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loudsue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-30-09 12:23 PM
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24. But competence at one's job is not a republican trait, to begin with.
Therefore, McCain's staff was merely showing their republicanism in picking her for the second slot on the ticket.
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  -Vanity Fair: IT CAME FROM WASILLA (McCain Staffers Trash Palin) kpete  Jun-30-09 08:50 AM   #0 
  - It sounds like the title of a horror movie  panader0   Jun-30-09 08:56 AM   #1 
  - Uh, I'm pretty sure that was the intent. n/t  RufusTFirefly   Jun-30-09 11:00 AM   #16 
  - Charismatic?  devilgrrl   Jun-30-09 09:00 AM   #2 
  - We pick the strangest people for celebrety in this country.  LiberalAndProud   Jun-30-09 09:00 AM   #3 
  - A very good article.  madaboutharry   Jun-30-09 09:29 AM   #4 
  - And she repaid McCain by trying to take over and talking about staff later.  Raschel   Jun-30-09 01:45 PM   #28 
  - THANK YOU KPETE  NJCher   Jun-30-09 09:33 AM   #5 
  - Long article, but well worth the read.  tammywammy   Jun-30-09 10:07 AM   #6 
  - Good article  XemaSab   Jun-30-09 10:13 AM   #7 
  - from the article: Her own ambition is most sacred to Palin  WI_DEM   Jun-30-09 10:22 AM   #8 
  - Great post.  Dappleganger   Jun-30-09 06:57 PM   #33 
  - This was bound to happen... McCain people could never keep a lid on this  Blackhatjack   Jun-30-09 10:33 AM   #9 
  - She reminds me of Richard Nixon if he had been....  walkaway   Jun-30-09 10:37 AM   #10 
  - She isn't stupid at all  eridani   Jul-01-09 05:57 AM   #38 
     - I don't think she's above average in inteligence. That isn't the part of her brain or personality  KittyWampus   Jul-01-09 11:20 AM   #41 
  - Good reading!  sinkingfeeling   Jun-30-09 10:37 AM   #11 
  - That was an interesting article-- thanks. I'm no psychologist, but Palin strikes me  Marr   Jun-30-09 10:42 AM   #12 
  - A blockbuster? In what respect, Political Wire?  rocktivity   Jun-30-09 10:49 AM   #13 
  - But competence at one's job is not a republican trait, to begin with.  loudsue   Jun-30-09 12:23 PM   #24 
  - McCain's campaign was given a directive by Fundie operators to take on Palin. The fact McCain  KittyWampus   Jul-01-09 11:26 AM   #42 
     - Well, here's what I wrote on DU back then  rocktivity   Jul-03-09 05:01 PM   #43 
  - This article brings back such fond memories  me b zola   Jun-30-09 10:50 AM   #14 
  - Reading it now-the Charlie Gibson interview "went more or less fine"?  underpants   Jun-30-09 10:51 AM   #15 
  - Is that as much of a joke to the nation  redqueen   Jun-30-09 12:21 PM   #22 
  - Well, they should not have let McCain get talkedinto the selection. He should have picked  Captain Hilts   Jun-30-09 11:02 AM   #17 
  - Anti-fascists: Please note the Malek connection  RufusTFirefly   Jun-30-09 11:06 AM   #18 
  - Palin as god?  kpete   Jun-30-09 11:32 AM   #19 
  - I can't wait to her failin's rebuttal. It has class written all over it.  Javaman   Jun-30-09 11:36 AM   #20 
  - If every comedian and writer ridiculed Palin at the same time she would go  Raschel   Jun-30-09 01:50 PM   #29 
  - Good article, thanks! Great description of McCain as having  alsame   Jun-30-09 12:14 PM   #21 
  - You know what I learned from the article?  Papa Boule   Jun-30-09 12:23 PM   #23 
  - K&R n/t  myrna minx   Jun-30-09 12:30 PM   #25 
  - Countdown to her tearful demands of an apology from the author of the article!  bullwinkle428   Jun-30-09 12:33 PM   #26 
  - From NY Mag: The Most Unflattering Parts of Vanity Fair’s Sarah Palin Profile  No DUplicitous DUpe   Jun-30-09 01:28 PM   #27 
  - "she is by far the best-looking woman ever to rise to such heights in national politics"  noiretextatique   Jun-30-09 03:15 PM   #30 
  - seriously. That's just biazarre  Iris   Jul-01-09 12:27 AM   #37 
  - Thanks for the links - going to read 'em now, didn't realize that much stuff was out there. nt  DeschutesRiver   Jun-30-09 04:05 PM   #31 
  - We knew all of this  malaise   Jun-30-09 06:53 PM   #32 
  - Boycott Vanity Fair!!  Dappleganger   Jun-30-09 07:00 PM   #34 
  - What does it say, that a politician who is proud of her ignorance, is accepted and applauded?  seafan   Jun-30-09 10:23 PM   #35 
  - palin  maglatinavi   Jun-30-09 10:46 PM   #36 
  - All raw, no talent.  david13   Jul-01-09 10:58 AM   #39 
  - And here they where trying their hardest to sell  Hutzpa   Jul-01-09 11:04 AM   #40 
 

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