All About McCain

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I never take "unnamed" sources seriously.

However, it could be orchestrated to lower expectations and make any performance that isn't completely clueless into a victory. Very common to lower expectations.

Interesting- I seem to recall you taking the Enquirer's story on Edwards pretty seriously, and it was chock-full of 'unnamed sources' and 'close friends'.

(They are now reporting that Sarah has a secret lover!)

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Interesting- I seem to recall you taking the Enquirer's story on Edwards pretty seriously, and it was chock-full of 'unnamed sources' and 'close friends'.

(They are now reporting that Sarah has a secret lover!)

I read she had an affair with her husband's "business associate."

More here.


True or not, the McCain/Palin public relations problems just keep getting worse and worse.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by bewitched

I read she had an affair with her husband's "business associate."

More here.


True or not, the McCain/Palin public relations problems just keep getting worse and worse.

The Enquirer has gone out on a legal limb and named names:

Palin's Affair

"Palin has vehemently de*nied cheating on her hus*band, and Hanson insisted to The NATIONAL ENQUIRER that he was never romantically in*volved with the 44-year-old Republican vice presiden*tial candidate.

However, Hanson family insider, Jim Burdett, has gone on the record and passed a rigorous polygraph test, revealing de*tails of the affair to The NATIONAL ENQUIRER in a world exclusive interview."


This time, they actually name a source......

[bewitched]

Hmmm.

Affairs, drunk driving, drug use, vandalism, underage drinking, teenage pregnancy...

Nothing like a good, God fearing, conservative family that lives their lives based on biblical principles.

And the ultra-conservatives love this woman why?




And lest you knock the fact that it's The National Enquirer reporting these stories, even The National Review admits that NE seems to get it right most of the time.

[scaeagles]

No - nothing unnamed about the Edwards story. It was photograpahic evidence and a reporter catching him.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

No - nothing unnamed about the Edwards story. It was photograpahic evidence and a reporter catching him.

Oh, really?

National Enquirer Edwards story

John Edwards is caught in a shocking mistress scandal that could wreck his campaign, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.

Sources have come forward to charge that the "other woman" previously worked on Edwards' campaign and followed the 54-year-old candidate on trips across the U.S.

A source close to the woman, whose name is being withheld by The NATIONAL ENQUIRER, says that she confessed to having an affair in phone calls and emails, saying that her work with Edwards soon exploded into romance. The shocking allegation — if proven true — could devastate the [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Democratic[/color][/color] hopeful's campaign, especially because John's devoted wife Elizabeth is locked in a desperate battle with breast cancer.

"The affair started about 18 months ago," a friend says the woman confessed to her. "When they met at a bar, sparks flew immediately."

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Oh, really?

National Enquirer Edwards story

John Edwards is caught in a shocking mistress scandal that could wreck his campaign, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.

Sources have come forward to charge that the "other woman" previously worked on Edwards' campaign and followed the 54-year-old candidate on trips across the U.S.

A source close to the woman, whose name is being withheld by The NATIONAL ENQUIRER, says that she confessed to having an affair in phone calls and emails, saying that her work with Edwards soon exploded into romance. The shocking allegation — if proven true — could devastate the [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Democratic[/color][/color] hopeful's campaign, especially because John's devoted wife Elizabeth is locked in a desperate battle with breast cancer.

"The affair started about 18 months ago," a friend says the woman confessed to her. "When they met at a bar, sparks flew immediately."

Republicans never let the truth get in the way of a good smear.

[scaeagles]

Named sources always mean more to me than unnamed.

Regarding Edwards - the reason I mentioned the story was that they had a reporter at the hotel and had cornered him in a bathroom stall after he came out of her room. I don't believe - though I might have - that I went into anything about the time line. Only that he was caught.

And JW - how is it that Edwards was smeared? Was he not caught doing exactly what he was accused of? Are you suggesting that the Enquirer has a republican slant and try to smear dems?

There have been plenty of smears regarding Palin. I guess dems never let the truth get in the way of a good smear.

[3894]

Every time Palin says she’s a maverick/ McCain is a maverick/ she's a reformer or mentions the word or concept of reform/ she wags her finger, I donate $5 to Obama's campaign.

[flippyshark]

Hmm, yeah, I guess it isn't a smear seeing as Edwards was guilty as charged. So was McCain, so was Clinton, so was Newt Gingrich, so have been so many of our cherished leaders. If it ends up being the case with Palin, it won't have the slightest effect on my opinion of her qualifications as VP/ potential P. really, it won't even be that much fun to snicker about. People in power fvck around - that's not very surprising or interesting. Still, I will give her the benefit of the doubt for now, while I go make a BACON lettuce and tomato sandwich.