Re: McCain-Palin

On Aug 30, 10:58�am, Donz5 <do...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Reminds me of last night's "360" on CNN, when James Carville marvelled
at McCain announcing a VP pick after having met his choice just once
last February. "Twice," Anderson Cooper corrected him. Carville
acknowledged his error and laughed.

Carville was really good on Larry King with a McCain advisor. Here is
a little tidbit:

JAMES CARVILLE, CNN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, OBAMA SUPPORTER: Well, on
August the 15th, on Anderson Cooper's show, I said that Senator Obama
would reassure us and Senator McCain would surprise us. But he shocked
us. I think this is like the strangest thing I've ever seen. They're
going to get Hillary voters with someone who endorsed Pat Buchanan in
2000 and wants to teach creationism in school?

I mean, please.

I'm completely befuddled by this choice. It was first thought up by a
blogger at Colorado State and then picked up on talk radio.

As I understand it -- and maybe we can get some illumination on this
-- Senator McCain met with her one time before yesterday. Thursday, I
think.

KING: Yes.

CARVILLE: I am -- I am at a loss to explain this. This morning on Fox
News, somebody, one Steve -- a guy named Steve Deucy actually said the
most idiotic thing in the history of television, said she had foreign
policy experience because Alaska was next to Russia.

(LAUGHTER)

CARVILLE: I'm interested to see what someone's got to say about this,
honestly, Larry.

KING: Nancy...

CARVILLE: I am completely floored by this choice.

KING: Honestly put, Nancy -- and it's a fair question -- of all the
Republicans, is she the most qualified to be next commander-in- chief?

NANCY PFOTENHAUER, ADVISER, MCCAIN CAMPAIGN: Well, I think that she is
eminently qualified to be vice president. In fact, Senator McCain's
picking Governor Palin, she has more experienced as the V.P. nominee
than Senator Obama has as a presidential nominee.

KING: Yes, but that wasn't the question.

PFOTENHAUER: Well, I think she has...

KING: That question was is she the most qualified Republican?

PFOTENHAUER: She has as much or more credentials than Senator Obama.
And what James has not...

KING: That wasn't the question.

PFOTENHAUER: Well, what James does not acknowledge is that she's the
most popular governor in the United States of America and she's got
tremendous executive accomplishments already.

KING: OK. I'll ask you to (INAUDIBLE)...

PFOTENHAUER: So, you can say -- well, you can say who's got, you know,
what's your specific skill set. But she has shown executive ability
and she has shown herself to be a fierce reformer. She has shown
herself to be a great steward of taxpayer dollars. She refused the
$400 million bridge to nowhere that people like Senator Obama and
Senator Biden, you know, supported. And so I...

KING: All right, here's how it...

Here is the link to the whole transcript:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0808/29/lkl.01.html

Maybe...should be interesting
.