[dmz]

The mission was to keep the first female candidate elected to high office, from being a Republican.
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I think you are premature in your notion that a conspiracy was afoot to keep Gov Palin out of the veep mansion.

Did not the GOP seal its own fate with the nomination of McCain? Could he or would he have won with anyone less than the reincarnation of Reagan?

[Deb]

When he named her, the media was expecting Pawlenty and they had a full box of mud ready to throw at him, but when he named Sarah and the conservatives went nuts and the McCain numbers jumped, it scared the crap out of them. They dedicated every waking second to destroying her, her Governship and her family.

We probably know that McCain was doomed, but they got blind-sided. A grassroots movement that builds behind her presidency for the next five years is their biggest nightmare. They're trying to take her out permanently now.