McCain Insiders Paint a Not-So-Pretty Picture of Palin

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Posted on Nov 6, 2008

On Wednesday, Fox News’ Carl Cameron kicked off a round of Republican in-fighting that had snowballed considerably by Wednesday, thanks to reports from unnamed McCain campaign informants about Sarah Palin’s alleged “diva”-like behavior. But the Thrilla From Wasilla still has her GOP allies, such as Rush Limbaugh, who waxed apoplectic about Cameron and the anti-Palin set during Thursday’s broadcast of his eponymous radio show.

Limbaugh wasn’t alone in taking umbrage at Fox News’ reports about Palin; online conservative forum Free Republic has started a thread urging members of the community to boycott the network.

ABC News:

Now that the defeated Republican presidential team of Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have gone their separate ways, the knives are out and Palin is the one who is getting filleted.

But longtime Palin staffer Meg Stapleton is lashing back at anonymous critics within the McCain-Palin presidential campaign, telling ABC News they are attacking the former vice presidential candidate with distortions and blaming her for the Republican National Committee’s own missteps.

Revelations from anonymous critics from within the McCain-Palin campaign suggest a number of complaints about Palin.

Fox News reports that Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent and did not know the member nations of the North American Free Trade Agreement—the United States, Mexico and Canada—when she was picked for vice president.

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By Blackspeare, November 7, 2008 at 2:21 pm Link to this comment

The selection of Palin, within the McCain camp was at best controversial from the get-go.  Now that McCain has lost those who opposed Palin initially are venting though it appears much of the complaints are exaggerations.

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By 123456, November 7, 2008 at 1:56 pm Link to this comment

Conservatives are sacepgoating Palin.

Whatever she is, she was a symptom, not the cause, of the McCain/GOP hopeless situation.

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By Purple Girl, November 7, 2008 at 6:41 am Link to this comment

These SOB’s who took over McCains campaign are the biggest Pussies this country has EVER produced.
First you Dumbasses, You had a candidate who’s circle of friends destroyed our economy, provoked needless wars and befriended and aided our enemies (if not outright Produced them).
Second Your campaing tactics INSULTED the majority of Ameircans…‘Joe Six Pack’ are you saying we are all the idiots in the ‘wife beater’ tank being arrested on “Cops”? Did You think we had no idea that we have been under Feudalistic economic oppression via ‘Trickle Down’. Did you think ‘Redistributing the Wealth’ sounded like a Bad thing when you have Starved US Out? Did you not realize we HATE the Rich who have conned and Robbed US?Hell some of US want their Heads! Did you not realize by Calling Sen Obama an associate of ‘Terrorist’ we wouldn’t react to revelations about All of YOU?Our Home Grown Economic Terrorist who have nearly brought US to Our knees?Did you No trealize the the Majority of Ameircans are NOT Hagee psuedo ‘Christians’ or that we have not realized (or remembered) their types acts of Heresy and Terrorism?Did You Not realize that by naming the most ignorant and arrogant Female you could dig out of the permafrost we Would be Offended?
You not only facilitated the lose of your lastest Puppet, but you have been instrumental in finally bringing down your Own Neo Con Scam!
Thanks for diving on to your Own Swords, You and Your ‘crusade’ have been defeated.Find a new line of Work, I hear McDonalds is looking for pattie Flippers- practice now “Would you Like Fries with that?”

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By Dr. Knowitall, PhD, PhD, November 7, 2008 at 3:44 am Link to this comment

KDelphi:

I agree with you; the Republicans have NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL.  They’re passe. A dinosaur.  An anachronism.  There’s no place in a 21st century world for a 19th century club. 

They don’t even have the intelligence to keep their infighting to themselves.  They’re eager to show the USA how totally disheveled they are. 

Sarah Palin is political history, even if the evangelical right rolls back the stone from her tomb.  In this case, they’ll find the body.

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By KDelphi, November 7, 2008 at 12:46 am Link to this comment

The retarded, evil giant’s death wrails.

Yeah, Sarah is—-very uninformed. But she is NOT their main problem, and , I suspect, they know it. Their entire ideology has come crashing down. I hope the Dems will seize the moment.

But dont misunderestimate their strategery. We could get fooled once or get fooled again!

Remember, you thought W was stupid , until he got everything he ( and his cronies) wanted, with our permission. Look for Palin to be the new “martyr to the religious Right” which has no cause without a martyr.

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