"The reality is the Republican Party basically went off the rails when McCain picked Sarah Palin, and the press averted its eyes from this lunacy ever since then."

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Dan Froomkin on press accountability in the Trump era

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@froomkin iirc he didn't pick her, the Tea Party Express forced him. Basically saddling an electable candidate with an albatross.
@olavf @atrupar @froomkin Tea Party Express was not a thing until 2010.