McCain aide: Palin believed candidacy 'God's plan'

[sabra]

Source: WP/AP

WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin believed that Sen. John McCain chose her to be his running mate in 2008 because of "God's plan," according to a top political strategist in the Arizona Republican's campaign.

In an interview with the CBS news magazine "60 Minutes," Steve Schmidt described Palin as "very calm - nonplussed" after McCain met with her at his Arizona ranch just before putting her on the Republican ticket. McCain had planned to name Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., as his vice presidential choice until word leaked, sparking what Schmidt called political blowback over picking the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee.

Schmidt said he asked Palin about her serenity in the face of becoming "one of the most famous people in the world." He quoted her as saying, "It's God's plan."

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Schmidt credited Palin with being a quick study and for giving a great speech at the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., but he said it soon became clear that she often was not accurate in her remarks.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011002297.html

[niyad]

1. and once again, someone has to point out that he doesn't know what the word nonplussed means.

she gave a great speech? it was written for her, so what is with the "quick study" nonsense?

[Delphinus]

10. Wow - you're right!

All this time I thought nonplussed meant calm - thanks for pointing it out so I would go read the truth of the word!

[AzDar]

2. So it was God's plan that she and McCain suffer an electoral beatdown?

:rofl:

All righty, then...

[ginnyinWI]

3. works for me! nt

[Demeter]

7. God's Plan Was that She and Her Clan End Up in Prison on Criminal Charges

The wheels of justice grind slowly, but very fine.

[No Elephants]

4. Yes, I can believe that God wanted to expose them for what they are.

[bdamomma]

5. what a sick woman she is, thank goodness she did not get in.

[northernlights]

6. and I thanked God (and the Goddess and ATI) for that plan back then

and do so now considering, given an alternate plan, what might been. :D

[Bette Noir]

8. Clearly, God's plan was to expose Palin as an arrogant nincompoop.

[Plucketeer]

9. Dame Sarah's reasonings

seem to carry the same aire as the catch her husband hauls in.

[Socal31]

11. Does it scare the absolute crap out of anyone else....

that she could have been one heart-attack away from being CiC?

[Jennicut]

12. Oh yes. I think it scared lots of people during the election.

McCain was no spring chicken and that intensified the fear for many of us.

[tanyev]

13. God wanted to make sure that Obama won!

;)

[Kablooie]

14. And Hitler killing the Jews was all part of God's plan too, according to that logic.

As was 9/11

[UTUSN]

15. What a jokester GOD is!1 n/t

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[spanone]

16. she's a sick puppy