If the Republican Party is so interested in holding the White House why did it run McCain/Palin in '08?

Here is the ANSWER to your question, IT WAS A SET-UP.


John McCain was a set-up to be sure Obama would win the Presidency.

The reason I say this is that John McCain was in last place for the Republican Nomination for President. Then he comes all the way from last place and broke, he was out of money mind you, and he wins the nomination.

When they started questioning Obama's birth status, they started saying that McCain was not a naturalized citizen because he was born in Panama. Congress actually held hearings on the eligiblity of McCain, but not Obama. The Speaker of the House is responsible for seeing if a person is legal to run for President during elections. Well guess what who was Speaker of the House when Obama ran for President? No other but Nancy Pelosi. Talking about having all the cards put in the right places in the deck.When they debated he acted like he wasn't really out to win, as though he already knew he was going to lose. John Stewart said when he was debating Obama on stage, "He looked like he was trying to find his lost dog "Mr. Piddles."HERBERT M. ALLISON, Fannie Mae CEO responsible for the U.S. recession by using real estate mortgages to back up the US stock market. Caused millions of people to lose their life savings.Allison served as National Finance Chairman for U.S. Senator John McCain's first Presidential Campaign. From 2000 to 2002.

Allison is one of Obama's Czars appointees.

President Barack Obama nominated: Hubert Allison 2009–present - Appointed as the bank bailout czar, TARP czar, United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability and was Senate confirmed, by Democratic controlled Senate.

Seems like all these people fall out of the same tree.

John McCain didn't even know Sarah Palin, but yet he picked her as a running mate. Why? In reality though I think she helped McCain more than they wanted her to. I seriously believe this was all a set-up.

Only a month after letting slip that she did not think the vice-president's job was meaningful, Palin was accepting John McCain's offer to join him in the race for the White House.

Her inexperience makes it an "insane choice", according to the Guardian's Michael Tomasky.

Politico points to the revelation that McCain met Palin only six months ago and spoke just once on the phone about the VP position before offering it in person earlier this week.



Mark Impomeni

Contributor


CLINTON, OBAMA SPONSOR MCCAIN CITIZENSHIP BILL


The question of whether Sen. John McCain is eligible for the presidency has popped up from time to time in the media and on the Internet. The controversy, such as it is, hinges on the circumstances of McCain's birth. The Constitution lays out three eligibility requirements for presidential candidates. A candidate must be at least 35 years old, a resident of the United States for at least 14 years, and must be a "natural-born citizen." McCain qualifies on all three; but some commentators have questioned whether he can be considered to have been natural-born because he was born on a U.S. Navy base in the Panama Canal Zone.

Now, however, the Senate has moved to put that minor controversy to rest. Yesterday, the Senate passed a resolution declaring that McCain is a natural-born citizen. The resolution was passed by unanimous consent. More surprising than the result, however, was the fact that the bill was written and submitted by Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and co sponsored by both Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Legal and Constitutional scholars have said that there is little chance that McCain would be declared anything other than a natural-born citizen. The Supreme Court has held that the children of military and Foreign Service personnel stationed abroad are considered natural-born. Congress has also legislated the issue. So Clinton and Obama risked little in signing on to the resolution. Still the questions about McCain persisted.

But Obama and Clinton did not have to put their names on the Senate Resolution removing any doubt from the issue. It was a gesture of respect, and maybe a bit of good sportsmanship with a touch of good politics thrown in, for McCain's rivals to acknowledge his legitimacy to run in opposition to them. More puzzling, though, is the fact that the measure only garnered one Republican co-sponsor, McCain supporter Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK).

The full text of the resolution is as follows.


S. Res. 511

Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a "natural born Citizen" of the United States;

Whereas the term "natural born Citizen", as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;

Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country's President;

Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the "natural born Citizen" clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress's own statute defining the term "natural born Citizen";

Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;

Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and

Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a "natural born Citizen" under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.

STUFFED BALLOT BOXES

Leaked emails allege ballot stuffing, payoff to Jesse Jackson – McCain stayed silent

John McCain's 2008 campaign staff allegedly had evidence that Democrats stuffed ballot boxes in Pennsylvania and Ohio on election night, but McCain chose not to pursue voter fraud, according to internal Stratfor emails published by WikiLeaks.

In an email sent on November 7, 2008, and titled " Insight - The Dems & Dirty Tricks ** Internal Use Only - Pls Do Not Forward **," Stratfor vice president of intelligence Fred Burton wrote:

1) The black Dems were caught stuffing the ballot boxes in Philly and Ohio as reported the night of the election and Sen. McCain chose not to fight. The matter is not dead inside the party. It now becomes a matter of sequence now as to how and when to "out".

The Nov. 7 email also contains allegations that Democrats made a "six-figure donation" to Rev. Jesse Jackson to silence him on the topic of Israel after an October 2008 interview in which he said Obama’s presidency would remove the clout of “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades.”

Burton, who appears to be friendly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote:

2) It appears the Dems "made a donation" to Rev. Jesse (no, they would never do that!) to keep his yap shut after his diatribe about the Jews and Israel. A little bird told me it was a "nice six-figure donation". This also becomes a matter of how and when to out.

The email also refers to an accusation that Obama's campaign took money from Russia, recalling memories of Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign when the Justice Department uncovered evidence that China sought to make direct contributions to the Democratic National Committee.