Liberty Star
01-09-2010, 05:40 PM
When Bush's Rove election machinery created McCain's illegitimate "black child" few years back, some had taken a forgiving view of that as usual campaign season dirty tactics. But what would be justification for off election season leaking of campaign secrets ? Even if it was true, how does it effect McCain's ability to govern?
McCain aides confront Cindy McCain over reports that she had an extramarital affair. (Page 281):
"The man was said to be her long-term boyfriend; the pair had been sighted all over town in the last few years. Members of McCain's senior staff discussed the unsettling news, and their growing concerns that Cindy's behavior had been increasingly erratic of late. [John] Weaver and others suspected that the Cindy rumor was rooted in truth. It was upsetting, Weaver believed, but not a threat."
Hillary Clinton and Obama are not spared either:
Why Sen. Kennedy was offended about his conversation with Bill Clinton: (Page 218): "Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee."
Clinton senior strategist Mark Penn boasted to his staff how many times he managed to say "cocaine" on that famous Hardball segment. (Page 163.)
Hillary Clinton was initially pleased when her New Hampshire campaign chairman, Billy Shaheen, mentioned Obama's previous use of drugs: (Page 161):
"Hillary's reaction to Shaheen's remarks was, "Good for him!" Followed by "Let's push it out." Her aides violently disagreed, seeing what Shaheen had said as a PR disaster. Grudgingly, Clinton acquiesced to disowning Shaheen's comments. But she wasn't going to cut him loose. Why should Billy have to fall on his sword for invoking something that had been fair game in every recent election?"
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/01/game_change_even_more_juicy_stuff.php
What is the point of leaking these juices in the middle of a recession.
McCain aides confront Cindy McCain over reports that she had an extramarital affair. (Page 281):
"The man was said to be her long-term boyfriend; the pair had been sighted all over town in the last few years. Members of McCain's senior staff discussed the unsettling news, and their growing concerns that Cindy's behavior had been increasingly erratic of late. [John] Weaver and others suspected that the Cindy rumor was rooted in truth. It was upsetting, Weaver believed, but not a threat."
Hillary Clinton and Obama are not spared either:
Why Sen. Kennedy was offended about his conversation with Bill Clinton: (Page 218): "Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee."
Clinton senior strategist Mark Penn boasted to his staff how many times he managed to say "cocaine" on that famous Hardball segment. (Page 163.)
Hillary Clinton was initially pleased when her New Hampshire campaign chairman, Billy Shaheen, mentioned Obama's previous use of drugs: (Page 161):
"Hillary's reaction to Shaheen's remarks was, "Good for him!" Followed by "Let's push it out." Her aides violently disagreed, seeing what Shaheen had said as a PR disaster. Grudgingly, Clinton acquiesced to disowning Shaheen's comments. But she wasn't going to cut him loose. Why should Billy have to fall on his sword for invoking something that had been fair game in every recent election?"
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/01/game_change_even_more_juicy_stuff.php
What is the point of leaking these juices in the middle of a recession.