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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord
Speak not of her, less she appear.  |
I still think McCain naming Palin as VP candidate was the most cynical, desperate move in the recent history of presidential campaigning.
It almost worked. But it unraveled so quickly and so thoroughly that it will remain an object lesson for politicians for a long time.
The Republicans have learned, though it took some time for the lesson to sink in. That's another story of 2014. In 2012, they had major candidate quality issues (the rape guy in Missouri, the crazy lady in Delaware) that cost them dearly. In 2014, they pretty much had a candidate "boot-camp" where they coached and vetted.
That's cynical in a very different way. These days, politicians are chosen for reasons that have nothing to do with their ability to legislate (or compromise).