back atcha', John: Sarah Palin's advisors decide that it is time for her to meet a bunch of serious world leaders. They head to Europe, where, first up, she has an appointment with the Pope. The Pope and some of his Cardinals invite her for a boat ride on the Tiber. As they are sitting in the gondola talking, a wind starts up and blows the Pope's hat into the water. Palin looks around and realizes that no one is going to do anything about it, so she calmy rises, takes off her her high heels, and steps off the side of the boat. Instead of diving into the water, however, she walks across it, to the hat, picks it up and walks back across the water to the boat. She climbs in, hands the Pope his hat and continues discussing whatever it was they had been talking about. The Cardinals are open mouthed in astonishment at what they have just seen. The news media, in nearby boats are busy discussing among themselves how to report it. Headlines the next day at the New York Times, The Washington Post and the networks all blare: "New Revelation: Sarah Palin Can't Swim."
On Oct 25, 2008, at 7:36 PM, John D wrote: > > If I tell you where I found this, you'll immediately say, "Well, just > look at the source. It's all lies & etc." > But I mentioned this before. Without talking about what either party > will do once in office, just look how the campaign is running-- McCain > is imploding, and has been for quite a while now. OK, here's the text, > rip it to shreds for all I care: > > " . . . Internal tensions . . . are roiling the McCain campaign, > with many Palin allies voicing their unhappiness at how the campaign > has been run. According to Smith, there are now "stirrings of a Palin > insurgency." Some of the highlights: > > Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to > disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her, > creating occasionally tense situations as she travels the country with > them. Those Palin supporters, inside the campaign and out, said Palin > blames her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image > -- even as others in McCain's camp blame the pick of the relatively > inexperienced Alaska governor, and her public performance, for > McCain's decline. > > "She's lost confidence in most of the people on the plane," said a > senior Republican who speaks to Palin, referring to her campaign jet. > He said Palin had begun to "go rogue" in some of her public > pronouncements and decisions.[...] > Anger among Republicans who see Palin as a star and as a potential > future leader has boiled over because, they say, they see other senior > McCain aides preparing to blame her in the event he is defeated. > > "These people are going to try and shred her after the campaign to > divert blame from themselves," said a McCain insider, referring to > McCain's chief strategist, Steve Schmidt, and to Nicolle Wallace, a > former Bush aide who has taken a lead role in Palin's campaign. [...] > > "A number of Governor Palin's staff have not had her best interests at > heart and they have not had the campaign's best interests at heart," > fumed the McCain insider, noting that Wallace left an executive job at > CBS to join the campaign." > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
