“I would not be in the U.S. Senate today if it were not for Governor Palin,” Cruz said.”
Balderdash.
Who cares about the excuses, sweep overs and hide the nut alibies for why Sarah got her clock cleaned? No one HAS to be a sucker for the obvious. Couric tactics have been on display for years. You don’t see Cruz on the cutting room floor. There are reasons for that, you know. He is smart enough for combat a filter is one reason, or has the chops to negotiate outcomes and then get it in writing.
If not Sarah herself showing a sliver of calculated smarts, the McCain campaign itself could have and should have negotiated for non-cut status of the Couric take down interview, or DECLINED the damn thing entirely!
It was a fiasco, an example of not ready for prime time, and there were MANY.
“I would not be in the U.S. Senate today if it were not for Governor Palin,” Cruz said.”
And your reply is BS.
re: Who cares about the excuses, sweep overs and hide the nut alibies for why Sarah got her clock cleaned? No one HAS to be a sucker for the obvious.
Yes they do if they're only the VP candidate in a Presidential race; they have to follow the instructions of the Presidential candidate and the staff he puts in charge. Palin was ordered to do the interview following the guidelines dictated by Nichole Wallace and Steve Schmidt, both of whom were closet Romney supporters and opposed Palin's selection as VP.
If not Sarah herself showing a sliver of calculated smarts, the McCain campaign itself could have and should have negotiated for non-cut status of the Couric take down interview, or DECLINED the damn thing entirely!
Again, Palin was following the orders of the McCain's campaign managers. That's what VP candidates have to do. Cruz himself is probably actually trying for a VP spot since he blew his chances for the top spot with his sophistry on TPA/TPP. Palin was not in a position to dictate the conditions/terms or refuse the interview.
Further, Nichole Wallace and Couric were friends, and Wallace deliberately set Palin up in hopes that McCain might decide to replace her on the ticket (it was early enough for that to be feasible).
The only valid point you made was that Palin was a bit naive and inexperienced regarding the ins and out of national campaigns. She didn't know the people she was dealing with and probably never dreamed she'd be sabotaged by members of her own team. She learned quickly, and demonstrated it by single-handedly rallying the McCain campaign and preventing him from suffering an ignominious blowout.
Palin had some serious faults, but the Couric interview debacle was not solely, nor even mainly, her responsibility.