Divas On Parade

by digby

I’m sure you have all heard by now that McCain loyalists are already out there dissing Palin for ruining everything.

But this one made me chuckle a bit:

A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign. “She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. “Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.”

My goodness,somebody is just all upset. Get that diva a chill pill.

Palin shouldn’t feel too upset by this. In fact, it should (but won’t) make her a little bit less critical of Obama, who the McCain campaign spent the summer belittling as a “celebrity.” She should be glad they didn’t call her what McCain calls his wife. perhaps that will have to wait until after the election.

Meanwhile, I’m hard pressed to hold Palin completely responsible for this:

“Her lack of fundamental understanding of some key issues was dramatic,” said another McCain source with direct knowledge of the process to prepare Palin after she was picked. The source said it was probably the “hardest” to get her “up to speed than any candidate in history.”

I discussed this earlier. They didn’t even ask if she knew anything. They chose her because she spoke to Charlie Rose like and automaton and because she looked good. They have only themselves to blame if she was completely unschooled on issues and political politesse. She delivered everything they were asking for.

On the other hand, it does take a real diva to accept a job for which you are completely unqualified and then blame the people who chose you for failing to properly prepare you for the job. I know it’s anti-American to turn down a big opportunity, but the stakes were damned high and she could have done it. Lot’s of people do. In fact, on the Republican side there was a long line of them.

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