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Former John McCain Campaign Manager Steve Schmidt Says He Didn’t Vote for Him
Breitbart ^ | 05/13/2022 | Joseph Choi

Posted on 05/13/2022 8:54:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Steve Schmidt, cofounder of the disgraced Lincoln Project and former presidential campaign manager for the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), admitted Friday that he did not actually vote for McCain in the 2008 election, won by Barack Obama.

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To: Hieronymus

I voted for McCain purely on the hope that Palin would need to be sworn in one day.


41 posted on 05/13/2022 9:26:55 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McCain probably voted for Obama.


42 posted on 05/13/2022 9:30:18 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: marktwain

McCain did not want to win, he endorsed Obama.
First time I had ever heard of that.

McCain and Romney were both willing intentional Designated Losers.


43 posted on 05/13/2022 9:31:58 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: euram
"McCain called a halt to his campaign so that he could return to DC to manage the financial crisis..."

Obama remained on the campaign trail saying, "I've got a pen and a phone," meaning he can be reached at any time on the campaign trail if he needed to be back in Washington. Many of us here on FR felt that if he wanted to be President so bad, he should have suspended his campaign as well, and headed back to D.C. as McCain did. From what I understand, Obama used the same "I have a pen and a phone" comment in January 2014. The full quote of his comment then was "I will use my pen and phone to take on Congress."

He should have shoved his pen and phone up his ass, and rotated.

44 posted on 05/13/2022 9:34:50 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Lurkinanloomin

McCain and Romney were both willing intentional Designated Losers.


Which makes them worse than everyone else nominated between Reagan and Trump, with the possible exception of Dole. Being a loser is worse than being a willing and intentional loser.

I think that I may have voted for Dole without regret at the time or since.

Remember, stay out of the Bushes.


45 posted on 05/13/2022 9:35:33 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: PGR88

They believe in turning the USA into North Mexico.
The illegal alien inundation has been their top priority for 30 years.


46 posted on 05/13/2022 9:35:34 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McCain was a loser, ask his first wife......His responsible for the deaths of numerous sailors......


47 posted on 05/13/2022 9:37:18 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: mass55th

He should have shoved his pen and phone up his ass, and rotated.


That, unfortunately, conjures up unfortunate images that must be excised by recalling the “joke” that “My wife would divorce me if she could figure out how to do it without making me happy.”


48 posted on 05/13/2022 9:38:33 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: mass55th

Perhaps if Zero faced with a choice between the Bath House and the White House, he might have pulled a McCain.


49 posted on 05/13/2022 9:40:23 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: ChicagoConservative27
he did not actually vote for McCain in the 2008

Well duh!! McCain ran to guarantee an Obama win.

50 posted on 05/13/2022 9:41:04 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Hieronymus
“My wife would divorce me if she could figure out how to do it without making me happy.”

LOL!! Thanks for the laugh!!

51 posted on 05/13/2022 9:55:35 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

Pretty sure I wanted McCain to stay in the race. That thing was passing whether he was there or not. He could’ve stayed in contact with staff in DC if there was anything needing “managing” and detoured for a day to make the vote. If he “had” to be there for two weeks, he was not running a serious campaign. It was an excuse to take a vacation from winning hearts and minds.


52 posted on 05/13/2022 9:55:54 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Like most campaign managers say, Win or Lose as long as the check cashes.


53 posted on 05/13/2022 10:01:24 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The GOPe is filled with geniuses, isn’t it?


54 posted on 05/13/2022 10:05:11 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Truly a sleazy character, along with a perfect example of why McCain lost.

A spineless, milquotoast “Republican” who refused to campaign on Obama’s history of anti-Semitism, race hatred, anti-Americanism and apologetics for Islamic terrorism.


55 posted on 05/13/2022 10:06:40 AM PDT by LuxAerterna (/)
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To: euram

I wonder if McCain voted for himself...


56 posted on 05/13/2022 10:11:12 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He didn’t vote for McCain in 2008. Clearly, he did not vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020. If you vote for the democrat in every election, doesn’t that make you a democrat?


57 posted on 05/13/2022 10:13:18 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Does anyone not realize that Schmidt and the Lincoln Project have always been working for the Democrats?


58 posted on 05/13/2022 10:13:32 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Bubba_Leroy
He didn’t vote for McCain in 2008...

Steve Schmidt is a known liar and a sleazeball.

He could simply be saying this to ingratiate himself to Lincoln Project donors. He's aware that he gets most, if not all, of his funding from hard core Dems who worship Obama.

59 posted on 05/13/2022 10:24:39 AM PDT by LuxAerterna (/)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All the qualities of a dog except loyalty.


60 posted on 05/13/2022 10:25:49 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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