Palin Said to Want to Strike Out on Her Own More

[Chimichurri]

Source: KNX 1070 News Radio

Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign's already-tense internal dynamics.

Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her, creating occasionally tense situations as she travels the country with them. Those Palin supporters, inside the campaign and out, said Palin blames her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image — even as others in McCain's camp blame the pick of the relatively inexperienced Alaska governor, and her public performance, for McCain's decline.

Read more: http://www.knx1070.com/Dissent-Reported-in-Palin-Campaign/3200087

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She's not a maverick, she's a megalomaniac.

[mitchum]

1. Oh...she's been striking out pretty well

[Bicoastal]

5. HA!

[tavalon]

47. stole my line

[trof]

71. Mine too. She's already struck out.

[DS1]

2. Talk about showing up to a gunfight armed with a pretzel

:eyes:

[DFW]

13. That's not funny at all

A pretzel recently came closer to causing the death of a president by armed
attack than any weapon since 1981. If that pretzel had been of a heavier caliber,
then Cheney would now have been president. Only the fact that it was wielded by
an incompetent assailant permitted Bush to survive the attack, and this is in no
way mitigated by the fact that Bush's assailant was himself.

[amandabeech]

36. LOL! n/t

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

3. You said it

You just know she's thinking, "I'm not dragging down the ticket. John McCain is dragging me down, and everyone's blaming me. I know how to work this room. Outta my way!"

I say give her all the rope she wants.

[Chimichurri]

7. Well said. Her blind Bush-like narcissm has been her undoing.

The only problem is she's too busy staring at her own reflection to even realize it yet.

[RainDog]

4. "Paling around with terrorists" was Palin's idea of campaigning

As the story on this states.

Palin is a dangerous woman. She is attractive, can be charming, and she is a demagogic christo-fascist.

"When fascism comes to America it will be made up by someone from dancing with the stars and wearing red spike pumps." - the newer version of Sinclair Lewis' statement.

[John Q. Citizen]

6. A couple of drama queens.

[Eurobabe]

11. LOL. Perfect.

Aren't they though?

A couple of post turtles.

[Bette Noir]

19. Shucks.

I thought the image would be that of a turtle on a post. I'm disappointed.

[4lbs]

8. A Palin "insurgency" ? Does that mean McCain's campaign has been infected

with Palin insurgents like those in Iraq?

How can McCain keep us safe when he can't even root out and eliminate insurgents in his own campaign?

[truthisfreedom]

9. give that maverick free reign!

She'll finish him off for us.

[radfringe]

10. heh

[kestrel91316]

12. Somebody REALLY needs to sit down with that woman for a "little talk". Or maybe not, lol

[Joszef Pelikan]

14. Politico's "Palin's going rogue" story just made it to CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

[Solly Mack]

15. lol

[rsweets]

16. Please let her ... SNL

will be SO much more entertaining !!!

[uppityperson]

17. well, good for her. I am glad she is trying to show who she is more, now, pre-election.

Please, let her speak out more. Let her express herself more. Let more people see who for who she really is.

[Strelnikov_]

18. She's not a maverick, she's a moron n/t

[Strelnikov_]

20. "content the campaign allowed to be parceled out over a week. "

Um, I thought CBS was in control, they are a 'news' organzation, ae they not.

. . . referring to McCain's chief strategist, Steve Schmidt, and to Nicolle Wallace, a former Bush aide who has taken a lead role in Palin's campaign. . . . noting that Wallace left an executive job at CBS to join the campaign.

Oh, now I understand.

[Trajan]

21. Off topic ...

But I swear I was able to tune in to KNX on 1070 AM from as far away as Texas ...

That is one damned strong radio station ....

I must have been on a plateau, with good line of site, and perhaps perfect cloud cover for a bounce ...

I was shocked ...

And yeah .. Palin is being mishandled alright: By her handlers and her self .... It's hard to control a bonehead .... or to project their image in a favorable light ....

[obiwan]

22. Great, Sarah, strike out on your own. Alaska's that-a-way.

[tclambert]

23. She's proving her "mavrick" status

by going maverick on McCain. And she still can't form a coherent sentence.

[Poll_Blind]

24. Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says

Source: CNN

With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.

Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue."

--snip--

"She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.

"Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

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:popcorn:

PB

[TwilightGardener]

25. If McStupid actually did win, she and her horny/religious fan base

would do him in...somehow...some way...

[kestrel91316]

30. Yeah, and they'd do it within three months. Palin wants to be IN CHARGE.

[NeoConsSuck]

26. The pukes are imploding !

will they even make it to election day?
:rofl:

[Poll_Blind]

27. BTW, it IS the front page of CNN's website at the moment. (LOL! YESSSSSSS!)

PB

[maddezmom]

28. So much for those Republican "Family" Values

:evilgrin: It started with the McCain pullout of MI and hasn't stopped since.

[Brazenly Liberal]

29. Ooooooooh! Sounds mavericky!

Actually, I'm starting to love the little darlin'. I was sick of seeing her on TV, but now I'd like to see her on the air 24/7 until 11/5. She can only make sense for a half sentence and after that, the longer she talks, the crazier it seems to vote for any ticket that includes her. Every time she says the word "maverick," an angel gets its wings and uses them to keep another Republican at home getting drunk on the 4th. :rofl:

[stlsaxman]

31. it's maver-licious!

GOPers eating their own. lovely!

[Poll_Blind]

34. Over in Freepland they're going apeshit over the story- on one hand, they...

...instinctively feel the need to swat down the story and call it bullshit. On the other hand, thouhg, the thought of Palin disrespecting McCain as much as possible excites, titilates them on a deep, below-the-belt level.

  They're like a two-headed dog in a fight with itself.

PB

[NOW tense]

32. Maybe McCain

Should tell that Trollop to get in line. He does it to Cindy why not her?

[Triana]

33. NO Divas don't do that. PSYCHOPATHS do. Narcissists and psychopaths. n/t

[Zhade]

54. Sociopaths, to be more precise.

NT!

[Buenaventura]

35. awww ... she's still cute as a button

[primavera]

38. "...the next leader of the party"?

What planet does she live on? She'll be lucky to get a job at Burger King after this.

[dixiegrrrrl]

46. "diva"--that's southern for Narcissistic .

[Goldom]

37. Insert AIP joke here nt

[antonialee839]

39. Go Sarah, take your fruit-fly act

national.

[and-justice-for-all]

40. Yeah, I could see that in their Brain Williams interview...

McCrypt seemed annoyed and very bothered by her.

[Barbara2423]

41. This is a trick. Democrats don't fall for this. We must work

hard until the last vote is counted.

[rhiannon55]

42. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

is my untrained diagnosis. Well, untrained but not inexperienced. I've lived with two people with NPD and I've suffered under McChimperor for eight years. People like that used to fool me, but now I can spot 'em a mile away.

We cannot let that woman anywhere near the reins of power.

[Cresent City Kid]

43. I can't believe it

She wants to talk to the American people without pre-conditions.

[maddezmom]

44. Sounds good to me....is she going to run for Pres of Alaska on the AIP ticket?

:shrug: She might have a chance.

[mzmolly]

45. Wow, very mavricky an' stuff!

:P

[dixiegrrrrl]

48. look at the pure panic in the CNN story

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html

Tracey Schmitt, Palin's press secretary, was urgently called over after Palin wandered over to the press and started talking. Schmitt tried several times to end the unscheduled session.

God, can you just see that?

"OMG, she's wandering.
Wandering AND talking.
Somebody stop her !!
Where's the tranquilizer gun???"

[mitchum]

49. Maria Callow

[MisterP]

50. if Lumpy weren't a stubborn ass, hed've dropped Vicky Pollard

in September, and picked some "moderate" nonentity (apologies for repeating myself) such as Romney to flexibly play to whatever constituencies he needs: Palin only picks up gun nuts and/or lobotomy patients

[Overseas]

51. Gotta pitch the reality series, Governor Barracuda, premiering on the E channel

Premiering December 10th.

[Zhade]

52. Without the handlers that can't do damage control fast enough NOW?

Bring it on, you stupid fool!

[DeadManInc]

53. The fact that she is a moron has nothing to do with it.

[RedEarth]

55. Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says

Source: (CNN)

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (CNN) -- With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.

Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue."

McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan.

A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.

"She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. "Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom."



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/

[ACTION BASTARD]

56. She's gone off the reservation...

Her public humiliation will be a delicious spectacle. Get thee behind me Palin!

[Mojambo]

57. Isn't that just like a woman? You spend all this cash on nice clothes for her...

(I kid, ladies of DU. I kid.)

[BlueJazz]

58. Didn't a Woman who used to work for Palin say the same thing?>>

"She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone". "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else".

Seems like it ??

[Voice for Peace]

59. I think she is looking ahead to her future in the Republican party as a hot babe maverick.

She doesn't want to be tied to John McCain.

[Cleita]

60. Maybe there is a use for all that duct tape that the Repubs and Homeland

Security were trying to get us to stock up on a few years back.

:evilgrin:

[kiranon]

65. Who can blame her. McCain probably is no picnic as a running mate.

He wanted a mavrick - he got one. He didn't want anyone to compete with him intellectually and he had to go really low to find someone to fit that bill. If Sarah can drop the right wing religious nonsense, go back to Alaska, learn something about the world, she may be back and not be half bad. Would never vote for her but given the state of the Republican party, she may be the one who runs in 2012.

[Roy]

61. Best thing for McCain longevity????

LOSE THIS ELECTION!!!

If he is wins he would only be president for less than a month with this woman.

[tanyev]

62. Yes! Free Sarah!

[bobd0]

63. I'm hoping for a compete public McCain/Palin meltdown in the next ten days

I want to see them all in a pile in front of one of their huge crowds of ten of tens, McCain bitch-slapping Palin, her tacky porno-star looking husband jumping on McCain, Cindy entering in the fray (as long as she doesn't have to touch anyone), then the entire McCain and Palin tribes joining in a bench clearing brawl AND ALL LIVE ON NATIONAL TV!!! :)

It would be poetic justice for these hate-mongering assholes and a perfect ending to their hate-filled campaign.

[yellowcanine]

64. Great idea. You go girl. Be mavericky. Heh.

[ryanmuegge]

66. Given her negative public opinion numbers, I would be very surprised if she became successful

in the 2012 cycle. Although, the next four years are going to be so horrific that the public may be ready to blame the Democrats for the full realization of the Bush economy that has just begun to unfold.

[susanna]

67. Let her off the leash, folks, I beg of you!

She is the gift that just keeps on giving. She's like the Energizer bunny of dumba$$.

[Poseidan]

68. a rogue diva?

Definitely someone who would uphold Democratic principles.

The federal government is Democratic. Republicans belong at the state level (Article 4; Section 4). Whenever someone calls the United States 'the Republic', they are trying to trick you. It is a campaign scheme, to make you think voting Republican is patriotic.

[greeneyedboy]

69. can't say I blame her.

Can't blame the dominionist/theocons for mistrusting the neocon sociopaths.

Can't blame the neocons for noticing that the theocons are simpletons.

Can't blame McCain for noticing that Palin is a drag on the ticket.

Can't blame Palin for noticing that McCain is about as charismatic as a wet cat with a toothache and about as clever as Ralph Wiggums.

Can't blame the old-school fiscal conservatives for wondering "WTF????!???!???!??!???!??!??!??!??!??!?" about the deficit and the bailout of corrupt financial firms.

Can't blame the so-called Reagan Democrats for wondering "WTF????!???!???!??!???!??!??!??!??!??!?" about their now-outsourced jobs and their ever-more-expensive health care.


Don't agree with any of them, but don't blame them for disagreeing with each other because they are all wrong wrong wrong in their own special ways.

[Tuttle]

70. What's the female form of "Rasputin"?

Go Sarah!

Tut-tut

[onager]

72. Strike Out? It must be "Palin At The Bat..."

The outlook wasn't brilliant for the GOP that day;
The polls stood 60-40, with but one week more to play,
And then when Georgia turned blue, and Virginia did the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the pundits of the game.

A straggling few wrote off the GOP in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human (and maybe Repub) chest;
(Only Godless Liberals say "breast" in print. This is a family poem.)
They thought, if only Palin could get but a whack at that -
We'd put up even money, now, with Palin at the bat.

But McCain preceded Palin, as did also Coleman, Norm,
And the former was a loser and the latter was a worm;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed but little chance of Palin's getting to the bat.

But McCain fell off the stage, then staggered off to bed,
And Norm, the much despis-ed, dropped a baby on its head;
And when commercials ended, and the nation watched the news,
There was Sarah Palin, smirking at the camera crews...

And now the first question came hurtling through the air,
And Sarah stood a-listening in hi-style grandeur there.
"What about your foreign policy?" the anchorwoman read.
"That ain't my style," said Palin. "Strike one," the anchor said.

From the benches, black with Freepers, there went up a mewling whinge,
Almost louder than Rush Limbaugh on an Oxycontin binge,
"Kill her! Kill the anchor!" shouted someone on the stand;
And it's likely they'd a-killed her had not Palin raised her hand.

With phony Fundie charity Palin's Spackled visage shown;
She stilled the rising tumult; she bade the show go on;
"What about sex education?" the next question flew.
But Sarah still ignored it, and the anchor said, "Strike two."

"Fraud!" cried the Freepers, and Hannity echoed fraud;
But one scornful look from Sarah and the audience was awed.
They saw her face grow cracked and cold, they saw her facial muscles twitch,
And they knew Sarah was 'bout to put the smackdown on the bitch.
(I was just kidding about a family poem.)

The spittle flies from Sarah's lips, she's staying on mes-sage;
She pounds with cruel violence one brain-cell on the stage.
And now the anchor asks about that quarter-mil wardrobe,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Palin's blow.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
Obama's speaking somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere Biden's laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in the GOP— Sarah Palin has struck out.

[grantcart]

75. brilliant - should repost it as a seperate post

[JawJaw]

73. Rogue Trooper...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

74. Actually seems to me more like a party-wide, "Hail Mary" play

throw it all out there and hope something works.

[unkachuck]

76. hocker-mom knows....

....on November 5th the repugs will openly commence blasting each other with blame in a civil war for control of their party....

....better hurry up, time is running out for a good position on the battle-lines....

[alcibiades_mystery]

77. Does she understand that the election is in three days?

:shrug:

:rofl:

[Jersey Ginny]

78. Palin in 2012!!! Get started leading the Repukes now!!!!

Sarah, you are a born leader!!!!!

[riverdeep]

79. Remember when she said such and such would take place "in a

Palin/McCain administration"? Maybe she wasn't misspeaking, maybe she just let the cat out of the bag too early.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZKQDyL5gzc