McCain Camp Fires Back At Palin
Top aides to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign hit back at Sarah Palin Friday and Saturday, calling the former vice presidential nominee's soon-to-be-released book "revisionist and self serving" "fiction."
Campaign manager Steve Schmidt, who emerges as Palin's nemesis in the advance excerpts that have surfaced from her forthcoming account of the campaign, "Going Rogue," told POLITICO Saturday that Palin's charges about him were made up.
"It's all fiction," he said.
With a laugh, the shaved-headed political operative asked: "Why is the bald guy always the villain?"
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This has to be some sort of record on FOXNATION for PALIN Articles. 7 TODAY!!!!
Does this mean that FOX NATION STAFF have endorsed her????? NO OFFENSE, JUST ASKING? which one of you checks her FACEBOOK page each morning? I'll bet your day doesn't begin until you get your Palin TWEET! FAIR AND BALANCED????? Why not make an announcement so that Romney, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Gingrich, etc supporters can GO ELSEWHERE. Why subject them to seeing their candidates ignored, DAY AFTER DAY with a TOKEN article here and there. More THERE than HERE!!
rdk
Where is Steve Schmidt now and what is he doing? Who would hire him to organize a campaign? Maybe the Democrats should hire him!
Duke
Geez..., now the McLame camp is crying foul when the tables are turned. After loading their own imcompetence on Palin and blaming her for their defeat, they're whinning about what she has to say.
Too bad, Grouchy John - the only person that lost the election last year was you and your middle-of-the-road-big-tent appeasers. We won't make the same mistake twice. You're toast!
-BOSMAN-
This has to be some sort of record on FOXNATION for PALIN Articles. 5 TODAY!!!!
Does this mean that FOX NATION STAFF have endorsed her????? NO OFFENSE, JUST ASKING? which one of you checks her FACEBOOK page each morning? I'll bet your day doesn't begin until you get your Palin TWEET! FAIR AND BALANCED?????
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Despite Sara Palin's constant and lately daily media coverage, and Mike Hukabee's Weekend show and daily appearances on Fox, Mitt Romney's poll numbers are either equal or better than both Palin and Huckabee. Maybe SOME voters are looking for SUBSTANCE OVER GLITZ?
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Axelrod slams Romney on CNN about his comments this Sunday at the YAF Conference about Obama and Afghanistan. Pretty Funny stuff, Axelrod looks totally flustered:
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@ce, i havn't seen any mud slung at mccain, sarah's criticism has been at his so called advisors. i think she has every right to express her dissatisfaction with the way she and family were treated during the presidential campaign. i don't believe she should dwell on it. i think her book explains her thoughts about it and we can make up our own minds. as far as mccain and his so called advisors are concerned, if they had spent as much time fighting the lies, unkept promises, and blatant deception that obama was spewing as they are on her book, the presidential election might have had a different outcome.
CLM
McCain and his staffers did such a lousy job in 2008 that I wouldn’t trust a word of what they had to say now. They definitely did not have the pulse of the average American voter and it was painful for this conservative republican to watch this train wreck play out. Palin, a virtual unknown on the national political scene, brought down the house at the convention and, you didn’t have to be a campaign insider to figure out that must have made more than a few waves for Nicole Wallace, Mark Salter and company. Their current “CYA Mode” and comments now only expose them as the phonies they really are.
Independent in AZ
@CLM
Why would you trust a word of what Palin has to say? She's already lied several times. There are probably more in the book.
wakeuppeople
McCain I have no respect for you, you have been riding your military service for your own gain. You were and are mad that Palin stole your show, so you sent in your loosers to attack so you could say, "It was not me"
Don DeVille
While McCain is a war hero that's all he is. He is the BIGGEST IDIOT to ever run for president. If he has allowed Palin to run as she saw fit...the ole dumb bastard would be in the White House not some arab muslim dressed as a black man.
StWannabe
WAKE UP REPUBLICANS!! THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR INFIGHTING AND BACK BITING!!
xanty
Reply to Darrin Stevens
oh my tingling leg, obama we don't care if all your friends are criminals and communist, or marxest, you make our leg tingle so we voted for you, and oh you are going to bow down to our enemies and kiss their butt and slander America and change it to chavez country....but you make our leg tingle and we don't care if you lie and and bring this country down...you make our leg tingle and you hide all your school grades and college, we don't if you were a D student, that still makes you smarter than all the rest of us leg tingling liberal wussy's.
perry
Look McCain is a nice enough guy and would have been better than OBummer. However, the liberals weren't going to work with him in any way.
Plus he is to far towards the center. He is not what this country needs right now. And Palin should just blow him off.
We need a real conservative not a centurists.
DP
War hero or not, McCain is a Skunk! What was she thinking,running with him??
Mslilly2009
Are there any grownups left in the political arena?
winchester
personly i think mccain slowed his campaign because he knew the election was fixed and he was not going to win anyway every grave yard in america voted in last years election
TOWN HALL SCREAMER!!
ALIN: She says her team overseeing the development of a natural gas pipeline set up an open, competitive bidding process that allowed any company to compete for the right to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48.
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THE FACTS: Palin characterized the pipeline deal the same way before an AP investigation found her team crafted terms that favored only a few independent pipeline companies and ultimately benefited a company with ties to her administration, TransCanada Corp. Despite promises and legal guidance not to talk directly with potential bidders during the process, Palin had meetings or phone calls with nearly every major candidate, including TransCanada.
My Mission
And you are afarid of her why?
OldAncientOne
McCain's people seem so childish. These are the people that wanted to run this country. Couldn't even run a decent campaign.
ce
Sarah, it's not very becoming of you slinging mud with McCain. You're going to live to regret this. The Tabloid Magazines are waiting for your comments. If you're really serious about a presidential run, don't destroy yourself. I can't offer you anymore advise, you should be smart enough to realize what you're doing.
TexasSenior
A loser like Steve Schmidt should just keep his mouth shut and disappear.
concerned4u.s.
agreed Jack27
Jack27
McCain, fort like hell to get the GOP nomination with the puppet media pushing him and Huckabee running interference against Mitt Romney, The campaign was sputtering along before Palin, she brought enormous energy to the ticket, surprising all including McCain and his staff. John McCain never intended to win the election and started putting the brakes on Sarah and looked like he was pushing Obama to the finish line.
Romney and Palin would have won.
TOWN HALL SCREAMER!!
WHY DO THE COMMUNISTS HAVE TO KEEP POINTING OUT SARAH'S LIES? LEAVE HER ALONE!!! SHE RULES FACEBOOK YOU FOOLS AND SHE IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD, ONE SOCIAL NETWORK AT A TIME!!!! SHE WAS RUNNER UP IN MISS ALASKA!! HA!! SHE WAS ALSO MAYOR OF A SMALL TOWN BEFORE SHE BECAME GOVERNOR AND QUIT. YOU CAN'T TOUCH HER!!! I DON'T CARE HOW MANY LIES YOU POINT OUT OR HOW MUCH SHE HAS TO LEARN ABOUT COMPLEX GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES. WE LOVE YOU SARAH!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!! YOU BETCHA!!!!! YOU FOLKSY TALKING, TIGHT SKIRT WEARING, HIGHLIGHTED HAIR BEAUTY!!!! USA USA USA USA USA USA
Patriot
John McCain is like an entrenched tic, as most of our politicians are, term limits have become a necessity
jaxxr61
darrin stevens DO NOT SPEAK UNLESS YOU CAN IMPROVE THE SILENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Georgia Cricket
McCain should step up and in! Do not cause anymore harm to the Republican Party! You, Senator McCain, have done enough harm with your centrist ideas.
stoptheinsanity
if she was looking to NOT get attacked even more, she should not have written a book about it and pointed fingers,,,EnOUGH already,,,no personal attacks please.
ce
If these people want to be LEADERS, they better stop all this mud slinging. I'm looking for a SERIOUS LEADER in crucial times for this nation. Not a MUD SLINGING bunch of clowns. I'm not going to vote for anyone who stoops to gossip and going back and forth with each other. I'm sick of all these TABLOID politicians, like JOHN EDWARDS. Someone please step forward with character and some dignity, and above all LEADERSHIP ABILITY!
tx4palin
Look I think you have a good point. However, even before the election was over member of the campaign were anonymously trashing her in the most personal terms. by and large she did not really respond and now she is and I think that is fair. at least she is doing it on the record and giving specifics
Bama Girl
Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace did a hatchet job on Sarah Palin! I hate that FOX keeps Wallace on as a commentator, can't stand to see her face! Would like to know what their agenda was!
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winodrifter
The campaign was in trouble from the start. The advisors to McCain couldn't run a cookie sale. Here comes a ball of fire that's ready to go and she meets up with McCain who was lackluster, dull and frankly boring. The crowds were coming out to see her, not McCain, which they couldn't have. So now they are covering their butts and reputations.
Delores CH WV
I GUESS THEY WOULD....MCCAIN SURE DIDN'T HELP DURING THE ELECTION....................I WOULD QUESTION WHO MCCAIN HIRED. DID HIS STAFF HAVE A HIDDEN AGENCY, EVEN FROM HIM!!!!!!!
joeyblueyes
WHACK JOB, AND ANY OTHER JOBS THAT YOU GYOUR 1 IDIOTIC 4TH REICHER, IF ALL YOU HAVE TO ADD TO A COMMENT IS THAT THE CAPS LOCK IS ON. THE CAPS LOCK IS ON , IN ORDER TO DRIVE A POINT HOME TO YOU ( WHICH YOU WOULD LOVE BARNEY) . YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BROWN SHIRT COMPLETE DOLT. BUT I'LL LEAVE THE CAPS ON 4 U
PeeOnlibs
I am tired of lawyers running this country, give me Sara.
ShadowdogKGB
McCain - 0
Palin - 1
Paul
McCain is a loser. Sarah Palin gave him a chance to beat this unqualified person we now have for President. He couldn't even stand up to OBAMA during the debates. After what McCain went thru in Vietnam, it's hard for me to understand why he had no guts, but he didn't. McCain shouldn't even have a camp that anyone even listens to after his defeat, but Palin made him look much better than he is.
Wills
Tally,
You are just so brilliant with all these little quips. Why don't you go Whack somewhere else?
ptson
Jealousy of a female is so disturbing in a male. She scares you wackless!
Loyal72
Is your needle stuck, or are you simply a huge "echo chamber" for someonbe else's limitations? This line was boring when you started it, but has become simply inane.
Loyal72
Simply because "grass will not grow on non-fertile ground", Stevereno! You can "spin" this any way you wish, but as Judge Judy says, "If it doesn't make sense, it isn't true". And your team's handling of Palin did NOT make any sense, just as your arguements don't. She out-shone the good Senator, was twice as popular as he, and was more in line with the public view. I'm sure your team heard the same cry as many of us - "The ticket is BACKWARD!".
Luker
"Why is the bald guy always the villain?"
Are you kidding me? You were given a gift from God in Sarah Palin to prop up an aging worn out Senator and a campaign without ideas, and you blew it.
Condor
@Tally Whacker, What wine goes well with the crow, you and your ilk will be eating in 2012?
SandyandTony
I am so disapointed in Mccains campaign. He did not even try to run for the position of President. I wish Huckabee would have gotten in. Sarah was not given the chance to do a good campaingn. She is a very smart lady and would have fought for our freedom.
PATRIOTIC VET
This goes out to any libtard. Explain to me how HC bill or Cap & Tax, are good for this country right now? I know insults are the only thing you idiots can do, but heres your chance to enlighten us. LOL, you guys are a joke!
PATRIOTIC VET
Tally: thanks for proving my point! Idiot lol.
USA Made
If McCain would have gotten off his high horse and listened to her, to America his butt might be in the White House instead of whining from the sidelines!!!
4hdcp
McCain is a progressive just like his buddy Obama. The GOP needs to return to true conservative values like Reagan and Palin may be on the right track.
KPGREEN
All this fighting needs to end. We need to get all republicans and independents united in a giant push to rid Washington of the liberal lunatics that are trying to destroy our nation. The liberal loony toons are the ones we need to take on, NOT EACH OTHER. Get over it.
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DS
McCain lost, right? His campaign, therefore, was run by LOSERS, right? Nuf said.