McCain adviser: Palin is ‘a whack job.’
McCain adviser: Palin is ‘a whack job.’
The infighting within the McCain campaign has become increasingly public, with growing frustration directed at Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). Last week, CNN reported that one McCain source called Palin “a diva” who “takes no advice from anyone.” Politico’s Mike Allen reports another McCain adviser’s criticism of Palin:
***In convo with Playbook, a top McCain adviser one-ups the priceless “diva” description, calling her “a whack job.”
Asked to respond to reports that she is “going rogue,” Palin declared them “absolutely, 100 percent false,” adding, “John McCain and I, and our camps, are working together to get John McCain elected.” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow noted Palin’s word choice: “Your camps, plural? A McCain camp and a Palin camp? That does not sound good.”
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At what point does "mavericky" become just plain "crazy?"
October 28th, 2008 at 10:18 amSuch a glorious implosion. Just wish I had my beach chari, some suntan lotion and a beverage of my choice.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:19 amSomething you might have known sooner had you bothered to vet her...
October 28th, 2008 at 10:20 amDrill baby drill. Drill more holes in McCains sinking ship
October 28th, 2008 at 10:22 amWow, even Republicans are starting to notice there is something wrong. Is the earth still spinning?
October 28th, 2008 at 10:23 amThose two mavericky reformers certainly deserve each other, dontcha think? You betcha. Winky-wink.
That's what happens when the vet didn't vet:
October 28th, 2008 at 10:25 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03fcGelz8Hw
For all the touting of their maverick-ness, neither McCain, Palin, the Republicans, or a lot of other people for that matter, seem to miss one obvious fact.
Mavericks do not make good leaders.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:27 amThey are useful, and necessary, to stir the pot, keep things moving, and prevent stagnation.
As a leader, however, mavericks are far to chaotic, unpredictable, and distanced from the role of a true leader.
Obama has consistently displayed the characteristics of a true leader. He listens to all, and attemots to educate and reason, and draw consensus. Obama acts.
McCain, on the other hand, simply reacts, spouts outrage and condemnation, and attempts to follow and second guess the people he has the deluded belief he could actually lead.
As much fun as it is to read stories like this, I'm getting a little tired of journalists relying on anoymous sources for scuttlebutt.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:28 amunbelievable Says:
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Something you might have known sooner had you bothered to vet her…
She was vetted, by whack jobs Paul Weyrich and James Dobson.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:28 amExcellent point Nevar!
As a foil to existing power structures, mavericks tend to keep the incumbents a little more honest.
But make lousy incumbents.
Q. Who are they going to foil when they're incumbents.
A:
You.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:32 amThis is great fun. If this is what their campaign is like, I can't wait to see what it'll be like with these two in the White House. It's gonna turn the OEOB into a telenovela.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:36 amFoil me once, good for you.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:37 amFoil me twice... better watch out winky winky wink...
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shoeless Says: She was vetted, by whack jobs Paul Weyrich and James Dobson.
I suppose if you call this vetting:
"Govenor Palin, do you oppose abortion, oppose gay marriage, and think that the Earth is only 6,000 years old? Yes? Yes! You're hired!"
October 28th, 2008 at 10:38 amFinally some truthiness from the McSame campaign!
October 28th, 2008 at 10:40 amtrollsbwild Says
October 28th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Such a glorious implosion. Just wish I had my beach chari, some suntan lotion and a beverage of my choice.
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Wrong season. How about a couch, a fuzzy blanket, freshly popped popcorn, and a fire in the fireplace? And watch the implosion in high-def on a plasma TV?
October 28th, 2008 at 10:43 amActually, the odds of any narrative candidate being a "whack job" are quite high.
Bush was a narrative "Uniter, not a Divider" when elected in 2000. If that was his core, we wouldn't see him shed the designation like a used condom
Who allows themesevles to be spun narratively, other than a whack job? At least the British have a ban on nutters serving in Parliament. How it's enforced, I don't know.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:44 amSarah Palin is so drawn to the position of president ,that she was seeking such a position before she was tapped by McCain for VP !As the Queen of Alaska among the separatists.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:44 amPalin is obviously getting thrown under the wheels of the Straight Talk Express, but it's too late. The STE has already landed in a ditch.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:44 amAgreed.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:44 amProof ! Proof! That those Republican campaign workers and "Strategists" really are stupider than the rest of us. It took this long, and that much close contact with Palin for them to figure out that Palin is a nut job? The rest of us figured it out within a week of her nomination...
October 28th, 2008 at 10:47 amAnd if your boss picked a "whack job" to be his running mate five plus months after he all but clinched the nomination that says what about his judgment oh anonymous McCain campaign source?
October 28th, 2008 at 10:50 amPalin will drop the old geezer faster than a Ted Stevens bribe the first chance she gets to 'be the man'.
I suspect Sarah grew up being 'the one'. Cheerleader, Prom Queen, dating the football team. She's pretty sure her fame is her destiny, & no one is going to deny her that.
Of course, 'whack job' accurately describes her place in this race, second only to McTaxC&nt.
Where do they find these people? We thought Bush had gone off the deep end, but these two are right out of 'let's put the fun back in dysfunctional'.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:51 amtoast @#11 ~ might remind us a bit of Faulty Towers...~?
October 28th, 2008 at 10:51 amstateofthedivision Says: At least the British have a ban on nutters serving in Parliament. How it’s enforced, I don’t know."
Nope. Only the House of Commons has that rule.. You can be as nutty as you wanna be if you're a Lord.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:52 amteam mccain.
team palin.
which side are
you on?
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October 28th, 2008 at 10:54 amO-BA-MA!
October 28th, 2008 at 10:54 am“John McCain and I, and our camps,.."
Sarah: "Todd, run over to the McCain camp and see if they have any hot dog buns, we're out!"
Todd: "Go get them yourself, he's your running mate, besides, I'm busy trying to screw these #*^&!! moose antlers back onto the hood of the &*%!!#! snowmachine."
Cindy: "John, go over to the Palin camp and see if Sarah has a clean dress I can wear, I've gotten Coleman fuel all over my favorite orange gown, and it's starting to disolve. And tell their horrid children to quit playing that awful music!"
October 28th, 2008 at 10:56 amJohn: "Who you talking to, ----? I'm a maverick, I'm not at your beck and call! Besides, I've got to polish the barbeque, never know when that $%**&@ press corps will show up..."
New Yard Sign:
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October 28th, 2008 at 11:00 amGeezer
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RUCerious Says:
toast @#11 ~ might remind us a bit of Faulty Towers…~?
October 28th, 2008 at 10:51 am
A bit, yeah. It'll be part screwball comedy, part ¡Cuidado con el Presidente!
October 28th, 2008 at 11:00 am"A whack job?" Tell us something we DON'T know...You betcha she's a whack job!
October 28th, 2008 at 11:01 amAfter her drivel about her wardrobe and accessory moment she reminds me of the Avon lady of the 1950s and 60s. Totally inane and superficial nonsense.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:07 amSarah Palin Says: "I said I wanted to go rouge, not rogue!!"
October 28th, 2008 at 11:09 amWWMD = What Would a Mavrick(sic) Do ?
What I'm having trouble following is that the repubs have always lead a very good campaign. I may not agree with them, but they've always done a good job of campaigning.
What does it take to derail their campaign machine ? How bad does McSame have to be to make them look like keystone cops ?
October 28th, 2008 at 11:10 amShe was picked in order to solidify the whack job base of the Republican party, which she has accomplished with flying colors. What's the problem?
October 28th, 2008 at 11:11 amMapleStreet Says:
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WWMD = What Would a Mavrick(sic) Do ?
What I’m having trouble following is that the repubs have always lead a very good campaign. I may not agree with them, but they’ve always done a good job of campaigning.
Very true. When you represent 5% of the people and regularly pull in 50% of the vote, you are running an incredibly good (and/or dishonest) campaign.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:13 amMSNBC’s Rachel Maddow noted Palin’s word choice: “Your camps, plural? A McCain camp and a Palin camp? That does not sound good.”
Yeah, that jumped out at me, too. More evidence of the incoherence of the McPalin campaign. Can you imagine a comment like that from Cheney?
October 28th, 2008 at 11:29 amYa think?
October 28th, 2008 at 11:58 amName a "source" that's "leaking" all this information and this story will have credibility.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pmA house divided cannot stand.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:02 pmOf course, a Republican wouldn't even know who said those words...
She is over ambitious, dangerous, vindictive all the characteristics of some one who is sorta like....now who was that guy....Bush?
October 28th, 2008 at 12:07 pmPlease don't forget the vetting done on palin by wee willie kristol. kristol needs to be recognized widely for his excellent work.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:12 pmIn but a week or so she will be all but forgotten. You betcha...
October 28th, 2008 at 12:17 pmI so hope you're right!
October 28th, 2008 at 12:23 pmReich-wingers demand "credibility" yet they claim Obama is a "ommunist", "terrorist", "socialist", and "Marxist". You "people" are idiots.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:23 pmHistorians are going to use McGrampa's campaign to demonstrate how NOT to run a campaign.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:25 pmI found it a little strange, during the Brian Williams interview, when Palin (sitting right next to John McCain) held forth on what SHE was going to do when "I am in the White House". I didn't know whether to infer that McCain wasn't long for this world ("whack job" or otherwise), or if she really thought she and the five kids would actually be living with John & Cindy.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:37 pmAhhhhhh!!! I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning!!!
Yummy!! :oD
October 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pmLeft Annie @ #47
October 28th, 2008 at 1:13 pmhey that's my line from last week , but you are more than welcome to use it
ThomasMc Says:
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A house divided cannot stand.
Of course, a Republican wouldn’t even know who said those words…
Prolly sum librul!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pmI think a lot of Young Republicans wouldn't mind being on the receiving end of a Palin whack job.
October 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pmCue the Concern Trolls...
"I was going to vote for Obama until someone called her a Whack Job..."
:-)
October 28th, 2008 at 3:09 pmThat's a nice little "Catch-22" you got going there...everybody here knows Republicans never tell the truth on the record.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pmJust how well does it work out when a so-called maverick picks another so-called maverick for a running mate. Does the second maverick become too mavericky? Maybe John McCain should have consulted his dictionary first. Maverick: an independent individual who refuses to conform with his group. OOPS!
October 28th, 2008 at 3:42 pmTawdry,
October 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pmI think it may be that one of the two is an unbranded cow. I'll let you figure out which one...