Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Apparently, Sarah Palin dropped acid and then decided to respond to Elizabeth Warren. [View all]xocet
(3,874 posts)106. "Well, I think that I had to do what I think is best for the future of the country." --John McCain
The context of the above quotation follows:
Transcript: John McCain on 'FOX News Sunday'
Published September 01, 2008
...
WALLACE: The choice of a running mate is the first presidential- level decision that you've made. Why shouldn't we think that this is really about politics, about reaching out to women, especially to Hillary Clinton supporters?
MCCAIN: Well, I think that I had to do what I think is best for the future of the country. That's the point here. And I think, by any parameter of judgment, given the economic difficulties that we're facing today, especially on jobs and health care and insurance, these are issues health insurance and education, these are the issues that, really, Americans are most concerned about.
Americans are concerned about our nation's security. And I think she (Sarah Palin) has exercised and shown the judgment to address those issues. But she also understands the fact that people in America are sitting down at the kitchen table this morning, as we speak, and saying, how are we going to stay in our homes? How are we going to keep our health insurance? How are we going to educate our kids? And some of them have just lost their jobs.
So I think Governor Palin is uniquely as a governor, she has had executive experience. She didn't sit in the state legislature. She didn't vote just with her party and go along to get along. Senator Obama has never taken on the leaders of his party on any issue. You tell me a time when he had. She has been an independent spirit that has taken them on at every opportunity.
...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/09/01/transcript-john-mccain-on-fox-news-sunday/
Published September 01, 2008
...
WALLACE: The choice of a running mate is the first presidential- level decision that you've made. Why shouldn't we think that this is really about politics, about reaching out to women, especially to Hillary Clinton supporters?
MCCAIN: Well, I think that I had to do what I think is best for the future of the country. That's the point here. And I think, by any parameter of judgment, given the economic difficulties that we're facing today, especially on jobs and health care and insurance, these are issues health insurance and education, these are the issues that, really, Americans are most concerned about.
Americans are concerned about our nation's security. And I think she (Sarah Palin) has exercised and shown the judgment to address those issues. But she also understands the fact that people in America are sitting down at the kitchen table this morning, as we speak, and saying, how are we going to stay in our homes? How are we going to keep our health insurance? How are we going to educate our kids? And some of them have just lost their jobs.
So I think Governor Palin is uniquely as a governor, she has had executive experience. She didn't sit in the state legislature. She didn't vote just with her party and go along to get along. Senator Obama has never taken on the leaders of his party on any issue. You tell me a time when he had. She has been an independent spirit that has taken them on at every opportunity.
...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/09/01/transcript-john-mccain-on-fox-news-sunday/
Now, that is quite the feather in John McCain's cap!
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
209 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Apparently, Sarah Palin dropped acid and then decided to respond to Elizabeth Warren. [View all]
kpete
Aug 2014
OP
I thought the transcript was going to be some kind of humorous DU captioning... whoa
Voice for Peace
Aug 2014
#30
my dog just left a turd on my floor with more intelligence than this hideous bimbo
spanone
Aug 2014
#2
it's truly a clown show. how someone with a gnats intelligence has such attention is beyond me
spanone
Aug 2014
#9
If there were any actual prosecutors in Alaska, she'd end up in a worse one
jmowreader
Aug 2014
#141
The interview with Couric when she couldn't name one news publication she read. She has
brewens
Aug 2014
#11
I know, pathetic, isn't it? All I know is that John McCain will NEVER live that down.
catbyte
Aug 2014
#110
I think he had other plans for Ms. Palin, as witnessed by his twisting of his wedding band
Frustratedlady
Aug 2014
#117
I know a conservative who believes that Couric asked her a "gotcha question".
Fortinbras Armstrong
Aug 2014
#185
You've seen the William Shatner beat peotry reading of the Palin speech haven't you?
brewens
Aug 2014
#190
I had to look it up, that is really good. She tried reading from Shatner's book but it just made he
uppityperson
Aug 2014
#198
kpete..I'm embarrassed to point this out but you got the transcript all wrong.
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#18
I've been noticing something similar. Ugliness tends to show up sooner or later in the face.
Voice for Peace
Aug 2014
#34
We have Ranch, French, 1000 Island and a delicious Raspberry Vinagerette
Ruby the Liberal
Aug 2014
#25
Nothing's "wrong with us" in that regard: McCain/Palin went down the hole. I knew Repubs who refused
Hekate
Aug 2014
#138
(Second post on this subject) I can just hear comedians all over the world saying>
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#50
Her mouth needs better government regulation with the money she's taking in...
DRoseDARs
Aug 2014
#104
And to think she graduated with a BA in journalism. The school should have its
catbyte
Aug 2014
#113
"Well, I think that I had to do what I think is best for the future of the country." --John McCain
xocet
Aug 2014
#106
At some point, she'll figure out (or be advised) that it would be easier to just show Sean Hannity
world wide wally
Aug 2014
#109
As Dick Cavett said of Palin, "She doesn't seem to have a first language." nt
pinboy3niner
Aug 2014
#122
The way vile baggers like her wrap themselves in the American flag pisses me off
catbyte
Aug 2014
#125
You can tell she has serious thoughts, many times - and then quits on them,
closeupready
Aug 2014
#126
Word is, her speechwriter committed suicide by jumping off the Bridge to Nowhere.........
lastlib
Aug 2014
#152
Incidentally, she clearly knows nothing about the Roman Catholic doctrine of Purgatory
Fortinbras Armstrong
Aug 2014
#209