Monday, July 27, 2009

Yet another Romney surrogate attacks Sarah Palin

When it comes down to his potential rivals inside the Republican Party, Mitt Romney lets his surrogates do his dirty work by attacking them. This allows Romney to maintain his pretense of being a nice guy. This time around, it was Alex Castellanos doing the talking for "His Man Mitt" -- and CNN was all too willing to give him a platform from which to launch his attack:
"’I’ve been a supporter of Sarah Palin — at times," Castellanos said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. "She gave the McCain campaign its best two weeks. But, you know, if we’re going to be critical of Democrats when they shirk their responsibilities, we have do the same within our own house. She abandoned her state in the middle of a term."

On the national political stage, Castellanos, who worked as a political consultant for Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential bid, likened Palin to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. The Arkansas Republican’s long shot bid for the White House in the last election cycle gained traction when he pulled out a surprise win in Iowa’s Republican caucus but then Huckabee lost steam when he could not follow through with wins in other key primaries.

"We’re going to have a division in the Right in the Republican Party," Castellanos told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, "We now have two Mike Huckabees – people who have a powerful force in the party but can’t get out of the party in a general election and win."
Castellanos is a liar. He has never been a supporter of Sarah Palin. Never.

To borrow and bend an old Alec Guinness movie line, "The Mitt Romney campaign. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

- JP
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3 comments:

  1. GregJuly 27, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    This clown could have compared Palin to Romney. Oh, that's right, Romney never gained any traction, and never had any steam to lose, because he's just an old fashioned loser. In a very short time, we will see this bozo and those like Frum, Parker, and Noonan eat their words.

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  2. b.e.July 27, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    Romney is vulnerable on health care. Sarah will see to it.
    It is more of a problem with the intellectuals. They can eat their words ( probably they are already thinking on how they can do it without admitting stupidity); but they need some time. Their way out will be, eventually, to comment on 'how much Sarah has learned'. They will say that they were not so much opposed to Sarah-- they just saw that she had much to learn. They then will gradually comment on Sarah having 'learned much'; they will imply that Sarah has basically followed their advice, thus becoming a respectable candidate because of their initial criticism.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 28, 2009 at 7:53 AM

    "The Arkansas Republican’s long shot bid for the White House in the last election cycle gained traction when he pulled out a surprise win in Iowa’s Republican caucus but then Huckabee lost steam when he could not follow through with wins in other key primaries."
    Apparently Mr. Castellanos can't count....
    2008 Total Delegates:
    Mike Huckabee: 282
    Mitt Romney: 272
    Seems like pretty good follow through to me.
    BTW - total cost per delegate:
    Mike Huckabee: $25,000 each
    Mitt Romney: $316,000 each
    Which one is supposed to be the financial genius?
    Here's a hint (it's not the one who instituted RomneyCare in Massachusetts).

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