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McCain says Palin didn't hurt presidential bid
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_el_ge/mccain_leno ^

Posted on 11/11/2008 5:53:11 PM PST by teg_76

LOS ANGELES – John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid, and he dismissed as typical campaign sniping anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat. "I'm so proud of her and I'm very grateful she agreed to run with me. She inspired people, she still does," McCain told Jay Leno during an "Tonight Show" interview taped for broadcast Tuesday night. "I couldn't be happier with Sarah Palin." Asked by Leno about griping about Palin from unidentified McCain operatives in the days following the election, the Arizona senator said, "These things happen in campaigns.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; blame; leno; mccain; palin
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1 posted on 11/11/2008 5:53:11 PM PST by teg_76
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To: teg_76
John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid

Team McCain diehard apologists everywhere just swallowed their own tongues, in unison. ;)

2 posted on 11/11/2008 5:55:08 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (G-d watch over and protect Sarah Palin and her family.)
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To: teg_76

Pfftt. It took one week for the man to come out to defend her. Too little, too late!


3 posted on 11/11/2008 5:55:25 PM PST by StarFan
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To: devolve; ntnychik

Took him way too long to do, but just maybe we can give him credit for doing it before a huge viewing audience like Leno’s.

Just making a statement wouldn’t have been heard by as many.


4 posted on 11/11/2008 5:58:05 PM PST by potlatch
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To: StarFan

He should have made it clear to his low class underlings that there was to be none of this crap. What a shame he didn’t do it. HE should be ashamed. He did WAY too little to stop it.


5 posted on 11/11/2008 5:58:43 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid

He should be saying she helped him immensely not did not damage.She carried him.

6 posted on 11/11/2008 5:59:24 PM PST by hercuroc
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To: potlatch

“Just making a statement wouldn’t have been heard by as many.”

Particularly since the MSM is ignoring the aides who’ve defended her: Mark Salter, Rick Davis, Steve Schmidt, Charlie Black, Steve Biegun - even Nicolle Wallace.

I really want to know who the “sources” are, because that sounds like the top level of the McCain camp to me.


7 posted on 11/11/2008 6:00:06 PM PST by nyc1
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To: teg_76

Wow, that was about the most lukewarm “defense” of anyone I’ve ever heard.


8 posted on 11/11/2008 6:01:28 PM PST by TXBlair ( Fort Hood LOVES its vets!!)
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To: Past Your Eyes

“He should have made it clear to his low class underlings that there was to be none of this crap.”

Of course, this makes him look weak, aloof, uncaring, etc. add your own negative adjective.

If he can’t even control his own underlings.....


9 posted on 11/11/2008 6:01:45 PM PST by jocon307 (Sad, and needing a new tagline)
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To: hercuroc
He should be saying she helped him immensely not did not damage.She carried him.

Agreed, absolutely, on both counts.

I still plan on pointing and laughing at all the McCain diehards who've spent the last week soiling themselves all over this site, idiotically proclaiming -- contra all available evidence and common sense -- that "Sarah Palin is the primary reason John McCain lost in 2008." (I finished soundly spanking one of these dimwits just the other day, in fact.) ;)

10 posted on 11/11/2008 6:03:41 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (G-d watch over and protect Sarah Palin and her family.)
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To: StarFan
I agree. Like every attack on Palin, the wait to rebut was far too long.

Oh, and O'reilly and his Newsweek editor pal also blamed Palin for McCain's loss tonight.

11 posted on 11/11/2008 6:04:52 PM PST by rintense (I don't wanna gain the whole world and lose my soul~ TobyMac (are you listening Obamabots?))
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To: teg_76

Typical McCain...respond too late to do any good with something that is either obvious or dodgy. Glad this guy won’t be our president, even if I don’t like the other guy.

Palin ‘12? I’m open to the idea.


12 posted on 11/11/2008 6:06:19 PM PST by thepresenceusmc (Libertarians...refusing to settle for RINO since 1971)
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To: teg_76

Sen. McCain is a wimp. I know, I know, the man went through absolute hell as a POW, but he is now a complete wimp.


13 posted on 11/11/2008 6:09:36 PM PST by MN_Mike (ObamACORN, BelaPelosi, and Howie Screed - Trangle of Doom)
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To: nyc1

It was a HOAX !
THE hoax IS A BLOGGER AND HAS ALREADY BEEN OUTED.
Read all about the hoax on Hotair , Little Green Footballs ...
FOX needs to FIRE Carl Cameron for peddling this HOAX !But FOX is promoting the HOAX for ratings !


14 posted on 11/11/2008 6:10:13 PM PST by ncalburt (Read all about)
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To: teg_76

Trig, 2040


15 posted on 11/11/2008 6:10:32 PM PST by MN_Mike (ObamACORN, BelaPelosi, and Howie Screed - Trangle of Doom)
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To: teg_76

Too Late Senator. Nice try, but too late. About a week too late.


16 posted on 11/11/2008 6:11:23 PM PST by TheConservativeParty ("Those guys are jerks!" Saracuda)
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To: teg_76

The story that she didn’t know that Africa is a continent has already become an urban myth. It’s the kind of lie that liberals love.


17 posted on 11/11/2008 6:13:27 PM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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To: teg_76
"These things happen in campaigns"

Not in all campaigns.

18 posted on 11/11/2008 6:13:56 PM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: MN_Mike
"he is now a complete wimp"

Nah, I believe that Juan still just hates conservatives.

19 posted on 11/11/2008 6:15:43 PM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: teg_76

bout time chump! /Bender


20 posted on 11/11/2008 6:17:58 PM PST by edge10 (Obama lied, babies died!)
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