Posted on 09/02/2008 8:04:10 PM PDT by kristinn
McCain presidential campaign strategist Steve Schmidt went on the record with the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz today, revealing the depths to which the mainstream media has sunk in their efforts to destroy the family of Republican vice presidential pick Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Schmidt said that the campaign has been deluged with demands from reporters that the Palin family submit to DNA testing to assuage baseless rumors promulgated by the Democratic party's favorite website, the Daily Kos.
Schmidt accused the media of being "on a mission to destroy" Sarah Palin.
Kurtz writes that Markos Moulitsas, the founder of the Daily Kos, believes the made up allegations against Palin and her daughter are legitimate. Kurtz fails to note that Moulitsas writes for the Post's sister publication, Newsweek.
Schmidt also said reporters are demanding to see the birth certificate for Palin's newborn.
The news media is treading on dangerous ground with their despicable behavior regarding the Palin family. They are arousing an anger in Americans all across the country who see themselves in the Palin family and are beyond outrage over how they have been trashed.
The ENEMEDIA has no shame. Anyone that buys one of their papers, magazines, periodicals or watches their tripe on the boob tube are supporting them and stalling their demise.
Oh how I loathe the ENEMEDIA!!!
Here HERE Dianna! I’m glad to know you!
that is why I joined the Army...to defeat communist...they are out of the closet...and they are not going away without a fight...I’m ready!
I hope they do. Wait until they see the Todd Palin DUI story I’m working on for YouTube.
first page of comments read, no one has mentioned that it is not impossible that McCain’s campaign expected or possibly planned on this type of reaction.
***I did that on another Palin thread — there’s so many.
Are you kidding?
Who could predict such a vile reaction?
Over what?
Not in our wildest imagination could anyone predict the MSM and
The Democrats behaving like this.
McCain's nomination is game, set and match for Obama.
Their only hope, and I say only, is for Sarah to drop out of the race.
The Dem's are acting accordingly.
What you are watching is a meltdown of the DNC.
They know they have lost.
come on now.. you are walking the line with that.. stupidity and being an asshole are not capital crimes. im glad these incompetent morons have the freedom to say this, and you should be too. unless of course
Any of you folks still doubt how thin the veneer of civilization in the U.S. has become?
***What can we do about that other than stand our ground and fight? There’s no place left to hide. Where can you go head for the hills?
The Palin family is in our prayers. Lord, surround this family with your grace, your protection, and your angels. Give them strength and courage. Let each of them find favor and success in every endeavor. Let their enemies fall at their feet, in Jesus' name, Amen.
“I still don’t agree with McCain on every issue”
Neither do I, but watching the convention tonight brought it home to me - we’ll never have a candidate with whom we agree on all issues - that’d be a perfect world, which it is NOT.
We have to make our decisions based on the preponderance of the most important issues - and also look at the consequences of the opposition being elected.
I’ve felt increasingly better about McCain over the last several weeks - and discovering even more about him and his character tonight - really good about him now.
And increasingly terrified about the possibility of a BHO presidency.
Watch what happens.
You don't beat up on mom (Sarah).
Not in our wildest imagination could anyone predict the MSM and The Democrats behaving like this.
***I did, a long time ago when I was promoting Duncan Hunter. I said he would send the MSM into a frenzy due to his views and America would be able to see through it. I also said that all the other candidates had strategies that depended upon the MSM playing fair, and that after the nomination the MSM would turn on whichever republican was selected, so we’d better have this kind of strategy in place. I did not think McCain had such a strategy, especially with his past behavior and calling the MSM his “base”.
Pls dont draw any inferences about me or what I advocate. These guys are beyond stupidity and being assholes.
In Russia it is a capital crime... It was noted here on the FR IIRC a few days ago.
//Magomed Yevloyev, Russian Opposition Blogger Murdered by Police. The owner of a website opposing the Kremlin-backed leadership of Russia’s troubled Ingushetia region—scene of a recently failed separatist uprising—was shot and killed by law enforcement officials there today. Magomed Yevloyev, who ran the site www.Ingushetiya.ru, had just touched down at the airport after a trip to Moscow when police took him into custody and drove away with him in a Volga. Inside the car, Yevloyev was shot in the temple. The authorities don’t even deny it, coming up with an excuse that will be quite familiar to film fans.
Using the “Vincent Vega Defense” the Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow claims that the gun accidentally went off inside the car, and just happened to hit Yevloyev directly in his brain. Though that doesn’t explain why, as his friend contends, the police tossed his body into the street near a local hospital and sped off. “It was in no way a mistake,” says the friend.
The article notes that, “Magomed Yevloyev is one of the most high-profile journalists to be killed in Russia since investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead near her Moscow apartment in 2006, provoking condemnation of Russia’s record on media freedom.”//
This goes way back, but, ITALIANS OFF!
***I still post without Italians, to the dismay of several newer freepers. When we can copy & paste from MSWord into posts and have Italians survive, I’ll start it up again.
“I think they may be trying to make it look like the choice of Sarah Palin made McCains poll numbers go down so as to pressure the voters to pressure McCain to drop her.”
Oh, they STILL don’t know John McCain, then.
I totally agree with you...McCain has thrown water on the commies...and they are melting...faster than Algore’s IceCaps...
dims know, yes they know that we are pissed and damn sure not going to take it anymore!
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