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If McCain had won, team discussed dumping Palin (Top McCain '08 adviser Charlie Black: Not true)
Washington Times ^ | Wednesday October 5, 2011 | Bryon York

Posted on 10/05/2011 1:40:22 PM PDT by Bigtigermike

"The idea of a mentally ill vice president who suffers in complete isolation was obviously sparked by the behaviors I witnessed by Sarah Palin," Wallace tells Time. "What if somebody who was ill-equipped for the office were to ascend to the presidency or vice presidency? What would they do? How long would it take for people to figure it out? I became consumed by this question."

It's not surprising that Wallace would choose a public forum to portray Palin in such a negative light. Wallace's name was near the center of post-campaign speculation about unhappiness with Palin within the McCain team. But now, Wallace has added a new and striking element to the story: She says the McCain team discussed the question of whether, if McCain had won the 2008 election, it would have been "appropriate" for Palin to actually take office.

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UPDATE: I just spoke with Charlie Black, who was McCain's top campaign adviser in the 2008 race. "I never heard any such discussions," Black told me. "There were no discussions like that with McCain, or I think I would have known about them. That doesn't mean some subset of the senior staff might have talked to each other about it."

(Excerpt) Read more at campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jealoushag; lie; mccain; nicolewallace; palin; sarahpalin
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Well, I’d say they are afraid she will dismantle their little playhouse of power, deception, and corruption.
Just a guess.
You know, a power-to-the-people thing.


81 posted on 10/05/2011 3:06:00 PM PDT by GlockLady ( If you're going to make change, you're going to piss people off. And, Sarah doesn't care. - Todd)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Do what I do when the RINO/elitists/establishment pukes stick another knife in her back; donate to SarahPAC, buy a couple of Undefeated DVDs, and take names.


82 posted on 10/05/2011 3:08:16 PM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can go to hell.)
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To: Bigtigermike

These Romneybots will do ANYTHING to get their Ripon Republican liberal candidate into the White House.


83 posted on 10/05/2011 3:10:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
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To: Bigtigermike

Sarah Palin right now telling Mark Levin that she’s not running!!


84 posted on 10/05/2011 3:19:29 PM PDT by PALIN SMITH (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: onyx

bump.


85 posted on 10/05/2011 3:39:10 PM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: Bigtigermike

We knew there were members of the McCain staff that hated her. They threw marbles under her feet at every turn, fortunately for her, after the first major stumble she learned FAST not to trust them and to do her own thing.


86 posted on 10/05/2011 3:54:04 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Please don't be a Freeploader, help to keep the lights on.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Wouldn’t have been possible. She is elected by the Electors in a ballot just like he would have been. It would have required impeachment or resignation - can’t just “fire” her like a cabinet post.


87 posted on 10/05/2011 4:43:19 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative

McCain hired liberals on his staff and they hate Christian conservatives more than they support anything else - including McCain.

McBackstabber strikes again! This time the Rinos on his staff were stabbing him in the back as they bloodied his VP Palin. Rinos are back stabbers.


88 posted on 10/05/2011 8:32:40 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: DTxAg

If it wasn’t for Palin, McCain would have lost 49 states.


89 posted on 10/06/2011 4:12:42 AM PDT by nonliberal (Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
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To: RedMonqey
“What if somebody who was ill-equipped for the office were to ascend to the presidency or vice presidency?

Biden

Or the "One" himself?

the infowarrior

90 posted on 10/06/2011 7:33:26 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: infowarrior
Or the "One" himself?

How did I miss that one!!

I stand corrected ;-)

91 posted on 10/06/2011 11:58:13 AM PDT by RedMonqey (A politician's integrity is usually only as strong as his poll numbers.)
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