Jerk Steve Schmidt Continues to Bash Sarah Palin in New 60 Minutes Interview (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, January 8, 2010, 4:11 PM
What a complete jerk…
McCain Campaign Political Strategist and state-run media darling Steve Schmidt bashes Sarah Palin again in an upcoming interview with 60 Minutes. He now claims she was repeatedly “inaccurate” in statements she made during the campaign.
Via Freedom’s Lighthouse
In an upcoming 60 Minutes report, the McCain campaign’s political strategist Steve Schmidt slammed Sarah Palin for being inaccurate during the 2008 presidential election.
Go away, Steve Schmidt.
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GrayRider commented:
He’s obviously jealous that Palin is more of a “man” than he is.
Jayne on the left coast commented:
Does anyone watch 60 Minutes? They can’t get Sarah off their minds. They won’t admit the want her in the worse way. She is hot and sexy. Eat your hearts out liberals.
Boogy commented:
U.S. Job-Loss are under reported, the U.S.A. is crumbli’ and all the radical lefties can do to pass the time is attack Sarah, Dick, George and Condi, and the R.N.C. It is called diversion. Once healthcare kicks in the U.S.A. will finally be solely bankrupt. China will own the u.S.a. and Iran will have multiple nukes to shoot at Israel.
Obummer must go now — before he destroys the uSA.
Picric commented:
Does Steve Schmidt have any credibility? Who cares, who is the keynote speaker for the upcoming Nashville Conference? Go away Steve.
Michael commented:
Mr. Schmidt is an irrelevant loser. Is there a reason why he is given the time of day on national television? Let him apply his so-called expertise on the liberal candidates, and let the commonsense approach of Palin shine for Conservative voters.
M Malone commented:
The McCain advisors sucked. There is just no way around the fact that they were not very good at their jobs.
savage24 commented:
I have often wondered if the McCain campaign managers were on the Obama payroll. Every time I hear of them, they are bashing the conservatives and playing up the liberals. Even during the campaign , McCain sounded more like Obama then Obama did.
maverick muse commented:
Loser mental case Schmidt’s splitting hairs for a comb-over on his bald head, progressively passing the buck and double billing us. Boycott Schmidt.
Schmidt has no shame, perpetuating his delusion as “headquarters” to berate a smart conservative woman endowed with common sense, and sell children to be abused most cruelly by the media. All that was his failed pimping attempt to fit-in with elitists who in turn only use and abuse Schmidt. He’s a sadistic masochist, misogynist and child molester.
That McCain hired AND TRUSTED Schmidt is reason alone to force McCain’s re-election loss to J.D. Hayworth, the next Senator from Arizona.
bg commented:
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hmm, someone please remind me whom
McCain practically endorsed vs oppose??
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Tammy commented:
Schmittie must be out of work.
“Waah wahh wahh. Nobody wikes me anymore. That meenie weenie Pawin told me I was a bad boy and I’m going to tewl on hew!”
Hope he enjoys the unemployment line.
Chris Vehr commented:
#6, you are correct.
Because of the McCain campaign’s decision to be passive against Obama, we now have a faithless socialist in the White House. Maybe if the McCain team had taken Sarah Palin’s advice about using Obama’s questionable mentors as a campaign strategy, more Americans would have feared an Obama presidency.
With Steve Schmidt, it’s nothing but sour grapes.
bg commented:
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eh, Obama has Gibbs, McCain has Schmidt..
it’s Bush’s fault the terrorists et al don’t
love US.. and Palin’s fault McCain lost..
ergo, if i can’t have it, she can’t either..
can we say whaaa whaaa whaaa babies??
hmmm hmmm hmmm..
Tammy @ 2:13 pm #11
(lol, you beat me to the whaaa,
)
but i’m not gonna about it..
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Reaganite Republican commented:
Although you are an impressively aerodynamic individual, nobody really cares what you think about politics anymore, Steve- nice try, tho.
Your career in this business is done, since you blew McCain’s campaign and were a factor in bringing on this surreal nightmare of an Obama presidency.
Thanks alot, you incompetent palooka.
Mike commented:
I’ll just say that Palin was a factor in MY vote for Obama. I’m not happy with him, but I refuse to live under a Zelot’s theocratic rule.
You supporters of her frighten me with your igonorance.
Ladue Pundit commented:
More Obama-like blame. McCain would have lost by a larger margin without Palin.
Sarah Palin represented someone WHO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED THINGS, as opposed to Obama and McCain who were…
both for Cap and Trade
both for bailouts
both for closing Gitmo
both for campaign finance reform
both for open borders
and BOTH for Obama winning (“We have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency”)
Tom63010 commented:
Mike, thanks for enlightening us.
Militant Conservative commented:
The political machines once again showing who they fear (Palin). Mike, you call us ignorant after a year of this crap???? you need a brain implant.
Tom63010 commented:
When did Anderson Cooper start being on 60 Minutes? Of course I haven’t watched 60 Minutes since cable was invented.
Why is this even relevant?
I would encourage everyone to read Sarah Palin’s book. Very enlightening. You learn a lot about the campaign. You know, the one she doesn’t whine about.
Track-A-\'Crat commented:
Coming from the man who had a UFC poster in his office at the McCain campaign HQ in VA, this don’t mean too much.
Track-A-\\\'Crat commented:
Although he’s still a jerk, obviously.
Terry in Georgia commented:
That was a misleading headline which referred to when the suit was allowed to proceed because the judge apparently indicated the evidence was there of the possibility. The lawsuit was later dismissed.
Schmidt may like for it to appear she was misleading, but it was the article’s title that was misleading.
Mike commented:
This is the big stuff he has to attack palin with….boring. The reason why so many people like palin is because she is a real person, who is capable, independent, hard-working, has good values and would bring common sense to government. Government is a failure, and all the high-talking, elistist-minded people who have always been involved in government are the reason. They then turn around and try and make it seem as if great women like palin aren’t good enough to govern. What a joke.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Let’s see, who would I trust, someone who goes on 60 minutes, or Sarah Palin? It’s a no brainer, Sarah is the winner.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Mike
January 8th, 2010 | 2:35 pm | #15
I’ll just say that Palin was a factor in MY vote for Obama. I’m not happy with him, but I refuse to live under a Zelot’s theocratic rule.
You supporters of her frighten me with your igonorance.
Mike,
First off, it’s zealot, not Zelot. And second, where do you get the impression she is a Zealot, and wants to run the Government as a theocracy? Even the Declaration of Independence speaks of God and our Creator.
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — You are the ignorant one.
J commented:
Do you remember the good old days? When someone did a particularly bad job, they hung their head in shame and departed the public eye? Schmidt continues his cluelessness and gives us a clear idea of why McCain lost the way he lost. Could someone take schmidt aside, explain reality to him, and help him find another field of work?
Andrew commented:
I’m a big Sarah Palin fan, and Steve Schmidt certainly seems like a dope, at least from his ridiculous Jersey accent. But let’s not be so reactionary towards the things he says. What if they are true?
I’m not saying that I believe him, but what would you do if you were in his position? I’d go on 60 minutes and say whatever I’d have to say to get a book deal.
I dunno, I’m just not about to say the guy is a jerk without providing evidence that he is. To do so discredits the arguments against him, I think.
Andrew commented:
With that said, he ran a terrible campaign. Sarah Palin was the only thing that kept it afloat.
Moonbat Killer commented:
where can i hire an al qaida guy to saw this guys head off?
Slappy commented:
Mike
January 8th, 2010 | 2:35 pm | #16
I’ll just say that Palin was a factor in MY vote for Obama. I’m not happy with him, but I refuse to live under a Zelot’s theocratic rule.
You supporters of her frighten me with your igonorance.
Sure thing, Mike. Considering that you voted for Obama/Biden and have had a year to see the destructiveness of that vote before posting your opinion here today, your comments (and vote) couldn’t be any more idiotic and ignorant. You’re “not happy with him”? Talk about a freakin’ understatement.
As for your comment about “refus(ing) to live under a Zelot’s [sic.] theocratic rule,” you win the award for the most egregious use of hyperbole that I’ve seen in some time. I have to laugh at people that get so emotional when talking about Palin that they have to resort to such ridiculous exaggerations. BTW, this “theocratic rule” didn’t happen under Palin’s leadership as mayor or governor nor has she said anything advocating that in her public comments since she was named as McCain’s running mate. Or are you trying to say that people of faith should be characterized that way? After all, she’s no more religious than any other prominent recent political leaders, including George W. Bush.
Oh, yeah, it would help your credibility if in the post in which question the “ignorance” and “zealotry” of those that disagree with you, you don’t post something so zealously ignorant.
Just_Saying commented:
Steve Schmidt should never head a campaign again — at the least, never head a conservative compaign! (Clearly, McCain got my vote only because of Palin! Without her, I wouldn’t have voted. If only for that, I am grateful to Sarah Palin!)
Joe Camel commented:
I am one of at least 20 people I know who wrote in another in the presidential race. At that point, it did not make much difference between the ONE and McCain; as they both held the same beliefs. My step son and his friends who voted for Obama, said why should they vote for some old fool who made no sense on things. Reminds me of running Bob Dole, Mr. it is my turn…look what that got us. The repubs need to get educated real quick.
A55h073 commented:
He’s going rogue! Steve’s a patriot!
Gandalf commented:
Note to Steve Schmidt – You lost.
Sarah is a leader and a winner – you should have listened to her.
Nan commented:
I am less afraid of Christians in office than the left wing loonies who say Al Qaeda isn’t a threat and that bombing the Pentagon is justified because it is a military target.
As for Steve Schmidt, he lost the election, he’s a loser and he’s trying to make Sarah take the blame for it. Without her McCain didn’t have a prayer. Sarah in 2012, J. D. Hayworth in 2010.
Slappy commented:
Joe Camel
January 8th, 2010 | 4:15 pm | #33
I am one of at least 20 people I know who wrote in another in the presidential race. At that point, it did not make much difference between the ONE and McCain; as they both held the same beliefs.
No offense, JC, but saying that Obama and McCain “both held the same beliefs” is simply not true on most of the important issues. Maybe they were similar on certain issues (e.g., immigration), but the health care plan that is close to passage would not have been on the table, the spending (e.g., so-called “stimulus”) and expansion of government over the past 12 months would not have been so ridiculous, and we would be in a much better position in dealing with various foreign policy problems (e.g., Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, etc.).
I write this as someone who had never voted previously for McCain in the 2000 or 2008 primaries because there were far better choices so I do understand the lack of enthusiasm for a McCain candidacy. But I’m sorry to say that you can’t ignore the fact that the country is in a worse situation today because of people that either voted for Obama or people like you that threw away your vote by voting for someone other than McCain in the ’08 general election.
bg commented:
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Andrew @ 3:52 pm #28
re: [I’d go on 60 minutes and say whatever
I’d have to say to get a book deal.]
that’s more or less what Richard Clarke (and a few others) did..
flashbacks: Clarke Now & Then
more here..
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squeaky commented:
Mike
January 8th, 2010 | 2:35 pm | #16
so you went with the guy with the blank resume – you may view Sarah as a zealot, but
you voted for the guy who sat in an extreme church for 20 years.
Texmom commented:
I don’t think Steve Schmidt is alone. I believe the majority of the GOP does not want to see Palin continue to do well in the polls. She is not their pick, she is not part of their plan, and they will not back her. I think she is quite aware of this, but she will not be intimidated. That’s why so many people love her.
Palinfan commented:
Slappy is right. I have Lib friends who were telling me that Palin was going to put people in camps and burn and ban books. How in God’s name do you argue against such stupidity? I asked them to name one book she banned. The response was: “You CAN’T vote for HER, she’s an idiot!”.
And look what they put in the White House. God help us all.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
…that threw away your vote by voting for someone other than McCain in the ‘08 general election.
McCain doesn’t own the conservative vote; he has to earn it, and his “maverick” behavior over the years doesn’t indicate that he deserves conservative support. He has only himself and the rest of his RINO herd to blame for it.
DomesticGoddess commented:
This is how he gets his 15 minutes of fame!! The very reason why Hussein’s speech yesterday was hyped as containing “shocking revelations. They did this for ratings. Then you have your random celebrity getting press for calling us “tea baggers” or racists. Yawn.
Slappy commented:
Blacque Jacques Shellacque
January 8th, 2010 | 5:39 pm | #42
McCain doesn’t own the conservative vote; he has to earn it, and his “maverick” behavior over the years doesn’t indicate that he deserves conservative support. He has only himself and the rest of his RINO herd to blame for it.
That’s a nice little speech but that stance is completely counter-productive in the long and ongoing war between conservatives and liberals in this country. I was clear in my earlier post that I’ve never been a big fan of McCain, but he was the lesser of two evils so I voted for him. Plain and simple, the lack of support by many conservatives (including you?) for McCain in ’08 had serious negative long-term consequences for the country.
I am a strong conservative (and I’m hoping McCain loses in his Senate reelection bid to a conservative like J.D. Hayworth) but I’m also pragmatic. I simply didn’t think that giving Obama and the Democrats four years of unfettered access to the federal government, economy, military, etc., was a smart move, whether I did it by staying home on Election Day ’08 or casting my vote for a third-party candidate that had no chance of winning. This is especially true because many of the issues on which McCain was the most reliable (e.g., foreign policy, defense, spending) are the ones in which Obama is doing the most long-term damage to the country. But you and others continue to blame McCain “and the rest of his RINO herd” while the country and all of its citizens (including all conservatives) now suffer. Project the blame onto McCain and RINOs all you want, but you and the others that “sent a message” by not voting for McCain have contributed to the damage. After all, what’s being done now by Obama & Co., especially the health care plan, will not only cause severe damage to the country and its way of life, but most of it will never be overturned completely, even if the GOP wins back Congress and the White House in ’10 and ’12, respectively. We’re going to pay a heavy long-term price for the Obama presidency.
wtd commented:
Is it any coincidence that McCain came out with such a strong statement as well?
MCCAIN: ‘Obama is leading an extreme left-wing crusade to bankrupt America’…
McCain couldn’t possibly be so deluded as to think he should run again? Then again, we are talking about his ‘advisor’ and ‘political strategist’ in this thread aren’t we? Sigh. Steve Schmidt you lost. Get over it.
exceller commented:
Steve has a lot in common with Levi Johnston.
BurmaShave commented:
Who will ever hire this guy?
Maria Palie commented:
Steve who?
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Plain and simple, the lack of support by many conservatives (including you?) for McCain in ‘08 had serious negative long-term consequences for the country.
Putting McCain into the White House would have had very similar negative long-term consequences as well, it’s just that we’d be at a walking pace instead of the current brisk run, due to his own un-conservative and statist issues.
Project the blame onto McCain and RINOs all you want, but you and the others that “sent a message” by not voting for McCain have contributed to the damage.
Er, no. The Republicans themselves damaged their brand; I and the conservatives that refused to vote for McCain had nothing to do with it. I didn’t change; THEY did. The proliferation of RINOs and the resulting slow leftward drift of the Republican Party over the years hasn’t gone unnoticed, and I’m not going to do the “hold my nose and vote for the lesser of two evils” thing anymore. If the Republicans want to win, then they have to field a candidate that I want to vote for. It’s that simple.
eli commented:
It seems that Schmidt is talking about Martin Eisenstadt. Eisenstadt’s blog has more on the story: http://www.eisenstadtgroup.com/2010/01/08/60-minutes-interviews-steve-schmidt-about-my-book-while-i-appear-on-c-span/
Jerry M commented:
I vividly remember the Palin/Biden debate which I saw in its entirety and my recollection is that Palin not only held her own, but made mince meat out of the phony Biden. If Schmidt is saying she did not take her preparation seriously, imagine what she would have done to Biden if she had. I, for one, believe this is just another cheap shot being taken at Palin by a Mc Cain loser. Sara Palin breathed into it the only brief life the McCain campaign exhibited. With strategists like Schmidt, it’s no wonder they lost. The MSM never misses an opportunity to launch another assault on Sara. After all, they have too much invested in the loser, Obama, they helped mightily to get elected President.
Jerry M commented:
Post #44 Slappy
I agree totally with your assessment that conservatives who voted for a third party or didn’t vote at all cut off their nose to spite their face and, in so doing, were a big factor in handing the election to Obama. I am a conservative who is no fan of McCain, but given the choices, voting for him over Obama was a no brainer. I hope a lesson was learned for future elections. There will never be a candidate who is 100% satisfactory to all segments of the Republican party.
Slappy commented:
Blacque Jacques ShellacqueNo Gravatar
January 8th, 2010 | 6:54 pm | #49
Putting McCain into the White House would have had very similar negative long-term consequences as well, it’s just that we’d be at a walking pace instead of the current brisk run, due to his own un-conservative and statist issues.
I guess we’ll have to disagree about your use of the phrase “very similar” because in case you haven’t been paying attention, NO ONE on the Republican side would have moved the country anywhere near the far left direction Obama and the Dems have, whether over the short term or long term. I know it feels good to take shots at a guy like McCain, who is aggravating and has been far from a reliable Republican, but I simply don’t believe he would’ve taken us anywhere near the direction Obama has, especially on spending, foreign policy, and national security.
Blacque Jacques ShellacqueNo Gravatar
January 8th, 2010 | 6:54 pm | #49
Er, no. The Republicans themselves damaged their brand; I and the conservatives that refused to vote for McCain had nothing to do with it. I didn’t change; THEY did. The proliferation of RINOs and the resulting slow leftward drift of the Republican Party over the years hasn’t gone unnoticed, and I’m not going to do the “hold my nose and vote for the lesser of two evils” thing anymore. If the Republicans want to win, then they have to field a candidate that I want to vote for. It’s that simple.
I hope you remember this principled stance you took against voting for McCain when over the next three years Obama signs the health care bill into law…the government raises the debt limit repeatedly so it can continue its spending, including passing another “stimulus” that adds a trillion dollars of debt…the Gitmo terrorists are in a U.S. prison and being tried in U.S. courts…another terrorist attack takes place on U.S. soil killing many Americans (as nearly happened on Christmas Day)…Iran gets their nukes…Russia decides to invade another of its former republics prompting our government to start giving even more concessions to the Russian leadership…etc. Most if not all of these are situations that I would’ve trusted McCain with far more than I do Obama.
I don’t quibble with your analysis about the GOP, but I do quibble with your desire to let the country and your fellow citizens suffer because you want all or nothing. How often in life do you get everything you want anyway? Why is politics any different? Why would you expect it to be different? This purity test and suicide pact among many conservatives is counter-productive.
ogee commented:
Schmidt was on the DNC payroll. McCain was threatened. He was Pelosi’s target. Schmidt was given his talking point by DNC and his scripts to lie about Sarah and to interfere in her power. At one point they were winning until Mac suspended his campaign and left Sarah to the wolves. They are all rats in a cage. Interpol is going to arrest the entire bunch past and present and then Sarah steps in to take the reins. Ride em tiger!
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
…but I simply don’t believe he would’ve taken us anywhere near the direction Obama has, especially on spending, foreign policy, and national security.
McCain might have been better than Obama on those three points, but he’s sorely lacking elsewhere.
Remember McCain taking a page right out of the Democrat class warfare book and criticizing Bush for “tax cuts for the rich” sometime during Bush’s first term?
Remember that atrocity named McCain-Feingold?
Remember his support for amnesty for illegal aliens? (Hasn’t changed, as far as I can tell)
Remember the Gang of 14?
Remember the McCain-Lieberman Stewardship Act?
Didn’t he say that Samuel Alito was “too conservative”?
Remember McCain getting all worked up over baseball and the steroid problem it was experiencing and threatening to introduce legislation over it?
…but I do quibble with your desire to let the country and your fellow citizens suffer because you want all or nothing.
Having had to repeatedly settle for the “lesser of two evils” over the past several election cycles, I’m done with that. As long as conservatives are willing to keep on swallowing the crap sandwiches the Republican Party serves up, then that’s all that’s going to be dispensed, because there’s no incentive to do better.
Conservatives aren’t necessarily asking for perfect, but they do want better. McCain doesn’t make that grade.
TheTaR(and feather)Czar commented:
Wheres the 60 minutes hit piece on Obamas dealings with the now imprisoned Tony Rezko?Steering 15 million$ of taxpayer money to a known slumlord,who then gets the Obamas a sweetheart deal on adjacent land to their property..at 20% of the true market value,stinks to high heaven.
Mr Etches commented:
Thank you Slappy for stating perfectly why I voted for McCain. I hated doing it, but to do otherwise, I would have been helping Obama. McCain is no conservative, but he sure as heck wouldn’t have been as bad as what we ended up with.
dacoelec commented:
This dumb azz is about to have his handed to him by a woman way smarter than he is and is completely oblivious to to it.