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Expect popcorn sales to be brisk in blue states
Nitpicker — ... those candidates."Ace" says it's not enough to go after candidates who might hire these people. Incidentally, if any of the staffers (bashing Sarah Palin behind the scenes) have ever worked for another campaign, that candidate is dead to me. It might not be that candidate's fault. But at some point this crap has to be met with consequences. [Emphasis Nitpicker's.]This should be fun. (h/t Balloon Juice and The Plank.)

Your Lengthy Guide To The Insane McCain-Palin Cold War
Wonkette » top — ... advisers tell CNN. One of the aides tells CNN that campaign manager Rick Davis fired Scheunemann after determining that he had been in direct contact with journalists spreading “disinformation” about campaign aides, including Nicolle Wallace and other officials. “He was positioning himself with Palin at the expense of John McCain’s campaign message,” said one of the aides. Wait! No! Not fired — much, much worse: THEY SHUT DOWN HIS BLACKBERRY. Goldfarb did concede that ...

Lionel Beehner: When Randy Met Sarah
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... His efforts to cosset the vice presidential nominee broke down the McCain/Palin team into petty infighting, schoolyard-like backstabbing, and Scheunemann allegedly being fired. TNR reports he even holed himself up in a lavatory for 96 hours after it all went down. Yeah, that sounds about right. ...

"The Tent Grows Smaller Every Day"
Ace of Spades HQ — "The Tent Grows Smaller Every Day" So baits the amateurish, story-fabricating TNR, finding it bizarre that the right would turn on Schmidt, Wallace, etc., for turning on our best candidate in 20 years. Say, Christopher? Speaking of big tent parties, and a healthy right to dissent against a party's standard-bearer, how are Joe Lieberman's committee assignments looking these days? Stupid asshole.* This is what happens when a magazine is built on almost nothing but partisan snark. It's just an endless circle-jerk of self-flattery and bloggish digs. TNR was always kinda like ...

Dear silly person at a once-respected magazine:
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet — Dear silly person at a once-respected magazine: The big tent just means there's more room for the backstabbers to hide. I know you're not really worried about it, but rest assured that we can find them and kick them out without tearing down the whole thing. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go run over a dog while wearing somebody's skull for a hat. Honest! Posted by Jim Treacher at November 7, 2008 07:41 PM