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John McCain: Sarah Palin Was a Better Candidate Than Romney

POSTED BY: KWICKO
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 15:52
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:38 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defended Mitt Romney from Democratic speculation that he passed on him as a 2008 running mate after reviewing his tax returns, saying Sarah Palin was simply the better choice at the time.

McCain called the tax claims “outrageous” and “disgraceful” in an interview with Politico Tuesday. He said he chose Palin “because we thought that Sarah Palin was the better candidate.”

“Why did we not take [Tim] Pawlenty, why did we not take any of the other 10 other people,” McCain said. “Why didn’t I? Because we had a better candidate, the same way with all the others. … Come on, why? That’s a stupid question.”

Former McCain adviser Steve Schmidt told the Huffington Post this week that the campaign was primarily concerned Romney’s vast wealth would make the ticket difficult to sell to average Americans, but didn’t believe Romney’s taxes were a liability. Schmidt also said he never personally saw 23 years of tax returns Romney provided to McCain during the vetting process.





http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/john-mccain-sarah-palin-romn
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Wonder if he still thinks she's the better candidate...


The funniest part of this whole thing is that McCain was trying to DEFEND Romney when he torpedoed him this way. I think Frem says it best: "HEY YOU - GET OFFA MY SIDE!!!"





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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:26 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



And Romney is a better candidate than Obama.... so what ?

Funny, McCain praises Palin, NOW, when nano seconds after she was named to his team, his own staff started sabotaging her, and mishandling the campaign, at almost every level.

Where was McCain's praise for her then? Why didn't he fire incompetent members of his staff, when he still had a chance to win ?


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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:52 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by AURaptor:


Where was McCain's praise for her then? Why didn't he fire incompetent members of his staff, when he still had a chance to win ?



Because he'd just chosen one as his running mate, and it wouldn't have looked good to fire her so soon after choosing her!




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