Palin Skipping Obama Dinner In McCain's Honor

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/palin-skipping-obama-dinn_n_158200.html


On the night before Barack Obama is sworn in as the nation's 44th President, his inaugural committee will host a series of dinners honoring public servants it deems champions of bipartisanship. To be feted are Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Colin Powell, and John McCain, whom Obama vanquished last November. At the McCain dinner, the GOP senator, who managed to suppress his bipartisan tendencies during the hard-fought 2008 campaign, will be introduced by one of his closest Senate confidants: Senator Lindsey Graham. But McCain's No. 1 booster during the last year will not be among those hailing McCain. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, his controversial running-mate, will not attend the dinner, Bill McAllister, a Palin spokesman tells Mother Jones.

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guess politicians have to do what they have to do, but

I wouldn't want to be in the same room as McC or the liar/traitor Powell

Powell's hands are bloody and you break bread with him?

[ErinBerin84]

1. I doubt McCain wants Palin there.

Yeah, it's very annoying that we all have to pretend that the Mccain campaign did not happen, but whatever. He's old, and the dinner itself will probably be a bit bitter for him anyway.

[n2doc]

2. I guess she is too busy "refurbishin' her Image"

:puke:

[karynnj]

6. Actually, Cinderella may be staying home because she returned

all her finery to the RNC - so they could donate it to charity - leaving her with nothing dressy enough to wear. :sarcasm:

[Sannum]

3. My bet is she wasn't invited.

[BlooInBloo]

4. Who?

[last_texas_dem]

5. Makes sense...

Why would she want to attend a dinner organized by a guy who cavorted with terrorists? Wouldn't she then be cavorting with a terrorist cavorter?

Oh, wait, you mean that was just bullshit McCain/Palin campaign rhetoric that failed? Man...

[liberal N proud]

7. I saw the other day that she wasn't invited

Don't know which is true. I bet it was that she wasn't invited and they are just making sound like she has decided not to attend.

[CreekDog]

8. skipping it honors Obama

this is all dependent upon who does the skipping. :D

[Bucky]

9. Like Goldwater & Kennedy would've been in January 1965

I think Obama's instinct is to work with who he needs to to get the job done and leave the judging of souls to God

[Democrats_win]

10. Thank God for small favors.

[meowomon]

11. You can take the girl out of the trailer park....

She is so classless. No doubt Cindy McCain nixed that invitation in the bud.

[nsd]

12. I thought she wasn't invited. /nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Maybe she'll send along a casserole of creamed moose nuts

Homebody that she is.

[Cha]

14. I like this part of your article..

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"If Palin was left off the guest list, it's not clear whether the snub came from McCain or the Presidential Inaugural Committee. But it's not terribly hard to imagine why she might not make the cut. There appears to be lingering bad blood between the McCain and Palin factions, over such issues as the profligate spending spree to attire the vice presidential candidate and her family (Silk boxers for the first dude?) and the McCain campaign's botched media roll-out of Palin. The Alaska Governor still appears to be holding a grudge against the McCainiacs, as evidenced by recently released excerpts from her interview with conservative filmmaker John Ziegler, whose forthcoming documentary explores the "media malpractice" that supposedly paved the way for Obama's election. In the interview, she lashed out at the media, but also criticized her McCain campaign handlers for allowing her to become a campaign punchline in multiple disastrous interviews with CBS News' Katie Couric.

Given that the McCain dinner will celebrate bipartisanship, not conflict-resolution, perhaps it's best for Palin to keep her distance. It may be that she and McCain still need some time apart."

[Chulanowa]

15. Well, good

We all know she'd stick peas up her nose anyway

[louis-t]

16. Maybe they plan on roasting McC.

Figuratively, that is.

[Jennicut]

17. I bet McLame put it out there that he did not want her there whatsoever

By the way, Chuck Hagel is going to be hosting one for Biden. I know they are good friends. Nice of Obama to do this for McLame. Obama breaks bread with anyone, even Bill Kristol. I would rather have the flu then have dinner with that scumbucket but hey, now they are all charmed by Obama.

[WI_DEM]

18. She probably wasn't invited.