McCain source to Lowry: “Look, she wasn’t ready for this, obviously”
posted at 8:25 pm on November 13, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A few more handfuls of dirt chucked at the ‘Cuda via the Corner, and one last shot at piecing together who the leaker(s) might be:
The split over Palin, of course, poisoned everything at the end. One of the dividing lines was between her communications team and the policy advisers. The communications team seemed to consider her a dolt, while the policy people—like Steve Biegun and Randy Scheunemann—were impressed with her and her potential. As one McCain aide told me, “It’s the difference between considering her someone who lacks knowledge and someone who is incompetent, and they [the communications aides] treated her as the latter.”
By many accounts, the relationship between Palin and the staff assigned by the campaign to travel with her on her plane was dysfunctional and even hostile from the beginning. “She would have been better served if she had asked a couple of people to be removed from her traveling staff,” says one McCain aide.
Some McCain loyalists think the Bushies assigned to Palin let her down and then turned on her. This is a representative quote from someone from McCain world holding that view: “Look, she wasn’t ready for this, obviously. Their job was to make her ready for this and they failed. So they unloaded on her. If they had an iota of loyalty to John McCain, they wouldn’t have done it.”
Were there any Bushies assigned to Palin? Indeed there were. Were any of them communications people? Indeed: Tucker Eskew and … Nicolle Wallace, who was absolved by Chris Wallace but accused by more than one Palin ally of backbiting. Another possibility is Tracey Schmitt, who’s not a Bushie as far as I know and who spoke up in defense of Palin recently (as did, er, Wallace), but who fits the profile of a communications person whose confidence in the ‘Cuda seems to have been less than optimal:
Reporters really began to notice the change last Sunday, when Palin strolled over to a local television crew in Colorado Springs.
“Get Tracey,” a staffer called out, according to The New York Times, summoning spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt, who reportedly “tried several times to cut it off with a terse ‘Thank you!’ in between questions, to no avail.” The moment may have caused ulcers in some precincts of the McCain campaign, but it was an account Palin’s admirers in Washington cheered.
Exit question: Time to stop blogging this soap opera? We’re never going to get closure so we might as well stop watching.
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John McCain is bordering the frontier of despicable.
clnurnberg on November 13, 2008 at 8:27 PM
idiots
jp on November 13, 2008 at 8:28 PM
I’m pissed that Obama won but not really broken up over McCain losing.
D0WNT0WN on November 13, 2008 at 8:28 PM
For your salvation my friend I beg you! Please make it stop…
Dritanian on November 13, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Yes, it’s time to stop. And too many embedded links, too. ;) Tedious
digitalintrigue on November 13, 2008 at 8:29 PM
I’ve lost a bit of respect for Maverick and that is saying a lot. Fight Fight fight remember…bull dude. You brought her to the party…you fight with her.
tomas on November 13, 2008 at 8:29 PM
ashame she didn’t have a year or so to prepare for it instead of just jumping right in out of nowhere. it was a handicap I suppose, plus trying to transform into a RINO to mirror the ticket
jp on November 13, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Well I heard that one time a person did put their name to the criticisms against the Cuda
“we’ll we ain’t heard nothin from him in a while”
joey24007 on November 13, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Let it go. Palin needs to go back to Alaska, continue doing a good job as governor, learn more about world affairs, spend a lot of time talking on the Sunday morning talk shows and stay the hell out of the Senate. This will prepare her for a possible 2012 run. This lady is neither stupid or corrupt. Washington will make you both very quickly.
simkeith on November 13, 2008 at 8:30 PM
I’ll stop, if you stop!
kybowexar on November 13, 2008 at 8:31 PM
It is all used to take pressure off of Obama
tomas on November 13, 2008 at 8:32 PM
well this communication team really has room to talk
I mean … they did such a great job in this campaign
joey24007 on November 13, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Pfft.
Buckeye Babe on November 13, 2008 at 8:33 PM
What else are you going to talk about?
Hilton?
Region?
Humping robots?
Sarah Palin is as good as any topic.
csdeven on November 13, 2008 at 8:33 PM
If y’all want to see Sarah’s base, go to GretaWire. Greta can put up a one-sentence post that says “What do you think of Governor Palin’s interview today” and get thousands of posts – most of them from rabid Palin supporters who eat trolls alive. That audience seems to be mostly older women. They make the most avid Cudaphiles at Hot Air or Ace of Spades look like pikers.
If you’re wondering why Greta is All Sarah All The Time, it’s because she knows which side of her bread is buttered.
Jim62sch on November 13, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Probably would have phrased it differently, but I have to agree with you.
Except for Sarah that is, but she’s not gone forever.
(Nor do I think we’ve heard the last of Piper either – and I mean that in all seriousness. That kid’s got a natural bent for this sort of thing.)
kybowexar on November 13, 2008 at 8:33 PM
So I gather it is one Tucker eskew.
Good luck finding work in 2010 or 2012
kangjie on November 13, 2008 at 8:33 PM
This is essentially about telling the American people to STFU, sit down and do as you’re told.
spmat on November 13, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Lots of bashing on Sarah Palin still going on. Sound to me like they are already trying to discredit her from a 2012 run (remember how early they started building up Obama). McCain was the drag on the ticket; not her.
Tommy_G on November 13, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Allah,
It needs documented, she is a fighter and she isn’t done. Governor Sarah Palin isn’t finished in Politics. Why don’t you and other bloggers, do her the favor, none afforded her during the election. Get some of these B’Tards, and nail the lid shut tight on them. Why let them go to fight another day. That isn’t how they do it in the Military, you get them now (While They Are Exposed) that way Sarah Palin doesn’t have to fight them twice. The Progressives won this battle but the war isn’t over.
Dr Evil on November 13, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Every criticism of Palin is really a criticism of McCain’s judgment. It’s his judgment that’s on the line in picking her. If he didn’t know what he was getting, he shoud have found out.
And he should have exercised some leadership in getting everyone on board and clearly stating a policy of no leaks that harm the campaign. If he can’t inspire loyalty in his staff, how could he do it with the country? Sadly, he couldn’t.
Wethal on November 13, 2008 at 8:34 PM
Tomas, you might be on to something.
It does not explain AP’s fascination though. (laugh)
kybowexar on November 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Thought you were “Cuda’d out” the other day…
You guys just can’t stop thinking of Sarah Palin…let her go, let her go.
And yes…she wasn’t ready, as much as I admire and respect her, she was the wrong choice.
JetBoy on November 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM
So, they’re saying she should have started kickin’ ass and takin’ names earlier?? Agreed. But she’s a team player and thus trusted their judgement. To her peril, btw.
Chewy the Lab on November 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM
The voice of reason, dude. This story is so boring already, Allah. Someone had to lose this race. Imagine what the other side would be like if they had lost, even by a squeaker. It’s just postgame bitching and blame-shifting.
Fortunata on November 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Yes. Let’s move on. What’s the point banging one’s head against a brick wall? Only going to get a headache – the wall will always be there.
tru2tx on November 13, 2008 at 8:36 PM
So the policy people (substance) were impressed with her, but the communications people (style) didn’t like her. What does that say?
SAZMD on November 13, 2008 at 8:36 PM
I wanted Mac to pick her in June…
I was thrilled he did…I wish they would have just cut her loose…
No one expected her to know Foreign Policy…the problem is that she never got a chance to talk about her reforms and leadership as a governor. She was mishandled. The woman you see today would have been a even bigger asset that the one we saw during the Gibson/Coouric interview.
Bottom line…McCain blew it. If he thinks Palin lost the election for him (and we know she didn’t) he should look in the mirror…Trust me, Tom Ridge, Joe lieberman and Tim Pawlenty could put a Starbucks addict to sleep.
Palin charged us up. She carried the base, McCain pissed them off and lost indies…his “base”.
joepub on November 13, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Exit question: Time to stop blogging this soap opera? We’re never going to get closure so we might as well stop watching.
Why wouldn’t you want the names of the person out in the open?
sut on November 13, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Yup. Actually, I think the best ‘postmortem’ about McCain’s loss was written before the election.
Slublog on November 13, 2008 at 8:38 PM
No, keep it up. I never was for one millisecond tired of it. Evar.
This is really, REALLY important stuff. Getting to the bottom of this will surely turn the GOP around and get it back on the right track.
Let’s keep it going until 2016, in fact. Screw the elections. Let’s try to identify some moron in the McCain camp who said something snooty about Sarah Palin.
Exit question: What happens when the leaker is identified? ARMAGEDDON?
Good Lt on November 13, 2008 at 8:39 PM
I can’t imagine four years of this. Hard to believe that anyone from the Bush administration questioning anyone’s intelligence. Haven’t they spent that last eight years fighting off the rumors that their boss was either brain dead or some evil genius? You would think they could empathize with someone being accused of either.
Cindy Munford on November 13, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Don’t stop.
I think Wallace is to blame and I’m hoping something comes out to cement that truth.
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 8:39 PM
I say find out who the leakers are, tar and feather them, then stop blogging about it.
t.ferg on November 13, 2008 at 8:39 PM
I’m down with that.
flipflop on November 13, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Sarah has done her job…now go back to Alaska and govern.
joepub on November 13, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Let’s face it… who among us had McCain picked as our “favorite” in the GOP field? He was tied for LAST with two other candidates IMO. I was going to vote for the GOP candidate regardless, but I did it enthusiastically because of Sarah Palin.
Let’s just let it drop. McCain who????
Oink on November 13, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Yes.
MayBee on November 13, 2008 at 8:42 PM
I’ll ask again in another way – WHAT IS THE POINT??
WHAT IS THE ENDGAME HERE??
WHO. CARES.
Good Lt on November 13, 2008 at 8:43 PM
*yawn*
Please stop, Allah, I am tired of talking about Palin, I am trying to forget about her for a while so I can look at her with untainted eyes in 2012.
Squid Shark on November 13, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Find the leaker and ostracize them.
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Agreed. But substitute 2012 to 2016. We can’t afford to wait.
Chewy the Lab on November 13, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Good Lt on November 13, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Who has forgotten how to use the tags or take off the caps lock?
(Just messin’ with ya man)
kybowexar on November 13, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Sarah is up against a RINO machine built and fueled by Bush for the last eight years. This election has taken quite a bit of steam out of them and now they are flailing around trying to fill a vacuum. Sarah doesn’t have to try. Regular Americans are pushing her to fill the void. That’s going to panic a lot of establishment talking heads and we can see the results.
They are trying to pressure Sarah into a mistake and they are using typical torture tactics to do so. They attack her relentlessly for a week. Then they make nice to put her at ease. Then the long knives come out again and take away hope and any gains she fells she made. They will continue this until they are cast aside by those of us left standing, or they destroy her. If they had anything substantial to use against her, they would. No affair, no drug use, nothing. So what is left? Just what they think is her weakness…..a unfamiliarity with Washington insider politics.
I’m telling you guys….I’m weeks ahead of this like I was on the war schedule and how Obama would win…..this is a critical point for her right now. I believe she is capable of staying focused like no other politician since Reagan. She knows who she is and that being herself is what we want. She will drag these slimbag RINO’s back into line by simply being who she, communicating her values, and thus creating a new base of conservative support in the Republican party.
Mark my words.
csdeven on November 13, 2008 at 8:46 PM
I, personally, would like to stop staring at this….
And – altogether separately – ruin the lives of the people who generated this contempt, as well as ruining the lives of their family members to that they know “how it feels”
….is that “over the top”? I can never tell……..
grtflmark on November 13, 2008 at 8:46 PM
OK. And then what?
Here’s a diagram of what I see going on with this nonsense:
1. Identify leaker
2. ???
3. PROFIT!
Good Lt on November 13, 2008 at 8:46 PM
For the love of God, make it stop. It doesn’t matter anymore. Sarah is handling is beautifully, and her numbers are going up… and I’ll bet the libs are sick of Obamessiah not being the center of attention.
pinkelephants on November 13, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Every day that Sarah does not set up a PAC is a day that she is losing thousands of dollars of potential donations. People are fired up to support her.
Jim62sch on November 13, 2008 at 8:47 PM
McCain’s campaign is an even bigger load of crap than I thought it was. It was like an enormous beanbag chair full of horse sh!t that McCain kept patching with pages from Reagan that he never read. Then, when he finally lost, McCain said “to hell with it” and just let the big sack of horse sh!t spill open where it may.
Lehosh on November 13, 2008 at 8:48 PM
I recommend that you just replace these Palin stories with a picture of Palin every 3 days … that way most of us gentlemen can get through the next 4 years of the Obama administration
joey24007 on November 13, 2008 at 8:48 PM
If the coward won’t step forward, let them all pay for it. They’re all part of the team that not only lost, but disgraced themselves in defeat. Anybody who ever hires any them again will never get my vote.
Jim Treacher on November 13, 2008 at 8:48 PM
It’s all good.
I’m just wondering what the point of this all is, and I’ve been wondering since day one.
This bickering is pointless, as Grand Moff Tarkin once remarked.
Good Lt on November 13, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Kind of interesting the Bushies seem to be the sabotuers in all of this.
Hmm… Almost seems like that didn’t want McCain to win.
Hmm… Seems like they want Palin to fail as well.
A failed Obama administration could do wonders for Bush’s legacy in regards to “Wow, at least we weren’t eating shoe leather when Bush was president” or “Wow, at least Russia would think twice before invading Ukraine when Bush was president”. A failed Obama administration — and a pissed and tired Republican base with no clear “conservative” to turn to — could do wonders for… Jeb Bush, perhaps?
His wife is Hispanic. They’re catholic, Conservative, and he is a popular ex-governor of a southern swing state with an *extremely* diverse electorate.
Sigh… I do enjoy contemplating the grassy knoll a little too much.
Punchenko on November 13, 2008 at 8:49 PM
excellent point … I’m surprised that some people still don’t understand the amount of money and networking that will be needed to beat the Messiah
joey24007 on November 13, 2008 at 8:49 PM
I like your style my friend.
Every man should read the Art of War. So brush up some of you and get to it!
For me, I am moving onto Saul Alinsky or whatever his name is….know thy enemy.
javamartini on November 13, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I never fully understood why so many were against McCain during the primaries, his actions during the campaign and the way he dealt with Palin afterward, made me realize that he just is not what I would consider a honorable man even if he thinks he lost the election with honor. I am sad to say that McCain has proven that one that loses
is still a LOSERand is worthy of estime or praise only in his mind.
Lucm on November 13, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I have a thought if you don’t want to read about this Go to another thread. Anything with Palin’s name get’s the hits.
sut on November 13, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Who’s forcing you?
Jim Treacher on November 13, 2008 at 8:50 PM
What do you mean? The GOP needs to remove poisonous agents in their ranks whenever they are identified. This isn’t a one-time deal, Good Lt. This is an ongoing struggle.
I’m not a huge fan of Palin, but I find it absolutely ridiculous for her to be thrown under the bus like she was. It doesn’t help the GOP to piss on a sitting governor, now does it?
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 8:51 PM
All this certainly jives with the original Politico article. I’ve been a little suspicious of Eskew for a while. Maybe he’s just on vacation, but we sure haven’t heard anything from him on the record. Look at his history with Bush, in South Carolina especially. He doesn’t mind playing very dirty, and hiding while he does it.
I don’t know about Nicolle Wallace, but whether she did the leaking/smearing or not, I think it’s obvious that she (and the rest of the senior staff for that matter) and the ‘Cuda did not get along. I’m still wondering a little about Nicolle’s hubby Mark too. Didn’t he make the Alaska trip with Palin And wasn’t he part of her debate prep?
meltenn on November 13, 2008 at 8:51 PM
doncha’ mean gird yur loins?? Ubetcha!
Chewy the Lab on November 13, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Tel them to donate to FredPAC instead. ;)
I feel the same way, Jim.
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 8:52 PM
You know what I want?
I want a huge poster of Sarah from that Newsweek cover I saw on the net with her and the shotgun over her shoulder.
BEAUTIFUL! That poster on all the walls will get me through the age of O-whatever his face is.
Sigh…. :)
Sapwolf on November 13, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Why all the fighting?
There’s a new “Watchmen” trailer out, after all.
Slublog on November 13, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Find out and make sure they don’t work for a repub again!
Bambi on November 13, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Every day that Sarah does not set up a PAC is a day that she is losing thousands of dollars of potential donations. People are fired up to support her.
Jim62sch on November 13, 2008 at 8:47 PM
+100. If/when the PAc is set up I plan on giving 5-10-25 a month for the next 4 years.
unseen on November 13, 2008 at 8:56 PM
What’s that? …. Do I smell a whiff of the Whig Party?
August Horch on November 13, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Saw a very early screening. Two. Thumbs. Down.
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 8:57 PM
NOOOoooooo!!!!
Slublog on November 13, 2008 at 8:57 PM
I hear what you are all saying about not spending so much time reporting on Sarah, but I don’t want the anonymous grenade throwers get away with it by just outlasting people like Allah & Ed.
I want to believe in the idea of what Sarah represents; someone who is a true believer, but isn’t a “professionally trained” politician. When I see these “Taylor Machine” (Mr. Smith Goes To Washington) types of attempts to steam roll her come out, I want her to fight back, and I want “the home team” with her, and I want her to win. These forums are the places where blog newbies like me can see if I’m crazy or not!
cranbone on November 13, 2008 at 8:58 PM
So, we’re supposed to take the word of yet more anonymous staffers who failed at their jobs over people like Biegun and Scheunemann, who are putting their names to what they say? No, thanks. These are just people who screwed up and are trying to blame the person they let down.
(And why couldn’t she bring some of her own staff from Alaska?)
Yes, as well as the “exit question” and “Dude” stylistic tics.
irishspy on November 13, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Palin 2016.
V15J on November 13, 2008 at 8:59 PM
I saw a very early screen of 300, too, and it was just as bad. Take my rating with a grain of salt. At least you can rest easy knowing their is a healthy amount of nudity. Unfortunately it’s from both genders…
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Well, now…
Just wait ’till you get a load of Obama’s experience…
uncivilized on November 13, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Probably time to start focusing on stopping foolishness offered up on the idol of bipartisanship by you know who.
aikidoka on November 13, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Me to McCain source:
“Look, you obviously did such a good job on the campaign trail, that it must be Palin’s fault you lost.”
F’ em all.
Hawkins1701 on November 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Enjoy Palinmania, She’s off to Alaska right now…
We will probably have to wait months to get news from the cuda warrior…Hopefully she prepares well if she plans to run. The knifes will be out for her and she better be up to speed.
Palinpuma on November 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM
This is going to go away anyway. The sooner we let up, the quicker the lefties look like the whiners that they are, and hopefully we’ll find something better to talk about. That doesn’t involve Crist as the next GOP star.
*gags*
pinkelephants on November 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM
The bushies accusing someone else of being dolts? that’s rich.
unseen on November 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM
It’s almost like she’s still campaigning. Like someone said, go home and govern. We’ll think about her in 2010 when they start Palin bashing again as they start two years of campaigning for 012. sigh.
scalleywag on November 13, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Um, yes.
+1
Spirit of 1776 on November 13, 2008 at 9:02 PM
NNOOOoooooo!!!!
I kind of liked “300.” I’ve been reading VDH’s “The Western Way of War” and the movie was surprisingly accurate in parts regarding how Greeks fought.
The GOP could learn something from that book about unity in the face of a common enemy.
Slublog on November 13, 2008 at 9:02 PM
So this is somehow going to save the GOP? They’ve got bigger problems than some lone staffer who doesn’t like Palin.
So the person gets “outed” one day and goes and writes a book about how stupid Camp McCain and Palin are, getting weeks of media coverage while driving more stakes into the GOP’s heart.
Pardon me if I yawn.
Zzzzz.
Good Lt on November 13, 2008 at 9:02 PM
” Time to stop blogging this soap opera?”
since it does noone but duh1 and his marxist band any favors, YES
Buckaroo on November 13, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Exactly. The media will pay no attention to it but thankfully the blogs will.
scalleywag on November 13, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I think it’s obvious the “source” is a woman or women. Women that I work with do this type of stuff to each other ALL the time. The back-stabbing is wonderous to behold really. Bizarre, but wonderous. They are indeed strange creatures.
SouthernGent on November 13, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Well said. I just wish the GOP knew better than to nominate McCain in the first place. He couldn’t overtake GWB in 2000 and we expected him to beat a young, charismatic black man? Right…
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Field dressing a moose does not teach you how to to field dress the liberal media. Two unrelated, but highly praiseworthy skills. Cuda got the first, and not the second (yet).
indythinker on November 13, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Please… do we really think that they won’t follow her? She’s gold. And I think she should give them all the face time they want – while the MSM isn’t on the offense. Take advantage of this honeymoon period with the new Leader.
pinkelephants on November 13, 2008 at 9:05 PM
I wish it would stop too, but as long as moronic, anonymous statements keep happening, it’s news. They shutup and this will stop. Or at least the bad stuff. I wouldn’t mind hearing about her successes in Alaska.
XWing5 on November 13, 2008 at 9:05 PM
…I don’t know…let’s keep digging…get some names….
…I’m thinking Madame DeFarge here…remember ‘em for next time….
…it’s the villains who you think are allies who can best put the dagger where it’ll do the most harm….
Puritan1648 on November 13, 2008 at 9:05 PM
You sound quite a lot like Nero…
HebrewToYou on November 13, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Those are government employees, not personal staff. Sarah is not rich. That’s why she needs a PAC, to cover the expense of stuff like that, and for other things like her family’s travel, etc.
I’ve heard some estimates that Sarah can command $7 million or more for a book deal (the source of Obama’s personal wealth). She can get even more for speaking engagements. We need to get her some money of her own to put her on an even playing field with the rich RINOs she’ll be taking on in the primaries.
Jim62sch on November 13, 2008 at 9:06 PM
I emailed TeamSarah and told them that yesterday…they’ve reached over 57,000 members last time I checked. They need to convert to a PAC now, while the excitement is high.
nyrofan on November 13, 2008 at 9:06 PM
You’re the one steering the conversation Allah. It’d be nice to talk about substantive ‘Cuda issues rather than these “Mean Girls,” sexist, peripheral topics. Let’s pretend she’s a male and see what we talk about? Think it’d be any different??? How about energy policy, taxes, governing style, ethics, whatever, just anything issue related would be nice.
conservative pilgrim on November 13, 2008 at 9:07 PM
I think the longer she stays on the radar screen the better. She is doing a fantastic job and it is resonating out there.
As for this charade/mystery with the supposed leaks, I am sure it is just a matter of time before that little weasly Frank Luntz offers to rent a hotel ballroom and wire up the entire McCain staff to test their every reaction to her speeches with his little dial-toys. He is dying to get himself on television one more time. I swear he is a lie-detector analyst trying to pass himself off as a professional pollster.
sherry on November 13, 2008 at 9:08 PM
…nothing about the post…I’m wondering about the name….
…does “HebrewToYou” mean that you would object to the word “Jew”?
…or, do you run a delivery service?
“Hello? HebrewToYou? Could you send over two Ashkenzis, a Haredi rebbe, one JAP, one Messianic and a side of fries, please? No…hold the guilt.”
Puritan1648 on November 13, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Exactly
Seriously… We need to convey to the rest of the politicians that this kind of pettiness won’t be tolerated. These people were supposed to do a job and they failed miserably by half arsing what they were hired to do, solely because they felt their charge was beneath them. This requires political Seppuku.
liquidflorian on November 13, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Exit question:
If one half of Team Palin (who spent every waking hour with her) dismisses her as a dolt, while the other half politely says she “lacks knowledge” — and a bunch of people on the internet who hadn’t even heard of her three months ago declare her the the salvation of the GOP… who are the real dummies?
benny shakar on November 13, 2008 at 9:13 PM
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