Rick Davis Calls Palin's $150,000 Shopping Spree A "Failure Of Management"

CNN:

(CNN) -- Rick Davis, the campaign manager for former John McCain's White House bid came to Sarah Palin's defense in an upcoming interview with the National Review, saying the now-infamous $150,000 clothing tab for the Alaska governor was caused by a "failure of management."

In the interview, set for publication next week, Davis notes Palin's appearance at the Republican convention came only days after she was named to the GOP ticket, and the Alaska governor had few clothes on hand that were appropriate for the event.

"We flew her out from Alaska to Arizona to Ohio to introduce her to the world and take control of her life. She didn't think 'dress for the convention', because it might have just been a nice day trip to Arizona if she didn't click with John. Very little prep had been done and if it had, we might have gotten picked off by the press. We were under incredible scrutiny."

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Comments

[hdohighdesertobserver]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

If you give money to the GOP, they'll spend it on chocolate covered diamonds. They don't know what to do with the power they covet. They steal and torture and coerce and influence with it.

Nothing positive. Nothing for others.

They stink of incompetence and egomania.

[INDYBIGT]

Like diamonds on the soles of their shoes.

[Woodguy]

Rick Davis said this situation was a "Failure of Management".
I'm going to respond by quoting what my high school students used to say to me when I would state the obvious: "Duh, ya think?!?"

[rich misty]

Hmmmm..... The GOP is a failure of management, end-to-end

[GuidedByEwoks]

Failure of management... that's why you won't be allowed to have a failure of government.

[lungfish]

A "Failure of Management"?..... that's an understatement similar to Paulson's "Mistakes were made.".

Palin's choice was a failure of management that will come back to bite them again and again because that chick has got her fingernails dug in and will do whatever it takes to get more power. They really created a monster...

[rosiebond007]

Too right !!!

[Budokan]

This Rick Davis loon looks like Jeffery Dahlmer. Just sayin'.

[Niece]

You're right. He does favor that man a little.

[INDYBIGT]

An illegitimate son.

[RISwampyankee]

Now that you mention it...yeah.

[DMHendrix]

OMG...he does! Through the campaign I kept trying to figure out who the heck he reminded me of and you just solved that little mystery.

[BlueOnBlue]

Rick, we already know the entire campaign was a failure of management. The clothes were the least of your stumbles.

[Gmoney1]

As if we did not know - the whole party is a FAILURE - H-ello-

[mapleaforever]

How's different from the facts the leakers divulged? We gave her a $25K budget and she and her brood went apsh!t on us. We didn't manage that bunch of opportunistic backwater yahoos because they abused every parameter we gave them. She wouldn't stay on message at the rallies and refused every offer of briefing assistance. In short, we couldn't manage the unmanageable.

No defence of Davis but Palin is beyond any rational comprehension.

[Doofus]

Note to the future Repo Man (of 2012):

Just spitballin' here, but probably NOT a
good idea to let mega-lobbyists, super
lobbyists, ultra-lobbyists, and their lobbyist
buddies run your campaign. Evidently, they
are clueless.

[grizhead63]

Tony Soprano would be envious of Rick.

[sacrebleu]

Seriously, look at that photo of Rick Davis and tell me he is not a member of the tortoise family.

[CyberGal619]

Jeffrey Dahmer

[stgadt]

it is the 2 fingered forehead group -

[hortonhearsawho]

We kept all the money in a big bag. Its all gone now.

[AlligatorShuz]

She said she had never heard of Neiman Marcus but she bought her seven year old daughter a $430.00 Louis Vuitton handbag. And they also used one of the Credit Cards from Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue of a billionaire doner for those hillbillies to shop at very fine department stores.

[happypup]

Lets see now...............

The Campaign Manager says it was " a failure of management.". I guess that is Risk Davis speak for, "It was my fault"?

And then Sarah Palin claims she was forced to buy clothing?

I think it should be obvious to all why they lost...............

[hortonhearsawho]

Turns out any Joe F***** could have worked on this campaign, at any level.