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Washington Insider David Keene Disses Governor Palin, Claims to Speak for Grassroots
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| November 1, 2009
| Doug Brady
Posted on 11/01/2009 1:53:04 PM PST by DB9
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To: DB9
It has been shown time and again for the past 30 years at least, that a Republican in NY State cannot win statewide office without the Conservative Party Line. If the conservative party nominates someone else (i.e., a conservative), the GOP nominee will lose.
The GOP should've learned their lesson during the Cuomo/Rinfret/London race. Albany was almost turned inside out because power is divided among the top two parties in the gubernatorial election. London came close to toppling the GOP in that election. (He ran on the GOP slate 4 years later.)
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posted on
11/01/2009 2:33:50 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
To: DB9
Team Romney continues to backstab Gov. Palin even NOW!!!!
Washington Insider David Keene Disses Governor Palin, Claims to Speak for Grassroots
Keenes ACU also puts on the annual CPAC conference in Washington.
.In the last three years CPAC has devolved into nothing more than
an annual love fest for the most established of establishment
Republicans, Mitt Romney. It should come as no surprise that David
Keene supported Mitt Romney in 2008.
David Keene Endorses Romney
ACU President David Keene Endorses Romney
Long courted by Romney, Keene agreed to formalize his endorsement of
the former governor during a face to face meeting in Florida on
Tuesday, according to knowledgeable sources.
David A. Keene (born May 20, 1945) is the current chairman of the American
Conservative Union, a position which he has held since 1984. Additionally, he is the
managing associate at the Carmen Group Lobbying, a lobbying firm based in
Washington, D.C. In December 2007, Keene endorsed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
And The Most Irresponsible Journalist Award Goes to The Politicos Jonathan Martin!
So tell me, how do you write a news story about an organization paying for a speaker when you dont even know if the organization is paying for the speaker?
Ask journalist Jonathan Martin. He knows all about it.
You see, Jonny wrote a piss poor story the other day about how the Iowa Family Policy Center will be paying a large speaker fee if Sarah Palin comes to Iowa to keynote the IFPCs fall funderaiser.
The only problem is that Jonny has no sources confirming that any exorbitant fee is being charged or paid.
Jonny also got some inside info from David Kochel, who was a top aide to former (and future) presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Hey Dave, didnt I just read a story about how Mitt Romney tried to buy off the Iowa Christian Alliance?
I heard you helped facilitate that little scheme. And somehow you are shocked at the thought of a well-known political figure (who very likely isnt running for president) getting paid a speakers fee for (gasp) a public speaking appearance? ..
and then weve got Tim Albrecht quoted. He was the Iowa spokesman for Romneys 2008 caucus campaign.
And it always seemed like, whenever the Romney people had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates,
Jonny was their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.
SSDD
The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, poor loser I am Myth Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided
to attack Gov. Palin (and her defenseless children) to throw Election2008.
"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 (2008, weeks before the election) Early Show appearance."
David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."
David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician
I will support him without qualm."
Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"Im told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palins people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romneys former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off
.hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the Diva leak was Nicolle Wallaces husband."
Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
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posted on
11/01/2009 2:40:28 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: DB9
Keene has been bought by Romney. Could care less what he has to say of Sarah.
To: Doogle
“another tantrum by Keene and MITT is done.”
Keene couldn’t help or hurt that pile of dung!
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posted on
11/01/2009 2:43:52 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: SandRat
Ed Morrissey at HotAir:
" The big problem with the conservative movement has been its self-appointed leaders telling others to shut up and follow in lockstep, and I dont think any so-called movement leaders taking that approach have the first foggy clue about what the New Media and Tax Parties mean.
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posted on
11/01/2009 2:49:15 PM PST
by
Leisler
(We donÂ’t need a third party we need a conservative second party.)
To: Leisler
and who the FRACK is Ed Morrissey?
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posted on
11/01/2009 2:52:52 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: DB9
Keene should stick to making shoes.
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posted on
11/01/2009 3:15:58 PM PST
by
HighlyOpinionated
(Abortion-Euthanasia kills the very people for whom Social Justice is needed.)
To: Al B.
The high fives to Tim Pawlenty is a laugh.
Pawlenty didn’t come on board until late in the campaign
and long after Sarah Palin.
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posted on
11/01/2009 4:03:05 PM PST
by
SoCalPol
(Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
To: SoCalPol
David Keene has revealed himself (to me at least) to be a very petty man. To deliberately fail to recognize Palin’s major role in changing the dynamics of NY-23 says much more about him than it does about Palin’s contribution to the race.
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posted on
11/01/2009 4:17:40 PM PST
by
Al B.
(Sarah Palin: Government "can't make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise".)
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