Oooh.

From the referenced link:

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So yes, to be clear, last week I was the one who leaked those things to a producer at Fox News who works with Cameron. Carl and his producers are good guys, and I donÂt want them to have to worry about protecting their sources (and going through the wringer ala Judith Miller or Matt Cooper) on something like this.

As you know, I was one of the foreign policy advisers on the McCain campaign who worked with Randy Scheunemann to help prep Sarah on her debate with Joe Biden.
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The second paragraph is a demonstrable lie. Why, then, would you believe the first paragraph? This guy (or these guys) have been pranking for months—I first saw some of their stuff being debunked in early summer, as I recall. It has been my understanding from the beginning of this latest kerfluffle that it was "Eisenstadt's" claim to be the origin of the Africa story that was bogus, not necessarily the story itself, although naturally the Palin dead-enders will want to run with the latter interpretation.

Palin herself, incidentally, recently said something to the effect of "As if I didn't know the difference between Africa the continent and Africa the country!" —which speaks volumes right there.

I'll leave the last word to Andrew Sullivan:

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Let's be real in a way the national media seems incapable of: this person should never have been placed on a national ticket in a mature democracy. She was incapable of running a town in Alaska competently. The impulsive, unvetted selection of a total unknown, with no knowledge of or interest in the wider world, as a replacement president remains one of the most disturbing events in modern American history. That the press felt required to maintain a facade of normalcy for two months - and not to declare the whole thing a farce from start to finish - is a sign of their total loss of nerve. That the Palin absurdity should follow the two-term presidency of another individual utterly out of his depth in national government is particularly troubling. 46 percent of Americans voted for the possibility of this blank slate as president because she somehow echoed their own sense of religious or cultural "identity". Until we figure out how this happened, we will not be able to prevent it from happening again. And we have to find a way to prevent this from recurring.

It happened because John McCain is an incompetent and a cynic and reckless beyond measure. To have picked someone he'd only met once before, without any serious vetting procedure, revealed McCain as an utterly unserious character, a man whose devotion to the shallowest form of political gamesmanship trumped concern for his country's or his party's interest. We need a full accounting of the vetting process: who was responsible for this act of political malpractice? How could a veep not be vetted in any serious way? Why was she not asked to withdraw as soon as the facts of her massive ignorance and delusional psyche were revealed?
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cordially,

Post #299,608 by Another Scott 11/13/08 10:51:17 AM Reply	Oooh. I guess one could read it that way, but... http://www.eisenstad...-and-proud-of-it/ :-) It should be easy enough to check - I wonder if Carl Cameron has been asked about it. Cheers, Scott.
Post #299,636 by rcareaga 11/13/08 12:48:05 PM Reply	again, no From the referenced link: ** So yes, to be clear, last week I was the one who leaked those things to a producer at Fox News who works with Cameron. Carl and his producers are good guys, and I donÂt want them to have to worry about protecting their sources (and going through the wringer ala Judith Miller or Matt Cooper) on something like this. As you know, I was one of the foreign policy advisers on the McCain campaign who worked with Randy Scheunemann to help prep Sarah on her debate with Joe Biden. ** The second paragraph is a demonstrable lie. Why, then, would you believe the first paragraph? This guy (or these guys) have been pranking for months—I first saw some of their stuff being debunked in early summer, as I recall. It has been my understanding from the beginning of this latest kerfluffle that it was "Eisenstadt's" claim to be the origin of the Africa story that was bogus, not necessarily the story itself, although naturally the Palin dead-enders will want to run with the latter interpretation. Palin herself, incidentally, recently said something to the effect of "As if I didn't know the difference between Africa the continent and Africa the country!" —which speaks volumes right there. I'll leave the last word to Andrew Sullivan: ** Let's be real in a way the national media seems incapable of: this person should never have been placed on a national ticket in a mature democracy. She was incapable of running a town in Alaska competently. The impulsive, unvetted selection of a total unknown, with no knowledge of or interest in the wider world, as a replacement president remains one of the most disturbing events in modern American history. That the press felt required to maintain a facade of normalcy for two months - and not to declare the whole thing a farce from start to finish - is a sign of their total loss of nerve. That the Palin absurdity should follow the two-term presidency of another individual utterly out of his depth in national government is particularly troubling. 46 percent of Americans voted for the possibility of this blank slate as president because she somehow echoed their own sense of religious or cultural "identity". Until we figure out how this happened, we will not be able to prevent it from happening again. And we have to find a way to prevent this from recurring. It happened because John McCain is an incompetent and a cynic and reckless beyond measure. To have picked someone he'd only met once before, without any serious vetting procedure, revealed McCain as an utterly unserious character, a man whose devotion to the shallowest form of political gamesmanship trumped concern for his country's or his party's interest. We need a full accounting of the vetting process: who was responsible for this act of political malpractice? How could a veep not be vetted in any serious way? Why was she not asked to withdraw as soon as the facts of her massive ignorance and delusional psyche were revealed? ** cordially,
Post #299,638 by Another Scott 11/13/08 1:05:40 PM Reply	Interesting. Thanks.
Post #299,641 by boxley 11/13/08 1:40:30 PM Reply	sullivan is right you know 49 percent of Americans voted for the possibility of this blank slate as president because he somehow echoed their own sense of social or cultural "identity".

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