Commentary: After Palin hard-sell fails, McCain aides attack her

[RiverStone]

CNN) -- Whatever you may have thought about John McCain's running mate -- about whether she was qualified, prepared or experienced enough for the job -- try to put all of that aside for just a moment, because Sarah Palin is who she is.

She did not become measurably more intelligent or measurably less intelligent during this campaign. Remember, she was only part of the campaign for a matter of nine weeks.

Sarah Palin is who she is, which is why I find it so stunning that the very people who introduced us to her, who told us she would make a great vice president, have now turned on her with a vengeance.

They are the top advisers to John McCain's failed campaign and they are desperate to find someone to blame for their long, long list of mistakes. They have been launching grenades at Palin and her supporters. CNN has found some of their allegations to be patently false.

You will hear people say, "This is what always happens with a losing campaign," and hopefully, this is the last time we will be talking about these people. But what they have done just in the last few days to save their own skins is worth a final comment.

more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/campbell.brown.palin/index.html#cnnSTCText

This is an interesting read and I think Campbell Brown makes a valid observation. Sarah Palin is a right wing nut job, but that does not excuse those in the GOP good ol boy network from blaming her for their stupidity. As much as I don't like Sarah, I do feel if the McBush handlers are operating out of spite, sour grapes, or sexism they should be called on it.

[opihimoimoi]

1. This is why the Pubs Failed.....they violated the Simplicity Rule...made it complex

by changing their strats too many times...their peeps stayed with them but the Indies...they went with Obamas Simplicity and rejected McCains Complexity....he flipped flopped 486 times in 14 months....way too much

Sarah had her ups and downs...but the over view is

The GOP Failed big time....keystone cops...

[Sequoia]

2. It's their fault for choosing her.

Blame the woman. Idiots. I hope she fires back at them.

[BlueMTexpat]

3. It would be nice if CNN would tell us which allegations

are "patently false." :shrug:

[jacksonian]

4. i'm sorry, i found her performance in the campaign just

excruciatingly awful, as a very experienced political observer. Stoking racial hate on the campaign trail - that was her, i saw the rallies i saw what she was doing and it is a damned dangerous thing to do to a country. Why we have a political system at all is to counter this type of mob rule.

She deserves all she gets, and probably a lot more. i am shocked that anyone can, with a straight face, call her professional at what she does. This is not partisanship speaking, it is the political reality.

[acmavm]

5. She was a hateful, mean, petty, lying bitch and she reveled in every

minute of it. She loved stirring up the worst instincts in people. She was corrupt and the worst opportunist on the planet. Anyone here personally know anyone as inept and corrupt and plain damn dumb as she is, who would SERIOUSLY consider themselves good vice presidential material? I doubt it. I don't. This ain't Dan Quayle dumb. As someone said here, she is 10 thousand burning hot Dan Quayles (or something to that effect. It was great.)

And those of us who didn't think that way were un-American. Those of us that thought she was inept, or that she was unfit, we were the 'scary' ones, we were not patriotic. Even though SHE belonged to a separatist group along with her hubby.

Fuck that shit.