The antiPalin BS began with Mitt Romney's jealousy.
FLASHBACK:
The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++4 to 10 pts
in some polls, days prior to Election 2008.
So rather than helping the GOP, Romney and
TeamROMNEY and the RNME (Republican National Media Establishment)
decided
to attack Gov. Palin to throw Election2008.
Romney, working FOR Obama in 2008
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"Im told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palins people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romneys former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off .hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
The anti-Palin rage was exacerbated by the Romney people, but I believe McCain himself harbored resentment and envy in 2008 as well.
Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Palin
For the period 2009-2011, Palin was virtually the only nationally known Republican out there who was leading the Conservative attack, via the TEA party, and then bearing vicious retaliation and GOP-E backstabbing all alone.
Just think about this...there would not be a 2010 congressional Tsunami, nor a Senator Ted Cruz or Mike Lee, nor any "Mama Grizzlies," if it had not been for Palin, all the while, the GOP-E and its poo-bahs were claiming that for the party to be successful in the future, it had to swing wildly left and go "Democrat lite."
Campaign 2010: The Politics of Palin (Endorsements Tracker)
The Mama Grizzly Scorecard (2010)
Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Palin
For the period 2009-2011, Palin was virtually the only nationally known Republican out there who was leading the Conservative attack, via the TEA party, and then bearing vicious retaliation and GOP-E backstabbing all alone.
Just think about this...there would not be a 2010 congressional Tsunami, nor a Senator Ted Cruz or Mike Lee, nor any "Mama Grizzlies," if it had not been for Palin, all the while, the GOP-E and its poo-bahs were claiming that for the party to be successful in the future, it had to swing wildly left and go "Democrat lite."
Campaign 2010: The Politics of Palin (Endorsements Tracker)
The Mama Grizzly Scorecard (2010)