Posted on 10/11/2009 8:23:33 AM PDT by Saije
Former presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.) acknowledged on CNN's State of the Union Sunday that tensions flared during his campaign between senior strategist Steve Schmidt and those allied with his running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
"With a high-pressure situation, there's always tensions that develop within campaigns," McCain said in a video excerpt posted online. "And there were clearly tensions between Steve Schmidt and people in the Palin camp."
Schmidt has recently become a vocal public critic of Palin, predicting that a presidential run by her in 2012 would prove "catastrophic" for the Republican Party. McCain did not criticize Palin and called her an overall asset to his campaign for whom he still has affection.
"There are fundamental facts ... that cannot be denied," McCain said. "When we selected or asked Sarah Palin to be my running mate, it energized our party. We were ahead in the polls, until the stock market crashed. And she still is a formidable force in the Republican Party."
"And I have great affection for her," he continued. "Did we always agree on everything in the past? Will we in the future? No."
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
I think the economic crisis of last October was completely manufactured. It scared the American people. Up until it became news McCain-Palin were ahead 8 points after the Republican Convention. Day by day I saw that lead shrink on the map as the media began to scream crisis on the economy.
When the American people are afraid they vote for Democrats. Which is why FDR got 4 terms. When Americans are fearless and strong and secure they vote for Republicans. Which is why Reagan got two terms.
So why did this great rino leader permit schmit to stay on his team if he knew schmit was undermining his own ticket?
McCain totally amazes me for his stupidity. Or he may be stupid like a fox and have been working to get a Marxist in power by undermining his own campaign? Stupid is the only other explaination.
Amazing. I never heard of this simple pantload Steve Schmidt until he started to smear Palin. The Democrat “mainstream” newsrooms now love the guy, of course, so they’ve made him a “celebrity”... Which, of course, Schmidt the media whore enjoys and so off he goes on a Palin-bashing tour. “Look at me! Look at me!”
I believe Reagan's worst mistake was his VP selection. That elevated this family of phony Texans to political success they could never have achieved on their own, and it planted the seeds for the weakening of the conservative movement. W's second term was a disaster, and it is still hard to believe how far Republicans fell from 2004 until 2008.
I agree.
But your comment was, Bush threw them in jail.
Big difference.
I completely agree! He is one of the reasons that we are where we are today. Evil has insinuated itself in both parties. I have yet to find exactly why Schmidt dislikes Palin so much. Can it be that he is totally anti-conservative?
He has referred to himself as a "raging moderate." WaPo: The Silver Bullet
There’s no way that’s Laura Bush’s twitter account. Just like hte 16 Ruch Limbaughs are all fakes......
I agree.
Oh really?
What PROMISE was that?
That would be impossible. I already know everything.
I don't believe Barack Ugabe was "clueless". I think his campaign was given a heads-up, and Barack Ugabe was told to keep his head down. It is my opinion that the entire "economic meltdown crisis, oh my!", which occurred just 6 weeks before the general election (by sheer coincidence, LMAO!), was timed and orchestrated by somebody who had a big stake in seeing Barack Ugabe get elected. Now, who in the world of big finance and money dealing would have the kind of wealth and influence to pull off something like this?
Ping!
| July 15 | DOW 10,962 | |
| Sept 23 | 10,854 | |
| Sept 24 | 10,825 | McCain Suspends |
| Oct 01 | 10,831 | |
| Oct 10 | 8,451 | Market Drops |
:)
Richard Mellon Scaithe!
I don't think the full story on that is known yet, and it'll probably be a few more years before it can be really understood. I think there was some degree of crisis, but also that it might have been greatly overblown, maybe because some panicked, or maybe because some used it for their benefit. Don't really know for now.
Go away john. Please, just go away.
Who? Is that guy an Ugabe supporter?
“or maybe because some used it for their benefit.”
Geez, you think? Only Paulsen knows for sure? It was all about paying off Wall St., not saving it.
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