WaPo: No Surprises From Palin, McCain Team Says

[BurtWorm]

And they still went with her? Because they seriously believed she was the best person for the job?!

:wtf:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090100710.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR




Daughter's Pregnancy and Trooper Controversy Were Revealed Before Pick, According to Campaign Aide


By Michael D. Shear and Karl Vick
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, September 2, 2008; Page A17

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 -- Before she was chosen to be Sen. John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin submitted to a three-hour interview with the head of his vice presidential search team, and responded to a 70-question form that included "intrusive personal questions," a senior campaign aide said today.

The aide said all facts about Palin's record and background that have caused controversy as they were revealed in the past few days -- including the ongoing "troopergate" investigation and the fact that Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant -- were known to the McCain campaign. Washington lawyer Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. led the search team.

"Nothing that has come out did not come out in the vet. She was fully vetted," the senior aide said.

Until last week, Palin was relatively unknown outside Alaska, and as facts have dribbled out about her, the McCain campaign has insisted that its examination of her background was thorough and that nothing that has come out about her was a surprise. "John had access to all that information and made the decision," campaign manager Rick Davis said last week. "

The vetting process included what aides described as a full search of public documents and videos of her speeches. That included a review of Alaska newspapers, but not Palin's local newspaper because aides worried that going through back issues would indicate that she was under consideration to be McCain's running mate.

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[yourguide]

1. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

:rofl::rofl:

[Riddler]

2. And OJ was innocent

[marylanddem]

3. Guess they knew all about the Alaska secessionist political

party she belonged to as well.

[vanderBeth]

4. McCain, your pants are on fire.

[medicswife]

16. hahahahahahahahahaha :rofl: nt

[PermanentRevolution]

5. Soooo... you're sending new teams to AK now to... what?

Double-check everything that you already knew?

[lisa58]

6. Than Mc?????? is even worse than I thought!

[Poiuyt]

7. Then why did McCain just send a team of lawyers to Alaska?

[Kdillard]

8. So what does it say about McCain's judgement that he still went with her

after all these facts were known. Someone please ask him that if he is foolish enough to go through with her nomination as his VP.

[Mz Pip]

9. Maybe the evangelicals

will believe that, but he will need more than those folks to get elected.

There will be probably a whole lot more people in America who will think this is total bullshit.

[BeyondGeography]

10. They're just making it up as they go along

[succubus.blues]

12. yep

[indie_voter]

11. Pants on fire! n/t

[pdxmom]

13. This must mean they were aware and approved of the fact that she was

lying about her opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere.

Scumbags.

[Cha]

14. They think it's Worse to be seen as impetuous idiots than

just idiots.

[Misskittycat]

15. A Whole Three Hours? n/t

[Occam Bandage]

17. So he picked an abuser of power with family-values "issues" who thinks Alaska should secede,

and did this intentionally? :wtf: