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McCain camp trying to scapegoat Palin
Yahoo News ^ | 10/30/08 | Roer Simon

Posted on 10/30/2008 7:17:48 AM PDT by Roberts

John McCain's campaign is looking for a scapegoat. It is looking for someone to blame if McCain loses on Tuesday.

And it has decided on Sarah Palin.

In recent days, a McCain “adviser” told Dana Bash of CNN: “She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone.”

Imagine not taking advice from the geniuses at the McCain campaign. What could Palin be thinking?

Also, a “top McCain adviser” told Mike Allen of Politico that Palin is “a whack job.”

Maybe she is. But who chose to put this “whack job” on the ticket? Wasn’t it John McCain? And wasn’t it his first presidential-level decision?

And if you are a 72-year-old presidential candidate, wouldn’t you expect that your running mate’s fitness for high office would come under a little extra scrutiny? And, therefore, wouldn’t you make your selection with care? (To say nothing about caring about the future of the nation?)

McCain didn’t seem to care that much. McCain admitted recently on national TV that he “didn’t know her well at all” before he chose Palin.

But why not? Why didn’t he get to know her better before he made his choice?

It’s not like he was rushed. McCain wrapped up the Republican nomination in early March. He didn’t announce his choice for a running mate until late August.

Wasn’t that enough time for McCain to get to know Palin? Wasn’t that enough time for his crackerjack “vetters” to investigate Palin’s strengths and weaknesses, check through records and published accounts, talk to a few people, and learn that she was not only a diva but a whack job diva?

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; anonomoussources; bias; bogus; divideandconquer; icallbs; incanforobama; leftkook; mccain; mediabias; medialies; moonbat; oppolitico; palin; zot
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"Imagine not taking advice from the geniuses at the McCain campaign. What could Palin be thinking?"

Great line.

1 posted on 10/30/2008 7:17:49 AM PDT by Roberts
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To: Roberts

So does this mean when they win, Gov Palin is on top?


2 posted on 10/30/2008 7:18:41 AM PDT by Tarpon (Barack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
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To: Roberts

Roger Simon is a leftist tool from Politico.


3 posted on 10/30/2008 7:19:26 AM PDT by nhwingut (,)
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To: Roberts

I doubt McCain himself is, probably typical whiners are - that, or the media is completely making this up.

If it weren’t for Palin, McCain would be down by 20% as many Conservatives couldn’t hold their nose for McCain (unless he chose Cantor or Jindall- neither could do for the campaign what Palin did).


4 posted on 10/30/2008 7:19:26 AM PDT by mnehring (We Are Joe!)
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Imagine not taking advice from the geniuses at the McCain campaign. What could Palin be thinking?

ROTFLMAO Apparently they did not like her going out and getting Elizabeth Hasselback.

5 posted on 10/30/2008 7:20:13 AM PDT by icwhatudo (PALIN VID=========>>>>>http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=n1ronxelmtin<++++++++)
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To: Tarpon

Works for me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPywKOTQZig


6 posted on 10/30/2008 7:20:32 AM PDT by RasterMaster (DUmocrats - the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism & surrender)
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To: Roberts

This guy has been an Obama talking parrot for months now. Ignore.


7 posted on 10/30/2008 7:20:32 AM PDT by Moorka
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To: Roberts

Gov. Palin is the one and only reason McCain is still in the running.


8 posted on 10/30/2008 7:20:35 AM PDT by KingSnorky
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To: Roberts

Yahoo......nuff said....


9 posted on 10/30/2008 7:20:48 AM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: Roberts; Squantos; Travis McGee; Noumenon; Eaker; Grampa Dave
This sounds like a steaming pile of fresh Bravo Sierra to me.

When I hear this stuff I know the DNC, MSM, and Obama camp are getting desperate.





YES TO MCCAIN-PALIN '08 FOR AMERICA





SARAH PALIN DRAWING HUGE CROWDS ALL ACROSS AMERICA







http://www.jeffhead.com/joeplumber.htm


10 posted on 10/30/2008 7:21:07 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Roberts

I can’t wait for the Election to be over. Then we can get back to the standard leftist agitprop.


11 posted on 10/30/2008 7:21:07 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Roberts

all these liberal media’s now are trying to divide and conquer

come up with the crap stories about all of this to make it look like we’re in disarray while the cool messiah is in control

no mention of his familiy living in slums in Boston and Kenya
why not mention the illegal money he has, why no mention of the birth certificate
why no mention of his being a radical anti semitic plus racist and sexist

no they mention this crap

n o wonder I never read any of these media lots anymore


12 posted on 10/30/2008 7:21:08 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick MA,CT sham marriage end racism end affirmative action)
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To: Roberts

I knew this was Politico as soon as I saw the headline.


13 posted on 10/30/2008 7:22:23 AM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Roberts
I bet the sour grapes are coming from ex-W losers. Ex-W anything should not be in McCain's campaign. Even as water boys.
14 posted on 10/30/2008 7:22:46 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit.)
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To: Roberts
Let me just assure the McCain campaign that if it were not for Palin, you would be no....where close! Wake up you dummies!
15 posted on 10/30/2008 7:22:58 AM PDT by parthian shot
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To: Roberts

Right. If only we had someone really exciting like Tim Pawlenty or Tom Ridge instead, McCain would be running away with this election!


16 posted on 10/30/2008 7:23:03 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Guns don't kill people, criminals and the governments that create them do.)
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To: Roberts

This columnist criticizes the McCain campaign for the two things that have raised his poll numbers the most—Palin and Joe the Plumber. Use him as a negative barometer.


17 posted on 10/30/2008 7:23:04 AM PDT by MIDad23
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To: KingSnorky

The way a big grin comes across McCain’s face every time Palin speaks, I think he has absolutely no regrets in his choice.


18 posted on 10/30/2008 7:23:13 AM PDT by mnehring (We Are Joe!)
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To: Moorka

exactly
this is about the 5th time already today where I have read a crap biased link making us look in disarray

this is the media’s tactic now for the final days, make us look hopeless and useless while ignoring all the obama illegal money

why anyone reads this garbage is beyond me anyway

just ban them all, LA times, NY times, MSNBC,NBC

infact I am amazed that some on here still watch those two channels

why?????????

just ban them, it’s not like they are telling the news


19 posted on 10/30/2008 7:23:39 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick MA,CT sham marriage end racism end affirmative action)
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To: illiac

We should all get our news from a search engine.

I personally get mine from Webcrawler. /s


20 posted on 10/30/2008 7:23:48 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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