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Bush Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito was picked by the McCain campaign to be on the "Palin Truth Squad" tasked with defending Palin from attacks. Apparently after being an ardent supporter of the worst Republican policies and Republican president over the past 8 years they figured Capito would do it.
But has Capito stepped up even once to defend Palin? And what is Shelley Moore Capito going to do now that the attacks on Palin are coming from within McCain's house?
John McCain's campaign is looking for a scapegoat. It is looking for someone to blame if McCain loses on Tuesday.
And it has decided on Sarah Palin.
In recent days, a McCain "adviser" told Dana Bash of CNN: "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone."
Imagine not taking advice from the geniuses at the McCain campaign. What could Palin be thinking?
Also, a "top McCain adviser" told Mike Allen of Politico that Palin is "a whack job."
Maybe she is. But who chose to put this "whack job" on the ticket? Wasn't it John McCain? And wasn't it his first presidential-level decision?
So John McCain has reached the same conclusion West Virginia Blue reached months ago: Palin was a rushed pick and a bad, unqualified pick. But as a member picked to defend her, shouldn't Capito step up and denounce the attacks from McCain's campaign? Was that "truth squad" role as fake as Capito's "civility caucus"?
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