Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process

Aides to Mr. McCain said they had a team on the ground in Alaska now to look more thoroughly into Ms. Palin's background. A Republican with ties to the campaign said the team assigned to vet Ms. Palin in Alaska had not arrived there until Thursday, a day before Mr. McCain stunned the political world with his vice-presidential choice. The campaign was still calling Republican operatives as late as Sunday night asking them to go to Alaska to deal with the ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 4, 2008

The story involved quite a bit of investigation into events that contradict the McCain camp stories. (There is now a correction on the site regarding membership in the Independence party.) The story's most interesting aspect is that Palin was not McCain's choice. If ultra right party apparatchik are overriding McCain and calling the shots, then who would be calling the shots afterwards if he would be elected president? This sounds like the Manchurian candidate meeting the Alaska candidate.

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