Clever and misleading juxtapositioning. Yes, the evangelicals revolted against the idea of Lieberman. But McCain then had various choices, Palin was in no way “forced” on McCain by the evangelicals. Few expected her selection.
Wish I woulda bought some Intrade shares on Palin last week...
Here’s the eye catching headline headline: “ Palin picked as last resort AFTER EVANGELICAL REVOLT”
Now we get into the fine print:
Here’s the first reference to a “revolt” in the article: Now it has emerged that the shock announcement of the unknown Ms Palin was forced upon Senator McCain “AFTER CONSERVATIVES THREATENED A REVOLT.”
Further down this morphed into “...[McCain was told by his advisors that] “.... if he proceeded to nominate Senator Lieberman, who is pro-choice on the issue of abortion, the conservative Christian base of the party WOULD TAKE THE ISSUE TO THE FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION AND TRY TO OVERTURN THE VOTE. “
So the author didn’t exactly lie, he was just spinning so fast that he must have disappeared right up his own singularity.