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Fox Dishes The Dirt On Palin
Washington Independent ^ | 11/6/08 9:25 AM | Matthew DeLong

Posted on 11/06/2008 7:52:14 AM PST by do the dhue

The effort within the McCain campaign’s upper ranks to pin Sen. John McCain’s loss of the presidential election on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is now in full swing, and Fox News’ Carl Cameron eagerly plays the gossip columnist.

On “Fox Report” last night with Shephard Smith, Cameron said he learned during the campaign that many within the McCain team were concerned that Palin “lacked the degree of knowledgeability” to be a heartbeat away from the presidency — but agreed not to report the details until the after the election.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attackthelady; defendsarah; dirt; elites; fox; helpsarah; mccain; mediabias; nastyattacks; nastylefties; palin; personaldestruction; queercarl; sarah; sarahpalin; satanicliberals; scumattacks
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To: WalterSkinner

*****I still have that picture in my mind of that very uncomfortable handshake and hug at McCain’s concession speech—there must be some there there...*****

Good grief! The two candidates had just endured months of hard campaigning and losing.....

The more interesting hug was between Obama and Biden - Obama looked at Plugs as if he were a smelly, homeless beggar.


41 posted on 11/06/2008 8:06:13 AM PST by sodpoodle (Man studies evolution to understand His creation.)
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To: do the dhue
What's left of the Republican party is shooting their wounded now.

I loved Palin .. in my opinion she's the only reason McCain even appeared on the radar screen.

42 posted on 11/06/2008 8:06:51 AM PST by Fighting Irish ("I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: WalterSkinner

The 3 BAD situations for Palin were
1. the Katie interview.
2. the release of inside info on $150,000 wardrobe
3. The”fake” interview with Sarkozy.

In each one of these it was inside campaign workers who either “goofed” or sabotaged their own candidate. We need to find out who they were and “how” this happened.

In particular, the fake “sarkozy interview”, WHO HANDED THE PHONE TO PALIN?


43 posted on 11/06/2008 8:06:51 AM PST by noah (noah)
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To: Mad Dawg; Perdogg
If it’s used strategerically it is.

And with trickeration, it can be impactful.

(I just hit spellcheck and it nearly busted my computer.)

44 posted on 11/06/2008 8:07:40 AM PST by Flycatcher (Strong copy for a strong America)
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To: teletech
FOX IS FINISHED! boycott all television news... especially FOX... don't watch... don't read any of the news media print... we do not need them... FOX is just like the rest... refuse to give them an audience... make them feel our absence...
45 posted on 11/06/2008 8:07:50 AM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: do the dhue
"Moderate" Republicans demanded (and were given) carte blanche opportunity to demonstrate, once and for all, that they knew how to win at the national level, this year.

They got exactly the candidate they wanted. They got exactly the party platform they demanded. The campaign was run exactly the way they insisted it be run.

How'd that end up working out for us, again...?

They actually managed to lose to a one-term Senate Marxist with open and unapologetic terrorist ties. The ONLY thing I want to hear from Team McCain or any of its shrill little online apologists, from this day forward, is a meek and contrite: "We're sorry."

They have nothing else worthwhile what. so. EVER. to contribute to any meaningful discussion, re: either conservatism or winning electoral strategies.

It was the late-added presence of SARAH which energized an otherwise moribund and apathetic conservative voting base.

It was SARAH who drew record-shattering crowds, everywhere she went on behalf of a sour and ungrateful McCain campaign.

Friendly little word of warning to any/all RINOs out there reading this, and thinking about standing in the way between this woman and the conservative base that adores her, anytime during the next four years:

You're expendable to us. SHE isn't.

46 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:15 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (G-d watch over and protect Sarah Palin and her family.)
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To: brownsfan
If conservatives have a future, it's with Palin. We can butcher ourselves like we did last time, and ended up with McCain, or we can take the one that scares the hell out of the libs. I'm going with Palin. hell will freeze over before I support a Rino, Romney in particular because his troops are behind most of these attacks. Of course that redundant, Rino and Romney.
47 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:16 AM PST by Robbin
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To: do the dhue

Sarah Saved the McCain Campaign but the Republican elites are so far disconnected from the Blue Collar working republicans they have no idea what really happened.


48 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:18 AM PST by Rightly Biased (Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
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To: do the dhue
Just the RINO/Moderate side (in free-fall) of the GOP trying to maintain their power...

But, just as Tuesday showed the country...

change is coming...

GOP had better get back to it's conservative roots, and fast

Standard bearers will be Palin and Jindal

Moderates will smear them at their own peril.

49 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:28 AM PST by NorCoGOP ("Restostare ab Pauculum" until 2010)
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To: teletech; pollywog

I’m going to write the people at Fox from O’reilly to Hannity and complain about that Cameron hit piece. That was just awful and Carl Cameron came off to be a sniveling little jerk.

And O’Reilly who often complains about smear merchants but he gave that bozo Cameron plenty of air time to bloviate.


50 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:28 AM PST by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: do the dhue

“lacked the degree of knowledgeability” to be a heartbeat away from the presidency — but agreed not to report the details until the after the election.”

****

Oh yeah, these noble individuals agreed not to report this nonsense until after the election. What a bunch of petty, backbiting, lowlife, anonymous, lying snipes. And Fox is more than willing to air these out and out lies for what reason? Anybody who believes this cr@p doesn’t have the sense to come in out of the rain.


51 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:39 AM PST by bereanway (Sarah get your gun)
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To: do the dhue

Sarah Saved the McCain Campaign but the Republican elites are so far disconnected from the Blue Collar working republicans they have no idea what really happened.


52 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:40 AM PST by Rightly Biased (Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
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To: brownsfan

didn’t know Africa was a continent? Come on. I am pretty sure she graduated 3rd grade, and knows the continents. These attacks are going to be ridiculous.


53 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:42 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: TiredofItalltoo
My letter to her:
Dear Governor Palin,

Thank you a thousand times for being who you are and for courageously and effectively taking up the banner of conservatism for this election. My wife, my daughter, and I were charged up by your nomination. It was your candidacy alone which made us enthusiastic supporters of the Republican ticket.

Many will try to suggest that somehow you were responsible for the failure of our campaign. This is nonsense, as history makes clear. Moderate Republicans lose elections. Conservative Republicans win them. When we give the American people conservatism, they hear it with joy and respond with strength and enthusiasm.

I imagine that, no matter what your mind tells you, your heart aches for this loss. My prayer is that God sanctifies this pain to you and to your family, uses it to strengthen your faith in Him and to make you an even braver, stronger, and more effective servant of His.

May God bless you and those you love,


54 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:53 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: brownsfan

My BS meter is running high on this. How could anyone become the Governor of a State and not know that Africa is a Continent. I just find that totally bogus.

Then again the liberals have controlled education for the last 50 years.


55 posted on 11/06/2008 8:08:53 AM PST by jumperbones (The memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime.)
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To: do the dhue
CARL CAMERON, FOX NEWS REPORTER: Fox News has learned that in 1976, Governor Bush was arrested in Maine and charged with driving under the influence of liquor
56 posted on 11/06/2008 8:09:10 AM PST by McGruff (It took a Jimma Carta to give us a Ronald Reagan.)
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To: do the dhue
A couple of reports yesterday here and on Hotair put the focus on Romney's people who worked on the McCain campaign. The reason, like the normal MSM's reasons are to kill her politically because of the danger she poses to Romney, feminists, and the dems in 2012.

Ask yourself, if this woman was so dumb would anyone be wasting time attacking her? they'd let her go back to Alaska and be forgotten. The very fact they're picking up after the MSM and the Dems is that some feel Romney should have been the candidate and must be the candidate in 2012. And that Sarah Palin is too difficult an obstacle for Romney to overcome. Join the Dems and kill her now. I don't think they understand how tough this woman is.

57 posted on 11/06/2008 8:09:17 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: do the dhue
This is really disheartening. I'm disgusted.
58 posted on 11/06/2008 8:09:30 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: rocksblues

You got it.

I am hearing something about Mitt busting on Sarah too. Looks like the RINOs our jockeying for Elephant turf.


59 posted on 11/06/2008 8:09:46 AM PST by do the dhue (They've got us surrounded again. The poor bastards. General Creighton Abrams)
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To: do the dhue
The top of the hour radio news just had a report ripping Palin. It's all Palin’s fault, my friends, that McCain ran one of history's most pathetic campaigns, relied upon bloggers to do his opposition research and acted befuddled during his October surprise market crash following up with promises to fight, fight fight, blah, blah, blah. Never thought I'd see the day when they all would be blaming a woman for their failure, but here we are.
60 posted on 11/06/2008 8:10:04 AM PST by revo evom
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