John McCain Admits He Blew The Election?

[Turborama]

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[Joe the Liberal]

1. He blew the election the moment he brought Palin on board imo. n/t

[katanalori]

2. I agree - he blew it with Palin

I cannot even count how many die-hard repubs told me that SHE was the reason they could not vote for McCCain.
So, thank you John McCain.

[opihimoimoi]

3. Unprepared, unfit, and poorly matched...the poor thing hardly made a dent

in the polls...

He started under the Bus...never had a chance...never....

Obama was way too strong for him....

[Xipe Totec]

4. He blew Bush. Forget the election.

[Necon-Be-Gone]

13. Resoundly rejected

He was going to stay in Iraq for 50 years and bankrupt the nation by doing so.

After 8 years of epic failure few wanted a Republican President. Sarah Palin simply confirmed that the entire Republican Party is totally and absolutely incompetent. Real bad judgment there McCain, should have picked a person that could handle a soft ball interview.

[florida08]

16. no John

you communicated clearly. Continue the occupation of Iraq for a 100 years..get rid of social security (that you currently receive)..deregulated everything through Phil Gramm..You signed off on the Senate Intelligence Report that showed Bush misused,concealed or just lied about taking us to war yet you continued to support him. We heard you..we just didn't want what you were selling.

[TheCoxwain]

5. You need to have a chance before you can blow it... he never had ghost of a chance

Period

[elleng]

6. No, he didn't admit he blew it;

he admitted the possibility, as do all, that he and they might have done better.

[Turborama]

7. If I go for a job interview and reflect afterwards that...

"maybe I didn't do a good enough job communicating why I would have been the best man for the job", I henceforth consider that I've 'blown' that interview and I'm invariably right.

[Turborama]

11. To clarify my position on this

It's too late to edit but having re-read my post, I don't want to imply in any way that McCain was the best man for the job. Obviously I feel the exact opposite is true and, to make it more apt, should have said:

"Maybe I didn't do a good enough job communicating why I thought I would have been the best man for the job"

[Tx4obama]

8. The most important decision

for a presidential candidate is to pick their VP running mate and McCain 'really blew it' when he picked Palin.
In that one move he showed America that he is not a good decision maker and not thinking through the consequences of leaving us with an unqualified unintelligent pres. if he had won and then something had happened to him.
End of story.

[graegoyle]

9. Call me cynical...

He said, 'maybe I didn't communicate well enough', but, to me, that translates as: "You guys were too stupid to understand me."

The reality seems to be that he communicated just fine and people understood well enough, but he and the rest of his party are the ones who are too stupid to understand that the people either preferred Obama's message or just did not like McCain and his party's ideas.

[Seldona]

10. More like he wished he had blown it.

No way the Democratic Party beat him fair and square in almost every venue. The Republicans must have lost it. See the meme they are trying to push? Even when they lose, they don't lose.

[Turborama]

12. Good point

"Fair and square" being the operative phrase.

There were a lot of reports of caging and voting machines playing up again which leads one to wonder by how much of a bigger margin we would have won by if they hadn't tried to rig it again...

[Seldona]

15. I agree there have been shenanigans with voting.

It wasn't enough this time though. Or in 2006. I think barring any major hypothetical scandals, we have a lock on picking up seats in 2010 and the 2012 election as well. Wishful thinking perhaps but the republican brand has gone into the toilet, and they just refuse to flush.

[Divine Discontent]

14. I was TERRIFIED when Palin was introduced, knowing that Hillary wasn't going to be P/VP

and saw the poll numbers balloon in those first few days - but when she started appearing for the first time after her introduction - she exposed herself for the ignorant closed-minded shrill she was, and I was joyful, as I knew there was no way America would elect McCain for picking such a numskull for Veep. Especially when the man was as old as he is and in avg. to less than avg. health. He showed he shouldn't be trusted and was resoundingly rejected!

[underpants]

17. "George Bush screwed up so bad he made it hard for a WHITE GUY to get elected President"

-Chris Rock

if McCain had played it perfectly at best he would have had a 49-51 chance of winning. And he needed a couple of cards to fall (pa, Ohio, Mich., etc.) just right to win. His campaign was laden with lobbyists not political pros and then he picked Palin simply to keep the base.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

18. No, no... not Election...ERECTION.

:evilgrin: :hide:

I know, I know sophomoric humor...poor taste...blah, blah, blah. :shrug: Sue me. I'm an IDJIT.

[feslen]

19. nah

not quite McCain, you got it all screwed up....you NEVER HAD A CHANCE.

[Turbineguy]

20. Strange,

I got the sense that he was relieved he lost. Between him deciding he wanted to run and the election, lots changed and for the worse. Losing that election was the best thing that could have happened for him. He would have stood a good chance in 2000 if not for Bush. And Bush pretty much ruined it for him last year.