McCain explains Palin vetting

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Pushing back aggressively against charges of lax or hasty vetting, the McCain campaign disclosed Tuesday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was one of six finalists for running mate who filled out a 70-question form that included detailed personal, professional and financial probing.

The campaign says the form included such detailed questions as: Have you been faithful in your marriage? Have you ever paid for sex? Have you ever downloaded pornography? Have you ever used or purchased drugs?

“Anybody who says that she wasn’t completely vetted is completely wrong,” a McCain campaign official said. “Everything that has come out over the last couple of days is information that we already knew — that came during this vetting process. The bottom line is that John McCain believes she is a qualified executive who’s able to fill the role of the vice president.”

Palin, unveiled on Friday as vice presidential running mate for the Arizona senator, has been in a media storm since her announcement Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. The daughter plans to keep the baby and marry the father, the announcement says.

As part of the McCain staff’s effort to fight a media storm, official campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb labeled as “fiction” a front-page New York Times story questioning the Palin vetting process.

Palin had been researched thoroughly even earlier than the questionnaire stage, as part of a group of 21 semifinalists who were not informed of their status but who were researched from public records.

“The fact of the matter is she was vetted over the course of about four to five months," the McCain official said, "in a vetting process that was read by a former Reagan White House counsel,” Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.

“It included a comprehensive group of researchers and investigators prepared background memos that included information in regards to all media coverage pertaining to her, her political positions, her issues, a review of finance documents, a credit check, a personal interview with the candidate, and a questionnaire,” the official said.

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Did they also ask if you ever smoked weed? And if you did, did you not inhale?

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The campaign says the form included such detailed questions as: Have you been faithful in your marriage? Have you ever paid for sex? Have you ever downloaded pornography? Have you ever used or purchased drugs?

That explains it, that would have disqualified just about every guy.

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Did they also ask if you ever smoked weed? And if you did, did you not inhale?

I'm guessing they did since I already know this fact about her.

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The campaign says the form included such detailed questions as: Have you been faithful in your marriage? Have you ever paid for sex? Have you ever downloaded pornography? Have you ever used or purchased drugs?

That explains it, that would have disqualified just about every guy.

....cross off Pawlenty, Jindal, Romney and Lieberman. Well, maybe not Lieberman...LOL.

[Teacher Mark 53]

The campaign says the form included such detailed questions as: Have you been faithful in your marriage? Have you ever paid for sex? Have you ever downloaded pornography? Have you ever used or purchased drugs?

That explains it, that would have disqualified just about every guy.

....cross off Pawlenty, Jindal, Romney and Lieberman. Well, maybe not Lieberman...LOL.

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Did they also ask if you ever smoked weed? And if you did, did you not inhale?

I'm guessing they did since I already know this fact about her.

I was making a funny about beginning the search for a running mate with a questionaire, and the likelihood that politicians would answer it fully and completely (ala President William Jefferson Clinton, Rhodes Scholar).

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Based on the questionnaire, they're looking for people who either don't tell the truth, or aren't in touch with reality.

I don't know if I know anyone that both hasn't seen pornography or hasn't experimented with drugs.

This is America...what happened to the pursuit of happiness?

With McCain at 72 years of age (where most people retire at 65) we really have to consider Palin as a possible Commander in Chief.

Whereas the McCain crew brought up the criteria of Foreign Affairs experience, they really blew it selecting Palin.

They are really desperate...

God Bless America

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Based on the questionnaire, they're looking for people who either don't tell the truth, or aren't in touch with reality.

I don't know if I know anyone that both hasn't seen pornography or hasn't experimented with drugs.

This is America...what happened to the pursuit of happiness?

With McCain at 72 years of age (where most people retire at 65) we really have to consider Palin as a possible Commander in Chief.

Whereas the McCain crew brought up the criteria of Foreign Affairs experience, they really blew it selecting Palin.

They are really desperate...

God Bless America

...the video.