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Obama surrogates told to compare Sarah to Thomas Eagleton |
2008-09-05 |
(I'm just old enough to remember Tom Eagleton. If you aren't, read his Wikipedia bio here first.) Marc Armbinder In memos, e-mails and phone calls this week, Obama campaign officials have urged surrogates and allies to mention Republicans who are "nervous" about the Palin pick and to link those worries to George McGovern's aborted vice presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton in 1972, according to three Democratic surrogates. That year, McGovern rescinded the pick after learning that Eagleton had been treated for depression. Questions about the thoroughness of the Palin vet have been raised, ... by the Kos kiddies and Keith Olberman (pardon the redundancy) ... particularly about how and when Palin disclosed the news that her teenage daughter is pregnant and whether Palin's political resume had been thoroughly scrubbed. On Wednesday, the campaign's chief surrogate wranglers distributed a three page compilation of Obama spokesperson Bill Burton said that surrogates haven't been pushed to mention Eagleton. "We did not give that guidance," he said. Obviously, he lied. Responding to Palin has been a challenge. In public, the Obama campaign has stuck to its message, noting that Palin's speech last night barely referenced the economy. Today, Obama told reporters that he didn't particularly mind Palin's jabs at him, and he then made one of his own: "I assume that she wants to be treated the same way that guys want to be treated which means that their records are under scrutiny. I've been through this for 19 months. She's been through it, what for 4 days so far?" One of the Democratic surrogates said that when he asked for guidance about Bristol Palin, Palin's pregnant daughter, his handler at the campaign told him that the campaign had nothing to say about it and did not want Democrats to mention it. Professor Althouse comments: You know, I remember the McGovern campaign. I was a big supporter of McGovern's, and I hated Nixon, as did all of my friends. And the scenario then was completely different from what you are seeing now. We were never excited about Eagleton in the first place. We just wanted McGovern to win. Eagleton didn't infuse new energy into the McGovern campaign or jazz up am important subset of voters. He was just some boring Senator that got slotted in. And then he brought nothing but trouble and distraction as the news came out that he'd been hospitalized for depression 3 times and had receive electroshock treatments. It wasn't just that there were a couple of old political controversies or a family member was less than perfect. We were getting significant new information about his brain, the brain that we might need to rely on to make presidential decisions. It was simply not acceptable, especially since he'd also withheld this information from McGovern, which showed some really poor character. |
Posted by:Mike |
#11 Good luck with that. |
Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-05 23:02 |
#10 I read somewhere on the internet this little tidbit: Q: What's the difference between Thomas Eagleton and Sarah Palin? A: Eagleton was a sissy. |
Posted by: badanov 2008-09-05 20:35 |
#9 Compare Sarah to Teddy Roosevelt |
Posted by: 3dc 2008-09-05 20:24 |
#8 They can chalk up next week's McCain/Palin poll jump to convention/9-11 anniversary bounce. Much after that though, and even they will catch on. |
Posted by: Minister of funny walks 2008-09-05 20:04 |
#7 I have a (very) low opinion of Obama and crew, but this, THIS, is just bottom-of-the-barrel clueless. Can they possibly stay this stupid for the next 60 days? |
Posted by: Minister of funny walks 2008-09-05 19:57 |
#6 "particularly about how and when Palin disclosed the news that her teenage daughter is pregnant" This was a well known item in their home town for WEEKS before the VP announcement. It was no secret. The only thing was that the idiots in the MSM didn't know it, therefore they claim it as a surprise, as if those fecking arrogant urban elite morons are the fount of all knowledge. |
Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-05 19:20 |
#5 "Obama surrogates told to compare Sarah to Thomas Eagleton" Oh, goody - another briar patch. Whatever you do, mister, please Pretty please? With |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-05 18:31 |
#4 That meme is so Tuesday. So how is mr. biden? |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-09-05 17:47 |
#3 The liberals just keep digging themselves deeper and deeper into a hole. If they think Palin is going away, then they're even more delusional than usual. I smell fear. I love it. |
Posted by: Darrell 2008-09-05 17:24 |
#2 I watched on TV while Eagleton gave his acceptance speech at the '72 donk convention. I don't remember what he had to say but I do remember he was sweating and his hands were shaking. He got through it but you could tell he wasn't very well prepared. Sarah Palin was cool, calm and collected all throughout her speech even when the teleprompter got ahead of her. She was very well prepared and she did a wonderful job. No comparison. If they're trying to compare a girl's pregnancy to Eagleton's depression and shock therapy I'm not seeing that either. Besides, Eagleton was a donk. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-05 17:12 |
#1 Whoa, look, flying monkeys! |
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-05 15:22 |