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Monday, May 18, 2009

Politics Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM

Politico says that the Sarah Palin camp seriously considered trying to forge an alliance with Hillary Clinton earlier this year:

In an unusual attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent political families in American politics, John Coale, a Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee to help retire the presidential campaign debt of Hillary Clinton.

Coale, a wealthy trial attorney and the husband of Fox News talk show host Greta Van Susteren, approached Palin with the improbable plan in February while in Alaska with his wife, who was taping an interview with the former Republican vice presidential nominee.

An outspoken Clinton supporter during the Democratic primary who switched his allegiance to the GOP ticket for the general election, Coale made his case to Palin at the Iron Dog snowmachine competition in Fairbanks, where Todd Palin was competing over Valentine’s Day weekend. His broader aim, say Palin camp insiders, was to help Palin develop a relationship with the former first family that he thought could bolster the polarizing governor’s standing with Democrats and independents.

That certainly would have changed the political environment a little bit, wouldn't it?

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...huh.

Posted by Mr. Poe on May 18, 2009 at 6:21 PM

This seems like another good time to use that Mark Twain line (that another Slogger used on another comment thread) about how truth doesn't have to stick to the same rules of credibility that fiction does.

Wow.

Posted by Hyzenthlayk9

on May 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM

Pfft. Scientologists.

Posted by Banna

on May 18, 2009 at 7:11 PM

This is one of the stupidest ideas I've heard in a while. Seriously. Other than the fact that they both have a vag, they have nothing else whatsoever in common.

Posted by Reverse Polarity on May 18, 2009 at 9:23 PM

You gotta pay to play.

Seriously, by this time, shouldn't Hillary have gotten herself some sweetheart contracts or oil leases to pay off the debt.

They owe her!

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on May 18, 2009 at 11:07 PM

Seeing the Palins referred to as one of the "most prominent families in American Politics" makes me puke in my mouth a little.

Posted by meesh on May 18, 2009 at 11:18 PM

Ha ha! You say "would have" like it was even possible!

Posted by treacle on May 19, 2009 at 12:27 AM

What meesh said @6...honestly, I think the Palins are more infamous than "prominent." Certainly, they are nowhere near as prominent (or infamous) as the Clintons.

Posted by schmacky on May 19, 2009 at 9:41 AM