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Cheney to Romney: "Choosing Palin was a mistake, don't repeat it"

If anyone knows about picking a bad VP, it would be Dick.... after all, he picked himself for that position.
 
Thunder said:
Dick Cheney: Picking Sarah Palin for VP Was 'A Mistake' - Yahoo! News

wow, Cheney finally said something really intelligent.

yes, choosing Sarah Palin for VP was a horrible mistake that cost McCain the election.

if Romney also picks an ignorant, foolish right-winger...he will suffer the same fate
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I like Dick Cheney, and I think he is right. That's why Christie isn't ready as well. The GOP has to be reluctant to pick a star, which is something the media doesn't like, because it wants to sell an icon rather than a potential heir apparent.
 
Considering all the candidates mentioned for the VP spot, I don't see how Romney can avoid making a mistake. The VP field is clown show.
 
Without Palin,McCain would have lost by a much larger margin than he did. I don't like her either, but she brought votes to the ticket.

I agree that Romney's pick is important, but I think he will win no matter who he picks. Obama is in self-destruct mode, his policies have all failed, and his true marxist beliefs are coming out--finally.
 
Bobcat said:
Without Palin,McCain would have lost by a much larger margin than he did. I don't like her either, but she brought votes to the ticket.

I agree that Romney's pick is important, but I think he will win no matter who he picks. Obama is in self-destruct mode, his policies have all failed, and his true marxist beliefs are coming out--finally.
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no, Palin lost votes for McCain.

and again, this thread isn't about Obama.

You should stop using unrelated threads simply to attack Obama.
 
Bobcat said:
Without Palin,McCain would have lost by a much larger margin than he did. I don't like her either, but she brought votes to the ticket.

I agree that Romney's pick is important, but I think he will win no matter who he picks. Obama is in self-destruct mode, his policies have all failed, and his true marxist beliefs are coming out--finally.
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She brought some energy to the campaign, but after some time, she became a liability instead of an asset to the campaign.
 
Thunder said:
yes, choosing Sarah Palin for VP was a horrible mistake that cost McCain the election.
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his loss was infinitely more complex than that. my own opinion is that no VP pick would have been enough to turn his campaign around.
 
It doesn't matter who Romney picks...for two reasons:

1. The VP has a very minor role in the government except to take over if something happens to the President.

2. Whomever Romney picks will be the target of a ****-storm of set-ups, lies and smears from the liberals. It happened to Palin...it'll happen again.
 
Fiddytree said:
She brought some energy to the campaign, but after some time, she became a liability instead of an asset to the campaign.
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The irony was that I first heard of her from a real friendly piece "now" did on her. A moderately liberal news program on PBS
 
Dr. Chuckles said:
The irony was that I first heard of her from a real friendly piece "now" did on her. A moderately liberal news program on PBS
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You mean the profile piece where she pushed the Alaska legislature to INCREASE the tax rate on oil companies profits?

LOL!
 
Fiddytree said:
She brought some energy to the campaign, but after some time, she became a liability instead of an asset to the campaign.
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Even if I am to believe she became a liability instead of an asset (I believe it's true, but not to nearly the extent suggested by many), I think a strong argument can be made that her status as a liability came about more due to horrendous campaign strategy and execution on the part of McCain's camp rather than Palin.

Palin as a choice was not bad and likely helped make things as close as they were in the end. However, McCain's campaign strategy leading up to and after the pick doomed it. A more intelligent strategy and the Palin pick would've been outstanding in the end imho.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
You mean the profile piece where she pushed the Alaska legislature to INCREASE the tax rate on oil companies profits?

LOL!
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Yep, that's the one. Not sure what the "lol" or general tone is for though.
 
Thunder said:
Dick Cheney: Picking Sarah Palin for VP Was 'A Mistake' - Yahoo! News

wow, Cheney finally said something really intelligent.

yes, choosing Sarah Palin for VP was a horrible mistake that cost McCain the election.

if Romney also picks an ignorant, foolish right-winger...he will suffer the same fate
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Dick Cheney says a lot of intelligent things. He is a smart man. And he is correct about Sarah Palin. She was inexperienced and totally unprepared to deal with the media inspired feeding frenzy associated to the 2008 election cycle. She was a decent Governor of Alaska. Seems like a good person/mom. No business in hell being on a Presidential party ticket.

But its the McCain campaign who deserves the credit for that particular ****-up, not Palin. McCain and staff decided to roll the dice. Although it is doubtful that he had any chance of winning regardless of who he selected for VP.
 
MaggieD said:
Yeppers. He made a mistake. But he was never going to win the election anyway. As to Romney, he isn't going to win no matter who he chooses either.
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that's a rather defeatist bit of nonsense. I think the London Bookies favor Romney
 
johnny_rebson said:
It does matter who he picks.

Romney is seen as a moderate/liberal.

He must pick a strong conservative as his running mate.
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i pray you are right. I really do.

cause it would mean he will pick a nutty right-wing extremist, which will hand the election to Obama.
 
Helix said:
his loss was infinitely more complex than that. my own opinion is that no VP pick would have been enough to turn his campaign around.
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It was a hail mary pass for a guy who was three touchdowns behind due to

1) Bush fatigue

2) the Press's infatuation with Obama

3) McCain's idiocy flip flops on the bailouts

and the final nail of the Lehman collapse that pushed Obama into the WH
 
Dr. Chuckles said:
Yep, that's the one. Not sure what the "lol" or general tone is for though.
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Really? You don't see that it was an appeal to populism within the state AND went against nearly everything she and her sector of the party represents?

It is not as if it is a talking point she continues to use.
 
Thunder said:
i pray you are right. I really do.

cause it would mean he will pick a nutty right-wing extremist, which will hand the election to Obama.
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that is a good point. Johnny wants Obama to win so his advice is trying to cause Romney to lose

Rebson is one of the most avid Obama supporters on this thread

he wants to be able to whine about the GOP not picking a social fascist like Santorum who thinks women should cherish a pregnancy induced by rape
 
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