Internal Battles Divided McCain and Palin Camps

[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.

[KSig RC]

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.

This all actually may be true, but I'm not sure it deserves that much derision - after all, Obama had effectively "won" months ago, and the McCain camp knew that before the last debate. In that regard, I don't blame the campaign for having other interests in mind, even if those interests were selfish or silly. The Newsweek series of articles is fascinating on that point . . .

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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.

. . . and on this one - it turns out, the McCain camp had the EXACT reaction we did on GC (that Palin undermined her own strongest attributes through her shopping excess, when she was told to go much lower). Of course, the "three sides to every story" corollary plays strongly here, and likely the truth is in the middle, but it certainly does appear that the backbiting and infighting came as soon as Obama started to really take over, around the end of summer, and that many were trying to get what they could for themselves out of it. Very interesting stuff.

[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