i think McCain topedoed his own campaign,to keep Palin from taking over.

[yorgatron]

what other explanation could there be? :shrug:

he knew if he won it was only a matter of time before they arranged his death and installed Mooselini.

discuss among yourselves.

[eleny]

1. I think you're a little wacky

And if you want to discuss that with yourself, it's fine with me.

[Bobbieo]

21. norg - I don;t think it started out that way but that is pretty much the way it ended.

Palin was more than his campaign could handle.

[Phredicles]

2. What other explanation? He's old, tired, hot-headed and not all that bright,

is the one I've been working with.

[Zombie2]

3. I think he ran a terrible campaign from the beginning....

The media's the only reason it seemed like a close race.

[LiberalFighter]

15. McCain probably shouldn't had even been the nominee for the Republicans.

So possibly even their best candidate ran a piss poor campaign even worse than McCain.

[Lerkfish]

4. I think his campaign was torpedoed, alright, but I doubt it was mccain's finger on the button

I think it fell apart before his very eyes but I can't him sabotaging his own campaign. Doesn't fit the ego profile.

[Atman]

7. Bingo

He really, really is just a cranky "get off my lawn" old man. He's got a hot temper that is surpassed only by his enormous ego. He would sooner punch Palin in the head, live on stage, then torpedo his own chances. It was his mavericky nature that got him into trouble...he has a reputation for exacting revenge on people who cross him, and when he was told he couldn't pick Lieberman or Pawlenty, he said "fuck you" to the GOP in classic "mavericky" style.

The man is a nut job, plain and simple.

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[Arkansas Granny]

5. IMO, McCain torpedoed his own campaign when he named Palin to be his running mate.

It was a decision that showed a remarkable lack of judgment and probably did as much to convince undecided voters to vote for Obama than anything else he did. I know a few people who had been leaning McCain, but would up voting for Obama and they have given Palin as their reason for doing so. FWIW, none of these people would be considered as members of the religious right.

[nxylas]

6. I heard a redneck on the bus saying that

He just loooved Palin and wanted to vote McCain so that "they" could assassinate him and we could get Palin as our president. Not sure who "they" were in this context. His NRA buddies?

[rdublue]

8. It is my opinion since he really wanted Lieberman and the party said he'd torpedo the ticket

He had a knee jerk reaction and picked Palin knowing full well what could happen because of that choice.

[Ian David]

9. That's a good premise for a Harold and Kumar movie. But other than that, serves no useful purpose.nt

[azmouse]

10. McCain never had a chance to win.

Not with the 8 disastrous years of Boosh, a collapsing economy and the best Democratic candidate to ever run for the WH.

[PM Martin]

11. Very possible. The right never liked McCain,

but they have some sort of weird cult like addiction to Sarah Palin.
Slip something into McCain's water and say he passed from "natural causes".
Bam! Sarah Palin occupies the Whitehouse! :scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

[Mz Pip]

12. I doubt it

McCain really really wanted the job. He felt entitled to it. He believed it was his turn. He gambled on bad advice and chose the bright shiny new object to dazzle the sheeple. It worked for a while but the novelty wore off as it usually does with gimmicks.

[Clovis Sangrail]

13. or maybe he's just an incomptent old fool?

good to see you
:toast:

[Javaman]

14. sorry no, he torpedoed his campaign when he picked her. nt

[leftstreet]

16. McCain never expected to win. He thought it'd be Hillary 08

No one expected Obama to take the Dem nom.

[endarkenment]

17. I think your name backwards is nortagroy

so obviously you are directly connected to Ashely Todd.

[dissemination]

18. She is the one that drew the crowds. You got it mixed up.

[Minimus]

19. With his big toe?

[walldude]

20. I think Obama won without any help from McCain

"What other explanation could there be"? What are you kidding me? How about after 8 years of torture the American people came to their senses.

[windbreeze]

22. IMO....for what it's worth....

I have been saying for quite a while, that "they" were going to run McCain for one of two purposes...for him to lose, big time...or for him to die trying to win...reason...they can't stand McCain, and they need to regroup, why not let him lose...you think they don't know that any republican would have??? why sacrifice a good one?? We saw the signs, you think they didn't????...McCain has been a thorn in their side forever...they helped bomb him in 2000..??? So WHY would they run him in 2008, if not for that purpose...he insisted he wanted to be prez, so they set him up....I don't believe it had a thing to do with Palin...not really...I don't even think he chose her, I think he was told to put her on the ticket..for dual purposes...to help him lose...and to put her out there into the public eye, for later perhaps...remember Obama, making the 2004 DNC speech?? same tactic, different parties, different people...and NO I am NOT making any comparisons between the two, because there aren't any, other than the tactic being used...of exposing millions of people to them, who weren't aware they even existed...notice how we've heard far less about McCain, since the election than we have Palin???...and remember..the last fat lady hasn't sung quite yet....I still put nothing past this bunch...and they have control for at least another 11 weeks....wb

[WinkyDink]

23. Don't you have homework to do?