Cantor perpetuates lie that he was on short list for V.P.

[rvablue]

The Myth of Cantor’s Vetting
5/5/09, 11:31 am EST

A source close to the McCain campaign is telling me that the story that Eric Cantor — the “rising star” of the GOP — came anywhere near to being John McCain’s running mate in 2008 is bunk:

“The notion that Eric Cantor was somehow a high profile candidate for vice president is a complete and total joke,” a source close the top former leadership of the McCain campaign told me. “ He was never on the short list. Never vetted. But if you read the press today you would believe that Eric Cantor ever so close to being vice president. This was created by Cantor’s PR people. He’s got a ton of them.”

Cantor’s shameless self promotion is the source of bitter jokes among McCain veterans. “They just laugh about it,” says the source, who has long been a close observer of Cantor’s career. “When Cantor’s asked about it, he won’t comment directly about the vetting. He just hints and struts. It’s very revealing. Its’ the old politics: You get ahead by courting the spotlight without doing anything necessarily different or interesting. There’s nothing there.”


http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2009/05/05/the-myth-of-cantors-vetting/

The last two sentences, I think, are an apt description not just of Cantor but of the GOP as a whole.

More infighting and backbiting from the ranks of the GOP!! Do any of these guys get along???

[Clio the Leo]

1. He might have been on the short list for the **GOP** nomination...

.... but as far as the list for possible VP picks, he wasn't even close ... neither was Palen. ;)

*I* was higer on the list of "Possible Vice President's of the United States" than they were. (smile)

[grantcart]

2. just exactly how tall is he?

[FrenchieCat]

7. How tall is John McCain? Cause Eric Cantor looks to be a bit shorter than McCain and Boner!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8DOjCUlGoVk/SJj1Vr_yk6I/AAAAAAAAAYU/Nfgebz72y7Q/s400/cantor+mccain.jpg

[marlakay]

3. Just following GOP story line, tell a lie enough times

and the stupid masses believe it...heck I use to believe it...

[Mass]

4. So, why should I believe one more than the other? One is part of a team that chose Palin, the other

one is well, he is ambitious. (anyway, would Cantor have been a worse choice than Palin? Seriously?).

The only reason I could believe the McCain campaign source is that the GOP would not wanted to have a non-christian on the ticket.

Somebody needs to tell me why we should be involved in the internal fights within the GOP. They are all as bad one as the other.

[sofa king]

5. Yeah, well the "never vetted" part doesn't mean much, does it?

Because we all discovered to our delight that the actual VP candidate was never vetted, either.

[Ikonoklast]

6. Hubris will be the downfall of Cantor.

This is a guy who believes the fertilizer his flacks spread around. His actual accomplishments as a legisator is close to nil.