Worst. Vetting. Ever

Back on September 2nd and 3rd we remember not being able to pick up a newspaper without seeing an article about the McCain campaigns vetting process of Sarah Palin. All because her daughter was pregnant. I mean, I lost count of the number of times I heard about the so called awful vetting process. It was like trying to keep track of the number of times Mitch Kramer touches his nose in Dazed and Confused. Impossible. We heard howls from pundits on TV about how this called into question McCains judgement and made it open season on every little thing about Palin, true or false. The media after all had to do the job "for the people," or as the press refers to them, the Obama campaign. They had to get to the bottom of this story. If John McCain doesn't vet Palin properly this could call into question his judgement as a President. Don't believe me? Lets take a look back in time at the headlines from those two days alone:

Palin Disclosures Raise Questions on Vetting NY Times 9/2/08

Analysis: How Well Was Palin Vetted? NPR 9/3/08

McCain: No, really, we vetted her! Salon 9/3/08

GOP scrambles to defend Palin vetting process The Globe and Mail 9/3/08

Daughter's pregnancy puts Palin's vetting in question Honolulu Advertiser 9/2/08

McCain campaign's scrutiny of Palin called into question Seattle Times 9/2/08

Disclosures call into question vetting of Palin The Mercury News 9/2/08

Worst. Vetting. Ever. CBS News 9/1/08

Vetting Palin, a Matter of Judgment? ABC News 9/2/08

There are many more, but you get the point. All this was over the simple fact that Palins daughter was pregnant. No tax issues, no criminal issues, nothing. Her daughter was pregnant, so this opened up a storm of media coverage which called not only the vetting process into question, but the judgement of the man running for President.

I wonder if CBS News will revise the story from September 1st about that being the Worst. Vetting. Ever? The only question is which Obama nominee do you choose to take its place. I mean, Daschle was clearly awful but was he worse than Geithner? Geithner received a pass from the media and politicians because he apparently is the only man in the world that can handle the TARP funds. And, of course, because he was nominated by Obama. I still lay awake at night praying for Geithner to remain healthy because the financial world would cease to exist if he catches a bad cold. But just remember, the man who is now heading the IRS, DIDNT PAY HIS TAXES, yet this didn't call into question Obamas vetting or judgement.

What about Killefer? Could she be the worst vetted person ever? She is another Democrat who didnt pay her taxes and had to withdraw her candidacy for performance czar. Yes, performance czar. We finally know the answer as to why Democrats could care less about raising your taxes. It's because they don't bother paying taxes.

But I still don't think those 3 take the cake for the worst vetted person ever. That one easily goes to Bill Richardson. The guy had a grand jury investigating him for months when Obama nominated him to be Secretary of Commerce. Read that sentence again. Yes, Bill Richardson you are now the Worst.Vetted. Ever.

And for those of you who say, well Palin was nomiated for VP and these are cabinet positions, so of course the media won't dig as deep. Let me ask you this. What cabinet position was Joe the Plumber nominated for? David Gergen just couldn't understand how the McCain campaign couldn't have vetted him better before making him a central issue. What did Joe the Plumber have in his background that was so damaging? $1200 in unpaid taxes.

Media, you're up. We can't wait to see and hear your stories about the awful vetting and judgement of Barack Obama.