"Message Nazi" Schmidt Pushed McCain To Pick Palin

LA Times:

In the wild ride that is the McCain presidential campaign, Steve Schmidt has been at the wheel, steering -- some say careering -- from Paris Hilton to Sarah Palin, from abrupt "suspension" to abrupt restart.

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The effort peaked with the choice of Palin as McCain's running mate. Convinced that McCain needed a dramatic gesture to make the race competitive, Schmidt pressed McCain to pluck the Alaska governor from obscurity.

Read the whole story: LA Times

Comments

[ca-american]

Hey folks, check this out from www.Juneaublopgger.com. This is what ALASKANs this about Missa Palin

AKBorn Says:

October 3rd, 2008 at 7:48 am
Chief Depoe,
True Alaskans don’t want her back…especially those of us that did not vote for her to begin with. She is an absolute embarrassment to Alaska. She studied well for her “TEST” just like any student would…but, energy is not the only thing on the table here folks and that’s all she wanted to talk about.

I agree with you leonardo, if she had said “maverick” one more time….how can McCain call himself a maverick when he’s done nothing but follow Bush around and and echo his ideas. Too bad so many republicans can’t see past their party affiliation and vote for what’s best for this country…that would be ANYONE besides McCain/Palin. If you don’t want to vote for Obama/Biden you can always choose a write in candidate, but PLEASE don’t saddle the whole country with what we, the people of Alaska, are dealing with in Governor Palin. The fact that she thinks the Vice-President should have more power is a really scary thought…can you imagine her with more power than even Cheney had??? OMG, help us someone

[cariintexas]

The site has been REMOVED. So much transparency eh Sarah?

[realspirited]

I believe Steve got his degree in "Perception Management" (google it) --

[Denni]

I'm sending THAT guy a thank you card.

[wedgie]

LOL

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[BuickBoy57]

I see Steve Schmidt, I think Heinrich Himmler.

Without the moustache.

[oldguru]

Why do all these Republican men look like some sort of slimy biological experiment? I mean, look at Rove and this guy...YUCK­!

[CaptainStormfield]

lol.......­. The Boys From Brazil come to mind ..

[Puddin]

Steve Schmidt looks very scary to me, scary and dangerous!!!!!!!!!

[CaptainStormfield]

I watched him on Cspan after the first debate. Scary indeed. Very focused but robotic.

[hollybork]

You will know someone by the company they keep, the wise man said. Steve Schmidt was a counselor and spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney, and an accolyte of Karl Rove. These are two of the most despised men in American, their rise to power has been machiavellian. They are the stalking horses of the amoral neo con manipulators, the top dogs in today's political dog fights. They will stop at nothing because they are unprincipled liars and billions of dollars are on the line for their corporate buddies. The sought a candidate with the same thumbprint as W, and they found her in Sarah Palin. Palin, placed by these men a breath away from the Presidency. Palin as demonstrated naked ambition matched by intellectual mediocrity and boundless self interest. Congratulations, John McCain. You are now part of the team that has driven this country to the edge of collapse. These folks want to make the us political world safe for 100 years more of republican rule. If they succeed, we will in two generations be living a dystopian nightmare, in an oligarchy with no civil rights except the right to bare arms. The mind reels.

[DebbieinPhx]

niiiice!

[wm1066]

Good comment hollybork. If they win we will have the government of 1960's Russia.
Top down total control and everyone else will be the in the slave class, and all our freedoms will be suspended.

[CaptainStormfield]

Absolutely.

[AnitaBreak]

none of the republicans ever got how affirmative action was SUPPOSED to work.

[RealistDem]

As a democrat I just want to say....tha­nks Steve...th­anks for nominating Palin. And if McCain loses in November..­.please republican­s... nominate her for the top office. The woman is a joke and America sees it.

[Noogie]

"What McCain might write after election day has yet to be determined­."

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"Sarge,

Palin!? PALIN!?!?!? What were you THINKING?????

The Mav."

[Jsternsp]

I think everyone should think twice before attributing the term "Nazi" to anyone in any form. Throwing that term around willy nilly blunts the true horror of what the Nazis did during WWII. I clicked on the link for the LA times piece and found the headline did not refer to "Message Nazi", so I assume it was someone on Huff Post who added that headline. What do you mean by the term "Message Nazi" anyway?

[cariintexas]

You watched FOX lately, have you. It's a favorite word over there.

[StandUpAmerica08]

Hey fatboy skinhead 'I only shaved my head because I wanna go to war with black people' Schmidt.

I just send an email to my sons college campus and told them to watch out for you and your kind and know the underlying message of your skinhead campaign is to convert this entire nation to skinhead theology!

I gotta tell ya, they didn't like what they found when they googled you.....

BTW, my boys are White mature adults that will not tolerate racism on ANY level so don't use our American flag to promote your skinhead theology!

SHAME ON YOU FATBOY!

[Noogie]

BREAKING NEWS: Bronco-buster Steve Schmidt has branded former maverick John McCain with a "GWB."

[ThatSharkeyGeezer]

Palin: You know you're in trouble when Tina Fey is clearly more qualifed to be VP - and looks more like your ideal self than you do.

[ThatSharkeyGeezer]

Lipstick On A Quayle

[Liberal2]

Could be. Or Cheney in drag.

[ThatSharkeyGeezer]

We Obamabots are Lovin' Us Some Palin. Thanks FatBoy, you certainly handed us the election on the plate by choosing that airheaded flat-earther.

FOUR MORE WEEKS!!!

The O-Man Cometh....

[MrGiggles]

Thank you Steve Schmidt!!!!!!!!

Sarah Palin, the pick that keeps on giving.

Obama/ Biden '08