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McCain official responds to Palin charge (McCain calls Palin a liar, blames campaign finance rules)
MSNBC ^ | 2009-11-12

Posted on 11/12/2009 5:26:20 PM PST by rabscuttle385

Edited on 11/12/2009 5:39:54 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

In her new book, according to the Associated Press, Sarah Palin alleges that the McCain campaign gave her a $500,000 bill to pay for the campaign vetting her for the VP nod. She also makes the charge that the McCain camp said they would have paid all the bills had they won, but since they lost, the bills were her responsibility.


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1 posted on 11/12/2009 5:26:23 PM PST by rabscuttle385
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To: lulu16; lmarie373; Abundy; missanne; Victoria Delsoul; 50mm; stockpirate; Eaker; ducdriver; ...

The Juan McCain Truth File.

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2 posted on 11/12/2009 5:28:14 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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To: rabscuttle385

It wasn’t 500,000..it was one tenth of 500,000 which is 50,000 and that has already been proven fact. Again, these idiots in the media take exerts from a book and report it as fact. That is NOT what the book says, she specifically writes one tenth of 500,000..good Lord, again with the senior McCain people..hey McCain people, instead of hiding, why dont you come out and SHOW YOURSELVES instead of hiding with this anonymous BS. Your big boys and girls, you can come out of hiding, no one is gonna bite ya


3 posted on 11/12/2009 5:29:09 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rabscuttle385

Wow, that was a quick response!


4 posted on 11/12/2009 5:29:39 PM PST by NoGrayZone (Where's The Birth Certificate)
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To: All

Ummmm, I read it was $50,000.


5 posted on 11/12/2009 5:30:00 PM PST by roses of sharon (A warrior assumes that he is already dead, so he might as well fight.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Where’s the “Aww, geez ...” graphic?


6 posted on 11/12/2009 5:32:38 PM PST by Sister_T (Stealing from the rich to give to the poor is still stealing ... Exodus 20:15)
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To: rabscuttle385

McCain isn’t even a gentleman.


7 posted on 11/12/2009 5:32:44 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: rabscuttle385
Ah... those peskyt finance rules, hoisted by your petard there Senator...
8 posted on 11/12/2009 5:33:32 PM PST by taildragger (Palin/Mulally 2012)
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To: rabscuttle385

STOP THE PRESSES! Here’s the new state media template:

McCain - The good guy being wronged by this bitch of a wild woman.

Palin: She just can’t seem to get anything straight, and is clearly not smart enough to succeed in politics.

This one disagreement will have the media whores trying to completely drown out the rest of her book


9 posted on 11/12/2009 5:33:36 PM PST by demkicker (Helping Democrats Become Extinct)
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To: rabscuttle385
The biggest mistake the RINOs ever made was allowing Sarah to be the vice Presidential nominee.

She is going to make them pay, with a vengeance.

I can't wait for blood letting to begin in earnest.

Go Sarah!

10 posted on 11/12/2009 5:33:42 PM PST by Radix (Obama represents CHAINS for posterity.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Sounds to me like Juan McCain and his assorted group of backstabbers can’t get their story straight.


11 posted on 11/12/2009 5:33:45 PM PST by chris37
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To: SolidWood; Sarah Barracuda; DoughtyOne; exit82; mkjessup; stephenjohnbanker; TigersEye; ...
McCain official: Palin claim 'one hundred percent untrue'

"That is one hundred percent untrue," said the McCain official, who would only speak on the condition of anonymity in deference to McCain. "All those bills are from her personal attorney Thomas Van Flein, mostly relating to the Troopergate investigation and other ethics investigations. It is not legal to pay for those investigations out of general election funds, even if the campaign was so inclined."

Anonymous McCain official? LOL. I bet McCain himself was the source of the quote!

12 posted on 11/12/2009 5:34:12 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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To: rabscuttle385

Conservative and honorable Palin lies vs Back stabbing RINO McCain lies.

Boy oh boy, that’s a tough one.


13 posted on 11/12/2009 5:35:50 PM PST by Gator113 (Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Let’s not jump to conclusions: the report cites a “senior McCain campaign official”...not McCain.

I gotta believe most of the McCain idjits were Palin haters—but not Juan himself.


14 posted on 11/12/2009 5:36:02 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: rabscuttle385

It clearly said 10% of the 500,000 dollars. Looks like C4P started a bad wrap.
But this dude stepped in it. Would I believe Sarah or a McCain ally?
Absolutely Sarah.


15 posted on 11/12/2009 5:36:08 PM PST by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Thank you.

More and more it’s becoming obvious that McCain ran one of the most inept campaigns in recent memory.


16 posted on 11/12/2009 5:38:56 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Recovering_Democrat

"Attacking Gov. Palin worked out real well for us. Let's do it again."

"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
 which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."

--  President Ronald Reagan


"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""

--  President Ronald Reagan

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."


The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.


Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."


"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."


Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney


"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

17 posted on 11/12/2009 5:40:09 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: rabscuttle385

McCain has no honor.


18 posted on 11/12/2009 5:40:33 PM PST by bmwcyle (When do they collect and jail the homeless when they don't buy their health care?)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

One... Hundred... BILLION DOLLARS!

19 posted on 11/12/2009 5:41:02 PM PST by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Sarah Barracuda: The original website had it right, I followed the link and it was “about 10% of the $500,000. It looks like C4P picked it up wrong.
I do remember from last year some talk about Sarah wanting the campaign to help with some of the legal bills.
All that said, I trust Sarah more than any other pol until proven otherwise.


20 posted on 11/12/2009 5:41:22 PM PST by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: Diogenesis
Did you see the AP coverage? Quote:
She says that the idea to meet with Couric came from McCain campaign aide Nicolle Wallace, who told Palin that Couric — also a working mother — liked and admired her. It would be a favor to Couric, too, whom Palin notes had the lowest ratings of the network anchors. Wallace said Couric suffered from low self-esteem. And Palin replied that she almost began to "feel sorry" for Couric.
Looks like Romneybot Nicole Wallace intentionally set up Palin to fail with the Couric interview!
21 posted on 11/12/2009 5:41:59 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Sarah has a new post up on FB, 45 minutes ago, answering bambi’s question.


22 posted on 11/12/2009 5:42:04 PM PST by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: rabscuttle385

For the whole series of Zero dollar bills, go here:

"Flickr Archive of Zero Bills"



23 posted on 11/12/2009 5:42:55 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: demkicker

Yep, and someone at C4P and hotair picked up the numbers wrong from the original article.


24 posted on 11/12/2009 5:43:06 PM PST by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: libbylu

The Cuda is one busy bee I tell ya, you know who I feel sorry for, that Macbook Pro of hers, must be tired of having that tap tap tapping going on all day. She is absolutely amazing. She can’t sneeze without the media making a fuss and bashing her yet she has the time to post a message about our Government and the unemployment figures, but but, I thought she’s supposed to be stupid..yep liberals, you keep on spewing that lie, no one buys that nonsense anymore. I hope Obama had an extra set of diapers when he showed up in Alaska today..Obama, in Alaska, yeah like he could locate Alaska on a map


25 posted on 11/12/2009 5:47:15 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: libbylu

I don’t do facebook. What does it say.


26 posted on 11/12/2009 5:47:36 PM PST by CedarDave (FOX news:"Fair and balanced (no matter what the White House says) . We report because others won't.")
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To: rabscuttle385

Anyone who is not on friendly terms with McCain or his henchmen is definitely my friend. This guy is a national disgrace to the Republican party.


27 posted on 11/12/2009 5:47:44 PM PST by rawhide
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To: Secret Agent Man

Those photos..pure genius


28 posted on 11/12/2009 5:48:18 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Radix

Amen!


29 posted on 11/12/2009 5:48:39 PM PST by genetic homophobe (They hate Sarah because she lovingly carries a failed abortion on her hip.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Why couldn’t Palin just say $50,000 to begin with? I don’t understand.


30 posted on 11/12/2009 5:50:15 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: freekitty

Not only isn’t he a gentleman, but; Following the old adage that where there is smoke there is also some fire, I believe McLame really WAS guilty of some kind of collusion with the Cong, and backstabbing his fellow prisoners in Nam. All I have to base that on is how he has behaved since coming back to the States. McCain-Feingold! Backstabbing Sarah Palin and hanging her out to twist slowly in the wind! Pro-amnesty for illegals! And on, and on, ad puke-eum!


31 posted on 11/12/2009 5:50:48 PM PST by Tucker39 (I Tim. 1:15b " .....Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.")
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To: libbylu
Are you talking about this thread??

Sarah Palin: Thank you, Washington, for Requesting a Demonstrably Good Idea

32 posted on 11/12/2009 5:52:21 PM PST by CedarDave (FOX news:"Fair and balanced (no matter what the White House says) . We report because others won't.")
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To: Tucker39

I so agree.


33 posted on 11/12/2009 5:52:23 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: CedarDave
I don’t do facebook. What does it say.

It's here on FR

34 posted on 11/12/2009 5:52:30 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

No one knows what is in the book..the AP came up with some exerts, but after a while(What else is knew) they reversed what they wrote and put in 50,000..NO ONE knows what she wrote..what people are doing right now is what they are always doing when it comes to Sarah Palin, either making stuff up outright or fudging the truth


35 posted on 11/12/2009 5:52:32 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: CedarDave

Posted on FR a few minutes ago. If you copy the link to her FB page you can look at any time, just can’t post.


36 posted on 11/12/2009 5:52:57 PM PST by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: CedarDave

yep


37 posted on 11/12/2009 5:54:17 PM PST by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: taildragger
I was going to say didn’t Mclame write the rules?
38 posted on 11/12/2009 5:54:57 PM PST by guitarplayer1953 (Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

again with the senior McCain people
++++++++++++++++++

RINO Alert! Maroons..


39 posted on 11/12/2009 5:55:49 PM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773!)
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To: rabscuttle385

ya know...it’s time for McCain to step down. Also his daughter. Silly stuff and utter nonsense.


40 posted on 11/12/2009 5:56:30 PM PST by cubreporter (.)
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To: Sister_T

41 posted on 11/12/2009 5:58:30 PM PST by Fudd Fan (President Bowl O-Rama can stick it.)
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To: SeattleBruce

They are such cowards they can’t even name themselves but instead hide behind the word “anonymous” nothing but cowards


42 posted on 11/12/2009 5:58:48 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: freekitty

“McCain isn’t even a gentleman.”

You are absolutely correct...he’s a Naval Aviator.


43 posted on 11/12/2009 6:00:22 PM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in democrat stands for patriotism)
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To: rabscuttle385
In her new book, according to the Associated Press, Sarah Palin alleges...
THERE'S the problem!

Senator McCain (and the folks in the Palin camp) should make it clear that the Associated Press is a liar for reporting this inaccurately...

...NOT Governor Palin, who apparently had the facts (they sent her a bill for 10% of that $500,000) CORRECT in her new book.

44 posted on 11/12/2009 6:04:39 PM PST by RonDog
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To: Sarah Barracuda
"That is NOT what the book says, she specifically writes one tenth of 500,000.

I heard where she didn't put an index in her book so anyone who wanted to know what was said about them would have to read the whole thing to find out if they were in there. If she did indeed write one tenth of 500,000 she tricked them again knowing they can't read. Because wouldn't you normally just say 50,000?

45 posted on 11/12/2009 6:06:58 PM PST by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
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To: rabscuttle385

I’ll be so glad when McLame is defeated next year (please Lord) and we won’t have to look at his face and see his daily antics and butt kissin’....and that goes for his butt monkey, Twinkle Toes Graham whenever his time for reelection is up.;(


46 posted on 11/12/2009 6:10:04 PM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Pretty nice. You ask someone to join your team, then you stick them with $50k in associated costs.

Just when I think McCain couldn’t get much lower in my estimation...


47 posted on 11/12/2009 6:11:03 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Unseal the lock box containing every document pertaining to Obama's life, TODAY!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Very typical McCain.


48 posted on 11/12/2009 6:11:10 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama is our first Port of Entry President - I hope he goes home.)
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To: libbylu
Sarah has a new post up on FB, 45 minutes ago, answering bambi’s question.

Link?

49 posted on 11/12/2009 6:11:23 PM PST by TChad
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To: Spunky

If Sarah purposely phrased it to trick the media, my hat is off to her. AGAIN! The liberal media is so stupid! LOL!!!!


50 posted on 11/12/2009 6:11:52 PM PST by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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