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Pitbull Turns on Maverick
NY Post ^ | 10/26/08 | CARL CAMPANILE

Posted on 10/26/2008 4:42:22 AM PDT by DocT111

Sarah Palin is the rogue elephant in the GOP war room.

The maverick mom is distancing herself from John McCain and blowing off the advice of senior Republican aides, convinced they're damaging her reputation and ruining the campaign.

Things have gotten so tense between Palin and her traveling staff, an insider said, that she's overruling their advice - which was evident last week when she ignored GOP aides piling into waiting cars at a Colorado event and strolled over to the press corps for an impromptu talk.

In speeches, Palin has contradicted her running mate's positions on issues, telling a Christian news outlet last week that she would support a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage, which McCain opposes.

Though McCain once said he considered Obama's relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to be an old issue, this month Palin said, "I don't know why that association isn't discussed more."

Palin also publicly stated that she thought it was a mistake for the campaign to give up on Michigan, and that she thought voters were annoyed by robocalls - which McCain uses extensively.

The last straw for the vice-presidential candidate was the raft of criticism from the $150,000 worth of high-end clothes the Republican National Committee bought her, a campaign source said.

Palin showed how much that gaffe got under her skin yesterday at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, telling the crowd she'd stepped off the plane and donned a warm, cream-colored jacket.

"And it's my own jacket," she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bravosierra; johnmccain; mccainpalin; palin; sarahpalin
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To: techno

Won’t happen, but the best way McCain could use Palin in her ‘government reform’ mode would be to have her vet and approve the appointments McCain would make to their administration.

If she could thus save him from himself a second time, that’d be fantastic!


101 posted on 10/26/2008 7:12:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DocT111

Some people just can’t stand a woman who can think for herself. I seriously doubt McCain has a problem with her.


102 posted on 10/26/2008 7:28:34 AM PDT by NTegraT (USSA? Say it ain't so.)
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To: John W
Good for Palin! It needs to be said, and cannot be said enough.

He said he’s for a tax credit, which is when the government takes more of your money to give it away to someone else according to that politician’s priorities.”

For some it works that way, if refundable. For others, it is just a lessening of the bill, the rest of which will be used to pay those who would not have paid anything anyway. Either way, it is a rip-off, because whomever redistributes the wealth gets a cut in the form of wages, jobs for their district, etc.

Which is why I am opposed ot the "rebate"/"prebate" part of the "Fair Tax", which is a low end redistributionist scheme.

It would cost less to just not tax the sectors the tax is being rebated for, (no matter how much a person uses) than it would cost to distribute the prebate.

103 posted on 10/26/2008 7:41:16 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: SolidWood

CNN admitted to spiking stories out of Iraq for a DECADE in exchange for access to saddam.


104 posted on 10/26/2008 7:43:53 AM PDT by Crim (Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....http://falconparty.com/)
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To: DocT111

It’s my understanding that the McCain/Palin campaign is run by Bushe people. Why the McCain/Palin campaign allowed that to happen is a great mystery, because that campaign staff are clueless and rudderless without Karl Rove calling the shots.


105 posted on 10/26/2008 8:49:11 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

Re: mY post #105. I said this because the McCain/Palin campaigb is on eof the worst campaigns I’ve ever seen. It is only starting to show some life since Sarah Palin told the staff to shove it and statred doing what she does best. McCain should follow her example and ignore his staff, and just be himself. Becaused following his staff’s playbook just makes himk look weak and indecisive, which he certainly is not.


106 posted on 10/26/2008 8:52:23 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: DocT111

lol...even if true (and that’s a gigantic if) then it’s apparently working if (and that’s another gigantic if) the polls are true.


107 posted on 10/26/2008 8:54:41 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DocT111

If true, she’s right. McCain has taken more from Palin than she from him. She has set the tone of his campaign, and, if it wasn’t for her coming out swinging, McCain would be farther behind than he is.


108 posted on 10/26/2008 8:55:07 AM PDT by rintense (All da mavericks in da house put yo hands up!)
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To: DocT111

yawn


109 posted on 10/26/2008 9:39:20 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "The Iron Lady from the North")
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To: browniexyz; 9YearLurker
The two of you have answered my question as to who the handlers are. Now the next question is who in the world employed these two. And one from CBS (communist bull s—t) yet, why not get someone we know about like Bill Ayers/s/! I do believe a good commercial PR firm could do a much better job, but DC being DC I guess they'll keep their own regardless of the cost and I'm not talking money here. It's so disgusting.
110 posted on 10/26/2008 6:09:18 PM PDT by pepperdog (The world has gone crazy.)
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To: DocT111

Good for her!!!!!


111 posted on 10/26/2008 6:19:08 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: 9YearLurker

I thought the exact same thing....


112 posted on 10/26/2008 6:21:55 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: ought-six

Way I understand is it is the Bush people who went with Romney and then came over to Palin when she was named Veep.. this is a double-whammy and some housecleaning is in order.


113 posted on 10/26/2008 6:23:26 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: DocT111

The libs are worried. Despite the attempts to demoralize us with the outrageous polls and our resistance to the hypnotic eloquence of the Messiah this race is still close. They are still trying to claim Sarah is a drag on the Republican ticket, yet we all know she is the one thing that has kept the energy and interest alive.

If obama wins this thing it will be time to coordiate and implement the counter revolution.

McCain/Palin 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!


114 posted on 10/26/2008 6:23:46 PM PDT by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking" - JC Watts)
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To: DocT111

I think the Lib Media is trying to portray their camp as being is in disarray. More attempts to make evil Republicans look bad. Bad thing they are doing....good thing I can see through everything the phony liberals do. And btw noone should try to stifle Sarah. She can obviously think on her feet.


115 posted on 10/26/2008 6:26:39 PM PDT by Lady GOP
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