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No Message For You

October 6, 2008

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Daniel Larison

Schmidt’s hard-nosed determination to control the slightest detail is irksome to some members of McCain’s staff. One senior aide referred to Schmidt as “message Nazi.” ~The Los Angeles Times

That must make his job very difficult.  Schmidt working for McCain must be what it would be like if the “soup Nazi” were not allowed to make soup.  How can a “message Nazi” make people adhere to something that doesn’t exist?

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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