Friday, November 7, 2008

Come on McCain, what were you thinking?

There are lots of news about how McCain camp is angry with Palin but seriously, what were they thinking :)? For god's sake she was third in Miss Alaska, obviously people were enamored by her beauty, and she didn't have much political experience. Come on, don't tell me McCain camp didn't see this coming -

  • So they opted instead for a candidate who reportedly once addressed McCain aides wearing nothing but a towel and another on her wet hair, Newsweek reported. (Now that's HOT)
  • Newsweek reported that Palin was told she could buy three suits and hire a stylist, but that she instead started shopping for her family at top clothing stores, and also used the credit cards of low-level staffers to do some of the shopping.(Come on - this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. How can anyone be so naive to miss it?)
  • including even more designer duds, plus sprayed-on tans and fancy underwear. On top of the $150,000 first outlined in Federal Election Commission filings, Palin spent "tens of thousands of dollars" on additional clothing, makeup and jewelry for herself and her family, including $40,000 in luxury goods for her husband, Todd, our colleague Michael Shear reports. The campaign was charged for silk boxer shorts, spray tanners and 13 suitcases to carry all the designer clothes, according to two GOP insiders. (She\her husband must be a fan of Kramer(seinfeld) - http://membres.lycos.fr/tnguym/clothes2.html#xunderwear )
  • She didn't accept preparation for that interview and the aides say that that was part of the problem. And there were times that she was hard to control emotionally - there's talk of temper tantrums at bad news clippings," (yeah, like that's a surprise - come on, that's a universal truth - Ask Bill Clinton if you don't believe me)
  • An angry aide, quoted in Newsweek, described the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast"(And what did you do, wait for that towel moment again?)
  • "Her staff didn't know the name of the French President,"(Yeah, and whats next? Belgium, uruguay? Couldn't you get better staff for her?)
  • We're told she didn't understand that Africa was a continent rather than a country just in itself
  • Cameron also said she was unaware who the members of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were, or that the United States - along with Canada and Mexico - was one of them.(Big deal - many westerners dont k
  • now India is part of Asia - Ask around)
  • Ms Palin taking a prank call from a Canadian radio comedian claiming to be President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, during which she remarked she could be America's leader "maybe in eight years". - Now that's PRICELESS.
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Sources -
More Dirt on Sarah Palin's Fancy Duds
Insiders spill the beans on Sarah Palin

4 comments:

Complacent Panda said...

Finally got around to reading the transcript of that prank on Palin. I can't believe that happened. I didn't realize that her advisors were incompetent too. Not sure if you like Jon Stewart, but here's a clip from a recent show. Gets a little tiring at the end, but overall humorous.

MatchPointTrader said...

Hey CP, Sorry for late reply - I couldn't trade for last two days. That clip is removed, it sounds pretty hilarious though. I will see if I can find it somewhere else. You would think advisors would know the stuff as they are supposed to "advise". But then again, you would think "analysts" know about stock market and "insurers"(aig) know how to avoid trouble :). Hope you are hanging in there in these wild market moves.

Complacent Panda said...

Hope you didn't get too hurt by SOL... =/

MatchPointTrader said...

I lost my money on calls. But good thing is my risk was limited as I had bought only two calls of SOL. I am still holding the shares and i can't sell them now.