http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mccainpalin/ en-us Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:10:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2935411/posts Politics didn’t escape Sunday night’s Emmy Awards in Hollywood. Actress Julianne Moore, upon accepting her Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her depiction of Sarah Palin in HBO’s “Game Change,” told the crowd: “Wow. I feel so validated because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down.” (Palin was a frequent critic of the film, which focused on the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008.) Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2935411/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:10:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2581847/posts Sen. John McCain’s victory in the Aug. 24 Arizona Republican primary was fueled partly by transfers of $7.5 million from his 2008 presidential campaign compliance fund — an account GOP Congressional strategists are now eyeing as they look to finance a growing list of competitive midterm races. McCain’s compliance fund reported $17.1 million in cash on hand as of June 30, with $4.65 million in transfers to the Senator’s re-election committee having been made during the second quarter of this year. Additional transfers were made before the August pre-primary fundraising reporting deadline. McCain also used the compliance account to make... Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2581847/posts#comment Thu, 2 Sep 2010 02:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2567975/posts Leading gay blogger John Aravosis, writing today at his Americablog about White House spokesman Robert Gibbs attacking inside the beltway progressive critics of Barack Obama, like Aravosis, let slip that he performed surreptitious "dirty work" for Obama at the behest of his 2008 presidential campaign:Joe and I are upset with Obama, and we, for example, raised nearly $43,000 for the man, According to the White House, our money now doesn't count. Great, would they like to give it back? I for one, would love the $1000 back that I personally donated to the Obama campaign. Joe gave even more. I... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2567975/posts#comment Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:11:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2537174/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2537174/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:14:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2486113/posts McCain’s favorable rating stands at just 47/46 but it’s the grassroots’ misfortune, I guess, to be saddled with a “true conservative” champion who’s even less popular than he is. Incidentally, this is a poll of likely voters — just as Rasmussen’s polls are, of course. Except that when Rasmussen polled this same race two weeks ago, they found McCain’s lead to be just seven points. I don’t get it. What could have happened between now and then to rescue McCain’s sagging campaign and reinflate his lead? http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/03/oh-my-mccain-52-hayworth-37/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2486113/posts#comment Sat, 3 Apr 2010 19:17:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2480857/posts Sarah Palin and John McCain appearing on Greta NOW on the FNC! FNC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2480857/posts#comment Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:06:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2480678/posts He was heavily involved with former "super-lobbyist" Jack Abramoff. Although he later cooperated with federal investigators and was never found to have done anything illegal, Hayworth was the largest recipient of campaign money from the now-convicted Abramoff.Even more disquieting from a conservative philosophical point of view, Hayworth was supportive of the Bush era's big spending -- much more so than the fiscally prudent McCain. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/27/mccain-challenger-j-d-hayworth-is-no-conservative-hero/2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2480678/posts#comment Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:18:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2438787/posts Hayworth's support of Bush's big-government polices included voting for the No Child Left Behind Act; the paperwork- and red-tape-friendly (and business-unfriendly) Sarbanes-Oxley Act; the pork-laden 2005 highway bill that included the infamous "bridge to nowhere"; and, most expensive of all, a Medicare drug benefit that created more than $7 trillion in unfunded liabilities. What is more, his support for a monstrosity known as the 527 Reform Act, which was intended to close "loopholes" in McCain/Feingold, and which was arguably worse for conservatives than the original article. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/27/mccain-challenger-j-d-hayworth-is-no-conservative-hero/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2438787/posts#comment Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2435622/posts Paul Streitz has decided to call Sarah Palin by her real name, because she endorsed John McCain (who is trying to win a fifth term as Senator) and said she will campaign for him. Fanatic Palinites, such as the editors of the misnamed „conservatives4palin.com” website (they should rename it „liberals4palin.com”), lambasted him and called him a “backstabber”. “If Paul Streitz’s support of Governor Palin is contingent upon his agreeing with every decision she makes or her selling out her deeply-held values, that’s unfortunate. While all support is appreciated, the governor has never been for sale. Ask the Alaska establishment, who... The Reality Check http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2435622/posts#comment Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2436572/posts In San Francisco, I haven’t seen too many bumper stickers saying “Palin for Prez in 2012,” but if you’re looking for a gauge of America’s current political temperature, look no farther than liberal San Francisco, where Sarah Palin – yes, that Sarah Palin – has a widespread fan base. In the city that begat the Summer of Love and jump-started the counter-culture movement, the conservative ex-governor of Alaska has become a much-admired figure – among both women and men. True Slant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2436572/posts#comment Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:22:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2436845/posts When Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced her support for three prominent Republicans, her Facebook statement entitled “Ride the Tide with Commonsense Candidates” resounded with laudibles such as supporting those who offer “commonsense government,” and those “who promise to fight FOR the people and AGAINST politics as usual.” by Bob Adelmann SOURCE:http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/2806-sarah-palin-enigma The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2436845/posts#comment Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:45:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2437274/posts We’ve now seen three landslide Republican victories in three states that President Obama carried in 2008. From the tea parties to the town halls to the Massachusetts Miracle, Americans have tried to make their opposition to Washington’s big government agenda loud and clear. But the President has decided that this current discontent isn’t his fault, it’s ours. He seems to think we just don’t understand what’s going on because he hasn’t had the chance – in his 411 speeches and 158 interviews last year – to adequately explain his policies to us. Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m... Facebook http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2437274/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:01:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2312247/posts Sarah Palin finally came out and made her stance on illegal immigration clear. She is pro amnesty for illegal aliens. In an interview to Univision she stated unequivocally that she is for a pathway to citizenship. In the same interview she says she is against amnesty for illegal aliens. Have your cake and eat it to, I think that is called. Back on the same day that John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate I started investigating Palin's past on illegal immigration. I invited others to send in anything they found. There was nothing on the record. Many... Diggers Realm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2312247/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:56:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294348/posts (snip) Arizona: John McCain's presidential campaign ended in defeat, but it had enough leftover cash to help McCain boost his campaign coffers as he seeks a fifth term in 2010. McCain raised $1.6 million in the second quarter, of which $900,000 came from his 2008 presidential campaign account. McCain also took in $166,000 from McCain Leadership Fund, a joint fundraising committee that shares its proceeds between McCain's campaign committee and his leadership PAC, Country First PAC. (snip) CQ Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294348/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:35:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238212/posts A handful of readers took note of this passage in my story on Steve Schmidt's and David Plouffe's appearance in Delaware last week: [Schmidt] explained his decision to deny Palin an election night speech as a nod to the fact that the concession is a “singular moment” in American public life. “It begins the process by which power is transferred peacefully,” he said. Asked blogger DougJ: "Is Schmidt implying that Palin would have given an incendiary speech that would have, in some small way, disrupted the peaceful transfer of power?" I hadn't really heard it that way, but it seemed... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238212/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237377/posts 10:49 a.m., April 24, 2009----While their political opinions may differ, University of Delaware alumni David Plouffe and Steve Schmidt, the two men who helped run the opposing campaigns for the 2008 presidential election, agree that President Barack Obama was a once-in-a-generation candidate and that young people have become an important part of the American political process. Schmidt, who led the Republican campaign of U.S. Sen. John McCain, and Plouffe, who led the Democratic campaign of Obama, discussed their experiences with candor and humor before an audience of about 500 people on Thursday, April 23, in Clayton Hall. The discussion was... University of Delaware http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237377/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:23:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221702/posts She knew? You betcha, says the baby daddy of Sarah Palin's grandson. The Alaska governor most likely was aware before her daughter, Bristol, became pregnant that the teenager and her hockey hunk boyfriend were having sex, Levi Johnston said in a bombshell new interview. "I'm pretty sure she probably knew. Moms are pretty smart," said Johnston, 18, the father of the governor's first grandchild, in an interview that will air Monday on "The Tyra Banks Show." Johnston said he and Bristol Palin practiced safe sex "most of the time." The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221702/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 18:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215534/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) – Some of Sarah Palin's former campaign aides are frustrated with the Alaska governor for remarking in a lengthy, freewheeling speech that she had refused to pray with them before last October's vice presidential debate. Palin told the story in a speech to a GOP dinner in Alaska last Friday. "So I'm looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra," she said of the moments before the debate. "And the McCain campaign, love 'em, you know, they're a lot of people around me, but nobody I could find... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215534/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207960/posts GOP strategists and party leaders are increasingly worried that the party’s run of bad news over the last month and a half is set to continue this week as the Republican National Committee (RNC) prepares to release what are expected to be markedly low fundraising numbers on Friday. The RNC has consistently outraised the Democratic National Committee on a month-by-month basis. Observers say that streak is likely to end this month. . . . . . Steele already had a high bar to meet; in January, under former Chairman Robert “Mike” Duncan, the committee raised more than $13.1 million, including... The Hill, Washington DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2207960/posts#comment Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:36:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158663/posts Week of babies and lies Sarah Palin talks about her daughter's baby, and a hoax that fooled Oprah Winfrey falls apart. Buzz Week in Review A collective exhale ushered the volatile 2008 out the door this week, although one baby who caused a political storm managed to quietly slip himself out before the end. Meanwhile, a long-time Oprah hoax and high-seas piracy stirred up the Buzz—and the searches—during this transition period. Mom, Do We Have to Do a Combo Celebration? Bristol Palin's boy emerged not as the grandson of the first female vice president, but as another December baby who... Yahoo Buzz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158663/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2009 22:14:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147904/posts I just got a press release from a liberal pressure group called America's Voice headlined "Anti-Immigration Ads Don't Add Up in 2008." The group tried to make the same point that I've heard over and over again from amnesty advocates: The voters won't go for candidates who support immigration restrictions. "A new analysis of immigration advertisements finds that the strategy of using immigration as a political wedge issue in the 2008 election cycle was an utter failure," the release stated. Nonsense. What the voters won't go for is candidates who try to work both sides of the issue, such John... The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147904/posts#comment Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:54:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147546/posts ARLINGTON, Va. - Private information at bargain prices. It was a high-tech flub at the McCain-Palin campaign headquarters in Arlington when a MyFoxDC investigative reporter bought a Blackberry device containing confidential campaign information. WTTG Fox 5 Washington DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2147546/posts#comment Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:46:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146859/posts Run, don't walk, to John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va., for an amazing Blowout Sale! Computers, blackberries, televisions, desks, you name it - everything must go. Hurry while the offer lasts! That's right, the failed McCain-Palin campaign is having a fire sale this week on leftover equipment. Everything is on sale at reduced prices. An email sent over the weekend to all campaign staff, which was subsequently forwarded to the Sleuth, reads: "Starting Monday December 8, 2008 the prices will be slashed to 36% of the original price for furniture, office supplies, blackberries, and many campaign computers.... The Washington Post - The Sleuth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146859/posts#comment Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:43:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139398/posts Republican Sen. John McCain made three "big" mistakes while campaigning. Add those to the fact he had to follow in the footsteps of an unpopular president, and the Democrats were almost guaranteed a win Nov. 4, a political analyst said Friday. "It was a very unusual election, and almost all trend lines said it would be a Democratic victory," said Jerry Mayer, associate professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy and director of the master's of public policy program. "It was not your year, Republicans." The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139398/posts#comment Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129582/posts By now you’ve all heard the Fox News report last week that “unnamed” former McCain advisers leaked that Sarah Palin was confused about whether Africa was a continent, and which countries were in NAFTA. I was perfectly happy staying under the radar as an anonymous source for Fox News‘ Carl Cameron, but now that Palin has accused her accusers of being “unprofessional…jerks…cowards… taking things out of context, and then tried to spread something on national news” and begun to cast doubt on the Fox News report, maybe she’s right to a certain extent. For those of us on the McCain... The Eisenstadt Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129582/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:42:09 GMT