Posted on 10/11/2008 9:45:26 PM PDT by Bratch
With his electoral prospects fading by the day, Senator John McCain has fallen out with his vice-presidential running mate about the direction of his White House campaign.
McCain has become alarmed about the fury unleashed by Sarah Palin, the moose-hunting “pitbull in lipstick”, against Senator Barack Obama. Cries of “terrorist” and “kill him” have accompanied the tirades by the governor of Alaska against the Democratic nominee at Republican rallies.
Mark Salter, McCain’s long-serving chief of staff, is understood to have told campaign insiders that he would prefer his boss, a former Vietnam prisoner of war, to suffer an “honourable defeat” rather than conduct a campaign that would be out of character – and likely to lose him the election.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
A leading Republican consultant said: “A lot of conservatives are grumbling about what a poor job McCain is doing. They are rolling their eyes and saying, ‘Yes, a miracle could happen, but at this rate it is all over’.
“Sarah Palin is no fool. She sees the same thing and wants to salvage what she can. She is positioning herself for the future. Her best days could be in front of her. She wants to look as though she was the fighter, the person with the spunk who was out there taking it to the Democrats.”
Where did this steaming pile come from?
Total bull!! Full speed ahead. Telling the truth is always the honorable thing to do.
It's over and McCain has conceded.
Only in the eyes of the political left and their MSM cohorts.
it’s over if we don’t vote for him
Rubbish! Palin is a good soldier, no matter what she might think about Mc Cain’s strategy. McCain’s problem is exactly this “honorable loss” business. For God’s sake! Obama is a Marxist conniving, two-bit crook. Do we want him for our president?
A “tussle”? This reporter would be in no position to know, and is just making crap up. Mac may have some old-fashioned ideas but he’s a fighter with more stamina than most men walking the streets today. Having the Veep play the bad cop has been SOP for decades.
This is junk article trying to get us to fight against eachother. Keep Strong McCain and Sarah!!!!
Dont buy into this fighting within the campaign.....Sarah will do her job and McCain will do great on Tuesday!!!
Obama is the bad guy here..lets not change the subject!!!!
Obama is scarey!!!
Where did this steaming pile come from?
Isn’t the “Times” owned by Rupert Murdoch, the supposed conservative who supported Hillary and now appears to be supporting Obama?
I don't necessarily like some of the frenzy and whacked out mobs. Who knows what some of idiot at a political rally may yell? But do they seriously think that there is no equivalency on the left??
Puh - leeze!
This is classic UK news reporting. You should have seen what they wrote about the Heller case! Don't get too cranked up about this article.
Wow, either we think alike, or you are very quick pulling up your graphics....GOOD JOB!
Hot Air has a take on the same story (I got the link from them).
You might find more who share your point of view over at the DUmp.
Bull. The VP is the traditional attack dog.
Sarah Palin has a touch job to do, trying to cart a heavy RINO across the finish line.
If it’s owned by Murdoch, I constantly see stuff that get my hackles up published in it.
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