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Is Mc Cain Able To 'save' Sarah Palin And Keep Her As Running Mate ?

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Obama deserves to win, but the latest reports about him attending PLO related functions certainly make me question where his true loyalties lay. I kind of wish that Hillary had got the nomination. :o

Obama's true loyalties lie with the USA, and it's in the US of A's best interest to engage

all countries and nations in order to establish better relations/understanding and solve the

problems that plague the world. Such as the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and in order to do that, one cannot only meet with the Israeli side, indeed it is important to engage both sides of a conflict in order to resolve the aforementioned conflict. That means also meeting with Palestinians.

Back to the topic, which is Governor Palin, it seems the jackals and hyenas have began to fall upon her.

Insiders spill beans on Sarah Palin.

Weeks after Sarah Palin was lampooned by the country's comedians, her own party is catching up.

John McCain's aides have revealed their vice-presidential candidate did not know Africa was a continent and in fact thought it was a country.

She also had no idea which countries made up the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA], or that the United States - along with Canada and Mexico - was one of them.

Fox News anchor Carl Cameron, the source of the leaks, reveals the party's one-time darling was already shaping up as its whipping boy before the defeat to the Democrats sank in.

"There was great concern in the McCain campaign that Sarah Palin lacked the degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice-president, and a heartbeat away from the presidency," he said.

"We're told she didn't understand that Africa was a continent rather than a country just in itself - a whole host of questions that caused serious problems.

"I wish I could have told you more at the time but all of it was put off the record until after the election."

The Alaskan governor's big spend on clothes emerged publicly last month, but McCain's aides also said that she spent "thousands more" than the reported $US150,000 on clothes during the campaign, much to the shock of the donor that footed the bill, the Daily Mail reports.

An angry aide, quoted in London's Times, described the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast", and predicted that the truth would eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

She had been advised she should buy three new suits for the Republican National Convention in September and three additional suits for the campaign, expected to come to a total of between $US20,000 and $US25,000, two top aides said.

Cameron also revealed the Alaskan governor started to "go rogue" early on, such as after her first disastrous CBS interview with Katie Couric.

"She got very angry at staff, thought that she was mishandled, was particularly angry about the way the Katie Couric interview went," he said.

The moment was then satirised by Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live in a video clip watched by millions.

"She didn't accept preparation for that interview and the aides say that that was part of the problem. And there were times that she was hard to control emotionally - there's talk of temper tantrums at bad news clippings," he said.

Cameron cites a "truncated" vetting process for Palin's selection after McCain's camp decided the then-shortlist was inadequate to "change the game" in the race for the presidency.

So they opted instead for a candidate who reportedly once opened the door to one of McCain's aides in a towel.

The relationship between McCain and Palin was further strained after she was recorded falling for a prank call by two Canadian comedians pretending to be French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

"Her staff didn't know the name of the French President," Sebastien Trudel told The Globe and Mail. "They asked us to spell it."

McCain and Palin both left Phoenix in separate cars yesterday, but Palin, for her part, "bears no ill-will to staff", Cameron said.

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How very interesting...

How very interesting..indeed.

But, isn't the basic problem the decision made by the Republicans to find this .......hmmmm...Lady in the first place ?

I can imagine a brainstorm session within the top of the Reps.....one young chap stands up and shouts: "I know it...I know it........we should take Sarah Palin as running alongside McCain......"

He cleaning toilets now :o

LaoPo

How very interesting...

How very interesting..indeed.

But, isn't the basic problem the decision made by the Republicans to find this .......hmmmm...Lady in the first place ?

I can imagine a brainstorm session within the top of the Reps.....one young chap stands up and shouts: "I know it...I know it........we should take Sarah Palin as running alongside McCain......"

He cleaning toilets now :o

LaoPo

She was SUCH a weak candidate, one can only rationalize her selection as the political equivalent of boxings "taking a dive".

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