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Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain (GOP wimps approve of McCain's new nicer tone)
new york times ^ | 10/11/2008 | ADAM NAGOURNEY and ELISABETH BUMILLER

Posted on 10/11/2008 6:32:23 PM PDT by tobyhill

After a turbulent week that included new disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin and signs that Senator John McCain was struggling to strike the right tone for his campaign, Republican leaders said Saturday they were worried that Mr. McCain was heading for defeat unless he brought stability to his presidential candidacy and settled on a clear message to counter Senator Barack Obama.

Again and again, party leaders said in interviews that while they still believed that Mr. McCain could win over voters in the next 30 days, they were concerned that he and his advisers seemed to be adrift in dealing with an extraordinarily challenging political battleground and a crisis on Wall Street.

The expressions of concern came after a particularly difficult week for Mr. McCain. On Friday night, new questions arose about his choice of Ms. Palin as his running mate after an investigation by the Alaska Legislature concluded that Ms. Palin had abused her power in trying to orchestrate the firing of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008; handwringers; mccain; obama; rino
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1 posted on 10/11/2008 6:32:24 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

>...new questions arose about his choice of Ms. Palin as his running mate after an investigation by the Alaska Legislature concluded that Ms. Palin had abused her power in trying to orchestrate the firing of her former brother-in-law, a state trooper.<

that is b.s.

if you read the report, on p.8, it says she was within her right to fire him.


2 posted on 10/11/2008 6:33:53 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: tobyhill

Nice guys always finish last. There is no “honor” in politics. Trying to inject some is a dumbass idea.


3 posted on 10/11/2008 6:34:43 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I'm voting for McCain/Palin so I can look my grandkids in the eye when I tell them I'm sorry.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

...these people need to channel the spirit of Jesse Helms...


4 posted on 10/11/2008 6:35:45 PM PDT by MSF BU (++)
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To: tobyhill

There are no questions about his choice. Stupid article.


5 posted on 10/11/2008 6:35:47 PM PDT by Harry Wurzbach (Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is my hero.)
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To: tobyhill

These lowlifes have decided to just completely make stuff up now.
And it’s working. Most people, especially those who are still on the fence about whom they will be voting for, get their information from these despicable creatures.


6 posted on 10/11/2008 6:36:41 PM PDT by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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To: tobyhill

I am definitely not a GOP wimp. When the guy in Wisconsin yelled, “I’m MAD ... I’m REAL MAD.” That could have been me. I’m mad as hell that McCain won’t fight back. If it takes Sarah to do it and drag McCain across the finish line then so be it.


7 posted on 10/11/2008 6:38:46 PM PDT by chippewaman
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To: tobyhill

made up fishwrap filled with unnamed sources telling mccain to play dead.


8 posted on 10/11/2008 6:38:58 PM PDT by nhwingut (,)
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To: tobyhill
I remember Bob Dole dithering "Should I go negative?" He didn't and he lost, McCain doesn't need to wonder how it will turn out if he isn't negative truthful. Dobbs called it being "sanctimonious."
9 posted on 10/11/2008 6:39:19 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: tobyhill

Dennis Miller said, “McCain is going to etiquette himself right out the door.”


10 posted on 10/11/2008 6:39:39 PM PDT by Malesherbes (es)
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To: tobyhill

I saw McCain on NBC News scolding a older woman about calling Obama an Arab. McCain should have just not answered her and took the mike. Then he said Obama was a descent Human Being and he just differs with him on the issues. I beginning to think that if Fidel Castro was a Senator. McCain would say the same thing. Granted Obama has not murdered anyone but. Obama is not a moderate, he is a communist Socialist with an idea to Social Engineer the country! I don’t want this person in the White house period!


11 posted on 10/11/2008 6:39:48 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: tobyhill

It’s not a campaign. It’s a taxpayer-funded farewell tour.


12 posted on 10/11/2008 6:40:31 PM PDT by Saab-driving Yuppie
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To: gusopol3

I think we need to revisit Isaiah 54:17

“No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.”


13 posted on 10/11/2008 6:40:48 PM PDT by DocT111
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To: All

Message to John McCain. The media doesn’t like you anymore. They are in the tank for Obama. You can’t without going after Obama.


14 posted on 10/11/2008 6:41:20 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: tobyhill

MISSING.......



If found, please return to the GOP...ASAP.


15 posted on 10/11/2008 6:41:47 PM PDT by IMissPresidentReagan ("What is wrong with this country? Have we run completely out of bullets?" Tom Griswold of Bob & Tom)
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To: tobyhill

What idiot Republican leader besides the head of the NRCC who loves the NY Times would talk to them with this bunch of nonsense? This sounds like what he would say because earlier he said it didn’t make any difference who we elected as our nominee as long as it was close. What a guy to head the NRCC.


16 posted on 10/11/2008 6:41:49 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER -- VOTE FOR McCAIN/PALIN2008! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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To: tallyhoe

I think those people are Democrat plants designed to make Republicans look ignorant and violent.


17 posted on 10/11/2008 6:42:14 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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Dear John,

This softer gentler stuff is going to make me throw up.
18 posted on 10/11/2008 6:42:32 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: tobyhill

Sen. McCain is still working on the swing vote until the ground swell anger against ACORN fraud and Obama hip bone connection to it becomes a household term.


19 posted on 10/11/2008 6:42:32 PM PDT by SaltyJoe (Pro Life from conception to natural death)
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To: tobyhill

Message to bone headed GOP leadership. You screwed the party up probably beyond repair. STOP GIVING ADVICE.

Oh and by the way, you can’t count either. There is 23 days until election day not 30. IDIOTS!


20 posted on 10/11/2008 6:42:42 PM PDT by CSI007
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