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At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I'll be just a minute," she said.
Palin launched her attack on Obama's association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain's advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.
NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family--clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.
McCain himself rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign, and aides kept him in the dark about the details of her spending on clothes because they were sure he would be offended. Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.
Oh come on - have a little fun. This is hilarious!
Guess Newsweek is already worried about 2012.
maybe there are some polls showing that she is the current frontrunner.
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Oh btw this is what happened to Hillary in reverse. Hillary would "get out the GOP base better than GOP candidate" which is one big reason I wouldn't vote for her. She would have galvanized the right to vote. Instead she didn't get the nomination and McCain had to pick Palin. Dems picked a less offensive (to the right) candidate and ended up doing pretty well.The left will continue to smear Palin because they dont want her back in 2012.
The left will continue to smear Palin because they dont want her back in 2012.
I hope the republicans take note and don't pick a candidate that would galvanize the left to come out and vote in 2012. I hope they pick someone less offensive. A divided congress is best, and I hope republicans find a good candidate in four years.
The left will continue to smear Palin because they dont want her back in 2012.
The left will continue to smear Palin because they dont want her back in 2012.
I doubt she even wins re-election in 2010 in Alaska.
They just reelected a convicted felon. Palin put Alaska on the fucking map. She'll have her seat there for a while.
Oh, and I'm going to need photographical proof of the towel incident.
Uh, actually, no. According to a poll done on October 30, 46% of those polled would strongly oppose Palin's nomination.
Election 2012
I doubt she even wins re-election in 2010 in Alaska.
