Here is something strange and wrong, but likely to have PUMAs everywhere chopping at the bit:

Palin and Clinton were almost going to be best friends:

An outspoken Clinton supporter during the Democratic primary who switched his allegiance to the GOP ticket for the general election

, Coale made his case to Palin at the Iron Dog snowmachine competition in Fairbanks, where Todd Palin was competing over Valentine’s Day weekend. His broader aim, say Palin camp insiders, was to help Palin develop a relationship with the former first family that he thought could bolster the polarizing governor’s standing with Democrats and independents.

Can you imagine what hell would have been had if Palin and Clinton had begun palling around with each other? Were talking Level 5 insanity (just one level from world-destruction). Luckily, this was a far-fetched story and Politico just needed to feel like they do “investigative journalism:”

She expressed concern to aides about Coale’s request that weekend and a few days later directed Meg Stapleton, an Alaska-based campaign aide, to tell Coale that she would not help retire Clinton’s debt.

“While we appreciate your efforts and recognize that a friendship with the Clintons is appropriate, the governor believes (and I concur) that using SarahPAC to pay down Hillary’s debt is not a prudent use of the money,” Stapleton wrote to Coale in a Feb. 17 e-mail, a few days after he made his pitch to the governor. “Contributors who chose between heating their homes and sending in a contribution because they believe in Sarah would be crushed.”

Phew! Thanks Politico for making a non-story a story.

(Politico)

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