Reply #16: Palin's staff [View All]

[JustJon]

I have to say: I actually feel bad for "Betsy" and company.

Yeah, they're doing a lousy job, but you can just as easily argue that they're only doing what they think is necessary to prop up a bad candidate.

I mean, do we honestly think that $150k spending spree ever happens if they weren't recognizing the reality that Palin's gotta really look the part, 'cause she sure isn't gonna act the part?

Do we honestly think they'd have been tricked into a prank phone call if they weren't so desperate to secure her a chance to talk with a foreign leader and secure his endorsement, just to prop up her sagging foreign credentials?

Nevermind how easy it would have been to make about two phone calls to confirm (or, you know, not) that the Sarkozy call was legit.

And, for that matter, never mind how much worse it could have been for them. By which I mean: they're lucky it was as over the top as it was. They're lucky she caught on eventually, once they came out and told her. How much worse would it have been if they pranked her, then the call ended, and then Palin's people started spreading the word that she had a productive private conversation with Sarkozy that resulted in securing his endorsement... only to have the prank dropped on them after they already began to crow about it. Oh yeah, this could have been much worse if the Palin people had actually been allowed to go on thinking it was real. Could've been much, much worse.

But, still, I feel bad for her staff. They're getting tagged for all the mistakes Palin herself makes (as if it's their fault that she didn't learn things a middle-school student knows). They're getting thrown under the bus by McCain's people. And they're embarrassing themselves striking out swinging at bad pitches because they're pressing to hit the homerun that will get them back in the game.

"Sarah Palin's vice presidential campaign" probably won't be something they want to highlight on the old résumé. Unless they apply for a job with the NRA, or something.