Quoteworthy: ‘She’s nothing like us’
Posted by Brad at 12:28pm Thursday, October 9, 2008
Laura Chase, campaign manager for Sarah Palin’s successful campaign for mayor of Wasilla in 1996, had this to say…
“She’s nothing like us! [S]he doesn’t know what it’s like to not be able to pay the bills, to not be able to get credit cards or health insurance for the kids. Not everyone has what they have; that image is a lie. And it’s not that she’s like us. We’d like to believe that. People are living vicariously through her. They feel they’re missing something in life. But she has that way where she can impact someone in that manner; it’s like you feel you’re living that life, and that’s why she can say ‘Oh, I’m just one of them,’ because we’re desperately trying to live vicariously through her energetic and determined lifestyle. Maybe that’s why I’m so damned proud of her – I’m doing it too.”
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UPDATE - 5:21pm… Laura Chase commented on this post and I wanted to bring her additional context “above the fold” for those who don’t look at the comment section:
. . . Just to put this quote in context, I was trying to explain why some part of me was proud of Sarah. The part that didn’t make it into the article is that I don’t believe Sarah is qualified to be Vice President and the mere thought scares the living daylights out of me. Before McCain selected Sarah as his running mate, I had planned to vote for him; I will not vote for him now.
–L
On Oct 9, 2008, Laura Chase said:
. . . Just to put this quote in context, I was trying to explain why some part of me was proud of Sarah. The part that didn’t make it into the article is that I don’t believe Sarah is qualified to be Vice President and the mere thought scares the living daylights out of me. Before McCain selected Sarah as his running mate, I had planned to vote for him; I will not vote for him now.
–L