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Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 09:20 AM Aug 2020

Palin: Steve Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace Sabotaged McCain Campaign

Palin: Steve Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace Sabotaged McCain Campaign, "Wolves In Sheep's Clothing"
Posted By Ian Schwartz
On Date August 19, 2020


Former Republican nominee for vice president Sarah Palin called out former McCain campaign strategists turned Biden operatives Steve Schmidt in an appearance on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' with host Tucker Carlson. Palin said they are part of the uniparty system and were never on our team to start with, calling them "wolves in sheep's clothing."

"He's a piece of work," Palin said of Schmidt. So is Nicolle Wallace and these other yahoos who are actually running the McCain-Palin campaign."

"To think that they were the ones rolling out, for instance, my candidacy and setting up the interviews," Palin said. "There was a lot of sabotage going on there especially at the end of the game there. But look where they are today. I mean, Steve Schmidt, Oh, my goodness, MSNBC contributor. And Nicolle Wallace is a host. They're wolves in sheep's clothing."

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/08/19/palin_steve_schmidt_nicolle_wallace_sabotaged_mccain_campaign_wolves_in_sheeps_clothing.html


Schmidt has responded.

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Palin: Steve Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace Sabotaged McCain Campaign (Original Post) Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 OP
Oh, Karen, go speak to the manager. jrthin Aug 2020 #1
Typical Republican. She can't take responsibility for her own actions. Psst. It was you, Palin. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #32
She is such a ridiculous person. Alliepoo Aug 2020 #2
I'm still waiting for her to say that Putin is still a bad person! *crickets* TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #33
The most incompetent blame their staff. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #3
What a useless POS she is. BKDem Aug 2020 #4
You nailed it, BKDem Ohiogal Aug 2020 #6
Totally! smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #22
Isn't there a drunken family brawl that needs you, Sarah? tanyev Aug 2020 #5
She learned about her divorce from an email dalton99a Aug 2020 #10
Palin will seriously regret picking this battle. Schmidt will destroy her Mike 03 Aug 2020 #7
I believe if Steve/Nicole were granted some kind of time do-over agingdem Aug 2020 #18
Which will confirm how truly clueless PatSeg Aug 2020 #26
Ah, the halcyon days of 2008 . . . hatrack Aug 2020 #8
I need to watch that movie again PatSeg Aug 2020 #28
I wonder if Ms. Palin is a QAnon member of the Alaskan branch? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #9
Those with brains are not really QAnon qualified, are they? Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2020 #11
You are right.. cannabis_flower Aug 2020 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2020 #13
I had a bet he would pick Whitman or Hutchinson obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #34
Sorry, it was you, crazy lady. louis-t Aug 2020 #14
I didn't realize Nicole Wallace was on that campaign hauckeye Aug 2020 #15
Yes, she was the Lead Wrangler for Mrs. Moose . .. hatrack Aug 2020 #16
According to the book about that campaign she told Steve Schmidt that she didn't vote. redstatebluegirl Aug 2020 #17
Watch Game Change -- Sarah Paulson is great obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #35
Why is she suddenly popping up? Didn't she damage the GOP enough in 2008? lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #19
Apparently not... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #23
Exactly what I want to know. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #24
Because it was the night of the VP speech Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #25
Fight! Fight! gratuitous Aug 2020 #21
Sarah Palin ... Palin ... Should I remember who she is? ... struggle4progress Aug 2020 #27
Schmidt replies by tweet: mucifer Aug 2020 #29
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Docreed2003 Aug 2020 #37
It's unfortunate that a side effect of Kamala Harris' Golden Raisin Aug 2020 #30
Just read and watch Game Change obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #31
lol. Idiot. Still one. Solly Mack Aug 2020 #36

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. Palin will seriously regret picking this battle. Schmidt will destroy her
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 09:38 AM
Aug 2020

like a pack of kids going at a paper mache pinata.

agingdem

(7,859 posts)
18. I believe if Steve/Nicole were granted some kind of time do-over
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:17 AM
Aug 2020

nothing would change...they were GOP operatives and some of them still are...it took them years to exhibit any kind of remorse...Rick Wilson, George Conway, Bill Kristol, and all of the good little GOP boys and girls who legitimized Trump and his enablers in the Senate, are now horrified with their monster...so they're serving their penance...I want their self-flagellation to hurts like a bitch!

PatSeg

(47,602 posts)
26. Which will confirm how truly clueless
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:29 AM
Aug 2020

and doorknob dumb she is. She knows Schmidt and should have known better than to provoke him.

This woman will do or say anything to get attention. Just when you think she is finally gone, she rears her nutty face again like the monster in a horror movie who refuses to die.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,610 posts)
9. I wonder if Ms. Palin is a QAnon member of the Alaskan branch?
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 09:40 AM
Aug 2020

Seems like she'd be a no-brainer to be their spokesman there.

Response to Trumpocalypse (Original post)

cannabis_flower

(3,765 posts)
12. You are right..
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 09:51 AM
Aug 2020

Of all the woman politicians he could have picked, she was probably the worst. Even considering they were Republicans. She could have picked someone like Kay Bailey Hutchison or Carly Fiorina or Christine Todd Whitman and instead he chose Sarah Palin. I don't agree with most of their policies but at least they would have been serious candidates.

Response to cannabis_flower (Reply #12)

obamanut2012

(26,142 posts)
34. I had a bet he would pick Whitman or Hutchinson
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:54 AM
Aug 2020

And, I was a tad worried for Obama if he picked Whitman. Luckily, he picked bloody Palin instead, and history was made.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
17. According to the book about that campaign she told Steve Schmidt that she didn't vote.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:17 AM
Aug 2020

All because of Palin.

obamanut2012

(26,142 posts)
35. Watch Game Change -- Sarah Paulson is great
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:55 AM
Aug 2020

Showing Wallace's disgust and contempt for the Palins, and it indeed shows the seed of how she is where she is now.

Wounded Bear

(58,713 posts)
23. Apparently not...
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:23 AM
Aug 2020




The more Repub feces gets exposed the better. Let them all scramble for face time on Faux and suck the oxygen out of Trump's tent.
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
24. Exactly what I want to know.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:24 AM
Aug 2020

What made her suddenly decide to crawl out of the woodwork? I thought we were through with her, finally. But, no. She had to pop up again like a bad penny.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
21. Fight! Fight!
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:21 AM
Aug 2020

Pretty strong words from Steve there, Sarah. You gonna just let him get away with saying that?

struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
27. Sarah Palin ... Palin ... Should I remember who she is? ...
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:30 AM
Aug 2020

I'm afraid all I'm getting is an image of a headless turkey ...

mucifer

(23,569 posts)
29. Schmidt replies by tweet:
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:34 AM
Aug 2020

?s=20

Ok. I can’t help it. It has been 12 years since
@NicolleDWallace
and I had to deal with her paranoia, pathological lying, profound ignorance, brittleness and insanity. We had to deal with her for 70 days. It has been amazing to watch her soar and prove all her critics wrong


Golden Raisin

(4,613 posts)
30. It's unfortunate that a side effect of Kamala Harris'
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 10:34 AM
Aug 2020

nomination/ascension has been our having to see and hear from Palin again.

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