Shoulda Dropped Out – Gray Beast
Following up on the “suspension” of the McCain campaign…
Here’s a tip. If you’re going to take a nakedly political action under the guise of “setting aside politics and the campaign” don’t accidentally leak your talking points to the media.
I mean, come on people.
In other news, David Letterman is not happy about this turn of events:
And then there’s Sarah Palin, in a rare media sighting:
COURIC: You’ve said, quote, “John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business.” Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
PALIN: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie — that, that’s paramount. That’s more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.
COURIC: But he’s been in Congress for 26 years. He’s been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
PALIN: He’s also known as the maverick though. Taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he’s been talking about — the need to reform government.
COURIC: I’m just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation?
PALIN: I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you.
But…but…he’s known as the maverick. Why isn’t that enough for you people?
The rest of the interview is no better. For one thing, there’s her total inability to even formulate an opinion on a moratorium on foreclosures. But even more there’s this: