Slog - Comments on What's McCain Got Against Vetting Anyway? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway Perhaps McCain didn't fully vet Palin because he didn't care for the vetting process himself? A friend writes... Back in 1996 McCain was a finalist to be Bob Dole's running mate, and by all accounts, he was a one of the last ones left. That said, my memory says it was reported at the time, prior to the internet saving our every sneeze, that McCain bristled at the vetting of him and his wife... particularly her family's beer distributor business. Obviously he wasn't chosen and he might feel the vetting has something to do with it. I am guessing, fast... Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:56:31 -0800 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:38:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Suz This whole thing has me perplexed. Go ahead a choose a woman as VP, but why this woman? There have to be more qualified Republican woman out there than Palin. I really don't understand how they could have chosen her.

]]> Suz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120076 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:01:18 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Ironically McCain's first car was a 'Vette.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120090 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:13:29 -0800 Comment by Joe M Myrtle Beach? Honestly Cokie. Obama is from Chicago, so if you expect him to vacation in a cheesy, shithole tourist trap, he should be going to the Wisconsin Dells.

]]> Joe M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120138 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:47:22 -0800 Comment by The Incredible Sulk I'm John McCain, and I approve of Sarah Palin's hot fundy booty.

Matter of fact, in my mind, I'm groping it right now.

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

]]> The Incredible Sulk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120141 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:48:41 -0800 Comment by K @1: Maybe she's the only patriarchal fundie in the bunch. Oh, and she's staunchly pro-oil. Hell, all of Alaska gets a check each year from Alaskan oil industry profits. I'm sure if you asked Alaskans whether or not to punch holes throughout the ANWR they'd come over with their own drills.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120177 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:10:08 -0800 Comment by consistency Just curious... mightabin? Not mightabeen? if you're going to change been into bin, why include all the useless consonants of might? mytabin mightabeen more consistent.

.02

]]> consistency http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120188 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120188 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:16:20 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Hence his hurried decision.

I doubt that Palin was a hurried decision. I think that McCain overanalyzed the crap out of the decision, and then flubbed it anyway.

I picture that scene in Princess Bride, where Vizzini is trying to figure out which glass is poisoned, and he uses psychology, and reverse psychology, and double-secret psychology, before finally drinking the poison and dying.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/whats_mccain_got_against_vetting_anyway#c1120211 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:30:59 -0800 Comment by hillside_hoyden Let's not forget that you and I and everyone else have been talking about Palin nonstop since her nomination, NOT Obama's speech or anything else that happened at the DNC. I think that has a lot to do with the hurriedness of the decision..."quick! We need a fundie woman and we need to time the VP announcement to draw focus from Obama! JUST PICK ONE!"

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