Posted on 01/10/2010 5:35:37 PM PST by writer33
John McCain’s top campaign strategist said in an interview Sunday that Sarah Palin was dishonest as the GOP’s vice-presidential nominee and that her untruths have done long-term damage to her public image.
“There were numerous instances that she said things that were – that were not accurate that ultimately, the campaign had to deal with,” said Steve Schmidt in an interview broadcast on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” “And that opened the door to criticism that she was being untruthful and inaccurate. And I think that is something that continues to this day.”
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You get that impression, too, huh?
This is much faster than these things normally work, but we have a different communication culture now, and she just might have time to pull it off.
She was vetted alright - she has the bill to prove it. Seems the campaign would have picked up the bill had McCain/Palin won. However, since they lost, the Palin’s had to pick up the tab themselves. I believe it was along the lines of $50K.
Pawlenty has picked him up.
^^
For real?
Two reasons:
1. He is one of the Republican elites.
2. He doesn’t like Sarah Palin.
I wish Schmidt would do us all a favor and drink a big glass of Shut Up juice.
You and your boss were the problem, Curly.
Thanks...was just catching up on all the posts and hadn’t gotten that far.
I don't know if he is racist lite or what, but he did seem like he didn't want to stand in the way of the Historic Black Man.
She says the bright side is that if someone says she wasn't properly vetted she can now prove she was by showing them the bill.
No, it's more likely that the truth of the matter is that McCain's aides saw that Sarah was a rising star, potentially someone more popular and better liked than McCain. She threatened McCain and ultimately, the GOP elite. Sarah showed her independence and free thinking, and from that day the old GOP stalwarts have been trying to ruin her political future.
Their innuendo, gossip, and criticism slowed down when they thought she would be stranded in Alaska to finish her term as governor, swamped with a never ending series of ethics lawsuits launched by Obama's henchmen. When Sarah caught on to their game and resigned, they were all joyful, proclaiming that she was history and that was the end of career in politics. As a quitter, she was toast, done, finished!
Sarah quickly came back with a best selling book and successful promotional tour, and her standing began improving in the polls. Her success has put her name on the list of potential GOP presidential candidates and her poll numbers show she is a favorite among conservatives. This threat is real to the presumptive next nominee in line – Mitt Romney, and to any other GOP politician with presidential ambitions. So the machinery of destruction is in play in a more desperate, focused way – Sarah needs to be defeated, and defeated right now!
I have read the entire article, and there is not one piece of evidence that corroborates their vicious innuendos. There is nothing specific.
For example:
“Schmidt cited an ethics report on the then-Alaska governor from her home state on an investigation into whether she had improperly used her government position.“She went out and said, you know, ‘This report completely exonerates me,’” Schmidt said. “And in fact, it – it didn’t. You know it’s the equivalent of saying down is up and up is down. It was provably, demonstrably untrue.”
Which report is that? Specifics please. There are none, but just more gossip and innuendo directed at Sarah with the purpose to damage her integrity.
What we have here are the old, rehashed, and tiresome comments about her poor interview with Couric. The idea is to portray her as an ignorant hick even if Sarah keeps demonstrates that she is exactly the opposite.
While these parasites are foaming at the mouth, and gossiping about old stories and rumors, they seem complacent enough with the state of the nation thanks to Obama and the Democrats. Their greatest enemy isn't Obama, but Sarah Palin.
I hope Sarah stops extending gracious overtures towards McCain because the old man is probably behind these attacks. He is not out there defending her, in any event. So I hope Sarah never thinks of campaigning for that tired, old has-been, John McCain.
I get the feeling that Schmidt deferred to McCain, but felt he was #2 and wasn’t going to let Palin be at McCain’s right hand.
Axelrod does think he’s in charge, and for good reason. I’m sure Jim Henson felt the same way.
Just one look at the pictures of this bald-headed stooge and you know why McCain never had a chance even if he was a decent campaigner.
Dittoes.
I’m going to sit out the next election cycle unless the GOP gives this POS Schmidt the brush-back pitch.
LOL!
It would be a brilliant move for McCain to stand up for Sarah Monday morning. It is the right thing for a “gentleman” to do (which of course Schmidt is not) and the expected thing for him to do since Sarah never criticizes him and has defended him. It’s called loyalty. McCain owes her that in return.
All he has to say is as far as he is concerned Sarah never had a problem with the truth and he never had a problem with her. He doesn’t even have to directly criticize that piece of Schmidt to help Sarah. He would get major political points for speaking up. It would be the third best thing he’s done in his too-long career.
There is NO MEANINGFUL DOWNSIDE (Schmidt’s good will - worth nothing) for McCain to stand up for Sarah and all kinds of upside.
The Republican Establishment has lined up against her, just as they lined up against Reagan up to 1980. Reagan prevailed in part because George Bush was not much of a candidate. He could not, for instance, win a senate race here in Texas. Just too laid back, too “foreign.” He won in 1988 only because the Dims put up a weak candidate, and because he wore Reagan’s label. Reagan did have the advantage of support from a California Republican party that had not yet gone to hell. Palin’s strength is more personal, and it remains to be seen where her support among Pols will come. As she says herself: no one is president by him/herself. Maybe she might even take the second seat again, but for someone like DeMint if he proves out. Stranger things have happened.
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