Posted on 07/01/2009 9:10:31 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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But I asked one of the senior McCain campaign officials who worked closest with Palin what he thought of the article, by e-mail last night and then this morning over the phone. He e-mailed back immediately, calling the article "absolutely fascinating" and "completely riveting."
"While the Palin camp is surely marshaling the torches and pitchforks and baying for blood by now, my hope is that somehow — against the odds -- Palin is able to draw some sort of lesson out of all of this that helps her find a way to exist peacefully in the public space. It can’t be easy to spend every day under this kind of withering fire and I know that it is brutal on her family, who are generally good people that never asked for this," the political operative wrote.
"You’d think that at some point, even Palin’s formidable armor of self-deception would so loudly clang against reality that she’d be forced to change. I doubt that though. Introspection doesn’t seem to be her strong-suit. But people can change. I hope she can too...for her sake and for our party’s."
When I spoke by phone this morning with the same official, he said the VF article was not "contrived" and that it did in fact give an accurate portrayal of Palin.
"It's more sad for me because I think she is a great political talent and could have a future or some sort of role but she has these demons that she can't shake and I think its' unfortunate she has this ability to disconnect herself from reality when things go wrong and she has this total lack of introspection," he said.
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I volunteer to help her work out any demons. :)
huh: Something happen I didn’t hear about?
Sounds like a set-up from the the Romney cult-group memebers, who tried to shoot down Palin even before the election took place. And of course, since McManiac himself was only trying to “throw us a bone” in picking Palin, didn’t like it that he was upstaged by her conservative credentials, making him look like a sorry loser that he was... LOL..
So, the cult-member Romney and McManiac can both disappear into the wilderness and get lost... :-)
She is my Joan D Arc.
With each new vicious attack against Palin, I grow more angry with McCain.
A true ‘Office and Gentleman’ would have put a stop to this LAST NOVEMBER from among his campaign staff.
But as we’ve seen via Baby (Meghan) McCain, its obvious that Senator McCain is in fact supporting this grotesque series of ongoing attacks.
The more they pound on her, the better I like her. I don’t think there is anyone else out there right now that can equal her. Her opponents know this and they have got to destroy her or there is no chance for them. Hang in there Sarah. We need you.
The Washington Times is posting rot like this?
I would like to see Sarah Palin totally ignore this crap and when she is asked about it, as all of the “news” media will, simply say “You see now what kind of people they are” and nothing more.
For now it is there for all to see.
This is the hallmark "damning praise" criticism from these McCain staffers. I can recognize it now, if it was a dem they'd simply insult her mental capacity.
Simple reality. Most politicians are idiots. To hear thempronounce someone unqualified is a joke.
Any future campaign that announces a former McCain or Romney staffer as being on their staff will be aggressively opposed by me. I will call for their firing by the current campaign or I will support the opposition - Republican or Democrat. These traitors must not professional live another day!
Cowards.
“...I asked one of the senior McCain campaign officials who worked closest with Palin what he thought of the article...”
Again, an unnamed source talking about lack of introspection and detachment from reality. Anonimity is the ultimate in detachment and lack of introspection.
What all of them are missing is that the fact is that Sarah IS the future of the Republican party, and they can either lead, follow, or get out of the way.
At least the title is approaching the real reason she’s being attacked and by whom.
In the first real presidential campaign America had Thomas Jefferson vs. John Adams. In the last campaign we had John McCain vs. Barak Obama. That pretty much disproves the concept of progress, doesn’t it?
The REAL disconnect was/is between McCain, his staffers and conservatives in the real world. They simply do not know what to make of a conservative Christian family woman/man with mid America views.
vaudine
Some people sure are obsessed with Romney, aren’t they. They bring him up in so many threads, like they have a man-crush on him or something.
Unnamed “sources” always the best idea when you want to destruy someone. I am soooo sick of the Beltway Nancy girls going wobbly on us. It is truly pathetic
I’m beginning to doubt that the republican party has a future, or that it deserves one.
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