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| Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann comment on Sarah Palin |
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On the same day that the Republicans were forced
to dramatically cut back their convention
activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with
extraordinary speed. It's worth pondering the
totality of what happened today, in a mere half
day...
* The news that Palin once backed the Bridge to
Nowhere went national.
* It emerged that Palin has links to the bizarro
Alaska Independence Party, which harbors the goal
of seceding from the union that McCain and Palin
seek to lead.
* The news broke that as governor, Palin relied on
an earmark system she now opposes. Taken along
with the Bridge to Nowhere stuff, this threatens
to undercut her reformist image, something that
was key to her selection as McCain's Veep
candidate.
* The news broke that Palin's 17-year-old daughter
became pregnant out of wedlock at a time when the
conservative base had finally started rallying
behind McCain's candidacy.
* Barely moments after McCain advisers put out
word that McCain had known of Bristol Palin's
pregnancy, the Anchorage Daily News revealed that
Palin's own spokesperson hadn't known about it
only two days ago.
* A senior McCain adviser at the Republican
convention was forced into the rather embarrassing
position of arguing that McCain had known about
the pregnancy "last week" -- without saying what
day last week he knew about it.
* It came out that Republican lawyers are up in
Alaska vetting Palin -- now, more than 72 hours
after it was announced that she'd been picked.
* Palin lawyered up in relation to the
trooper-gate probe in Alaska -- a move that
ensures far more serious attention to the story
from the major news orgs.
What else will come out today? After all, there
are still six hours left until September 2nd...
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/20
08/09/the_palin_meltdown_in_slomo.php
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