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McCain: Pushback on Palin hard and early today
Newsday ^ | September 3, 2008 | John Riley

Posted on 09/03/2008 5:51:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

You could see this coming a mile away:

With Palin scheduled to speak tonight, the McCain campaign comes out swinging early -- attacking the media for unfair treatment of its nominee, and promising an ad that will say Palin is more qualified than Obama.

In one e-mail, the campaign castigates the New York Times for a (Tuesday) story reporting that Palin was a member of the splinter Alaska Independence Party in the 1990s, based on what turned out to be an erroneous statement by one of the party's leaders. The party has secessionist and Christianist links, according to various accounts. Palin's husband was a member according to Alaska voting records, but not Palin herself.

McCain: "What kind of operation are the editors at theTimes running?"

Also, Politico's Mike Allen this morning reprints a long McCain attack on media coverage hitting MSNBC, CNN and others, promising that “the McCain campaign will launch a television ad directly comparing Governor Palin’s executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a 10 billion dollar budget to Barack Obama’s experience as a one-term junior Senator from Illinois” and “a forward-leaning effort to counter the shameless smears that have prevailed during Governor Palin’s introduction to the American voter.”

(Excerpt) Read more at weblogs.newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008veep; election; electionads; electionpresident; elections; mccain; msm; palin; propagandawingofdnc; rncconvention
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To: ought-six

After last night’s display, I have decided to do just that.


21 posted on 09/03/2008 6:02:01 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: Huck

Lol!....Yep...they are TERRIFIED of Sarah Palin.


22 posted on 09/03/2008 6:02:33 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The party has secessionist and Christianist links

Christianist?

23 posted on 09/03/2008 6:02:49 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Infralutheran
Has the rumor that Sarah Palin was part of the Alaskan Independence Party been officially debunked?

Yes. The McCain campaign has provided voter registration records showing Palin has never been registered as anything other than a Republican, and the AIP leader quoted by the NYT has said that she was mistaken when she spoke to the NYT.

24 posted on 09/03/2008 6:02:50 AM PDT by kevkrom (McCain/Palin '08 -- Palin / ??? '12)
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To: BubbaJunebug

I signed up, but they have to do away with that stupid graphic confirmation as part of the sign in process. It took me 4 tries trying to get the combination of numbers/letters right before I could log in. That’s a useless inhibition when you also have username/password confirmation. They should be making the site as user friendly as possible.

Sheesh!


25 posted on 09/03/2008 6:03:11 AM PDT by bcsco (Palin runs a state. Obama runs...from his ties to Communism.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

To the elite, “Christian” and “Christianist” are pejoratives.

OF COURSE, if you believe in God, you’re not as intelligent as THEY are.


26 posted on 09/03/2008 6:03:30 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
promising an ad that will say Palin is more qualified than Obama.

Good!

27 posted on 09/03/2008 6:03:38 AM PDT by syriacus (FIRST check out the Alaska state webpages. THEN tell me that governing Alaska is easy.)
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To: pgkdan
Just what in the world is a chrisianist? Are they Baptists who fly airplanes into buildings? Catholics who wear suicide belts?

I thought they were the bald dudes selling flowers in the airports.

28 posted on 09/03/2008 6:03:41 AM PDT by impeachedrapist (On Free Republic PBD [political bipolar disorder] rules!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

bttt


29 posted on 09/03/2008 6:04:01 AM PDT by petercooper (IQ tests for all voters!)
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To: Infralutheran
And here is her "troopergate" affadavit, which effectively puts that whole angle of attack to bed, IMHO.
30 posted on 09/03/2008 6:04:08 AM PDT by Publius Maximus (Palin is the hope for change we have been waiting for)
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To: MrB

“... can you imagine the reaction to a 20 second ad with

Palin’s statement about their full support for their daughter, her marriage, and her family,

followed by Barry’s “punished with a baby” speech?”

Someone NEEDS to do this. It would be AWESOME!


31 posted on 09/03/2008 6:04:13 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ours vs. Theirs.

32 posted on 09/03/2008 6:04:42 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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To: pgkdan

I am a “Christianist” and very proud of it. :-)


33 posted on 09/03/2008 6:05:05 AM PDT by day10 (Rules cannot substitute for character.)
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To: SumProVita

Agree 100%. I hope McCain has the guts to do that.


34 posted on 09/03/2008 6:05:15 AM PDT by redstates4ever
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To: Infralutheran
Has the rumor that Sarah Palin was part of the Alaskan Independence Party been officially debunked?

Yes. Look under Breaking News.

35 posted on 09/03/2008 6:05:28 AM PDT by impeachedrapist (On Free Republic PBD [political bipolar disorder] rules!)
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To: SumProVita

Oh, it WOULD be effective,

but I wouldn’t want to do it if it hurt the family.

However, I don’t see how it could be any worse than what the “professional” media have already done to them.


36 posted on 09/03/2008 6:05:51 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I want Newt to be the Press Secretary.


37 posted on 09/03/2008 6:05:54 AM PDT by MichiganCheese (Stop saying the media is biased; THEY ARE PARTISAN!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
and promising an ad that will say Palin is more qualified than Obama.

As I suspected, the McCain camp has set the qualifications and experience trap for the Obama-Stream-Media and they have taken the bait. I have yet to see any serious discussion of Palin vs. Biden in terms of qualifications - the commentary is always Palin vs. Obama. That is a big loser for Obama and he is about to have it rammed down his throat with the Palin speech tonight and the ads comparing Obama and Palin's qualifications.

38 posted on 09/03/2008 6:07:22 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: pgkdan
Just what in the world is a Christianist?

Someone who is a hair short of being a radical Christianist.

39 posted on 09/03/2008 6:07:25 AM PDT by syriacus (FIRST check out the Alaska state webpages. THEN tell me that governing Alaska is easy.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

40 posted on 09/03/2008 6:08:16 AM PDT by theophilusscribe
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