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Schmidt: Palin has trouble with truth
Politico ^ | 01/10/10 | Jonathan Martin

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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To: writer33
This is War! Sarah is now a member of OUR American Family! They're attacking a family member and by God they're gonna' pay - in the forum of public opinion - this will only backfire on the communists and help her popularity - and her Presidential aspirations in 2012!

Pacing. . mumbling. . hrumphing. . prepare to Fight!

41 posted on 01/10/2010 5:48:18 PM PST by Art in Idaho
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To: SolidWood; SoCalPol; Victoria Delsoul; cripplecreek; PennsylvaniaMom; KansasGirl; Perdogg; jla; ...

Lying Piece of Schmidt PING!


42 posted on 01/10/2010 5:48:41 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: HarleyD
Better yet, how many pieces has Politico devoted to Obama’s “trouble with truth”?

Good point, Harley.

43 posted on 01/10/2010 5:49:17 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh Is "The Passion" of Conservatism And Pretty Good At That Radio Thingy)
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To: writer33
STBlazesU Schmidt. You sabotaged the VP run you twit!
44 posted on 01/10/2010 5:49:48 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: writer33

Palin is a punching bag for the Dems and the GOP establishment.


45 posted on 01/10/2010 5:50:16 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: writer33

So why didn't Schmidt quit the campaign if he thought Sarah had trouble with the truth?!

We know John McCain has trouble with the truth! He isn't trashing him!

46 posted on 01/10/2010 5:50:25 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Rational Thought

Do you think he has McCain’s blessing? This does not help McCain one bit in his reelection. He is underestimating how much the AZ base likes Palin and how much they are tired of him. Although, all he has to do is listen. I was at a townhall with McCain a few months ago. MOst of the attendees point blank tol McCain they were not going to vote for him. Respectfully, of course.


47 posted on 01/10/2010 5:50:35 PM PST by Hildy (This Christmas, the Democrats have given America the one gift that keeps on taking.)
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To: writer33

well I’m glad that the mysterious “anonymous” source we’ve been hearing about for the past year finally has a name.

So now it comes down to the credibility of Steve Schmidt vs. the credibility of Sarah Palin.


48 posted on 01/10/2010 5:50:50 PM PST by Scotswife
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To: Yaelle
Schmidt acted like an arrogant jerk in it.

And then you get this interview, and you're suspicions are confirmed. He is an arrogant jerk.

49 posted on 01/10/2010 5:51:23 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh Is "The Passion" of Conservatism And Pretty Good At That Radio Thingy)
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To: ZRicochet

That’s true....how many rats eat their own like this? STUPID STUPID STUPID


50 posted on 01/10/2010 5:51:24 PM PST by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: facedown

bump tagline on post 2 and all of post 3.


51 posted on 01/10/2010 5:52:16 PM PST by Christian4Bush (2010 is here. In 296 days, we Vote the B**tards Out. Then, we finish the job in 2012.)
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To: writer33

Palin: Schmidt has trouble running a campaign.


52 posted on 01/10/2010 5:53:11 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (3V3Ry71N' 084M4 D03z 83N3f17Z MU5l1mz. c01NC1d3nc3?)
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To: Bahbah

I didn’t put the Romney keywords in. I don’t know who’s doing it.


53 posted on 01/10/2010 5:53:17 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh Is "The Passion" of Conservatism And Pretty Good At That Radio Thingy)
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To: achilles2000
A good reason not to consider Pawlenty.

I agree, although not the only one. Establishment approved.

54 posted on 01/10/2010 5:53:50 PM PST by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: Bahbah
"Schmidt was importuned by several of the Republican aspirants for president earlier this year. Mitt Romney sent him an antique chair to symbolize a seat at the table."
55 posted on 01/10/2010 5:54:07 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: writer33

I knew it wasn’t you.


56 posted on 01/10/2010 5:55:12 PM PST by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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To: writer33

I suspect that with the Packers-Cardinals football game going into OT almost no one saw this. Steve Schmidt is a pretty slimmy dude. He berated Sarah Palin for not bowing down the Charles Darwin. Schmidt is clearly a bully and a christian-hater as well as a loser in more ways than one. They wouldn’t let Palin do anything to try to win in 2008. They tried to frame her on the so-called wardrobe scandal.


57 posted on 01/10/2010 5:55:42 PM PST by fkabuckeyesrule (Steve Schmidt is a __________)
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To: ZRicochet

Perhaps if Steve Schmidt and others on the campaign had worked as hard to smear Obama, McCain would have won, but nah, was much easier for them to trash Sarah Palin then go after Obama, after all, he was off limits, so cute and hip like, cant go after him. God Forbid the McCain campaign had grown some balls and gone after the REAL enemy..but McCain was too busy saying what a great President Obama will be. Schmidt has destroyed every campaign he has ever worked on


58 posted on 01/10/2010 5:55:46 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: writer33

In an interview with the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes,” Steve Schmidt described Palin as “very calm - nonplussed” after McCain met with her at his Arizona ranch just before putting her on the Republican ticket. McCain had planned to name Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., as his vice presidential choice until word leaked, sparking what Schmidt called political blowback over picking the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee.

Schmidt said he asked Palin about her serenity in the face of becoming “one of the most famous people in the world.” He quoted her as saying, “It’s God’s plan.”

“There were numerous instances that she said things that were - that were not accurate that, ultimately, the campaign had to deal with. And that opened the door to criticism that she was being untruthful and inaccurate. And I think that that is something that continues to this day,” he said.

Palin’s spokeswoman, Meg Stapleton, has disputed the version of events presented in the reporters’ book.

“The governor’s descriptions of these events are found in her book, ‘Going Rogue.’ Her descriptions are accurate,” Stapleton said in a statement to “60 Minutes.” Stapleton added: “She was there. These reporters were not.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011002297.html


59 posted on 01/10/2010 5:55:48 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
Reform the Republicans or form a new party.

Not gonna happen and, ummm, not gonna happen...

60 posted on 01/10/2010 5:56:00 PM PST by Riodacat (Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.)
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