Atlanteax
11-13-2008, 11:56 AM
She seriously needs to just go back to Alaska and disappear from the Republican political scene before she does any more damage than she already has caused.
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Btw, I don't know if anyone saw Jay Leno earlier this week... but John McCain was on.
One of the things he said was "we ... *I* ran a good campaign"
(it might had been "hard fought campaign" but he distinctively first said "we" and then corrected himself to say "I" ... hence the asterisks)
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/13/awkward-press-conference-for-palin/#more-30303
MIAMI (CNN) – Two hours before Thursday morning’s press conference at the Republican Governors Association — her first since the Republican presidential ticket lost last week — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was still scheduled to appear alone. Instead, she spoke with a row of fellow governors standing silently behind her.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told CNN producer Evan Glass that they all met at 9 a.m. — an hour-and-a-half before the press conference’s scheduled start time — and by then it had been "decided" that they'd all go out together.
An RGA official told CNN the reason for the change is a "long story."
He said that when the governors were all at their private morning meeting, someone brought up the desire to get beyond what happened in the McCain campaign and look towards 2009 and 2010.
Then, this source said, Palin piped up and said she agreed that she didn't want to talk about the past.
This source insists that it was then decided that the other governors in the meeting would go with her to her press conference as a "show of unity."
The source admitted that it may not have been easy for some "big egos" to go in and stand behind her, but they knew they'd be doing so.
Not present: the conference host, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. A Florida GOP source tells CNN "he didn't know about it,” because he wasn't at the morning meeting.
In another shift, Palin — who had been slated to take questions for 20 minutes or so — took just four press queries.
Why did Texas Gov. Rick Perry cut it off so fast?
"We were running behind schedule," insisted the GOP official.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/13/palin.rga/index.html
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday argued that she and her fellow Republican governors were ready to put aside "extreme partisanship" and act if Washington fails to provide the leadership America needs.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks to reporters at the GOP governors' group meeting Thursday in Miami, Florida.
Speaking at her first formal news conference before the national media since the GOP presidential ticket lost last week, the former vice presidential nominee argued that her fellow Republican governors "don't let obsessive, extreme partisanship ... get in the way of doing what's right."
"I think that this group is going to be looked to and looked at for leadership that perhaps had been lacking in Congress and in Washington, D.C.," she said. "This group is going to be uniquely qualified to provide leadership in this nation."
Palin addressed reporters at the annual Republican Governors Association convention in Miami, Florida. Palin was joined on stage by a long line of Republican governors.
Palin also criticized the media for wanting to "dissect the past" and "playing the pundit's role" for the 2012 presidential campaign.
"As far as we're concerned, the past is the past," said Palin. "We're focused on the future. [The future] is next year, and our next budgets, and the next reforms in our states."
Asked why she chose to hold her first formal news conference now, Palin replied, "The campaign is over."
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Btw, I don't know if anyone saw Jay Leno earlier this week... but John McCain was on.
One of the things he said was "we ... *I* ran a good campaign"
(it might had been "hard fought campaign" but he distinctively first said "we" and then corrected himself to say "I" ... hence the asterisks)
.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/13/awkward-press-conference-for-palin/#more-30303
MIAMI (CNN) – Two hours before Thursday morning’s press conference at the Republican Governors Association — her first since the Republican presidential ticket lost last week — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was still scheduled to appear alone. Instead, she spoke with a row of fellow governors standing silently behind her.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told CNN producer Evan Glass that they all met at 9 a.m. — an hour-and-a-half before the press conference’s scheduled start time — and by then it had been "decided" that they'd all go out together.
An RGA official told CNN the reason for the change is a "long story."
He said that when the governors were all at their private morning meeting, someone brought up the desire to get beyond what happened in the McCain campaign and look towards 2009 and 2010.
Then, this source said, Palin piped up and said she agreed that she didn't want to talk about the past.
This source insists that it was then decided that the other governors in the meeting would go with her to her press conference as a "show of unity."
The source admitted that it may not have been easy for some "big egos" to go in and stand behind her, but they knew they'd be doing so.
Not present: the conference host, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. A Florida GOP source tells CNN "he didn't know about it,” because he wasn't at the morning meeting.
In another shift, Palin — who had been slated to take questions for 20 minutes or so — took just four press queries.
Why did Texas Gov. Rick Perry cut it off so fast?
"We were running behind schedule," insisted the GOP official.
.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/13/palin.rga/index.html
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday argued that she and her fellow Republican governors were ready to put aside "extreme partisanship" and act if Washington fails to provide the leadership America needs.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks to reporters at the GOP governors' group meeting Thursday in Miami, Florida.
Speaking at her first formal news conference before the national media since the GOP presidential ticket lost last week, the former vice presidential nominee argued that her fellow Republican governors "don't let obsessive, extreme partisanship ... get in the way of doing what's right."
"I think that this group is going to be looked to and looked at for leadership that perhaps had been lacking in Congress and in Washington, D.C.," she said. "This group is going to be uniquely qualified to provide leadership in this nation."
Palin addressed reporters at the annual Republican Governors Association convention in Miami, Florida. Palin was joined on stage by a long line of Republican governors.
Palin also criticized the media for wanting to "dissect the past" and "playing the pundit's role" for the 2012 presidential campaign.
"As far as we're concerned, the past is the past," said Palin. "We're focused on the future. [The future] is next year, and our next budgets, and the next reforms in our states."
Asked why she chose to hold her first formal news conference now, Palin replied, "The campaign is over."