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17 Sep 2008 05:29 pm

The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XI: Asking The Girls?

This is indeed odd. Here is Palin answering Hannity's question about her decision to accept the vice-presidency:

"It was a time of asking the girls to vote on it, anyway.  And they voted unanimously, yes.  Didn't bother asking my son because, you know, he's going to be off doing his thing anyway, so he wouldn't be so impacted by, at least, the campaign period here.  So ask the girls what they thought and they're like, absolutely.  Let's do this, mom."

But here's the official tick-tock of the announcement from McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker on August 29:

"Later that morning, John McCain departed for Phoenix and Governor Palin departed with staff to Flagstaff, Arizona.  Governor Palin, Kris Perry, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter proceeded to the Manchester Inn and Conference Center in Middleton, Ohio. They were checked into the hotel as the Upton Family. While there, Governor Palin’s children, who had been told they were going to Ohio to celebrate their parents’ wedding anniversary, were told for the first time that their mother would be a nominee for Vice President of the United States of America."

Here's the ADN story that claims that the pick was a total surprise to her family and children in Ohio. So did Palin ask the girls to vote on it or not? If they were told that they were on a plane to celebrate their parents' wedding anniversary, the decision had already been made, right? So Palin was lying to Hannity, right? The girls were not asked, let alone asked to vote. They were told. Or am I wrong? Is there another explanation? Maybe the full context will clear this up.

Update: The quote is introduced as:

On her family’s reaction to be picked as the VP nominee:

So it's possible, I guess, that Palin had asked her girls about the general possibility of being asked to be veep earlier in the process and they had agreed in principle. But then they were surprised. In fact, on reflection, that makes sense of both stories. Stay tuned.

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