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No More Mister Nice Blog — ... I'm not surprised to see this piece, nor am I surprised to see (also at Tina Brown's Daily Beast) a pro-McCain article by a former Democratic speechwriter, Wendy Button, that's full of GOP and PUMA talking points. The McCain camp is always jealous of Obama; as soon as he started trotting out Republican backers, it was inevitable that McCain would unleash his own. ...
Former Edwards, Clinton, Obama Speech Writer Turns Republican
PoliGazette —
... Former speechwriter and Democrat Wendy Button explains for the Daily Beast why she has decided to reregister as an Independent this year, and to vote for Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin in the election for president. ...
Remainders: Around the block
Ben Smith's Blog —
In Cleveland, early voters stretch around the block.
Warning: This edition of remainders is really, really long (blame Ben). Treat it like I just ate the whole of cheese.
A columnist warns that Obama voters will be damned for eternity.
Early voting sets records in Miami.
ABC blinked.
Joe the Plumber convinced one former Democratic speechwriter to support McCain.
The owner of the Miami Dolphins rushes to sell his team because he fears Obama's taxes.
The ...
The REAL Palin Effect; Obama Speechwriter Is Voting for McCain
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... For a variety of reasons, Wendy Button, a speechwriter for
Obama, Edwards, and Clinton is voting for
McCain. She credits both Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin. I
mention Sarah in the headline because the MSM insists that she is
alienating independents. They hate acknowledging the fact that they
were initially wrong about her abilities and her appeal. The "Palin
alienates key moderates" mantra is their latest fiction. ...
Obama Speechwriter Is Voting for McCain-Palin
Hyscience —
... Wendy Button, a speechwriter for Barack Obama, John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton, is voting for John McCain and she credits both Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin as the reasons for her vote: ...
Obama speechwriter says she's voting for McCain
five feet of fury. (global warming: the loch ness monster of weather.) —
Wendy Button
writes:
I was dead wrong about the surge and thought it would be a disaster. Senator John McCain led when many of us were ready to
quit. Yet we march on as if nothing has changed, wedded to an old plan, and that too is a long way from the Democratic
Party.
I can no longer justify what this party has done and can’t dismiss the treatment of women and working people as just part
of the new kind of politics. It’s wrong and someone has to say that. And also say that the Democratic ...
Democrat speech writer voting for McCain
USS Neverdock —
Let's hope a lot more of them wake up before it's too late. The party I believed in wouldn’t look down on working people under any circumstance. And Joe the Plumber is right. This is the absolutely worst time to raise taxes on anyone: the rich, the middle class, the poor, small businesses and corporations. Our economy is in the tank for many complicated reasons, especially because people don’t have enough money. So let them keep it. Let businesses keep it so they can create jobs and stay here and weather this storm. ...
Obama Speechwriter Switches to McCain; Ignored by MSM
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Imagine if a speechwriter for John McCain had switched sides and announced she was going to vote for Barack Obama. Would she not be featured bigtime in the mainstream media complete with new thrills running up Chris Matthews leg? Well, this did happen except that it was an Obama speechwriter, Wendy Button, who became disillusioned with The One and switched supporting McCain. Here are the highlights of Wendy Button's explanation of why she made the switch: ...
Recovering Obamaniacs For McCain
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Tina Brown is a New Labour/Democrat limousine liberal but, unlike the Obots running the snore-sheet monodailies, she's an editor first. And so, after the Buckley endorsement of Obama, she now presents Wendy Button, an Obama-Edwards-Clinton speechwriter who's voting for McCain : Not only has this party belittled working people in this campaign from Joe the Plumber to the bitter comments, it has also been part of tearing down two female candidates. At first, certain Democrats and the press called Senator Clinton dishonest. They went after her cleavage. They said her ...
Former Obama Speechwriter Endorses McCain
News —
... for John McCain for president, the writer said today in an essay at The Daily Beast. Citing the Democratic Party's attacks on Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during the 2008 election cycle and the treatment of Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, Button said she could not vote for a Democrat. "Not only has this party belittled working people in this campaign from Joe the Plumber to the bitter comments, it has also been part of tearing down two female candidates," Button wrote . She also criticized Democratic attacks arguing McCain would be an extension of ...
Oooooooooooh! Ohhhhhhhh! Buuuuuuuuuuurn!
Alarming News —
Oooooooooooh! Ohhhhhhhh! Buuuuuuuuuuurn! Sorry, I'm just imitating giddy liberals every time anyone remotely connected to Republicans endorses Obama: Former Obama speechwriter endorses McCain . Having worked in politics, I know that absolutely none of this is on the level. This back and forth is posturing, a charade, and a political game. These lines are what I refer to as hooker linesa sure thing to get applause and the press to scribble as if theyre reporting meaningful news. As the nation slouches toward disaster, the level of political discourse is unworthy of this ...
Delusions
Taylor Marsh —
... A PUMA opines. Democratic Party left me... blah-blah-blah. Never mind the issues, etc., etc. Me-Me-Me yada-yada-yada.
Medic! Stat. ...
Obama - 'A New Kind of Politics'? Good Luck With That.
USS Neverdock —
... Here's a Democrat speech writer that has realized what a mistake she was making. Let's hope more Americans wake up before it's too late.
A Former Speechwriter For Obama Bails
Nice Deb —
... just can’t take “The One”, any longer. She’s voting for McCain. Here’s the last page of her three page cri de coeur: ...
Speechwriter For Obama, Edwards, And Clinton Is Voting McCain
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
So Long, Democrats
by Wendy Button - (The Daily Beast)
Since I started writing speeches more than ten years ago, I have always believed in the Democratic Party. Not anymore. Not after the election of 2008. This transformation has been swift and complete and since I’m a woman writing in the election of 2008, “very emotional.”
When I entered this campaign, it was at the 2006 Edwards staff Christmas party. My nametag read “Millie Worker.” When former Senator John Edwards read it, he laughed and said, “That makes you like my ...
Obama Speechwriter Defects to McCain; Somehow I Don't Think She'll Become the Toast of the Liberal Media
Ace of Spades HQ —
Obama Speechwriter Defects to McCain; Somehow I Don't Think She'll Become the Toast of the Liberal Media Not important, you see. Only Chris Buckley and Kathleen "Who?" Parker get the superstar treatment. This is what the Democratic Party has been for me; its family. Now, it doesnt even feel like a distant cousin. ... The final straw came the other week when Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (a.k.a Joe the Plumber) asked a question about higher taxes for small businesses. Instead of celebrating his aspirations, they were mocked. He wasnt a real plumber, and Theyre fighting ...
Do Svidaniya, Dems!
sassafrassin.com —
The Daily Beast: So Long, Democrats
A speechwriter for Obama, Edwards, and Clinton on why she’s voting McCain.
Obama Speechwriter Supports McCain
Wizbang —
I talked to a couple of women this week who don't really follow politics all that closely. They were angry as heck about the way Sarah Palin has been treated by the media and by Obama's camp. Listening to the intensity of their disgust I wondered how many others might feel the same way, not just about Palin's treatment, but Joe the Plumber's as well. I thought there were likely many more out there who felt the same way, but never thought one of Obama's speechwriters would be among them. Since I started writing speeches more than ten years ago, I have always believed in the ...
Obama Speechwriter Jumps Ship
The Jawa Report —
October 29, 2008 Obama Speechwriter Jumps Ship This is a very lengthy article by Democratic speech writer Wendy Button and well worth the read This drift started on a personal level with the fall of former Senator John Edwards. It got stronger during the Democratic National Convention when I counted the substantive mentions of poverty on one hand and a whole bunch of bad canned partisan lines against Senator John McCain. Some faith was lifted after Senator Hillary Clintons grace during a difficult hour. But that faith was dashed when I saw that someone had raided the ...
Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... “That’s not exactly the philosophy of a Democrat. Not only has this party belittled working people in this campaign from Joe the Plumber to the bitter comments, it has also been part of tearing down two female candidates . At first, certain Democrats and the press called Senator Clinton ‘dishonest.’ They went after her cleavage. They said her experience as First Lady consisted of having tea parties. There was no outrage over ‘Bros before Hoes’ or ‘Iron My Shirt.’ Did Senator Clinton make mistakes? Of course. She’s human. But here we are about a week out and it’s déjà vu all ...
OBAMA SPEECH WRITER LEAVES CAMPAIGN AND WILL VOTE FOR MCCAIN
Southern Appeal —
This woman is exceptionally brave. When one considers how the Obama Campaign, as well as the mainstream media, has treated apostates from the church of the Obamessiah one has to appreciate the courage this act of honesty represents. I think she hits the nail on the head with this: I can no longer justify what this party has done and can’t dismiss the treatment of women and working people as just part of the new kind of politics. It’s wrong and someone has to say that. And also say that the Democratic Party’s talking points—that Senator John McCain is just four more years of ...
Former Obama Speechwriter Will Vote for McCain-Palin:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
A former Obama speechwriter says why she is voting for McCain on The Daily Beast--which apparently specializes in defection confessionals : The final straw came the other week when Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (a.k.a Joe the Plumber) asked a question about higher taxes for small businesses. Instead of celebrating his aspirations, they were mocked. He wasn’t “a real plumber,” and “They’re fighting for Joe the Hedge-Fund manager,” and the patronizing, “I’ve got nothing but love for Joe the Plumber.” As the nation slouches toward disaster, the level of political discourse ...
A Trade We'll Take
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Sooner or later, of course, Christopher Buckley will come back. (All right, maybe later rather than sooner. But it'll happen.) In the meantime, welcome, Wendy Button, a former speechwriter for Obama who has announced she'll be voting for McCain . Zowie. This woman can write. On Palin: Governor Palin and I don t agree on a lot of things, mostly social issues. But I have grown to appreciate the Governor. I was one of those initial skeptics and would laugh at the pictures. Not anymore. When someone takes on a corrupt political machine and a sitting governor, that is ...
Yet Another Defector
Jules Crittenden —
... No, not another Obamacon going to hang with the cool crowd. It’s another Dem for McCain … only this one is a refugee from inside the Obama camp. Post by longtime Hillary, Edwards and finally Obama speechwriter Wendy Button cites Joe the Plumber, the political abuse of women and aha moments about the surge and the notion of letting people keep their money as she describes how the Democratic Party left her. The Daily Beast : The final straw came the other week when Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (a.k.a Joe the Plumber) asked a question about higher taxes for small businesses. ...
"I have always believed in the Democratic Party. Not anymore."
Stubborn Facts —
Former Obama speechwriter Wendy Button does the right thing, walking out on the Democrats and endorsing McCain:
[This season, the Democratic Party has ] been part of tearing down two female candidates. At first, certain Democrats and the press called Senator Clinton “dishonest.” They went after her cleavage. They said her experience as First Lady consisted of having tea parties. There was no outrage over “Bros before Hoes” or “Iron My Shirt.” Did Senator Clinton make mistakes? Of course. She’s human.
But here we are about a week out and it’s déjà ...
