I still don’t understand something; if McCain wanted Sarah sabotaged by Wallace, then why pick her as his running mate in the first place?
“if McCain wanted Sarah sabotaged by Wallace, then why pick her as his running mate in the first place?”
I think that, initially, he did want Sarah. On paper, she was perfect: A woman, high achiever, governor, etc. He had NO CLUE she would outshine him in every possible way. Also, it wasn’t a secret that millions of GOP voters were voting for her and not him.
It seems the sabotage by Wallace, etc., didn’t begin until he realized SHE was the driving force in the campaign. Narcissist that he was, he couldn’t tolerate that.
Apparently, one of his major character flaws was extreme jealousy, both of men and women.
All JMHO, of course.