Women In Politics: McCain Campaign Recalls First Brush With Palin Birthers
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The newest book about 2008’s soon-to-be-legendary presidential campaign hits shelves today. WaPo reporter Anne Kornblut’s Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What It Will Take for a Woman to Win hits bookshelves today and some early excerpts (courtesy of Mike Allen) not only looks like the makings for a good read but suggest that the battle of the political sexes — so prevalent during much of the campaign — may be about to return as a major talking point. And well it should.
This is from the chapter on Sarah Palin (though I assume she factors in to more than one) captures the McCain campaign right before it made a left turn into Bizarro world. Here senior McCain staffer Nicole Wallace (whose relationship with Palin turned out to be somewhat rocky) recounts the first time she was contacted by a “real” reporter regarding the maternity of Trig Palin.
“’I will never forget the first phone call I got from a real reporter, from a real newsroom, about the maternity of the infant,’ Nicolle Wallace said. ‘He started asking me about amniotic fluid, and whether or not it had leaked … I said, ‘Are you asking me to respond, on the record, to a charge that amniotic fluid came out of her [body]?’ He was so mortified, he hung up.’”
Clearly that mortification did not last very long for most of the “real” press. There’s also an interesting tidbit on more tears from Hillary Clinton, this time off camera and in reaction to a cabler describing Chelsea as being pimped out. It apparently fell to Chelsea to reassure her mother she was fine.
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It’s amazing that Anne Kornblut is trying to portray herself as some objective, non-partisan observer of the campaign. In reality, Kornblut was doing her damndest to damage Palin right out of the gate, publishing poorly-researched rumors about her record in Alaska and deliberately misleading the public into thinking that Palin had sent her own son off to Iraq with a speech accusing Saddam Hussein of being complicit in the 9/11 hijackings.
The Washington Post put that on its front page under her byline, but after they were rightfully slammed for it, they put a disclaimer over the online version of Kornblut’s report that remains to this day.
How come I get the feeling this should have started out as…….
I hate Sarah Palin and here is my rip on her today.
Glynnochio: Speaking of “birthers,” it’s Day 30 of the your lie about “Birthers [Comparing] Obama To An Ape.”
You don’t want that sin against journalism to follow you into 2010, do ya? Are you that stubborn?
LN – I’m sure you are keeping her up at night.
The cabler was David Schuster of MSNBC who was suspended for his “pimp” commentary — why was that fact excluded from your report?.
I remember when the news broke that “real journalists” were contacting the McCain campaign about the Trig birth — a new low. But then again, the way Palin and her family were treated, still are treated, by folks who call themselves “journalists” is beyond shameful.
Ted wrote:
What keeps her up at night is the fact that Sarah Palin is still popular across the nation, and that the pseudointelligentsia of the New York media community hasn’t extracted her from the scene across America. Newsweak’s Jon Meacham is in year two of his attempt to crush Palin like a bug with condescension, ridicule, and sexist images, and failed miserably. Chris Matthews and his easily-thrilled leg is losing viewers by the thousands.
Let me ask you about YOUR standards for news, Ted. If you’re as smart as you want us to think you are, you know good and well the “birthers” weren’t comparing Obama to a monkey. Why doesn’t it bother you that it’s so important to Glynnis to lie about that? Is it because it serves your purpose as well?
Try to put some actual effort into an answer, Ted. The single line responses and calling people “dumb ass” are getting old.
LN – First of all, I love Palin. I hope she is the face of conservatism for a long time. if she ever (God help us) became President, or for that matter, flipped burgers, she would quit within a month claiming she had become a distraction.
And LN, just because you say Glynnis told a lie doesn’t make it so. I don’t know anything about birthers and monkeys – never heard of it. As for some purpose it serves – have no idea what you are talking about.
BTW, Palin brings ridicule to herself…every time she opens her yapper… because she is a dumb ass. (I’m sorry I can’t help it)
FK this woman and her book no matter how many shills on MSNBC try to publicize her lame book.
She drooled over Obama during the campaign season of 2008 and she showed nothing but disrespect for Clinton in her comments on tv every chance she had. FK her and FK her book. She’s nobody.
Ted wrote:
That’s because you didn’t click my link. Don’t worry, I won’t make you scroll up, here it is again. Read her words, read my response, look at the actual ad — she apparently didn’t think you would look at it even though she posted it. Don’t be scared of the truth.
Ted says:
December 30, 2009 at 5:37 pm
And LN, just because you say Glynnis told a lie doesn’t make it so. I don’t know anything about birthers and monkeys – never heard of it. As for some purpose it serves – have no idea what you are talking about.
Really? Because you commented on:
December 1, 2009 at 1:24 pm
December 1, 2009 at 2:18 pm
December 1, 2009 at 3:19 pm
December 1, 2009 at 3:40 pm
December 1, 2009 at 10:25 pm
December 2, 2009 at 6:47 am
So unless that’s another “Ted,” you might need a refresher… or some Ginkgo biloba.
Blue – actually, no, not really. But it got a reaction from you which is predictable in an unnerving kind of way. Please get a hobby…maybe model cars or something.
Ted says:
December 31, 2009 at 11:26 am
Hey… don’t mess with model cars. I haven’t done that stuff in a while, but it’s still fun.
Anyway, THIS is one of my hobbies. Isn’t it one of yours? You’re here just as much as I am… except you take no time in posting, just a bunch of personal insults. I don’t know why you’d be proud that you put forth no effort… THAT seems like a waste of time.
But it got a reaction from you which is predictable in an unnerving kind of way.
So, your comment was designed to get a reaction from me? Yikes… sounds like you’re a little obsessed. Maybe your hobby is just me… how sad is that?!
But back to the question… do you still have “no idea what LN is talking about?” Even though you commented a whole bunch at the time?
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