This cannot possibly be true:
The campaign of John McCain has sent a staff of eight people into Alaska to conduct background checks and vetting on Governor Sarah Palin.
Via. What a clown show.
September 1, 2008
Please be sure to close the barn door after letting the horses run out
Posted by The Editors under Uncategorized[21] Comments
September 1, 2008 at 10:40 am
Nope. They’re there to intimidate folks in town.
September 1, 2008 at 11:52 am
It’s not a clown show. They are going to AK to see if they can SHUT DOWN any real fact-finding, a la Sasquatch and Bartlett did with TANG.
September 1, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Crazy.
September 1, 2008 at 4:15 pm
to be fair she hasn’t probably got enough of a record in office to dig up anything too problematic. minor abuses of executive authority to help out family and friends, friendly ties to big oil most likely to be the worst of it; par for the course in the Republican party I would have thought.
September 1, 2008 at 4:17 pm
First stop: Bristol Palin’s future husband. Purpose: to tell him to shut the fuck up. And if he’s some 25-year-old trucker, maybe a little envelope of cash for good measure.
September 1, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Incidentally, The Editors, in the case of Sarah Palin it appears that the rats do fuck themselves!
September 1, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I agree. There’s no doubt that you wouldn’t publicly send “seven lawyers” to do vetting after the fact. Even the clown show that is the republican party isn’t that lame (well, maybe they are but in this case, no).
They’re there to shut down any more inquiries and threaten people who might talk.
It’s called damage control and, as history demonstrates, that is something the republicans are excellent at.
September 1, 2008 at 4:56 pm
It pains me to say it, but you all may be on to something.
September 1, 2008 at 4:58 pm
The Obama campaign has impressed me with world-class Hollywood production values.
The GOP, not so much, with the Wasilla-quality stuff.
September 1, 2008 at 5:12 pm
McCain must have liked Northern Exposure at little too much. Come to think of it, he’s Maurice.
September 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm
The campaign of John McCain has sent a staff of eight people
You can spot ‘em coming because they wear their underwear on the outside.
September 1, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Poor poor pitiful Romney. Got passed over for a virtually unknown and inexperienced small-state female governor with a pregnant unwed daughter. What a karmic kick in the balls — unless, of course, McCain dumps Palin and second-choices Romney, in which case it’s a karmic handjob.
September 1, 2008 at 6:03 pm
It’s Captain Underpants! Tra la laaaa!
September 1, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Witness the Palin Document Dump:
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/politicalinsider/2008/09/mccains-holiday-news-dump.html
Jesus, I’m dizzy.
September 1, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Awesome.
What is it with all these fuckers named Tucker?
September 1, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Palin’s membership in the Alaska Independence Party (a secessionist group) is a deal breaker and sets in motion a death by a thousand cuts. Imho, she is now too radioactive to continue on the ticket and will resign.
$10 says it’ll happen before she’s voted on at the convention.
September 1, 2008 at 7:48 pm
$10 says it’ll happen before she’s voted on at the convention.
Please, no. Please let her a least receive the nomination.
September 1, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Hurricane fever, catch it!
No one could have predicted that a category 2 hurricane would not have been as damaging as a category 5 hurricane.
September 1, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Hurricane Sarah is increasing from a category 3 to a category 4 as it heads towards downtown St. Paul. Forecasters have predicted blowback approaching 100 MPH. Under mandatory evacuation orders from Rove Central, George W. Bush, Dick Chenet and thousands of other Republicans have soiled their pants and either left the area or never arrived.
Norm Coleman has offered to put his finger in the dyke for the good of the party.
September 2, 2008 at 7:33 am
I knew the editors, the editors was a friend of mine, you sir are no the editors – the real the editors would have never written:
“Please be sure to close the barn door after letting the horses run out”
but instead:
“Please be sure to close the barn door after letting the ponies run out”
what have the editors done with the editors?!?!
September 5, 2008 at 5:27 pm
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