SocraticGadfly: Choice tidbits from the Palin choice

October 20, 2008

Choice tidbits from the Palin choice

At the New Yorker, Jane Mayer has all the details on how Sarah Palin got the nod from John McCain, beginning with the infamous conservative Love Boat cruises to Alaska’s inner waters that hooked up Palin and Bill Kristol, a connection he now tries to downplay.

Some choice comments from the article:
“He was furious. He was pissed. It wasn’t what he wanted.” — An unnamed advisor, on McCain being told that Lieberman as Veep would not fly.

“With John McCain, all politics is personal.” — David Keene

Here’s a doozy:
“The fucking most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.” — An anonymous friend of McCain’s on the choice.

That said, she does seem to have had an ounce of brains while meeting the winger muckety-mucks. Just enough brains to be dangerous this year and more dangerous in 2012.

Read the full story for more.

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