When a judge looks at an opposing lawyer and goes to town on him, it’s best to remain silent. Any lawyer who has ever been in a courtroom has been on both sides of that kind of thing. It’s no fun when it happens to you, but golly it’s satisfying to watch it happen to someone else.
That’s kind of what’s going on with Republicans these days.
Via Hot Air: David Frum says Nicole Wallace is the source of negative leaks about Sarah Palin. He essentially says that she’s a vicious bitch, but he’s got a better vocabulary than I do.
And speaking of negative leaks about Sarah Palin, the latest is that she didn’t know that Africa was a continent, not a country:
Also, Palin may have squeezed the RNC for more than $150,000 in new clothes — and they weren’t all for her:
NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family-clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent “tens of thousands” more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,” and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.
In other GOP implosion news, House Republicans say that the problem in the last couple of cycles is that their party wasn’t conservative enough. That’s right, double down on Bush conservatism. See you in 2010.
Update:
Keith Olbermann sums it up:
on Nov 6th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Looks like Carl was holding out on us, Man. You could tell he was very happy to spill his guts. You think there was any pressure on him to not report this before the election? Naw, that would never happen at Faux News, Man.