From the Cafferty File: When it comes to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the hits just keep on coming. Some of the latest revelations surrounding John McCain’s surprise choice of a running mate: The Associated Press reports a private lawyer has been authorized to spend $95000 dollars of state money to defend Palin in the trooper ethics probe. Contrary to her message of reform, Palin worked to get pork barrel projects for her city and state. Also, according to the AP, her husband was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party, some members in that group advocate that Alaska secede from the Union. Also, the boyfriend of Palin’s 17-year-old unmarried pregnant daughter is expected to join the family at the GOP convention. The McCain camp is pushing back hard, calling questions about Palin’s background a “faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee” for VP and suggesting Palin is a victim of gender bias in the media. Where have we heard that before? They insist Palin was subject to a “long and thorough” vetting process. Really? The Washington Post reports that the head of McCain’s vetting team didn’t do an in-depth interview with Palin until the day before she was offered the number two slot. Some are wondering if Sarah Palin could turn out to be another Harriet Miers, a vastly underqualified woman who was nominated by President Bush to become a Supreme Court Justice. Miers later had to withdraw her name from consideration. Gee… there’s that …
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Cafferty File: Should McCain Consider Replacing Palin?
Saturday, May 29th, 2010Cafferty: Was Palin Properly Vetted to Be VP?
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
From the Cafferty File: There’s a growing sense that John McCain may not have done all his homework before making his VP pick. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is now grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons: her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant.Palin has hired a private lawyer in the trooper probe ethics investigation. She was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it. Palin appeared at a convention of the Alaska Independence Party — which tried to get votes on whether the state should secede from the union. Her husband was arrested 22 years ago on a DUI. And, although Palin is now railing against earmarks, she got hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for local projects as both governor and as mayor of Wasilla. There’s more. What about her foreign policy credentials? CNN’s Campbell Brown repeatedly asked McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds last night why Palin is ready to be commander-in-chief, what qualifications she has, and to name one foreign policy decision Palin has made — Campbell never got an answer. It’s reported that Palin may have only traveled overseas once, last year to Germany and Kuwait. This has all led many to wonder how thorough of a vetting the Alaska governor got. McCain only met with Palin once and had one phone conversation with her before offering her the job. It raises serious questions about the kind of judgment McCain would use as president to make other big decisions. Here’s my question to you: Was Governor Sarah …