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palmettoscoop.com - 11/7/2008
Former Romney staffers behind Palin trashing
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FMR PRES CANDIDATE’S ALLIES REPORTEDLY LEAKED NEGATIVE INFO TO PRESS TO BURY 2012 BID BY ALASKA GUV The inevitable postmortem Monday morning quarterback analysis of John McCain’s defeated bid for the White House began unfolding mere hours after Democrat Barack Obama ...

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WTF Is It Now?!?:  "A particular source of outrage"

Flopping Aces:  Say “Thank You” to Sarah!

rasmussenreports.com - 11/7/2008
69% of GOP Voters Say Palin Helped McCain
— rasmussenreports.com — Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability. Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the ... (more) 69% of GOP Voters Say Palin Helped McCain

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althouse.blogspot.com - 11/9/2008
How McCain lost me.
— althouse.blogspot.com — As promised , I'm mining my archive -- beginning in late August -- to try to understand how I turned against John McCain. August 25: "Nicely done. I'm glad to see the return of the light touch," I say about an Obama ad that uses the song "What a ... (more) How McCain lost me.

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Palin Aide Offers Strong Rebuke to Criticisms
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/7/2008
Palin Aide Offers Strong Rebuke to Criticisms
— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC’s Kate Snow reports: A longtime aide to Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is lashing back at anonymous critics within the McCain-Palin presidential campaign, telling ABC News they are attacking the former vice presidential candidate with distortions. ... (more) Palin Aide Offers Strong Rebuke to Criticisms

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"A particular source of outrage"
WTF Is It Now?!? — As if her shopping sprees weren't bad enough, one of the last straws for McCain advisers came just days before the election when news broke that Caribou Barbie had taken a call from two Canadian pranksters. The last one was the Rogue Elephant's bid for power. As reported by bitter ex-Mitt Romney staffers. *snort* ...

Say “Thank You” to Sarah!
Flopping Aces — ... about her family or her children, or dig through her private email account the smear merchants are at it again. This time it’s coming from unnamed sources in the McCain campaign (we have a pretty good idea who you are, even if ...

Say “Thank You” to Sarah!
Flopping Aces — ... about her family or her children, or dig through her private email account the smear merchants are at it again. This time it’s coming from unnamed sources in the McCain campaign (we have a pretty good idea who you are, even if ...

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