McCain on the Palin leaks: “These things happen”
posted at 12:20 pm on November 12, 2008 by Allahpundit
I figured the boss would be underwhelmed, but even Althouse thinks Maverick gave the ‘Cuda a raw deal with this exchange (not shown in the clip):
“I really believe that Sarah Palin is amongst some, like Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, there’s a group of young Republican governors and — mainly governors, but also some in the Senate — that I think are the next generation of leadership of our party,” he said.
Eh. He’s using national airtime to boost the party’s image as a whole instead of placing all its chips on Palin. I won’t knock him for that — but the de facto shrug at Leno’s question about the leaks is curious. Why not do a pro forma “renounce and reject”? Unless … some of the smears are true and he feels he can’t lie about it in good conscience.
One thing’s for sure: The staff party on Monday should be a humdinger. Exit statistic via a CNN press release that just landed in my inbox: Biden’s favorable rating as of this weekend was 64/25, McCain’s was 61/36, and Palin’s was … 49/43.
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What? But I thought McCain would have lost in a landslide without her!!!!
crr6 on November 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM
It’s because Salter is the leaker and he doesn’t want to throw one of his surrogate son and the guy who will be writing his next book under the bus.
Illinidiva on November 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Either Palin really is a problem or McCain is a jerk, not enough info to make that call from where I sit.
Dash on November 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM
“Unless … some of the smears are true and he feels he can’t lie about it in good conscience.”
OR, he doesn’t know ’cause he wasn’t there!
but hey, don’t let that probable fact stop anyone from engaging in another round of John-bashing …
/eyeroll
Buckaroo on November 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM
McCain has fallen even farther.
Enoxo on November 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM
The Mac is back! [back to pre-celeb ad]
lodge on November 12, 2008 at 12:26 PM
“crr6 on November 12, 2008 at 12:23 PM
by yer stupid logic, greasy joe saved the day for duh1 …
/big eyeroll
Buckaroo on November 12, 2008 at 12:26 PM
If that many people dislike her, she must be doing something right.
Abby Adams on November 12, 2008 at 12:26 PM
BINGO. Him and Salter are attached at the hip– he’ll throw her under the bus to save him.
Pasalubong on November 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Firebird on November 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM
“My friends…………”
Seven Percent Solution on November 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM
If there were no Palin, nobody would have paid any attention to McCain at all. The reason Mac has a high favorable is because nobody cares about him. Voters will always have a favorable view of someone they are apathetic about (that’s a well known poll bias).
Outlander on November 12, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Obviously, the answer is for us all to emulate Biden.
frankj on November 12, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Leno was still makin’ cracks about her in his monologue last night.
CP on November 12, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Well, the press barely covered his gaffes and he seemingly hid for the last month.
CP on November 12, 2008 at 12:31 PM
I agree that this points to Salter as the leaker. We know it’s not Schmidt or Davis.
I’m still wondering why this is such a big deal anyway. Sarah Palin is a big girl and she is handling all of this with aplomb. It shouldn’t have happened (and we now know that the worst of it was a hoax anyway, not McCain’s fault) but McCain can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube now, so what’s the big deal? We’re wasting too much time blogging and commentating and even circulating petitions about this.
Meanwhile, Henry Paulson has just said “nevermind” to the entire financial “crisis” that he created and which turned the election. I think that’s a bit more important for us to be talking about than parsing John McCain’s words on the Tonight Show.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Exit statistics from CNN? Thanks Allah, for the totally unbiased source. I believe everything I hear from them. Never mind the huge crowds she drew and her huge positives from within the party. If the almighty CNN says she’s a drag and has lower positives than the others, it must be so.
predator on November 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM
No one turned out for McLame. No one would have turned out for Biden. Sure, Palin is more polarizing, but at least people vote for her with excitement.
lodge on November 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM
“These things happen”..
Yeah John, so do election losses. You ran the worst campaign against the least experienced novice terrorist linked senator ever to run for President. Sure it was a tough year to be a Repub but come on. You had no message.
Your campaign was the Titanic. Palin bailed water and kept you afloat but you kept full steam ahead in your kamikaze mission to sink yourself.
portlandon on November 12, 2008 at 12:34 PM
McCain happens.
Greenhelmet on November 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Too bad someone didn’t call her Sarah Hussein Palin – because then the gloves would have come off. Calling her incompetent, not so much.
HawaiiLwyr on November 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM
“What? But I thought McCain would have lost in a landslide without her!!!!”
crr6: Consider the source…and, since when do you believe in pollz anyway? Outlander has an interesting take too.
I’d like to see the sample with equal numbers of conservatives versus Obamites. That might be worth considering.
Having said that, NO ONE would have been able to stop Obama. NO ONE. SP did make the margin a lot closer and no one else would have done that.
Christine on November 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Do we know that?
CanadianGuy on November 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM
McCain couldn’t have first hand knowledge, but I think that the more likely alternative is that he’s not unhappy to see her take the hit for HIS loss.
And seriously, guys, do these things happen in campaigns? Do aids “leak” nasty things about the person they are supposed to be helping to get elected before and after an election?
ProfessorMiao on November 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Either way, it’s because Palin isn’t named Barack Obama.
Lehosh on November 12, 2008 at 12:38 PM
“Unless … some of the smears are true and he feels he can’t lie about it in good conscience.”
or
Unless … some of the smears serve a higher cause than mere truth such as absolving him from the blame for his ignominious defeat.
brobin on November 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM
No, but Salter is the only one who hasn’t denied it.
Illinidiva on November 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Having voted for Obama, you wouldn’t be aware of the FACT that most folks, like me, who voted for McCain did so because Gov. Palin made him less odious.
AubieJon on November 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Whether they are true or not (and we know that they are not), McCain’s duty as a leader is to put a stop to this crap or denounce it–even when the campaign is over.
baldilocks on November 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
The leaks and the silence were way too orchestrated to not have been an official but unwritten campaign exit strategy. I like how McCain tosses Palin in there with Pawlenty.
CanadianGuy on November 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Why is anyone still paying attention to media hype?
Oh, like NOW they’re telling the truth with well-researched substantive stories.
PaddyJ on November 12, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Also, I think only Salter, Schmidt, and that Randy dude were the only people who heard the Africa/NAFTA conversation, and Schmidt and Randy denied bothing leaking it and that it happened. Salter just said the situation was “overblown.”
Pasalubong on November 12, 2008 at 12:42 PM
These things happen? Not in my memory and I’ve been following politics for a long long time.
Blake on November 12, 2008 at 12:42 PM
So some you guys wanted McCain to throw people who worked 2 years for his election under the bus based on anonymous sources. Plus, he probably doesn’t even know what the truth is. How is he going to choose sides?
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM
He was interviewed in a story on Monday and he offered a denial that was equally unenthusiastic to Schmidt. Davis was pretty adamant on Hannity on Friday.
CanadianGuy on November 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM
McCain has allowed his staff to savage his VP choice and fellow Republican in a manner he would not allow done to Obama.
McCain is simply unworthy. Period.
bloviator on November 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Somebody said it on this board the other day, and McCain continues to prove it……Voters in this election had a choice between:
a) Barack HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH), an Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi/Anti-Semitic/Anti-White Racist Marxist-Muslim, tutored his entire life by his grandparents, parents, friends, colleagues, college pals, college professors, business associates, terrorists, crooks and his wife, to Hate America, or
b) John Sydney McCain, an adilpated Moderate Democrat, passing as a “Republican”; a man who attacks his own party, who praises the enemy, who makes common cause with one of the worst Traitors in American History…John Kerry; who is a Shammesty Advocate, a Global Warming Looney Toon, etc..
I mean c’com, as despicable as Barack HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH) truly is, at least he stands for something…
No wonder Republicans and Conseravatives stayed home, and the Nutbags came out in full force…
Dale in Atlanta on November 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Well they were fairly predictive with that whole election thing we just had.
Maybe, but she scared off independents, not arch conservatives. No one is arguing she scared away the base.
crr6 on November 12, 2008 at 12:44 PM
McCain’s no longer a threat, so it’s natural his favorables would come up again due to Democrats being polled. But Palin can still cause them future problems — in the same way Ronald Reagan always had poor favorable/unfavorable numbers between 1974 and 1980 due to the threat he posed to Democrats. So she’s not going to get the same kumbiah boost in the polls (though with the negative press, Palin’s still going to have to go out and brush up her image in the next two years to win over the swing voters who give the big media the benefit of the doubt, and she’ll have to win re-election in a strong manner in 2010 to show that Alaskans think she’s doing a good job).
jon1979 on November 12, 2008 at 12:45 PM
How dare you introduce any logic or reason into this McCain lynching party.
wise_man on November 12, 2008 at 12:45 PM
So he can lie repeatedly for years about being a “Reagan Conservative” for years but can’t stoop to defending the person who ran as his VP? McCain wouldn’t have to trash his nasty bitter staffers to actually stand up for Palin- but this was an intentional slight which only proves that he would have picked a far more liberal candidate had he not needed the GOP base to get as close as he did to his failure this time around.
highhopes on November 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Obama=Spread the wealth around.
McCain=Spread the BLAME around.
McCain..Campaign First.
portlandon on November 12, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Hey Wiseman.
CanadianGuy on November 12, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I think some are upset because they wish McCain had run a better campaign. I think he did what he could. I just wasn’t going to be a good year for Republicans, period.
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Everyone pretends the Independents are just trying to make up their minds. That’s ridiculous since they have minds to start with; they are sheep waiting to follow the one who makes the loudest noise. Worrying over what the indies think is what has been the republican party’s downfall these past 2 elections.
Palin rallied the base.
AubieJon on November 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM
I think that Palin is the most divided, because she really demonstrates how divided our country is. The urban/ suburban elites see the Palins as the Beverly Hillbillies and have horrifying dreams about them crashing some upscale art gallery opening. Joe the Plumber/ blu collar types would prefer that these snots stop looking down on them. There are very few people in between… I’m part of the wine and cheese set myself, but I really like SP; however, I’m probably one of the few.
Illinidiva on November 12, 2008 at 12:49 PM
McCain has stoutly defended Barak Obama over his associations with terrorists, racists, criminals. He can’t defend the person he asked to be his running mate from unfounded rumors? There is nothing left of the John McCain who served in Vietnam. That McCain has been replaced by a craven career politician who should retire.
highhopes on November 12, 2008 at 12:49 PM
OF COURSE THEY DO. John Edwards’ loyalists couldn’t wait to trash the Kerry people for mishandling him after the 2004 election. Al Gore staff people were sniping at each other all through the campaign in 2000 and afterward.
The reason the term “no-drama Obama” stuck was because “no-drama” is not the norm for presidential campaigns, especially Democratic campaigns. We haven’t lost one for a while, so a lot of people don’t know or have forgotten how this usually goes.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Fixed.
AubieJon on November 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Three Words: You are absolutely right about that.
DaveC on November 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM
This isn’t about Sarah Palin. People can believe the smears about her or not, no matter–at least not to me. If she runs in 2012, I’ll be there. This is about McCain. I worked hard for this guy, believing he was all he was claimed to be: honorable and decent and brave. And now he inexplicably hedges, knowing the honorable thing to do would be to stand up and speak out on her behalf. Even a child has the moral sense to know if your buddy is ambushed from behind, you jump to his defense, no matter what. ‘These things happen in a campaign’ is pathetic, and I didn’t think McCain, whatever his shortcomings, would ever do or be pathetic.
troyriser_gopftw on November 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM
McCain only defended Obama against UNTRUE and UNFAIR attacks. Just a reminder: Gov. Palin has not said the leaks from the “top aides” are untrue. She has said they were taken out of context.
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Im sure its yet another web poll, have you seen the comments in their political section? Nothing but lefty drivle,
broker1 on November 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Like what? His middle name? That he was a member of a radical, insane black liberation church for 20 years?
CanadianGuy on November 12, 2008 at 12:53 PM
How dare you suggest you even know what logic is? You were the bastard that kept telling us that we couldn’t be critical of McCain at all because we had to present a unified front no matter how false.
Well, your idiocy of wanting to find a moderate liberal like McCain in the name of “electability” was a miserable failure. The party would have been better advised to listen to those of us who wanted a real conservative at the top of the ticket. I am frankly shocked you even show up here after the dishonorable, dishonest, reprehensible way you’ve acted the past few months. The GOP lost as a result of you and I hold you fully accountable for whatever Obama does these next four years because you were so instrumental in getting him elected.
highhopes on November 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Mac is trying not to throw anyone under the bus, but he did defend Palin and said she was great on Leno. I would not read too much into all of this. Of course McCain wishes Palin did better in the Couric interview–that was a problem. But of course the problem was two fold, sure Palin screwed up some answers she should have been able to deal with, but the campaign screwed up in presenting Palin to the world the way they did.
Mr. Joe on November 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM
They were pretty close to untrue and unfair attacks. Taking a slip of the tongue during debate prep out of context and using it to insinuate that the Governor of Alaska knows less about geography than her seven-year-old daughter is just as rough (if not more so) than some of the kitchen sink stuff thrown at Obama.
Illinidiva on November 12, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Screw McCain. I never liked him before, like him even less now. I’m done with moderates, independents and RINO’s of all colors. The next question is how many times will he stab us the next four years.
Big Orange on November 12, 2008 at 12:55 PM
There was a lot of anonymous sniping at Al Gore personally after the 2000 election. It wasn’t just staffers and consultants going after each other. They blamed him for distancing himself too much from Bill Clinton, for picking Joe Lieberman, for changing his clothes, for sighing too much and wearing too much makeup during the debates, and for generally not figuring out what his campaign was about until the DNC convention. It’s a big reason why Gore did not run again in 2004. He was pretty fed up with all the backbiting and disappointed in some of his own people who blamed him and not themselves for a losing campaign.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Several senior McCain advisers have gone on the record specifically denouncing the attacks on Palin and disputing their truth. Fox stands by its reporting that McCain staffers WERE the direct sources of the damaging smears. As the head of the campaign, McCain owes a duty to Palin to come out and denounce the attacks as unprofessional and undignified–which they are. Saying “boys will be boys and I like Palin, he he he” is damning with faint praise. It isn’t right.
Outlander on November 12, 2008 at 12:56 PM
He defended Obama when the lady in his rally called him a Muslim. We know that he is a Christian. It’s untrue. Next, I think it was a good idea to stay away with the Rev. Wright stuff. Using Rev. Wright would have been playing with fire. He might have got burned.
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Not true. Besides, you are intentionally missing the point. McCain is perfectly happy with shades of truth when it comes to Obama’s association with convicted terrorists but he won’t defend Palin from outright lies that have been debunked??? He doesn’t have to throw his minions under the bus to say something nice about Palin.
I swear, people like you and Wise_men have destroyed the GOP. There is a special place in hell for you people because you have no integrity, ethics, or honor. Palin, Jindal, et. al are the future of the GOP. Creatures like you are the cancer that needs to be removed quickly.
highhopes on November 12, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Predictive? Nonsense. Anyone could pull reasonably accurate numbers out of their butt. Pollsters do not have a magic formula. Any pair of numbers that hover around 50% will do.
This obsession with polls is bizarre. It’s like children wanting to know what’s underneath the wrapping paper before Christmas day. The same children that wanted to feel all hopeychangey so badly they elected an abject dunce with a nice smile.
LimeyGeek on November 12, 2008 at 12:58 PM
You might want to change your name to highhorse because you are on one. We all know you hate John McCain and never wanted him to be the Republican nominee. But if you think a different captain would have kept this Titanic from sinking this year, you are the one who needs his head examined. We hit an iceberg called George W. Bush and there was not a lot McCain could have done about it.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Why were they sniping about the Lieberman pick? That pick was one of the things that Gore got very right in 2000. IMO, that (and playing tongue hockey with Tipper at the convention) are the reason why he got such a big bounce out of it. If not, I think that he’d have lost by more that 537 votes in Florida.
Illinidiva on November 12, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Yeah. He might have lost all the swing states if he did that … oh wait.
CanadianGuy on November 12, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Bingo. Where is McCain’s much-vaunted honor? I have tremendous respect for his behavior when he was a P.O.W.–he behaved with great honor and courage. That does not mean he has behaved honorably for the past 40 years. I believe the evidence speaks the contrary, and this entire sorry episode is only one case in point.
DrMagnolias on November 12, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Stay classy John, Obama and Reid are counting on you!
dmann on November 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Since I guess Allah isn’t Palin’d out because there are still more polls to show her in a bad light,lets see if this column gets addressed.
Quote from Camille on Palin in the Senate
Read it all
Via Jawa
broker1 on November 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Enjoy having your party meetings in a phone booth for the next 10 years.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Hey CanadianGuy
Hey highhopes
wise_man on November 12, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Did you miss the last months of the campaign? The McCain campaign did attack Obama on Ayers. Just no body wanted to hear about. How can you blame that on McCain?
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 1:01 PM
If we’re throwing out names of people who either haven’t denied or have done so less than forcefully…We haven’t heard from Tucker Eskew (Palin’s de facto chief of staff) or Mark Wallace (husband of Nicolle, and involved in debate prep I believe). I would like to be clear that I’m not saying they’re guilty, I’m just saying we haven’t heard from them. Maybe they’re on vacation, I certainly would be. Personally, I don’t care if all the smears are true (And I think there’s plenty of evidence that most of them are not, though I feel a little iffy on the clothes.), you follow Reagan’s 11th Commandment at all times.
meltenn on November 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM
The Hollywood moguls were apoplectic because Lieberman had led a brief crusade against porn and crudity in entertainment. The NEA hated him because he supported education vouchers in Washington, DC. And the nutroots went totally apeshit during the Florida recount when Lieberman trashed the lawyers who were trying to get the military ballots thrown out.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 1:04 PM
“these things happen”.
Not in the Obama campaign, you doddering old white-bread ninny.
Why, oh why does the Republican Party feel it necessary to nominate old white men with war wounds? Remember Bob Dole? We need to purge the party of these dinosaurs.
McCain … honor? character? nope. Just a big loser.
pabarge on November 12, 2008 at 1:04 PM
I saw this last night, and I was a touch disappointing with his anger – especially after Jay set him up with ‘you are an old soldier’ etc.
Spirit of 1776 on November 12, 2008 at 1:04 PM
anger = answer. Sorry
Spirit of 1776 on November 12, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Whether they are true or not (and we know that they are not), McCain’s duty as a leader is to put a stop to this crap or denounce it–even when the campaign is over.
baldilocks on November 12, 2008 at 12:41 PM
+1 baldi!
Mac certainly refused to let anyone discuss BO’s middle name, ears, anything that would offend him.
Seems that the double standard always kicks in when female candidates are involved.
Cody1991 on November 12, 2008 at 1:05 PM
I too this day believe that Sen. McCain is a big fat BONE HEAD!. It was him who lost the white house when he voted for the bailout. Gov. Palin is and always be a leader in OUR GOP! party…not some suites who are smug and greedy and all that has been within the Republican party.
LESS TAXES AND LESS GOVT. should be our call to arms…..
hawkman on November 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM
The charge made against Palin is that she did not know that Africa was a continent, did not know the parties to NAFTA, and did not understand the basic distinctions between the roles of the federal, state, and local government. Palin has specifically denied all three allegations.
What Palin did say is that during debate prep, she “may have” tripped over her words and made a reference to Africa as a “country” during a conversation in which Pan-African issues were being discussed (e.g., Darfur). From that comment, the leaker stated that she did not know Africa was a continent and had to be “educated” about that fact. That goes beyond the boundaries of taking a statement “out of context,” Terry. It’s a lie, pure and simple. It’s also a betrayal of confidence, as debate preparation sessions are supposed to be maintained in the strictest of confidence.
Outlander on November 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM
I don’t know where the leaks came from. I don’t even care. All I know is McCain let down several million people with his cagey responses to the Palin attacks. He knows that Palin energized his lackluster campaign. His staffers know the same. I agree w/ Canadian Guy that the aftermath was way too orchestrated to be a random isolated incident overblown by the media.
So, what do we do with this information? We fight to regain our ground. Our country is the bus that just jumped the median and is traveling at rapid speed in the left-hand lane. With each mile, the country we have known is becoming a distant image in the rear view mirror.
Many of us can turn this around in two years and ultimately make a difference in 2012. There is a lot of work to be done and it can be accomplished. In my opinion, McCain can stay on the bus, but he has been relegated to the backseat. He no longer deserves to drive, let alone be given a window seat.
Let’s see who gets the RNC chair position first and start from there. The rebuilding movement can be accomplished as long as we all stick together and if McCain acts up again, there is always the overhead bin.
sherry on November 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM
You’re right. If he had mentioned Wright itmight have cost him the election!
/bizzaroworld
Lehosh on November 12, 2008 at 1:07 PM
You do not need to carry McCain’s water anymore..
Maverick is a big boy..
and his silence on this issue speaks louder than anything he has said so far..
That is the point of this blog.
Sarah, on the other hand, continues to heap praise on the guy, no matter how undeserving he is to receive it.
DaveC on November 12, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Hello! The American people knew about his relationship with Rev. Wright and still voted for him. Rev. Wright was splattered on our television screens for weeks during the summer.
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM
You say you love her, yet you refuse to follow her own example.
Irony must not be a known concept here.
rockmom on November 12, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Fine. But how does John McCain know what happened during the debate prep? He wasn’t there. So he’s going to go on national television and verbally attack people who worked on his campaign for two years over something that’s “anonymous” and he wasn’t there to witness.
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Nicely put! We need to stay focused and quit the blame, blame, blame game. I live by the saying, “Don’t look back”, and a lot of people seem to just be looking back. Pay attention to the road ahead!
Karen_VA on November 12, 2008 at 1:12 PM
There are no sides to choose. He was the leader of all of them. I’ve been a leader and been lead. This is not how to do it, that is, letting your peopole savage each other.
The least he could do is denounce the high-schoolish gossip like statesman should.
baldilocks on November 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM
He should, yes. Not attack people, but denounce the falsehoods. That’s what the honorable thing would be. He doesn’t need to witnessed it all, we all have see the effects. He squirreled out of it. Pity, really.
Spirit of 1776 on November 12, 2008 at 1:15 PM
She did say that actually in a local interview in Alaska.
Spirit of 1776 on November 12, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Everyone knows that it’s that Alanis Morisette song..
DaveC on November 12, 2008 at 1:17 PM
what she said. :)
DaveC on November 12, 2008 at 1:18 PM
There has been WAY too much CYAing going on by one and all regarding Leakgate. I do not believe any of them, and believe those that have come forward DID speak ill of Palin in front of peon staffers who either by instruction, or by wanting to aid their bosses in not being tagged for one of THE WORST campaigns in the history of campaigns. As far as I am concerned they are at the very least culpable for mishandling Palin and not using her in ways that they should have, and in restraining her from speaking to the media/talk radio often and for long periods.
Since when has McCain NOT thrown a Conservative under the bus? Insert crickets chirping here! HE ALWAYS THROWS CONSERVATIVES UNDER THE BUS! Welcome Governor Palin to the asphalt we are all under thanks to the RINOS and those like McCain! Greetings and Salutations! Now help us get the heck out from under here!
freeus on November 12, 2008 at 1:18 PM
John is confused and can’t quite remember recent history correctly.
I think it’s time to send him to a retirement home, maybe in Sedona.
omnipotent on November 12, 2008 at 1:22 PM
mclame, you claim to be “honorable” as you dump your first wife and leave your party in shambles with your idiocy. You leave the navy the minute your father dies. You, “my friend” are a complete and total loser. Go back and grab your ankles some more in the senate. Enjoy the last two years in the senate and disapear back to oak creek canyon and leave us alone. Putz.
texaninfidel on November 12, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Another weak effort by mac. SAys more about him than her.
james23 on November 12, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Alright, I see your point. But perhaps dismissing this stuff nonsense and trivial (and I re-watched the video and that is what it appears he’s doing) is way of denouncing it as petty.
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 1:24 PM
No. Leading is not a passive activity.
And if there’s one thing we should learn from the last eight years, it’s that BS much be actively and quickly opposed.
baldilocks on November 12, 2008 at 1:28 PM
I might have to disagree with you here. By actively going after BS, you are getting into the gutter and maybe in someways legitimizing the nonsense.
terryannonline on November 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM
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