Posted on 10/25/2008 1:33:57 PM PDT by MountainLoop
CNN) -- With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say. Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue."
A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to "bust free" of what she believes was a damaging and mismanaged roll-out.
McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan.
A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.
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Good. Tell the girly boys to take a hike Sarah, and say what needs to be said.
I hope so.
McCain Sources, when did they hire this guy?
Are they certain they have the right name? Did they mean Biden?
If any of McCain's staff doesn't like Palin, it's because Palin is the only one in the organization with any guts.
This was debunked by Palin’s aides earlier.
This was started last week with Chuck Todd saying Palin and McCain’s ‘body language’ was tense around each other.
Now this is the new Obama talking points faxed out and the media is reporting it like the sheep they are.
“conflict on the campaign trail”
If going rogue means not putting up with the politcally tone deaf Bushies trying to shackle her, I’d say our Vogue Rogue is just the ticket!
good I hope its true, someone needs to be campaigning to win, it sure isnt Mclame...
Who is the disgrace of person supposedly airing dirty laundry to the MSM like this?:
“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.”
Baloney. She wants to WIN.
On the other hand...
Isn’t the woman supposed to be silent, barefoot and pregnant? (s)
Stuff it, CNN! Sarah’s the only bright spot in this election.
Another bald-faced lie... but it IS cnn...
CNN fabricates a story about a split between McCain and Palin. They’ve run out of angles to cover, so now they are making them up out of whole cloth in a divide-and-conquer strategy. I thought journalists weren’t supposed to inject themselves into a story.
As Rush once said, every Republican is a Maverick now. How do you like it? You want to win? You had best do more to convince Conservatives you are on their side.
McCain staffers sucking up to CNN. Highly unlikely, but if so, McCain should fire them immediately. Palin is the only thing keeping McCain in the race. But then, maybe it’s just CNN sowing disinformation to upset McCain/Palin. I wouldn’t put it past them.
Why the hell would a McCain advisor leak info like this to CNN?? Either is all BS or that advisor is a complete moron.
Uh, okay, so now we have McCain “campaign sources” feeding CNN damaging information, huh? Either this “campaign source” is some low-level outsider volunteer, or CNN is pulling a Jayson Blair.
John, you wanted a maverick? You don't like being on the receiving end of the same behavior?? Your fellow Republicans didn't either.
A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.
Well, yeah. She'll be one of the most in demand conservative speakers on Nov. 5th.
seems to be a distortional reality with this media garbage
The Moose is loose!
This reminds me of a song in “The Music Man” where all the ladies are gossiping. “Pick a little talk a little....”
Tit - (hee hee) for - tat
Dump the “aide”. Go Sarah!
Right on, Sarah!
It’s about time she told the Bush Aides to stick it! Although the Bush aides did do a good job in helping Bush garner the lowest approval numbers in the history of polling. If Bush would have hit back against the lies and smears both he and the nation would have been far better off.
Does CNN have the names of these alleged insiders, or are they just speculating?
> The Politico reported Saturday on Palin’s frustration,
> specifically with McCain advisers Nicolle Wallace and
> Steve Schmidt. They helped decide to limit Palin’s
> initial press contact to high-profile interviews with
> Charlie Gibson of ABC and Katie Couric of CBS, which all
> McCain sources admit were highly damaging.
Sounds like she NEEDED to start ignoring those clowns.
The final line from an article I posted on Sarah Palin’s rally here yesterday:
“After we left the rally, I turned on the radio and the first words I heard were something like, ‘...Sarah Palin’s speech here in Springfield, and everybody that we’ve talked to so far seems to agree: Sarah Palin hit a massive home run.’”
I call Bravo Sierra...
Could be true. In any case, cnn sucks.
Palin is not used to being saddled to a limp-wristed “aisle crosser”! She wants to win, not be a bipartisan loser. Maybe that’s why we haven’t heard her endorse Obama every other day, the way her campaign mate has done. You know damn well that if the MSM is reporting it, it is probably a lie. But I wouldn’t be surprised if Palin is indeed, privately, fuming like he** at the spinelessness of McCain. But she’s classy enough to keep it to herself.
I just get the idea, that unlike McCain, Palin can think for herself, has her own, more conservative, more traditional, out side the Beltway values.
The Beltway elitist strike back.
Wondered how long it would take. Wonder how she likes being the “token” consevative?
this is a hit job.
Name Names CNN or shut up. They may as well be making it all upout of thin air, which indeed I think they are.
After all, thats the standard we are holding News Organizations to right? If its not recorded and Names Named its not real right?
Without a doubt.
Started to read this —the I saw the “CNN” byline. They’ve managed to be even more unbelievable than the NYT. Went elsewhere for my news.
Unname sources.
On the other hand we have Biden telling his supporters that the world will want to ‘test’ boy wonder and ‘we’ won’t like his response.
The MSM is trying to get the conservatives PO’ed at McCain so they’ll stay home instead of put McCain/Palin over the top on election day. Those bastards are pulling out all the tricks....
Ummmm, maybe she has showed up!
Some of this article is cut and pasted from a Politico article of yesterday. yet it has the same feature - all anonymous sources except for one that hasn’t been involved in the campaign for six months. Truly pathetic.
Hey CNN! Take it from me, all of us conservatives are about to go rogue! It’s all we can do to hold back now!
Geez, I agree with her. I've already voted and I'm sick of getting those damn things. They usually come during my noontime nap. However, instead of simply hanging up, I did listen to one today from Hank Williams, Jr. He's cool.
true.
anyone whose seen McCain with Palin knows he envies her for going out there and saying the things he’s to afraid to. He doesn’t see it as a weakness at all, but a strength and he knows she’s his ticket to the WH if he wins.
Look at the interviews they’ve done together. McCain is always more comfortable and speaks about the things we want him to say when she is with him.
Somebody in the GOP needs to fight for a win. Looks like Sarah is Our One.
This is a fabricated story with unidentified sourcing in Politico this morning. CNN is simply re-reporting on the original unfounded story.
McCain and Palin are both doing their best to win this thing and in their own ways, which I may or may not agree with, but don’t buy this phoney baloney shuck and jive from sources like Politico and CNN.
Remember that for the MSM, it’s always about the narrative. They’re trying to paint the picture of a dying campaign starting to destroy itself.
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