McCain Refuses To Endorse Palin For 2012
Palin was good enough when McCain need to give conservative Republicans someone to vote for on his ticket. But now that he’s back in the Senate and needs to rebuild his centrist, “maverick” credibility and renew his love affair with the liberal media?
Sarahcuda goes under the bus.
Here’s video of his remarks.
During our exclusive interview today on ‘This Week,’ Sen. John McCain refused to say whether he’d support Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin if she runs for president.
“Listen I have the greatest appreciation for Gov. Palin and her family and it was a great joy to know them,” McCain said. “She invigorated our campaign and she was just down in Georgia and she invigorated their campaign.”
“But I can’t say something like that,” McCain said, “We’ve got some great other young governors, Pawlenty, Huntsman.”
McCain could have done the diplomatic thing and say that it’s too early to be making endorsements. But he didn’t.
Given the way McCain and his hangers-on have treated Palin post-election I’ve lost a lot of respect for him. He was never a politician I supported, but he seemed above the back-stabbing politics of DC. Now, that clearly isn’t true.
For the record, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman are both big-government Republicans in the McCain mold that, as nominees, would take the GOP further down the path its been on for the past eight years.
