One of the things that drove the Dubya supporters, such as myself, nuts was the ways he barely defended himself and his policies. Obviously, one doesn’t want to spend much time when the attacks are personal, giving them credence, or, as the old saying goes “never argue with an idiot. They’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” But, in politics, one has to engage to some degree. And, it looks like Sarah Palin has decided that she will smack the vicious McCain aids in the face with a salmon
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska fired back Friday at the unnamed McCain campaign aides who have been maligning her in recent days, saying that their criticism was “cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks.â€
“So, no, I think that if there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep about Nafta, and about the continent versus the country when we talk about Africa there, then those were taken out of context,†Ms. Palin said. “And that’s cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks, if they came away with it taking things out of context and then tried to spread something on national news. It is not fair and not right.â€
The only person who can truly stop this is John McCain, and, while he has made some public calls for the aids to cut it out, they don’t seem to be listening. Of course, we do not know what is occurring behind the scenes. And, McCain made some inroads with the conservative base. He could certainly continue that stature by coming to Palin’s side, rather then acting as Big Daddy during a siblings dispute.
Anyhow, it is nice to see a Republican fighting back, and, if the McCain aids want to continue their anonymous smears, they will have a tough road, because she will not take it, and the conservative base will not take it.
I think these smears are indeed meanspirited and unnecessary. I admire Sarah Palin for standing up to these bullies. Although I was not a McCain/Palin supporter, I am not interested in hearing these personal attacks that serve absolutely no purpose. While I concur with Sarah Palin that lies and cruelty have no place in politics, I would hope that she would take a lesson from this, and recall her own mean and nasty remarks about Barack Obama as a distraction from real issues. Sometimes, what goes around comes around…and sadly, in this case…the attack dogs are from her own camp.
Anyhow, it is nice to see Republicans fighting amongst themselves. Choosing someone from the ultra right may not be the best way to attract the Independents from the center to vote Republican in 2012. And neither will her waffling on Senator Stevens (Felon -AK) even though the “base” of the Republican PArty in AK still supports him.
The few backbiters have destroyed themselves and everyone (friend and foe) who worked for the campaign. You would have to be a complete idiot to hire any one of them in the future.