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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSteve Schmidt is the Mark Twain of
modern politics. His rhetoric is so pithy and right on the mark that I almost literally weep that we didnt have him, or a guy like him, all these years in our Party
Its like having Abba Eban on 21st Century Teevee
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)reality star or tv pundit
they thought she would appeal to women that supported Hillary. of course it ended up being total opposite.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Considering she was supposed to appeal to evangelical voters, she might have taken herself out of the running with her knocked up daughter and her "join the Army or go to jail" felon son. But somehow Sarah saw herself as qualified to be President. SMH
elfin
(6,262 posts)Has been trying to make up for it ever since. Along with Nicole Wallace.
BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)But the person that actually discovered Palin was Rick Davis. Schmidt embracd the idea initially but knew it was a mistake well before Election Day. All of this is covered in Game Change. I think Schmidt deserves some of the grief but I think McCain had the final say and had Davis not happened across the clip of Palin on YouTube, she would have remained the nobody she was always meant to be.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)And his campaign was in a state of chaos when Davis and Schmidt were brought on board.
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)He's still a Republican.
PCIntern
(25,582 posts)Thus my last sentences.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)PCIntern
(25,582 posts)Schmidts is extraordinary
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)PCIntern
(25,582 posts)and others who post here. Yes he did...and lived to regret it and admitted it was a grave mistake. That's more than the Democrats who stayed home rather than vote for Hillary or Al Gore will ever do. And I've been here since 2003 so you can take a hike yourself.
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)PCIntern
(25,582 posts)it is a statement alluding to your inflexibility and inability to recognize an honest reaction from someone who is educated and a political professional who is at heart, a patriot. He wasn't running David Duke, he was running McCain who many Democrats "loved" because he was "a guy you wanted to have a beer with" and a "war hero". The fact that he is a realist and has a conscience although a Republican should not mitigate against his humanity, his education, his professionalism, and his outspokenness for what is true and right. So your faux-glib response falls on deaf ears.