Republicans rebut claims they failed to vet Sarah Palin

UK Telegraph ^ | Sept. 3, 2008 | Toby Harnden

[lovesdogs]

The rats are on the run. I just got an email from their camp begging for $5. They know that McCain/Palin is gaining ground and that the attacks are starting to turn Americans off.
Keep praying everyone. Pray hard for a electrifying speech tonight.

[dr_who]

The Republican rebuttal should be to give the Democrats the same "opposition research" that the Dems are giving Palin.

You wanna know how to get the Democrats? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get the Democrats. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I'm offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?

[tanuki]

Yeah, too bad their ‘intellects’ can’t get higher than US magazine.

Great line-there will be a ‘backfire’ next week for them and they’ll never see it coming.

[Crystal Cove]

The candidates are vetted by the voters during the primary.

[BurbankKarl]

There are a lot of people that are equating her role as head of the Alaska National Guard to the ANG F16s that patrol the Alaska skies. (Including those that intercept the Bear bombers)

[BurbankKarl]

Generals Campbell and Fraser Announce Alaska Shield Northern Edge 2007

Release Number: 010507

4/12/2007 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Major General Craig E. Campbell, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; Lieutenant General Douglas Fraser, ALCOM Commander; John Madden, Division Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management; and Nelson Cohen, United States Attorney for Alaska are announcing the beginning of the Alaska Shield Northern Edge 2007. This exercise tests the homeland security and emergency response preparedness and capability within the State of Alaska.

"Alaska provides valuable resources to our neighbors in the Lower 48 and we have a history of severe natural disasters," Maj. Gen. Campbell said. "Governor Sarah Palin has given me specific direction to make sure the state is prepared to lead the charge in homeland security and emergency management for protection and response to possible terrorist attacks and natural disasters."

This year's exercise will include some 75 participating agencies from the federal government, State of Alaska, many local governments and the private sector. The participants will be engaged in the activities of the exercise for about two weeks and the first event will take place in early May.

"Because of its size and strategic importance, Alaska is unique in hosting a military command focused on the defense and, when requested, support of the state," said Lt. Gen. Fraser. "This exercise is an opportunity to show how the local, state and federal partnership in Alaska provides the highest level of security and response."

Details of the exercise events are being closely guarded to ensure first responders have the most realistic experience and training available.

"This is a crucial event to showcase how cooperation and participation leads to success between a state and the federal government," Director Madden said. "Homeland security is a discipline, not a reaction, in Alaska and we look forward to a fantastic learning experience next month."

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Joint Task Force-Alaska NEWS RELEASE Alaskan Command Office of Public Affairs 9480 Pease Ave, Ste 136, Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-2150 Cmcl (907) 552-2341 DSN (317) 552-7567 Fax: Cmcl (907) 552-5411 DSN (317) 552-5411

[tanknetter]

Take a look at the extent to which Obama’s folks promoted their own vetting process, including the fact that Caroline Kennedy was part of the committee.

It sure looks to me like they were doing some preemptive innoculation, with plans to slam McCain with the “he didn’t vet his choice properly” drawn up long before the Palin nomination was announced and not targeted to one specific potential VP selectee. When Palin was selected, they were able to dig up some fourth or fifth-rate “dirt” on her and her family, then roll out the attack they’d planned to launch all along.

[relictele]

As with all strategies Democratic, they really have nothing of substance....but they still are living in Clinton’s 1992 world where repeating the same things over and over again (Carville’s advice) is supposed to sway opinion and sound convincing.

Old dogs haven’t learned new tricks and the world has passed them by in the form of Super Sarah.

[Non-Sequitur]

There are a lot of people that are equating her role as head of the Alaska National Guard to the ANG F16s that patrol the Alaska skies. (Including those that intercept the Bear bombers)

And I think they're overstating the situation. Or would you say that Clinton had extensive military experience in his 10 years as head of the Arkansas National Guard?