Senator Sarah Scenario

[tombogan03884]

I didn't say it was the only factor... just the last major one.  The only people that really liked Palin was the hard core right wing  christans... the rest of the GOP didn't like the move.   She was a galvnising figure, nothing more.   I know of 5 people that were indy, or dem that droped thier support of McCain shortly after the move.    

She had the one thing McCain lacked, She is a Patriotic Conservitive, not an ass kisser of the dem's. That's why Ca. independents, and RINO's didn't like her, Nor did any others who offer their ass to socialism.
The "Hero worship" offered to McCain is just another example of the democratic tactic of glorifying "victimhood".
As a veteran he desrves our thanks for going into his "Families business" and bombing North Vietnam. As a guy who lost a multi million dollar airplane and got the crap kicked out of him for 5 years he deserves Va benifits and the thought, "Damn, glad it wasn't me." Lots of pilots flew to those exact same targets through just as much AA fire, and actually brought their planes back. He was threatened with recall as a senator and based on the evidence he wasn't that good a pilot.

Ref:  www.recallmccain.org

[MikeBjerum]

Another argument we should dwell on is the fact that we have had a secular progressive wind in this county for a longer time than the campaign period infiltrating the education system and the media. Obama was also selected (or convinced) to run by a group of people who knew exactly which button to push. Using him as a facade, they had a better chance to capitalize on their long term investment to move forward social democratic values that embrace goals that has very little to do with traditional American values.

I think this paragraph sums it up well.  This is not a one election happening.  This is a change that has been worked on for decades of slow change.  Once we reached the point of saying "hey the water in this pot is starting to boil" they had enough others that are comfortable with that temperature that voted for more.