why do people hate sarah Palin?

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akuma587 said:

bardicverse said:

The simple answer is - they're scared. See, when Hillary Clinton conceded to Obama, all the women voters supporting Clinton  went to Obama. Now there's another woman in the running, and the Obama supporters are afraid they will lose the women voters to McCain's side. Sarah Palin levels out the playing field, making this upcoming election a much closer race than previously expected.

 

I think even McCain would agree that Palin may be a political liability after everything that has happened this weekend.  The pregnant daughter story is getting national attention, as is her reversal on the "Bride to Nowhere."

McCain should be scared that Palin will sink his ticket.

 

You are aware that the politically sound thing to do with a running mate like this is to get all of the bad news out early before the convention..right?

The McCain Campaign has been pretty clear both on and off the record about the fact that they vetted her thoroughly and well before he made the pick (note the comments of this article and that even internet active GoP leaning nobodies were aware of Palin as a good choice in May). If I can find the article they actually explained the process a bit, they basically had 25 people working on her vetting proces.

And while the story that McCain didn't send a team to check the newpaper clippings archives in Alaska Libraries is true, it is only true because the rumor that you can't access that information online is false. They actually did get paper copies from quite a few places anyways by request, the only place they didn't was her home town because they felt they couldn't keep it under wraps if they had.

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"First, a team of some 25 people working under Culvahouse culled information from public sources for Palin and other prospective candidates without their knowledge. For all, news reports, speeches, financial and tax return disclosures, litigation, investigations, ethical charges, marriages and divorces were reviewed."

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McCain vetted Palin. In advance. Thoroughly. Hopefully we can get over the hump on this rumor sooner rather than later..its becoming somewhat of a routine honestly =P