When “Mavericks” Clash
Poor McCain. He has spent so much time insinuating that Barack Obama is a traitor that he failed to fight off the traitor in his own camp.
Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her, creating occasionally tense situations as she travels the country with them. Those Palin supporters, inside the campaign and out, said Palin blames her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image — even as others in McCain’s camp blame the pick of the relatively inexperienced Alaska governor, and her public performance, for McCain’s decline.
"She’s lost confidence in most of the people on the plane," said a senior Republican who speaks to Palin, referring to her campaign jet. He said Palin had begun to "go rogue" in some of her public pronouncements and decisions.
"I think she’d like to go more rogue," he said.
Aside from the delicious pleasure of yet another Republican firing squad story, this one is useful for its revelation that the neocons on McCain’s staff are trying to resuscitate Sarah Palin’s damaged image.
Palin’s loyalists say she’s grown particularly disenchanted with the veterans of the Bush reelection campaign, including Schmidt and Wallace, and that despite her anti-intellectual rhetoric, her closest ally among her new traveling aides is a policy adviser, former National Security Council official Steve Biegun. She’s also said to be close with McCain’s chief foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, who prepared her for the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate.
Lovely. Ahmad Chalabi’s lobbyist, Randy Scheuneman, continues to make a project of Sarah Palin. What do you think is more likely? She’ll sneak out of the country in the trunk of a car after having embezzled millions? Or she’ll trade code word intelligence to the Iranians?
Last night on Hardball they discussed how she is in a line up for the host of a game show or a wrong wing radio talk show host or a host on Faux. They were being really serious in fact selling her as a perfect candidate for such a position. EW the day after you had a post a while back about Sarah being the host of the “Dating Game” or some other game show host. Matthews soon said the same thing (who knows maybe he visits) I brought up this site to him at the Libby trial and in Denver at the DNC when I was able to have a few words with him
Matthews has been hammering on Palins lack of intellectual depth and her dangerous interpretation of what the job of the V.P. is (cheney trained)
Last night he was really pushing for her getting such a job on a game show
Under “What’s Next for Sarah Palin”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/
After what I was getting at in your last post, this is interesting.
Palin’s performance as the VP nominee reflects badly on McCain, the Republican Party, and of course Palin herself, but despite the failures on substance, I am not surprised to see various wings of the Republican Party come to her defence – not that substance was ever the big issue for Republicans! – and I would be surprised to see her cash in and fade away like Huckabee. Palin as a VP candidate had substantial support from the neocons, the Pat Buchanan-Bay Buchanan wing of the party, and of course the religious right, all of which distrust or detest McCain, and even if she is not taken seriously as a candidate in 2012, she will serve a useful purpose in the next two to four years as an ambassador to each of these factions in the party, she is loved by the base and in-house she can raise enthusiasm and money while in the wilderness. I am still surprised that Palin, despite her obvious flaws and incapacity for high office, was allowed to take all the hits she endured in the past two months – the inability of the campaign and Palin herself to stall the investigations, depositions, and so on has been stunning when for the last 8 years no Republican has had to answer for anything.
I had a funny experience this week. I asked my mormon father in Idaho who he was voting for. I had a sliver of hope that he would say Obama because he is truly disgusted with what has happened to our country. To my surprise, he said “I’m voting for Sarah!”
We talked for a couple of minutes about the campaigns, policies, economics etc. What was funny was that in all that discussion, John McCain’s name was never mentioned. It is like he is not even in this race. We have entered Bizzaro World — a Presidential Campaign where a significant number of supporters do not acknowledge the candidate they are purportedly supporting.
sarah’d take the money and run .. imo.. as devious as she is she’s notc devious enough to not get caught selling secrets .. and she strikes me as moneygrubber…
Everytime I see Palin on the TeeVee she is draging her poor kids to the rallys and other events. Why are her kids not in school? Isn’t her conduct in draging her kids around and keeping them out of school a form of child abuse? Lots of questions, few answers!!!
“What are the requirements for parents who wish to home school their children?
Children schooled at home by their parents or guardians are exempt from the Compulsory School Attendance Law. Parents are not required to register with the state or their local school district, and no testing or other requirements are placed on home schools not funded with public dollars.”
I think Sarah Palin might be home schooling her kids.
Thanks ew.
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Anyone notice that Sarah had on a different pair of glasses in her policy speech yesterday? A more studious, less fashionista look? Who made that call, Sarah or Nicole?
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Bwahahahhahahaha! Nuts to Palin and McCain!!! Couldn’t happen to a nicer twosome!!
none of this addresses what god whispers in princess palin’s ear
repuglitards are pretty much immune from logic and reality
princess pandora was chosen by god
what human could argue with that
self awareness isn’t a repuglitard strong point
look for princess pandora to at least TRY to win control of the repuglitard party
she’s a vile hypocritical back stabbing social climber on a mission from god
long story short; this doesn’t end well for the repuglitards
Here’s a plot for you:
1) Palin turns on McBush for not being conservative enough when the ticket goes down in flames.
2) Shortly thereafter, Stevens resigns to spend more time with his lawyers. Palin appoints herself Senator in his place.
3) During this time, she is handled by the best the GOP has to offer.
4) 2012 comes around and she runs for Prez again. Even if she loses in the primary, she forces the other GOPer’s farther to the right. But unless Newt runs, she probably won’t lose.
Oh yeah: sometime during the above her brain is removed and replaced with Cheny’s.
Boxturtle (I shouldn’t post without my tinfoil hat)
IIRC, Margaret Carlson said something yesterday that struck a cord with me…In summary: the neocon faction of the party is discredited; the party now faces a fight between the intellectual and the anti-intellectual factions of the party that are left. It will be interesting to see who wins….
It seems that a lot of this peeling off republicans is their positioning themselves to have a voice in the restructuring the party.
Depending both on just how badly the Repug party loses during this election as well as depths of political wilderness they find themselves in during the next Congress, I would not be surprised at all if a real schism occurs in their ranks.
One that that literally splits the party into two.
A “crazy” rump, which retains the official name of Repug party, populated by fire and brimstone fundie social conservatives, anti-immigrant klansmen and last-legs imperialist neocons.
The other “New Republican Party” will be comprised of “sane” old-style Rockefeller adherents, pay-go fiscal conservatives and neo-isolationists.
For those who’d laugh, a reminder that many such formal splits have occurred in our 200+ year history. Federalists, Whigs, Bull Moose progressives, and many, many more.
I got a theory about mcsame, but to accept it, you’d have to believe that mcsame never believed that he had a chance to win
as a rational observer with some experience with political campaigns, I have to say that mcsame looks as if he is intentionally destroying the repuglitard party
mcsame’s slime campaign is obvious to everyone
princess pandora is a disaster, and mcsame seems happy to sabatoge any political future she might have (the $150,000 shopping spree did her in, permenently)
it would be kinda hard to believe that a major political party’s campaign was intentionally sabotaged by the candidate, but is offer a more logical interpretation of mcsame’s actions
I CAN’T HOLD IT ANY LONGER …
Garza versus Moyers ???
I’ll take Garza
anybody else here interested in the local sports competition
I saw Scheunemann’s lobbying acquaintance Chalabi’s tort claim against Jordan over a 1980s bank confiscation, yesterday dismissed in DC Appeal. The TPM link’s depiction of Scheunemann seems like his work specialized in helping neocons, making the Palin incubation likely an ongoing effort by that branch of the Republican party grasping for legitimacy while facing another time of minority party factional status, if polls now prove accurate electiontime.
holy jebus
it looks like the frummster subscribes to my theory
will penicillin cure this ???
were in many many ways the beginning of the end for civilized discourse in this country. the right loves to call it censorship, but it is far from it. installed in the early years of broadcasting, it merely requires controversial debate and balanced presentation. the last piece to gasp its dying breath was the one that required any show or network where an accusation or assertion about an individual or organization to give equal time to the victim of such in order to defend him- or herself. or themselves.
so it was that our airwaves were suddenly unrestrained by civility at the beginning of the 90s and then throughout the decade. and what do we have to show for it? take note: all the hate talk shows were unleashed. fox news has been allowed to maintain a propaganda network and pass it off as legit news. their ridiculous motto of ‘fair and balanced’ was no doubt its nod to the notion of fairness in name only.
this is not at all trivial, folks. i kid you not, in all the pieces i’ve been reading from conservatives nervous about a democratic takeover of the WH and the hill, the fairness doctrine inevitably comes up. it is at the forefront of their agenda to maintain this godforsaken manipulative propaganda mill they like to call the media within their grasp and out of the hands of the people.
please, make this a priority. because it is very very clear the old guard republicans have made it theirs. in fact, i’m more concerned that we recover the FCC and the fairness doctrine than i am the USAPATRIOT act, for one reason. if we recover the press, then we have a chance of educating the public on the evils of the usafascism act.
ben franklin was right; without a free press, a democracy is impossible.
oh wow! i just saw that the first part of my comment got truncated somehow. hm. reconstruction….
i was responding to the frum article, and noted that to my mind, the most important point for our eyes was his concern (on the second page, embedded in his fears about a fully dem congress) about reinstatement of the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!
this was a really astute decision on the part of early broadcasting rulings by the FCC that kept public discourse civilized.
i think the sentence prior to the abrupt, middle of thought entry there was (and i’ll repost the rest here so it makes something like sense)….
the fairness doctrine was allowed to die a slow but deliberate death (with the help of frank luntz and his reframing language to make it censorship, which it is not) during the reagan and bush1 years. those moves, despite supreme court denial of unconstitutionality, ….
were in many many ways the beginning of the end for civilized discourse in this country. the right loves to call it censorship, but it is far from it. installed in the early years of broadcasting, it merely requires controversial debate and balanced presentation. the last piece to gasp its dying breath was the one that required any show or network where an accusation or assertion about an individual or organization to give equal time to the victim of such in order to defend him- or herself. or themselves.
so it was that our airwaves were suddenly unrestrained by civility at the beginning of the 90s and then throughout the decade. and what do we have to show for it? take note: all the hate talk shows were unleashed. fox news has been allowed to maintain a propaganda network and pass it off as legit news. their ridiculous motto of ‘fair and balanced’ was no doubt its nod to the notion of fairness in name only.
this is not at all trivial, folks. i kid you not, in all the pieces i’ve been reading from conservatives nervous about a democratic takeover of the WH and the hill, the fairness doctrine inevitably comes up. it is at the forefront of their agenda to maintain this godforsaken manipulative propaganda mill they like to call the media within their grasp and out of the hands of the people.
please, make this a priority. because it is very very clear the old guard republicans have made it theirs. in fact, i’m more concerned that we recover the FCC and the fairness doctrine than i am the USAPATRIOT act, for one reason. if we recover the press, then we have a chance of educating the public on the evils of the usafascism act.
ben franklin was right; without a free press, a democracy is impossible.
lllphd,
Everywhere I go, I write about this. This is key.
I was at bloggingheads and listened to a conservative talk about the important “triangle” to keep the Republicans in power.
Talk radio and Fox are one of those points vital to 2012. They can’t get their talking points out without it. They can’t get to spin 24/7; and I couldn’t agree more that their heads are literally spinning off their bodies as they rage about the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine.
And while I said I was a little nervous to meet up with you and others from these parts, I will overcome it if it meant we could actually do something about the hatred spewed day in, day out.
You probably know that WTKK is trying to prove its worth by inciting nonstop fear and hatred in order to take New Hampshire in ten days. Civilization as we know will come to an end; it is an end to America.
But what most concerns me is the call to work night and day to undermine Obama. No honeymoon. They call the “true patriots” to work to make it impossible for Obama to govern effectively, to work for his impeachment.
Getting the FCC back into responsible hands, with a dedication to news being actual news is certainly as important as all of our other freedoms that have been stolen.
You’re so right to invoke Ben Franklin.
oh jeepers, this is getting scary. i’d planned to go up to NH to work the 3rd and 4th for obama, but then thought hey he’s got it in the bag, i can actually just make calls. but these messages make me rethink; i’ll be standing on street corners.
if you’re still interested in some sort of occasional local get together, let me know. i rarely get myself into boston these days, but would be willing to make the trip for strategizing.
thanks for the link; now i really am scared.
Here’s the other link about the call to undermine Obama, make it impossible to govern effectively, work to impeach.
I guarantee it worth the 14:49 you can’t get back.
http://wtkk.everyzing.com/view…..0&x=0
thanks again for these! i’ll have to check them out later, as am in the midst of a deadline crunch right now.
just one quick thing, though; it would not occur to these folks with such short and selective attention spans, but the sort of sabotage they’re suggesting is even worse than what they decried as TREASON against a sitting president when we screamed for accountability.
the big diff of course is that bush is a criminal.
It’s the dinner hour.
A glass of wine
and no more typing.
Take care.
From Daily Kos:
Jesus Mary and Joseph. Now Bush going after the Supreme Court. The guys that he selected after the 2000 Supreme Court selected Bush. Is there no end to this insanity?
disaster accomplished
we can take the ACORN issue off the table now …
AHiddenSaint has more on the Bush-DOJ story
hey, nada-plumber joe, why does george bush wanna disenfranchise you ???
and why are you supporting a party that is trying to violate your right to vote, you stupid fuck ???
you beat me to the posting of this alarming alert; thanks. evidently i was too busy writing my angry rant about the OTHER most important piece of our democracy; along with our votes, the free press (see above, 26).
here is the original article from jason leopold on bush’s ballsy move:
http://www.pubrecord.org/natio…..tions.html
ok, lots of reasons for concern here. first, where does bush get off intruding into investigations on a state level? (oh yeah, forgot; he never read the constitution.) second, where does bush get off asking mukasey to act on something the SCOTUS has already decided! (oh yeah, forgot; he don’t pay no ‘tention to laws or court decisions, except where they give him what they want, like the presidency.)
third, and this part really concerns me, what does this suggest? i mean, given how corrupt ohio has always been, despite sos brunner’s heroic efforts to bring all that under control for this election, those machines are still out there for the hacking. and given the way the polls look in reality. i mean, why would bush think that saving ohio, or bringing its numbers back into the range of close, stealable levels may require that they do as much of the suppression tweeking to their scheme as possible in order to win this. because, why bother that risk if so many other states are already gone?
which sorta brings me back to ew’s post, and freepatriot’s theory in particular. instead of ruining the party (mccain has wanted this too badly for too long to just soil himself and the pachyderm he rode in on), i believe some sort of deal was cut between bush and mccain. bygones be bygones, let’s win this, yeah, ok, i’m out there on the front line, but you gotta play a low profile, well you know, you ain’t the best currency and all that, and sure, i’ll hire rove’s hacks and keep my lobby buddies close at hand, and sure, that’d be great, just see to it that i win. then i’ll do whatever.
at least that’s the scenario i envision happened, or something quite like it. my take is that bush and cheney are deeply invested in keeping the dems out of the WH so they can keep their secrets secret. i even suspect they cut a deal four years ago or more in order to keep mccain close to the vest and promised him support in 08 if he toed the line for them till then. they may not have bargained for so much antipathy from the voting public back then, so the terms had to be adjusted a bit, but you get the idea. bush and cheney and rove can make their promises and mccain just needs to nod and not ask any questions about how exactly they’ll pull this off.
so here we are, and we may be seeing the first indications of bush’s fears and their willingness to keep this all in the family, as it were, in the WH move to put lapdog mukasey on the task.
i do not have a good feeling about this at all.
I’m thinking that while frum is projecting the repuglitards faults on to the democrats, what really scares the hell out of frum is the fact that Obama ain’t incompetent like a certain repuglitard presnit
I figure that frum ain’t scared enough yet, so …
I’m gonna point out that Nancy Pelosi isn’t as incompetent as the bug man, dennis hastert, and newt the grinch
and Harry Reid isn’t an incompetent fool like frist or mcconnel
anybody out there want to compile a list of competent Democratic Supreme Court Nominees that we can use to torture the frumster ???
I did notice that the frumster singled out msnbc in his fantasy about Democrats and Liberals turning into mouth breathing hate mongers
that repuglitard tendency to project their own failings on to anybody who opposes them is making life resemble Alice in wonderland, dontchathink
On topic, Oliphant has an apt & very funny cartoon today.
nobody noticed this?
check out my bold;
errr
haven’t we been saying mccain is running as a third term for bush?
according to that case it seems he really is doesn’t it
Listen, the strange thing is that WTKK is getting advice concerning their constant accusations that ACORN and the Democratic party are stealing the election from… I’m not kidding:
Hans von Spakovsky.
I couldn’t believe my ears.
If you want it, I’ll go find it.
Hans von Spakovsky explains Obama’s attack on free speech:
http://wtkk.everyzing.com/view…..0&x=0