Nicole's Knifework (David Frum Identifies the anti-Palin Leaker)

National Review ^ | November 6, 2008 | David Frum

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Wow -that is some savage cutting & gutting that Nicole Wallace has just performed upon Sarah Palin. Nicole & I crossed swords once, during the Harriet Miers nomination battle. Watching what Nicole can do when she is seriously annoyed, I am grateful that I got away from that fight with nothing worse than a few bumps and bruises ....

That said: Some of these stories do not ring quite true to me, especially the story about Palin allegedly not realizing that Africa was a continent rather than a country. Apparently she did not grasp that "South Africa" was not the same thing as "southern Africa." But there a lot of possible innocent explanations for a mistake like that.

[GoCards]

Does Nicole do TV, does anyone have a pic?

[Mamzelle]

A pic of this Nicole would be nice, and would help us remember who she is when she goes on TV.

[Glenn]

Nicole sounds like a serious bitch.

Was it her looks, Nicole?

[Antoninus]

Here’s one for the list. We need to purge these people stat.

[Mamzelle]

heh...great minds think alike?

[linn37]

I could have sworn Nicole was on TV defending Palin on the clothing purchases.

She’s a very ineffective spokesperson.

[JSDude1]

Why are we even reading this guy, didn’t he support Obama?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

[Petronski]

Frum claims Nicole Wallace is at fault?

Why should we believe Frum?

[redk]

Somebody get this to Rush. He said a few minutes ago he wants to know who it was.

[trisham]

Well, well. This is interesting.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"Moderate" Republicans demanded (and were given) carte blanche opportunity to demonstrate, once and for all, that they knew how to win at the national level, this year.

They got exactly the candidate they wanted. They got exactly the party platform they demanded. The campaign was run exactly the way they insisted it be run.

How'd that end up working out for us, again...?

They actually managed to lose to a one-term Senate Marxist with open and unapologetic terrorist ties. The ONLY thing I want to hear from Team McCain or any of its shrill little online apologists, from this day forward, is a meek and contrite: "We're sorry."

They have nothing else worthwhile what. so. EVER. to contribute to any meaningful discussion, re: either conservatism or winning electoral strategies.

It was the late-added presence of SARAH which energized an otherwise moribund and apathetic conservative voting base.

It was SARAH who drew record-shattering crowds, everywhere she went on behalf of a sour and ungrateful McCain campaign.

Friendly little word of warning to any/all RINOs out there reading this, and thinking about standing in the way between this woman and the conservative base that adores her, anytime during the next four years:

You're expendable to us. SHE isn't.

[WilliamReading]

Nicole is a close friend of Katie Couric and they used to work together. She is the one who insisted that Sarah do three interviews with Katie Couric.

She also vetoed any TV appearances on Jay Leno, MTP, Larry King, or Bill O’Reilly.

They told O’Reilly that Sarah Palin could only appear on his show if John McCain was sitting next to her.

[redk]

Bill Kristol menitoned her too.

[Nichevo]

Not sure if this is her or not:
http://newsbusters.org/static/2008/02/2008-02-13-CBS-TES-Smith.jpg

[KansasGirl]

Didn’t McCain fire the guy who went after Nicole Wallace on this. What was his name? Starts with an “S.”

[NetSurfer]

UC Berkeley and Northwestern alum.

Yeah. We didn't see this coming. /s

[tx_eggman]

Guilty

[Bringbackthedraft]

Guilty!

[trisham]

[rightwingintelligentsia]

And so did Fred Barnes, a week or so ago.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.

Especially when it talked about Sarah making campaign staff cry. And coming out of the shower. I was thinking, either the McCain Campaign is being ran by the Boy George International Fan Club. or “the leaker” is a woman.

I am hearing that Steve Schmidt is in on it too,

Their political careers are OVER.

[Petronski]

LOL

Why should we believe Bill Kristol?

[NetSurfer]

[big black dog]

Wallace quote: "The more that we see kind of the crazies like Ann Coulter out attacking John McCain, the better Republicans feel about their chances in the general election."

http://newsbusters.org/people/nicole-wallace

[redk]

Ok now that we know what do we do about it?

[bereanway]

I saw her on Fox right after they’d called OH for zer0. I guess it’s CYA time for Nicole. Don’t need embedded snipers, she’s on the list.

[freespirited]

There is no excuse for Cameron and FOX to be broadcasting this garbage with only a single source.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Yeah, Kristol was the one that predicted Colin Powell would endorse Obama, and speak at the Democrat Convention.

He was only half right.

[lady lawyer]

Ah. So it wasn’t Mitt. Where are the Mitt/Mormon haters on this thread?

[RadioCirca1970]

X2

[Nichevo]

Randy Scheunemann

[RadioCirca1970]

Not hot...probable lesbo.

just leakin..../s

[kbennkc]

I thought I heard Fred Barnes apologize on the air to Wallace . If campaign staff gives information the the press without attribution , I think it is reasonable to assume the candidate is behind it if they do not find out who is leaking and get rid of them .

[redk]

Apparently Fred Barnes said it too. Do we really think all 3 of them just feel like picking on this woman?

[3AngelaD]

They will get lucrative gigs as “consultants” to CNN and Fox.

[Dr. Thorne]

Why are we even reading this guy, didn’t he support Obama?

Frum is definitely a squish. He belongs to the Peggy Noonan/David Gergan/David Brooks School of Leftist's Favorite Pseudo-Conservative Sell-outs.

[trisham]

LOL!

[Mamzelle]

Good point. re: Why should we believe Frum?

[Badeye]

Very good post.

Anyone else wondering where John McCain is while Sarah Palin is being blamed for HIS MISTAKES?

Oh...sorry...Palin is a Republican, and as such, McCain doesn’t care if she gets trashed.

[Cathy]

All this crap sounds like petty, jealous, bitchy woman stuff. I despise the Soririty girl mentality in grown women.

If Nicole is the leaker, I hope she gets ceremoniously led to the door of the Democrats. That’s were she belongs.

[McGruff]

Thank you David for disclosing this. Now FNC I want Carl Cameron (Mr. Bush DUI story) fired for embellishing this crap.

[tillacum]

If this is Nicole Wallace making up these stories, then I believe Carl Cameron is her water boy, delivering these statements on nationwide tv.

[spotbust1]

Here’s a little info on Nicole Wallace. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keHhZwIW4uE

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Operation: Leper (keeping track of the so-called "conservatives" smearing Sarah Palin)

[onemiddleamerican]

Name is spelled differently at each source I found, but it is the same face. Nicole Wallace:

[jeffrho]

So she’s a SeeBS political consultant? That explains everything.