Posted on 03/26/2009 1:24:04 PM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Some of Sarah Palin's former campaign aides are frustrated with the Alaska governor for remarking in a lengthy, freewheeling speech that she had refused to pray with them before last October's vice presidential debate.
Palin told the story in a speech to a GOP dinner in Alaska last Friday.
"So I'm looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra," she said of the moments before the debate. "And the McCain campaign, love 'em, you know, they're a lot of people around me, but nobody I could find that I wanted to hold hands with and pray."
As the audience laughed, Palin noted that she meant no disrespect to the McCain campaign and that ended up saying a prayer with her daughter Piper.
A handful of the McCain campaign staffers who traveled with Palin nearly every day for two months caught wind of Palin's remarks on Thursday morning — and they aren't thrilled with her quip.
"We all talked this A.M.," said one former Palin aide in an e-mail. "This set off a nerve for sure with a lot of people."
"It's yet another example of the few staff still loyal to Palin questioning their loyalty and ardent defense of her over the several months since the campaign," said the aide, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about campaign colleagues.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
It wasn’t pettiness; it was a skillful use of an anecdote to reveal an important issue from the campaign.
That’s why they’re screaming and squealing like the stuck pigs that they are.
If that’s what you think then you truly have no grasp on politics in DC. Palin got railroaded because she went along with the McCain campaign and his handlers. They wanted her to be something she wasn’t instead of the ‘maverick’ trailblazer they asked to be on the ticket. When Sarah finally decided to be Sarah, it was too late to undo what the McCain staffers had already done. When did Sarah take control? The VP debate with Biden.
Exactly right. Palin has zero reason to lie about this. These anonymous staffers have every reason to lie, and the fact that not one of them has the guts to reveal his or her name speaks volumes. An anonymous source is a liar half the time and a coward all the time.
In this case, the anonymous source may be a figment of the willing media's imagination, or just a grumbling low level staffer.
Goodness knows we can't have smiles, children, Jesus, and charm. Oh, the horror.
Honestly, where are you getting this crap? Rhetorical question. I know where you're getting it. You bought the Dem campaign propaganda, hook, line, and sinker.
She wasn't ready for the "big time"? She IS the big time. Governor of Alaska IS the big time. (Certainly more than two-year senator from Illinois.) Governor Palin is a woman of extraordinary accomplishment who was hobbled by a very weak running mate.
I’m not at all religious but I would have gladly prayed with her as a sign of respect for the woman and the job she was asked to do.
Palin 2012!
Oh, we SHOULD pray for That One. We should pray for his CONVERSION, like we Catholics used to do for Communist Russia. ;o)
Wow....
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