Subject: [big campaign] Re: PALIN IS MCSAME AS BUSH
From: "Ari Rabin-Havt" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jeff Harris" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "big campaign" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:14:37 -0400
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http://progressiveaccountability.org/2008/10/02/media-fact-check-palin%E2%80%99s-ideas-are-not-new-or-fresh/

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Jeff Harris <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> *PALIN IS MCSAME AS BUSH*
>
> *It's not just John McCain who is the McSame has Bush.  Palin has
> surrounded herself with former Bush staffers, echoes Bush's empty rhetoric,
> and supports Bush's failed policies.*
>
>
>
> *Palin Uses Bush's Rhetoric and Supports the failed Bush-McCain Policies*
>
> ·         *Palin: **I Put Government "Back On The Side Of the People." *During
> a rally in Michigan, Palin said, "True reform is hard though, true reform
> really is tough to achieve. But, in short order, *we put the government of
> our state back on the side of the people*. I came to office promising
> major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing." [Rally, Sterling
> Heights, MI, 9/5/08 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqj_akSdf_A>]
>
> ·         *Bush:** I Stand "Squarely On The Side Of The People." *On
> November 3, 2000, during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bush said his
> campaign "stands squarely on the side of the people and the families and the
> workers of America." [CNN, 11/03/00<http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0011/03/se.04.html>
> ]
>
> * *
>
> ·         *Palin**: "Government Is Not Always The Answer."* During a rally
> in Missouri, Palin said, "I reminded people that *government is not always
> the answer*. In fact, too often, government is often the problem." [Rally,
> Lee's Summit, MO, 9/08/08 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7T8A9k79kk>]
>
> ·         *Bush**: "I Do Not Believe Government Is Always The Answer."* On
> September 16, 2000, Bush said, "I do not believe government is the enemy,
> but *I do not believe government is always the answer*." [New York Times,
> 9/17/00<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EFDC1F38F934A2575AC0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all>
> ]
>
> * *
>
> ·         *Palin**: Tax Cuts Go "Straight Back To The People."* During a
> rally in Missouri, Palin said, "I'm returning a chunk of that surplus *straight
> back to the people* because they can spend it better than government can
> spend it." [Rally, Lee's Summit, MO, 9/08/08<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKOEIQ9okpI>
> ]
>
> ·         *Bush**: Tax Cuts Go "Back To The People."* During A
> Presidential Debate in 2000, Bush said, "I want to send one-quarter of the
> surplus *back to the people* who pay the bills. I want everybody who pays
> taxes to have their tax rates cut." [Boston, MA, 10/04/00<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E3DF1E3DF937A35753C1A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print>
> ]
>
>
>
> ·         *Bush: "I Assure You That This Government Of Yours Will Not
> Blink; We Will Not Yield." *While speaking in the Clam Shell, President
> Bush, "You're helping to change this part of the world--and change the world
> with your courage and your sacrifice. I assure you that *this Government
> of yours will not blink*; we will not yield. We're on the right course,
> and the world is going to be a better place because of your service." [Bush
> Remarks in the Clam Shell, 3/1/06]
>
> ·         *Palin: "I have the confidence in [my] readiness and knowing
> that you can't blink." * In an interview with Charlie Gibson Palin was
> asked about her experience to lead and responded, "I answered him yes
> because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that *you
> can't blink*, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the
> mission, the mission that we're on, reform of this country and victory in
> the war, *you can't blink*. So *I didn't blink* then even when asked to
> run as his running mate." [ABC Nightly News, 9/11/08]
>
> To View:
> http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184481&title=Sarah-Palin-Won't-Blink<http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184481&title=Sarah-Palin-Won%27t-Blink>(clip begins at 3:20)
>
>
>
> *Palin Has Surrounded Herself with Former Bush Aides*
>
> ·         *At Least 4 Former Top Bush Aides Are Preparing Palin For Her
> Debate With Senator Biden. *According to the Washington Post and the
> Associated Press, former Bush aides Steve Schmidt, Tucker Eskew, Greg
> Jenkins, Nicolle Wallace and Mark Wallace are preparing Governor Palin for
> the vice presidential debate. [*Washington Post*, 9/22/08<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR2008092101608.html>;
> *Associated Press*, 9/29/08; *Associated Press*, via ABC News, 9/30/08<http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=6424181>
> ]
>
>
>
> ·         *Associated Press: Palin "Is Being Coached" By "Veterans of
> President Bush's Political Operation." *The *Associated Press* reported,
> "Palin left the campaign trail Monday to prepare at McCain's ranch in
> Sedona, Ariz.  She is being coached by McCain's top campaign strategist,
> Steve Schmidt, as well as advisers *Tucker Eskew*, *Nicolle Wallace* and *Mark
> Wallace*, all veterans of President Bush's political operation." [*Associated
> Press*, via ABC News, 9/30/08<http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=6424181>
> ]
>
> >
>

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