Exclusive: Meghan McCain Writes that Palin Brought 'Drama, Stress ... Panic' to Campaign

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

For the first time since the end of her father's 2008 presidential bid, Meghan McCain, Sen. John McCain's daughter, spoke out about Sarah Palin, writing in a new book that Palin brought "drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty" to the losing campaign.

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In the book, McCain refers to Palin as "the Time Bomb," and calls her selection the very definition of the "line between genius and insanity."

One area where McCain does not stumble is her take on Sarah Palin's "disastrous" interview with CBS News' Katie Couric before the vice presidential debate, when Palin couldn't even state what newspapers she read.

"Katie Couric's interview with her before the vice presidential debate had been disastrous. Unhappy with her performance, Palin seemed to blame the interview on the campaign. And she continued to blame other poor interviews and snafus on the campaign too," McCain writes. "Sarah Palin. She was turning out to be somebody who leaves a wake of confusion and chaos -- to the point of dizziness -- wherever she went."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/exclusive-meghan-mccain-breaks-silence-sarah-palin/story?id=11521614

[onehandle]

1. ...and oblivion. nt

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[Kolesar]

2. Rec for the best thread title of the day...eom

[ixion]

3. Palin: thy name is drama, stress, and lies

just sayin'...

[truthisfreedom]

4. I'm sorry, but despite Meghan's "cuteness" I just can't watch the video, her head bobbing around

and her Valley Girl voice. "Oh-my-Gaaaawwddd!"

[Dappleganger]

5. "leaves a wake of confusion and chaos -- to the point of dizziness"

Truer words were never spoken.

[Stuart G]

6. Sara blaming someone else..is ...stupid as stupid is...sure..She was

clearly searching for lie in that interview, that is what became clear.
I was very surprised that Katie went for the jugular by asking the question more than once. (to her credit and the nations I might add)

Palin couldn't answer a simple question..honestly..then she said..(and I think these are the exact words) "all of them.."

[NewJeffCT]

13. I didn't think it was Couric being *that* tough

it was just Palin being *that* incompetent and ill-prepared.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

25. Agreed. Couric has no concept of a tough interview.

Palin would have been completely crushed by a competent interviewer, of which few exist in MSM these days. The fourth rail has been off its tracks for some time.

[PSzymeczek]

73. Picture, if you will,

Sarah Palin being interviewed by...Bill Moyers.

[Elfin Yeti]

93. Oh what a delicious thought!

That idea had me laughing out loud!

[IggleDoer]

33. Couric went easy on her

Couric's body language was like that of a boxer who was pummeling his opponent. The opponent (in this case, Palin) was clearly staggering. Everyone knew that she would've gone down with one more punch. Rather than hit her again and being accused of piling on, she simply put her hands down at her side, like a boxer, and let Palin stagger until, mercifully, they stopped the fight.

[Buns_of_Fire]

48. It was a softball question, pitched at an even softer head. nt

[NewJeffCT]

51. I had a letter to the editor printed on that one

Somebody had one published where they were shrieking about how mean Katie Couric was and how tough and biased the questions were...

I think my letter stated commenting about Couric asking what newspaper she read was not exactly a bulldog like question, and ended it by saying that the interview demonstrated that Palin can definitely answer one question with a resounding "no", and that was "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?"

[Beartracks]

61. Yep -- it's all relative.

For Palin, softball questions proved to be a tough interview.

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[otohara]

7. No Megan, Your Father Brought Drama

stress and panic by picking her.

[MattyGroves]

8. BINGO. I'm a bit tired of Meghan giving her father a pass on Palin.

The media props her up as the voice of a moderate young Republican but never calls her out for failing to ID her father as part of the problem.

[LynneSin]

9. AMEN!!!

Seriously, McCain figured we women voted with our Ovaries and would go with any woman on the ticket to make up for no Hillary.

We women are not dumbasses!

[louis-t]

23. You people are killin' me today!

"voted with our ovaries". Thanks Lynne, I needed to laugh.

[hamsterjill]

37. Eye Candy

And the McCain campaign thought that men would vote with their Penises because, let's face it, Palin is a former beauty pageant contestant.

She is an attractive woman...until she opens her mouth.

[Anakin Skywalker]

86. Yes. That Was Quite Patronizing.

As a male, I have to admit Pukelin is not half-bad looking. But those views! (beliefs, whatever one wants to call them) So antiquated! And her murderous ways (the treatment of animals). Positively repugnant!

So when it comes to ballot time, I don't give a damn what you look like!

[blondeatlast]

43. Palin's nomination was insulting to women, nt

[fl_dem]

47. you nailed it Lynnesin

I was offended when McCain appointed Palin, so offended in fact, I marched my ass to my local dmeocrat offices that very same day and started volunteering!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

49. democrat offices? nt

[fl_dem]

55. the local Democratic "Party" office

I didn't realize I needed to expound on that.

[awoke_in_2003]

58. well, it is usually...

a red flag when the "ic" is not used where appropriate. "Democrat party" has been used by pukes for years, so when it is seen it raises eyebrows.

[fl_dem]

59. okay, now I've called everything...LOL

I was in a hurry, that'll learn me...:spank:

[awoke_in_2003]

60. Didn't want to call you a puke...

it just raised a question and you answered it. No need for a spanking, but then, some like it :)

[madmax]

77. shhhh - be vewwwwy vewwwwy

quiet. The grammar and spelling police are on the prowl. ;)

[jberryhill]

54. "We women are not dumbasses!"

...and Sarah Palin is not a woman?

[AC_Mem]

10. McCain Picked Her

So true, and it was a clear indicator of decisions he would have made and how he would have made them had he become :::shudder::: president.

Had she been vetted properly there is no way he would have chosen her, the ethics investigations alone would have produced too many red flags. He picked her in an emotional, quick decision which is NOT what we want from the leader of our country.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I had thought McCain wanted to pick Lieberman

But Rove and others were pushing Palin to energize the base (Or, as the conservative magazine The Economist said about her, "Boob bait for Bubba")

[louis-t]

24. I think he was bullied into picking her.

He wanted Holy Joe. I think he was assured Sarah had been vetted. Poor McCain. The neocons keep sucker-punching him.

[totodeinhere]

35. Thank God someone with such poor judgment was not elected president. n/t

[AC_Mem]

42. "Assured"?

He had been "assured" Palin had been vetted? Really! And never asked to see the results? wow, just WOW. I've read a bit about the behind-the-scenes of the campaign and had not read that! I did read alot of interesting tidbits about Palin's emotional state of mind during the campaign and it was frightening to know how close she came to a position of power.

A candidate for President who takes an "assurance" that his partner, who could become president in the event of his death, was qualified to lead the country is not anyone I want protecting my interests or making decisions about my country.

He had no idea what he was getting when he got Palin. There was never a connection between them. She was an attack dog, plain and simple. Of course, for the democrats her ignorance is the gift that keeps on giving.

[Mariana]

68. In the event of his death ... and he was 72 years old at the time.

He could so easily have croaked while in office, especially under all the stress of being President of a country that's in a shambles in so many ways. I think it's quite likely that if he'd been elected, he'd be dead now. He knew that too, he had to have thought of it, and still picked her.

[tblue37]

89. Mr. Temper Tantrum is notoriously emotional and impulsive. nt

[Matariki]

19. Do you really think he picked her?

He was saddled with her, which points out how clearly not in control he was/is.

[felinetta]

34. John McCain is the real culprit. He is the poster child for "opporunist". It is

unforgivable for him to have almost put her a heartbeat away
from the Oval Office.  I have no respect for him.  He put
himself before country. What a despicable worm.

[golfguru]

57. Agreed 100% n/t

[SacoMaine61]

71. McCain owes the USofA a monumental apology for what he has exposed us to...

The entire Palin clan, Joe the Plumber, Levi Johnston. I feel violated every time I am exposed against my will to some new chicanery by these ill-behaved non-thinkers. :puke:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

92. YUP

I think it was Eugene Robinson who said McCain actually owes the country an apology for picking Palin.

[krabigirl]

63. exactly.

[peacetalksforall]

65. The candidates are picked by the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations

McCain also.

[Ex Lurker]

11. the freepers won't like this nt

[MattyGroves]

16. The FReeps pretty much ignore Meghan & they're still pissed over McCain getting the primary victory.

They'll dismiss Meghan as a RINO bimbo jealous of Palin's looks (the standard FR attack for any Republican female critical of Palin).

[russspeakeasy]

14. WHAT???? That would mean that John wasn't actually thinking

"Country First?" when HE chose (STD) Sarah The
Dipshit 

[SoapBox]

15. Well......DUH!

and it's kind of funny to really see that St. Sarah McMoneyWhore's "Poison Ivy - Kiss of Death" for
candidates actually began back with McCain!

hehehe

[asjr]

17. Meghan simply does not understand that

her father is a piece of crap.

[Matariki]

20. Hey, maybe she'll end up like Ronald Reagan Jr

:shrug:

She has it in her head that she wants to transform the Republican party. Perhaps she'll come to her senses. She doesn't seem completely stupid.

[asjr]

21. You are correct. She is not stupid, just

very loyal to her father. That is nice to see. She will grow up soon.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

26. Perhaps she *will* change the Republican party.

I know people who identify themselves as Republicans who are looking for some sanity in their party ... some of them even voted for Obama in '08 because they were fed up with what their party has become and looked to his message as one to get the country back on track.

[riverdale]

40. Republicans who voted for Obama must be ecstatic on how he turned out

slightly to the right of Reagan

[thelordofhell]

41. Not this again

:eyes: :tinfoilhat:

[valerief]

28. Hope so! nt

[PatSeg]

32. He is her father

Unless she was estranged from him, we cannot expect her to have a hateful view of the man. In her excerpt, she paints a pretty objective view of the republican party, but understandably her portrayal of her father is subjective. For such a young woman, she has some impressive insights. It will be interesting to see where she is at philosophically and politically ten or fifteen years from now.

[nc4bo]

18. On Good Morning America this a.m., she seemed to be doing some downplaying and

even a bit of back peddling.

Her book seemed to be firing with all cannons but her interview sounded like a bb gun.

Georgie pissed her off because he mostly wanted to talk about her feelings on Lady Blah Blah rather than Mccain's book.

Edit to fix title.

[blondeatlast]

44. Daddy just won a tough primary--and he has some reasonable competition in Ron Glassman.

That may have something to do with it.

[PSzymeczek]

75. Rodney Glassman,

not Ron

[louis-t]

22. "the line between genius and insanity"

Best line in the whole article. :rofl:

[Chicago dyke]

52. i can't agree

if we're talking about the person who first said "let's put sarah palin in the media spotlight" maybe. but Mooselina is nowhere close to being any kind of "genius." sorry, she's just not that bright. she may be clever, she may be a good grifter, she may have a talent working the camera, or not. but technical smarts she ain't got. period.

[tblue37]

90. I think Meghan meant that choosing Palin is itself borderline insane/genius

as a tactic--not that Palin is borderline insane/genius.

[GreenTea]

27. Who cares? What difference does it make? Palin is on us now 24/7

whether you like it or not....

Palin is making the millions of dollars she always dreamed about, she's is in our face spewing lies, (never with any rebuttal), daily, through Fox news, people believe her and she has a big republican dumb as fuck following of dark-skinned hating racist who are fed that they are patriotic if they go out and fight for the deficit raising tax cuts for the rich, "because it creates jobs"....

(10 years of these Bush's tax cuts for the rich, so where are all these jobs)?

Palin is simply a corporate republican whore doing the only thing she knows how to do - Lying for money!

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[AllyCat]

30. And yet, they chose her. Too bad, so sad. Now if we could just say bye-bye

and make it stick, that would be the end of the nutball.

[LostInAnomie]

31. She's probably right, but why the hell do we care what Meghan McCain says again?

[BeHereNow]

36. Rec this to the front page "Greatest" thread section so the trolls can read it.

She is a crazy maker and we have an eye witness account now.
BHN

[CoffeeCat]

38. Sarah always bites the hand that feeds her...

No one has ever talked about how impolite and selfish she is. Sarah Palin is just NOT a nice person!

We can all talk about how stupid, narcissistic and dishonest she is. However, have you ever noticed
that she's just plain MEAN?

During the campaign, reporters interviewed those who knew Sarah when she was climbing the political
ladder. From her first position on a school board--to mayor of Wasilla to governor of Alaska--Palin
consistently stabbed those in the back who helped leverage her to those positions.

Not only was she ungrateful to the very people who propped her up, she ended up working against them
and undoing their careers. It was as if she can't stand it when someone helps her, because it's
a constant reminder that she lacks the smarts and talent to get anywhere on her own. She's a dopey,
cute woman who needs the help of everyone around her and she doesn't like that truth.

Same thing with the McCain campaign. If it wasn't for McCain, she wouldn't have been on the national
stage. Period. But she turns against them. She blamed them for that Couric interview, when she
was the one giving the answers. Unbelievable.

Sarah Palin is just not a nice person. She's sounds psychologically damaged and incredibly mixed up.

[peacetalksforall]

66. Do you remember the blip of camera focused on Palin's father - it was an amazing

segment - I don't remember the phrasing, but it was kind of like a 'watch out for her' warning.

[AlbertCat]

76. Sarah Palin is just NOT a nice person!

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF WASILLA

coming this fall!

[anachro1]

39. Megan McCain gives me hope that

the next generation of Republicans will be really, really stupid.

[orbitalman]

45. Sour grapes, I'd say...

I need a purple rotting grape avatar! This is as close as I could get. :spray:

[ccharles000]

46. k/r

[Shining Jack]

50. K&R

[alp227]

53. Didn't Levi Johnston break this story a long time ago?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5397211

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3826359

At least the story about marijuana relieving pain (]link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4522104|I posted it a day ago or so]) had more news than this.

Oh yeah, anyone think Meghan McCain is hot? :D

[golfguru]

56. Palin may have been popular governor in AK but not fit for

prominent national office such as President or even VP.
She does not have gravitas.

[savalez]

70. Not really. I know a guy who's brother lived in her district. He was in shock...

and told him that we were in for a big surprise when we find out more about her.

[golfguru]

80. Did'nt she have like a 80% approval rating in Alaska?

The payoff to all AK residents with the contract she signed with
oil companies operating in AK had a lot to do with it.

[Mariana]

95. That's exactly what it was.

She facilitated the redistribution of a great deal of wealth from the oil companies to the residents. That will tend to make a person very popular among the recipients.

[krabigirl]

62. lol

[TNLib]

64. I'm kind of interested in reading this book

It sounds like Meghan also has some issues with the Republican base and their lack of tolerance for anyone with a even a slightly different perspective.

[RainDog]

67. John McCain is responsible for hoisting that putrid sack of lies on America

so, Meggie - tell your father fuck you very much, asshole.

If Republicans had the courage of their convictions, they'd tell the religious right and the assholes who represent them to shut up. But they don't - so we end up with people like McCain backing away from convictions he'd held for years in order to appease the fascist wing of the Republican Party.

John McCain is responsible for the rise of Sarah Palin.

[savalez]

69. She did the same thing to the United States.

[johnnyrocket]

72. And if we're not careful annihilation.

[AlbertCat]

74. her selection the very definition of the "line between genius and insanity."

No no no...

Her selection was just the very definition of "desperate and stupid".

[iamjoy]

78. Isn't That All Campaigns?

Isn't there a certain amount of drama, stress and panic with all campaigns?

And I lost a little respect for Meghan McCain when I saw her get smacked down by Paul Begala on Real Time. She tried to make some cutesy "you know I wasn't born yet so I wouldn't know." To which Begala responded "I wasn't born during the French Revolution but I know about it."



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/20/paul-begala-schools-megha_n_218469.html

[alfredo]

79. Palin//Beck 2013

[Elfin Yeti]

94. I choked on a pretzel...

...and fell off my chair reading that bumper sticker Alfredo!!

[alfredo]

97. All that salt is bad for you.

[Mariana]

96. Shit. I was just about to go to sleep.

That'll keep me up for days.

[alfredo]

98. One word: Lorazepam

[niceypoo]

81. Palin brings drama, stress, panic...etc, to the tea party

Where it is welcomed with open arms and touted as positive.

[begin_within]

82. And the membership of DU gobbled up every bit of that drama, as if it was

a plate of still-warm, freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies washed down by ice cold milk. Instead of receiving the silent treatment, Palin enjoyed celebrity status on this forum.

[blue sky at night]

83. she will be the candidate in 2012...

and make a perfect puppet president if the election is stolen for her. doom for us if that happens.

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[Moonwalk]

84. McCain and the Pukes got exactly what they deserved with Palin...

Remember how they brought her out right after Obama speech? I remember Puke folks on a forum crowing about how the Democrats had been pawned by that move. Everyone was forgetting all about Obama and going crazy for Palin and hahahaha, "gotcha!'

I have no doubt both Repubs and McCain were strutting and slapping each other on the back about how clever they'd been. How they had it in the bag now. And then, Palin crashed, burned and bit them all in the ass.

No sympathy. Not for any of them. They got what they deserved. Ronald Regan Republicanism to it's craziest conclusion. She's the far-right poster child, and long may she stay that because as long as she is, she'll split the votes and keep them losin'.

[katandmoon]

87. Oh STFU Meghan -- you don't have the balls to say what you obviously REALLY think of Palin--

you just coyly dance around it so you can sell books but nobody can accuse you of actually saying what you're really saying. You and Sarah Palin are both sellouts.

[DemocraticPilgrim]

88. At least McCain's daughter can be honest about SP.