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John McCain believes Sarah Palin can beat Obama in 2012 - VIDEO

CATHY HAYES,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 12:22 PM

Updated Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 6:33 PM

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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz) believes that Sarah Palin has a chance of beating President Barack Obama if she runs as the Republican presidential nominee in 2012.

Speaking to Fox News about the former governor of Alaska’s chances he siad “Of course she can."

However he also added that he does not know if Palin, who was his own 2008 running mate in the persidential campaign, would run for office.

McCain siad “I’ve never seen anyone as mercilessly and relentlessly attacked as I have seen Sarah Palin in the last couple of years. But she also inspires great passion, particularly among the Republican faithful."

This weekend Sarah Palin started a bus tour of the eastern United States. She will visit the historical sites that were key to the “formation, survival, and growth of the United States of America," according to Tim Crawford, treasurer of Palin's fundraising group. “The tour will originate in Washington DC and will proceed north up the east coast. More information will follow."

On Sunday she kicked off the trip with a “Rolling Thunder” motorcycle ride. The group was made up of mostly US veterans from the Vietnam War.

Over the weekend AP also reported on Palin’s standing in the latest poll on the GOP presidential primary.

They reported “A Gallup poll of Republicans, taken before Palin announced the bus tour, showed former Massachusetts Mitt Romney favored by 17 percent. Palin followed closely at 15 percent. Ron Paul had 10 percent, Newt Gingrich 9 percent, Herman Cain 8 percent, Tim Pawlenty 6 percent, and Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman 5 percent each.”

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deburca | Jun 01, 2011, 12:26 PM EDT

@bandolan - forgot to mention - other than that, I agree with you on everything you said about Palin. If you haven't already seen it, you might want to look for Lawrence O'Donnell's take on a Palin candidacy, he agrees this is all for publicity and she won't run, and he gave some interesting proof of it.

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deburca | Jun 01, 2011, 12:24 PM EDT

@badolan McCain is a war hero but has proven to be less than honorable in the last few years. He has been willing to change every stand he took on every issue in order to pander for votes, he thrust Palin on to the country in his cynical ploy to use her as VP to bring in votes from the GOP base - with no thought about what the ramifications would be to the country. And finally, he has been less than gracious since losing.

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badolan | May 31, 2011, 08:22 PM EDT

Upon close examination, you may notice that Sarah always looks like she either just smelled a fart or farted herself. I'm just saying ....

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badolan | May 31, 2011, 08:19 PM EDT

McCain is a war hero and an honorable man and I respect him for his service to our country. In contrast, Palin is a publicity seeking farce on two legs. Independent voters will flock away from her. She is in this to sell her books and to keep herself in front of the cameras. She is not a serious candidate.

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Springfield9 | May 31, 2011, 07:28 PM EDT

Sarah is as much fun as a "Slinky" ....... I like her but wouldn't vote her in as Dog Catcher. I could cahnge my mind if she would agree to take the Graduate Record Examination and score high enough to get into Harvard. I'm flexible.

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deburca | May 31, 2011, 04:43 PM EDT

@Bubba - There is nothing "feminist" about Palin. Just being a woman in politics does not make her a feminist, when in fact, her political ideology is opposite the best interests of women. The only hope she has of winning is if all the smart people in the US are suddenly lifted to heaven during the new rapture date of October 21st. If that's the case, then you can have her.

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Bubbastudd | May 31, 2011, 01:54 PM EDT

Of course, feminist firebrand & conservative queen Sarah Palin will defeat Obama in 2012. Her star is ascendant, his is rapidly fading.

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antoman | May 31, 2011, 01:43 PM EDT

McCain is a shrewd man.He married a woman that owns a brewery.

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deburca | May 31, 2011, 01:22 PM EDT

hahahahahaha Well, look at it this way, McCain thought HE could beat Obama too... his lack of cop on is why he lost, that and the fact that he picked Palin as his runningmate, a stunt that was the last straw for many hold outs who were still giving him the benefit of the doubt.

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McNamara31 | May 31, 2011, 12:54 PM EDT

McCain is an empty shell compared to the man he once was. I still can't fathom, that in 2008 he knowingly tried to put this inept no nothing one bullet away from the presidency. And when McCain says of Palin “I’ve never seen anyone as mercilessly and relentlessly attacked" You’ve got to be joking John! That's all she did, nonstop "for you" on the campaign trail, while you smiled and kept your hands clean of it.

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