Bill Kristol: The leakers are being disloyal to McCain
posted at 5:04 pm on November 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Because, after all, McCain picked her for VP and so all they’re really doing is dumping on their boss’s judgment. A fine spin, but the longer this goes on without a condemnatory statement from Maverick, the more it smells like it’s being done with his tacit approval. Then again, people are going to assume it’s being done with his tacit approval anyway, so why even get involved?
The important stuff comes at the end, when he points the finger directly at — ta da — Steve Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace. As for the cryptic bit about the campaign searching through people’s e-mails for evidence of leaks, that’s almost certainly a reference to Randy Scheunemann being fired/suspended/quarantined. Per today’s NYT piece, he and Kristol are pals and certain unnamed McCain advisors allege that he’s been leaking to him steadily.
Exit question: Would someone married to a commercial fisherman, who governs a state that trades with Canada, really not know which countries belong to NAFTA? Click the image to watch.
Update: In Schmidt’s defense, according to the big NYT magazine piece that dropped a few weeks ago, he was the one who first mentioned Palin as a potential VP in meetings. Doesn’t mean he hasn’t soured on her since, but he clearly wasn’t anti-’Cuda from the get go.
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For some stupid reason I’m still watching Hardball. (I never watch this show). He is still talking about Palin. He knows the election is over right?
terryannonline on November 6, 2008 at 5:53 PM
My vote follows Sarah.
If she is driven out of national republican politics, so is my vote.
vermillionsky on November 6, 2008 at 5:54 PM
wise_man, your response is bordering on the ridiculous so I can only conclude that you are either drunk or self-medicating. Either way, I suppose it’s good that you are only behind the keyboard and not the wheel.
sherry on November 6, 2008 at 5:54 PM
I agree he should make a statement denouncing the talk about Sarah Palin, but he is and always has been the same guy. When you nominate a sofa you don’t get a chair. We need to change the nomination process so Dems and Independents can’t cross over and determine our candidate in the first few primaries. We have an awful lot of work to do.
ldbgcoleman on November 6, 2008 at 5:55 PM
My reply to your question was appropriate.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 5:56 PM
“That which does not kill you, only makes you stronger”. And Governor Palin seems to be holding up very, very well. As far as the staffers being disloyal to McCain, they are being disloyal to everyone who gave that ticket their vote. Thanks alot staffers, I guess we could have expected some dignity and class out of you all, but it looks like that’s a pipe dream.
Hog Wild on November 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM
And Obama is tapdancing with the ghost of Marx on his way to power, chuckling sadistically at the follies of the GOP.
profitsbeard on November 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM
McCain so careful not to be “dishonorable” to Obama but now he will let his former running mate fall on the sword ??? very curious
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Sorry, some of us feel that a bloodletting is appropriate. McCain is/was/will always be a liability not an asset to the Republican Party. I for one think he should join his colleagues in the Democratic Party so that we can finally wash our hands of this two faced hack.
I voted for the man and actively posted in his favor during the election season, however, I threw every single donation request from the RNC into the circular file. There is only so far one can take the “better than the alternative” argument.
McCain is a painful kidney stone the Republican Party has to pass before it can regain its former health.
Angry Dumbo on November 6, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Disgruntled liberals are going to be unjustly bashing Sarah Palin for the next 4 years, even thought they already danced on her political grave.
And deisgrunteled conservatives here will be similarly unjustly bashing John McCain for things he hasn’t done for the next 4 years as well, even though he is no longer the republican candidate and for president, or figurehead of the republican party and will go back to being a senator from Arizona.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM
!
Seriously. Sedona, at this time of year, is literally one of the most beautiful places on the entire earth. It’s physiologically impossible to feel stress there. McCain is in a very good place right now, and he deserves a few days to enjoy it. Palin is a grown woman, she can stand up for herself in the meantime.
RightOFLeft on November 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM
McCain never campaigned as the ‘vote for me, I’m the lesser of two evils.’ But this is how the people who hate him has claimed that he did.
Painful my ass. You are enjoying every second of this.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Isn’t it reasonable to blame MCain for running the ty[e of campaign where staffers felt that they could bash the other half of the ticket without consequences?
katiejane on November 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Indeed.
By the time I got to make a choice, McCain was the only one on the ballot in my State primary.
LegendHasIt on November 6, 2008 at 6:01 PM
So he hasn’t phoned them and torn them a new a*hole. You know this? Just because something is not in the news, doesn’t mean it’s not going on.
Please, for the love of God, try for one moment to think that there are things going on behind the scenes. Why are you so weak as to think the worse of him without any proof?
We are supposed to be better than this. This is the type of crap that goes on on the lefty blogs.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:02 PM
wise_man, lest we disagree which is the beauty of this format. For the record, I don’t care for Huckabee at all and I live in Chicago. As for the drunk driving thing, I gotta let that one go.
sherry on November 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM
All Hail Obama!
Do not look behind the Marxist curtain!
Sarah’s bathrobe is so much more fetching.
profitsbeard on November 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM
I hope you are not consider proportional representation like the Dems? The Democratic primary was an absolute disaster!
terryannonline on November 6, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Angry Dumbo on November 6, 2008 at 5:58 PM
I understand I held my nose and voted for him to. I think it’s time for the rightroots to come together or we are screwed for a long time .The dems are out working us out fund raising us and out smarting us in every way in a country were elections are won by a couple of percentage points we have to out work the other side and if we don’t start now WE ARE IN TROUBLE
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Your question to me was ridiculous, sherry. You got a ridiculous reply. So. Now that’s taken care of. If you have a serious question, I’ll answer it. But soon. I’ve got to get home.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:04 PM
To me the most telling part of this all is that – with the exception of a few who were addressing the larger story of the campaign on the record with print journalists – no staffer has stood up yet by name on one side or the other of this controversy. I’d think that a few of them would realize that their own reputations are being trashed by implication, and a lot more definitively than Palin’s could be.
Even if I didn’t have much to do with the Palin side of the effort, if I were Tucker Bounds, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Michael Goldfarb or any of the others I’d be anxious to make it clear that I wasn’t one of the crowd pushing the women and children out of the way while scrambling to the lifeboats, and that I didn’t approve of the practice either. If I were someone whose name had already been circulated among the trashers, I’d be even more eager to clear my name.
At this rate, having ever had anything to do with the campaign is going to be something you wouldn’t want on your resume.
CK MacLeod on November 6, 2008 at 6:05 PM
wise_man, why would you think I have a question for you? You made eye contact with me. Be careful on your journey.
sherry on November 6, 2008 at 6:06 PM
I wonder why the disgruntled leaker dude thought to add that ridiculous story to the mix. As if there were something unsettling with that story. Unless he was gay. And thought that a half-naked Sarah Palin was icky or something.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:06 PM
What a f**king joke! No wonder we lost. No cooperation, no cohesion.
Gov. Palin, Sarah, is going to have a bright future in the GOP.
I expect to see her again, real soon.
madmonkphotog on November 6, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Yep Ed, tacit approval — A measure of character.
This election has sure had a whole lot of surprises.
tarpon on November 6, 2008 at 6:09 PM
how many people are involved? One? Two? These individuals out of the hundreds who were involved in the campaign do not reflect on the entire campaign as a whole. These people are the rotten apples.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:12 PM
I wish HotAir would give her some time to freaking breath!
Ever think of that? Hmmmmmmmmmmm
WOuldn’t you all like a moment after dealing with crap, mud slung at you face and retarded people whom hate you for no reason then you won’t do THEIR bidding.
Gee freaking WIZ!
upinak on November 6, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Honestly, you think McCain’s rhetoric about Obama’s lack of experience was intended to make us feel better about McCain?
As for beating on McCain, I only stopped because the general election required radio silence. I briefly boarded the Straight Talk express in 1999, but experience has taught me that McCain speaks with forked tongue. He is bad news for Republicans because he is a double dealing self-serving snake. In the past 10 years he has rightfully earned the moniker of the democrats favorite republican.
Wise_man, I respect your opinion, but I don’t know why you would defend him.
Other than a fascinating backstory, what does he have to offer our party? As Sowell pointed out in his opinion piece I linked to earlier, there is only so long McCain can dine out on his military record. McCain and his constituents would be better served if he ran as a democrat.
Angry Dumbo on November 6, 2008 at 6:14 PM
As a Palin fan and pretty long term reader of HotAir and Newsbusters it’s pretty apparent to me word is out (probably at DU or KOS) to SPAM any Palin related thread on the more popular conservative websites. Noticed it last night, especially just now on NB, on the Palin threads last night. Since “HUCK is our only hope” I’ve seen more than once I would really hope it’s not coming from that camp. I think it’s KosKids being “clever”.
Marcus on November 6, 2008 at 6:15 PM
It is truly amazing how some people, especially on this board are so attached to politicians. Today alone, I have seen about a dozen people say that they want Palin to run in 2012, and that their vote will follow her and so on. Like she is the last good conservative in the country. Over in the Alfonzo thread, several people are calling for him to run for president. I mean, are we that crappy of a party that whoever comes in front of us and says a couple things we agree with is automatically the best choice for the PRESIDENT of the most powerful country on earth? Eff Sarah Palin, there are better, smarter people out there than her. She served her purpose, and would have made a good VP probably, but my use for her has ended.
muyoso on November 6, 2008 at 6:16 PM
So he hasn’t phoned them and torn them a new a*hole. You know this? Just because something is not in the news, doesn’t mean it’s not going on.
Why are you so willing to believe he’s done anything? It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to call his campaign manager and nip this behavior. McCain was quick to chastize the GOP for running what he thought were offensive ads. How long will you wait – good grief – until the woman has had her entire reputation trashed by her own Party?
Because we are better than the Left we expect more. These are McCain’s people therefore it is McCain’s problem to fix.
katiejane on November 6, 2008 at 6:16 PM
wise_man at 6:07 PM-
Why why why these GOP schmucks help the Prince Obama Disinformation Machine is a mystery to me.
I didn’t want McCain for the Party’s run, but I supported him to the hilt when he was chosen (becoming the nominee before my state had a vote), but his choice of Palin was a bright moment and gave me hope he would be as strong as she was.
I think he feared looking bad against the “historical new black guy” more than he cared to defend our nation’s future against a radical idiot like Obama.
Which makes my original judgment of Mac (Shamnesty; close Gitmo; accept the media’s “torture” meme, ad adsurdum) – as a weak candidate who would not unsheath his sword- sadly accurate.
More concerned with his career than his country, after all.
Palin will shine on.
I wish her a wonderful Thanksgiving. She did her best.
profitsbeard on November 6, 2008 at 6:17 PM
You don’t have to support Palin in 2012 to think what is happening to her is outrageous. And it is outrageous.
SAZMD on November 6, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Uh, how about we not start arguing about something that is going to happen 4 years from now!
terryannonline on November 6, 2008 at 6:18 PM
This stuff is important. I think Palin is a completely charming and likeable person and she is a very good local politician. I don’t think she was ready for a national position as important as VP. I think she harmed the ticket if they were aiming to attract independents. Having said that she was McCain’s choice but I wonder how true that really is. Obviously the truth will come out over time.
lexhamfox on November 6, 2008 at 6:19 PM
********BINGO****************
I think he feared looking bad against the “historical new black guy” more than he cared to defend our nation’s future against a radical idiot like Obama
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Bill is just another D.C. elite.Just like Rush said today The McCain camp has said more negative things in one day about Palin than they did in the whole campain about Obama Biden and the dems combined.
thmcbb on November 6, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Gotta go. No hard feelings, wise_man. I just don’t care for McCain.
Angry Dumbo on November 6, 2008 at 6:22 PM
This whole mess has the finger prints of Huckabee and Mitt with the blessing of McCain all over it.
thmcbb on November 6, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Been thinking, Kennedy must be really sick.
tessa on November 6, 2008 at 6:27 PM
There sure are a lot of big wig wanna-bes from both sides, nazi’s and evil-doers, who are just scared to frikin’ death of Sarah Palin. Makes me like her more everytime they go to lying and smearing and crapping all over her. I’d suggest the Republican party should be dis-assembled piece by piece and left rotting in a dump somewhere. And I’ve been a member all my adult life. I’ll never become a democrat, but I’ll be dam if the R’s will ever get another dime out of me. I’ll send it all to Sarah and maybe Joe da’ plumber if he decides to run.
Griz on November 6, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Now that Palin doesn’t have to carry McCain’s dirty bath water as a surrogate, we will have the opportunity to see if she really has what it takes to be a major leader in Conservative politics.
I like her, and rather imagine that all of her detractors are either jealous of her and/or feel that she threatens their RINO elite status and/or using her for a scapegoat for their own stupidity and incompetence.
It is up to her now. If she wants to be a leader on the national scene, she is now free to be herself. We will see.
What we really need to do now is to insure that McCain and his ilk are consigned to being no more than a minor footmark in the future histories of America.
LegendHasIt on November 6, 2008 at 6:29 PM
John McCain is worthless and weak!!
omnipotent on November 6, 2008 at 6:30 PM
How about we don’t participate in helping to destroy a man who is down? He tried, he lost. More people voted for Obama and now McCain is done. You go ahead and beat the dead horse if this makes you feel better about yourself.
I’m not going to gang up on him, repeating and regurgitating what other people are saying that isn’t true. I can’t stop you, but I am not going to stand by quietly as people trash him for something he hasn’t done. This has been a very dark chapter in our party – where the republicans who voted for McCain in the primary carried him to the top, while the other, “better” conservatives failed to get their support. And this was somehow his fault. And they said that the New York Times picked the republican primary winner. BS. The republican voters picked him. He wasn’t a stealth liberal. He has never hidden his approach to politics and government. People on the left lied about him, and people on the right lied about him. It’s no wonder why he lost, that we failed to keep Obama out of the presidency. He lost. All of you people who wanted him to fail using the “SHAMNESTY!!” fear mongering card won. McCain isn’t president. At least stop now. While you are ahead. It’s disgraceful what so many here are doing to one of our own.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Even MSNBC is quoting Fox News. I guess it’s ok if we quote the competition as long as we’re smearing Palin.
Zombies.
Mr_Magoo on November 6, 2008 at 6:33 PM
No hard feelings.
It’s too bad that someone else wasn’t nominated to be the republican standard bearer for 08. Best of luck for us in 2012. My God help us for the next four years.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Just logged on; if this has been mentioned before, forgive me.
I say we bombard Fox News, who has been running over and over the vicious rumors from unnamed sources about Gov. Palin. I emailed Bill O’reilly and told him “The Folks” were through letting the media, including Fox, define anyone for us, and if we had to, we would get the truth from the blogs.
This is nothing but the left trying to discredit her future in politics because she is such and strong candidate and scares them.
What do you think? We’ve got to take a stand this time; we can’t let them get away with demonizing her or anyone else.
americanpatriot on November 6, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Waste needs to be expelled or the body will rot from within.
Adios Juan, via con dios.
omnipotent on November 6, 2008 at 6:36 PM
It seems like every time you post a hateful comment against McCain you have a nervous eye tick and then throw a dart at his photo.
Give it a rest. We got the fact that you are a deranged McCain hater in the first dozen comments to the same effect today.
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Is it true the GOP is sending lawyers to Alaska to investigate her clothing or is that another baseless rumor? I am so angry at all this.
bdestini on November 6, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Yeah, this isn’t right. Sarah Palin worked her ass off for McCain and is getting screwed. I don’t know if she’s “Presidential Material” (maybe in a few years) butI know for damn sure that Chuckabee will NEVER be presidential material, and Romney, as much as I like him, (think he’s handsome) will have a hard time with the whole Mormon thing- so other than Jindal, (who is great, but green) we’re a little, ah, weak. So I will repeat at the risk of being trashed by the group- If McCain is going to let Palin take the blame, I’m glad he lost. Let Obama sweat it out during the next 4 years; From what I’m seeing, he doesn’t stand a chance.
anniekc on November 6, 2008 at 6:42 PM
I expected McCain to do the right thing and stand by his teammate Sarah.
I guess I expected too much of him.
omnipotent on November 6, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Anyone want to bet when the MSM finally drops this story: 1)tomorrow; 2)by Sunday 3) sometime next week 4) within a month 5)3 months 6) 6 months 7) never
technopeasant on November 6, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Palin is going to hear a lot worse if she intends to stay on the national stage. Plus she’s an easy target right now and much more interesting to dish about than McCain. I mean, who wants to hear about John McCain in a bathrobe?
After 2004, many people thought that John Edwards was well positioned to run for President in 2008. And he spent that next 2-3 years after the election getting ready to do that. Well, we know how that turned out.
I think Palin needs to go home, do her job and work on issues that are important to her. Then we can all see how much appeal she has as a Presidential candidate when we get to 2011. She may not seem all that viable then for a whole lot of reasons. And probably none of those reasons will have anything to do with the crap that’s being said now.
Bennett on November 6, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Just remember while we chit chat Moveon.org is raising millions of dollars to kick our ass all over the place again WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Wasn’t going to comment but (as usual), can’t shut up:
QUIT WORRYING AND GNASHING TEETH OVER THE TREATMENT OF SARAH: She’s the real-deal and I suspect (notice I didn’t say I know, afterall I was oh-so wrong about election outcome) is gonna be just fine. I believe she’s dusting herself off and treating this as a learning experience. She was Mac’s “Hail Mary Pass.” It didn’t work out. She’s probably grateful for the opportunity, the “baptism-by-fire” and IMHO just earned her Masters Degree in “Trash the Conservative Broad with the Down Sydrome Kid and the disfunctional family that has really off-the-wall problems that of course, we perfect people don’t have.”
Is she sorry they lost: OF Course. Does she have very strong opinions as to why? Of course. Does she have too much class to whine and moan and espouse what they are? Again, of course. Is she going to “file it?” (Something I tell my kids when they ask me a question repeatedly and I give them the same answer over and over.) “You ‘bettcha.”
I’m not worried about the ‘Cuda!
She will be back on her own dang terms, thanks very much.
If you like her, support her but don’t whine for her. Rationally point out her positives and move on.
If you hate her, continue to trash her and you will eventually make her case for her.
Chewy the Lab on November 6, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Just remember while we argue about silly things Moveon.org is raising millions of dollars to kick our ass all over the place again……WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT……
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Oh, btw, since we all seem to agree (most anyway)that there may be real peril to our Republic, be it internally or externally, we need to declare the period of mourning OVER, the Monday morning quarterbacking D.O.N.E., Take a deep breath, Google and listen to Reagan’s
“Shining City On A Hill” speech or read it’s text, and decide what’s next and get busy.
We will do this orderly, lawfully and passionately.
Chewy the Lab on November 6, 2008 at 7:11 PM
This is the stuff the dems would do (AKA McCain) he should just go to the other side and stay there.Heard we lost another rino today Gorden Smith GOOD the less we have to replace
thmcbb on November 6, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Consider this, Palin is a working class woman who has made her way through her own strenghts and convictions. She is the middle class, she is one of us. She is the real threat to the political elites. Liberty folks! Take your party back, don’t cry about what just happened. The republican party might never have a chance like this again to stand for something so basicly american. Liberty, Freedom, that’s the ideals that sets us apart from the rest of the world. Thats the winning message we need to preach.
jims on November 6, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Just remember while we argue about silly things Moveon.org is raising millions of dollars to kick our ass all over the place again……WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Maybe I’m missing something – I’ve been kind of tuned out for the last 24 hours. What is the big deal about the Sarah Palin in a towel or bathrobe story? What red blooded American male would object to being there for that? Kinda exciting if you ask me.
Are these real men?
ZzzzDad on November 6, 2008 at 7:22 PM
We need to start a PAC and collect money and then nail every RINO and the dems for everything that they do. Keep bringing it up to show the public what terrible people they are for our country. That’s my idea.
cjs1943 on November 6, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Carl Cameron’s punk ass needs to name names or STFU… I am starting to think this is all coming from him…
liquidflorian on November 6, 2008 at 7:34 PM
From the video: It does make perfect sense why they were giving background info in the last weeks of the campaign. They were expecting to loose all along. Maybe its a stretch but its the only thing that makes sense to me.
liquidflorian on November 6, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Oh goodie – another Allah post re Sarah – keep this up Allah and we’ll start to suspect that you have something for her. What’s the record 6 posts in a day? Go for the gold. Oh, by the way, there is other stuff happening in the world. I will vote for Sarah whenever she runs. End of story. John who?
Fuquay Steve on November 6, 2008 at 7:39 PM
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 7:20 PM
We need to start a PAC and collect money and then nail every RINO and the dems for everything that they do. Keep bringing it up to show the public what terrible people they are for our country. That’s my idea
Yes !! this is the type of discussions we need to have our power is not in talking to ourselves alone but coming together in a fashion that makes our voices heard so that we can win over the hearts and minds of people looking for true leadership……our message can win and win consistantly but only if we work hard to deliver that message and support the people that best represent our concerns …………..We no longer can afford to sit on the side lines complaining about this or that while groups like Moveon.org are collecting millions of dollars to rip us apart we better get on the ball
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Still nothing from Maverick.
CanadianGuy on November 6, 2008 at 8:05 PM
So he confirmed the rumors were true? He admitted that all the rumors came from him? Wow. I’ve changed my mind, I now HATE THAT DAMN JOHN MCCAIN!!!!!!! hurrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
wise_man on November 6, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Turn off the TV!
Close the liberal newspapers!
Cancel the liberal magazines!
I’m DONE with tv “news”…..even Fox. Done.
It’s ALL LIES ….. ALL of it….I’m d-o-n-e.
These pundits are no smarter than me…..eff ‘em.
LET’S ROLL …. get government and these sycophants OUT of my life.
ex-Democrat on November 6, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Obama’s Team needs to make up more lies about her quick to distract the rubes and feed the willing Media in order to cover up their crypto-Marxist manipulations of the government and plans for fatally weakening of the Constitution.
Hmmm… Palin bought a $900 silk thong!
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
profitsbeard on November 6, 2008 at 8:29 PM
@#$%^&*()+_)(*&^%$#@!!@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@!!@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@!!@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@!!@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@
WE NEED A THREAD TO DISCUSS OUR FUTURE STRATEGY LETS GO MODERATORS THREAD FOR DISCUSSION NOW…. PLEASE !!!!
Chicostein on November 6, 2008 at 8:36 PM
I don’t think this is anything more than an attempt at payback. It seems pretty clear that Palin wasn’t willing to walk the line these folks wanted her to walk. At this point I’m thinking she probably made the right decision.
I don’t blame McCain for any of this. But I do think he made some very bad choices when he put his campaign staff together. If the identity of these idiots ever becomes certain, I’m pretty sure they’ll never work on a campaign again.
Dee2008 on November 6, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Where do you go to let the RNC know that you’re not going to accept this BS? I’m not finding a link that looks appropriete. I’m amazed that they think they can get away with this- how stupid do they think we are? (I know- stupid enough to let the MSM pick our candidate for us)
anniekc on November 6, 2008 at 8:38 PM
If you are a registered Republican, you will be getting a mailing from them in a week or two asking for a donation so that they can ‘rebuild’. I’d suggest that you use the prepaid envelope that they so thoughtfully include, to let them know your feelings.
They obviously never read emails from us ‘peons’.
LegendHasIt on November 6, 2008 at 8:44 PM
EXACTLY. Give your money to bloggers and conservative leaders who can use it. Our TV is gone. No more cable. No more MSM mags.
Get your friends tuned in to conservative bloggers. Dems surf more than Republicans now, I heard. Let’s ramp it up. Send Zo to your friends.
hoosiermama on November 6, 2008 at 8:51 PM
gosh its going to be AWESOME to see Sarah in 2012 with her OWN staff put together.
ousoonerfan15 on November 6, 2008 at 8:54 PM
This is what happens when democrats run a republican campagin.
Sean on November 6, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Jesus.
No wonder he lost.
What a bunch of cretins. You wonder if they had the same great regard for McCain they do for Palin.
But Carl, you really need to stop with the “unnamed sources” crap.
People who do that really should have a stick stuck up you know where.
drjohn on November 6, 2008 at 9:54 PM
McCain looks worse and worse. As does Romney. Think these campaign workers acted without some nudging from either of these two? Think again.
McCain I get. What I can’t quite figure out are the dots you guys are putting to Romney. Maybe it was HUCKABEE! Romney isn’t running again. Why would he?
Noelie on November 6, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Absolutely. I’ve been one of the few persistent critics of McCain since he ‘won’ the primary. Funny if so many Republicans wanted him, you would think you McCain loyalists wouldn’t have been screaming so much that everyone had to get behind him. Why was his campaign pretty much stillborn until he brought a conservative on board? Funny, even though she had some painful gaffes, look at how much enthusiasm a genuine conservative generated in just two and a half months compared to the almost 6 that McShamnesty had. The only derangement in this thread, as usual, is yours whizzman.
Think about this as a normal person would. It’s TWO DAYS after the election; this isn’t like the McClellan memoir that bashed Bush a couple years after he left…IT’S TWO DAYS and McCain staffers are bashing Palin..and McCain isn’t saying anything. How long did it take McCain to personally respond to the North Carolina ad on Reverend Wright? Yet all day and he’s said nothing. You want everyone to believe something is going on behind the scenes. What the f**k good does that do Palin who’s being trashed in the media by her f***ing running mates flunkies TWO DAYS after the election! If McCain was truly the honorable man you buttkissers make him out to be, he would have publicly repudiated his staffers and started firing people. Instead he’s said nothing.
Think about this too: Palin’s staffers could probably find out who’s dishing this dirt..and take some kind of revenge on them..unless they’re being protected by McCain. Face it Whizzman, this kind of attitude starts at the top, and trickles down..and then staffers feel they have the right to go out and talk this kind of garbage. I’m willing to bet McCain has been stewing about how wildly popular Palin is with the base and is more than happy to let his scumbag staffers trash her. Typical McCain. Won’t take the gloves off against Obama, but has his staff kneecap his own VP. Shall I sing a few bars of ‘Backdoor John’ for you whizzman? Not sure what’s more pathetic, McCain, or you for defending him.
austinnelly on November 6, 2008 at 10:04 PM
These people should not be allowed in any future campaign. They are traitors and should be a pariah as far as conservatives are concerned. Just unbelievably mean and stupid.
mariloubaker on November 6, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Kudos to austinnelly. Well said piece.
mariloubaker on November 6, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Schmidt, Wallace–two skanks. Any candidate who hires them in 2010 goes to my ‘boycott and oppose’ list.
Seems likely, though, that though Wallace piglet will end up back at CBS, which any sane person is already avoiding like the plague.
Schmidt ought to find a new line of work, the p*ssy.
james23 on November 6, 2008 at 10:47 PM
What can we do?….START NOW!,..History will never forgive us for what may take place Jan 20,2009 (I still hold out hope for someone to bring out the original birth certificate)
Another option, to become a Delegate!…We have to work now,..just like Acorn, but we will win the legal, honest way! If anyone get’s something going..COUNT ME IN!
christene on November 6, 2008 at 11:07 PM
You’ve made it clear that you think the Republican party should commit suicide by snubbing the social conservatives, even though this election showed how effective they were in GOTV. There is no evidence that Palin drove supporters from the ticket, in fact quite the opposite, given the crowds she drew and the amount of money she raised. She has been thoroughly vetted now.
The next election is four years away, and that’s plenty of time for Sarah Palin to get “experience.” She can use that time to her advantage, and someone else may come along, too.
Attacking her like these McCain supporters are is sheer idiocy, though. No one doing this anonymously through the media or on blogs and comment sections has the Republican party’s best interests at heart, and that’s why these people should be named and / or told to shut their pieholes.
chunderroad on November 6, 2008 at 11:09 PM
Palin doesnt need the help, the more she bears herself, the better.
Shes no chump, might have been a little unaquainted with foreign affairs but she had her own responsibilities that werent fullfilled voting present.
As far as understanding them its easy,
conservatives opt for whats right and side with free like minded countries.
the left shoehorns itself while regularly supporting antithesis for civilization.
Happens all the time, but they support the troops.
Sarah Palin I am certain would put the country first as our founding fathers saw it.
Sonosam on November 7, 2008 at 1:16 AM
Palin is Trig.
username on November 7, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Obama’s Team needs to make up more lies about her quick to distract the rubes and feed the willing Media in order to cover up their crypto-Marxist manipulations of the government and plans for fatally weakening of the Constitution.
Hmmm… Palin bought a $900 silk thong!
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
profitsbeard on November 6, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Are you people serious?? first of all this didn’t come from the Obama team to “distract the country”. This is coming from somebody or maybe even a couple of people inside the McCain campaign and it was 1st reported on FOX NEWS,the so-called epicenter of right-wing news that all of you claim is “fair and balanced”. Now that they report on a story that’s blasting the same presidental ticket that they were clearly in the tank for the entire campaign,you people turn on them for taking a shot at poor ol’ Sara.
Have you people stopped and thought for 1 sec that maybe what Carl Cameron told Bill O was true and this really went on?
From what I’ve seen here,the answer to that is NO!
You people are acting like Sara Palin is the Virgin Mary,and nobody can say or have a negative opinion about here. Well I got news for you sweetheart,welcome to the real world of Washington Politics.
Fox News goes totally out of their way to claim that they are the only network that is “fair and balanced” so all they were doing is reporting it like they say they are.
If this came from MSNBC,CNN,NBC,ABC,CBS,then you would have a bone to pick with them. But this came from Fox,YOUR network that has been nothing more that a agent of propaganda for George Bush and the Republican Party since Day 1
I’m not defending Fox News,I think they are nothing more than tools of hate,fear and smear,but I will give them credit for the 1st time ever,they tried to be a real news network and just report the news without any spin or bias
Let it go,the campaign and the election is over,and dear ol’ Sara will be just fine as long as she goes away never to be heard from again
DcMike2K on November 7, 2008 at 2:19 PM
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