Internal Battles Divided McCain and Palin Camps

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I'm not particularly a Quayle fan. I think you just quoted me to reintroduce the topic. But just for the record, I didn't bring him up and am completely unprepared to talk about him on his merits, other than not thinking he was really the complete idiot he was made out to be.

ETA: I started to mention something about Dukakis's lack of charisma, no matter what kind of campaign he ran, and then kind of mentally contrasted him with HW Bush, and it didn't seems so remarkable.

Oh, I wasn't making you out to be part of the Quayle fan club. As you said, I was only quoting your statement to tie it back to the thread.

I could have a whole conversation on the '88 election, which I find endlessly fascinating, but it would be very much off topic and boring to 99% of the board.

[Tinia2]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Wow, what time is the interview? TIVO

Seems as if Part I is at 10:00 PM tonight per Fox's web site-site has preview:

http://www.foxnews.com/ontherecord/index.html

Edit:
A few more interviews planned this week as well:
"Amid speculation in Alaska and nationwide about Palin's political future, the candidate has scheduled a series of national interviews on Fox News Monday night, NBC's "Today" show Tuesday and CNN on Wednesday. She also plans to attend the Republican Governors Association conference in Florida this week."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6104938.html


Palin reflects on her run

The defeat, the future and the critics are all addressed
By SEAN COCKERHAM
scockerham@adn.com
Published: November 9th, 2008 11:38 PM
Last Modified: November 9th, 2008 07:52 AM
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/584193.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-J-RPJDD1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tebyjibeBg

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

I think the so called sources should name themselves. If they are speaking the truth and arent ashamed why hide? Cowards & sore losers. Sore bickering wont help the republican party heal or rebuild/whatever.

I dont believe it. If it was true I think it was a mis-speak just like Obama misspoke when he said there were 57 states.

Campbell Brown called it.....

Campbell Brown rips McCain aides for blaming Palin for McCain loss: ‘You picked her.’

Recently, former McCain staffers have been leaking embarrassing information about Gov. Sarah Palin’s cluelessness on foreign policy and her unprofessional behavior. Top aide Steve Schmidt wouldn’t say whether she was a good VP choice. Yesterday, CNN’s Campbell Brown excoriated these aides, noting that they were the ones who vetted Palin and trumpeted her candidacy:

BROWN: To those McCain aides who say she is the reason they lost this election… can I please remind you of one thing: you picked her. You are the ones who supposedly vetted her, and then told the American people she was qualified for the job. You are the ones who after meeting her a couple of times, told us she was ready to be just one heartbeat away from the Presidency. … If Sarah Palin is the reason some voters chose Barack Obama, that is no one’s fault but your own..

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/...l-brown-palin/

[Tinia2]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I also think these anonymous McCain aides are cowards.

They had been setting her up as a scapegoat for a month and she even apologized if she lost McCain any votes. That seems as poorly crafted as a lot of things that happened during McCain's campaign. It's ridiculous how much the McCain campaign began to bail out of this election and allow Palin to get the majority of the attention. It's like they just gave up. I believe it was all so they can say she was "going rogue" or that her perceived stupidity was unbeknownst to McCain and his aides.

I've heard Palin called "diamond in the rough" and that she just needs some grooming. If that's the case, McCain people should've known that the fancy clothes and tutoring sessions were a total waste.

Seems as if at least in one case they are not only cowards they do not exist at all!!!
I was web surfing a few of my political news sites and came across the following story on the NY Times web site:
A Senior Fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence
It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not know that Africa was a continent.
Who would say such a thing? On Monday the answer popped up on a blog and popped out of the mouth of David Shuster, an MSNBC anchor. “Turns out it was Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, who has come forward today to identify himself as the source of the leaks,” Mr. Shuster said.
Trouble is, Martin Eisenstadt doesn’t exist. His blog does, but it’s a put-on. The think tank where he is a senior fellow — the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy — is just a Web site. The TV clips of him on YouTube are fakes.
And the claim of credit for the Africa anecdote is just the latest ruse by Eisenstadt, who turns out to be a very elaborate hoax that has been going on for months. MSNBC, which quickly corrected the mistake, has plenty of company in being taken in by an Eisenstadt hoax, including The New Republic and The Los Angeles Times.......................
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/ar...on/13hoax.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/13/arts/13hoax.php