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Rumor Patrol: Romney Camp Spreading Palin Stories?
MarcAmbinder.TheAtlantic.com ^ | Marc Ambinder

Posted on 11/10/2008 6:16:55 PM PST by GOP_Lady

Rumor Patrol: Romney Camp Spreading Palin Stories?

07 Nov 2008 06:07 pm

Rumor: Aides and advisers to Mitt Romney are responsible for spreading most of the anti-Palin stories that have been going around; during the campaign, they pressured reporters to look into reports of tension between McCain and Palin factions.

(Excerpt) Read more at marcambinder.theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; backstabbing; palin; romney; rumors; waronsarah
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1 posted on 11/10/2008 6:16:55 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

Its not going to work, Mitt.


2 posted on 11/10/2008 6:17:24 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Norman Bates

Rumor Patrol, Ping.


3 posted on 11/10/2008 6:17:30 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

Save us from charging RINO’s...


4 posted on 11/10/2008 6:18:10 PM PST by Old Sarge (For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be an American)
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To: Senator Goldwater

Agreed! The McCain faction of the party has failed to win! Time for the party elites to take a back seat. Palin or someone with her conservative creds will be running in 2012. We must make sure that is the case!!


5 posted on 11/10/2008 6:18:56 PM PST by TheDon
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To: GOP_Lady

What about the McCain aide?


6 posted on 11/10/2008 6:19:42 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: GOP_Lady

One must wonder why the Romney supporters are keeping this issue so high profile.


7 posted on 11/10/2008 6:20:36 PM PST by fortunate sun (Proud Palinista!)
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To: Senator Goldwater

There are none so blind as those who will not see.


8 posted on 11/10/2008 6:21:11 PM PST by top 2 toe red (Ah, sadly... Elizabeth partook of the Kool-Aid.)
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To: redgirlinabluestate

Rumor Patrol, ping.


9 posted on 11/10/2008 6:21:18 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: Senator Goldwater
Wasn't Mitt. It was a McCain aid who is a blogger.

RightWingIt.com

10 posted on 11/10/2008 6:21:18 PM PST by GaryLee1990 (www.RightWingIt.com)
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To: GOP_Lady

What a devout Mormon, all that gossip and all. putz


11 posted on 11/10/2008 6:21:26 PM PST by BlackjackPershing ("The great object is that every man be armed." Patrick Henry)
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To: GaryLee1990

Revealed as a hoax.


12 posted on 11/10/2008 6:22:05 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: Senator Goldwater
Its not going to work, Mitt.

Did you even read this? Ambinder (three days ago) is debunking the Romney-did-it rumors.

Analysis: As one of the first reporters to sense these ill-winds, I don't see an organized conspiracy.  The first people with whom I spoke had no connection to Romney's campaign whatsoever -- they were longtime McCain advisers and aides... so...they didn't much like Mitt Romney. When Palin was first selected, of the five Romney aides/advisers I remember contacting, three had positive impressions and two had mixed impressions. 

Now, as the campaign progressed, there were people who can be fairly described as being Romney advisers who began to criticize Palin and pass along what their Republican friends were telling them. But so did consultants, strategists and activists representing every potential 2012 candidate.  And other Romney advisers continued to praise her. 

13 posted on 11/10/2008 6:24:15 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: GOP_Lady

Rumor Patrol: Romney Camp Spreading Palin Stories?

Rumor Patrol Spreading Rumors??????

I like both Romney and Palin. They are both conservatives, unlike McCain.


14 posted on 11/10/2008 6:26:38 PM PST by oflyboy
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To: GOP_Lady; GOP Poet
I saw this yesterday. Seems like Marc is exonerating the Romney people in this article. Nobody ever reads the whole thing! LOL.

Rumor: Aides and advisers to Mitt Romney are responsible for spreading most of the anti-Palin stories that have been going around; during the campaign, they pressured reporters to look into reports of tension between McCain and Palin factions.

Analysis: As one of the first reporters to sense these ill-winds, I don't see an organized conspiracy. The first people with whom I spoke had no connection to Romney's campaign whatsoever -- they were longtime McCain advisers and aides... so...they didn't much like Mitt Romney. When Palin was first selected, of the five Romney aides/advisers I remember contacting, three had positive impressions and two had mixed impressions.

15 posted on 11/10/2008 6:29:31 PM PST by redgirlinabluestate
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To: GOP_Lady
This is getting old.
There is isn't one iota of evidence anywhere that I have seen linking Mitt Romney to these anti-Palin smears allegedly from the McCain campaign staff. The smears themselves have been debunked and discredited.
Posts like this are simply made for mischief, and are calculated to spread confusion and chaos amongst Republicans and conservatives.
They should be treated with the contempt hey deserve..
16 posted on 11/10/2008 6:29:43 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: GOP_Lady

No, that’s just coming from someone who doesn’t like Romney...that’s just not his style!!


17 posted on 11/10/2008 6:30:58 PM PST by Betteboop
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To: oflyboy

Romney is a liberal pro-abortion big government healthcare flip-flopper. Look at the Romneycare crap he on Massachussetts.

Willard will tell anyone anything to get elected.

He’s a liar.


18 posted on 11/10/2008 6:31:08 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("I love democracy. I love Free Republic")
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To: Plutarch

Beat me again. You win! Brilliant minds and all.... :-)


19 posted on 11/10/2008 6:31:33 PM PST by redgirlinabluestate
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To: GOP_Lady

Relax, people. This is “The Atlantic.” This is not a conservative-friendly publication. The people who publish and write for this rag love nothing more than a cat fight on our side, and they are willing to do or say anything they can to foment just that. Don’t be duped.


20 posted on 11/10/2008 6:31:35 PM PST by blau993 (Fight Gerbil Swarming)
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