New Details Revealed About Sarah Palin & 08 Campaign

Governor Palin 4 President ^

[MaxCUA]

— Getting the news from Fox: Sarah Palin learned from Fox News that she and John McCain wouldn’t win last year’s presidential election. When she heard anchor Brit Hume announce that Barack Obama had won Ohio, “Palin swallowed a mouthful of air. ‘Oh, well, that’s it,’ she said.”

— No concession on the concession: Palin wanted to give a concession speech, but that was nixed by McCain and his aides. It had been written by former Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully, and would have had her say, “when a black citizen prepares to fill the office of Washington and Lincoln,

[TribalPrincess2U]

Gee, what could have been.

Why bother to bring this up?

[supremedoctrine]

It was clear to me from the beginning what a manipulative,
exploiting pr#ck John McCain was, not just with his running mate , who got him half his votes, but also with people like Joe the Plumber, who got the cold shoulder once McCain had used him up. I will never forgive that old coot for his behavior in last years campaign. He should simply disappear.
It’s not that he’s too gentlemanly,or too malleable, or too conciliatory, or just not ‘mean’ enough to get elected-—he’s a BAD man, deep down, and his wrath is reserved ONLY for those on ‘HIS side of the aisle’. What a dysfunctional mess he is , and was, and always will be.

[Loyal Buckeye]

McCain has no base philosophy, thus his inconsistent and ‘out of left field’ comments and policy positions. A loose canon rolling around on the deck.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****When she heard anchor Brit Hume announce that Barack Obama had won Ohio,****

That was when I turned the tv off and said a prayer for the country.

[Dr. Sivana]

– The really awkward part: After the McCains had left, Palin wanted to take pictures with her family on the hotel ballroom stage, though a lot of TV crews were still filming. McCain staffers got wind of it and freaked out, thinking Palin was going to give her concession speech after all. After a round of frantic telephone calls, instructions filtered down from McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt to turn the lights down. Palin stayed posing on the stage anyway, prompting senior McCain staffer Carla Eudy to tell Palin aide Jason Recher: “You never had control of her. Get control of her! Get her ass off stage!” Recher’s response? “The campaign ended tonight, and so did you.”

[Christian4Bush]

senior McCain staffer Carla Eudy to tell Palin aide Jason Recher: “You never had control of her. Get control of her! Get her ass off stage!”

Recher’s response? “The campaign ended tonight, and so did you.”

Damn...wish I could have said that.

[Dr. Sivana]

It looks like Sweet Carla had already been demoted once, and didn't like it.

SOURCE

On the eve of his official announcement tour to declare his candidacy for president, Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican, has replaced his finance director. Carla Eudy, a long-time adviser, is out and Mary Kate Johnson, a former Bush fund-raiser, is in. (4/24/2007, NY Times)