Just Wrong, Palin Wronged

From the giddy-up Election 2008, I was a strong supporter of Republican Mike Huckabee, a true conservative with progressive ideas.  I was encouraged then that, although considered a long-shot, his shot was quite tangible to the very end of the primary.  And I am encouraged today that Mike Huckabee continues to speak up and out for conservatives, being respected and respectable in the mainstream media enough to warrant his very own show on Fox.

I never was and now never will be a supporter of centrist John McCain.

It is pretty well speculated, if not fully known, that John McCain brought Sarah Palin into his campaign for the presidency as a "Hail Mary," a last shot with a prayer toward making the winning goal, his goal of being President of the United States, because he needed the support of conservatives, who could or would not, in good conscience, vote for him.  But, by bringing Sarah Palin into the mix, Senator McCain hoped to woo conservatives with her religious faith and conservative social policy.  His acceptance of Sarah Palin into his campaign was merely political maneuvering and not because he respected or personally accepted Sarah Palin.  Here's the evidence:

On August 31, McCain defended Sarah Palin as his choice for Vice President on Fox News, saying, "She's a partner and a soulmate."

But did he defend her when the media railed against her, claiming that she wasn't even the mother of her own child?

On November 3, McCain's wife, Cindy, defended Sarah Palin to CNN's Larry King, saying, "She is marvelous and I just have such a great respect for her...She has done nothing but help this ticket."

But only two days after the national election in which Senator John McCain decidedly lost to Democrat and socialist Barak Obama, John McCain is blaming Sarah Palin for his loss.  Today, Fox News has the complicit audacity to leak a "riff" between the camps of McCain and Palin, blaming Palin for unknown and unwon votes for MCain, which she somehow single-handedly lost, and accusing Sarah Palin of such heinous geographical ignorance.  According to Fox "sources," Sarah Palin did not know which three countries were members of the North American Free Trade Agreement--N-o-r-t-h A-m-e-r-i-c-a, folks--and never knew that Africa was a continent.  Shame on you, Fox, for thinking the American people so foolishly stupid as to believe these smears.  And shame on you both, John and Cindy McCain, as you sit back and allow Sarah Palin to be blamed in full for your campaign loss.  Sounds like sour grapes to me.

These are the very reason you lost, Senator McCain: Like President Bush, you never respected the conservative base of the Republican party--you tolerated us, but we never truly had your back, just your back-biting--and you were always a poor sport.