I dunno. she drew a lot of fire during that campaign but I'm at a loss as to see why. We didnt really know much about her then.
For me, McCain lost not because of Palin...but because he looked old and feeble next to Obama. Plus his immigration policy was not in line with hard core conservatives. McCain is a RINO, pure and simple.
He said he would not vote to repeal R v Wade.
In 1998 McCain opposed a ballot proposal to end affirmative action. But then in '08 he reversed his stance.
In '99 he talked about reinstating the Draft. In '07 he changed his mind again saying a draft would be a bad mistake.
McCain has received fair to poor ratings on gun issues from the National Rifle Association, garnering a C+. According to a review by Gun Owners of America "in 2001, McCain went from being a supporter of anti-gun bills to being a lead sponsor".
In 1996 McCain voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would have prohibited discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. When the bill was reintroduced in 2006, McCain told ABC's This Week, "I don't think we need specific laws that would apply necessarily to people who are gay." But then, In December 2007, McCain said he supported the policy, citing reports from military leaders that "this policy ought to be continued because it's working."
In July 2008, McCain told The New York Times that "I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no I don’t believe in gay adoption." John McCain has later said, that despite his opposition, he could see the benefit of a child being adopted by a same-sex couple rather than being at an orphanage.
In 1983, McCain opposed creating a federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. The House vote was 338-90 and President Reagan signed the bill into law later that year creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. By 1989, McCain reiterated his opposition to the federal holiday, but reversed position on the state holiday, due to the economic boycotts and image problems Arizona was receiving as a result of it not having one.
In October 2006, McCain said he would consider changing the U.S. military's don't ask, don't tell policy: "The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it.
McCain has promoted the legislation and eventually the granting of amnesty to the estimated 12–20 million illegal aliens in the United States. McCain campaigned against Proposition 200, a 2004 Arizona state initiative intended to prevent illegal immigrants from voting, receiving welfare benefits, and mandated state agencies to report illegals to the federal government. His immigration stance was widely cited as a major reason for his presidential campaign's difficulty during most of 2007.(So it had little to do with Palin).
So he's a known flip flopper. A Republican in name only. And true conservatives are tired of the weak, watered down policies of the RINOS who has infiltrated the GOP.
Plus (imo) the guy was a traitor to his country. There are articles written about the guy where he got special favoritism during his time as a POW AND...there is also a photo on the net showing him hugging the Hanoi Hilton jailer Col. Bui Tin.
Sen. John McCain (left) warmly greeted Vietnam Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet. As a senior Central Committee member, Kiet ordered American POWs to be punished by execution and helped formulate the Vietnamese communist policy which resulted in the murder of thousands of proU.S. South Vietnamese in Hue during the Tet Offensive of 1968.
There was just no way I was going to vote for that guy.
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