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politico.com - 7/1/2009

Palin story sparks GOP family feud

— politico.com — Vanity Fair piece has started a blistering exchange between high-profile Republicans. (more) Palin story sparks GOP family feud

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weeklystandard.com - 6/30/2009

Kristol: Liberal Media and GOP Hacks vs. Palin

— weeklystandard.com — Lefty journalist Todd Purdum has a hit piece in the new Vanity Fair on Sarah Palin. You... don’t have to be a big Palin fan to recognize the article is full of dubious claims, and is dependent on self-serving stories provided on background by some of ... (more) Kristol: Liberal Media and GOP Hacks vs. Palin

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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 6/30/2009

And The Story The MSM Still Won't Touch

— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Todd recounts it: But there were ominous signs—indications of an erratic nature. This is the third thing... McCain could have discovered about Palin—a woman, after all, who kept a pregnancy secret for seven months, flew all the way home from Texas to ... (more) And The Story The MSM Still Won't Touch

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Sarah Palin story sparks GOP family feud
The Political Carnival — ... Look what Miss Personality Disorder wrought. Or rot: The nasty back-and-forth between the two well-known Republicans and re-litigating of internal backbiting underscores the degree to which the internecine and very personal battle over last fall’s ticket between those seen as Palin allies and Palin detractors still rages on nearly six months into President Obama’s term. And it comes as Palin struggles to find her footing, at times appearing to want to take a strictly Alaska-first approach, but then re-emerging on the ...

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Balloon Juice — ... I almost find the back-and-forth between Steve Schmidt and Bill Kristol even more interesting. The vitriol and back-biting between the Schmidt/Wallace faction of the campaign and the Kristol/Scheunemann faction is quite intense. ...

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pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... has gotten totally pissy about the Palin article, mainly because Steve Schmidt got to run the McCain campaign into the ground, and Bill Kristol only almost got to do that.  This has sparked a family feud within the ranks of the old McCain campaign, which is largely provoked by Unka Bill showing up drunk and ranting about how his pinko nephew is a “communiss”.  A sample: ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —   Bill Kristol started it - but Steve Schmidt took him down: “I'm sure John McCain would be president today if only Bill Kristol had been in charge of the campaign... After all, his management of [former Vice President] Dan Quayle’s ...

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RedState: Conservative News and Community — Background: Hot Air (Allahpundit), Hot Air (Ed Morrissey), The Weekly Standard, ConsiderThisNews (Pat Hynes), The Politico Since everybody else is piling on, let me add my own comment to the fray.  If you were one of the people who participated in that Vanity Fair hit piece, and we find out your name, you will be a net drag on any national campaign for the rest of your professional career.  Not because you helped the Left go after Governor Palin, but because you are an untrustworthy sneak who is dedicated to propping up the elitist ...

"What this is about is a personal issue that happened late in the campaign relating to a close, personal friend of Bill Kristol"
Hit & Run — In case you needed any fresh reminders of why the gang at The Weekly Standard should never be within drop-kicking distance of the Oval Office, this Politico article about the Palin Wars within the McCain campaign last fall should do the trick. If Sarah Palin emerges as a 2012 front-runner for the GOP, her intrigue-fomenting, ...