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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">(RTTNews) - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's scathing remarks about Democratic nominee Barack Obama may have backfired, according to recent fundraising numbers reported by the Obama campaign.
Palin's remarks Wednesday capped a night of withering criticism of Obama from Republicans at the national convention, including former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
However, the Obama campaign is reporting that donations have since flooded in from online donors, netting the campaign more than $10 million in the 24 hours after Palin's speech.
"Sarah Palin's attacks have rallied our supporters in ways we never expected," Nick Shapiro, an Obama Campaign Spokesman told RTTNews by email Friday.
Palin, the little-known Republican Governor of Alaska who was the focus of intense media scrutiny in the days prior to her speech, accused Democrats of orchestrating a series of attacks on her in a fundraising pitch to supporters.
"Unfortunately, as you've seen this week, the Obama/Biden Democrats have been vicious in their attacks directed toward me, my family and John McCain. The misinformation and flat-out lies must be corrected," Palin said in an email.
That prompted an angry response from Obama spokesman Bill Burton, who said, "The only 'flat-out lie' is this ridiculous claim, and it proves that John McCain has wasted no time in teaching Sarah Palin the ways of the Washington he's inhabited for the last twenty-six years."
The McCain campaign could not immediately be reached for comment.
by RTT Staff Writer
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Why thank you, Mrs. Palin. Your bitchiness comes in handy.
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