Operation Leper
doubleplusundead — Operation Leper RedState is going to be working to find out who the smacktards that are smearing Gov. Palin are, keeping an eye on them, and when elections roll around, crush them and the candidates they're working with. And we'll definitely be supporting RedState in that venture. This won't go unpunished. Posted by: doubleplusundead at 11:14 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment Post contains 51 words, total size 1 kb.

Note to Palin-Smearers: As McCain Said, "You Will Known Their Names and We Will Make Them Famous"
Ace of Spades HQ — Note to Palin-Smearers: As McCain Said, "You Will Known Their Names and We Will Make Them Famous" Michelle's angry. Red State launches Operation: Leper. Posted by: Ace at 12:41 AM Comments Name: * Email: * URL: Comments: Processing 0.01, elapsed 0.0051 seconds. 12 queries taking 0.0043 seconds, 8 records returned. Page size 25 kb. Powered by Minx 0.7 alpha.

alicublog — THE REBUILDING BEGINS! RedState: RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details. We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you'll see us go to war against those candidates. It is our ...

These Losers Need To Grow Up
Riehl World View — ... As RedState suggests and many suspect, this effort has more to do with damaging Palin lest she attempt to make a run in 2012. ...

The GOP Civil War Begins
Interesting Times — ... people are spreading it as well. The latter would move this spat beyond the blogs and FOX and McCain staffers into the more viable mainstream of the GOP. RedState has announced Operation Leper , a plan to "[track] down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others." We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you'll see us go to war against those candidates. It's finally entertaining to ...

It's good to be a leper
Interesting Times — Thursday, November 06, 2008 It's good to be a leper If the wingnuts are serious about purging the party of anti-Palinites then maybe the would be "lepers" might actually see it as a ...

Operation Leper
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet — Operation Leper That's the name of Redstate.com's new project to track down the miserable [Al Swearengen's favorite word] who are sneaking around trashing Palin after she gave them their best shot at winning this thing. Bring these pathetic [inhalers of penis] to light. Posted by Jim Treacher at November 6, 2008 04:40 AM

Early Morning Swim: Special Schadenfreude Edition
Firedoglake — ... Randy Scheunemann, fired for kissing up to Palin. The battle between McCain and Palin. Shopping sprees and wet towels. Splitsville. The Anchor Baby lashes out; RedState starts an enemies list.  "Loser McCain" gets his own coffee. Merkley punks Gordon Smith. Nate says Toobz may still go down.

Palin Last Nail in Republican Coffin?
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... are absolutely right that it’s cowardly for these rumormongers to be dishing anonymously. Palin, for her part, is being extraordinarily gracious, at least in public, saying all the right things about McCain and about letting president-elect Obama have his moment. RedState honcho Erick Erickson says his team is “We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others.” Fair enough. He then goes on: We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when ...

Palin: Too Big to Fail
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... , and the efforts by McCain and Palin staffers to blame each other for defeat. Particularly hilarious is the following threat by Erick Erickson: ...

Wingnuts Prepare to Wind the Cocoon Tighter
Matthew Yglesias — Fox News’ Carl Cameron reports that Sarah Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent: Red State’s Erik Erikson plans a purge of those committing crimes against Palindom: RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details. We ...

The Sarah Palin Personality Cult looks to claim some scalps
Sadly, No! — ... Operation Leper Posted by: Erick Erickson RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details. We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you’ll see us go to war against those ...

The War on Palin
PoliGazette — ... The conservative blog Red State, for instance, announced the launch of a new project called “Operation Leper.” The goal of this operation is to identify the leakers, to “constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you’ll see us go to war against those candidates.” ...

TWITS IN MCCAIN CAMP MISFIRE IN PALIN ATTACKS
Right Wing Nut House — ... , finally pulled the lever for Obama in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina. To blame Palin for this is outrageous. And hopefully, if Erick at RedState gets his way, none of these twits will work in politics again: RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details. We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who ...

Operation Whiny Prat
Swampland — ... It's nice to know everyone on the right is keeping things classy.        ...

Disintegration
The Mahablog — ... owned subsidiary of the upper echelon of the Republican Party, is leading the charge against Palin. Even I think the “she’s so dumb she doesn’t know Africa is a continent” story is farfetched. The larger point is that the string-pullers want to make Sarah Palin the scapegoat. They are swift-boating their own. The puppets are not having it. Erick Erickson of Redstate announces Operation Leper: We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain ...

The 'bloodbath' is bound to get ugly
Political Animal — ... about McCain aides trashing Palin, leaking word about the governor's apparent ignorance and emotional instability. With that in mind, it appears the "bloodbath" is already getting underway. Here's an item from RedState's Erick Erickson, published last night. RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin ...

Matt Lewis: McCain Staffers vs. Palin
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Someone's leaking to Carl Cameron... Meanwhile, RedState launches "Operation Leper ," focused on, "tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others." Also, ...

Blameshifters
Confederate Yankee — ... are just some of the blogs hunting down the anonymous McCain campaign sources so willing to blame someone else for their faliings. Red State has gone so far as to launch Operation Leper to run down and publicly name those unwilling to accept that it was their poor political skills and poorly run campaign that contributed to a campaign that never found its footing. So far they've named three McCain campaign staffers. I would not be surprised if there are a few more. The people need to find another line of work. John McCain's staff no doubt including those leaking ran an ...

Sarah Palin As Jezebel, 'Wearing Nothing But a Towel'
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... Operation Leper -- RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. — We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details. . We are rooting for Sarah Palin. Don't make us add you to our list. Do you really want to be next to Kathleen Parker in the leper colony? ...

The Circular Firing Squad
Balloon Juice — It has begun. RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin has the details. We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you’ll see us go to war against those candidates. It is our expressed intention to make ...

Blunt Steps Down
Swampland — ... – it could've been so much worse. While this may help sort out who leads the party in the House, the GOP clearly still has a lot of soul searching to do. ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... is flagging this post from Erick Erickson of RedState, one of the top outposts of crazy-base GOP thinking -- and while it's aimed at campaign staffers, I think a potential 2012 GOP candidate may also get caught in the crosshairs: ...

Roger Ailes — ... The wingnuts are starting their own Civil War, and fighting over who gets to be the Confederacy. But you'd think even the Hillbillies could choose a better leader than Oly Olafson of RedState. ...

Operation Leper
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Erick Erickson has declared war on anyone who trashes Palin. Let's have a beer soon, Erick, shall we?

Expect popcorn sales to be brisk in blue states
Nitpicker — Photo and background found here The purge begins. RedState: RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others... We intend to constantly remind the base about these people, monitor who they are working for, and, when 2012 rolls around, see which candidates hire them. Naturally then, you'll see us go to war against those ...

If you listen to one Republican today, make it this one.
Blue Gal — ... , and, if you care for a right wing link (remember, I didn't make you click it, but it's a Glenn Beck-endorsed doozy, here). ...

Spreading leprosy and joy wherever they go . . .
Megan McArdle — ... Red State offers proof positive.  Because you know what the Republican Party is missing?  What the electorate really wants from conservatives?  Secret police. ...

The Shit-Fling As The McPalin Campaign Staff Jumps Ship
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... [the media complained] she didn’t give interviews and then the interviews she did were all wrong. There’s a standard applied to her that I don’t see applied to Joe Biden. Which is totally true, by the way! Here is the “double standard”: Joe Biden has to give press conferences every day, and Sarah Palin does not. Anyway, Fred Barnes apologized yesterday, so Nicolle does not have to go under the bus yet. 2. Operation Leper (Redstate) RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: ...

I Support Operation Leper
Rhymes With Right — I’m not ready to sign on to the Sarah Palin in 2012 bandwagon (I’m leaning towards Bobby Jindal at this early date), but I am more than willing to lend my support to this effort . After all, undercutting your ticket before the campaign is over is dishonorable – especially when you are getting paid to support and promote it. RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin to Carl Cameron and others. Michelle Malkin ...

Your Lengthy Guide To The Insane McCain-Palin Cold War
Wonkette » top — ... This post is about 10 million words right now, and there is more drama every which way. Carl Cameron from Fox News is revealing hilarious anonymous stories hourly about Palin not knowing what Africa is. RedState is literally creating a list of advisers to kill. Newsweek has a book’s worth of ...

Let the Republican bloodbath begin
Crooks and Liars — ... going to get ugly: Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush, dismissed Mrs Palin's critics as "cocktail party conservatives" who "give aid and comfort to the enemy". He told The Sunday Telegraph: "There's going to be a bloodbath. A lot of people are going to be excommunicated. David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party. The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin?" Sure enough: RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special ...

By Joe the Plumber’s hammer, by the sons of Wasilla, you shall be avenged.
Firedoglake — Erick the Red State goes on the warpath: RedState is pleased to announce it is engaging in a special project: Operation Leper. We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor ...

On the Anonymous Attacks on Sarah Palin
The Wide Awake Cafe — ... started emerging from former White House officials who had worked closely with President Reagan and the long knives were out after Nancy Reagan. The media had always been critical of Nancy Reagan during Ronald Reagan’s Presidency and I’m sure a little criticism of Nancy was a selling point to a publisher. I’m figuring this may be an angle the unprincipled gossips are after - they may want to sell a tell-all book that will rule out a future for Sarah Palin. Red State has a list of people from the McCain campaign who have been smearing Gov. Palin. ...

Listen Now: Rob’s Hosting The Scott Hennen Show
Say Anything — ... will let us in on a project he’s started to get back at those who are trying to knife Sarah Palin in the back. ...

Pining For A RINO?
TalkLeft — From the people who launched Operation Leper (which I think is not wrongheaded BTW), this is pretty funny: Dear Senator [Lieberman]: Switch parties. Or at least, be an unhyphenated Independent and caucus with the Senate Republicans. There is no reason to think that you will ever be treated with respect and dignity in the Democratic Caucus again. Even if you seek to make amends for what Senator Reid perceives to be your apostasy, you will always be viewed with suspicion and bitterness by members of the Democratic Caucus. ...

The Wilderness Years
Daily Kos — ... The media loves a comeback story, as will her die-hard band of loyalists.  So after some time outside the public eye, expect Palin's memoir to come out in the next year or two, with appearances on all the major news magazine shows and daytime chat shows.  She'll call up Hannity and Limbaugh when she gets bored, and even Hugh Hewitt when she's really bored.   ...

Nailin' Palin, Wasilla Hillbilly
The Reaction — ... ). Partly in response to these attacks, pro-Palin conservatives are circling the wagons. RedState, for example, has launched Operation Leper, aimed at exposing the attackers in the McCain campaign and destroying them. (Also, Palin's chief cheerleader in the right-wing punditocrazy, Krazy Bill Kristol, is ...

The Sarah: Operation Leper
The Latest on Air America — Maron v Seder have a lot to say about the Sarah Palin leper list. Do we? Meh. It's interesting to get a glimpse at what the con-tards think of themselves. Do we really care if they put a bead on someone for what they perceive to be an infraction of honor and allegiance? It's a bit like watching fly larvae eating each other in that age-old bid to become airborne. What's this all about? Well, yesterday some idiot named Erick Erickson posted the Operation Leper list on Redstate.com. We're tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign ...

Will Palin Replace Cheney As Viral Neoconservatism’s New Host?
The Moderate Voice — ... in declaring it “outrageous” that McCain’s electoral college landslide loss is being blamed on the virgin. Worse yet, he endorses Operation Leper, a Stalinesque online round-up of the people smearing Palin being led by Erick Erickson at RedState with Rush Limbaugh riding shotgun, two guys who between them probably haven’t had an introspective moment since they short-sheeted a counselor’s bed at summer camp and had their canteen privileges revoked. ...

Reporter Dishing Palin Dirt: No, It's Not Former Romney Aides
Ace of Spades HQ — Reporter Dishing Palin Dirt: No, It's Not Former Romney Aides As I spread this rumor myself, I owe it to Romney and his supporters to put up a main-post about this. Not Romneyites. Note that Red State now says they've "confirmed" that Wallace and Schmidt are two of the three backbiters. Posted by: Ace at 05:26 PM Comments Name: * Email: * URL: Comments: Processing 0.01, elapsed 0.0028 seconds. 12 queries taking 0.002 seconds, 8 records returned. Page size 25 kb. Powered by Minx 0.7 alpha.

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... to the dimwit mob, he now seems in real danger that his obituary will someday read, "Senator McCain is probably best remembered as the man who introduced Sarah Palin to a national political audience. Ms. Palin, a four-time candidate for the presidency before replacing Vanna White on Wheel of Fortune, was the standard-bearer for the Republican Party, in its final years as a major American political organization before it was overtaken and supplanted by the Flat Earth Party." One excited camper has just announced "a special project: Operation Leper. We're tracking down all ...

The Palin Wars
Hit & Run — ... as a bovine herd -- or as inert clay in the hands of wily media, which only Palin's conservative celebrators can decipher and resist. These conservatives, smitten by a vice presidential choice based on chromosomes, seem eager to compete on the Democrats' terrain of identity politics, entering the "diversity" sweepstakes they have hitherto rightly deplored. Meanwhile over at RedState and Michelle Malkin's blog, there is, well, Operation Leper. An intriguing subplot in all of this has been the role of certain magazines ...

11/12: Ratcheting Up The Pressure
Blogometer — ... 's Erick Erickson -- who has been trying to track down the anonymous McCain aides leaking unflattering stories about Palin -- points a finger at ex-NH AG Tom Rath : "Tom Rath is the former Attorney General General of New Hampshire. He's also been a Republican National Committeeman. He is not the type of guy people should treat lightly. I am, consequently, rather disturbed that several people, both inside and outside the McCain campaign -- trusted people -- tell me Mr. Rath is responsible for the Newsweek story about Sarah Palin's temper tantrum in New Hampshire. [...] ...

Shorter Suzanne Smalley Of Newsweek
Sadly, No! — ... to my friend at Eagle Publishing about, okay, Obama victory: good for Republicans, and she was like, “you so totally ought to talk to Patrick Ruffini, no wait, no wait, he doesn’t work for us, hang on a sec, Robert Bluey is busy this week, crap, hang on,” and the next thing I knew, she had connected me with Erick Erickson of RedState.com, the young, hip grassroots organizer who collected more than 3,400 signatures on a recent e-petition. ...

Conservative Blogosphere Eye Opportunities As Outsiders
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Alarkon cites the way blogging communities tend to amplify the rhetoric against a common "unified grievance," but if you ask me, the more potentially interesting aspect of this shift could be how the blogosphere influences the evolution of the GOP. On that regard, things could get quite divisive between the purveyors of right-wing bloggery. One relatively fresh demarcation of a schism can be seen over at RedState, where they've basically doubled down on Sarah Palin as the future of the party, and have threatened to ostracize any who criticize her. ...

Conservative Blogosphere Eye Opportunities As Outsiders
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Alarkon cites the way blogging communities tend to amplify the rhetoric against a common "unified grievance," but if you ask me, the more potentially interesting aspect of this shift could be how the blogosphere influences the evolution of the GOP. On that regard, things could get quite divisive between the purveyors of right-wing bloggery. One relatively fresh demarcation of a schism can be seen over at RedState, where they've basically doubled down on Sarah Palin as the future of the party, and have threatened to ostracize any who criticize her. ...