Posted on 09/27/2013 2:05:36 AM PDT by markomalley
The political operative who brought former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin onto the national political stage as Sen. John McCain's 2008 vice presidential running mate now says he has deep regret about doing creating the freak show that's been running wild for four years in the Republican Party.
Steve Schmidt was running McCain's presidential race when he helped convince the GOP nominee that bringing in a fresh, conservative face like Palin would be a game changer in a race being dominated by Democrat Barack Obama. The results proved disastrous for McCain.
Palin became a leader of what Schmidt called an asininity wing of the Republican Party, hardcore conservatives looking to purge the party of moderates and anyone willing to compromise with Democrats.
For the last couple of years, weve had this wing of the party running roughshod over the rest of the party, Schmidt said on MSNBC. Tossing out terms like RINO, saying were going to purge, you know, the moderates out of the party.
Weve lost five U.S. Senate seats over the last two election cycles, he said. And fundamentally we need Republicans, whether theyre running for president, whether theyre in the leadership of the Congress, to stand up against a lot of this asininity.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
An occasional appearance on MSNBC is how he makes his living. His client list is nil.
Love that pic! Here’s to both of those “Good Guys”!
What is frustratingly obvious (and not published anywhere) is the fact that they expect US to compromise, while the DemonCraps will never budge one(1) nanometer.
Actually the results proved that Sarah was the only smart move the traitorous dung heap known as john mcskidmark ever made. As a native Arizonian I am ashamed of the fact that mcskidmark continuously manages to steal that seat he holds. I first met the dirtbag when I was in the eight grade back in 1973. I did not like him then and I like him even less now. I apologize to all good Americans for what my state has given this great country beginning with ex-senator dennis deConcini to john mcskidmark to janet napolitano. Know this.... I never voted for any of them.
McCain should have stuck with his first choice, Joe Lieberman. Then, with tens of millions of conservatives and Republicans staying home on Election Day, he would have been buried in the biggest landslide since 1984.
Two years later, he would face the Arizona voters. Having chosen a liberal like Lieberman as his running mate, he would not have fooled the voters by shifting his rhetoric to the right. and they would have turned him out.
The only reason McCain got the votes he got was Sarah. I was not voting for him until Sarah was picked.
What he did not say however is that 'we have not lost any votes.'
Bottom line RINO... If you're not going to vote to uphold the party platform and represent your constituents we will gladly let any other devil-child hold your seat. You communist scumbags need to understand that this is a government of the people, for the people and to be run by the people. Not a bunch of egg-headed elitist snobs like you. You career politicians think that those you are elected to serve are stupid. Well in one since you are correct. We are stupid because we elected you but we're smartening up. We are now getting you replaced. ;-)
I honestly love how they can’t keep from outing themselves!
One right after another, so anxious to tell us who they really are, as if we didn’t already know.
This is the circus that just won’t leave town.
Schmidt, you ignorant homo, keep flapping your pasty jaws, I’m enjoying calling you out all over the web. Keep giving me evermore material! Jeez, do these idiots ever stop to take a look at the carnage they are leaving behind?
If I remember correctly, didnt Sarah help McCain get elected as SENATOR recently?
Perhaps now would be a great time for Sarah to make a clean break from McCain.
We’re doing OK in the governor’s mansions, Mr. Schmidt.
You are losing seats because your party doesn’t stand for anything anymore.
You withhold dollars to actual conservatives, and bet the ranch on moderate progressives (Romney).
You let slip through your fingers the opportunity to own all three branches of government for the next 20 years (Obamacare is the most platinum, diamond encrusted opportunity to show progressivism not only doesn’t work, but is coming for the little guy)
In short, you suck at your job. You could have walked away from the progressive lite party and into what your gut told you was the only shot at winning - Palinesque types who understand what progressivism is going to do to the country in the next year and a half.
Mr. Schmidt must miss the parties.
No, Steve, I dare say
conservatives looking to purge the party of moderates and anyone willing to compromise with surrender to Democrats.
I understand that Rush has put a permanent embargo on MSNPMS.
Maybe we should copy that fine idea and take out this trash with his buddies.
....Steve WHO?
I concur.
That site is nothing but trash and lies.
I never watch it, and never read it, unless it’s posted here.
Steve Schmidt sounds like an identical twin to McQueeg, they deserve each other and in the RAT party.
looking to purge the GOP of those who wanted to work with the Democrats.
MMMMMMMM, Lets see, if I wanted to have a socialist agenda then I would vote for the Democrats but I don;t therefore I vote on the right.
This little weasel is a socialist plant who infested the party like so many others,
Remember his numbers were lower than bozo;s but as soon as Sarah came on and gave that speech his numbers went up thanks to Sarah and it was this tool and Mccain which blew it
... until he spent some time around that woman and developed a severe case of hooter envy.
There she was, every day, looking like God's gift to the world. People loved her. They worshipped her. And she didn't even have to pretend ... about anything. Being a woman just came naturally to her.
Oh My Gawd ... the envy just burned, and burned.
Realizing that he could never pretend to be half the woman that she naturally was, he became obsessed with destroying her. Who could he get to help? Oh my! Nicolle, the flat-chested, empty-skull witch! Certainly, she would help!
[... not to be continued]
Just said the same.
His boring campaign was losing until they got Sarah and then he went into the lead, but of course the turd pushing fool threw the momentum away and now uses her name to get into the public through MSLSD.
The GOP turned into dem lite a long ago..its about time we either demand these turds leave the party or time to start a third one..im sick of this nonsense just sick of it
True that.
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