In 2008, why did McCain pick Palin over Romney?
Cyan9
2012/07/16 04:52:03
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ehrhornp 2012/07/16 07:22:02I liked the video and here are my thoughts
Palin was sexy, fresh and added excitement to the campaign. I honestly don't think they vetted her adequately, and it was very apparent that they had made a horrendous mistake after the Couric interview. At least it was clear to the public. The sane public. I don't know when McCain figured it out.
Romney was an "also ran" pick. He's still an "also ran" pick. Nobody actually likes the man, they just hate him a bit less than the others, and they hate obama more. He would have brought nothing to the McCain presidential run.
Personally, I thought from the get-go that Huntsman would have been the most likely to have given Obama a hard run. While he's nearly as wealthy as Romney, he's got foreign policy credentials, he's actually walked among the people on Main Street and (gulp), believes that in order to get things done, you do need to compromise. (Which I think was the death knell for his candidacy.)
I always thought that choosing Palin was kind of a "Hail Mary" pass. McCain knew he was losing in the polls and he thought Palin would bring young and vigor and of course attract the female vote.
But, Romney must release his tax records or that will the whole discussion from now until November.
Here are some:
"The former Bain Capital managing director said of Mitt Romney's tenure: "We had a scheme where the rich get richer." {Los Angeles Times [12/16/2007]
"Mitt Romney set up shell companies in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda to avoid U.S. taxes" [Los Angeles Times, 12/19/2007]
"Mitt Romney's first budget as governor included $240 million in fee increases."
[Meet The Press, [12/16/2007]
"Mitt Romney drafted a bill to exempt a religious group from nondiscrimination rules, allowing it to ban gay couples from adopting children." [Associated Press, 03/14/2006]
"As Governor, Mitt Romney vetoed a minimum wage increase to $8 an hour."
[The Boston Globe, 08/1/2006]
"In 1996, Mitt Romney called the flat tax a "tax cut for fat cats." In 2011, Romney siad "I love a flat tax." [New York Times, 10/24/2011]
"Whenever the Massachusetts House challenged Mitt Romney, they overrode his vetoes 99.6 percent of the time." [The Boston Globe, 06/30/2007]
"Mitt Romney in 2004: "From now on, it's me me me." [The Boston Globe, 06/30/2007]
(Mitt Romney used several deferments to get out of going to Vietnam. Romney took a 31 month tour in France as a Mormon Missionary, not required of him by his church. ...
Here are some:
"The former Bain Capital managing director said of Mitt Romney's tenure: "We had a scheme where the rich get richer." {Los Angeles Times [12/16/2007]
"Mitt Romney set up shell companies in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda to avoid U.S. taxes" [Los Angeles Times, 12/19/2007]
"Mitt Romney's first budget as governor included $240 million in fee increases."
[Meet The Press, [12/16/2007]
"Mitt Romney drafted a bill to exempt a religious group from nondiscrimination rules, allowing it to ban gay couples from adopting children." [Associated Press, 03/14/2006]
"As Governor, Mitt Romney vetoed a minimum wage increase to $8 an hour."
[The Boston Globe, 08/1/2006]
"In 1996, Mitt Romney called the flat tax a "tax cut for fat cats." In 2011, Romney siad "I love a flat tax." [New York Times, 10/24/2011]
"Whenever the Massachusetts House challenged Mitt Romney, they overrode his vetoes 99.6 percent of the time." [The Boston Globe, 06/30/2007]
"Mitt Romney in 2004: "From now on, it's me me me." [The Boston Globe, 06/30/2007]
(Mitt Romney used several deferments to get out of going to Vietnam. Romney took a 31 month tour in France as a Mormon Missionary, not required of him by his church. I personally don't believe any draft dodger or wealthy who manipulates getting deferments has a right to send other men and women to war.)
"Mitt Romney vowed to increase the size of the military by 100,000 troops."
[Associated Press, 10/18/2011]
"Mitt Romney said that catching bin Laden would be "insignificant" and it's "not worth moving heaven and earth." [New York Times, 05/3/2007]
"Mitt Romney advocated doubling the size of Guantanamo." [Think Progress, 08/22/2011]
"Mitt Romney criticized President Obama for a nearly identical green energy program Romney set up in his state. Three of the six companies in Massachusetts fund invested in are now defunct or struggling." [Politico, 10/26/2011]
"Mitt Romney supports drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge"
[The Boston Globe, 12/13/2005]
"Mitt Romney considers liquid coal a "clean" technology, though it emits more greenhouse gasses than oil." {USA Today, 09/27/2007]
"Mitt Romney made millions investing in companies that did business in Iran."
[CNN Money, 07/12/2007]