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McCain strategist defends Palin as VP choice in 08 [after attacking Palin, Schmidt now praises her]
AP ^
| 2009-10-14
Posted on 10/14/2009 8:48:24 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A top adviser from John McCain's presidential campaign who has criticized Sarah Palin's odds as a presidential candidate in 2012 is standing by the decision to pick her as McCain's running mate in the 2008 election.
Steve Schmidt, who was chief strategist for McCain's presidential race, said Palin helped McCain as a running mate in the 2008 race. Schmidt earlier this month said that Palin would be a catastrophe for the GOP if she's the party's presidential nominee in 2012.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; mccain; operationleper; palin; pimpromney; pimpromneyhere; projectleper; romney; romney2lose; romneyantigop; romneyantipalin; romneybot; romneybotantipalin; romneybotflipflop; romneybotreboot; romneyflipflop; romneyhateswomen; schmidt; waronsarah
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To: rabscuttle385
Book coming, duck, cover, hide -— run.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:49:34 AM PDT
by
Tarpon
(Oba-Mao is a reader, not a leader ...)
To: rabscuttle385
Steve (log cabin) Schmidt.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:51:20 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
To: rabscuttle385; Al B.; SolidWood; euram
I wonder who told him to shut up and get with the program?
To: rabscuttle385
Translation:
"She's a stupid woman and a lousy candidate, whom I was glad to sabotage. But Senator McCain was 100% right to choose her as his running mate."
Schmidt spoke at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:51:44 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: rabscuttle385
Oh, the disinfecting sunlight of a soon-to-be-released, tell-all political book.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:52:24 AM PDT
by
Reagan69
(The only thing SHOVEL-READY since BO's stimulus has been MICHAEL JACKSON (tammy bruce))
To: rabscuttle385
Schmidt spoke at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.Fitting, Traitor U.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:53:20 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: Reagan69
I think he’s dating Palin’s “almost” son in law ...
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:53:32 AM PDT
by
Scythian
To: rabscuttle385
Somebody hears foot steps !!!
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:54:01 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: rabscuttle385
(Bugs Bunny slap) AAAAHHHHH, SHADDDAP!
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:54:09 AM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(And the people cry "Sarah!Sarah!" And she hears....yes,she hears......)
To: rabscuttle385
I think the scorn for him is universal, so by attacking Sarah he has been slapping away the hand that fed him. I wonder if we’ll hear about him joining some campaign, like Romney or Pawlenty?
To: rabscuttle385
Is this guy suffering from some multiple personality disorder? Or maybe some wiser head told him he was coming across as a backstabbing POS and a hypocrite, and ruining his chancing of working in his chosen ‘profession’ again.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:56:35 AM PDT
by
Will88
To: All
I'm glad Schmitt made this positive statement of support for Sarah Palin.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:58:30 AM PDT
by
Cedric
To: rabscuttle385
Steve Schmidt's resume is undoubtedly radioactive.
Any campaign that hires him will not get my support.
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posted on
10/14/2009 8:58:49 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
To: rabscuttle385
Heh. Steve just figured out that if she were really that bad a choice as VP, it reflects on (a) the presidential candidate, (b) his senior advisors (i.e., Steve himself) or (c) both.
Prat.
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posted on
10/14/2009 9:01:10 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
To: ABQHispConservative
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posted on
10/14/2009 9:04:19 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Probably sees the Palin juggernaut coming. Like the rat he is, he’s jumping ship.
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posted on
10/14/2009 9:05:59 AM PDT
by
dools007
To: Cedric
Schmidt is an imbecile and this is not a statement by him to "support" Sarah. However, even he can't dispute reality:
McQueeg "rally" (LOL) pre-Sarah:
![](http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/tpjdmm/2549653595_960ddab640.jpg)
McQueeg rally post-Sarah:
To: Will88
And we wonder how McCain lost his way.
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posted on
10/14/2009 9:07:08 AM PDT
by
dools007
To: ABQHispConservative; Diogenesis
He's already in Romney's camp...
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