(CNN) – Sarah Palin told local reporters in Alaska that unhappiness with the Bush administration’s Iraq war policy and spending record were responsible for the GOP ticket’s defeat this year.
“I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration?” Palin told the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska’s KTUU Channel 2.
“How have there been blunders with war strategy under a Republican administration? If we're talking change, we want to get far away from what it was that the present administration represented and that is to a great degree what the Republican Party at the time had been representing. So people desiring change I think went as far from the administration that is presently seated as they could. It's amazing that we did as well as we did.”
Watch: Actions Obama may take to reverse key Bush policies
Palin returned to Alaska last week amid growing speculation about her political future. The Alaska governor is slated to attend the Republican Governors Association’s meeting in Miami this week.
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Gee...I thought she said they lost because of the unfortunate Financial Crisis that occurred...
Hmm, let's not place fault where fault really is. Perhaps it had a little bit to do with "Africa is a continent?" and "he's a SOCIALIST" not to mention "wink wink."
Go back and hunt a wolf why doncha?
For a change Sarah may be on the right track (no pun intended). However, as usual, she ignores her role in the botched campaign altogether. I would even chalk the negative tone of the campaigning to the advisers; but her lack of knowledge and lack of readiness is totally her own, and she certainly could have bowed out of the ticket. I hold her responsible for that and I'd like her to acknowledge that!
I think Sarah Palin needs to clean around her own door before blaming someone else.
Finally, Palin shows herself as a sensible person. She is totally right and also when she thinks that it is amazing Obama did not win as Reagan did in 1980 (a real landslide).
Carlos
I am not a Palin fan but it will be interesting to see her step out on her own, away from McCain handlers.
It is also despicable that those same handlers, who don't even have the guts to speak under their own names, feel free to slander Palin with unproven, unnecessary, unimportant tidbits.
The same handlers are the ones who recommended Palin. If she had won, they would have been singing her praises, just like they did before she lost. Now they slam her. Which scenario is the lie?
Hypocrites!
Yeah. Well, she also thinks Africa is a country, not a continent. This person has absolutely no brains and no credibility. We are done with her! Go away Sarah Palin.
Inasmuch as Bush's record was not good for the GOP, Palin's ineptitude had an immensely damaging impact on the campaign. A lot of voters didn't vote for McCain just because of Sarah Palin. It's scary having her in the oval office.
She is as much to blame for the GOP loss as GB.
For once the woman got something right.
LOL....WHY WONT SHE DESAPEAR . EVEN IF THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO LAY THE GROUND WORK FOR A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL RUN – SHE WAS POTRAYED AS A JOKE !!!!!
Sarah Palin was a net negative to the ticket and in subsequent years, she will be a highly polarizing candidate for the GOP if she decides to run.
Her GOP competitiors will eat her in any primary contests ... they are that brutal.
She can not defeat Barack Obama in 2012; she'll never been seen as equal to him. Let's just be blunt about it.
They lost because the oldest candidate ever, one with a history of cancer, picked an uninformed, mean spirited, lying, malicious woman that was not ready to become the president if needed.
Given the narrow scope of her duties in Alaska ... it's not like being governor of California ... she's not going to do anything that warrants attention. Hell, she might not even finish that pipeline McCain bragged about at each campaign stop.
no no i am pretty sure i was shaking my head going 'what is john mccain thinking picking this woman as his VP'
Here's the simple reason why you lost Sarah, because your party takes the arrogant attitude that only ITS ideas are the right ones, that IT has the highest moral standards and everyone else is "evil and misguided" and that it would rather continue to shun, exclude and ridicule people that don't fit its profile or it views as undesirable. You have old and tired ideas Sarah, that's why you lost.
And as far as being surprised you did as well as you did Sarah...your opponent was a phenotypical "Black" man Sarah. Yes he got elected, but it was not because of people like you Sarah, or because America was "really" ready to elect him. The polls bore that out. It was just enough "sick and tired" young people, Hispanics and other minorities and rational minded whites who decided that enough was enough that got Barack over the top. Let's not fool ourselves.
If Barack had not been a phenotypical Black man and ran the campaign he did and showed the judgment and temperament he did, he would have probably been given the keys to the White House immediately after the primaries.
I'm really not interested in what she thinks. If articles about her don't stop showing up I'm going to stay off this site!! I'm sick of her!
Why is it that arrogance and stupidity seem to go together so often?
Sarah Palin is a good example. "It's not because I was such a drag on the McCain ticket with my stupid remarks and ignorance of basic geography and science that we lost. It was Bush's fault!"
If this woman ever becomes president, the USA is finished forever.
She's right.
Go away already!
Well....she otta know! Once the public got a whiff of another overly folksy, under qualified, over confident, and uninformed Repub candidate, the odor was an overwhelming reminder of the nightmare our country has been living through for the past nearly 8 years. And yes my friends, now that we have rejected the politics of fear and division, we seem to be waking up to a more hopeful future......You Betcha!!
I think Sara Palin got a really bad rap. She is qualified to be anything. I feel the gender predjudice played a huge role in her campaign and Hilarys. You were all worried about race! Wrong call. Someday maybe woman will be equal. Just maybe in my lifetime. That would be nice. But looking at the way this country portrays woman, treats their concerns, I doubt it. I dont think Obamas presence in the white house is going to change anything for woman. For blacks maybe, but not for woman. Sara Palin is correct to a point, they didnt vote for McCain based on Bush record, They didnt vote for her because she is a woman. Obama won because of bushs record. Any Democrat would have beat the republican.
Yes, she is correct.
But not complete in her correctness.
America also rejected her whether she likes it or not. They rejected her lack of knowledge, her extreme views, her negativity.
But she is correct that they also rejected at LEAST the last 8 years.
woa, I never thought I'd be a little upset with someone badmouthing Bush...hehe.
She lost and she's still pointing fingeres. she said :"It's amazing that we did as well as we did"
Ya, but for once, it wasnt bushes fault...well, not ALL his fault, I think your more to blame, Sarah. At least he's not completly incompetante, he did win the election and you and your GOP didnt, lol. Dont blame Bush because you spread lies and it it didnt work. The only reason trhe American People went as far away from re Rep. Party is because of the stench that you brought.
There are two things in the world that smells like fish, and one of them is fish.
That's right, it couldn't possibly be that Palin's own incompetence contributed to the defeat.
Stating the obvious aren't we?
Sarah, will always put the blame somewhere else, for a nation that is already in disarray, she does not have the intelligence, to relate to or understand what her lying and divisiveness brought to the failure of this ticket. America should try hard to put her back in the box the mccain camp took the lid off. She is ultimately the bell that has rung, that you cannot unring.
Yeah, blame Bush if that helps you sleep at night. Forget the shopping spree, the disastrous interviews, the fact that you couldn't find Africa on a map. Forget the divisive message that you spoke from the stages, the hate you inspired, the racial tensions you fueled, causing a spike in threats to Obama. Forget the Bush doctrine and the "I can see Russia from my house so that makes me qualified," statements. Forget that most of American wanted you to go home to care for your children the way we care for ours.
Yeah, blame Bush.
Palin is and was very scary. She was not ready even for VP. Yes, Bush played a part but it was Palin who was terrifying.
Mislabeled, partial reporting. SP is on task governing in her home state of Alaska. It is ratings-seeking media who speculate: will Fox persuade her, is she PMSing the McP loss–how and why? Real issues please, or were RNC and McCain unreachable for comment?
Yep, she's right, it was a "throw them bums out" election vs. any profound cultural shift in the U.S.
If they aren't careful, fortunes can quickly change for Obama and the Dems. Just ask Clinton about 1994.
Regardless, we all owe Obama all the respect, support, and consideration he and his supporters gave President Bush over the last 8 years.
Gov. Palin: you know, this might be a good time to stop trying to put the blame elsewhere, take a look at the polls, and realize how much your own shortcomings had to do with you losing (or if you don't want to look at polls, look no further than what your OWN advisers have had to say about you).....either way, face it, it's not pretty.
The fact is that the majority of this country did not feel you were qualified to be Vice President of the U.S. That refers to your own lack of qualifications. suck it up and admit the truth Palin – Obama/Biden did not win by over 200 electoral votes just because of Bush.....much of it had to do with the fact that even a large portion of your own party is, quite frankly, scared of your inability to grasp even the most basic concepts of what it would take to govern this nation.......once again, even YOUR OWN ADVISORS have expressed that reservation. Nice try blaming it on Bush....let's see how many people buy that excuse (I'm guessing not many)......your political future is done.....as it should be.
Ms. Palin needs to juxtaposition her campaign trail speeches with those of Bush and, perhaps, she'll see that she was selling the same horse. Also, her running mate was so close to Bush's, and the GOP's, policies that the two were indistinquishable.
However, there is one thing that still boggles my mind and that is that with a majority of the public, including Republicans, agreeing that the country is on the wrong track 50 million plus voted to remain on the same track and that leaves me "boggled". Perhaps the answer will be given to me in another life.
So, when Ms. Palin points to Bush as the cause of their failure she needs to examine closely what she, McCain, and the GOP offered that was different this time around.
Yep, she is going even further to the right. She will be around for a while creating problems, unfortunately. Funny thing is, though, I think she will be causing more problems for the Republicans than for the Democrats. She, like some other Republicans, is starting to pick on people in her own party, claiming the majority of Republicans are not rightie enough. I see the split that is already there, widening, with her having this small, but fanatical base, while the rest of us just roll our eyes.
Sarah Dear Sarah.. U Still dont understand.. Do You
Cone on Republicans...Step up to the Plate..Thsi DITZ will never get you a chance to come back...The republican party needs to Shut this Dame..and for good...She is the BIG CAUSE for the LOSS..and she will never help in 2012.....
If everything was fine with Republicans, then they didnt wanted some Hockey Mom called Sarah Palin.
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. Look in the mirror dear, you were one of the reasons he lost. Besides McCain's soul being sold to the Republican right and Bush's horrible 8 years, your lack of experience frightened people away from McCain, as you know, he is old. When you were asked to run with him, you should have said " Thanks but no thanks." You were definitely out of your league.
palin, please go away. Don't blame bush for your hatred filled, less than intellectual brain and gotcha attitude. You are a devisive person and the US spoke. We don't want the likes of you and your Independence party affiliations in power.
Bye, bye palin, bye, bye.
Your fifteen minutes of fame are still being shoved down our throats by the same media who couldn't get within a mile of you.
Get lost!
Don't be so modest, Governor. You can't blame Bush for your numerous attempts to tie Obama to terrorist groups, labelling him a socialist and your own inability to answer simple questions during interviews. When life long Republicans voted for Obama because they feared having one of the most inexperienced and unprepared candidates in our history being a heartbeat away from the Presidency. We didn't buy your BS then, we're not buying it now.
You don't have to be a political analyst extraordinaire to figure that much out about the republican administration 8 years of failures and the contradiction between what the administration have been saying and what they have been doing.
The has come for a change. It is too bad that she only realized that when she is back home in Alaska.
By the way, you should keep the beautiful clothes.
Interesting, since Palin seemed to represent more of the same! I thank God that Americans saw through ther Republican ticket and voted for real chagne!
what about the possibility of a dumb VP as contributing to the GOP loss? Have you thought about it Palin?
The Republican party couldn't survive Palin, she was the final nail in the coffin. A thoughtful choice for VP could have made all the difference. She may have energized the base, but she drove away an awful lot of the moderate, or to use an old phrase, "silent majority". I can only hope the Republican party rolls her out again because she is plain scarey in her fundamental beliefs.
....and what about her own contribution of devisiveness rather than unity? Yes, people are unhappy with the Bush-run White House and the terrible economy, but if Sarah Palin thinks acting like a shrew and going after the other party with her vigilante tactics is the answer she's sadly mistaken. The people have spoken.
Congratulations to Obama/Biden!
It's a bit too late Sarah. That's exactly what Barack was pounding you guys on. It's amazing to see how the GOP ticket expected to win when there was so much wrong done in this administration. Finally, if u were aware of what the problem was, it only goes to show that all of your negative campaigning was really in vein. Hopefully, the next time the GOP will stick to the issues and stop the mud slinging
I guess Serah Palin should finally stop disgracing herself ! She surely contributed equally as Bush and McCain for the failure of their ticket ! They should all share their cake of blame together! At least Bush would not say he sees Russia from his Oval-office!!
NO...It wasn't just the republican party or Bush for the failure of the Presidency, it was Sarah Palin and the idiot McCain who chose her as a running mate. They were the reason why the republicans lost.
Huckabee/Palin in 2012. Each are Govenors with Chief Executive and Commander In Chief experience. mike has more all around experience and has proven himself. Sarah has done a remarkable job turning around the finances of Alaska and cleaning up the government.
Why is anything Sarah Palin says important? She needs to stay in Alaska and never come back to the lower 48. She does not refect than intelligent and professional image for women. I was a loyal repulican and voted for Barack Obama. I thought that after the election she would disappear and the Repulican Party would recover with intellegent leadership. Her rock star status does not make her qualified. I will be changing my political affiliation.
So... what mistake(s) has she taken responsibility for?
I think she needs to actually care about the world outside Alaska before she will be able to represent us. Those interviews weren't "gotchas"; if she actually did know what the Bush Doctrine (which has cost us thousands of lives and billions of dollars so far) was, but didn't know what version of it Charles Gibson was asking about, she could have used it as an opportunity to defend it... whichever version she wanted. And if she hadn't read any newspapers, she could have said as much... and that particular question and answer would have been edited out, boring as it would be. Instead, she chose to go off on a tangent, like a child hiding something she didn't want to get in trouble over.
Just because most of the world hasn't bought into her mysticism-enhanced power-to-the-priesthood version of Christianity doesn't mean she can just blow the world off. It sounds nice when the preacher says things like, "believe in Jesus and he'll make a path before you," (what, Jesus is a personal weed whacker?) but she shouldn't be expecting divine intervention every time she faces something difficult.
Sarah has four years to grow up. I wish her the best of luck.
I agree with her 100%. It was the Bush administration to blame not her. The final nail in McCain's coffin was when the Vice President endorsed him. For all of you out there who are looking for someone to blame stop blaming her and look a bit closer to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
She speaks the truth.
I hope she stays in Alaska forever and I wouldn't want her anywhere near the White House, but she called out the obvious elephant in the room: Bush has been a disaster.
First, it doesn't take a political wizard to figure that out - it has been the cornerstone of the highly successful Obama campaign.
Second, it was politically stupid for her to say that now. Had she spoken such truth before the election and had McCain distanced himself from Bush a long time ago, they could have had a chance. But now, it just sounds like sour grapes and ignores her own ignorance and extreme right-wing kooky views as factors for their defeat.
Ya think so? All through the campaigning Barack Obama told at his rallies that there will be no difference in the Policies if they elected John McCain.
Joy to the World!
Oh Shut up Sarah!
Go back and become the Unknown from Alaska
We dont need you to say anymore.
Thank You
This idiot will blame anybody but herself. Poor dumb Sarah..............
"IT Wasn't my Fault! I'm just an innocent bystander. It's all Bushes fault."
"I didn't buy clothes for my family, it's the fault of the GOP."
"I didn't use my influence to get my ex brother in law fired, it was my husband who did that."
"I didn't keep the money for my bridge to nowhere, that was for Alaska."
"I didn't bribe the people of my state by giving them $1200.00 to get me elected."
"The media is to blame since I didn't know Africa was a country."
"The people in the rest of America don't give women a chance, not like here in Alaska."
"Shooting wolves from a helicopter is really great fun."
What's the status of the $150,000+ wardrobe? Isn't she entitled to the same action as that taken against Ted Stevens whose "free gift" tab was said to be $250,000?
Sarah, McCain had a decent shot to win the election, you guys just blew it. How could anyone that was paying attention vote for a guy that could not even control the people running his campaign. He was all over the board from one day to the next, you publically disagreed with some of his policies and campaign decissions. The list of blunders in this campaign goes on and on. If the man could not lead his own team to any kind of unified plan for victory, then how could we possibly believe he could lead this country?
This is the "straight talk" that was needed. But no one want to throw stones at their party's sitting President. I do not think there was anything McCain/Palin could have done to change this impression.
yep,, gotta blame someone for your stupidity,,, and this is what obama will do ,, change things for the better oh yeahhhhhhhh
For once, she seems to be speaking very sensibly.
Keep talking governor. The more interviews you do the more we realize just how unqualified you are to be considered a leader. You are right that the Bush administration hurt your chances at becoming VP, but by the time we voted we had forgotten about Bush and you became the reason we voted for "that one".
Could it possibly have been because Obama was by far the better choice than McCain and most certainly Sarah Palin? And that's all it was?
It's amazing that the Republican Party chose her!! The question is now how do they repudiate this selection? I predict that Gov. Palin will be seen next on Dancing with the Stars.
You'll lose again in 4 years.
I forgot to add.
Can you spell DENIAL Sarah?
She may be right. However, she (Palin) is one of the few people, I believe, that would be even worse than Bush. What is perplexing to me is that she doesn't seem to want to change those disastrous Bush policies, but to continue them while in the same breath, using them as a way to deflect from her own vast inadequacies.
Pot, meet kettle.
Total truth
And Now the Republicans want her Clothes !!!
Shame !!!
She is a total wreck, sorry but I know she is to blame.
She can blame Bush (and he does have something to do with it), but some blame also rests squarely on her shoulders. She turned a lot of people off with her over-the-top Obama-bashing and allowing her crowds to get down right ugly. And her INCOMPETENCE was displayed several times for the world to see. She didn't draw anybody outside of the Republican base like she was supposed to. So Sarah, stop trying to save yourself. You do not have what it takes to be Vice President or President! (You can win over someof the people with your beauty and charm some of the time, but after a while, (in your case, just a few weeks) being exposed is inevitable. Forget 2012!
Mavericks never admits to defeat or if they were part of the problem. Americans weren't as stupid as they perceived them to be. This time the race factor or terrorist factor did not work. Thank God! And besides, why does she want to talk to the media now?
Nothing to do with her ignorance of the world?
Nothing to do with her abuse of power and spending taxpayers money for kissie travel and clothes?
Nothing to do with her inability to just answer the question?
Nothing to do with their lack of any ideas or adjenda.
Nothing to do with her needing to be coached and scripted for the debate and other public appearances?
I could go on, but I find myself needing a new BOX of barf bags as long as we keep seeing ang hearing her diatribes.
I'm so thankful that we all chose wisely this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, Sarah, all that you said PLUS – you're an empty suit. Oh, and your running mate was an angry, out-of-touch dinosaur.
Everyone's fault but mine....simply inconceivable that *I* had anything to do with this..
Look at the Picture of Bush and Obama in the Oval Office.
Bush crosses his legs away from Obama.
Obama crosses his legs towards Bush.
Bush does not need Obama.
Obama needs Bush.
A picture says more than a thousand words.
That picture brings a warm fuzzy feeling to my heart. So sorry ma'am, time to step aside now and let the grown-ups run he show
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they should leave her alone, the Republicans put her in this situation and now are beating her down. She doesn't deserve this she didn't ask to be a VP nominee.
When will politicans acknowledge that just maybe, their own records, words and actions are the reasons that they are not elected to office. Its interesting that she states ...“I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years...... sounds like she's pointing the finger at McCain (as being too much like Bush). Oh wait, is that "liberal" media taking her comments out of context again? Jeez ... talk about a turn coat.
Sarah Palin continues to blame everyone but herself... and her ticket. If McCain had come out with more concrete ideas, different than what is already in place, perhaps the outcome would have been different... but let's face it, she ultimately led to her own demise. Perhaps she should have educated herself about the issues instead of giving the same stump speech and attacking Barack Obama continuously.
Well, 'DUH'! Nothing like stating the obvious, Sarah. Please go away.
Nice team player, and good job taking responsibility. I imagine she learned all this on the basketball court.
Mrs. Palins comments are exactly correct.There is not a dimes worth of difference between the globalism and free wheel spending of the current Bush administration and the old school socialist democrats led by the likes of Ted Kennedy and company. The two groups just spent the money in different places.What a shame that Sarah Palin wasn't at the top of the GOP ticket.Hopefully she will not be discouraged from serving her nation in the future by the treatment she and her family were subjected to by the biased "mainstream" media.
Republicans have not been fiscally responsible for a long time. Sure, they talk the talk about being fiscally conservative, but Reagan/Bush tripled the national debt through budget deficits and W. Bush has done the same thing.
Once again Palin shows her lack of knowledge about basic facts. I still can't believe many conservatives want t her heading the Republican ticket in 2012.
Those are the only intelligent words that have come out of this woman's mouth.
George Bush did not work alone.....his policies were supported by the GOP. Go figure.
Man I wish this woman would just go away. Who really cares WHAT she has to say now?
Thanks John McCain for introducing us to Sarah Palin. Apparently, she never going home.
Caribou Barbie's 15 minutes are up.
You're NOT ready to be President.
And in four years you will NOT be ready to be President
Why is she still in the news? She is so over. Move on CNN.
Why are we still giving this woman the time of day. She lost and she is in denial that they lost because of John McCain's poor decision in picking her. Does she know Florida is a state? Is she bringing her entire family and expecting the taxt payers to pay for it yet again? She needs to do her job, take care of her baby which we never see her holding and be responsible for her actions. She wants to be on a ticket again so we can continue financing her clothes, jewelry and her husbands expensive suits. She should be ashamed of herself. Her baby needs her and her state needs her.
Don't kid yourself, Sarah. I was undecided, like a lot of Americans, until McCain foolishly named you running mate. You were ignorant of important matters of state. In view of his age, no one wanted a "quick learner" making the Presidency her on-the-job training–especially a "Maverick" who demonstrated she would rush forward without listening to experienced advisers.
Worse, McCain couldn't contol your many blunders. He couldn't control his campaign. He didn't control the dishonorable negativity. If he couldn't handle those things, how was he going to handle the country? McCain was an honorable man, and the Republican Party's and your desperate, negative, attempts to win lost him this election.
For once she said something I agree with. Beware Palin 2012.
Duh??
That's not what you were sayin a week ago!
You flip floppin imbecile!
Too bad she wasn't this bright during the campaign.
that's the smartest thing she said so far!!
Really? Palin JUST figured out that the reason people voted for Barrack Obama is because they were tired of Bush policies, and McCain agreed with bush for 90% of the time?
I am sure she will be taking her kids with her... probably to Disneyland. Of course, on the Alaskan tax payers budget! Would like to know to what charity she donated her campaign wardrobe! Oh, yeah... and when is the wedding for the happy couple??!!
But the two mavericks told us that they represented an even greater departure from the Bush administration than Obama himself! How people will lie to not admit the truth.
People love to hear about Sarah Palin because she is a train wreck waiting to happen ala Britney Spears. The only way she even has a slim prayer at the presidency in 2012 is to disapear from the face of the earth. Right now way too much of America thinks she is an idiot. If she disapears for three years so as to re-invent herself maybe people will give her a chance. Right now she comes across as being more suited for Saturday Night Live than presidential material.
Here we go again. Yet another issue that Palin is blind to. Wake up lady. YOU were a reason the McCain/Palin ticket lost.
Look forward to seeing you run in 2012 after Obama and the democrats ruin the country in 4 short years.
POOR WOMAN. SHE SHOULD GO BACK HOME AND WATCH THE KIDS. THAT WILL HELP THEM A LOT.
As a liberal, I sincerely hope the Republicans continue to believe the country has not changed. I want them to blame Bush, the economy, and low approval ratings. As long as they are using these as excuses, they will never look to the real problem of the ideology as being outdated. The majority or this country does not believe the big, bald pill popper is a saviour. Yes, I know, they will say the electorate voted against gay marriage as a sign they are still conservative. They also voted against abortion prevention and legalized stem cell research. So keep cherry picking the reasons and overlook the fact that America is not part of the rabid right religious fascist cult.
Oh, and by all means overlook the fact that 60% of America thinks the half-wit is inept. Just keep touting her as the "new" face of the Republicans.
And by all means run her again in 2012 as the presidential candidate.
Please.
Pretty please!
“I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration?” (said) Palin.
And why do people insist Palin is stupid? If the GOP candidates had been talking like this 6 months before the election they could have effectively distanced themselves from Bush and won a lot more seats. I guess the Dems weren't the only ones who were afraid of the Bush Administration and its operatives.
If there is one who is status quo is PaliNOCCHIO herself:
Conducting and mixing personal with State business (read trooper-gate).
Charging Alaskan taxpayers for costs related to everyday commute home-office-home for her AND family.
Charging Alaskan taxpayers for utilizing her home (as if she was at an hotel). If this is not Highway robbery, it really takes some nerve to charge taxpayers for using HER OWN HOME!!!!!
Instead of presenting in half-decent English the programs (IF ANY) of John McCLOWN, she filled the airwaves with NEGATIVE (unfounded) criticism of Obama.
What SCARED THE PANTS OFF with intelligent Republican, Independent and moderate Democratic voters, was her patent inability to GRASP the basics of politics and to list in an INTELLIGIBLE English the 3 main duties of any U.S. Vice President.
PALIN – JOE THE PLUMMER for 2056 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ery Vice Presidential candidate.
LOL, now she knows who Bush is. Good Lord woman, go away. It wasn't just that the Bush administration has FUBAR this economy and this country, it's that your presidential running mate voted with him 90% of the time. Oh and then there's that whole "worst VP pick in the history of the world" thing. You, Ms. Palin, are one of the most delusional persons I have ever seen in action. Someday soon it will be sad, but right now it's still just funny. You HAVE no political future on the national scene. Ever. Ever.
And this is the 'dummy' they tried to blame the loss on????
This is no fool.
And you'll hear more of her down the road.
Go for it Sarah!
Also, if she thinks she had it rough during the presidential election, can you imagine the treat ment she will get when Rommney, Guiliani and the rest of the republicans bring out the long knives as they start to fight over the republican nomination for 2012? These people may have sheltered her and protected her during the election, but once they start fighting for their own piece of the pie, they will turn on her. It would be a blood bath.
Palin can blame everyone else but the truth is she is an inexperienced, self inflated politician who did not have the qualifications to be elected. Further, her personal life and family seems to be in crisis and many of us wonder why, with the demands of a vice president, would she attempt to take on that role. She has barely been initiated into the demands of rearing a child with special needs, has a 17 year old pregnant daughter and other family problems. Maybe the VP's job would have given her the great escape-but as a parent, she would have abdicated her responsibilities and they are serious ones. And for those who think this is anti-feminist, not at all. A politician with those personal struggles should not inject themselves into a role where they can do neither well. It is especially ironic that the republican party thinks of itself as the family values party, promoted the person who basically jumped ship from her own family. She/he could not do both. Not all families running for office have the serious needs of this family and most are better qualified at both.
The single biggest blunder John McCain made was in picking Sarah Palin as his running mate. Sure she fired up the Republican base – the 23% who still support W, but she lost him the vote of moderates and independents.
Who cares what she thinks ...?
A nobody with a meaningless opinion
well your the one that followed those policies. So please dont just blame the head hancho if you followed....Idiot
Sarah Palin still wants to play the innocent....admittedly, George Bush did play a large role in why they lost the election but a lot of it was caused by Sarah Palin and her rabble rousing.
I think she still does not understand how much people depised her
nasty way of inciting those folks at her rallies....and people have long memories if she is ever thinking of running for President down the road.
John McCain only used her anyway for his own purpose to try and gain votes and it backfired...so in the end he made a fool of himself and Sarah Palin.
Absolutely correct. I am used to Democrats spending like drunken sailors and taking away personal freedom. When Republicans start acting like Democrats, you might as well vote for the real thing.
This woman is such a jerk that she cannot admit it was her lack of knowledge and lack of common sense while lying her way to destruction that costed her party. You can tell that someone is intelligent from their speech and she was not one of them.you bet cha.
Palin for president 2012
Poor Sarah, everybody but you.
The Bush record is only part of the reason. The other part was a disorganized campaign and a poor VP choice that contributed to McCains loss.
I dont think cnn will ever just us go on with our lives without palin in it... UGH!!! I might stop checking CNN for my news if it keeps up. I am just sick of her yet she is on here just as much as during the election. WHO CARES!!!
Look in the mirror, Governor. Your actions, obvious lack of experience and judgement and a bad message from the GOP ticket helped ensure defeat as well. All millions of us saw was "negatives" from the GOP. This Republican, and others, were disgusted.
Go back to Alaska, try to be a good Governor and fade from the national scene. Once was quite enough, thank you.
I agree with her to an extent but, when do politicians ever blame themselves for losing? I happen to think that spending 4 weeks talking about William Ayers, lipstick on a pig, Socialism and anti-Americanism at a time when the US economic system is crashing was a huge mistake. Some Repubs have said that the economic crash caused McCain to lose; I say that McCain and Palin's reaction to the economic downturn is what ultimately sealed their fates.
Also, Sarah, you were not ready. Your knowledge of world events is lacking; as is your familiarity with civics and our history. All there was, as they say, in your speeches was "red meat." A president needs substance and a calm familiarity to all the issues that are in front of us. Also, speaking in short, concise sentences relating to the same topic would be nice–not that I don't enjoy the rambling, multi-topic sentence fragments approach, you employ, of course.
I know...let's tell everyone that we're for smaller government, then grow the size of government as large as we can....let's claim that we're for "fiscal responsibility", then baloon the national debt to over $10 billion...let's shout that we want "government out of people's personal lives" then secretly evesdrop on their personal communications...let's denounce "nation building" then invade and occupy two countries in perpetuity...let's claim that we so very much want "unity" and "an end to divisiveness", then have our media hacks pond home the notion, day after day, how evil the "liberals" in our country are, that they are Marxists, Socialists, UnAmerican, and hateful...Oh, yes, and let's nenew our commitment to Christianity, and "God's love for everyone", while demonizing anyone who dares to follow the Islamic faith....And certainly, let's run away from our prior philosophy of deregulating as many industries as we can, blame the Democrats entirely for the results of those deregulation policies, and the subsequent bailouts that we've pursued...and if anyone dares question us, let's shout as loud as we can that "IT'S ALL THE LIBERAL MEDIA'S BIAS" that has gotten us into the place we find ourselves in today. Gee, and the Republican Party wonders why the public has turned away from them.
No shucks sherlock!! Not that Palin is smart by any strech of imagination; but at least she's letting the BS go and not chanting that "Country First" bull when you are marching behind the idiot that has driven this country in the ditch!!
She forgot to add that she was #2 reason why GOP lost.
Who cares? Why are we still reading about what Sarah Palin thinks in the national news?
She left out the part that she is an idiot which did not help the ticket. Go Obama.
Amazing how the truth returns after a loss....
Why does CNN continue to talk about Palin? Why not talk about Obama. I saw today on another news channel (no it was not Faux) that he was not going to go to some world Economic summit that is in the US very soon. I would think that it would help Knowing how the world leaders think the Economy is doing . But hey dont worry He's THE 1ST BLACK PRESIDENT SO THAT WILL JUST FIX EVERYTHING RIGHT. lets get off the color and get to the actions.
I'm sorry, why is this woman still in the news? John McCain hasn't been in the news since November 5th. He (fortunately or unfortunately, depends on your vote) lost his bid for the White House.
So did his running mate Sarah Palin.
Why are you still reporting on her? No one cares.
Yeah, and your obvious lack of any kind of qualification to succeed the potentially oldest elected president in history didn't exactly help, did it? You betcha!
Thax cnn 4 the way u covered elections we are proud here in kenya
I am so thankful that Palin will never be in the White house.
For once, Sarah Palin is right...
Can this woman be any more inarticulate? We dodged a bullet with this one.
Wow. Another fine "duh" moment by those who thought they could lead the country.
What I would be interested in hearing is just how Palin thought that the McCain/Palin/Republican/GOP message was any different from the Bush administration failures that include the financial meltdown and an unending occupation of Iraq.
I have a sneaking suspicion it would be very similar to her answer to Katie Couric about what news sources she reads.
Hockey Mom gets it? Amazing! That's right Hockey Mom.
If Bush and his war policies were the reason the GOP lost then why did McCain and Palin spend so much time attacking Obama?
The GOP will even eat their own to avoid responsibility of their actions.
You didn't do well sarah, you lost. The reason was because of poor judjement on mcCains behalf to choose you. Putting Country first turned into a lie. You were not by any means the most qualified. actually the least qualified that I have ever seen. McCain's campaign became a hot bed of deceit and trickery. He was acting as if he was the wizard of oz. Only one proplem there was no curtain and ALL of America new it. Even the ones that stayed by your side. But that is what the campaign was for, A TEST. to see who of the two had what it took to handle the power of the presidency. It wasn't the economy, it was the candidates. We the people have better access to truth no days and we are fact checking. So if you ever want to win any thing, you better know that we the people are trusting in one hand but verifiying with the other. The days of didvide and concur are over.
She is correct.
STOP the SOUR GRAPES, POOR SARAH! I am a INDEPENDENT , a CHRISTIAN who chnsidered voting for John MCCain. I did not vote for him because of YOU not President Bush! You were petty, took the low road, and contributed to the hatred and fear in the USA by your toxic exaggerations! You also lost because you apparently had a lousy Campaign Committee! If John McCain couldn't manage that how in the world could we, should we trust him to run the USA!!
Fortunately the USA is made up of mostly intelligent , introspective people who take the high road and saw through your small mindedness. MPC, NJ
Sarah Palin being on the ticket didn't help, either.
Right Sarah...it had nothing to do with the fact that you drug the party down with you total lack of competence!
She's a perfect Republican: blaming others for the failure of policies you yourself supported. What a hack. Let's hope she fades away fast.
This woman is dumber than a box of rocks. She has no business anywhere outside of Alaska. At least there she can only effect the lives of a half million or so people.
Just shut her up. Her ignorance and divisiveness are disturbing.
I find it absolutely repulsive that this wannabe would blame the republican party for her own shortcomings. This wasn't only a referendum on the last eight years, it was a message on her inexperience and unpopular political viewpoints.
Governor Palin, the blame IS on the current Administration, and we Americans answered and DO NOT WANT MORE OF THE SAME!!! Sure, you can put the blame solely on this Administration, but you are no better. You instilled anger and negativity during the campaign and, personally, I couldn't stand to listen to your voice any more. I believe that you will not admit that you are partly to blame for McCain losing. I also think that your political career will soon be coming to an end (I hope). This Hillary Clinton supporter voted for Obama and if you think that you stand a chance to run in 2012, that is purely laughable. YOU WILL NOT WIN, so give up that idea. Just go and face the problems you have in your own State of Alaska. Time to move on and let President-Elect Barack Obama fix the mess the Repugs made. I know America made the BEST CHOICE!!!!
I voted for Obama. I originally intended to vote for McCain. Why? Sarah Palin. She was clearly chosen only for her for charisma and charm, and the hope that the average American would be so smitten they would overlook her glaring lack of qualification. Well, I am an average American – and all of the excuses in the world won't hide the fact that the GOP wanted a win so badly, they were willing to sacrifice the security of our nation to get it. It will be a long time before I trust them again.
I do not think palin will be ready for 2012, because she has a tremendous lack of education. It does not matter which school she will be going to, I hope she will get back to school. At least in 2016 she will try again. She needs at least a good master degree.
Nowhere in her comments was "we didn't run a strong enough campaign" or "the best campaign won". It's a crying shame that she has a following that wants this kind of candidate back in 2012.
Well why has it taken so long to understand this simple fact. Americans understood this long before our conservative friends. success or failure, can conservatives change their minds? Let us see how many of them will come forward and agree with her finally.
You betcha ya it did. You are not the sharpest knief in the drawer either, Palin.
Oh, she had a little somethin' to do with it, too.
She is partially right. However, she was also a BIG reason McCain lost his Presidential bid. Once people got to see Palin interviewed without her handlers, or the ability to provide canned, one-liners, they knew the light were on, but nobody was home. Honestly, she is about as smart as a box of rocks. The topper was when she got pranked by the Canadian disc jockeys, who called Palin and said they were French President Nicholas Sarkozy. She fell for that hook, line and sinker, and did they make her sound dumb. The call became more and more ridiculous in nature, and she just continued on, not realizing this was a joke. The DJ imitating Sarkozy finally took pity on her and told her he was pulling a prank on her. She needs to step up and take responsibility for being a HUGE part of McCain's loss. I know a huge part of the Evangelical crowd are praying that Palin does NOT run in 2012, as they feel the same as I do. Her belief in God is great, but stupid does not cut it.
Palin is right on all points. She is the one bright spot to come out of this election process. Obama is just now starting to realize what it takes to lead this country and realization is setting in that he will have to tell his supporters that the promises to let the goverment pay all their bills and free health care, free education and the check to buy the extras will not be forthcoming. Now if only Peter (CA)s' husband will let him get on line we can hear what a real leftist nut job has to say. But only if he has finished his ironing.
She is completely unaware of everything. Sorry to break it to you honey, but you are EXACTLY like George Bush. But that is not why you lost, you lost because we do not like YOU.
As far as I am concerned, Eskimo Queen can stay in Alaska and return to whatever frozen tundra she came out from.
The first Truthful thing she said in her short vp run career.
Um, I think it's amazing you got as far as you did, Sarah, considering you're a demagogue, and a lousy one at that. Alaska can have you – in the Senate or in the Governor's office. Regardless, stay north. We don't want you down here in the lower 48.
"It's amazing that we did as well as we did.” – Sarah Palin
You can say that again! Especially with your pie hole spewing inaccuracies left and right.
Anybody around the world knows that , it is Bush's admiistration that is the matter of Mc Cain's failure, but sorry to recognize it so late Mrs Palin, you must had been saying it before , that would have allowed you some credibility !
Now the winner is tryin to work , so Shut up till 2012, & leave with us with your gibberish !
USA needs a huge plan for its economy, forget all about that election & think ahead how you'll resolve this problem , time is no longer for talkin patapatapata !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but to mind entirely for your future.
..."I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years..."
Sarah – you realize, don't you, that you were on that ticket! You could have represented yourself as above that – but you pandered to our fears...you lied...and you honestly do not have a functioning brain cell that works. PLEASE...go away.
There is talk that you want to become a Senator for your state – please, do us a favor – GIVE IT UP. America IS sick of the status quo. In 2012, if you are on the republican ticket – I will do everything in my power to remind my friends of what a corrupt liar you are. Troopergate is not over "MY FRIEND". More lies and deceit will come out about you. Do us all a favor in the meantime – brush up on your geography. You might need to know some of the countries in the CONTINENT of Africa if you want to get ahead in this world.
JEESH....she just needs to shut up!
Palin is as delusional as ever.
McCain is solely responsible for losing the election. He chose this imbecile for a running mate and she torpedoed the campaign from teh first moment she opened her ignorant, incoherent, incompetent, babbling mouth.
What McCain should have done was to ask Palin 20 questions before offering ehr the position. Had he done so, he would have realized that this empty-headed Barbie doll was dangerous. They both got exactly what they deserved.
Nice try Sarah, while Bush didn't help you, your presence on the ticket sank any chances McCain ever had.
I think Palin should shut up take a long vacation and clear her head.
I realize she's missing the glitz and glamour of the last six months, but oh well... that's just the way it is.
Palin needs to look at herself for the Republican loss.
Her flip comments, beauty queen attitude added to her ignorance and quips are what turned a lot of us away.
I was pretty much undecided until she opened her mouth.
She is correct to say that Bush certainly did not help the Republican's cause but she has to take some blame. Whether she likes it or not she is very inexperienced and after having both Hillary and the Republicans try to drill it into everyone's head that experience matters they just looked like hypocrites by picking Palin who is possibly the most inexperienced person ever to run for a political office.
Now she wants to blame it all on Bush..your boy McCain maybe could have came close if he didn't pick her as his vice president.
She is right, Bush was a heavy influence. But the fact that she came off as a female Bush – pushy, arrogant, slaughtering the language and appearing quite uneducated helped also. She needs to shutup and go away for a while.
Sarah, just go away. I voted Democrat for the first time ever largely because of YOU. I'm sure you will be polishing your rhetoric for the next four years and trying to suck up to as many Joe's as you can, but you represent what makes my sour on the GOP. Stay in Alaska Palin.
Doesn't she have a Moose to kill and cook? A wolf to murder from a helicopter? A marriage to plan for you pregnant teen daughter to a young high school drop out that has no job?
Sour grapes never play well. If she cared so much about John McCain and loved him so much, why is she dragging this out and polarizing mistakes made? What a shame how she is ruining a legacy of a great man like John McCain. (Even though I did not vote for them, I have always admired and respected John McCain. I feel so strongly he should have been the 'maverick' I know and not picked this 'whackjob' as a running mate. She did not stay on course with the election or the debate...this one beats to her own drum. I won't miss the insistent rambling, blah, blah, blah....Like SHUT UP!
When things don't go your way, throw everyone else under the bus.
Why is she still talking?
Palin you are smart to distance yourself. Be a reformer!
You "did as well as you did" because your message, Governor, of fear and hate toward President-elect Obama and his supporters appealed to the base of your party, just as planned, and your racist hate speeches have ignited a new group of white supremacists. In my small Michigan town, a man in Klan robes marched with a flag at a busy intersection the day after Obama won. That was not due to George Bush, that was due to you going off script and claiming that Obama is a terrorist, with a smile and a wink.
I just pray that you haven't tainted this process so much that those same people who now HATE Obama and Democrats will give him a chance to put things right, and that all Americans realize that we have to help...this will not be solved in Washington alone.
She forgot to add the part about her being a moron, in a cult that thinks Alaska should be it's own country, her outsourcing jobs to Canada and oh yeah basically steeling money from the state by taking travel perdium while she sat on her fat butt at home.
All I can say is " IS SHE FOR REAL!"....WOW
That Palin, she's a sharp one. It's a week after the election and she's finally having time to reflect on why they might/did lose? Palin 2012!
It wasn't just Bush. McCain's wishy-washiness and Palin's lack of working brain cells didn't help matters either.
OH BOO-HOO,
Sarah get real!! you are trying to blame everyone but yourself for the loss. I am a registered republican that has voted against their ticket for 8 years now!! The way you handled things is disgraceful and way off the mark!!
Please madame! Your defeat was not "because" of President Bush but more, an incompetent message and campaign.
When and if you run again, be your own person.
Right on, really. Even Obama couldn't have been elected if his incumbent party had just done what occurred in the last eight years. I'm still shocked that the popular vote was as close as it was, too.
uh... isn't she PART of the Republican party? Yeah, she's going to have a great leadership role in the party after comments like these....
"Hello foot ... meet bullet!"
The buck should stop with McCain. Even with the condition of the nation McCain could have made better choices. One of his worst choices was the Driller from Wasila.
Why can't she shut up?
It is just annoying now. We all know why you lost, Bush and you. Before you stated talking after the convention McCain was 2-3 points up and after you finished talking he was 7 points down. You tell me why they lost?