Did Palin really call Hillary a whiner? Is that how McCain hopes to get PUMA support? ?

Question

Today in Ohio, new McCain veep pick Sarah Palin made a big play for Hillary voters by referencing her now-famous "18 million cracks in the glass ceiling" quote.

But Newsweek reports that back in March, at a Women and Leadership event held by the mag, Palin's view of Hillary wasn't quite as charitable:

Once onstage, together with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Palin talked about what women expect from women leaders; how she took charge in Alaska during a political scandal that threatened to unseat the state's entire Republican power structure, and her feelings about Sen. Hillary Clinton. (She said she felt kind of bad she couldn't support a woman, but she didn't like Clinton's "whining.")

Imagine how surreal it's going to be when Palin evokes Hillary's name

at the GOP convention -- and the arena cheers for her.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Before_they_loved_Hillary.html?showall

http://www.newsweek.com/id/156190 (includes video of Palin saying what she said)

Answer 1

McCain SCORES big, and people...notably feminists, CAN'T handle it

wahhh, wahhh, whahhhh.......

Answer 2

If she called her a whiner back in March, so what?

I'm sure you Obama drones have said a lot worse about Hillary than that

McPalin 08

Answer 3

The race is basically over. Republicans should just stay home the day of the election and bang their heads against the wall.

Answer 4

Yes, she did call Hillary a whiner. Pain---oops, Palin made a tactical mistake talking about Hillary and the 18 millions cracks in the ceiling. Hillary earned those cracks with a hard-fought race. It can hardly compare with being appointed as a VP candidate, especially since she's not the first woman who has been appointed VP. Why all the phony admiration now?