politics

before the big palin speech tonight, here's some food for thought:

Senator John McCain defended his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in an interview with ABC News, predicting that her speech tonight would win over skeptics and persuade Americans of her abilities. link

to define the word "her" in this case :

"Sitting around a dining room table, the McCain team has talked to her about Iraq, energy and the economy, but has focused on what she should say in her speech, struggling almost as hard as she has to prepare for what will be, along with a debate in October, her main opportunity to shape the way she is viewed by voters. Not anticipating that McCain would choose a woman as his running mate, the speech that was prepared in advance was "very masculine," according to campaign manager Rick Davis, and "we had to start from scratch."link

Here's McCain's own campaign manager confirming that Palin was a last minute choice, and that the original speech was written for someone else. Right now, they're sitting at that table with the diced up remains of a speech that was originally written for Romney or Pawlenty and putting a dress on it. link

aren't politics funny? and gross. I also heard that schwarzenegger was slated to give the EXACT speech that fred thompson ended up giving last night, but skipped it to focus on california's budget.

mccain refused to appear as scheduled on larry king live, citing this interview as his reason:


speaking of larry king, here's a fun one: