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Monday, September 1, 2008
Palin Meltdown - All in One Day
Wow, this list compiled by TPM is remarkable, considering that all of it happened in one day and might have been uncovered if McCain had actually vetted her:
On the same day that the Republicans were forced to dramatically cut back their convention activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with extraordinary speed. It's worth pondering the totality of what happened today, in a mere half day...
* The news that Palin once backed the Bridge to Nowhere went national.
* It emerged that Palin has links to the bizarro Alaska Independence Party, which harbors the goal of seceding from the union that McCain and Palin seek to lead.
* The news broke that as governor, Palin relied on an earmark system she now opposes. Taken along with the Bridge to Nowhere stuff, this threatens to undercut her reformist image, something that was key to her selection as McCain's Veep candidate.
* The news broke that Palin's 17-year-old daughter became pregnant out of wedlock at a time when the conservative base had finally started rallying behind McCain's candidacy.
* Barely moments after McCain advisers put out word that McCain had known of Bristol Palin's pregnancy, the Anchorage Daily News revealed that Palin's own spokesperson hadn't known about it only two days ago.
* A senior McCain adviser at the Republican convention was forced into the rather embarrassing position of arguing that McCain had known about the pregnancy "last week" -- without saying what day last week he knew about it.
* It came out that Republican lawyers are up in Alaska vetting Palin -- now, more than 72 hours after it was announced that she'd been picked.
* Palin lawyered up in relation to the trooper-gate probe in Alaska -- a move that ensures far more serious attention to the story from the major news orgs.
What else will come out today? After all, there are still six hours left until September 2nd...
Posted by Metavirus at 9/01/2008 08:45:00 PM
Tags: Election 2008 , General Election , John McCain , Judgment , Sarah Palin , Veepstakes
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Well, so much for abstenance only sex ed! And about the impending marriage, does the father have a choice? Oh, right. Sarah is against choice.....
From Andrew Sullivan quoting a New York Daily News article on the father in the 'Babygate' case and his MySpace page:
'The Web site, before it was removed, appeared not to have been accessed for a year. On it, he admits to having a girlfriend. On the part where it asks about children, he wrote, "I don't want kids."
'.....Mark Okeson, the assistant principal at Wasilla High School, told the Chicago Tribune that Bristol started her junior year last fall, in the town where Sarah Palin grew up. He said Bristol inexplicably transferred to an Anchorage high school midyear, leaving Levi behind.'
Now how is this wedding going to work? And my question remains, does the father have a choice in this matter? Doesn't sound like he has been 'embraced' by the Palin family to this point.
From Andrew Sullivan quoting a New York Daily News article on the father in the 'Babygate' case and his MySpace page:
'The Web site, before it was removed, appeared not to have been accessed for a year. On it, he admits to having a girlfriend. On the part where it asks about children, he wrote, "I don't want kids."
'.....Mark Okeson, the assistant principal at Wasilla High School, told the Chicago Tribune that Bristol started her junior year last fall, in the town where Sarah Palin grew up. He said Bristol inexplicably transferred to an Anchorage high school midyear, leaving Levi behind.'
Now how is this wedding going to work? And my question remains, does the father have a choice in this matter? Doesn't sound like he has been 'embraced' by the Palin family to this point.
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