Posted on 11/06/2008 12:30:02 PM PST by An American!
There have been "anonymous sources" within the McCain campaign who have been for weeks "badmouthing" Sarah Palin. Please find below the compiled list based off FreeRepublic posting of some of those most responsible for the ghastly behavior.
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Name | Description |
Arlen Spector | Proof? |
Carl Cameron | the mouthpiece of these people |
Charles Fried | a Harvard professor who served in the Reagan administration. Fried said chief among the reasons "is the choice of Sarah Palin at a time of deep national crisis." |
Chris DePino | a Republican consultant based in New Haven, Conn. |
Colin Powell | "Palin not qualified" |
Condeleeza Rice | In an interview with CNNs Zain Verjee this weekend, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered a less-than-hearty endorsement of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palins foreign policy experience. |
David Brooks | |
David Frum | (National Review) |
George Will | |
Joel Goldstein | a law professor at St. Louis University |
Kathleen Parker | Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker thinks Palin should quit. |
Kevin Madden | |
Lindsey Graham | |
Nicole Wallace | Nicolle Wallace -- a former Bush White House official and McCain campaign aide who helped orchestrate the roll out of GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin -- has defended herself in a lengthy interview with The Daily Beast, saying she is the victim of "an organized campaign" to discredit her. |
Paul Mirengoff | (Powerline Blog) |
Peggy Noonan | |
Steve Schmidt | Proof? |
Tom Ridge | Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge: "I think the dynamics would have been different in Pennsylvania" if he and not Sarah Palin had been the vice presidential nominee. "I think we'd be foolish not to admit it publicly." |
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The closet socialists are like the regular socialists.
They see real conservatives as peasants and un-useful idiots.
You think THAT'S why McCain lost? How could a certifiable idiot like Biden and actual foreign policy ZERObama win then? Apparently the voters didn't care about that. Try find another scapegoat. It's not Palin's fault the media was savaging her.
If she can dress a moose, she can represent' to forner's just fine for me!
“He” meaning Tom Ridge
All those people can say what they want.
The one I blame is Carl Cameron, for spouting on about his “anonymous sources” at length as a lead story.
Most grossly unprofessional thing I have ever seen on fox news.
The above list includes several Republicans, all of whom comprise the main reason for the decline of conservatism. They’re not all in the same ball park, and many of whom are no more conservative as Bill Clinton, especially Colin Powell.
I saw Carl Cameron’s report and he almost made it sound believable, but not quite.
The Republican Party desperately needs to shake off the liberal leeches and begin anew.
This is exactly why the election was lost AND why the party is in the shape it’s in.
We FINALLY get a GREAT Republican like Sarah Palin, but the ‘country club’ Repubs dis her.
They should all be taken out to pasture, put into a BIG hole and buried.
I tell you why you’re likely wrong. Carl Cameron’s source is advisors/aides/whatever to McCain, at least that’s what he claims. We’re going off that statement to id the perps. If you think its obama campaign, then you’re also saying Cameron is lying.
With unidentified sources, you have to go with the information given. obama and the msm don’t need Cameron to hammer away at Palin....they can dial up any tv/entertainment show and they’ll bash her.
Add Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois. It’s one thing for Condi Rice to have concerns; but it was completely unnecessary for him to pile on. Of course, he’s a major RINO.
I definately want to keep her name in the open and have a solid grass roots campaign behind her, but I think a “Sarah Palin Fan Club” gets little “Obama” like. We fought the whole rock star approach Obama made for himself. Sarah is way to humble for that.
I don’t want to idolize our public servants, I want to help them.
And I don’t think “fan clubs” help.
Colon, Condi, Ridge, and Specter are all pro-abortion. Any of the others?
This is nuts. If you want to engage in mindless worship of a political figure, just go join the Obama worshippers. They’ve already got their show up and running.
I agree with all your ideas...it’s just the fan club thing sounded ridiculous.
First things first, we need to let her rest and be with her family.
Reagan was old enough to have experienced a lot more history than Palin, and his several years of military service during WWII, although entirely in the US due to his poor eyesight, included extensive work in production of army training films, which certainly wouldn’t have been focusing on domestic activities during wartime. In Bush’s case, he had a front row seat during his father’s Presidency, and extraordinary access to his father’s experience and hindsight re the first Iraq war. He also certainly had plenty of experience in social situations with foreign dignitaries.
It would certainly be a lot more productive to focus on strong potential candidates for 2012. Candidates who might actually be able to oust Obama, who is likely to be a lot more dangerous in a second term, when he’s not in running for re-election mode, than in his first which is already shaping up to be a pretty generic Democrat administration.
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