"Scapegoating Sarah" - NY POST jumps into the circular firing squad.

[jefferson_dem]

:popcorn:

SCAPEGOATING SARAH
Posted: 4:52 am
November 6, 2008

The search for someone to blame for John McCain's defeat was well under way yesterday. Many fingers, not surprisingly, were pointed at Sarah Palin.

Actually, the Palin scapegoating began before the polls even opened, with top McCain staffers complaining that the Alaska governor was a "diva" given to straying "off message."

Nonsense.

True, she turned out not to be the magic bullet Republicans had hoped for.

Then again, John McCain turned out not to be the asset Republicans had hoped for. Terming his performance - and that of the campaign itself - lackluster sort of understates the case.

Moreover, McCain & Co. knew there was a risk with Palin (including in giving away one of their strongest arguments against Obama: his lack of experience).

And blame for that properly devolves to John McCain and his aides.

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But as Palin herself noted yesterday, "I don't think anybody should give Sarah Palin that much credit . . . that my presence on the ticket would trump the economic crisis that America found itself in and attribute John McCain's loss to me."

Still, she added, "If I cost John McCain even one vote, I am sorry about that, because John McCain is, I believe, the American hero."

What happens next for Sarah Palin remains to be seen. But she did what was asked of her in 2008 and owes no one any apologies.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11062008/postopinion/editorials/scapegoating_sarah_137374.htm

[LiberalinNC]

1. There's only one person to blame for this horrible campaign and that's John McCain

He "shot" from the hip and selected Palin without vetting her first...She can't help it that she's not the sharpest Governor in the country...maybe if he checked her out first, he would have known that!

[RC]

2. McCain did check her out, up and down several times...

He was even caught on video studying her chest to make sure she stood out enough.

[LiberalinNC]

5. LMAO!!!

[palintology]

3. GOOD ! Maybe this will teach politicians not to run for office if they are idiots !

[polichick]

4. I thought McShame once said he doesn't complain when he gambles and loses.