative media, the pundits, the talking heads, all of them) handle the rest. I think it really got to him to sit and have strategy meetings with all of those guys, who did not hesitate at all to use dirty tricks, lies, and smears, the "anything to win" attitude, especially since the same team had used them ON HIM not that long ago. I really feel like deep inside he hated saying those things, at first. But towards the end, I don't know if they told him he had to "sell" the hate more, or if the desperation and annoyance started getting under his skin, but he seemed to sound more committed. But the last few weeks, I have heard the weariness and shame in his voice. I have heard it coming through, he is not happy with who he has become. Sitting on the stage, listening to HIS supporters yelling those awful things, I think it hurt him inside. Is this who I am? Is this what I inspire? I think he coudn't wait for his campaign to be over, win or not.

Now that its over, and worsely, he lost, he knows he will be abandoned, left on the side of the road. All the support, and all the help he had will be gone soon. The swarm of people all around him vanish. He will go home and sit down quietly and contemplate if selling his soul was really worth it. Was giving in and saying all those nasty lies worth it, even if he won? Maybe he'll be able to come to grips with all that he has done. Maybe he can tell himself, "Well that is politics. That's just how it is." Or maybe, "Well, it would have been worth it had I won. Then, I could have done some real good." He might just lower his head, and close his eyes, and say a little prayer. For me, all he has to do is come out one time, and just once, say "I'm sorry". That's all. But if he did, his political career would be over. That one little gesture in my mind would erase everything he had done, and restore his honor that he had strayed from. We all fall from grace, and none of us really deserve to be forgiven. But if someone comes forth genuinely, and asks for it, who can say they have no honor?

[tularetom]

6. If they rehabilitate him by trashing Palin who cares?

Look, McLame is through in presidential politics. He may not even be alive by 2012. Who cares what they say about him. But if Palin can be marginalized and blamed for the loss, any credibility she still has will be gone.

[PATRICK]

7. No matter

His polite try to be decent with the morans he had left gathered around him by the hate campaigning said it all. By age and temperament I think he will be pretty much out of his senate seat sooner than later. His silent partner Bush is FINALLY garnering a just share of blame. The various GOP members who never, ever tried to get independent from the worst and most fake prez in US history are not going to make much of a break from the miserable past, so let them stew in their own pot.

The corporate media is as obnoxious as ever and should simply be shunned and scorned until THAT situation of despicable campaigning for the GOP and corporate agendas is over.

[drumwolf]

8. I'm not all that concerned about McCain himself.

It's Palin and her base that we need to continue keeping an eye on. McCain may have sold his soul to them, but he's not really one of them.

The Limbaugh/Hannity crowd may be down, but they are not out, and we'd better not forget that for a second. That segment of our population is a cancer on our country that needs to be kept in remission as much as possible.

[Richardo]

9. So you missed Obama's acceptance speech last night?

You should have heard it - it was good.

[gaiilonfong]

10. NO I didn't miss it

I will be welcoming to repubs who acted normally, who played fair in a tough election........I WILL NOT allow lies to be told about how this race went down here in Florida...don't like it ...tough....I am still angry at those who used race to devide my state...I had an African American friend called the N word at polls yesterday by McCain supporters and others called terroists and communists at polls.....it was the McPALIN camp that started that, they need to be held accountable.

[Blue For You]

11. I don't think there's enough press in the world to rehabilitate

that guy. He is what he is. And that ain't much.