McCain comments on ‘Game Change’ revelations about Palin and Reid
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Arizona Sen. John McCain is taking a pass on newly reported details about his chosen running mate in the 2008 presidential election -- with the authors of a new book, ‘Game Change,’ revealing more about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s lack of preparation for world affairs at the time -- such as her reported question about why there are two Koreas.
Was the McCain campaign’s vetting process inadequate, as the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann suggests: ‘In judging Palin, it was relying on vetting so hasty and haphazard, it barely merited the name.’’
‘I wouldn’t know,’’ McCain said in an appearance on NBC’s ‘Today’ show this morning. ‘The fact is, I’m proud of Sarah Palin. I’m proud of the campaign we waged. She energized our party. She will be a major factor in American politics in the future, and I’m proud of our campaign..... I’m not going to get into it.’’
McCain also spoke about Democratic Sen. Harry Reid’s racial comments about President Obama. According to ‘Game Change,’ Reid said Obama was a good presidential candidate because he was ‘light skinned’’ and had ‘no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one.’
‘That’s up to Sen. Reid and the voters of the state of Nevada,’’ McCain said, adding: ‘I didn’t know those kind of words were still in an American lexicon... Also, by the way, I must comment on the stunning double standard as far as the treatment of Sen. [Trent] Lott, who also made unfortunate and inopportune remarks, and the treatment of Harry Reid by the liberal left.... It’s up to Harry Reid, and it’s up to the voters of Nevada. We’ve got a lot to do in the Senate.’’
-- Mark Silva