RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper.
We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details.
We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you’ll see us go to war against those candidates.
It is our expressed intention to make these few people political lepers.
They’ll just have to be stuck at CBS with Katie’s failed ratings.
P.S. – Did I ever tell you how RedState was able to stock Gov. Palin’s campaign plane with twenty of these?. We were glad to. And we were glad not to mention it at the time. We are rooting for Sarah Palin. Don’t make us add you to our list. Do you really want to be next to Kathleen Parker in the leper colony?
Payback is a…well, you know.
November 6th, 2008 at 7:48 am
I’m glad to hear this.
I just posted a lengthy run-down of everything that was apparent to me — even from a distance — that contradict the gossip slamming the governor’s supposed ignorance. The claims from that gossip are so implausible as to deserve no credence.
Some rogue staffer clearly has an ax to grind — and probably a narcissistic personality disorder to boot, the types of sad individuals who desperately tear others down in the hopes of building themselves up.
November 6th, 2008 at 7:52 am
MarkG,
Yup, and there must be recriminations, especially in this case. Sarah Palin is not connected on the national scene; even now, she has has few friends in the aristocracy. So they’ve decided she can scape-goated and ridiculed, without any repercussions. This is an attack on the grassroots by the elites, and it’s clear signal that if you happen to aspire to high office, and you’re not part of their incestuous cabal of beltway lawyers and businessmen, you will destroyed utterly. And they have no right. It’s time we take back our party.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:03 am
I meant to say that I posted the lengthy run-down under your last thread…
November 6th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Mark G
Is there to be a difference between untrue ” smears” and true facts? Are they one and the same? The fact that McCain’s standings in the polls fell after the GOP convention almost directly proportional to the public’s growing awareness of Sarah Palin, the fact that no single state was motivated to vote GOP because of Palin, the fact that her negatives were higher than her positives, all played a role in the GOP defeat and there were far more self inflicted wounds than smears.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Matthew #2: That’s how it would appear. But it also appears to have the characteristics of a personal vendetta by a staffer who insisted on running the show. Probably some inside-the-Beltway handler who “went rogue” out of condescension and disdain for a political achiever from the “backwoods.” Pathetic.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Have any of the sources been outed?
November 6th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Craig, there are arguments with merits, and there are arguments backed by evidence. The smears here are decidedly negative arguments that lack any evidence, and by their very gossipy nature, it is clear that supporting evidence is unlikely to surface. He-said, she-said claims made after one-on-one discussions or confrontations are entirely unreliable.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:11 am
The more I think about it, the more I convinced Palin will try to run for Steven’s seat and use it to eventually run for the White House in 2012….
1) It allows her to avoid the oil prices drop that will crash the Alaska state budget
2) It potentially allows her to avoid any new investigation into her emails, travel, and per diem expenses as she will no longer be governor
3) It allows her much more national exposure as she will be a leading voice of opposition to Obama with many media appearance (allowing her to reshape her image)
4) She will have much stronger credibility, especially on foreign policy/pork assuming she is on the right committees
5) It allows her to develop much stronger connections to the Washington insiders, helping instantly with fundraising
6) It gives her more of an ability to travel around the lower 48 to begin all the campaigning she will need to do
In fact, if she does all this I am pretty sure the GOP nomination is her’s to lose….
November 6th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Craig,
Karl Rove went over the exits. Palin was a net GAIN for the ticket. But, leaving all that aside, should it matter? This is stuff is so obviously untrue, they’d have to think we fell off the turnip truck to believe it. She doesn’t know what countries are in North America? Really? Despite the fact that she’s visited all three of them and was a straight A student in college? She thinks Africa is a country? Really? Despite the fact that she’s an energy expert and various African countries are huge oil producers?
And some of the other stuff just screams of elitism. It’s a scandal that she opened the door in a bathrobe- or wait, maybe it was a towel (how does one wear A towel without being, you know, exposed?). How utterly gauche.
And these are the clowns that thought it was a bloody brilliant idea to adopt the “Ayers is an irrelevant figure, but you should care about him anyway” tact. These are the clowns that thought that McCain should just totally avoid mentioning the Dem responsibility for the subprime mortgage mess for weeks into the crisis. These are the clowns that spent more money then Obama in Iowa, sent McCain and Palin there and to New Mexico repeatedly, despite the fact that both states were CLEARLY lost more then a month ago. These are the clowns that ran the worst campaign in modern history, and they’re absolutely terrified because no one’s going to want to hire them again. So they’re looking for a scapegoat, and they see Sarah, and hey people already think she’s a bit of a rube, and she’s from that ghastly white Alaska, and she has a baby with down syndrome and hey, isn’t that genetic…so maybe… It’s vile and they should be made to pay, no matter what you think of Palin politically.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Everybody is trying to blame Bush and Palin of the last tuesday defeat but you have to keep in mind that:
1-It wasn’t Bush or Palin who took the earmarks.
2-It wasn’t Bush or Palin who elected Cunninghan, Foley, Stevens, et al.
3-It wasn’t Bush or Palin fault that the independants imposed a mediocre candidate to the GOP
4-It wasn’t Bush fault that our candidat know absolutely nothing about the economic.
5-Is wasn’t Bush fault that John McCain choose waste time and money in blue states instead of trying to keep red states in the GOP column.
Is not that George W Bush has his hand clean in this mess, he fail in too many ways but the terrible campaign that John McCain run is not his fault.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:35 am
#10
so, if it wasn’t W Bush, who’s gotta to blame with?
oh yeah, the answer is :
BLACK GOAT !
November 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Only two people are to blame for the loss, Bush and McCain. Bush doesn’t care how people percieve him, and that’s a noble trait.
But he allowed the media to define himself and the GOP. He did nothign to defend conservatism or his policies. He thinks engaging in that kind of stuff is partisan and beneath the office.
McCain is very similar, he can’t defend conservative principles, since he isn’t much of a conservative to begin with, at least on economics.
Effective communication of and allegiance to conservative principles works every time it is tried (see Reagan and 1994), we just haven’t done it.
Shame on all the conservatives in Congress like Flake and McCotter and Coburn who just write letters and issue statements. They need to step up and lead.
November 6th, 2008 at 8:52 am
TonyK, not his name is John Sidney McCain and all those democrats and independents that were allow to participate in the primaries.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:07 am
If they had allowed Palin to “go rogue” earlier, this would have received more press coverage, which would have been deserved.
This was on the campaign plane on Oct. 17. Note the staffers behind her, probably sharpening their stilettos to stab the Gov in the back. Note also how she looks each questioner straight in the eye. Then her staffer — probably the Wallace chick — comes up again attempting to herd Palin back away from the press.
The McCain campaign totally fumbled the ball on the Palin pick, squandering all of her talent and everything positive she added to the ticket.
I’m guessing Wallace is the source of all the bilge.
Note to Romney fans: I find not the slightest suggestion that Romney or anyone associated with him has anything whatsoever to do with any of this.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Kavon, I think we need to clean up the candidate list on the left:
I totally agree with Palin, Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich, and Jindal. I think all of them will probably run.
However, I think Sanford and Pawlenty should be replaced by Petraeus and Paul. Neither Sanford nor Pawlenty have indicated any interest in the race and I don’t think either would get more than 2-3% of the Republican vote (with the other candidates also on the list) making raising money too difficult of a task to get a campaign off the ground.
On the other hand, both Petraeus & Paul could get 5%+ of vote and can instantly raise the money they need to run a campaign (Even though Paul would still not have any chance of actually winning)…
Jeb Bush to me is a difficult call. If he ran, he would instantly be a top 3 candidate and would raise a ton of money. However, I seriously doubt he actually would run given his brother’s unpopularity…
November 6th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Also, check this post-voting presser. The unhinged handler can be heard barking out the “Thank you!” commands near the end here, too.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Awesome! I wholeheartedly support this. I hope they actually find these people. Please post any updates & findings from this as they come out.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I saw somewhere that there was a McCain staffer who got fired only to have McCain himself personally intervene at the last moment saving his job. The rationale behind that move was to prevent a huge spat days before the election. I don’t have the name or the link.. But allegedly, he was involved in some of this..
November 6th, 2008 at 9:50 am
This operates on the assumption that the leaks were false.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:56 am
got another one…
it wasn’t Bush who, in 8 years, could never articulate or execute a limited gov’t, free market principle…..oh wait
November 6th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I’m with Jason on this. There is plenty of time to shoot the messenger. But maybe hold back until we find out if the messenger(s)is/are wrong.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:04 am
#20…Meanwhile the GOP leadership was seated waiting for Bush to keep winning elections for them.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:05 am
yep
November 6th, 2008 at 10:07 am
They’re useless unless they can be proved or disproved. And considering that the available evidence fails to support the claims, the rumor and gossip limps along like some sort of zombie…
November 6th, 2008 at 10:28 am
But does the available evidence fail to support the claim? A majority of nonpolitical people who happened to catch the Couric interview might not be so sure the evidence fails to support the claims.
Look. The media trashed Palin. It was totally unfair. But just because the media trashed her doesn’t mean that she is any more knowledgeable than she would have been had she gotten the Obama start treatment.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:44 am
25
I think there is an aspect of reminding these people that they work for us. At least in the sense that they work for a candidate who ultimately works for us.
We see a candidate that looks and sounds different than a Bush or a Dole – names that have been on a national Republican ticket for 32 straight years! – and we like how refreshing that is. So don’t bring her down in some cheap-shot way for something that is your (read: elitists) fault. Cheap-shot and worse “anonymous” attacks are an insult to her and an insult to the base conservative coalition that love what she represents.
Not to mention, we middle and working-class types hear prefer these things said to our face and not in some boarding school, Skull & Bones, Ivy League hall monitor gossip fashion this Palin thing is being dealt with.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I guess I’d have to say it’s partially a function of your starting perspective. I had become quite nervous that the McCain campaign kept Palin sequestered from the public for weeks and weeks — it made no sense. And then to introduce her to the press by way of high-stakes network interviews was even more baffling.
The whole campaign lacked coherence on so many levels. The poor handling of Palin was just one more example. You really have to wonder why the handlers would consider themselves so much better at managing press access than a politician with a proven track record of governing and dealing with the press on a daily basis.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:45 am
This sounds productive.
Squash dissent! Kill self-criticism! Palin is a deity!
Great way to rebuild the party!
November 6th, 2008 at 10:45 am
C’mon…we don’t even know if the leaks were false??? They said she didn’t know Africa was a continent and thought it was a country and then didn’t realize South Africa was a country within Africa…and you really think this might be true? Actually this will probably be a good test for Sarah Palin. If the country buys into this sham, then maybe the damage is done for Palin. I really hope Americans are smarter than this…but they did vote in Obama.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:49 am
They said she didn’t know Africa was a continent and thought it was a country and then didn’t realize South Africa was a country within Africa…and you really think this might be true?
If it’s true, it was probably just one of those brain farts that we all have that can’t be explained. I imagine that she was pretty tired and stressed out. But then, if she couldn’t handle that, she shouldn’t have been chosen.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:51 am
#28, Did you see her campaign schedule, how could she be out there the last week shopping for clothes…she has 5 children and holding multiple events per day.
That is why this is completely stupid.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:52 am
28, you’re missing the point. I’m not even sure I agree with the sentiments behind finding the perpetraitors and ruining them but they must be called out on some level and people must find out who were behind them and why. I, for one, find it odd that on the same day they let loose on Palin that Romney puts in a little dig as well. Something stinks and to brandish Palin the way they did is despicable…she’s the only candidate on that ticket who fought to win…and I like McCain. If they set forth and try to ruin Palin…then I’m not sure I can stay a Republican…maybe the party needs to be broken up into little pieces and let the best version win. The funny thing is I’m not a socon.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:53 am
28
I agree with Thinking Person 100% while standing by my post and agreeing with Matt Miller that blaming Palin for a 6.5% loss is just ridiculous given the horrendous environment and 9/15 worsening it.
The thing is, destroying a 44 year-old with a bright political future – while a 72 year-old man at the top of the ticket (y’know, the part people vote for!) was bumbling around his two debates completely inarticulate about the economy that 2/3 of voters were primarily concerned about – is just so politically stupid I don’t have words.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:56 am
#30, I agree with you there…if it is true and she doesn’t know that then she shouldn’t run but I cannot believe she doesn’t know that…it’s so ridiculous. I know this sounds like a conspiracy theory but the Obama campaign had operatives everywhere and maybe they made some great promises to some McCain aides.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Clarification on my last post. My point really is this…do aides have party unity or is job security and opportunity more important to them? The Obama campaign was running scared of Palin and what better addition to a person’s resume than inside knowledge of her campaign? Again just a conspiracy theory.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Something stinks and to brandish Palin the way they did is despicable…she’s the only candidate on that ticket who fought to win…and I like McCain. If they set forth and try to ruin Palin…then I’m not sure I can stay a Republican…maybe the party needs to be broken up into little pieces and let the best version win. The funny thing is I’m not a socon.
Who’s “they”? Would you leave the party over some dumb McCain aides?
I agree with Thinking Person 100% while standing by my post and agreeing with Matt Miller that blaming Palin for a 6.5% loss is just ridiculous given the horrendous environment and 9/15 worsening it. The thing is, destroying a 44 year-old with a bright political future – while a 72 year-old man at the top of the ticket (y’know, the part people vote for!) was bumbling around his two debates completely inarticulate about the economy that 2/3 of voters were primarily concerned about – is just so politically stupid I don’t have words.
She was taken from Alaska too soon. She was a horrifically poor choice of running mate because she was too fresh. McCain needed some vibrancy, some freshness, some youth, but he failed to comprehend the law of diminishing returns — Palin was too young, too fresh, too untested. It was the high-risk/high-reward gamble of the campaign and it failed. No point in pretending otherwise.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:03 am
28, you’re missing the point. I’m not even sure I agree with the sentiments behind finding the perpetraitors and ruining them but they must be called out on some level and people must find out who were behind them and why.
Matt mentioned Kathleen Parker. Like she really has a stake in it. Am I to be outlawed forever, too, for my article from September? We need respectful disagreement, so long as it stems from serious principles.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:04 am
I’m not for bringing Palin down in a cheapshot way but it seems like some people are so quick to offhandedly dismiss any legitimate criticism of the woman just because she fits with them culturally. That’s bad news. My estimation of her intellectual curiosity, NOT *ability* – but curiosity, went down over the course of the campaign. We ought not pounce on anyone that points out the very real problems that GOP faces unless she is brought up to speed if she wants to become the leaer of the party.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Killing fatuous, unverified (and unverifiable), baseless rumor has nothing to do with “squashing dissent.”
The claims against Palin make no sense, even at the most superficial real-world level.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:09 am
#36, I mentioned in later posts, mostly just conspiracy theories. But to see the infighting…infuriates me. We will never be a unified party if we continue to act like the Democrats did at the turning of the century. I find Palin to be the perfect model of the modern conservative.
I also think, that nobody would have done a better job against Obama’s machine…they ran a great campaign and at the end, he thanked the gracious media.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:11 am
#36: You’re entitled to your opinion, but not to everyone’s capitulation before it.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:13 am
The perfect model of a modern conservative ought to be able to sell conservatism to nonconservatives. And to do that, said person ought to be able explain conservative economic principles and why they are helpful to society. It’s not enough to say “Our ticket is for cutting taxes on business and theirs isn’t”. She needs to be able to say why that’s important – and how it will affect everyone.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Oh, BTW, I have to concede that at least one claim made against Palin probably is true: She probably did answer the hotel room door while wearing a bathrobe or towel.
Now if that’s not an indictable crime in modern America, what is? Off to Gitmo!
November 6th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Adam, exactly the reason why McCain’s campaign people ran a horrific campaign…the exact reason why they’re trying to make Palin their scapegoat. When and if Palin went rogue…she was a whole lot better…I’m not so sure these aides would want to highlight her last couple weeks as dimlights, since she was doing impeccable there at the end. It’s not like she writes her stump speeches…she reads them. I think it’s a little early to define who she is as conservative thinker on national issues but she has proven her conservatism in Alaska…that’s undebatable.
They had an Axelrod and we needed a Rove…it’s as simple as that.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Jersey,
I don’t disagree with any of that regarding the McCain campaign. But some are ready to crown Palin Miss GOP. If that’s what she wants then she is going to have to earn it by besting her rivals. She does have a good track record in Alaska – but she seems way out of her element on national politics. But id it’s too early to define who is as a conservative thinker on these national issues then it is WAY too early for the “Palin in ‘12″ chants to begin.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:25 am
The election is over, Palin needs to go back to Alaska and prove she is a leader. This election was lost by McCain and nothing else matters.
Its time to look forward to 2010 and 2012.
This smells of a witch hunt.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:26 am
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November 6th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Adam, fair enough but it’s also wrong for the smears to begin either. I think all of the pundits and the thinkers need to take a vacation and not think about the conservative movement until after the inauguration.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Adam 45: Oh, I can totally agree with that. Don’t get me wrong, she’s entirely human with all the foibles that entails. I was hopeful for her this year, but the assaults on her have damaged her current potential. I don’t think she’s The One, Alaska Model.
She has to go back and perform well before anyone can make definite predictions of her future. And she might not be interested in national political office, either. It all has to work itself out.
Still, unfair and ridiculous claims against her get my dander up. She hasn’t done anything obvious to deserve it.
November 6th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Sarah didn’t even know Africa was a continent. Please….
November 6th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
If Palin was such a rotten pick to begin with, whom were the idiots who selected her?
November 6th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Matthew
Let’s get real. Palin is a straight A student ? At which college ? Collectively, or at all the colleges or just one ?
She’s an energy expert ? Are you serious? How does a journalism major get to the same level of expertise as Boone Pickens who spent 60 years getting to be an ” energy expert”?
When was she in Mexico ? Perhaps she is not sure where Mexico is and believes it is near the Yukon.I would bet a bundle she knows few countries in Africa that are energy producers.
Yes, there is some elitism….but Sarah reminds me of the poor souls who were sold a mortgage they couldn’t afford. She was sold a job she was totally unprepared for…and McCain’s ” Buyer’s remorse” took over pretty quickly.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
JerseyRepublican,
Exactly. From the beginning of October onward, Palin was excellent. One of her final interviews with Greta was substantive and nearly flawless. She did dozens of interviews, a handful of press conferences, and didn’t flub a thing. This was all when she was “going rogue” and turning into a “diva”. If being a rogue diva is that helpful, then she ought to have become one earlier. Most of the public is working on an outdated model of Sarah Palin and I don’t really expect anything better from them. But, it’s odd in the extreme that so-called “thoughtful” conservatives, here and elsewhere, continually refer to the Couric interview, as if Sarah Palin never said another word during the campaign. She said plenty of words and most of them were perfectly intelligent and fluent.
Craig,
She was the head of the oil and natural commission in the largest energy producing state in the country. She’s the Governor of the largest energy producing state in the country. She went to Mexico in her 20’s. Either of the two biographies on her point this stuff out, including the straight A’s bit.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Guys, much of this may be untrue, but we all saw the Palin interviews, and let’s be honest, we all cringed when she was forced to respond to unrehearsed questions. She left a terrible impression on the independents and Reagan democrats.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
51
“McCain’s ” Buyer’s remorse” took over pretty quickly”
Or did McCain’s EGO regret the decision? His base – both the press and conservatives in the same sentence – were paying attention to her and not to him: the Maverick and War Hero.
Even Obama was getting flustered by the attention paid to Palin.
Remember when Palin “went rouge”? That meant Palin was trying to win. She knew how bad the campaign was doing given that she just defeated her own party’s sitting governor and then defeated a former governor from the opposing party 2 years ago. Her recently utilized political instincts and intuitions from a competitive campaign are better than McCain’s.
The last time Mac was in a competitive race with only one opponent with some of these handlers he got defeated in 2000. He squeaked by a crowded field this year. His instincts didn’t come alive until Joe the Plumber articulated what McCain’s instincts should have been the whole time.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Matthew, in essence, she had 2 bad weeks and countless bad advisors. I love the story of her getting off the plane and walking right over to reporters to answer questions as her aides scrambled in F-16’s…she ignored them and the press appreciated her for that. She mentioned, during her press conference, upon her arrival back home that her being “rogue” was her trying to make phone calls to take interviews…she does great in interviews when she’s being herself. In the Couric interview, anybody should have been able to tell that this woman was wrestling with the idea of how she should act…she was being pulled in 8 different directions and that made her question her own compass. I’m not saying anyone or everyone, has to or should support Palin but to believe this short-term-memory-loss account actually says a lot about the reader’s intellect.
Who knows what will happen between now and then but as of now I support Palin 2012.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
…and to add to that last sentiment…if Romney doesn’t grow up between now and then and he is the nominee, it will be the first time I do not support a Republican for President.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
The only evidence of ignorance I can find in this story is the ignorance of those who don’t see the patent nonsense of all the claims against Palin. According to the rumors, she probably couldn’t count to twenty without removing her shoes, for crying out loud.
Gov. Palin is four years older than I am. She and I went to rural public schools, which may not be Eton, but still. Her parents were rural public school teachers, as were my mother and grandparents. As in my day, she most assuredly would have had to take the SATs or ACTs and provide school transcripts with minimum grade requirements to get into all the colleges she attended. And somehow she made it through all her public offices without “gittin’ iny ed-yu-kay-shun” on her.
Craig, give it up. It won’t wash.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
While I deplore the tactics being used against Sarah Palin, I am a bit leery of this “Operation Leper”. It can so easily turn into a witch-hunt. If you have an axe to grind against someone, then claim that person is behind the “leaks”. We are already seeing this in the attempts to pin this on Romney, Jindal, and other supposed Palin rivals.
Operation Leper can so easily end up being no better than the evil it is attempting to fight.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
jersey seems to me you need to do the growing up buddy.
I love Palin, Romney, Jindal, Pawlenty. Would vote for anyone of them. i have my personal preference like you do, but to say that you wont vote for Romney is akin to the in fighting that we just ended.
Only way we win in 2010, 2012 and beyond is if we stop the whole “if its not my guy then forget the GOP i will vote the the other party that represents nothing of my core principles. Now thats the epitomy of maturity isnt it….
November 6th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
#56,
“Grow up” in what way?
November 6th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I just won’t vote…I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR OBAMA…and like I said…if Romney continues to act as he has, on occasion, as a child then I will not vote for him either. I don’t have a problem with other conservatives…it’s just Romney that I do not like. I could support everyone on your list…just not Romney, unless he changes his ways…we’ll see.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Jersey,
In what way has Romney acted “as a child”? Please be specific.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
#61, Probably not the best choice in words but I had some problems with the way Romney ran his campaign during the primaries. I was a huge Giuliani supporter, still am, and the way Romney treated him on primary night in Florida was so childish. I’m going to cut off the man’s concession speech with mine because I’m afraid he might endorse McCain tonight on National Television. I also remember him doing that to another candidate in the primaries. I’ve read accounts that he refused to campaign anywhere for McCain if the press wasn’t going to be there. The little comment he made about Palin yesterday morning. He is the epitome of the self-serving, opportunistic politician that has tarnished the IMAGE of the Republican Party.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
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November 6th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Jersey,
Thank-you for your reply.
Yes, where someone else’s concession speech was cut was pretty low, but I try never to ascribe mallice to that which can be explained by stupidity. If it happens once, it’s an accident, twice its a coincidence, three times makes it a trend.
I would be very interested in reading the original source to that rumor that he wouldn’t campaign for McCain unless the press was there. From what I’ve heard from everyone, including the McCain camp, is that Romney did everything that McCain asked him to, plus more. Plus it simply does not sound like Romney.
Romney is constantly trying to help people without calling attention to himself. Perhaps you were unaware that during the aftermath of the horrific fires in Southern California in 2007, Romney was out without Press and hangers-on, rolling up his sleeves and helping people cleanup. The only reason I know about it is because one of the homeowners whom he helped had a cell-phone camera, happened to be a Romney supporter, and he reported it to some of the Romney blogs. And no, Romney didn’t single out the man. The organization that was behind the coordinating of volunteers sent Romney to the home. Nobody else reported it. The campaign, the press, the volunteer organization — noone. This is just one example of many I’ve heard about over the years I have watched this man.
Another sign of his non-self-serving is the name of his PAC. It isn’t called MittPAC or RomneyPAC. It is called “Free and Strong America”.
Abraham Lincoln once said, “If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.” You haven’t fallen into that trap with Romney, have you?
November 6th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
jersey at #64
agree on the concession thing, but dont thinkg that was the reason. it seemed to happen a couple of other times during the primary with different candidates. i remember Huck, Mccain and Romney overlapping some. I just chalked it up to bad communication between campaigns.
The campaigning thing dont believe it. I have seen him with no press here in CO a couple of months ago and last weekend there were 3 local guys that was it. Have seen Rudy as well here in the summer with few press people. I think you are off base on this. They did what they were asked to do to support the ticket.
Regards Palin I think that there will be alot of comments about her. I can tell you she DID cost us the race in CO. I know people dont want to believe those things but it doesnt make them less true. Look when you have her negatives here as they were and we lose Jefferson CO(whihc hasnt gone DEM in like 20 years+) and we have Douglas Co have the highest DEM pres vote it has had in 25 years then we definitely have she definitely has a problem.
exactly which comment are you referring to that Romney said.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Yes, Jersey, what exactly was the comment Romney made yesterday about Sarah Palin? I hadn’t heard about it. I am very interested.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
#67 and #68, I appreciate your responses and I will definitely keep an open mind when it comes to Romney but as of now I remain a little skeptical…but we shall see. I think I bookmarked the sites where I saw this stuff about Romney and when I get home from work I’ll check my computer. Hopefully I’m wrong about Romney, I’d hate to think that a national contender for the Republican nominee could/would be so self-serving but then again they’re all politicians…they wouldn’t get where thay are without a wee bit opportunusm.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Jerseyrepublican.#69,
Skepticism is a good thing. By all mean keep it. A healthy “grain of salt” is always appropriate when it comes to politics.
Just remember to be save some of the skepticism for use on your skepticism.
Benjamin Franklin said in his last speech just weeks before he died:
Yes, I would be most interested in Romney’s comments on Palin. Consider. Romney withdrew from the race in February. Huckabee has not ceased slamming him every chance he’s got. (He has slacked off recently, but I heard he slammed Romney again in his program a couple of weeks ago.) Yet Romney has never, ever returned in kind to Hucakabee. Could you do that? I doubt I could. Sarah Palin couldn’t. She is on record (totally justified, IMO) in calling the person spreading smears about her “small” and “bitter”. Romney hasn’t even hinted that in regards to Huckabee, who has been at smearing Romney for at least nine months now.
(It truly amazes me that Huckabee can’t see that it makes him look small in comparison to Romney. Surely he can see that. Yet he persists. Can he really be that dense?)
So I am inclined to take any rumor about Romney saying against Palin with a grain of salt.