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Source: Politico
That is, for my money, the most astonishing acknoweldgement in "The Battle for America," the new '08 campaign book by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, out this week. Not astonishing in the sense that I'm surprised at the motivation -- just that the McCain folks admit it.
Here is how Balz/Johnson present it, with an on-record quote from McCain manager Rick Davis:
McCain's search for a running mate had started in the spring with about two dozen names. Palin was not a serious candidate. One person said she wasn't even on the initial list; others said she was -- barely. It was only later in the summer, when the campaign team became alarmed at the size of Obama's lead among women, that she was added to the list of genuine contenders. "Toward the end of the process, in July, we started taking a look at, like okay, who are we missing? Let's take a sharper look at women candidates and try that one more time," Davis said. "That's when Palin came on." Palin, he added, "stood out significantly from the rest of that list."
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Palin was a Hail Mary pass to draw in the wacko religious crowd
the women angle was a head fake
the gambit was that she might turn off the remaining Repubs who were still in the party but not total idiots
bad call
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Palin was a Hail Mary pass to draw in the wacko religious crowd
the women angle was a head fake
the gambit was that she might turn off the remaining Repubs who were still in the party but not total idiots
bad call
Exactly. She was eye and ear candy.
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Exactly. She was eye and ear candy.
...kind of like a sour patch kid, ...except those start off sour and turn sweet.
Palin started off sweet, ...but she turned awful sour real fast.
I can't forget Josh Brolin playing Todd Palin on that SNL sketch! Too funny!
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...kind of like a sour patch kid, ...except those start off sour and turn sweet.
Palin started off sweet, ...but she turned awful sour real fast.
I can't forget Josh Brolin playing Todd Palin on that SNL sketch! Too funny!
That clip always makes me shake my head. Palin was doing pathetic chair-dancing and getting owned right under her nose at the same time.
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And why was Biden picked???
Obama had a white male gap.
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That clip always makes me shake my head. Palin was doing pathetic chair-dancing and getting owned right under her nose at the same time.
(http://www.flashrob.com/roof.gif)
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She didn't get on because of her qualifications or brains. That is for sure.
They were making a blatant attempt to steal the Hillary voters.
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And why was Biden picked???
Obama had a white male gap.
shhusshhhh dont ruin their fantasy biden is one of the best VP in the history of the US and was choosen for no other reason then his potential...