Thank You, Sarah Palin; Shame On Anonymous Leakers
Posted by: Jubal | 11/06/2008 9:47 AM
What is the difference between rats deserting a sinking ship, and anonymous McCain campaign leakers?
Rats can't talk.
And another factor in the rats' favor is they don't point fingers and shift blame -- they just bug out without a word.
The anonymous McCain staffers trying to blame their campaign's failure on Sarah Palin could learn a thing or two from the rats.
The McCain campaign has no one to blame but itself, and the anonymous shanking of Gov. Palin dishonors Sen. McCain.
These leakers are behaving more like Daily Kos bloggers, not professionals, and they to face a few facts:
1) From the perspective of the Republican rank-and-file, the choice of Sarah Palin turned a funeral march into a real campaign. The grass roots were energized in a way they hadn't been in years. Here in Orange County -- the GOP heartland -- volunteer headquarters were transformed from mortuaries into bustling hives of activity because the Palin pick made Republicans want to work for their party again.
If these leakers cannot understand that basic reality, then I extent advance condolences to whichever campaign acquires their future services.
2) The McCain campaign handlers Quayle-zed Gov. Palin by over-handling her, hiding her from the media, then turning her over to Katie Couric? Yes, there was genius at work. Gov. Palin was doing fine until the campaign pros got their hands on her.
3) Who do they think the cheering crowds were showing up for?
If these campaign staffers have criticisms of Gov. Palin, they ought to have the nerve to put their names to them. That way, Gov. Palin can confront her accusers, and the future GOP candidates know who not to hire to run their campaigns.
Otherwise, these leakers don't even rise to the level of rats. The "towel" allegation is a particularly sleazy, sniggering, childish tactic. No wonder it was leaked anonymously -- to avoid being field dressed by Gov. Palin.
Count this conservative ready to sign up for Palin in 2012. Hopefully, these leakers will be on one of the opposing campaign -- it'll make the job of winning for nomination for Palin that much easier.
Rats can't talk.
And another factor in the rats' favor is they don't point fingers and shift blame -- they just bug out without a word.
The anonymous McCain staffers trying to blame their campaign's failure on Sarah Palin could learn a thing or two from the rats.
The McCain campaign has no one to blame but itself, and the anonymous shanking of Gov. Palin dishonors Sen. McCain.
These leakers are behaving more like Daily Kos bloggers, not professionals, and they to face a few facts:
1) From the perspective of the Republican rank-and-file, the choice of Sarah Palin turned a funeral march into a real campaign. The grass roots were energized in a way they hadn't been in years. Here in Orange County -- the GOP heartland -- volunteer headquarters were transformed from mortuaries into bustling hives of activity because the Palin pick made Republicans want to work for their party again.
If these leakers cannot understand that basic reality, then I extent advance condolences to whichever campaign acquires their future services.
2) The McCain campaign handlers Quayle-zed Gov. Palin by over-handling her, hiding her from the media, then turning her over to Katie Couric? Yes, there was genius at work. Gov. Palin was doing fine until the campaign pros got their hands on her.
3) Who do they think the cheering crowds were showing up for?
If these campaign staffers have criticisms of Gov. Palin, they ought to have the nerve to put their names to them. That way, Gov. Palin can confront her accusers, and the future GOP candidates know who not to hire to run their campaigns.
Otherwise, these leakers don't even rise to the level of rats. The "towel" allegation is a particularly sleazy, sniggering, childish tactic. No wonder it was leaked anonymously -- to avoid being field dressed by Gov. Palin.
Count this conservative ready to sign up for Palin in 2012. Hopefully, these leakers will be on one of the opposing campaign -- it'll make the job of winning for nomination for Palin that much easier.
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Completely agree. Palin was the lone bright spot. McCain is not a true conservative and he was a trainwreck as a candidate,
To the anonymous commenter who's bleat I just unapproved: opinions are fine. Viciousness is not.
If you cannot express yourself in a civil manner like an adult, then I suggest taking yourself over to MySpace with the rest of the adolescents.
Palin wasn't the only person to blame. McCain failing to differentiate himself from Bush was the poison pill to the election.
If he didn't support the war, he could call himself a Maverick. Now, only Mel Gibson & James Garner can do that.
McCain being 90% Bush isn't exactly an attraction to the 2/3 of voters that don't associate with this party.
He was the wrong candidate at the wrong time. Of course, the other field of candidates weren't all that attractive either.