My feeling about John McCain's candidacy are well known. I've never been a supporter, but simply felt he was a far better option than the man who eventually won.

Now that the campaign is over, however, some of McCain's staffers are seeking to blame others for the loss, instead of accepting defeat at the hands of an Obama campaign that was better focused, organized, and managed.

Michelle Malkin, Hot Air and Ace are just some of the blogs hunting down the anonymous McCain campaign sources so willing to blame someone else for their faliings. Red State has gone so far as to launch Operation Leper to run down and publicly name those unwilling to accept that it was their poor political skills and poorly run campaign that contributed to a campaign that never found its footing. So far they've named three McCain campaign staffers. I would not be surprised if there are a few more.

The people need to find another line of work.

John McCain's staff—no doubt including those leaking—ran an often unfocused campaign. If they want to start casting blame at those responsible, they better find a mirror first.

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 11:12 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 These people need to remember that Sarah Palin is the only reason John McCain didn't get an even worse beatdown than he did. Those crowds of 20,000+ weren't coming to see McCain or Steve Schmidt. They were coming to see our very own rock star, Sarah Palin. Right now, "unnamed staffers" are a lot more expendable than Palin. BTW, I'm from just up the road from you, over here in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Durham. 76% for The Obama this time, that officially makes us bluer than even Asheville or Chapel Hell. Argh.

Posted by: Moose at November 06, 2008 11:47 AM (mAhn3)

2 Where is John McCain? Where is the oh-so-honorable John McCain? He needs to get off his arse and go out and publicly and stongly condemn, contradict and refute these aspersions. He always did it for Obama.

Posted by: Bohemian at November 06, 2008 12:58 PM (NLmWQ)

3 "Conservatives take responsibility for their actions/" Oh, really? How about the last 8 years? Why don't you take all those guns and put them to good use like pointing them at each other. Oh, wait. You are. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAelevnty7!!@!

Posted by: Danny Guam at November 06, 2008 02:37 PM (1JA/S)

4 It's fun to watch the right continue their total obsession with enemies and eat themselves alive, while the rest of us dance in the streets.

Posted by: angryflower at November 06, 2008 02:49 PM (uMRcI)

5 I knew this was gonna happen. It's dead obvious these staffers are the ones to blame for the poorly run campaign. The McCain campaign sucked monkey balls and everyday when I would read the news I would cringe inside because I knew McCain & Palin were going to lose because of it. It wasn't John McCain or Sarah Palin that lost this election, it was the people running the campaign, and I wanna know the names of ALL the rats squealing now so I know who to watch out for in the future.

Posted by: scarlett at November 06, 2008 03:47 PM (1Rl0B)

6 Right now, "unnamed staffers" are a lot more expendable than Palin. I hope to hell the people in charge of the GOP agree...because if they don't, we're probably going to find out just how much worse things can really get.

Posted by: the pistolero at November 06, 2008 05:34 PM (QmK+E)

7 The lefty trolls are too stupid to know the same thugs and tax collectors that came with Hussein O will come after them to. I'll enjoy watching them make fools of themselves for a few months and then start whining when reality catches up with them. Meanwhile buy guns and lots of ammo to protect yourself and your family. Know your neighbors, if they are lefties don't turn a hand to protect them. It won't take the criminal element more than a few days to figure out where they can rob without fear, and they'll stay away from homes where people are well armed. I'll buy several cases of Ammo myself. Have several weapons already from a personal carry 38 to long range high powered rifles. Hussein's first move (already planned) is to jack the tax so high on ammo you can't afford to buy it. Get a reloading kit and plenty of supplies. Not a problem to store and easy to use.

Posted by: Scrapiron at November 06, 2008 06:35 PM (GAf+S)

8 I'd like to ask these blameshifters some questions: Who else could McCain have picked that would have been better? Romney? The MoveOnMedia would have had a field day with the disagreements between the two (and it's worth noting that, of course, they've not said a word about Biden's criticism of Barack Anti-Military Obama). Pawlenty? Just as unknown as Palin was, but a lackluster speaker without anywhere near the real record of real reforms that Palin has. Huckabee? Kiss the fiscal conservatives goodbye. Lieberman? You want Obama to win 49 of the 57 (or 5 states? Jindal? Not much more experience as a Governor than Palin (maybe even less, haven't looked at the exact dates each took office), and he was in the middle of a real scandal with his state government raises. Once you take a good, long, hard look at the alternatives, Palin suddenly doesn't look so bad. And another point that's been brought out by other commentators... McCain picked her. Doesn't that reflect more negatively on McCain than it does Palin, even though she accepted?

Posted by: C-C-G at November 06, 2008 07:07 PM (PnuiE)

9 I think that I have a plan for the future. The Republican future.

Posted by: Two Dogs at November 08, 2008 02:13 AM (6qN3R)

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