The New York Times is gleeful that Gov. Sarah Palin’s new book “Going Rouge” saves most of its venom for Sen. John McCain’s incompetent campaign staff. Me too. The truth is that McCain’s campaign only began to take off when Palin was picked for the vice presidential spot. It’s to Palin’s credit that McCain did as well against his Democratic opponent as he did. According to the scribblers at the New York Times:
“… Ms. Palin depicts the McCain campaign as overscripted, defeatist, disorganized and dunder-headed — slow to shift focus from the Iraq war to the cratering economy, insufficiently tough on Mr. Obama and contradictory in its media strategy. She also claims that the campaign billed her nearly $50,000 for “having been vetted.”
The book serves three purposes: first, it distances Palin from McCain and his “reach-across-the-aisle” squishy Republicans; second, it reconnects her with the conservative base of the Republican Party, independents and disaffected Democrats; third, it gives the mainstream media an opportunity to attack and ridicule her in ways that alienate average Americans, thus enlarging the audience of conservative leaning Fox News. Either way you look at it, the book is a winner.
-- Mr. Curmudgeon
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