McCain on Sarah Barraquitter: I don't know if there was a promise to finish out her term

Amerigo Vespucci

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Mon Jul-13-09 03:13 PM
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McCain on Sarah Barraquitter: I don't know if there was a promise to finish out her term

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Gregory: You must have been shocked to see Sarah Palin resign as Governor?

McCain: Well, I wasn't shocked. Obviously I was a bit surprised, but I wasn't shocked. I understand where Sarah Palin made the decision to where she would be most effective for Alaska and for the country...

Gregory: But you say you were surprised a little bit, why?

McCain: She had not called me and we discussed it since and I better understand the reasons for her decision...

Gregory: What were they?

McCain: Well, how could she best serve? How could she most effectively serve Alaska and the country and that was her

Gregory: But Senator, you have a reputation of personal and professional toughness and sticktoitiveness. You sought the highest role in the land as President of the US. You never quit.

McCain: No, I don't think she quit. I think she changed.,...

Gregory: She made a promise to the voters to serve out her term, didn't he?

McCain: I don't know if there was a quote "promise," but I do know that she will be an effective player on the national stage. And I will say...

...she's popular republican of her own party, she ignited our base, she did a great job as my running mate even under the most sustained personal attacks in certainly recent American political...

Gregory: Sen. McCain, you have faced torture, personal attacks, political attacks, investigations, you have never resigned from anything. Is it consistent with your qualities of leadership to resign an elected post like that?

McCain: Oh, sure.

Gregory: It is consistent?

McCain: If you can be, the question is how can serve most effectively...

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/john-mccain-says-sarah-palin-didnt-quit

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Ztolkins

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Mon Jul-13-09 03:20 PM
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1. I bet he's just dying to say..

"You know, Dave...I don't know what the fuck I was thinking. This woman is nuts, completely bonkers."

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louis-t

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Mon Jul-13-09 03:20 PM
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2. McCain REALLY looked stupid in that interview.

"I don't think she quit." WHAT? Then what do you call it? "I don't think there was a quote "promise," It's called the oath of office, dumbass.

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ImOnlySleeping

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Mon Jul-13-09 06:14 PM
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9. I love this

"McCain: Well, how could she best serve? How could she most effectively serve Alaska and the country"

By what? Fishing? She's said she doesn't have any immediate plans, so apparently she feels that doing nothing is more effective than being the governor, which is true in her case, but not a particularly strong statement about herself.

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louis-t

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Tue Jul-14-09 12:33 PM
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10. "How could she best serve?" It makes obvious the ONLY answer

By going away.

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Tansy_Gold

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Mon Jul-13-09 03:23 PM
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3. I am no poet, but this came to me while reading that transcript

Sarah, Sarah, piece of shit
Couldn't take it so she quit.
When the media made her cry
Sarah whined and said good-bye.

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Stryguy

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Mon Jul-13-09 03:44 PM
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4. Sarah Palin Campaign announces: " I want to be your president for the next 4 years!!!"

Or maybe just a year and a half..... or whenever I get bored of it.

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CTyankee

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Mon Jul-13-09 03:48 PM
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5. Well, that was about the lamest thing I've seen in a while. n/t

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eilen

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Mon Jul-13-09 04:32 PM
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6. So folds McCain, like a cheap lawn chair

a leader of men. or something.

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tanyev

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Mon Jul-13-09 04:56 PM
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7. I guess this needs to become a standard question to everyone running for office.

"Candidate X, if you win this election, do you intend to serve out your full term?" Clearly it's the voters' fault for not asking that question beforehand.

:sarcasm:

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kimmylavin

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Mon Jul-13-09 05:05 PM
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8. I know!

Jeez, you run for an office, and you take an oath to uphold that office.
Its not a lifetime appointment; its a term of service.

Maybe we need to add "cross my heart and hope to die" to the end of that oath?

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EnviroBat

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Tue Jul-14-09 01:09 PM
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11. John McCain is a f*&^ing embarrassment to himself.

One would think that with so little integrity, somewhere approaching negatives only seen at the center of black holes in space, that the man would simply implode into himself. What a dopey shit-bag.

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