"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

[GerryS]

St eve has his work cut out for him

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/

O is up 4 electoral vote since friday-

[truthyguy]

Schmidt was a member of the exclusive "breakfast club" led by Karl Rove that ran President Bush's re-election campaign in 2004.

Need I say more.

[FCorey]

No you need not. I figured as much.
I'm a geek. These guys are the geeks that got neglected in high school and want revenge.

Schmidts responsibilities will be over at 12am November 5, 2008.

[Boomerwoman]

That's exactly how I see them too: hung up on the shame of rejection in high school and out for revenge against those who rejected them.

[Gericault]

Schmidt is a Karl Rove acolyte but the politcal talent seems to have skipped a generation.

[ajax2]

After seeing his picture I lost my breakfast.

[sophistwatch]

Give them more rope and lots of high branches. They are doing a great job ...

[Boadicea]

Great. Another soulless Republican strategist whose bag of tricks consists only of negative hate-mongering, divisive non-issues, and character attacks. It's unpatriotic behavior in the extreme. To paraphrase Jon Stewart, they're hurting the country. These people are dragging this country down, blanketing America with negative energy election cycle after election cycle.

I hope Americans get wise soon and throw all these nasty bums out.

[libratine]

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...

[KarenJW]

OMG.......­.....he does look like Humpty Dumpty! I wonder if McD*MB will fire him before he has his great fall......­......of will his firing be his "great fall"?

[gentlernation]

Humpty Dumpty is better looking and has a better economic plan!!!

[truthyguy]

One wonders how people so devoid of ethics and morals like Nazi Schmidt reach a position of authority and high pay. Well, the answer is that it is due to people like John McCain who are willing to say and do anything to get elected. Pathetic.

[DevRock]

"Given the current political environment, the Democrats could nominate a refrigerator and still win."

LOL!! I love it!

[k6007]

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.--- M.Ghandi

[orangemom]

Wonderful quote. Thanks.

[GerryS]

it looks like St eve Sc hmi dt at 38 yrs old is too young and inexperienced to run a presidential campaign-

but not too young to smear, lie and cheat- do the GOP train the kiddos this from birth?

[imusintheevening]

..........­.....and he is sure that he is too smart to fail, and that will be the reason he fails.

[gladys46]

Immediate audits ought to be done in Palin's income tax filings! Talk about economics and anything remotely suitable for POTUS & VP ... where is the outrage of this woman's ability to evade paying fair share taxes !?? Those are the pages that should be turning !!

[TheGeicoCaveman]

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[Otaku1031]

This from the "vetting" PDF:

"1964: Sarah Palin was born in Skagway, Alaska. Her family moved to Wasilla when she was eight years
old, and she has lived there since."

I thought she was born in Sand Point, Idaho. Where the hell IS she from, anyway?

[jayburd]

Message Nazi he is not. The Nazis were nothing if not disciplined and the McCain campaign is devoid of message discipline. How about Steve Schmidt the Message Twit???

[leoeris]

'e looks like a thug, guvnor!

[GerryS]

bully and braggart too?

[trailblazer]

I don't see how the Pillsbury Doughboy can be intimidating.

[orangemom]

Remember the doughy Rove?

[lthuedk 1]

Schmidt should surrender his U.S. Citizenship. Nazism was banned in Germany and it should not require another Holocaust to recognize the same mindset and ban it here. Subversion of the Constitution and country is a crime.

Lose the Nazis and bring America back.

http://www.light-to-dark.com/sarah_cheney.html

[TenThings]

I wouldn't be surprised that he's taken vindictive turns, and there are Troopergate type actions in his background. Didn't he work for Arnold Schwarznegger?