thinkprogress.org - 10/16/2008
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On Sunday, Bill Kristol said that Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign is “pathetic.” Similarly, in his New York Times op-ed this week, Kristol said that McCain should “fire his campaign” and “start over.” Today on Fox News, campaign manager Rick Davis continued to lash out at ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 10/17/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
BLAMING KRISTOL FOR PALIN.... There's been quite a
bit of animosity of late between the McCain campaign...
and Bill Kristol. This wasn't at all expected, given that Kristol has been a McCain cheerleader for years. But the two aren't getting...
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Blaming Kristol for Palin
swamppolitics.com - 10/14/2008
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swamppolitics.com —
By Paul West John McCain has few stronger
supporters than his younger brother Joe, who recently got...
himself into hot water when he described the fiercely contested Northern Virginia suburbs as "communist country." But that remark pales beside ...
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"Let John McCain be John McCain," his brother pleads
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McCain Campaign Manager Pushes Back On Kristol's Criticisms
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... this week calling on the campaign to focus less on attacks and more on the positive aspects of McCain's biography. Below is the video of Davis on Fox News, courtesy of Think Progress . It's followed by the transcript of Davis's answer on Fox. CARLSON: Rick, let me ask you this, because there have been some, quite frankly, conservative columnists — who are usually on your side of the fence. One of them in particular, earlier this week, Bill Kristol, who said that you and everyone else on the campaign staff should be fired. How do you respond to that? DAVIS: Yes, well, you ...
Blaming Kristol for Palin
Political Animal —
... ." The campaign responded once more , saying, "[I]t's a good thing Bill Kristol has never run a political campaign because he'd probably have to fire himself at least two or three times." The ongoing animosity may have something to do with the McCain campaign blaming Kristol for one its biggest problems -- picking Sarah Palin was his idea. Harper's Scott Horton ...
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