By Stephen C. Rose
WHOOPS: PALIN AFFAIR ALLEGED SOURCE
OK, I need to explain why I am posting this. This story will either be a major game changer that leads to Palin's resignation, a consummation McCain probably devoutly wishes. Or it will be a massive distraction that becomes the campaign. I see no alternative to one of these outcomes.
Why am I posting this item from the National Enquirer.
Following Jonestown, I wrote an in depth journalistic account of events in Guyana called Jesus and Jim Jones.
I date from that time in 1978 the TABLOIDIZATION of American journalism. This is because the National Enquirer had more salient and reliable reporting on the reality of Jonestown than the MSM of the time.
In the case of this Palin item, I approach it exactly as I approached it then. I have been aware of this possible story almost since Palin's nomination. But until it broke for real, I made no mention of it. Now that the Enquirer is willing to stand by it, as they did with the John Edwards story, I am more than willing to let the chips fall where they may.
McCain did not vett Sarah Palin and now the chickens are coming home to roost big time. The shabby soap opera continues. But unfortunately this is an overload the nation does not need. McCain has destroyed Sarah Palin. I half believe she will be OUT before the Veep debate.
To those who think this is a new thing in American politics, I refer them to Grover Cleveland's story -- told in a tabloid of the time.
And I lay the major blame with McCain. With a substantial dollop to Palin if she did not reveal the affair. Lord knows, this is as common as milk. We are dealing with a convention whose political uses remain manifold but whose actual import is increasingly irrelevant.
pervails. It seems that equality is getting an upper hand, with a black man running for President
the neo-cons are scared to death, that people of color will soon be running this country. Of course if Obama becomes President, that will not be true, but that's what they think. They will not vote for
Obama under any circumstances, the color is what matters to them, that's why suddenly Hillary
Clinton, became a favorite for a while, simply because she's white, anything but a black Obama.
But the dice is slowing falling onto the crap table and it looks like its going to cost him plenty.
Well Senator, you gambled that the voters in this country were stupid- you lost. You gambled that women would vote based on hairstyle, glasses and perkiness= you lost And you gambled that the office of the VP does nothing but attend diplomat's funeral.-----you lost.
Snake eyes.
http://newsone.com/elections/article/top-5-palin-scandals
We have yet to do so with Palin.
I have to know if she is an End-Times believer in association with the likes of Hagee. There is a close association with her churches and Hagee.
I want to know if she is planning on nuking Iran to bring on the Apocalypse. I want to know if she believes her purpose if to fulfill the End-Times prophesy.
To me, this trumps all other issues.
With conservatives turning on her as they are, the McCain gang will find themselves with no other choice than to replace her (with Mitt Romney is my guess).
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I am tired of rumors and cheap shots about Palin and the fact that she is female.
It is none of our business if she had an affair or if her unmarried teenage daughter is pregnant or if she chose to travel when in labor with a Downs Syndrome baby or if men secretly lust for her.
Get real, people. She's a candidate for vice-president. Judge her on her qualifications to do the job. And, on that matter, she is less intelligent than Dan Quayle in 1988 and more arrogant and ignorant than George W. Bush in 2000. Electing her would be dangerous. Women know this. Even Republicans know this. She is worse than unqualified. Vote Obama-Biden. Please.
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As far as Palin being attacked because she's female: The NE reported the same sort of affair on Edwards, so your point in rendered invalid.
We may have a repeat of this week's will-he-show-up question. But this time it will be who-will-show-up? Palin or her last minute replacement?
A side note: The McCain campaign would paint a Palin withdrawal as stone-throwing outrage committed by media and all who like Obama, hoping thereby to gain massive sympathy. The only response would be the one I have already made -- McCain is culpable for not having vetted and for bringing a demonstrably vulnerable woman into the maelstrom of media attention.
The model of dealing with this issue is NYC's Gov. Paterson who simply acknowledged when asked abour affairs said sure.
Pros:
1) Republicans who were avoiding McCain because of Palin might breathe a sigh of relief and vote for him.
Cons:
1) It plays into the "erratic, desperate" frame that's already growing around his campaign.
2) Many of the religious right will drop their temporary enthusiasm and stay home on election day. In other words, bye bye base.
I hear that when she was in New York she gained more foreign policy experience because she could see the Russian Tea Room from her suite.
I think Barack is doing building blocks and that the structure is getting stronger daily. The post=debate strategy has been masterful.