Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) demurred once again when asked to divine the kind of candidate for president his former running mate, Sarah Palin, could be in 2012.
"I have a degree of clairvoyance," the Arizona Republican said, "but in 2009 to predict what would happen in the 2012 election is -- I'm not capable of."
nut commercial than whoever writes the facebook notes for Palin. However, it was a little funny to read the PAC site ghostwriter mentioned a European newspaper in
Bad boy Chris Cillizza has Palin supporters questioning his sanity. Good for him.
same time he is a prominent GOP critic of same makes him crazier than ever.
I had a very interesting tête-à-tête last week that I thought I'd share. As you may have guessed, I'm on the email distro lists for all the major Sunday shows and cable news networks, and I get email notifications for who the scheduled guests will be as well as transcripts, p.r. pieces and the like. Last week, when ABC sent me an email that John McCain was going to be their guest again, I sent back a snarky reply asking if they ever had John Kerry on after he lost the election to George Bush as often as they've had McCain, and why, when there are so many actual issues about which the public needs to be informed, they gave so much air time to GOP obstructionism.
excerptHere is a segment I would LOVE to see you do with Sen. McCain: why don't you invite my colleague, David Neiwert, author of The The Eliminationists,Are you surprised that he had no response to that?on to discuss how the violent rhetoric that used to be relegated to the fringes of the Republican Party which has been mainstreamed since Obama's election and let Sen McCain respond to that? After all, he is the one who brought Sarah Palin to the national stage (and as I recall, actually said on your program that Palin was his "soul mate" after having only had one phone conversation and a short meeting with her before asking her on the ticket) and there is no other politician who has tapped so proficiently into that zeitgeist. I think it would be beneficial for Americans to hear someone of Sen. McCain's gravitas and stature disavow the kind of violent and racist rhetoric we've all seen. I'm more than happy to provide you with contact information for Mr. Neiwert if you are so inclined.
But if you're not interested in putting Sen. McCain on the spot, perhaps next time you do a show on the problems we're facing in Afghanistan, the "balance" you seek would be better achieved by putting on a politician who favors withdrawal, like Rep. Alan Grayson, instead of two hawks who will both say that the most important thing is "winning" in Afghanistan without actually explaining what "winning" means or how we can achieve it militarily. Where's the balance in that
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had worked with in the final days of the campaign. She went back to Alaska, surrounded by her longtime political team, including chief spokeswoman and top adviser Meg Stapleton and Kristan Cole, who helped Palin launch a legal defense fund to cover costs related to several ethics investigations in Alaska. In January, Palin launched a new political action committee, SarahPAC—a move widely interpreted as an effort to help forward her political ambitions. Between January and June, the PAC raised more than $730,000—with almost $270,000 of that going to staff and consulting fees. Palin hired Pam Pryor, a GOP operative who once worked for former representative J.C. Watts, as an adviser. In February, she also tapped Becki Donatelli, a longtime GOP consultant close to McCain, to run SarahPAC, but the two severed the relationship in April. Donatelli declined to comment and, like Pryor, directed all questions to Stapleton, who did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Saakashvili was shocked he didn't get any back up from the US. He soon changed his tune, but it was clear he thought he had a reason to believe if he attacked the de facto Russian territory of South Ossetia and the Russian soldiers that he would not be alone. Who was feeding him that bull and why didn't they keep their word?
he likes crazy mean people...(Randy Scheunemann was McCain's campaign foreign policy adviser) Talking Points
McCain as McCain/Palin: ‘We Are All Georgians’ "John McCain is gulping down the neocon Kool-Aid on Georgia"
Which baby or did she mean "Take care of your babies?"
And so she has. Sarah's Choice
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Diana Palin committed some serious crime. She also placed her 4 year old daughter in a situation where the child could have been seriously injured or shot dead.
That's not all, they are in overkill with their new Sarah Palin, she's not there, but she is selling the worst of dinner dates to the highest bidder. Some sucker will "win" dinner with two Palins, two minders and numerous conditions. If she shows up. Like with Diana, it will be secret no matter what. 
The Mat-Su Valley is missing a court reporter?
his mouth. The selective speaker, Jim Palin, is creepy for neglecting to show support to someone he fathered with one of his wives. I'm guessing he was married to Diana Palin's mother. Where is she? Is it the wife named Faye? When you are in a world famous dysfunctional family you deserve a little notoriety. Gadfly Palin gets a gig: Palins at Republican Women DHS Luncheon
The Palin machine is going into full military mode. The ghosts of Facebook helped her work for the Insurance Industry and Pharma with the stolen "death panel" concept. Moving along, the SarahPac Sarah Palin notes (Gryphen: Has Sarah returned to Facebook?) are repeating the old neoconservative mantra.
prison awaiting her sentence. No one can say exactly what the Johnston team is getting at with the last Vanity Fair article but the fat lady didn't sing and Wasilla is the same old drug addled place no one wants to leave.
State of Alaska vs. Palin, Diana D
Levi Johnston wants us to believe he witnessed a remarkable transformation that defies all logic. I can't wait for him to elaborate and tell detailed answers to the many questions he has provoked.
Keith Olberman countdown msnbc
There is something desperately sad about Piper, the Palin's youngest daughter. She is a precious girl. Her parent's choices had to be hell on her over the last year. Now there is no one who can say for certain where she is or about the 
care and schooling she receives. Both Piper and her mother are MISSING IN ACTION. In the best case scenario that can't be healthy for a child that 
needs the protection of a stable home and a typical family life. Did she have to leave her family and friends? Does she have a kitchen where she can do her own cooking? Is it hired help or restaurants where she sits down for the replacement of the family meal? Is she overwhelmed with her new life and new friends?
Levi Johnston once lived in the same house with Piper. They were all one family before the split ups started. Now there are dark secrets and the family is no more, the divides are vast. Piper might be as far from her Wasilla home as New York. Levi is telling his part of the family story piece by piece. His Vanity Fair article titled “Me and Mrs. Palin” is coming out this week. The Palin's will not only deny anything Levi says, they will try and destroy everything about the Johnstons. The fact is they are no longer together and Levi is the one with a better track record for making sense.
A month after she became governor, Sarah Palin's staff ushered Alaska's public safety commissioner into her private office. But Palin wasn't there (where is she now?). Her husband, Todd, had called the meeting. He was frustrated that his former brother-in-law remained on the 
personal 
Sarah Palin was the conclusion, the nearly 300-page report by investigator Stephen Branchflower was 
member of Gov. Palin's security detail. "He had a significant influence, in that he was 
Sarah Palin's sister's ex-husband, fired were extensive. Todd Palin held 
presidential campaign, compared Todd Palin's role to that of other political spouses. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt was a vocal player in labor civil rights issues, Hillary Rodham Clinton took on health care while first lady, and Nancy Reagan was a close adviser to her husband. "The role that Todd has played, I don't think is dissimilar from other spouses, and I think it's an entirely appropriate role," Griffin said. "And Todd will play an appropriate role as the spouse of the vice president." The legislative probe began as an investigation into whether Palin improperly fired Monegan for resisting efforts to fire Wooten. The report concluded that Monegan's firing was legal, because Palin had the right to choose her top administrators, but that the pressure Palin and her husband exerted to try 
to get Wooten fired was improper. Palin originally pledged cooperation with the legislative inquiry, which was approved by a bipartisan vote of a committee on which Republicans 
she was pleased that the investigation upheld her authority to fire Monegan. She said she disagrees with the report's finding that she abused her power. Though the committee's report reached some stinging conclusions, it was largely toothless. The Legislature has no authority to sanction Palin for ethical misconduct. That's up to the state Personnel Board, which is running a parallel investigation that Palin is cooperating with.
