McCain: Stop questions on Palin background

[skooooo]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26527513/

GOP campaign spokesman lashes out at media's ‘old boys' network’

ST. PAUL, Minn. - John McCain’s campaign on Wednesday angrily called for an end to questions about its review of Sarah Palin’s background, deriding a “faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee” for vice president.

“This nonsense is over,” declared senior campaign adviser Steve Schmidt in a written statement.

The statement stood out for its admission that Palin is under siege — it condemns “this vetting controversy” — and for its attempt to blunt questions about how rigorously McCain and his campaign explored the background of a candidate who may get the nation’s second most powerful job. It also suggested that Palin is a victim of gender bias in the media.

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Yeah, John, this will help a lot. :eyes:

[AlCzervik]

1. it's not beanbag asshole! Get a helmet.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

38. lomfl

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. For a "war hero," he sure is whiny.

[Triana]

3. Pot, meet kettle - The Repigs and their media did the same to Hillary..

....somebody call the waaaaaaahhhhhhbulance!

[NotThisTime]

22. They did the same thing to Obama!

[cliffordu]

23. Your wish is my command>

[JBoy]

4. How dare the media talk about McCain's judgment!

[ej510]

5. The republicans can dish it but they cannot take it.

[mcctatas]

6. How much do you want to bet the media will once again

show an astounding lack of testicular fortitude (as they did in the build up to Iraq etc.) and retreat from their duty again?

[Virginia Dare]

7. How dare the media question his judgment...

he was a POW! She's a WOMAN!

Wow, this just gets more pathetic.

[Parche]

8. Gramm Was Right, They ARE Whining

:rofl: :hi:

[Epiphany4z]

9. lol Don't ask questions

sit down and shut up!!! what what ..you want to know about her foreign policy experiance.......YOU SEXIST!!!

[dennis4868]

10. If this is how they are acting....

you know there is something that the media has not found yet...keep digging everyone...it aint over!

[Bicoastal]

11. But questioning the background of the first Black candidate? That's A-OK!

Hey, let's talk more about his wife is angry and hates America!

[PA Democrat]

32. Yeah, let's hear another smarmy lecture from the ice queen Cindy McCain about how SHE loves America.

They can dish it out but they sure can't take it, can they?

[demobabe]

12. Yeah, Johnny Boy...

...go ahead and put your fingers in your ears and go "la la la la la la la la la..."

It's not going away.

[LaurenG]

13. Ohioblues: No John, we're not stopping and if you have nothing to hide, why do you care?

:eyes:

[saigon68]

McLame is a Clown

[City Lights]

14. Hee-hee. We're just gettin' warmed up, John.

If you had done your homework, you'd know the answers to the questions we're asking.

You are in full, CYA mode, mccain!

[Occam Bandage]

15. DO NOT QUESTION US! DO NOT QUESTION US DAMMIT! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

[pdxmom]

16. Dang, they need to understand it's not about Palin, it's about McLame's

lack of judgment.

They didn't vet, so the media will. Did they think no one would question this off-the-wall choice?

[Frustratedlady]

17. Is this comparable to the questions and smears Obama has been subjected to?

He brought her into the game. Now, he has exposed her to the same type of examination as Obama.

Just because people don't think she has enough experience doesn't equate to gender bias.

[Morning Dew]

18. Well, Johnny Mac, SOMEBODY has to vet her . . .

If you won't, others will.


Just sayin'

[demobabe]

19. Yeah, Johnny Boy...

...go ahead and put your fingers in your ears and go "la la la la la la la la la..."

[NotThisTime]

20. He can go to hell, we're not fucking stupid, we know he didn't vet her

She wants the #2 job she can fucking earn it like everybody else :mad:

[bdamomma]

21. I wonder if the media rats will scurry back to their holes

they certainly did when McSame told them no Vicki Iseman questions. Hmmm.......obedient press just doing what they are told to do by another bush clone.

[skooooo]

25. I don't think so -- I think they're really getting pissed off.

Every time I turn on CNN, they're talking about Palin in one form or another. When it's turn for the Republican pundits to talk, they are accused of not answering the question.

[NotThisTime]

26. At least the National Enquirer is on the job!!! Now I'm serious.... If MSM won't do it, they will.

[skooooo]

28. More people see NE headlines...

....while waiting in line at the grocery story anyway!
:rofl:

[Egnever]

24. wow these guys are coming unglued

[Virginia Dare]

We're not running on issues, and don't ask us any questions...

like he can write all the rules?...:wtf:

[Demit]

27. Haha! All that did was make MSNBC tot up all the controversies so far.

I think the worm has turned. Their highly-touted Hockey Mom is just undergoing the excruciating scrutiny every candidate for Vice President gets. Maybe next the press will turn their attention to the guy they've given a free ride to all these years—McCain himself.

[skooooo]

34. Agree, the more shrill McCain becomes...

...by this statement, and by skipping his Larry King Live appearance because of the "unfair press," he is hurting himself, garnering more curiosity from the public and PISSING OFF THE MSM!

[kestrel91316]

29. We must be getting very close to uncovering an ugly truth about

Serena Joy Talipalin. I say dig harder!!!!

[Virginia Dare]

43. Who, pray tell, is that?....n/t

[kestrel91316]

45. Oh, the 100,000 or so freelance private investigators hot on her tail, lol!

[Virginia Dare]

47. No I mean who is this Serena Joy person?...

what did I miss?

[kestrel91316]

"Serena Joy" Talipalin: my name for Palin. Read The Handmaid's Tale.

Female who collaborates with the christofascists, and finds our that she, too, will be oppressed.

[Virginia Dare]

58. OOP! Got it...

I thought I was missing something juicy...:P

[BumRushDaShow]

76. How ironic that I just saw the 1990 film adaptation of that book a couple months ago!

Although I understand it wasn't exactly like the book and was done on a somewhat shoestring budget, but was generally close. Quite a bizarre a plot! Gotta recalibrate my mind to imagine her as the "wife".

[AspenRose]

69. Character from The Handmaid's Tale

[musette_sf]

59. ooooooh, i LIKE that one!!!

"Serena Joy Talipalin"

and that reminds me, i promised i would bring in my copy of "The Handmaid's Tale" for a Dem co-worker who has never read it! must bring tomorrow....

[bullwinkle428]

30. "YOU WON'T LIKE ME WHEN I'M ANGRY, MY FRIENDS!"

[Frisbee]

31. Her past is off limits...

yet all he can talk about is his past as a POW. Maybe McPOW should put out a memo so everyone knows what he finds acceptable to discuss and what's off the table. John, you picked her (at least that's what you claim) without properly vetting her, so live with it.

[RiverStone]

33. Trying to play the "sexism card" again ... won't fly.

The lack of confidence people have in her ability to step into the presidency has nothing to do with her gender.

[vanderBeth]

35. He's getting scared

KEEP DIGGING!

[wileedog]

36. Everyone will love her "compelling life story"

Just don't ask any questions about it, we'll tell you the 'compelling' parts.

[saltpoint]

37. Nonsense, Senator McCain. Why, the media love you.

They always have. They fetch you donuts. Your favorite kind of donuts, no less.

You've been on every Sunday news talk program since the domestication of animals.

You are the darling of the media. Attacking them now as liberal zealots is without foundation.

And it makes you look like an even bigger crank than you already are.

[myrna minx]

39. "You've been on every Sunday news talk program since the domestication of animals."

:spray: I wasn't expecting that. LOL.

[saltpoint]

42. - - - -

:hi:

[Matariki]

40. "this nonsense is over"

:rofl:

[Virginia Dare]

44. Awww, and it was just starting to get good...

:evilgrin:

[skooooo]

46. I guess the fun's over then...

NOT!
:evilgrin:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. Somebody said it's rude to ask a lady too many questions of a rude and prying nature.

And I concurredly agree. Tsk. Tsk.

[BeyondGeography]

48. Prisoner of Waaaaaaaaaaa

:cry:

[AzDar]

49. Uh, no...Freakshow.

[AtomicKitten]

50. Since McBush didn't vet her, we will.

You're welcome.

[jpak]

51. Fuck that

:rofl:

[hasssan1]

52. Fuck You Old fart , Why not ? It shows your Poor judgment and Insanity Ass-Wipe

[PatSeg]

53. I think he's getting pissed that we are

finding out things about his VP before he is. That's some great vetting there John!

[demobabe]

54. "Pay no attention to the (wo)man behind the curtain!"

Click, click, click...

"There's no place like home..."

"There's no place like home..."

[Matariki]

55. "This nonsense is over"

do you think that will work? will the media sit and say 'yes master'?

that's why a sex scandal is a *good* thing, and i for one am not shutting up about it.

So why, Princess Failin, did you get on a plane after your water broke? Why in the world didn't you get yourself to a hospital to protect the life of your child?

[AZBlue]

56. How dare he?! Please be sure to vote and comment on this story!

Who the fuck does John McCain and the GOP think they are? The American people have had enough - no more telling us what to think and what we can or can not say. This is so insulting! So much for something different - Bush & Co. have been pulling this bullshit for 8 years and as our next President said last Thursday, ENOUGH!

[msallied]

57. GET OFF MY LAWN!!! lolol

[n2doc]

60. Sorry wrinkly white haired dude....

But you don't get to say "stop". Not in a free country, at least.

[nichomachus]

61. New campaign slogan: Buy a Pig in a Poke - Vote McSame/Failin' '08

[jhain]

62. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[musette_sf]

63. ACTION REQUIRED memo: TO Steve Schmidt

FROM musette_sf

go pound sand up your rear aperture.

[Vinca]

64. Wow - an indication of serious dirt in the background.

Bet the tabloids are all over Wasilla, checkbook in hand.

[Supersedeas]

65. Conservative Ideas: appointing most qualified, living by family values they shove down our throat,

whining when called out to debate...is that the Neo-Coward Conservative ideal??

[CitizenPatriot]

66. I heard somewhere.. Think it was Faux News? that this is called

whining.

Just sayin'...

If you can't stand the heat, sister, just how are you going to handle the leaders of Iran/Iraq, etc? Not too sure they're gonna bow down to treating women differently...but I guess bushes friend Schmidt can try that with them. I hear they are very open to treating women with kid gloves -- esp women who are mothers working outside the home and who are not qualified to do their job. yes, I hear it's quite good for women in the Arab world. By all accounts, they will go easy on you over there. They will esp like your fundie background and your belief that this is a holy war. Oh, yes -- while you burn the world to the ground with your first gaffe, we will all pray they are nice to you and don't ask you any questions you don't like.

Do you all recall Hillary whining like this? I wonder if Palin is going to need a high school cheer team support everywhere she goes? is this in our budget and is it conservative?

(SARCASM-- and those are the values of another culture, not mine -- just to be clear-- a culture we have to deal with, though)

[AspenRose]

67. Quit Whining!

Sheesh

[SeattleGirl]

68. I don't think so, Johnny.

Boy, you Pukes sure can dish it out, but you really can't take it, can you?

Tough shit on you.

We'll look any damned place we want where Sarah Palin is concerned.

[Ganja Ninja]

70. Somebody has to do the vetting that McStain was too lazy to do. n/t

[doublethink]

71. Just makes me wanna dig deeper into this womans past.

Thanks for the motivation McCain. :)

[johnlal]

72. If questioning Palin's qualifications is sexist...

... then is questioning Obama's qualifications racist?

[BumRushDaShow]

73. "Get off my lawn" McLame vetted Obama's vetters.

When are the media going to vet HIS vetters and then vet her for real? The media hasn't vetted her yet! Why hasn't anyone vetted this pick?

(Sound familiar?) :eyes:

[truthisfreedom]

74. Not doin' so good with the Angry Old Man image, are you McSame? "Get offa Sarah Falin's porch!"

[Douglas Carpenter]

75. Sarah Palin has every right to be left alone and given her privacy

provided she withdraws from public life.

The same rule should apply to anyone seeking high positions of power

[the Sundance Kid]

77. awwwww, we made the old man cry

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

78. Are you kiddiing me?