To: tejek who wrote (592195 ) 11/1/2010 6:40:36 PM From: Brumar89 1 Recommendation Respond to of 1580455 West Virginia Dem Senate Nominee Commits The Ultimate Liberal Sin: Praises Sarah Palin… Karl Rove last seen shaking his head in disapproval… SHINNSTON, W.Va. — <B.The day after Sarah Palin stumped for his Republican opponent, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin said he and the former Alaska governor are “friends.” “We get along; we’re friends,” said Manchin. “Sarah, Todd, and the entire family was always very nice at all of our National Governors Association meetings, and we worked well together.” Just about 24 hours earlier, Palin headlined a riverside rally for Manchin’s opponent, Republican John Raese, in Charleston, W.Va.. She told an energetic Saturday afternoon crowd that she also thought Manchin was a “nice guy,” but that the “would-be rubber stamp” for the president should stick to his current gig and voters should instead send Raese to the Senate. And in between shaking the hands of dozens of diners at St. Anne’s Sunday spaghetti dinner, Manchin had little but pleasant things to say about the former vice presidential candidate. Standing above a sea of red-checkered tablecloths in the church social hall, Manchin told POLITICO that he and Palin got to know each other when they served together on the NGA’s Natural Resources Committee. Palin stepped down from the Alaska governorship in 2009. The decision was quite controversial at the time, given she had more than a year left in her term, but Manchin said he “understood” that she left for “financial” reasons and to be a spokesperson for her party. “She decided to do this on a commercial basis,” he said. “So she’s going to be that spokesperson, I understand that. She’s doing what she thinks she has to do as that spokesperson.”weaselzippers.us