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Anonymous attacks, claims follow Palin home (Palin reprimanded for calling Rush)
Anchorage Daily News ^

Posted on 11/07/2008 6:14:51 AM PST by mathwhizz

Stapleton said some campaign staff members controlled Palin too tightly, keeping her from the press and admonishing her when she made calls to radio hosts Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and others.

"Instead of just letting her be who she wanted to be they still felt this need to control. ...There were a few times where she actually did sneak in phone calls and was reprimanded for picking up the phone and placing a few calls on her own," Stapleton said.

"She felt that she really did want to go out and speak and get out there more. One of them was to (the Daily News). There were a number of times where she reached out and really wanted to speak and she was told she needed to follow the script and she needed to follow what they wanted her to do and that wasn't in the plan."

Stapleton said Palin called the staff of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly. But the campaign got wind of it and told her O'Reilly had canceled the interview, which wasn't true.

Randy Scheunemann, McCain's foreign policy aide, contacted the Daily News at Stapleton's request Thursday and defended the governor. He praised Palin and said anonymous attacks from other staffers are "disappointing and dishonorable."

"It's really amazing, I think it's unprecedented in terms of presidential politics to have this level of vindictiveness and pettiness. It's like these people fell out of favor with a middle school 14-year-old girls' clique. It's really unbelievable," Scheunemann said.

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To: fortunate sun

I knew it.

First, it’s, “Why won’t they deny it” now it’s, “I don’t believe their denials”.

Whose side are you on?


21 posted on 11/07/2008 6:30:32 AM PST by Cedric
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To: mathwhizz
"was reprimanded for picking up the phone and placing a few calls on her own

How on earth can mere aides reprimand the Governor of a state and Vice Presidential nominee of the Republican Party? McBush's people truly must have treated her like a stupid child. No wonder she was pissed at them.

22 posted on 11/07/2008 6:31:59 AM PST by Thane_Banquo (President George W. Bush, RINO-in-Chief.)
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To: Cedric
When are you people gonna stop falling for this?

Falling for what? You mean the rumors about Sarah or that McCain was actually trying to win?
23 posted on 11/07/2008 6:34:53 AM PST by Scythian
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To: Scythian

Rush did talk about the call Sarah placed with him, so we know she wanted to talk. McCain was probably just afraid she was taking over the campaign, too bad she didn’t huh?


24 posted on 11/07/2008 6:35:49 AM PST by Scythian
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To: Enchante
That's the point: There IS NOTHING substantive!

It's all unsourced rumors!

But, ask yourself: If they could find out in 24 hours how many pimples Joe the Plumber has on his butt, why can't they find who allegedly made these statements after 4 days?!?!

How ‘bout ‘cause no one did?!?!?!

25 posted on 11/07/2008 6:35:49 AM PST by Cedric
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To: Cedric

Who? What?
Please refresh my memory, I don’t recall asking why don’t they deny it. I believe I have been supportive of Governor Palin. If you have a post of me asking why they don’t deny it, please refresh my memory.
In the meantime, I’ll go back through my posts and check myself.


26 posted on 11/07/2008 6:36:29 AM PST by fortunate sun (Proud Palinista!)
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To: fortunate sun

Nicholle Wallace is mud.


27 posted on 11/07/2008 6:36:35 AM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Now it’s down to being salacious!
“At the GOP convention, Palin was so “completely unfazed by the boys’ club fraternity she had just joined” that she greeted McCain advisers Schmidt and Mark Salter in her hotel room “wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair.”


28 posted on 11/07/2008 6:37:11 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Cedric
Whose side are you on?

I am on Sarah's side. Why would anyone stick up for the McCain staff when they ran one of the worst campaigns in history? They wouldn't dare hit Obama on so many issues, yet they feel free to dump on Palin.

Three days removed from the election and I already feel better about it. Losing sucks, but at least we don't have McCain and staff as our standard bearers.

29 posted on 11/07/2008 6:37:22 AM PST by shempy
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To: mathwhizz
Who was the bright bulb in the McCain campaign that allowed a Canadian Comedian to fake a Sarkosy call to Sarah? I think it was a deliberate set-up by the same people now orchestrating the whisper campaign against her.
30 posted on 11/07/2008 6:37:34 AM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: mathwhizz

There was even a senior McCain aide that said we could win using Wright, but we dont want to. There were only 2 major differences in policy anyway between Obama and McCain, taxes and healthcare.


31 posted on 11/07/2008 6:38:11 AM PST by igoramus08 (Democrats caused Fannie and Freddie to collapse and this Economic Crisis and Recession)
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To: fortunate sun

Genius! Sarah calls into the shows of the top conservative talkers in America,does great, and she’s the one in trouble.

Both Mr and Mrs Wallace are a joke. Anyone hiring them will get what they deserve.


32 posted on 11/07/2008 6:40:05 AM PST by Loyolas Mattman (To those who attack Sarah: We will learn your names and we will make you infamous.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Same difference, sexist sexist.


33 posted on 11/07/2008 6:40:35 AM PST by libbylu
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To: mathwhizz

I think we now know how the two radio jocks in Montreal got to Palin. The high placed aides probably even told her to expect the call.


34 posted on 11/07/2008 6:40:50 AM PST by sharkhawk (Here come the Hawks)
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To: Yo-Yo

Sarah knows, and I can’t wait to see the corpse....... She will get her!


35 posted on 11/07/2008 6:42:34 AM PST by libbylu
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To: Yo-Yo

Sarah knows, and I can’t wait to see the corpse....... She will get her!


36 posted on 11/07/2008 6:43:03 AM PST by libbylu
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To: mathwhizz

Anchorage Daily News is COMMIE-LIBERAL-SOCIALISTIC mouthpiece.
Here are some of their healines on Joe Biden:

Biden looks like a yacht owner, acts like a man of the people

Son of working-class Catholics, Biden may bolster Obama’s weak spots

Biden overcame tragedy and became an expert on world affairs

Joe Biden’s long career has many highs and notable lows

Biden tax returns prove he’s not wealthy by Senate standards


37 posted on 11/07/2008 6:43:24 AM PST by radar101
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To: Cedric

I went through my postings re: Governor Palin rumors and there is not 1 asking why won’t they deny it. You must have me confused with someone else.


38 posted on 11/07/2008 6:43:27 AM PST by fortunate sun (Proud Palinista!)
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To: mathwhizz

I have had enough of this. These lame sources need to shut it. Palin did not lose the campaign for them; they easily did that on their own. If anything, she probably kept McCain from an enormously embarrassing loss.

When will McCain come out and insist that these “sources” shut up? When will he step up and defend her once and for all? Any takers here?

Jealousy is an ugly monster and it’s pretty clear to me that there is some major envy of Palin.


39 posted on 11/07/2008 6:43:35 AM PST by AUJenn
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To: mathwhizz

As I trained new callers in the Fairfax Va phonebank I told them to get the essential points of the script but to talk like and be themselves. Authenticity sells.


40 posted on 11/07/2008 6:44:20 AM PST by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find!)
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