McCain aide cites 'failure of management'

[kpete]

Source: CNN

November 14, 2008
McCain aide cites 'failure of management'
Posted: 04:30 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Davis managed McCain's campaign.


(CNN) – Rick Davis, the campaign manager for former John McCain's White House bid came to Sarah Palin's defense in an upcoming interview with the National Review, saying the now-infamous $150,000 clothing tab for the Alaska governor was caused by a "failure of management."

In the interview, set for publication next week, Davis notes Palin's appearance at the Republican convention came only days after she was named to the GOP ticket, and the Alaska governor had few clothes on hand that were appropriate for the event.

“We flew her out from Alaska to Arizona to Ohio to introduce her to the world and take control of her life. She didn’t think ‘dress for the convention’, because it might have just been a nice day trip to Arizona if she didn’t click with John. Very little prep had been done and if it had, we might have gotten picked off by the press. We were under incredible scrutiny."

"We were under incredible scrutiny," he added. "We got her a gal from New York and we thought, ‘Let’s get some clothes for her and the family.’ It was a failure of management not to get better control and track of that. "The right hand didn’t know what the left hand was doing, what it was worth or where it was going. No one knew how much that stuff was worth. It was more our responsibility than hers.”

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[LynnTheDem]

1. "former John McCain"??? What is he now?

Besides loser.

[Raschel]

2. You'd think she'd have her own clothes to fly in. She's a governor and 44, the loser.

[truthisfreedom]

3. It's all about Sarah. Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah.

Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah Sarah.

Enough about what I think about Sarah. What do you have to say about Sarah?

[rainbow4321]

4. Stupid excuse for clothes bought pre-convention

And what about the clothes bought AFTER the convention???
And her husband's reported silk undies? And the outfit that was bought for Trig at a MN kids' clothes store that the shopkeeper described as "a campaign aide shopping with the RNC credit card".
They're trying to convince people that she could not have had her clothes from home Fed-Exed over night from AK to where ever she was? Or have someone swing by a department store and pick her up a few outfits til she could get her own shipped to her? Then there is the click-click of a mouse option that could have gotten her some outfits with her OWN money from any given store website.

I don't buy that "if she didn't click with" Mcgramps BS. They have already admitted that they talked on the phone once and *very* briefly met ONCE in person. If they were so concerned about seeing if his running mate "clicked" would they not have had a few more meetings, or at the very least much longer in length.