McCain camp hits back at 'diva' Palin
Ben Smith's Blog — Responding to the grumblings from Palin's camp in my story this morning, McCain's camp hits back in conversations with CNN: McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan. A second ...

Kicking the infighting up a notch
Political Animal — ... earlier about the infighting among McCain campaign aides has caused quite a stir, but just as importantly, it's also caused more McCain aides to start pointing fingers more aggressively . McCain sources say Palin has gone off message several times, and they privately wonder if the incidents were deliberate. They cited that she labeled robocalls -- recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent -- "irritating" even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan. ...

Quote of the Day
Shakesville — "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone... Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom."—An anonymous McCain adviser on Sarah Palin "going rogue" by veering off-message and rejecting advice from her campaign-appointed handlers. ...

Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue." --snip-- "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. "Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom." Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/in... :popcorn: PB

CNN: Palin, McCain Split Goes Public
Daily Kos — This is what implosion looks like: (CNN) -- With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say. Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue."... A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign. "She is a diva. She takes ...

Does Palin support the aerial hunting of witches
Jesus' General — ... July 13, 2008, at a conference held at a church in Everett, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, Mary Glazier told top leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation that at the age of twenty four, a young Wasilla, Alaska woman had joined Glazier's prayer group which was later to become the Alaska "spiritual warfare network". Mary Glazier is the Alaska Director of the Global Apostolic Prayer Network, originally founded in 1990 as the "Spiritual Warfare Network".Gov. Palin's witch-fighting network had it's first big success in Alaska, five ...

Trouble in McCainLandia?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — I noted (but did not blog) a few stories over the last week or so about whether Palin was going off message or not (I recall, for example, a few stories about Palin publicly questioning the McCain campaign’s decision to pull out of Michigan).1 Now we have the following: Via the Politico: Palin allies report rising campaign tension. Via CNN: Palin’s ‘going rogue,’ McCain aide says Both stories feature a number of anonymous sources from within the McCain campaign detailing tensions with ...

"[Sarah Palin] is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone. She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else."
Althouse — "Also she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: divas trust only unto themselves as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom." So said some unnamed McCain advisor, and Andrew Sullivan is powerfully enthused: If McCain doesn't trust her, why should anyone else?But the one thing we know about the adviser is that he is untrustworthy. He's stabbing Palin and McCain in the back. Why take his word for anything? She doesn't have a ...

Evita 08
N/A — Palin a diva? And a maverick.    Don’t cry for me, Wasiilla. Does Palin sing the wrong song or is this key player simply off key?  Or off the reservation? Evita 08: McCain should tell us again how carefully he vetted Palin. Evita Peron seduced a whole nation.  Palin only had to seduce one old idiot.

Palin is a real maverick
Corrente — CNN: Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin “going rogue.” A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to “bust free” of what she believes was a damaging and mismanaged roll-out. [snip] A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign. “She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any ...

Hmmmm.....yeah, I don't get that vibe off Palin
doubleplusundead — Hmmmm.....yeah, I don't get that vibe off Palin It would almost be worth McCain losing, just to keep the people saying this crap about Gov. Palin from having good jobs: "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. She doesn't trust anyone in her family? Really? That's the line you're going to use to get people to believe your story? Posted by: ...

Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... to divert blame from themselves… A number of Gov. Palin’s staff have not had her best interests at heart, and they have not had the campaign’s best interests at heart.” *“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone. She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves , as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.” *“If you measure tension as the interaction between principles and staff ...

Palin, robocalls and the strange case of “Stanley Simon Ray”
Roger L. Simon — ... As we all know, trusting CNN on the news is rather like trusting an off-shore Internet bookie in a blind game of Texas hold ‘em. But never mind. Let’s take it as “gospel” in their latest round of McCain and Palin bashing that the following is at least semi-accurate… or accurate-ish: McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls — recorded messages often used to attack a candidate’s opponent — ...

It Hasn't Happened... Yet-- The Saturday Night Palin Video
DownWithTyranny! — ... all over the world but inside the McCain camp the feeling is that the joke's on them. CNN is reporting that the ambitious and overreaching Alaskan has now gone rogue. McCain insiders claim she's "looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign." ...

Sunday Talk - Knives Out
Daily Kos — The gop's shrinking base is wetting their pants in fear of losing the white house.   They're backed into a tight corner and lashing out at Obama and each other. Every wingnut for him/herself. Full lineup and other goodies below. ...

Sarah Palin Is Such A Diva; If McCain Loses, It Will So Be Her Fault
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... . The bitch is such a Diva! That's according to anonymous sources brought to you by your free press ( ...

Hullabaloo — Divas On Parade by digby I'm sure you have all heard by now that McCain loyalists are already out there dissing Palin for ruining everything. But this one made me chuckle a bit: A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign. "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. "Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the ...

Using Anonymous 'McCain Sources,' CNN Passes on Slam of Palin As a 'Rogue' and Self-Obsessed 'Diva'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — The Obama-loving media has found a new narrative for the last full week of the campaign: Sarah Palin's not only a drag on the ticket, she's a runaway "rogue." CNN.com's Political Ticker is quoting anonymous McCain aides getting nasty: "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. "Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all ...

Aides Say Obama, Like Palin, Has Gone Rogue
ScrappleFace — ... (2008-10-26) — For the second time in a week, a candidate on a major party presidential ticket has apparently “gone rogue” according to insiders close to Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama. ...

"In the tank": Biden's gaffes entertaining, helpful to Obama
Doug Ross @ Journal — [image] The Associated Press offers, " Biden a reliable running mate amid the stumbles ." While CNN asserts, " Palin's 'going rogue,' [anonymous] McCain aide says ." Later this evening, Jack Cafferty reports on Joe the Plumber's latest colonoscopy results. And on CBS Katie Couric goes undercover to interview Sarah Palin's personal shopper at Saks. Sometimes I think that the only thing keeping the Earth aligned on its axis is the gyroscopic spinning of Ernie Pyle in his grave. Labels: Biden , Democrats , MSM , Palin

From Then To Now
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — The recklessness of the Palin pick is captured in this small anecdote from the Draper piece: The following night, after McCain’s speech brought the convention to a close, one of the campaign’s senior advisers stayed up late at the Hilton bar savoring the triumphant narrative arc. I asked him a rather basic question: “Leaving aside her actual experience, do you know how informed Governor Palin is about the issues of the day?” The senior adviser thought for a moment. Then he looked up from his beer. “No,” he said quietly. “I don’t know.” And here is what we hear from CNN: "Her ...

It all comes back to judgment
Political Animal — IT ALL COMES BACK TO JUDGMENT.... The infighting among McCain campaign staffers got a little tense over the weekend, with the bulk of the tension surrounding Sarah Palin -- one faction believes she's to blame for the campaign's problems, while another believes McCain's aides have misused her and failed to take advantage of her strengths. Far be it for me to pick sides in this squabble, but it's worth keeping in mind that it's very hard to teach an unprepared student ...

McCain Sends Out Team Blather To Change The Subject…Again
Firedoglake — ... Right down the hill and over the cliff to the intersection of Inanity Lane and Dipshit Boulevard. That's where we're headed, my friends.   Rep. Heather Wilson, on CNN's Late Edition, was grasping at hair clubs to change the subject from the craptastic serial failures, piss poor judgment and rudderless, smarm-filled, self-inflicted implosion of a clown car that is Team McCain. Truly, the desperation is reaching critical crass: ...

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for October 27, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... I was in Colorado last week, she had at least 10,000 people in a small area, in Grand Junction. John McCain here in a populous area in Ohio, maybe 1,000 people behind me right now." Well now, this certainly doesn't say much for and about John Sidney McCain!!! * * * Sounds like the "maverick" title has been challenged, it's been replaced with "rogue"!!! "Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says". It was bound to happen -- politics born of conflict, usually die in conflict! So goes the Repuglican Party, and as my grandmother would say "good riddance to bad rubbish"!!! Clearly ...

Today in The Nation: The Diva
The Nation: Top Stories — ... rollout and a tarnished public image--even as others in McCain's camp blame the pick of the relatively inexperienced Alaska governor, and her public performance, for McCain's decline. "She's lost confidence in most of the people on the plane," said a senior Republican who speaks to Palin, referring to her campaign jet. He said Palin had begun to "go rogue" in some of her public pronouncements and decisions. "I think she'd like to go more rogue," he said. In response a McCain adviser told CNN : "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She ...

Today on Doing Time: Monday October 27th
The Latest on Air America — ... What great guests, you say. And indeed they are, but there’s also plenty of Kuby for you today. Has Sarah Palin gone rogue he asks? Some McCain staffers say so. We’ll look into the claim of just what the hell she’s been talking about. Because, remember, she’s a maverick. ...

the bourne again identity
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... story noting that palin had “gone rogue” -- ignoring the mccain campaign’s advice, as well as seeming to break with mccain on a few issues (like raising jeremiah wright and the campaign’s decision to give up on michigan). and then a mccain adviser said this to cnn: "she is a diva. she takes no advice from anyone. she does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. remember: divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the ...

McCain adviser: Palin is ‘a whack job.’
Think Progress — ... , with growing frustrating directed at Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). Last week, CNN reported that one McCain source called Palin “a diva” who “takes no advice from anyone.” Politico’s Mike Allen reports another McCain adviser’s ...

'A whack job'
Political Animal — 'A WHACK JOB'.... The internal fight among McCain and Palin staffers got a little more intense over the weekend, when a McCain adviser told CNN , "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone.... Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom." Today, the blame game got even uglier. The Politico 's ...

CNN’s Campbell Brown Rips Sexism of ‘Diva’ Remark Her Network Disseminated
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... "diva" comment about Sarah Palin from a supposed anonymous McCain campaign adviser on Monday’s Election Center program, despite how it was her own network that highlighted this remark. After describing how "it was big news when this story broke over the weekend -- a shocking quote from an adviser to John McCain calling Sarah Palin a ‘diva.’ (correspondents Dana Bash, Peter Hamby, and John King first reported on the anonymous "diva" remark in an October 25 report on CNN.com), Brown decried how it is "a sexist slight, a term that is ...

Lords of Undiscipline
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run — This gruesome CNN exchange with John McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb (on loan from The Weekly Standard), highlights something I've long observed but rarely written about: The McCain campaign's stunning lack of discipline. First, take a look at Goldfarb missing an opportunity to paint Rick Sanchez as a rabid Obama fan by instead turning the entire segment into a bizarre Obama-consorts-with-known-anti-Semites-who-we-all-know-but-I-won't-name: Goldfarb may be a swell guy in private (I've heard rumors to that effect), but you don't win elections by deploying non-professionals who aren't ready for the ultimate prime ...

Still Undecided?
Garling Gauge — [image] I am voting for Obama. Before you take out your guns, let me explain why. I will begin by hopefully shattering some pre-conceived notions. Guess who said this: “I’d love to see a point where Roe v. Wade is irrelevant, and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary. But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade , which would then force women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.” McCain. Yes. McCain said that. If you were going to vote for him because you think he’s pro-life, think again. This is going to be a very long post. I’m including links - a lot of ...

'Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus'
Political Animal — ... that adding Palin to the ticket was a good idea, and someone dished to Newsweek that McCain "rarely spoke to Palin during the campaign." The point here isn't whether the Palin family behaved like "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus"; the point is that these reports suggest Palin will get the blame for much of what went wrong. It started with McCain aides calling her a " diva ," and progressed to at least one aide calling her a " ...

What Sarah Palin didn't know, as reported by Fox's Carl Cameron
Top of the Ticket — Now it can be revealed, Fox News Channel reporter Carl Cameron just told network anchor Shepherd Scott. There WAS tension between between John McCain staff members and Sarah Palin (as other news outlets previously reported), and part of it stemmed from some rather glaring gaps in what the governor of Alaska knew about the rest of the world. Cameron, the Fox beat reporter for the Republican presidential ticket, said he had been told by unnamed sources -- and on the condition he not report the details during the campaign -- that Palin ...

Palin: ‘Small, Bitter Type Of Person’ Is ‘Falsely’ Claiming I Didn’t Know Africa Was A Continent
Think Progress — ... something foolish like that, that I perhaps didn’t know an answer to a question. So until I know who is talking about it, I won’t have a comment on false allegations. Watch it: The explosive claims — including that Palin could not name the signatories to NAFTA and that she refused to prepare before her Katie Couric interviews — are the latest signs of infighting and finger-pointing among McCain campaign staffers — and that ...

Sarah Palin: The GOP’s Best Hope in 2012
Pajamas Media — Funny how the Palin-bashing seems to be coming from staffers loyal to Mitt Romney, whom she threatens the most. [image] Long before John McCain delivered his concession speech, which reminded even the liberal left of his dignity and courage, his staffers had plunged into their next task. It is, sadly, one they had begun two weeks prior to the election, a time when their candidate most needed them. But rather than shoring up McCain’s weakly explained policies on the failing economy — the most important issue to voters – his staffers were already scrambling to lay blame for their faltering campaign on McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin.  It was a move that ...

Dianne Feinstein Goes Rogue
Politics Daily — And you thought Sarah Palin bit the hand that fed her! Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, of California, has positioned herself at odds with the leaders of her own party twice this week. First, she publicly questioned Barack Obama's selection of Leon Panetta as CIA chief. Her official complaint was that he was unqualified for the position, which was fair considering that his experience with foreign intelligence is limited to ordering Chinese food for Bill Clinton. She was also somewhat miffed that Obama didn't give her a call to let her know about the choice - a major oversight, considering that she chairs the Senate ...

Stuart Whatley: Advice To Palin: Give The GOP Elephant His Job Back
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Newt Gingrich this week prophesied that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin could become "very formidable" in the coming years as long as she "seeks out a group of sophisticated policy advisers". I daresay the latter clause of this statement is more likely than the former. But maybe I'm not being fair. Governor Palin does indeed have the potential to be a "very formidable" and viable GOP presidential candidate in 2012. However, the journey before her will be nothing short of a modern-day Pinocchio story--an endeavor to transform from a cartoon character into a real person. Tina Fey was successful in lampooning Palin on SNL by using almost exact ...