I'm not surprised by this. That I'm not says a lot about Gov. Palin and her ability to lead anything beyond a fringe movement.
The day of the third debate, Palin refused to go onstage with New Hampshire GOP Sen. John Sununu and Jeb Bradley, a former New Hampshire congressman running for a House seat, because their views on abortion didn't fully align and because Bradley had earlier opposed drilling in Alaska. (He changed his position during the race.) The McCain campaign ordered her onstage at the next campaign stop, but she refused to acknowledge the two Republican candidates standing behind her.
Of course both Republicans lost that fall which I guess ... made her happy?
Posted by armand at February 17, 2009 06:48 PM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsThat's quite a stand on principle for a woman who's not so big on obeying the law. (In fairness, her W-2's were misleading, but if she had a rudimentary understanding of tax law, she might have thought to ask. Yes, I know, I just laughed too.)
Posted by: moon at February 18, 2009 04:22 PM | PERMALINKSo when republicans do this it's standing on evil, rigid, hypocritical principle. Does this explain why Oprah never invited Palin on her show?
Posted by: Morris at February 22, 2009 05:21 PM | PERMALINKI'm pretty sure Armand was talking about what it says about her as a leader, and that's a fair question. How does that work when you're president? What stages _can_ you stand on? I mean, think of all the people with whom Obama has serious disagreements who stood within 25 feet of him when he took the oath of office. How would Palin handle that? Fortunately, there's not a snowball's chance in hell that we'll ever find out, and stories like the above is just a small part of why.
Posted by: moon at February 23, 2009 09:21 AM | PERMALINK