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To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 8:38:38 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793772

remember McCain just needs to hold the States Bush did. Palin should lock up the south. maybe help hold OH and win Wisc.and maybe PA

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 8:47:32 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793772

I have no idea what kind of vetting process was used, but the way Palin has been kicking butt in Alaska, I'd expect somebody would have already shut her down if there was any low hanging fruit available. As for the State Trooper that is now a topic of interest, he apparently tazed his own eleven year old stepson. I don't expect any actions against Palin to materialize out of this dispute. * * *

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 8:56:29 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 793772

Based upon what I've observed, and McCain's $7 million in contributions the last few days, I think the democrats could dig up that Palin stole the Ark from Solomon's temple and no one would care...

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 9:05:51 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793772

You mean as much as the Dems vetted Obama before he was annointed by the Dem hierarchy and their handmaidens in the MSM?<g>

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 9:39:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793772

This sounds ominous.. It's normal If anything is real bad they will dump her.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 9:44:27 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793772

I wonder if he's still hoping to become Governor? Looks like Sarah beat him pretty bad in the last election. Did you vote for him Snow? Andrew Halcro (born September 20, 1964) is an American politician from Anchorage, Alaska. Formerly a Republican member of the Alaska Legislature, he ran for Governor of Alaska as an Independent candidate in the 2006 election, running third with 10% of the vote.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 9:48:06 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793772

Yeah.. that is disturbing.. VERY disturbing. If true, he's really left himself vulnerable to a nasty surprise. These things are supposed to be done surreptiously, usually through a trusted lawyer. Really hard to believe this is a post-selection vetting.. The rumours have been floating about her for months now.. There must have been a way to vet her without drawing any press coverage. Fingers crossed (because I kind of like his selecting her... shakes things up)!! But let's face, the Washington insiders FROM BOTH PARTIES are going to be putting her in their sights. She's dangerous to them all. Hawk

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	8/31/2008 10:23:36 PM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793772

I've been trying to warn you guys. And your warning was what? That she should not have been selected? That she was a poor choice? That she had not been properly vetted? What was your warning? I looked at the web site you posted and it does not tell us where or how Halcro obtained this information that members of the McCain campaign were traveling to Alaska to conduct an inquiry or vetting? It would be nice if he posted his source so it could be validated as true or not. I also noted that he had or has an issue with the Governor over milk prices, and state oversight etc. Also, noted that he finished third in the Governor's race with ten percent of the vote. Without further info than presented in your post, this looks like Andrew Halcro is not a fan of Palin. I'm not siding with Palin but am not buying anything thrown on the internet to see if it sticks either.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (264450)	9/1/2008 8:53:54 AM
From: Bridge Player	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793772

Vetting Palin........ Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager and the person at the point of the vice presidential process, said there was no abrupt change of course in the final hours. Nor, he said, was Palin selected without having gone through the full vetting process that was done for other finalists. That process included reviews of financial and other personal data, an FBI background check and considerable discussion among the handful of McCain advisers involved in the deliberations. "Nobody was vetted less or more than anyone in the final stages, and John had access to all that information and made the decision," Davis said. "It's really not much more complicated than that." In part to blunt criticism that McCain had pulled a last-minute switch and turned to Palin without all the information he may have needed to make a decision, some of those advisers shared details yesterday about the steps that led to McCain's choice, mostly on a not-for-attribution basis. Six people were involved in the secretive deliberations that led to Palin's selection: McCain; his wife, Cindy; campaign manager Davis; longtime confidant Mark Salter; senior adviser Steve Schmidt; and key strategist Charlie Black. In addition, Washington lawyer A.B. Culvahouse oversaw the vetting. Starting last spring, the inner circle met regularly with McCain to review and discuss an initial list of about three dozen possible choices. "He and several of us had multiple meetings," one adviser said. "Discussions, strengths and weaknesses of all the candidates. He asked a lot of questions and listened -- didn't tip his hand to too many of us. He was very insistent that this process often wounds people, and we were to stay very quiet." "We obviously were looking at a lot of different options," another adviser said. "We looked at base options, women, pro-choice, pro-life, people outside the party. It was a very broad and deep search. Most of the people we checked out never made it into the public domain, and some speculated on were very, very competitive for the job." But this adviser added that because the process was so leak-free, the public knew little about the actual deliberations, and the campaign did not try to knock down incorrect speculation. "It's a little naive on the part of the media to assume because they weren't reporting this [Palin's consideration] for the last few months, there's something up on this," this adviser said. "We didn't spend any time saying yes or no to any of the speculation -- just because everyone thought it was going to be Mitt Romney for a month, and then it was going to be Joe Lieberman for a month." Aides said there were candidates even less known than Palin under consideration at points in the process. And, they argued, Palin is more experienced and capable than critics of the choice know. "She's got an ability that far exceeds her tenure in office." washingtonpost.com