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Irony of the Day

By Robert Stacy McCain on 10.24.08 @ 12:34PM

McCain campaign aides are accusing Sarah Palin of not being a "team player":

This faction has come to believe that Palin, perhaps unwittingly subconsciously or otherwise, has begun to play Sen. McCain off of the base, consistently and deliberately departed from the campaign's message of the day in ways that damage McCain. . . .
The complaints extend all the back to Palin's vice presidential vetting. Major disclosures, issue positions and associations did not come up, and the campaign was so overwhelmed with new information early on, it largely abandoned an effort to defend them individually.

Ironic, eh? Supporters of John McCain -- who just a few years ago reportedly considered switching to the Democratic Party, who wanted to name Joe Lieberman as his running mate, who wanted to fire SEC Chairman Chris Cox and replace him with Andrew Cuomo -- accuse Sarah Palin of disloyalty.

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Bullpup| 10.24.08 @ 12:47PM

If the McCain aides think that Sarah Palin is the problem they have another thing coming. McCain isnt the reason people are fired up about his campaign. While McCain will probably earn the regular GOP/Conservative voters, Palin is the one who makes regular GOP/Conservative voters into ACTIVISTS.

james23| 10.24.08 @ 3:37PM

Meanwhile, moderate and liberal Republicans, the group McCAin was supposedly ideally suited to win over, are publicly abandoning him for Obama. Palin isn't the weak link in this ticket.

Oliver| 10.24.08 @ 5:02PM

...But according to polls, the number one reason that people are worried about voting McCain is that don't think Palin is ready to be president. So yeah, Palin is the weak link on the ticket. But please, ignore me and nominate her in 2012. ...For that will be hilarious.

mnotaro| 10.25.08 @ 12:40PM

Palin is more ready to be President than the Presidential nominee Obama! Obama doesn't have any experience! He has missed 45% of his Senate votes! Who in their right mind would then elect him to run our country?! The left wing illuminati are just using Obama for his good looks and personality to get a democrat puppet into the White House and it's working and the American people are actually falling for it!