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This may be the best illustration of the cynicism of the Palin pick I’ve yet seen. In the primary, John McCain claimed Rudy Giuliani didn’t have the foreign policy credentials to be president because he was “a mayor for a short period of time,” and Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney didn’t because each of them was “a governor for a short period of time.”
If John McCain ever did interviews or press conferences, he might be asked about this apparent discrepancy.
