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McCain tussles with Palin over whipping up a mob mentality
The Sunday Times ^ | October 12, 2008 | Sarah Baxter

Posted on 10/11/2008 9:45:26 PM PDT by Bratch

With his electoral prospects fading by the day, Senator John McCain has fallen out with his vice-presidential running mate about the direction of his White House campaign.

McCain has become alarmed about the fury unleashed by Sarah Palin, the moose-hunting “pitbull in lipstick”, against Senator Barack Obama. Cries of “terrorist” and “kill him” have accompanied the tirades by the governor of Alaska against the Democratic nominee at Republican rallies.

Mark Salter, McCain’s long-serving chief of staff, is understood to have told campaign insiders that he would prefer his boss, a former Vietnam prisoner of war, to suffer an “honourable defeat” rather than conduct a campaign that would be out of character – and likely to lose him the election.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bs; libmyths; marksalter; mccain; msmsabotage; palin; sarahbaxter
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To: dixiechick2000

Absolutely.


201 posted on 10/12/2008 12:15:20 AM PDT by kesg
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To: petitfour

Pray for me...I live in PAC 10 country. lol

Bless my heart. ;o)

“We’re gonna have to move if Obama wins. There won’t be anything left worth staying for.”

WOW!

I had no idea about those sentiments.
Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

Of course, if he wins, there won’t be anything left worth staying for most of us, will there?


202 posted on 10/12/2008 12:22:34 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Sarah'cuda Rocks)
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To: dixiechick2000

We were shocked because our children have been telling us about all the Obama supporters among their classmates. Our daughter in high school has a great time pointing out Obama’s flaws in her government class. Her teacher is a McCain/Palin supporter. She thinks she may have one or two teachers who support Obama. (out of seven) Our sons think their teachers are predominantly Republican as well. (they started off the year with all liberal teachers at a charter school, but we took them out of that school.)


203 posted on 10/12/2008 12:28:30 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: dixiechick2000

Bless your heart indeed!

(We live in Pac-10 country as well. We LOL when these folks talk about football. But when it comes to basketball and baseball and softball, these folks do just fine.)


204 posted on 10/12/2008 12:30:44 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour
We heard political talk from folks in our 90% Mexican-American area, and the talk was not positive for Obama. “We’re gonna have to move if Obama wins. There won’t be anything left worth staying for.”)

Are you SERIES?! This is HUGH!!

Seriously though.... You heard that and it is a common sentiment?

Just like the "urban" neighborhood in Ohio (I forget where) where they asked the local population who they would be voting for and all the reporter got was apathy. I think one woman said that most of the neighborhood wasn't planning on voting.

205 posted on 10/12/2008 12:31:09 AM PDT by bayliving (Democrats = Enemies of the State)
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To: petitfour

“...but we took them out of that school.”

The very best thing you could do for your kids.

It’s funny that it was a Charter school, though. Those schools were supposed to be less progressive.

Thankfully, there appear to be some PUMA teachers involved.

Your kids seem to be in very good schools. Thankfully, they don’t seem to be at the point where they want to regulate “thoughts”.


206 posted on 10/12/2008 12:49:13 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Sarah'cuda Rocks)
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To: petitfour

LOLOLOL!

I don’t like the PAC 10.

I’m SEC through and through.

I remember growing up with USC, Cal State, and others.

We were treated as pig’s slop.

I don’t like the PAC 10, and I can’t wait for the SEC to bull doze them.


207 posted on 10/12/2008 12:53:12 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Sarah'cuda Rocks)
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To: bayliving

It’s hard to tell whether it is a common sentiment or not. After hearing our high school attending daughter talk about her classmates’ political leanings, we assumed this area would go for Obama. However, these people from the grocery store are openly concerned about an Obama presidency. I would expect such talk in the Republican areas of town. But not in our area. There are a ton of liberals in this city, but they live in the WHITE areas. (go figure) They are typically Obama worshippers. The most anti-Obama talk I’ve heard around here comes from middle class Mexican-Americans. We live in Arizona, and we expect McCain to win here.


208 posted on 10/12/2008 12:55:49 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: dixiechick2000

Oh, the charter school was a better school, but hubby had a personality conflict with one of the teachers, and it would not have been a good thing for any of our children who had to deal with her for them to stay at the school. And the whole staff was liberal to the core! The school where they are now is rated horribly, but we have found the teachers to be much better than expected. And they are McCain type Republicans. (not PUMAs) We are finding that liberals really don’t like to teach in the schools of their constituents. They want to teach the smart, rich children. (until just now, I have never really thought about this, but it’s true. The only real liberal teachers our children have had were at “gifted” schools and schools for overachievers. This holds true for every state where we’ve lived during their schooling years. MI, NM, VA, and AZ)


209 posted on 10/12/2008 1:05:10 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: dixiechick2000

Our experience is purely anecdotal as hubby just pointed out to me. But I’ll stick to my assertion that the teachers at schools for gifted/over-achievers are predominantly rabid liberals. And I’m not saying that I didn’t like some of these people. Just like I don’t dislike all PAC-10 supporters. heh.


210 posted on 10/12/2008 1:10:01 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour

Better a school that challenges children taught by liberals than one staffed by “conservatives” (and I have very rarely come across a conservative school teacher in NY, NJ, and FL) that includes the retards.


211 posted on 10/12/2008 1:16:24 AM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: petitfour

I know that your story is anecdotal, but it reminds me of other stories.

You are a hoot, and a half!


212 posted on 10/12/2008 1:18:54 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Sarah'cuda Rocks)
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To: dixiechick2000

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103612/posts

Good news over here, nuclear assault on Obama, up to 400 Million to be spent by the time the election gets here.


213 posted on 10/12/2008 1:20:42 AM PDT by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: word_warrior_bob

I love your posts.

But...let them stand on their own.

Don’t be post pimp, please.


214 posted on 10/12/2008 1:52:35 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Sarah'cuda Rocks)
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To: DesertRhino

(Smiling and nodding my head at your post.)


215 posted on 10/12/2008 3:30:53 AM PDT by Alia
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To: ScreamingFist

“Oh balls. Good little marxist is spewing the party line. Fear us obama MSM, we’re coming to vote in numbers you have never seen before...”

I want you on the ticket! That got me thinking positive.


216 posted on 10/12/2008 5:09:08 AM PDT by bricklayer
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To: FreeReign
It's over and McCain has conceded.

Your screen name isn't sarcasm, apparently.

It is almost 100% sarcasm. Actually, the media almost never tells the truth, especially during election time.

217 posted on 10/12/2008 6:11:39 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: nutmeg
If it's true, which I doubt, they should put a lid on the leaks coming out of their campaign. The comment about changing the subject on the economy, as it's a no win for their campaign, has been played ad nauseam. Wednesday's debate will tell us if the story has any merit. If Acorn, Ayers, et. al. aren't mentioned than he's showing he's just another of the GOP spineless wonders.

As for his becoming alarmed with Sarah's banter, BS. Biden has hit much harder IMHO and that's the role they're supposed to play and she's doing a fantastic job.

218 posted on 10/12/2008 6:45:55 AM PDT by StarFan
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To: Bratch

If you can’t disagree with the Democrats in a political campaign, then the REVOLUTION is already OVER!

And we’ve lost.

How pathetic.


219 posted on 10/12/2008 6:51:17 AM PDT by o2bfree
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To: Frantzie
If Obama loses - which he should. You will see a lot of sh*t that will shock you. The sources of his money, the fact he is not an America (you think Berg is gonna back down? No way - bless him), ACORN stuff. My guess is Obama may go to jail. The global libtard marxist news media has a lot invested in this guy.

He does belong in jail with his gangs of stormtroopers. Frauds will be rampant. Remember Dem Primaries in Ohio. Every Hillary leaning precinct results were in on time, but Obama leaning ones were still "calculating". By 11pm even some in MSM started to talk fraud and Obama ballot stuffing machine was stopped, tough it did work long enough to reduce Hillary's voters share.

Remember Governor election in State of Washington. Rossi won. First time. In recount. Then Gregoire "discover" several bags of "uncounted" votes nobody was allowed to question and won election. Remember Hillary's voters physical intimidation at the caucuses?

It all will be surpassed in November if we stay idle.
220 posted on 10/12/2008 7:28:40 AM PDT by alecqss
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