McCain campaign takes over shaping Palin image

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Anchorage Daily News

GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is effectively turning over questions about her record as Alaska's governor to John McCain's political campaign, part of an ambitious Republican strategy to limit embarrassing disclosures and carefully shape her image for voters in the rest of the country.

Republican efforts include dispatching a former top U.S. terrorism prosecutor from New York, Ed O'Callaghan, to assist Palin's personal lawyer working to derail or delay a pending ethics investigation in Alaska. The investigation, known as Troopergate, is examining whether the governor abused her power by trying to remove her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.

O'Callaghan is just part of a cadre of high-powered operatives patrolling Alaska as reporters and Democrats scrutinize every detail of Palin's tenure in government, plus her family and friends. One strategy: Carefully coordinate any information that's released. The McCain campaign is demanding that it becomes the de facto source for answers about the operations of Alaska's government during the past 20 months.

Palin's normal press secretary, for example, now turns away inquiries from any reporter who isn't permanently based in Alaska, referring questions to the presidential campaign. Trouble is, some of McCain operatives only recently have arrived in Alaska and struggle to explain Palin's positions on arcane state issues.

When a reporter for The Associated Press asked the state's Department of Health and Social Services about lawsuits involving state health policies, he was directed to call Meg Stapleton, a former spokeswoman for Palin now working for McCain.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/528928.html

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How many friggin' scandals does Caribou Barbie have in Alaska! Keep digging press!

[atreides1]

1. Well It Fits

After all she is submitting to a man, just like the Bible says she should. So, that means all those women who share her values will soon be submitting themselves to their husbands. I guess there will be a bunch of happy husbands on the Right soon enough.

[hamsterjill]

3. That's right!

She herself believes that she should submit to her husband. That's why she is so anti-woman (i.e., making rape victims pay for rape kits, etc., etc.) She feels that woman are inferior.

*I* (as a woman) do NOT share her belief.

This woman is sick, sick, sick!

[HopeHoops]

2. I'm sure Dick Cheney's team is all over it

[Supersedeas]

4. when Eddie O'Callahan looks in the mirror...what does he see?

A man of justice or a political prop?

[radfringe]

5. here's his whole campaign

Ashamed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtKGNvJ5u4

Sweet Lies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_nN91GtiH8

Mud: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQz7snohU4

[Zenlitened]

6. "President Palin"

Say those words to any voter capable of rational thought, and watch their eyes grow wide with fear.

No one with an ounce of integrity can vote for the McCain-Palin ticket, knowing they'd be putting her one fragile heartbeat away from the presidency.

"President Palin."

We just can't risk it.

[scarface2004]

7. i ll have my staff get back to you....

after answering the mythical phone call at 3 a m!!!

[LynnTheDem]

8. "carefully shape her image for voters" ...to con trick dupe fool the voters.

Like they did for George W. bUsh.

Con, trick, dupe, fool. So easy for the rightwingery to do to the rightwingery.

[SpiralHawk]

9. "We don't want no steenkin republicon 'image' BS." - American citizens

"We want substance and competence, something you republicon homelanders just ain't selling."

- American citizens

[Javaman]

10. for the love of god, there is only so much lipstick in north america!!! nt