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Palin: Couric was "Badgering" and Biased
CBS News ^ | 11-12-09 | AP

Posted on 11/12/2009 3:21:41 PM PST by nomoremods

The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family.

And she says that most of her legal bills were generated defending what she called frivolous ethics complaints, but she reveals that about $500,000 was a bill she received to pay for the McCain campaign vetting her for the VP nod.

She said when she asked the McCain campaign if it would help her financially, she was told McCain's camp would have paid all the bills if he'd won; since he lost, the vetting legal bills were her responsibility.

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To: BufordP; Since 2009-07-21
And Buford reels in another one.


101 posted on 11/12/2009 7:18:27 PM PST by 50mm (AARP is a steaming pile)
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To: nomoremods

How could a campaign spend $500,000 vetting a VP candidate?

The entire US Press Corps spent about 3 nickels vetting Obama.


102 posted on 11/12/2009 7:20:48 PM PST by cookcounty ("O-bama, O-bama, Ya ba Ouna, Ya ba Ma !!")
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Bret Bair sucks lemons. He was on Rush sound bites. He was one of the left wing talking points montage.


103 posted on 11/12/2009 7:26:04 PM PST by Brimack34
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To: nomoremods
Please note:

It's $50,000, not $500,000

Not that it changes the disgusting principle of it.

104 posted on 11/12/2009 7:27:39 PM PST by cookcounty ("O-bama, O-bama, Ya ba Ouna, Ya ba Ma !!")
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To: 50mm

It was pretty cool, even if for a brief moment I thought I was having a stroke.


105 posted on 11/12/2009 7:28:22 PM PST by Since 2009-07-21
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To: Brimack34

I twittered him telling him what he did wrong. He has also been receiving emails, according to an email he wrote to someone that posts on C4P, he said he will correct this horrible mistake tomorrow on his show and apologize


106 posted on 11/12/2009 7:34:47 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rabscuttle385
She writes at length about Couric. She says that the idea to meet with Couric came from McCain campaign aide Nicolle Wallace, who told Palin that Couric - also a working mother - liked and admired her. It would be a favor to Couric, too, whom Palin notes had the lowest ratings of the network anchors. Wallace said Couric suffered from low self-esteem. And Palin replied that she almost began to "feel sorry" for Couric.

So the McCain people set her up, and threw her to the wolves and when the interview didn't go well, they never defended her. And it was their idea that she should have been interviewed by that harpy.

107 posted on 11/12/2009 7:36:35 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul

“McCain campaign aide Nicolle Wallace, who told Palin that Couric - also a working mother - liked and admired her”

Wallace is a legit dimwit....anybody who thought Couric was a good idea has no clue...

Ok, so who is daddy country clubber that got Nicole into the RNC and WH. She was also running communications strategy for Bush....nice job selling the war too Nicolle.

“L”


108 posted on 11/12/2009 7:41:56 PM PST by rbmillerjr (It's us against them...the Establishment RINOs vs rank and file...Sarah Palin or bust)
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To: nomoremods

109 posted on 11/12/2009 7:43:46 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: rbmillerjr

I agree. No wonder McCain dropped the ball on Election 2008 with advisers like Wallace!


110 posted on 11/12/2009 7:49:31 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: wiggen

Thank you for correcting the $500,000 figure. I was hoping someone would catch that before I got to the end of the thread. People read too fast and lose a lot of comprehension. $50,000 is bad enough.


111 posted on 11/12/2009 8:49:07 PM PST by WVNan
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To: nomoremods; rabscuttle385
Here, let's help McCain pay his vetting bills so Sarah won't have to:


112 posted on 11/12/2009 9:08:47 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Hussein Obama: the country's greatest firearms salesman!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Where’s Diddly Dee Scozza Fava Beans and Wayne the Pain Gilchrest?


113 posted on 11/12/2009 9:10:27 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Hussein Obama: the country's greatest firearms salesman!)
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To: nomoremods

Ironic, since most of the money that POS Juan received was BECAUSE of Palin alone. McLame’s got plenty of his own money that he could have used to pay this bill. The ONLY reason I voted was to vote FOR Palin against Zero. McLame wasn’t even part of my consideration.

But he is now. He’s right up there with Zero and the other traitors to America on my S-List.


114 posted on 11/12/2009 11:23:20 PM PST by XenaLee
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To: WVNan

you’re quite welcome. i hope you read further and saw it was an issue with the original article and not the poster.


115 posted on 11/13/2009 2:11:13 AM PST by wiggen (Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
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To: Non-Sequitur
If Sarah thinks things were bad this time wait'll she runs again.

Unfortunately, you are quite correct. IMHO, her resignation will certainly be a campaign issue, as well as the plethora of ethics complaints--both frivilous and substantiated. I also think that more of her SarahPAC donations could become an issue, unless she gets some competent advice in that area.

(Ducking for the incoming Palinista posts hurling the dreaded "PDS" and "Sarah hater" labels) Deal with it, kiddies, and try to have a good day.

116 posted on 11/13/2009 3:17:35 AM PST by MaggieCarta (We're all Detroiters now.)
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To: MaggieCarta

“(Ducking for the incoming Palinista posts hurling the dreaded “PDS” and “Sarah hater” labels) Deal with it, kiddies, and try to have a good day.”

yawn
zzzzzz


117 posted on 11/13/2009 3:31:01 AM PST by rbmillerjr (It's us against them...the Establishment RINOs vs rank and file...Sarah Palin or bust)
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To: cookcounty

They also say that the $50,000 was for Troopergate, nothing at all to do with the campaign or campaign vetting.


118 posted on 11/13/2009 3:31:47 AM PST by Cardhu
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To: calex59

On the bright side, he did bring Sarah Palin into the realm of national politics, and I’m grateful for that.

We need more like her.


119 posted on 11/13/2009 5:47:17 AM PST by Frenchtown Dan
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To: nomoremods

Isn’t Couric the one who admitted on nationwide TV that she was too stupid to come up with her own questions, and had to contact 0bama campaign worker, Sam Nunn, and get advice from him?


120 posted on 11/13/2009 6:38:19 AM PST by euram
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