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Brilliant at Breakfast: Do you like an arrogant, unaccountable Executive branch? You'll LOVE the administration of McCain/Cheney-in-lipstick
Daily Kos: Real Vetting Roundup
pandagon.net - we are the public option: GOP: Palin’s not ready, but will be soon; McCain moves to quash ‘Troopergate’
Do you like an arrogant, unaccountable Executive branch? You'll LOVE the administration of McCain/Cheney-in-lipstick
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss: The Alaska legislators said Friday that they had no plans to subpoena Palin to force testimony from the governor because she had promised to cooperate. But Democratic state Sen. Hollis French, one of the legislators involved in the inquiry, said seven of Palin's aides had recently declined to be deposed. Palin's lawyer also has pressed to have the matter handled by the Alaska Personnel Board, an agency whose three members are Republican appointees. Palin's attorney, Thomas V. Van Flein, warned that the Legislature has only "limited investigatory power" -- a caution that some ...
Real Vetting Roundup
Daily Kos —
"I make [decisions] as quickly as I can, quicker than the other fellow, if I can," Mr. McCain wrote, with his top adviser Mark Salter, in his 2002 book, Worth the Fighting For. "Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint."- John McCain As the true vetting of Sarah Palin continued over the last two days, we learned more about John McCain's pick for vice-president. Unfortunately for us, if John McCain is elected, it's the American people that will face the consequences of his rash decision to chose a complete unknown for his ticket. Here's a recap of what ...
GOP: Palin’s not ready, but will be soon; McCain moves to quash ‘Troopergate’
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Pam Spaulding
Republicans, who insisted that Sarah Palin, with her “executive experience” is ready on day one to step in as POTUS if McCain kicks it, are now actually saying she’s not ready and is cramming up in Alaska to be able to answer questions from the press.
I have a hard time with the term “GOP strategist” when advice like this is supposed to represent smart thinking by experts. Todd Harris GOP strategist:
”If she goes out and makes a mistake, that is something that [voters will] care about, and that’s something ...
In Hiding For Two Weeks?!
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
This is incredible, totally incredible. A vice presidential candidate isn't going to be available to the press for two weeks? Two weeks? In September. We have this total unknown who could be president of the United States next January. And she's in hiding for two weeks. Chris Matthews on this clip says that this is fine. Has he lost his mind? She needs to be in front of the press now. The United States and the world cannot have this total unknown foisted on the presidency without any serious vetting and without any press interaction. This is absolutely third world. Since ...
Sarah Palin : A lipsticked pitbull that's a scaredy cat with the press
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
The LA Times reports that La Palin is being embargoed by the McCain campaign on account of the republicanos not believing it is in their best interest to have her speaking to the press. In other words, they're afraid she's going to make a mistake as Todd Harris says in the video above; because she is not ready to give her opinion on anything a Vice-President could conceivably be involved as co-pilot of the President of the United States.
This is supposedly the woman who will be a heartbeat away from the presidency and who could most possibly succeed in office the 72 year-old John ...
FRAGILE! McCain campaign handles Palin’s exposure with care…and sexism
The Moderate Voice —
At the post, “Sarah is the Fresh Air,” on Blogher, I found this comment today:
When can she be interviewed by reporters - I find it disturbing that the McCain campaign isn’t allowing Ms. Palin to be interviewed by reporters. What are they hiding?
According to Nicole Wallace of the McCain campaign, possibly never: ...
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Comments from Left Field —
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Looks like the McCain campaign has finally stumbled upon someone in the national news media who is willing to show due deference to the GOP’s not-ready-for-prime-time VP candidate:
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