By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--September 29, 2008
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The McCain campaign is speaking for the Alaska state government these days, especially when it wants to ensure that nothing embarrassing about Gov. Sarah Palin emerges before Election Day.This is simply untrue. The McCain campaign is NOT “speaking for the Alaska state government.” Heading off Democrat dirty tricks in Alaska and responding to media distortions in the rest of the country does not equate to “speaking for” the Alaska state government. The Alaska governor’s office told AP that there are no major policy decisions pending and that the guv’s staff is engaged in writing up next year’s budget. They also assure AP that they have been in contact with Palin when need be. So, in the final analysis, there has been no crisis in leadership in Alaska over the last three weeks. It isn’t like she’s been on the stump since 2004 like some other politician that has left his post for months and months on end! I also wonder if the Associated Press has ever written a story on any other presidential candidate who was running for president as a sitting governor? Did they worry that New Mexico was falling apart without Bill Richardson at the helm while he was running for the Democratic nod? Did they wonder if Arkansas was about to go sink beneath the waves while Bill Clinton cruised the country for… well, I guess for votes, but for “other” things, as well? I would be surprised if they had.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.