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Even More Palin Cluelessness (Another Leper)
The New Republic ^ | 11/10/08 | Michael Crowley

Posted on 11/10/2008 1:50:53 PM PST by Dawnsblood

Martin Eisenstadt outs himself as Carl Cameron's source for some recent Palin-mockery and delivers yet more fodder (emphasis added):

As you know, I was one of the foreign policy advisers on the McCain campaign who worked with Randy Scheunemann to help prep Sarah on her debate with Joe Biden. Did we outright give her a geography quiz when we started the prep? No, of course not. But yes, in the context of the prep, it slowly became apparent that her grasp of basic geo-political knowledge had major gaps. Could she have passed a multiple choice test about South Africa or NAFTA. Probably. But it was clear that she simply didn’t have the ease of knowledge that we come to expect from a major party political candidate. Other slights came up, too: Not knowing the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas. Or the difference between the Shiites and Suni. Or when it came to international terrorist organizations, knowing that the IRA was in Northern Ireland, and ETA in Spain.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.tnr.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: eisenstadt; lies; martineisenstadt; palin; waronsarah
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To: Dawnsblood

And what of Biden’s cluelesness on foreign affairs ... this is the very person who championed the idea of splitting Iraq into 3 autonomous regions ... that’s right, 3 borders, 3 ethnicities, each with its own army suspiciously eyeing the other, only 1 or 2 of which have oil, leaving the outcast with designs on the economically rich region, the increased likelihood of Iran being “invited” into the southern region, thereby leaving the other 2 regions landlocked, and on and on ... not to mention opposing the surge and opposing Reagan’s placement of missles in W. Europe in the 80’s ... in short what good is 35 years of experience when all you have to show for it is such colossally bad judgement??


21 posted on 11/10/2008 2:04:56 PM PST by MoonMullins
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To: Uriah_lost
And more on the hoaxer from sourcewatch

TNR still doesn't seem to have a clue it's been punked. But then how long did it take for them to get hip to the Glass & Beauchamp scams?

Hoo boy. This is embarrassing.

22 posted on 11/10/2008 2:08:11 PM PST by leilani
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To: ApplegateRanch

Hey that’s pretty good. Guess that’s all that really matters huh!


23 posted on 11/10/2008 2:08:40 PM PST by Godsgirl
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To: Doug4McCain
Okay folks, need more proof?

This bozo, Doug4McCain, signed up here 10-27-08.

Now he calls McCain a “despicable man”, based on these Obama-fostered, ridiculous rumors

Anyone who ever believed these high school fabrications emanated from the McCain campaign should be embarrassed!!!

You were had!!!!!

24 posted on 11/10/2008 2:08:58 PM PST by Cedric
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To: delacoert
Such an informative tidbit. What is a hoax? What is the precise link?

Oh yeah...and I hope your day gets better.

25 posted on 11/10/2008 2:09:01 PM PST by jennyjenny
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To: Cedric

we need to change FR or we are just becoming an operative for the Rats and their insane minions....


26 posted on 11/10/2008 2:10:06 PM PST by cherry
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To: Dawnsblood

Martin Eisenstadt is a pseudonym.

This is from the Aug. 4th, 2008 on a blog called Shakesville:
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/08/la-times-happy-to-use-hoax-martin.html

“One must hand it to Martin (aka Michael, M. Thomas) Eisenstadt. Despite the supreme handicap of not actually existing, the guy has managed to assemble a strong list of media types willing to link to him to further their points.

The man behind the fictional character of “Martin Eisenstadt” rose to fame under the name “Abrad2345.” “Eisenstadt” released several YouTube videos a year ago that received Internet-wide praise for being sexist, racist tributes to narcissism. “Eisenstadt” also got some, like Juan Cole and Air America, to bite at the video he created which made it appear he was telecast on a Iraqi TV program, where he spoke about how great things will be when casinos dominate Baghdad’s Green Zone.”


27 posted on 11/10/2008 2:10:55 PM PST by ColoCdn (Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)
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To: leilani

I’m not sure why, but I have never started a thread here that wasn’t pulled so I’ll leave it to others. I sure hope someone puts one up soon.


28 posted on 11/10/2008 2:11:29 PM PST by Uriah_lost (There is no balm in Gilead....)
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To: Dawnsblood

This is crap. I’m not too terribly stupid and I couldn’t give a dissertation on most of the listed items.

I can give Eisenstatic a diatribe on loyalty, commmon decency and how to behave as a gentleman!


29 posted on 11/10/2008 2:12:52 PM PST by LakeLady (Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. THEN go in for the kill!!!!!)
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To: cherry
The Obama operatives who MADE UP all these stupid, inane, lies have got to be sitting in front of their monitors giggling, “This was way too easy.”

It's embarrassing how many FReeprs fell for this jive.

30 posted on 11/10/2008 2:14:10 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Dawnsblood

Just guessing that there is a little HATRED for someone that’s CHRISTIAN.


31 posted on 11/10/2008 2:14:23 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Dawnsblood

First you have to find him. This name was associated with a previous hoax. First thing I want is a confirmation that this guy exists and worked for McCain. Then the person who hired him and this tool should be relegated to dog poop patrol.


32 posted on 11/10/2008 2:14:36 PM PST by dalight (qu)
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To: Dawnsblood

As I have said before, it would be so typical if these anonymous sources turns out to be an adolescent kid who punk’d Carl Cameron posing as a campaign staffer.


33 posted on 11/10/2008 2:16:10 PM PST by jonrick46
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To: Godsgirl
No, what really matters is that they are alive and well.
34 posted on 11/10/2008 2:16:35 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: dalight

No one hired him.

THIS IS A HOAX!!!!


35 posted on 11/10/2008 2:17:03 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Dawnsblood

Michael Crowley from the New Republic just admitted that he’d been punk’d. Go see the TNR article, before they take it down!!!

LMAOATWTA (laughing my a@@ off all the way to Alaska)

You’d think elitist smarms like him would know enough to check their sources, wouldn’t you? Pathetic weasel.


36 posted on 11/10/2008 2:17:11 PM PST by ColoCdn (Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)
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To: All

Previous posters have provided more than enough proof that this is probably a hoax. I guess TNR is another publication that I’ll need to find confirmation at a second site before I believe them. Sorry to everyone for the time waster.


37 posted on 11/10/2008 2:17:46 PM PST by Dawnsblood
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To: jonrick46

Can you conceive of anyone on this earth easier to dupe than Carl Cameron?


38 posted on 11/10/2008 2:18:11 PM PST by Cedric
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To: Dawnsblood

IMHO that is your leaker.

39 posted on 11/10/2008 2:19:22 PM PST by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: ColoCdn
I see that now too. Funny that even Wikipedia knew the guy was a fake. I have to stop assuming that these left leaning magazines apply due diligence.
40 posted on 11/10/2008 2:21:02 PM PST by Dawnsblood
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