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That is one fine treat of a look-alike.
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So much for the rumor that Palin didn't know Africa was a continent. Over at National Review, Rich Lowry interviewed McCain advisor Steve Biegun, the former Bush NSC aid who briefed Sarah Palin on foreign policy, and he considers the leaks against her "absurd." - He says there's no way she didn't know Africa was a continent, and whoever is saying she didn't must be distorting "a fumble of words." He talked to her about all manner of issues relating to Africa, from failed states to the Sudan. She was aware from the beginning of the conflict in Darfur, which is followed closely in evangelical churches, and was aware of Clinton's AIDS initiative. That basically makes it impossible that she thought all of Africa was a country.
On not knowing what countries are in NAFTA, Biegun was part of the conversation that led to that accusation and it convinces him "somebody is acting with a high degree of maliciousness." He was briefing Palin before a Univision interview, and talking to her about trade issues. He rolled through NAFTA, CAFTA, and the Colombia FTA. As he talked, people were coming in and out of the room, handing Palin things, etc. She was distracted from what Biegun was saying, and said, roughly, "Ok, who's in NAFTA, what's the deal with CAFTA, what's up the FTA?"—her way, Biegun says, of saying "rack them and stack them," begin again from the start. "Somebody is taking a conversation and twisting it maliciously," he says.
Lowry goes on to note: - The stories against her are being "fed by an unnamed source who is allowed by the press to make ad hominem attacks on background." Biegun, who spent dozens and dozens of hours briefing Palin on these issues, is happy to defend her, on the record, under his own name.
The McCain/Palin ticket might have won, if their biggest enemies weren't several high officials within the McCain campaign.Palin wanted to campaign more aggressively, to actually win. And when she "went rogue" and campaigned aggressively, against their orders, they anonymously sabotaged Palin in the media. And with her sabotaged McCain as well.
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I'm pretty sure McCain really wanted to win too. Part of winning a general election involves reaching beyond a candidate's end of the political spectrum. Seems to me Palin has gone on to only confirm that her politics are too extreme for the nation.
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By Palin becoming a major "kingmaker", successfully campaigning to get other Republicans elected?
By amassing over 20 million dollars from her enormous popularity since the 2008 election?
With a bestselling book?
As a frequent spokesperson on Fox news, and other interviews?
With her own series about Alaska on the National Geographic Channel?
Frankly, as I've said prior, Palin is not my own first choice of candidates. But she does have a huge following among the conservative base.
As I quoted Ann Coulter a few pages back (in her piece for TIME magazine, selecting Palin as one of the top 100 most influential people in the U.S.) with Palin, McCain increased in popularity and led in the polls for 7 weeks before the Nov 2008 election, until the financial collapse and TARP bailout. Without Palin, McCain would have lost by a far larger margin.
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Hey I hope your party runs her in '16. Maybe we can both agree on liking what she's achieved for the GOP? 
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