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Buchanan update
Ben Smith's Blog —
... McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb, who declined last night to comment on Palin's relationship with Pat Buchanan, today denies it to ABC: ...
It's okay kids, she doesn't really mean it!
Blue Gal —
ABC: McCain-Palin campaign spokesman Michael Goldfarb writes: "Governor Palin has never worked for any effort to elect Pat Buchanan -- that assertion is completely false. As Mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin did attend an event with Mr. Buchanan in her home town where reports described her wearing a Buchanan for President button. She wore the button as a courtesy to Mr. Buchanan and in an effort to make him feel welcome during his visit, but immediately sent a letter to the editor of her local paper clarifying that the button should not have been interpreted as an ...
Palin Not A Buchananite
Rhymes With Right —
... to his 1996 campaign. Because, you see, she is on record as backing another candidate in 2000 . The McCain campaign says that instead of supporting Buchanan -- or even McCain -- in 2000, Palin actually supported Steve Forbes. And indeed, another AP story from August 7, 1999 -- one month after the Buchanan trip to Wasilla -- states that joining state sen. Mike Miller of Fairbanks on the Forbes campaign's Alaska "leadership committee will be Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin, and former state GOP chairman Pete Hallgren, who will serve as co-chairs." When combined with the fact that ...
Is Sarah Palin Pro-Israel: See For Yourself!
Israpundit —
... UPDATE: This emphasizes the foolishness of Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida’s attack on Palin as a supporter of Buchanan: ...
Buchanan smears Palin?
Classical Values —
Buchanan smears Palin? I don't know whether Palin ever supported Buchanan, but what about this ? A meme is developing out there among liberals that Gov. Sarah Palin was a supporter of Pat Buchanan in the 1990s, a charge that the McCain-Palin campaign strongly denies. Palin denies having been a Buchanan brigadista, as does the McCain campaign. Buchanan, however, claims otherwise to ...
Whiplash!: Pat Buchanan flip-flops on Palin in record time
Crooks and Liars —
... Well, John McCain did make the irresponsible choice of Palin for VP, and in the second half of this mashup Heather so graciously put together, Pat Buchanan makes a complete reversal and begins to extoll the virtues of a Palin vice-presidency, going so far as to even proclaim that she and her husband were members of the “Buchanan Brigade,” something the McCain campaign, for obvious reasons, vehemently denies. ...
