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Title: Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says (GOP base being played like a fiddle)
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CNN
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html
Published: Oct 25, 2008
Author: John King, Peter Hamby and Dana Bash
Post Date: 2008-10-25 17:38:52 by F.A. Hayek Fan
Keywords: None
Views: 694
Comments: 71
With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say. Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue." A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to "bust free" of what she believes was a damaging and mismanaged roll-out. McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan. A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign. "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. "Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom." A Palin associate defended her, saying that she is "not good at process questions" and that her comments on Michigan and the robocalls were answers to process questions. But this Palin source acknowledged that Palin is trying to take more control of her message, pointing to last week's impromptu news conference on a Colorado tarmac. Tracey Schmitt, Palin's press secretary, was urgently called over after Palin wandered over to the press and started talking. Schmitt tried several times to end the unscheduled session. "We acknowledge that perhaps she should have been out there doing more," a different Palin adviser recently said, arguing that "it's not fair to judge her off one or two sound bites" from the network interviews. The Politico reported Saturday on Palin's frustration, specifically with McCain advisers Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt. They helped decide to limit Palin's initial press contact to high-profile interviews with Charlie Gibson of ABC and Katie Couric of CBS, which all McCain sources admit were highly damaging. In response, Wallace e-mailed CNN the same quote she gave the Politico: "If people want to throw me under the bus, my personal belief is that the most honorable thing to do is to lie there." But two sources, one Palin associate and one McCain adviser, defended the decision to keep her press interaction limited after she was picked, both saying flatly that she was not ready and that the missteps could have been a lot worse. They insisted that she needed time to be briefed on national and international issues and on McCain's record. Schmitt came to the back of the plane Saturday to deliver a statement to traveling reporters: "Unnamed sources with their own agenda will say what they want, but from Gov. Palin down, we have one agenda, and that's to win on Election Day." Yet another senior McCain adviser lamented the public recriminations. "This is what happens with a campaign that's behind; it brings out the worst in people, finger-pointing and scapegoating," this senior adviser said. This adviser also decried the double standard, noting that Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, has gone off the reservation as well, most recently by telling donors at a fundraiser that America's enemies will try to "test" Obama. Tensions like those within the McCain-Palin campaign are not unusual; vice presidential candidates also have a history of butting heads with the top of the ticket. John Edwards and his inner circle repeatedly questioned Sen. John Kerry's strategy in 2004, and Kerry loyalists repeatedly aired in public their view that Edwards would not play the traditional attack dog role with relish because he wanted to protect his future political interests. Even in a winning campaign like Bill Clinton's, some of Al Gore's aides in 1992 and again in 1996 questioned how Gore was being scheduled for campaign events. Jack Kemp's aides distrusted the Bob Dole camp and vice versa, and Dan Quayle loyalists had a list of gripes remarkably similar to those now being aired by Gov. Palin's aides. With the presidential race in its final days and polls suggesting that McCain's chances of pulling out a win are growing slim, Palin may be looking after her own future. "She's no longer playing for 2008; she's playing 2012," Democratic pollster Peter Hart said. "And the difficulty is, when she went on 'Saturday Night Live,' she became a reinforcement of her caricature. She never allowed herself to be vetted, and at the end of the day, voters turned against her both in terms of qualifications and personally."
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#1. To: All (#0)
LOL! Sure she is! The Republicrat GOP base ties with the Democan base as the stupidest mother fuckers on the planet. They really need to make slavery legal again because neither of these groups are fit to be free. They just ain't cut out for it.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976
She knows it's a loss. She's angling for the TV show contract after the election. She's always wanted to be in TV.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! Your full of it. McCain is going to win.
Maybe, but I think it's an attemept to get that small percentage of the base and some of the dumber independents that hate McCain to take another look at her. "Looky here ma! That thar Sarah Palin is bucking that ol' lefty McCain! Maybe she's OK afterall. You know ma, McCain is gettin' up thar in age. If'n he kik's da bucket in office we's have us a real cunsurv'tive. Maybe we'uns shuld votes fur her.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976
Presidents are installed these days, not elected. The Money Powers are done with the NeoCons and are going to install Mr. NeoLib Messiah as their new public relations director.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! To be honest, I don't think McCain's handlers are that smart. They picked Palin in the first place.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! blue... I considered her pick as a rather astute political move, made by someone above McKooKs pay grade. McKooK with another known political hack was DOA. Americans seem to have shown some interest as the Biden/Palin "debate" drew a record viewing audience.
I disagree. McCain's pick was genius. Pure cynicism, but genius. The base hates him and he knows it so he picked a person the GOP's marketing, propaganda and psychology guru's assured him would manipulate the base and bring them back to the plantation. Just like the dem's do with blacks. And it worked like a charm. But her newness is wearing off so now they had to come up with something to keep their mind off the fraud. The GOP and dems both spend millions of dollars a year trying to figure out how to continue the two party fraud.
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976
Picking Palin will go down as a terrible move for everyone involved except Palin.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! Palin was a temporary salve. To me, it shows the short-sightedness of his handlers. In politics, short-sighted = stupid.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! It was definitely temporary. Hence this new bullshit the dumbasses on TOS1 and TOS2 are eating up like it was prime rib. LOL! What's that saying? There are fools and there are danmable fools? The folks on TOS1 and TOS2 are both. LOL!
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ William Colby, Director, CIA 1973–1976
If they really, really, hurry; they could get out a Palin Penthouse issue to ice the deal.
I thought so too in the beginning ... and it was. McCain's negatives are too high, her experience level too low, and the whole campaign reminds me of the Dole/Kemp ticket, a bunch of nothin.
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right.
OK... To what does one attribute 70 million Americans tuning in to Biden/Palin???? To me it seems that just perhaps her selection sparked more interest than Biden who seems to have been a wise pick for Obama. In fact not too many people seem to be interested in Biden at all. I still go with Palin (or any other female of equal status) having been a smart choice. Look at the deadwood available for a "smart" pick. Romney, Giuliani, Huckabee and others I do not even recall.
For the same reason that 70 million Americans tune into the Academy Awards or American Idol: they're brainwashed sheepies.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! She's no protsitute. She'd take the Playboy deal as it's classier.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! Remember there are no qualifications for a person running for President. It is what one does when in office that counts. If we go for "qualifications", Lyndon Johnson would have rated number one, however his decisions while in office showed the real man, his qualifications were for naught. Roosevelt was wealthy, upper class, prime educated, former cabinet member, former governor and he brought us WW2. He was very qualified.
blue... That analogy wont hold water and you know it. People tune in trash shows to be entertained with drivel. No one tunes in political debates in record numbers to be entertained.
Roosevelt was wealthy, upper class, prime educated, former cabinet member, former governor and he brought us WW2. He was very qualified. I don't disagree that both torched the country and were scoundrels, but two socialist criminals is only half the problem ... we have fascist liars on the other wing.
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right.
They do the same with elections. The election process and the populace are like show-and-tell exhibits for what dumbing down is.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! In my time the only president that surprised me was Ike. He had zero political qualifications for president. Ike had lived out of the military trough all his life. He was a known philanderer and not particularly concerned about others. However when he had to make unpopular decisions as president, he did it. Most of all he brought out the first valid warning of MIC.
Not buying that at all blue. Palin sparked interest in an otherwise dull and boring election. A year from now we will be hard pressed to recall her name. Ferraro went in the tank, never to be heard of again, used and thrown away, as will Palin.
He sure did and he rounded up all the illegal wetbacks and deported their sorry asses.
Most of our fellow Americans are idiots when it comes to simple history and the political process. You know it. Palin was picked specifically to appeal to the dumbest percentage of the Rep base. Ferraro was another time and era. Palin will end up with a career out of this. There's a market for trashy personalities getting trashy shows.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! I really can't think of even one thing recent Presidents have done that truly served the public.
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right.
He was a little before my time ... you old goat ! Hahahahaha !
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right.
Neither can I. They are all very good at screwing us and taking care of their criminal friends and associates however.
I agree.
He pecks a few holes in a tree to see a neighbor across the street had put lifesize mcCain and palin cardboard figures in their front yard (can you believe how goofy that is?). i noticed today that someone had stolen the palin. ;P
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Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ike had baggage but he made a lot of tough decisions as President. I did not like it when he helped destroy McCarthy but otherwise on balance, in my book he was a plus. Rutherford B. Hayes is my favorite president. I was not olde nuff to vote for him.
Now I'm really glad I don't watch TV.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! "Looka here, honey! I got us a Palin picture fer the den! It was just sittin' in someone's yard!"
Ahmadinejad in 2008! I agree. Anyone want to bet the farm that Palin will be finished the day after the election? Americans turned down a sure thing with Hillary, Palin will disappear back to moose country.
Do you remember his presidency? *ducks*
Ahmadinejad in 2008! I can see it now: Fishin' With Sarah on one of those cable networks.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! You climbing on the whack Palin bandwagon with these other denizens????
What's so great about Palin?
Ahmadinejad in 2008! blue... I am totally ashamed of you red blooded American boys taking whacks at Sarah.
Son, your Daddy never splained bout birds and bees??????? hehehehehehehehe
I know women about 20x better looking than Palin. She does nada for me.
Ahmadinejad in 2008! She's an 8 in politics and a 4 at the beach.
There is no honor in bending one's knee to the banking elites that are robbing the children you claim to love of their future. Soon they'll convince those very same children that you deserve to be eliminated ... and they may be right.
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#2. To: Hayek Fan (#1)
But this Palin source acknowledged that Palin is trying to take more control of her message, pointing to last week's impromptu news conference on a Colorado tarmac.
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#3. To: bluegrass (#2)
#4. To: bluegrass (#2)
(Edited)
She knows it's a loss. She's angling for the TV show contract after the election. She's always wanted to be in TV.
#5. To: Old Friend (#3)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#6. To: Hayek Fan (#4)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#7. To: bluegrass (#6)
They picked Palin in the first place.
#8. To: bluegrass (#6)
To be honest, I don't think McCain's handlers are that smart. They picked Palin in the first place.
#9. To: Cynicom (#7)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#10. To: Hayek Fan (#8)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#11. To: bluegrass (#10)
Palin was a temporary salve. To me, it shows the short-sightedness of his handlers. In politics, short-sighted = stupid.
#12. To: bluegrass. all (#10)
Palin was a temporary salve. To me, it shows the short-sightedness of his handlers. In politics, short-sighted = stupid.
#13. To: Cynicom (#7)
I considered her pick as a rather astute political move
#14. To: bluegrass (#9)
Picking Palin will go down as a terrible move for everyone involved except Palin.
#15. To: Cynicom (#14)
To what does one attribute 70 million Americans tuning in to Biden/Palin????
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#16. To: lodwick (#12)
a Palin Penthouse issue
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#17. To: noone222 (#13)
#18. To: bluegrass (#15)
For the same reason that 70 million Americans tune into the Academy Awards or American Idol: they're brainwashed sheepies.
#19. To: Cynicom (#17)
If we go for "qualifications", Lyndon Johnson would have rated number one, however his decisions while in office showed the real man, his qualifications were for naught.
#20. To: Cynicom (#18)
People tune in trash shows to be entertained with drivel.
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#21. To: noone222 (#19)
#22. To: bluegrass (#20)
They do the same with elections.
#23. To: Cynicom (#21)
However when he had to make unpopular decisions as president, he did it. Most of all he brought out the first valid warning of MIC.
#24. To: Cynicom (#22)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#25. To: LACUMO (#23)
he (Ike) rounded up all the illegal wetbacks and deported their sorry asses.
#26. To: Cynicom (#21)
In my time the only president that surprised me was Ike.
#27. To: noone222 (#25)
I really can't think of even one thing recent Presidents have done that truly served the public.
#28. To: bluegrass (#9)
Picking Palin will go down as a terrible move for everyone involved except Palin.
If a redwood's really red
#29. To: Hayek Fan, bluegrass, Cynicom (#4)
#30. To: noone222 (#26)
He was a little before my time ... you old goat ! Hahahahaha !
#31. To: Tauzero (#28)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#32. To: christine, Hayek Fan Cynicom (#29)
i noticed today that someone had stolen the palin.
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#33. To: Tauzero, bluegrass (#28)
(Edited)
Picking Palin will go down as a terrible move for everyone involved except Palin.
#34. To: Cynicom (#30)
I was not olde nuff to vote for him.
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#35. To: Cynicom, Tauzero (#33)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#36. To: christine, all (#29)
i noticed today that someone had stolen the palin. ;P
#37. To: Cynicom (#36)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#38. To: bluegrass, all (#35)
#39. To: bluegrass (#37)
What's so great about Palin?
#40. To: Cynicom (#39)
Everyone agrees that unanimity is hard to find.
#41. To: bluegrass (#40)
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