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| Darrell Issa - good choice |
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| Carly Fiorina - they need a woman |
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| Chris Christie - he would be something, messy |
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| Tim Pawlenty - the best and safest bet |
Aides to John McCain initially added Sarah Palin to his "short list" of potential running mates because McCain wanted a woman on the list, according to his campaign manager.Lord, so instead of getting the Debutante, they picked the Beauty School Drop Out. Oh well.
McCain entered the vice presidential selection process with a list of five possibilities: Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Michael Bloomberg, Charlie Crist, and Joe Lieberman, according to Washingtonian's profile (which isn't online) of Washington lawyer A.B. Culvahouse, who led the search.
"As the clock was running out, [campaign manager Rick] Davis say McCain asked to have at least one woman on the short list. His advisers went back to the long list and plucked out Palin's name," the magazine reported.
The questions of how thoroughly Palin was vetted, and why she was chosen, have been sore spots that helped divide McCain's campaign in its aftermath between its leadership, who saw her as an out-of-control, destructive force, and another group of staffers who saw her as a more promising figure than McCain himself.





"Senator McCain knew this and felt in no way did it disqualify her from being vice president," said the aide. "Families have difficulties sometimes, and lucky for her she has a supportive family."
Bristol, is about five months along, in her second trimester.
And here's the kicker
Got to love that Republican stance on morals and family values. Now, I not knocking on single mothers, I was raised in a single parent home. However, it does dent their values and message.



