Bush White House aides to tutor Palin

[katty]

more:
http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/02/bushies-come-to-palin-s-rescue.aspx

Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 5:35 PM
Bushies Come to Palin's Aid
Michael Isikoff
By Michael Isikoff

The McCain team has hastily assembled a team of former Bush White House aides to tutor the vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, on foreign-policy issues, to write her speeches and to begin preparing her for her all-important Oct. 2 debate against Sen. Joe Biden.

Steve Biegun, who once served as the No. 3 National Security Council official under Condoleezza Rice at the White House, has been hired as chief foreign-policy adviser to the Alaska governor, campaign officials told NEWSWEEK. After taking leave from his job as vice president for international affairs at Ford Motor Co. last Friday, Biegun flew to St. Paul and, together with McCain’s foreign-policy guru Randy Schuenemann, began briefings for Palin on national-security issues—an area where her resume is conspicuously thin.

[firedupdem]

1. Talking Head Needed

They are doing this to make her a talking head only. How does that work in a debate?

[TwilightGardener]

2. Sad. Just fucking sad. They truly would run a dog if they thought they could

put it over on the voters.

[CatWoman]

23. I'll take inanimate carbon rod for $500, Alex

:)

[kikiek]

3. No doubt this is why she is in "seculsion".

[bluestateguy]

4. My God. The Democrats would never get away with this.

Experience only seems to be a prerequiste for Democrats.

[katty]

7. Never get away with ANY of the crap this crowd pulls

[katty]

5. miss congeniality getting her my fair lady lessons

[kestrel91316]

11. Did you know she lied about getting chosen Miss Congeniality at

that beauty pageant? Apparently the REAL Miss COngeniality came forward and basically called Palin a bald-faced liar about it.

[katty]

14. she is a real disturbing article, that ms palin

[angstlessk]

6. she must feel like she is back in the Miss Alaska contest....except

for all that brainiac crap...heaven help us all! I am looking forward to her speach at the convention, probably the only one I will listen to???

[gratuitous]

8. It's nice they're tutoring her

Because right now, she's getting schooled. If you know what I mean.

[trof]

9. Well, that will sure fix 'everything'.

Those guys are masters at international matters.
Not.

[kestrel91316]

10. Tutor her in WHAT? High school civics?

I sure as hell hope so, because she desperately needs it.

Oh, and they might want to spend a few minutes on the origins of the Pledge of Allegiance.

[City Lights]

12. What? I thought she was fully qualified.

Now she's enrolled in a crash course at The Shotgun School of Foreign Policy?

How typically republickan.

[MiniMe]

13. Didn't she cancel some appearance because she had to write her speech?

Oops. Guess she isn't writing it after all. Not that I'm surprised.

[WolverineDG]

15. But I thought she was ready to be VP?

:shrug:

dg

[Robbien]

16. WH aides are paid by US taxpayers. This is partisan work which RNC should

foot the bill, not us.

GOPers are just super welfare queens.

[katty]

20. bushco has been doing whatever they want for 7+years

not stopping now.

[crickets]

17. Oh, no problem. Pay no attention, America. It's no big deal

that the woman who would be Veep needs tutors just to get through a debate. She'll be fiiiine on the job, dontcha know. And she's experienced! Don't forget that!

It boggles the mind.

[magellan]

18. Just over a month to feed her all the talking points? No problem.

The RW position on everything is arrogant bluster and holier-than-thou mumbo jumbo sprinkled generously with lies.

[undeterred]

19. Yeah, that's what we want, someone who needs tutoring.

[elehhhhna]

21. ,,,by CONDI'S CRACK STAFF ? roflmao

[undeterred]

22. I think she homeschooled the chimp.

[Hubert Flottz]

24. And the taxpayers are paying for it!