Is Sarah Palin toast? Beltway Republicans seem happy to stick a fork in her
By David Neiwert Saturday Apr 18, 2009 1:00pm
Quick! Somebody alert the RedState Army Strike Force! Some serious Sarah Palin dissage is happening on Aisles 8, 9, and 12!!!
Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show last night featured a couple of Republican women -- A.B. Stoddard of The Hill, and "pro family" advocate Rebecca Hagelin -- discussing Sarah Palin's political future. Stoddard makes it clear that, inside the Beltway, Palin's star is rapidly dimming:
O'Reilly: There's no doubt that Governor Palin wants to run for president in 2012. I mean, there's just no doubt. She does. Does she have a legitimate chance:
Stoddard: I don't think so. I think she is a real political star, and I think that, would that it was just sincerity and passions and principle that got you there, she might have a chance. I think if you coupled her competence during the presidential campaign in 2008, the kind of competence that she showed, with the signals she has sent since that election these last couple of months in Alaska, I don't see her becoming a viable candidate in 2012. She's not endearing herself to the apparatus of the national Republican Party, as someone like Mitt Romney is, doing the hard work behind the scenes to help other candidates, members of Congress, et cetera, people in statehouses across the country.
Back in Alaska, I think she's also working hard to imperil her chances of getting reelected there next year in 2010, making Democrats and Republicans in the state Legislature mad.
O'Reilly: By not accepting the stimulus money from D.C. Right? That's the big issue up there right now.
Stoddard: And not being there during the -- the Legislature closes up its business today, and in these last hours she went for a speaking engagement.
Of course, Hagelin sturdily denied that any of this was a problem. But these rumblings are becoming widespread:
"She's just not ready for prime time," said a party strategist who has worked for former President Bush. "I mean, she's starting to look like she's having trouble being governor of Alaska." At issue is her weak debut, hampered by the mishandling of her by Sen. John McCain's campaign, and subsequent family issues such as the most recent tiff with Levi Johnston, the father of her first grandchild and ex-fiancé of her daughter Bristol.
Since running for vice president with McCain, Palin has made efforts to be a national figure, starting a political action committee and speaking at national events in Washington. But she has also blown other chances, backed out of speech commitments, and allowed herself to be caught in a fight between state and national aides who have different roles for her in mind. While some Republican officials say that there is time for her to recover, many are already looking to others to carry the GOP flag, such as Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich, in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Mind you, her right-wing populism will continue to make her a major player in the GOP, especially now that the populists have taken over the conservative movement.
Indeed, Palin may become the candidate of choice for the populists -- who are nothing if not bellicose in their ostensible hatred for the Beltway Republicans -- in the coming months, considering that their main favorite, Ron Paul, is getting a tad long in the tooth. Which will mean they'll be openly pitted against the establishment GOP.
Palin vs. Romney. Pop some popcorn.
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Wow.
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It fits somehow :)
So, at this point she's a lightly browned piece of bread?
hey, Browned Bread...Browned Shirt...it's all the same!
Technical difficulties? OK - she's not toast yet. She's an English muffin? Naaa- the Brits won't have her. A Baked Alaska? Crispy crittur on the outside with a heart made of ice?
That's the shortest post ever. Brevity is very much the soul of wit.
If this has anything to do with the fact that John McCain made the comment that the GOP is in danger of becoming irrelevant because the "religious right" (aka Sarah Palin/Rev. Muthee etc., etc., etc.) is taking over the party?
Just in case you missed them, check out Palin and Rev. Muthee on YouTube. Muthee makes Rev. Wright seem like just another average Joe.
cant say you are anti choice then admit you thought about aborting your baby
if you believe abortion is murder in all cases...how can you admit that you have contemplated murder?
of course, the wingnuts she was speaking to thought this was beautiful....cuz they are all hypocritical freaks
Her remarks came from the heart. She is real. The crowd roared with approval.
Let's see that unpopular, phony, flip flopper Romney debate her. She'll roll over him like Rommel would flatten the cast of Tropic Thunder.
Yup. Yup.
seriously
i want her to get the nom
death knell of the repuke party
All this talk about the chess game and politics. Who cares if her remarks come from her heart? So what if she's good at repeating catch phrases and BS? That doesn't make her qualified to be president of the US. She's an idiot! Let me go further. She's a lying, narrowminded, ill-informed, inexperienced lunatic. She has fewer qualifications than George W. Bush to be president of the US. Let us pray that she continues to fizzle. She is one dangerous lady. The mere fact that she THINKS she is qualified to serve as president shows just how flippin' stupid and arrogant she is.
Palin were a fondue. Then everyone could stick a fork in her.
would just stick their 'forks' in her and get it over with, I think all the talk about her political skills would cease...
She was toast the day she was elected as Governor of Alaska. She became burnt toast on August 29, 2008, the date McCain officially announced her to the world as his running mate.
I pity the fool.....naw, not really.
You betcha!
palin is irrelevent in the world of politics , she as well as mccain were throw away politicians the repigs shot thier bolt as the old military saying goes with the last eight years of murder and theft of the american tax payer wealth in wars of choice , and squandering money on private outfits such as blackwater ect ect, thats why mccain was allowed to be the republicans presidential candidate, and sarah palin was the joker in the deck, of course the republican party knew the party was over for at least the next four years , thier was no need for rigged voteing machines , cageing large numbers of voters , they were more then happy to see clinton or obama elected as president , both are republican lites , palin was as i said a joke as many commented on here before the election said anyone could have defeated a broken old man and a nobody govenor from alaska! to even believe she will be on the republicans ticket next elections pure hogwash!
whoever lives in alaska...go offer your support....we need her on the ticket
it would be a landslide
amazing how that "values" woman stuck with the talking points of the campaign
ie "she knew the most about energy policy than anyone else on the ticket".....uh...no....she frequently made mistakes in regards to how much energy alaska provided to the lower 48
and nice of loofa boy to edit the tape so that her comment about contemplating abortion was removed
and no...she does not represent any family values that i know
how many upstanding families have a druggie son and a slutty daughter....man, thems hollywood values
btw, her comment that she found out that she had a down baby at 13 weeks is very disturbing
as far as i know, amio that early can cause miscarriage, and it is recommended only after 15 weeks....
so she is either lying (i still dont believe the kid is hers) or she wanted that kid to self abort
"She's just not ready for prime time," said a party strategist who has worked for former President Bush.
She's not even ready for late-night infomercial time.
At issue is her weak debut, hampered by the mishandling of her by Sen. John McCain's campaign, and subsequent family issues such as the most recent tiff with Levi Johnston, the father of her
firstsecond grandchild and ex-fiancé of her daughter Bristol.As the kids say, FIFY!
yeah, infomercial time is about her speed. i could see her competing with a k-tel turnip twaddler and perhaps, just perhaps, coming out on top in that contest.
competence is not the word that comes to mind when palin is mentioned.
in mitt's case the word i remember is "dribbles" as in "dog", as in "scared family dog in carrier on top of car on highway soiling itself all over mitt's car".
in newt's case the word is, "lol", just "lol".
I hear Sham Wow is looking for a new spokesperson.
She'll get a radio show and a job as a Fox News consultant. She ain't going away. Hopefully,she'll lose in 2010 and then she will 'rehabilitate' herself (ie, get another media makeover from a rightwing consulting firm and a real world face and neck lift from a plastic surgeon). Her media consultants will teach her to be a little more focused and polished as she delivers rants at critics, real and imagined, in front of a microphone.
I thought that was Michele Bachman's future. Or, this being Fox, room for two more wingnuts?
the way they are stirring up hate over there, it is just a matter of time before one of them gets shot. I don't want nor encourage this to happen, but historically, violence is how violent speech ends.
Sarah big dumb looser.
Every time I hear that Palin is an energy expert, I cringe. I'd bet $1,000 she doesn't know the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics. If you don't know that, you really don't know anything about energy.
Tell you one thing Mr. Energy expert. Governor Palin knows how to keep Bil Oil from jacking up the price any time it wants to.
alaska loved it when oil went to over 100 a barrell
cuz palin pushed through a windfall profits tax
you know...the same one that she called evil socialism when obama talked about it
now hers caused smaller firms to go out of biz...but big oil prospered....and so did alaskan coiffers
which she then used to buy polling points
of course, that brilliant woman didnt know how to read the stock market, and that gen fund lost 2/3 of its worth during the crash
oh...and she is great at giving a big eff you to the rural alaskans, who had a hell of a time surviving this past winter
She cut expenses and banked the profits for a rainy day. AK now has one of the only governments on the face of the earth in the black.
"Back in Alaska, I think she's also working hard to imperil her chances of getting re-elected there next year in 2010, making Democrats and Republicans in the state Legislature mad."
Translation: Palin is like an anti-King Midas. Everything she touches turns to shit.
Never mind, Sarah. Look on the bright side. There'll always be a job for you in the turkey slaughtering trade. Gobble gobble!
but i would laugh if she failed to get re-elected in Alaska. Given her dive in the polls there, I suspect she will not run to stave off the embarrassment. I take that back, she is too drunk with power to do anything sane like that....
How can they lose?
The Presidential elections aren't until 2012. But I get your point. I'm making a prediction, Bachmann will be out of politics by 2012. A person can only say so much crazy shit before she's knocked on her ass.
Yes, they will certainly lose, but I couldn't take seeing two blustering idiot right wing wackos on the TV every night for 18 months or longer. My blood pressure would probably get so high that I'd have a heart attack!
This is really Palin's problem in a nutshell. It's all well and good to be a media darling, but party politics requires cooperation with and support of others in one's party. I've NEVER seen her extend herself to other Republicans. She's always been about Sarah.
If the party really wants to fall apart, just let them put Sarah Palin forward. She'll ride forward, leaving them in the dust.
Where have your been since the end of last Sepetember? You think this says something bad of Palin?
"She's not endearing herself to the apparatus of the national Republican Party, as someone like Mitt Romney is, doing the hard work behind the scenes to help other candidates, members of Congress, et cetera, people in statehouses across the country."
It siubded like an endorsement of Palin over Mitt.
By all means I hope she runs. She'll win the nomination by taking 33% of the extremist vote, the old guy Newt will get 20 while 10 other candidates split the rest. Come the elections she'll win 40% of the vote, 33% extremist and the other seven from people who just wont vote Democratic. She scares people because of her extremist views and lack of experience but most of all she was seen as a "nasty bitch" by the rest of the country because of her unfounded nasty attacks on Obama. When the economy is recovering and more poeple are moving "left of center" and with all of Obama accomplishments, if Sarah wins the nomination it'll be a landslide.
RUN SARAH RUN!!!!
the heck have you been? Most of the folks already know that Palin does not have what it takes to be President and most of the folks do not buy into her brand of family values as seen from the last election.
As usual BillO has finally stuck his finger in the air and has seen that the GOP wind is blowing against Palin....and so now he questions her qualifications (after he spent all last campaign season defending her). BillO is a complete joke.
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Not for the reason you think he is. He is only questioning her qualifications now because he senses that the winds of change are starting to dillute her popularity and support. If he really believes that Sarah Palin is unqualified, he will be surprised when she replaces the false prophet in 2012.
The winds of change are diluting her popularity.
Is she planning on replacing Rush?! Holy Hell, I thought she wanted to be President, not fucking Queen of the Universe?!!!!
Oh the horror, she must be stopped... a fat assed drugged up old white man can not possibly stand a chance against a nice looking bugged eyed lunatic with fifty kids!
Which side is she buttered on?
Didn't I see the face of Jeebbuuusssss on that toast?
No, in her bed
He's her yard-kid.
We fully expect that the RINO Beltway establishment will make a lot of noise when Sarah Palin takes it down. My response comes from O'Reilly's own network.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NGdtPvpLpk&eu...
I am a proud member of Sarah Pac and Team Sarah!
I too am a Palin fan. I'd just love to see her be the GOP candidate in 2012. Nothing better to guarantee another 4 years for Obama. So, GO SARAH!
I am a proud member of Sarah Pac and Team Sarah!
You poor thing. I understand there's medication for that.
Do you have to go to the free clinic for a shot?
PDS is quite common among liberals. Unfortunately, there are no drugs available to counter the symptoms of hatred, lies and deceipt, and a long list of other maladies.
Ahhh yes. I've seen the Obama Derangement Syndrome that runs deep in your tribe.
I have an idea... since they are such big fans of Andrew Jackson lets "relocate" his tribe to Texas. If we could somehow import the Texans wandering around with the wtf attitudes and deport the racist thugs to Texas things would be a whole lot easier. Maybe Alaska would be better? I mean, they would have to cross Canada to get back.... Canada might be full of pacifists, but somehow I think they might be willing to shoot these fucktards....
If the 'P' stands for "piece o' shit", then yes, we liberals are sick of Republican pieces of shit.
I don't necessarily agree that Stoddard is a "Republican". I've seen her numerous times on MSNBC and while she's not carrying any water for Democrats, neither is she per se for the Republican party. Anyway, she's too good looking and smart to be a Republican.
Nope sure didn't see this coming. Of course I have forks stuck in my eyeballs but whatever.
She's a has been. Maybe a few religious nuts like her, but that's about it.
She knows how to handle a fire arm too.
Think we could talk her into flying a kite in a thunderstorm.... Just asking.
ran to america because they were even too looney for the open and sympathetic Dutch. Our country was founded by men who believed in the enlightenment. Sorry. Not religious nuts. Educated men.
Crystal ball into Sarah's future as told by the Ron Paul Revo-love-potion:
GOP gets taxes and tea parties broadcast 4-15-09 but on 4-15-08 Ron Paul was just another pres candidate with radical views on tax code and wealth distribution < so un-electable.
If I heard the phrase Media Wolves one more time in this video, the sky was gonna have to fall too!
you know me, I can't help but be an ass here....
Seriously, we should be supporting Sarah Palin's ascension to the head of the Republican Party. We should give her glowing accounts and speak highly of her at every opportune moment.
Before you break out the rethug brand and scream at my apparent troll like activities, consider this: what happens if Palin runs against Obama in 2012?
She gets destroyed is what...
Okay, lets do the same mental exercise against very popular and very fiscally conservative Mitt Romney? Between the groups that want us to stop spending like we are in a depression and the racial wing nuts Mitt has a pretty damn good chance.
In conclusion, lets beat Mitt Romney about the heads and shoulders and let wing nut Palin ascend to her destruction. At least that's my thinking....
Palin/Joe the Plumber 2012 - You betcha!
(insert beauty pageant wink!)
Palin / Joe The Lieberman 2012
But, you need a John Deere tractor to pull your head out of where the sun doesn't shine. Without even trying, you can self destruct before I can say the word "troll".
What, you find my support of Sarah Palin to the top of the Republican Party offensive?
Or the fact that I am supporting her because I am certain that she and her fucked up thugs will destroy it?
I know clarity isnt a rethug strong point, but you might want to give it a better try.
(cough) dumbass
I'm not sure, now, if it should be Palin/JTP or Palin/Bachmann. Which pair would lose by the larger margin?
that is a tough one....
either the dumbass duo or the fucking white crazy bitches....
I think the girl on girl action would lose by the biggest margin, so um....
goooo Palin/Bachmann 2012
you know what though.... this sucks, because I would really like to see a woman in the white house before I die. How did we get such fucking losers representing women out there?
"How did we get such fucking losers representing women out there?"
Nominating Palin was an insincere act and the country saw right through it. McCain hadn't even met her before the race. The GOP kind of tainted any further pick of a minority in my mind. I mean people will remember 2008 and how the GOP just threw Palin in there as an afterthought. It was cynical and it debased Hillary and Palin alike.
Nothing like watching a bunch of liberal loons try to speak!
I mean seriously A.B Stoddard? And some woman no one ever heard of?
If those two are experts on anything, then I'm Barack Obama!
Governor Palin will do just fine. Since liberals aren't smart and only regurgitate the talking points that their masters give them, let me help you.
The Governor was at a right to life dinner. Something she believes in. The damned thing sold out, and they had to set up an auditorium to handle the overflow. The same goes for the event for raising money for children with downs syndrome. Not enough chairs to hold them all.
But again, it's hilarious to listen to you loons, especially since you are oblivious to the fact that Barack Obama's approval ratings, according to Rasmussen, are the worst in history, for a new president.
He is an epic failure, and most certainly a one term deal. Even Jimmy Carter had better marks than Obama, at first.
Anyhow, I won't confuse you with facts, because the liberal mind can't handle complicated information. But, as someone has a problem thinking Palin doesn't know energy policy, they better think again.
Remember, before Palin was Governor, she was the Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the largest regulatory body of it's kind. She took on Big Oil, and kicked their butt.
In fact, she was so successful, Kay Cashman wrote the book: "Sarah Takes On Big Oil" to chronicle it. www.petroleumnews.com has excepts you can read.
Of course, it was there where she also took on corruption in the Republican party. She took down the entire leadership.
Currently Governor Palin is currently the Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. A group of oil producing states that regulates oil and natural gas production, as well as working on environmental issues.
And evidently all of the other Governors think she is an energy authority, because the unanimously made her the Chairman of the National Governors Association's Natural Resource Committee.
And frankly, I think the state Governors, even the liberal ones, are a hell of a lot smarter than you guys.
Someone mentioned Michelle Bachmann. What a spitfire!
I don't know much about her. Shes still new, but I damned sure like what I see. She took Geithner and Bernanke to task for sure. I think she'll be something someday.
But Palin has almost 20 years of executive leadership experience, something no one else on the 2008 ticket had. (not even close)
You silly liberals keep listening to the RINOs in the republican party. They are the democrat lites. People like John McCain, Arlen Specter, and others are toast. David Frum, AB Stoddard, losers.
Just remember this, all the crap they, and you losers are saying about Sarah Palin, another group of loons said about Ronald Reagan. And as Sarah Palin is indeed a reincarnation of Ronald Reagan, in just about everyone's eyes that know her, I can't wait for 2012 it'll be 1980 all over again.
Remember, the "inside the beltway" hacks hated Reagan too, and said he'd never make it.
Real America couldn't care less about the beltway, or the Republican party elites. They are all part of why we are at where we are at right now!
What I hear you say is that
hate doesn't work.
I'm starting to like you.
For being here for less than 2 hrs. He's off to a good start.
Yeah, I've noticed that there are at least 3 Palin trolls here tonight who've only been here a few hours.
I wonder what's up? Is it a full moon?
on a wingnut site somewhere. They need to go convince members of their own party the virtues of Sarah. Therein lies their problem. Hence the headline....
they do need to convince their own party of Sarah's virtues. How many Republicans and conservatives endorsed Obama over McCain/Palin, and many of those explained that Sarah Palin was a driving factor for choosing Obama? Why did the Chicago Tribune endorse Obama, its very first endorsement EVER in its 160+ years of operation, of a Democrat for President? One reason they gave was Sarah Palin. Oh, I could go on and on and on.
You'll find that all of the S'airhead Palin defenders in this thread signed up no more than four hours ago, according to the last search.
But seriously, Obama isnt who you folks need to be focusing on.... Mitt and definitely Newt (sexist pig) will be out to get Sarah (especially now that she has proven to be a consistent and profitable draw). Ignore the LOONS and focus on the damn primaries.
twice divorced
twice an adulterer
it may not be about character...but this guy has none
mittons has a shot...but jeez, he already is a loooooooooser
and it will be so easy to attach him to the failed policies of bush
remember, his private job was to buy companies and then destroy them
he never made a job in his life
Mitt is a tried and true fiscal conservative with practical business experience.
In rough economic times that is the bread and butter of the republican party.
Whatever drugs you're doing. Needs to be illegal.
Either that or your dose is too low.
Nice try. Try delving into reality sometime w/o the drugs.
With family values like hers, she's sure to win.
Just ask her crackhead meth vicodin popping sis in law from Wasilla.
LOL.
Please, give her your money. PLEASE!
she's dry too.
Mudshark - obviously, you didn't read or didn't understand Gary's portrait of the next woman president of the United States. You can't argue with the facts - Sarah Palin has the executive experience and political savvy to put this country back on the right track. As a mudslinger, you would never admit that the bona fide reality is that the Great Imposter is leading us down the path of destruction with the many inappropriate decisions that he is making. BTW, Sarah won't have to buy the office of president nor be promoted by the corrupt media who felt a tingle up their leg when they saw The One. Her dignity and authenticity speak louder than anything derogatory that you may say.
Are you being sarcastic?
Mertha - my darling, wife mother sister uncle, pack up the trailer, we are heading off to support the GREAT Sarah Palin! Woot!
Hell, Joe, get the hell off my wife! Don't you know your fifteen minutes were up an hour ago!
Getcher ass out of here!
S'airhead Palin: Dignity AND authenticity? I guess I'd spot her the dignity, only because she doesn't piss on her own shoes in public. And the only reason she has any authenticity is because, let's face it, she's too fucking dumb to be fake.
Keep 'em coming, roly poly deity!
Yeah. I admit it. You can't take having your parties own tactics being used against you can you?
Now you know how we feel.
I suggest you get used to it.
After the last admin, and the GOP during the Clinton admin.
We learned all to well what it takes to repudiate the likes of Palin.
Bring it on.
... to find out who's taking on Big Oil.
they also have the truth on:
"clean coal"
"climate change"
"carbon is your friend"
"safe nuclear power by AIG - "we know how to run a business!"
sure thing Gary :)
"And as Sarah Palin is indeed a reincarnation of Ronald Reagan, in just about everyone's eyes that know her, I can't wait for 2012 it'll be 1980 all over again."
If Sarah Palin is so irrelevant, why bother posting comments? And, Uncle Joe McCarthy, just because a person has a thought for a "fleeting moment" does not mean they have actually contemplated doing it. we all know what SArah Palin meant in her speech the other night. She never had any intention of ending her pregnancy. A.B. Stoddard and the rest of the inside the beltway idiots have no clue what the rest of the country wants in a candidate. What we do know is that it is not anybody they would approve of, therefore making Gov. Palin a perfect candidate
i believe that murder is a sin
i have never contemplated murder in any form
if you believe that abortion is murder and that no one should have a choice...then what are you doing contemplating it?
why are you having an inner discussion about "walking the walk and talking the talk"?
but forget that...lets take a look at palin's behaviour during the pregnancy
didnt tell her family until late into the pregnancy
had an amio 13 weeks in (pro lifers dont get the procedure, and getting it before 15 weeks is dangerous to the fetus)
didnt tell staffers until the 7th month
took a flight during the alleged 8th month of pregnancy...went into labor in texas and instead of doing the safe thing and delivering there....flew back to alaska while leaking fluid....both she and the baby couldve died
this is behaviour of a woman who was in denial and wanted the child to self abort (if she was ever pregnant...which is still a question)
and lets take a look at her parenting skills
son trip...had to be sent away from home...nice cover story about getting schools to be interested in his hockey skills, when he ups and joins the armed services right after his 18th b-day...or was that a deal to keep his ass out of prison?
daughter bristol...the school druggie and whore
thats two down....three to go
i know plenty of large families, and occasionally one or two of the kids have issues....but they dont put themselves out as the perfect american family
oh, and lets not forget that palin got knocked up before her own marriage...ergo the elopement
what a great gal
dont scare away the populists.... We need for them to embrace Palin for 2012. A Republican divided ....
like you:)
Yes, poor Sarah is dead. Finished. Kaput. Just like Harry Truman in 1948, Richard Nixon in 1960/1962, Ronald Reagan in 1976, even Bill Clinton in early 1992.
The Washington Party Establishments do not dictate the caucuses or primaries - the people do (ask Hilary Clinton). If Governor Palin runs, she will annihilate that fake, slick haired, flip-flopping Mitt Romney and good idea man but boring as hell candidate Newt Gingrich.
If she runs in 2012 she will win the nomination. If President Obama does a good job, we all benefit, and she will probably lose to him. If he does a lousy job, she will win the Presidency(see Carter-Reagan 1980).
So everybody just chill out in the meantime and enjoy the basketball and hockey playoffs (and the start of baseball season).
is the fact that Palin hasn't made an appearance. Yet.
looking for the Russians (and a fucking clue).... Keep going honey, you will find them....
Greta Van Susteren
I think the Beltway crowds should form their own party. They don't seem to want anyone...dems. or repubs...interfering with their toga parties at the White House. Just remember, TOAST and TEA go great together. There are plenty of people who don't give one whit what the Beltway thinks. Sarah Palin is in for the long haul. Don't underestimate her.
What is her Position on Tea Bagging?
I think someone told me she is not to NUTS about it.
She realized that Todd's little dude leans left and has cut him off....
The topics of conversation relating to Governor Palin are absolutely insidious and are meant to intimidate her. Sarah Palin could care less about the elite Beltway morons who spend more time on idiotic gossiping and sniping than on introducing legislation (that has at least been read) to resolve the disastrous challenges facing this great nation. Governor Palin's values extend far beyond the Beltway as she governs from the heart and not from her own political agenda. No level of mean-spirited garbage, spewed from the mouths of people who just don't get it, will weaken Palin's quiet resolve to reassure the people who elected her.
You think that people who don't like her, don't "get" her. On the contrary. We know her very well. Yes her quiet resolve you speak of is lowering her poll numbers because she isn't doing her job. The only elections she has won BTW is in wingnut state full of welfare recipients.
And I don't care if she speaks or governs from the heart." I don't like what her heart is telling her.
"S'airhead Palin" and "quiet resolve" go together about as well as "Idi Amin" and "solemn restraint". And by the way, it's "couldn't care less".
Gov. Palin doesn't play the insider games that are so much a part of politics today. And that's exactly why we need her in the White House. People of both parties are growing increasingly frustrated with the massive government spending. We weren't happy with the Bush deficits, and things are 10X worse with Obama. Our kids and grandkids are being buried beneath a mountain of debt!
Palin has proven herself to be a fiscal conservative in Alaska, cutting the budget, selling the state jet, and refusing a $25K/year pay hike. She really "gets" the fact that you can't spend your way out of a recession without suffering serious consequences. If she runs in 2012, I'll be working hard to get her elected.
She is a far right wing nut with little to zero practical experience to bring to the table. While the same could be said of Obama (and I sure you will) she does not even have a tenth of the intellect to overcome her deficiencies. In addition, the same insiders are the only people capable of getting her elected, without them she runs the risk of creating another Ross Perot and fracturing the Republican cause.
Finally, it is very difficult to frame her as a fiscal disciplinarian when her state is by far the biggest welfare state in the union. According to 2005 figures, Alaskans were paid per capita over $2/person for every dollar they paid in taxes. I don't know about you, but if we are going to elect someone, how about we pick a governor who didn't require the federal government to subsidize their state coffers?
Peace.
Rick Beagle
I do believe that Sarah racked up some $20 million in long term debt while she was mayor of Wasila.
She has to be a far right wing nut....Rush Limbaugh "loves" her.
And, once again, what's with all the Sarah Palin trolls tonight who've only been here several hours? Wonder where they came from?
The Republican dream team , Palin /Bachman . Would be entertaining , no ?
Am I the only one having problems with it?
I use Chrome by google (it has its issues, but its a helluva lot faster than any other) and I don't have any issues.
Peace.
Rick Beagle
Off topic, but anyone read this from FDL yet. Jesus man. This is gonna get ugly.
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/04/18/...
Poor sarah's AG nominee was rejected by the (republican majority) state legislature, her nominees to fill a democratic state senate seat keep getting rejected, as was a Fishing Board member (this is a big deal here in AK).
More recently, her pet "parental notification" abortion bill died in the senate. She has no political capital in her conservative-dominated home state.
Then there's the fact that she awarded a state contract for a gas pipeline (along with $500 million) to a Canadian company that has no rights to the gas on the North Slope, pissing off BP and Conoco in the process (they're the ones that actually own the gas rights), and you have one grand colossal screwup coming home to roost.
It would be fun to see her incompetence and cluelessness exposed on a national stage again, but I'm sure the GOP will dump her aside just like Katherine Harris.
She is toast to those who politically matter.
She does not play well with others. You have to confront her or not agree with her to see her true personality, in my opinion. She has not grown up to be a mature adult, and sadly, is not very likely to change.
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It's not a pretty sight.
The Repubs can diss Sarah Failin' all they want, she is going to show up at the party convention in 2012 and embarrass the bejesus out of them. She is the albatross hanging around their collective shoulders. She will remind us of why we voted for Obama. I'd like to see them nominate Cantor instead. ;-)
Palin may not be ready for prime time, but she sure is ready for Jerry Springer and can bring her whole trailer trash family with all its warts: burglary arrests, drug dealing, teen pregs, cast-off lovers, deadbeat dads, and abuse of power and corruption scandals. They are - "an American family" and one we can really be proud of!!!
Are you guys kidding?!?!!? I pray every night that she gets the 2012 Republican nomination. Would make it so that Obama wouldn't possibly be able to lose to her!
My brother is teaching his 15-year-old daughter to be a Palin disciple. Sad. She makes W look like a stinking genius. I say Palin supernova because she has already exploded and will become a black-hole soon. She's not even that popular in her home state. And her debating Romney? At least Mitt can put together a coherent sentence.
I saw the clip of her interview with Katey Couric, and then a clip of Tina Fey lampooning her, and I swear, I couldn't tell which one was real and which one was the comedy bit.
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