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In reply to the discussion: What the likes of Steve Schmidt never acknowledge is their own complicity. [View all]JHB
(37,160 posts)30. Here's one:
Steve Schmidt was part of that too.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/07/-pals-around-with-terrorists-palin-wasnt-that-rogue-after-all/21044/
Whose idea was it for Gov. Sarah Palin to attack Barack Obama as a guy who "pals around with terrorists?" Palin's camp has always insisted that the McCain high command endorsed the stratagem, while folks close to McCain have accused Palin of going "rogue" and pointed to the "pals around" attack as an example of how Palin simply could not be controlled. The idea that Palin was hard to manage as a candidate and ignored the advice and wishes of McCain's senior advisers is explicated in some detail by Todd Purdum.
But on the subject of linking Obama to ex-Weatherman Bill Ayers, it turns out that Palin hadn't gone rogue. Balz and Johnson answer this question pretty definitively. They've obtained an e-mail from campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace sent to Palin on the morning of October 4rd, with an attached New York Times article about Obama's relationship with Ayers.
Turns out that the McCain campaign was a week away from running an ad linking Obama to Ayers. The e-mail from Wallace, according to Balz and Johnson, reads as follows: "Governor and Team: rick [Davis], Steve [Schmidt] and I suggest the following attack from the new york times. If you are comfortable, please deliver the attack as written. Please do not make any changes to the below without approval from steve or myself because precision is crucial in our ability to introduce this."
McCain HQ had suggested the following line: "This is not a man who sees American as you and I do -- as the greatest force for good in the world. This is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country."
But on the subject of linking Obama to ex-Weatherman Bill Ayers, it turns out that Palin hadn't gone rogue. Balz and Johnson answer this question pretty definitively. They've obtained an e-mail from campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace sent to Palin on the morning of October 4rd, with an attached New York Times article about Obama's relationship with Ayers.
Turns out that the McCain campaign was a week away from running an ad linking Obama to Ayers. The e-mail from Wallace, according to Balz and Johnson, reads as follows: "Governor and Team: rick [Davis], Steve [Schmidt] and I suggest the following attack from the new york times. If you are comfortable, please deliver the attack as written. Please do not make any changes to the below without approval from steve or myself because precision is crucial in our ability to introduce this."
McCain HQ had suggested the following line: "This is not a man who sees American as you and I do -- as the greatest force for good in the world. This is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country."
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What the likes of Steve Schmidt never acknowledge is their own complicity. [View all]
Garrett78
Dec 2019
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Narrative is extremely important, and my issue is with what happens when Trump 2.0 comes along.
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#2
I agree. No one is naive' about reformed R's or Never Trumpers. I'm tired of posts suggesting
hlthe2b
Dec 2019
#26
They would become irrelevant if part of the hundred million never-voters...
Lock him up.
Dec 2019
#17
I agree with all that but I do think they're in denial about their complicity.
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#35
Yesterday DU's favorite Bushie (Nicole Wallace)reminded all of us that she worked for Lady Blah Blah
malaise
Dec 2019
#22
THIS !!!! Someone needs to tell them the kGOP was for voter suppression BEFORE Trump !!!
uponit7771
Dec 2019
#34
No, he hasn't. That's my point. He's just anti-Trump, and he helped make Trump possible.
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#46