Palin’s office to GOP: Er, she didn’t agree to keynote your fundraiser yet
posted at 8:05 pm on March 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
The state of the Republican leadership in microcosm: They can’t even coordinate their own events anymore.
The NRSC and NRCC announcement of Palin’s leading role in the event made national news. The Associated Press distributed the story and it appeared on the Web sites of the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News and USA Today, among many others.
[Spokesman Bill] McAllister said Palin asked him why The Associated Press was reporting that she was going to do this. “I pointed out the (National Republican Senatorial Committee) press release and she was like, no,” he said.
NRSC spokesman Brian Walsh said Monday night that the staff of the governor’s national political action committee, SarahPAC, had confirmed Palin would indeed speak at the Senate-House dinner.
“The committees have confirmed this with the governor’s political staff at SarahPAC, not her official staff in Juneau, so it’s understandable why there may be a miscommunication here,” Walsh said.
Momentarily forgetting that Sarahcuda can do no wrong, Matt Lewis reads SarahPAC’s snafu as a commentary on her “leadership and organizational competency” and “merely the latest example of a sloppy mistake.” Be merciful to him. If you’d prefer to argue that the buck stops here there, try blaming one of the advisors listed by WaPo instead. Exit question: Surely a governor with a 64 percent approval rating can sneak away for a few days in June to resurrect her party’s fundraising prospects, can’t she?
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PALIN LIED !
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGNS DIED!
Aahhahahhahah!!!
TimeTraveler on March 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Yeah, I hate them trolls as well. We should all sing from the same hymnals and goose step to the same drummer.
Joey’s definition of a troll: A person who does not believe Sarah Palin is the 2nd coming of Ronald Reagan….or, in The Wall’s case, somebody who thinks Sarah Palin has ethical and intelligence issues.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I second that motion….
all in favor say Aye
alexraye on March 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Okay. Just thought with your obvious interest, investment of time in the blog, and multiple comments here, you were attempting to draw more people in than you were driving away.
Carry on, I guess.
cs89 on March 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM
tcn on March 17, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I am a passionate supporter of Sarah Palin. I said what I did to get a reaction from an Alaskan who perhaps could set the record straight on what the lay of the land is like up there. Thank you very much.
technopeasant on March 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Good one.
Sapwolf on March 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I am interested in stopping smears and outright distortions.
I’m not in it to make friends or be liked … I’m not John McCain lol
If responding to smears/distortions with facts “drives people away” … I pray for the country
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Not to hijack this excellent thread, but I do have a question:
Question: Who would lose in a Sarah Palin/ Meghan McCain debate?
Answer: The audience
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:39 PM
is that not the definition???
alexraye on March 17, 2009 at 9:39 PM
and I don’t care if the smear comes from the right of the left.
I’m tired of leaving “our wounded on the battlefield” because we don’t want to stir up some trouble.
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:39 PM
“right or the left” obviously
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:40 PM
If you are going to speak in tongues, could you at least have the courtesy of providing the interpretation thereof?
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:41 PM
That’s true, but that’s not a bad thing. Trolls don’t get banned unless they get way out of line, hi-jack threads, use a lot of profanity, or engage in constant personal attacks without adding to the discussion and that’s the way it should be in my opinion. Trolls get the discussion started sometimes and I for one rather enjoy wrestling with them. I actually think we’ve had a few conversions here, some of our older troll seem to have move further to the right and that’s what its all about.
It could actually get pretty boring here without a few trolls. Most of our trolls are respectful (not always) but for the most part they know they will get banned if they just spew garbage all the time. Allah and Ed are fair enough in that regard. But I understand your frustration with Allah, he often name calls and bashes the most conservative of the GOP. Allah is not a conservative, I sometime refer to him as the troll in charge.
Maxx on March 17, 2009 at 9:41 PM
I guess there isn’t much in between. I know why I like her and think she has a bright future if she wants it. The antipathy is perplexing, however. I’d think going from zero to Guv would be something everyone would admire, fulfilling the American dream, even if one doesn’t agree with her policies. Instead, by doing so (and being a conservative) she has offended millions? It’s a head-scratcher to me.
Erich66 on March 17, 2009 at 9:42 PM
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Do you write your own material, because I’m thinking that you could be the next Kinnison; you are THAT funny.
You are sort of HA’s own little “IT Girl.”
Bishop on March 17, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Move it to the oil fields of ANWAR and give the RINOs’ a look at what a barren, mosquito infected, tundra, full of enough oil to drag the US out of its’ economic collapse looks like then ask which ones want to stand in the way of developement in favor of Global warming baloney. Maybe they could even get a peak at what an authentic Air Force installation protecting us from Russian meddling looks like while there.
dhunter on March 17, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I dont agree with everything with Allah either, but would guys like some cheese with that whine???
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:43 PM
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Fair enough, I guess. Your links, etc. are helpful. My only motive in cautioning you is that sometimes we can get too wrapped up in a person/cause we believe in, and get a little blind to flaws.
From where I sit, looks like AP likes the high-comment topics and probably has some personal aversion to Palin. Don’t know if it’s faith, populism or if he simply doesn’t think she can win, but it looks like he views her from a “glass half-empty” perspective in most of his posts.
Sometimes, reading your comments I wonder if you get a little overzealous in defending her. She reminds me of one of my strong-willed sisters, and I know what my sister would say if I defended her like you do Sarah here: She’d tell me to sit down and shut up, she can take care of herself.
cs89 on March 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM
How original.
ZJPolitical on March 17, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Allah is not a conservative, I sometime refer to him as the troll in charge.
Maxx on March 17, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Hehehe, though can you be a troll if it’s your (or partly your) blog? This could devolve into quite the rousing quasi-religious debate if we’re lucky.
Bishop on March 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
that would be great
if we discussed records and flaws, good qualities and bad
instead we discuss “Heart-ache: Palin supports the stimulus”
or
Palin and Huckabee are alike
There is no real discussion occurring here.
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I think you’re pushing your luck.
Maxx on March 17, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I’d link some photos of Palin’s home – pretty nice, though still relatively modest – but we’d then undoubtedly hear about how Palin is rich and out of touch.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Sorry, a lot of us love anything PALIN!
CCRWM on March 17, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Palin advice to Soetoro on the scam-ulus bill:
“veto it”
Great bumper sticker for 2012.
ex-Democrat on March 17, 2009 at 9:49 PM
PALIN RAN.!
MITT ROMNEY FAN BOYS CRIED!
PS: I think Allah is fantastic…The fellow new yorker just has tough love for Palin.. I am sure has donated 100 bucks to SarahPAC.
TimeTraveler on March 17, 2009 at 9:50 PM
come on now
it is “silly” to say veto the stimulus!
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Yes, I am sure that is correct Jim.
My point is that when you consider the pregnancys of Sarah pre-marriage and her kids’ similar issues…when it comes to that clan, you can take them out of the trailer park but you cant take the trailer park out of them.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:52 PM
real classy asshole
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Rush is rich, powerful and right, Sarah is beautiful, authenticly conservative, independent minded and right!
Get used to it!
dhunter on March 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM
when it comes to that clan, you can take them out of the trailer park but you cant take the trailer park out of them.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:52 PM
I hope you took the twenty session value pack and aren’t paying on a per visit basis, issues can be a tough thing to work through.
Bishop on March 17, 2009 at 9:55 PM
She’s done that, but it just doesn’t break through the MSM wall of silence. Her defenders have to make her statements go viral on the Web in order for the word to get out.
For instance, there is still a rampant false meme out there that Palin supports abstinence-only sex education – it rears its head everywhere whenever Bristol gets in the news. Totally bogus. These things have to be fought everywhere they crop up or they come to be accepted truth.
How many people think that Palin said she doesn’t read newspapers, or that she said she said could see Russia from her house? It happens because those memes were allowed to propagate without pushback from the McCain campaign. Those of us who support her will fight for the truth everywhere – it doesn’t matter if the lies crop up in the MSM, liberal blogs, or conservative blogs.
As for Allah, he is a Moderate For Mitt.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Easy, dude. This aint Huffington Post.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Nope.
Her own party did not back her up or defended her or her colleagues during the election.
Why on earth does she need/would save their asses?
What comes around, goes around…Talk radio has to stick for her and her family when Levi is chased to dig into his private life as a private citizen. Where’s the RNC stopping the buck and be really stern about these situations?
I know the Palins are tough people but c’mon, the MSM pays for airline, meals and hotel stay in ALASKA to talk to this guy? Talk about being desperate!
ProudPalinFan on March 17, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I confess that I do not believe that Sarah Palin regularly reads newspapers. Why? She couldnt name one when put on the spot. That was painful to watch….and yet I STILL voted for her.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I just call em like I see em
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 9:59 PM
^^^Admission of blindness^^^
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:01 PM
no you didn’t … you don’t have the mental capabilities to operate the machine in the voting booth.
you had to write out your ballot, but it was rejected because the election board could not read it. They don’t accept ballots written in crayon.
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Great day today! :
1. Read that the GOP is leading in the Generic Ballot for the first time in years.
2. Read that Sarah has an impeccable 64% approval rating confirming her position as the most popular governor in America.
3. Got a real good laugh from anti-Palin trolls on HotAir
4. Donated another $100 to SarahPAC to celebrate!
5. Going out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with friends
Cheers!
Norwegian on March 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Look, Allah is awesome and an ass at the same time. He has a very unique ability to dissect stories almost in real time,(when he’s on his game). But he deliberately pushes buttons that start fires, for no other reason than to see the blaze he has rought.
Amadeus on March 17, 2009 at 10:03 PM
bill mcallister needs to be muzzled. he has no place responding to sarahpac news.
seaplanes on March 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Bullshit. I smell a Concern Troll.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I’m sorry, I thought I was communicating with an adult.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
and yet I STILL voted for her.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 9:58 PM
One of these things is not like the other…one of these things is not the same….
cs89 on March 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I confess that I don’t read newspapers either. I quit when I figured out how much crap they contain.
Erich66 on March 17, 2009 at 10:06 PM
HA HA HA!!! Very funny, dude.
I think Palin was a horrible pick, and the data proves it…lost independents, but compared to Obama, she IS Ronald Reagan.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:07 PM
I’m coming down to your level of communication. I have not seen evidence that you ever had the intention in engaging in civil debate.
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:08 PM
If somebody surprised you and said “Give me the name of a newspaper” would you say: “uh, uh, uh, duh, duh, ermm, all of them, I mean some of them, I mean uh, uh, uh, uh…hey, YOU BETCHA” *winks*
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:08 PM
I think you are an idiot with a second grade education, who has a weird obsession with Palin’s family.
go figure
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM
No, but I can spot a phony….lying about the Bridge To Nowhere, etc etc.
You, on the other hand, are like a little girl screaming for the latest teen hearthrob. You think Sarah Palin can do no wrong. A cultist if you will.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I’d say, who cares.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Governor Palin knows that if she is to be successful running for President, she will have to withstand getting grilled by numerous liberal agenda spouting reporters, doesn’t she? I doubt she will be able to avoid them all until November 2012. It might be good practice to start now.
Speedwagon82 on March 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Sort of like you scream for Mitt. Must be that strong jaw and Ivy League education.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Please provide a link to show that’s what she said. And doesn’t your Poptech talking point conflict with the fact that she writes op-eds for newspapers, including the NYT and Minneapolis Star-Tribune, not to mention the Alaska papers?
She’s already said, more than once, that she gets most of her news online. Given Alaska’s location, dead trees are outdated by the time they get there. Also, you may not know that powerful people with busy schedules are typically given briefing books each day with news clippings from various sources.
Even her biographers say that, when she was a child, she read the newspapers from front to back. Her college friends said she had an interest in political issues when none of them cared about stuff like that.
Do some research, genius. Don’t get all your news from Poptech.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
this is fun
Palin lied on the bridge to nowhere?
A conservative like yourself would surely agree with Jim DeMint on the issue
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Did you see her press conference in Juneau last month?
good stuff
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Well, he is a good-looking man, I agree.
But, when voting for a president, I vote for the person who has my values in general and is the smartest, most capable person of the choices. I dont vote for somebody because they are “dumb like me”. I dont want to relate to my president, I want my president to be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay smarter and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more accomplished than me.
Palin/Huckabites, on the other hand, want somebody they can relate to. HA HA HA HA!!!
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Actually, on second thought she probably should have said “most of them are steaming piles of crap, sort of like CBS News”.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Question: What is the difference between The Wall and manure?
Answer: One can be used for fertilizer and serve a purpose, the other is just a pile of crap
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Oh dear. I would be embarassed to be that gullible.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Ooooh, a man-crush on Mitt! You have thing for Ivy League types. You need to work on your self-esteem. I want a president, not some mirror of what I imagine I woulda been if I had had the breaks, gosh darn it.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Actually you are, you keep replaying the same MSM crap over and over again.
The media like gullible folks like yourself … useful idiot if you will
but in your case … just idiot
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM
The Wall is Carl Cameron!
I mean, Mitt would be a good guy to see answering his hotel door in a towel. Sarah Palin in a towel? Gross!
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 10:21 PM
^ I would add, I would prefer a president who’s most likely to stay the hell out my way, not force some monstrosity of a health care plan on me.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Whaaaat? You have me confused. So, voting for the smartest and most accomplished person with my general values is not intelligent as voting for somebody “more on my level”? Otherwise, its jealousy? That would be a reason to NOT vote for a person.
Huckabee types are jealous types. People who support Palin TODAY, not during the election, are also strange fanboy types.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:23 PM
well….after reading your posts…i would think that would be nearly 95% of the 500 million people in America
and lets not forget Mr Harvard Law degree… is CLEARLY excelling at being POTUS…
alexraye on March 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Ah, now I see. The Wall is a Joe the Plumber supporter.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Romney has your general values?
Which set of Romney values are yours?
Pro choice of pro life?
Government mandated health care?
Do you want to go back to Reagan-Bush?
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Joe the Plumber and Sarah Palin. One is a female and the other is a male. Other than that…I dont see much difference.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Why why why do you bite? We’re all smart here , we see that poster’s stupity, we see through him…we know the Big 0 pays him to be here and antagonize …could you please just ignore him? That doesn’t mean you arent’ defending Sarah, it means you’re not letting him be a successful troll…
CCRWM on March 17, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Must’ve missed the “Independent” party that’s so dominant in Presidential politics when I was marking my ballot….
cs89 on March 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Joe the Plumber sees your ilk everyday … he has to clean out septic systems from time to time
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Oh come now, do you really want to hold what Romney said in his very first campaign running for senator in the bluest of the blue states?
I mean, way back when Romney made that quote, Sarah Palin was in the back seat of a chevy getting knocked up.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM
OK, let’s find the Mensa member with the highest IQ and best job and bingo! There we have it. You see, there are different different “smarts” and “accomplishments”. You just have some sort of fetish.
I’m a Palin supporter, but I don’t feel the need to haunt Romney threads to show my utter devotion to my ideal *sigh* candidate.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Its just so darn fun!
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Absolutely. Everything about Palin is fair game, so everything about Romney should be as well.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I noticed that you are obsessed with Palin’s love life?
Does that have to do with the fact that you are about 47 years old, weigh about 350, sit on the computer all day and can’t get a date?
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Hey dork, if you followed the thread, you would see that I was not the one who brought up Mitt Romney. Some other troll did that. My posts were simply about Sarah Palin. I had no intention of getting into a Romney debate.
Again, your jealousy is showing.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:30 PM
It’s fun anyway. It would be serious if they made any sense. No danger of that.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM
So you admit to being a troll?
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Miscommunication happens. She just started the PAC two months ago and only has four people working for it. With this occurring, I bet there will be some changes in how the communique is transmitted between the governor, the PAC, and the governor’s communication director.
jencab on March 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM
LOL, sure you didn’t. You were just idly dropping by a Palin thread…
What jealousy? Yeah, I’d like to have Romney’s income. Doesn’t mean I’d like to have him as president.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I shouldnt be in this discussion…its a waste of time. Sarah Palin has zero chance of being nominated…except maybe in 12 years from now or something. You would be eaten alive and spit out in the primary process.
Winking only gets you so far. Ask John McCain.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Then why don’t you build up your candidate instead of tearing down other candidates? Never heard of the Eleventh Commandment?
Of course not – you’re an astroturfing concern troll.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 10:33 PM
if she has zero chance … why are you trying to convince everybody that she has zero chance?
duh
oh and you admitted to being a troll above … nice job
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:33 PM
That may be right, but Mitt Romney has zero chance of ever being elected president. He would get chewed up and spit out in the general election.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:34 PM
ooooooooh! You got me there! Nice work, detective.
Its gotten boring.
Out.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM
CCRWM on March 17, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Its just so darn fun!
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM
No it’s not and it’s making a lot of us not stay around when you two come on…he’s paid to do this so he’s going to keep it up but you my dear are getting very tiresome…
You don’t help Sarah by doing this..trust me…
CCRWM on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Better yet, you mean the way Mitt was “eaten alive and spit out in the primary process”?
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM
well here is a novel idea … the guy that gets paid to troll… gets banned!
wow
then he won’t be around to spew this classless garbage
I know that it is a crazy idea but
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM
well….after reading your posts…i would think that would be nearly 95% of the 500 million people in America
alexraye on March 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Excellent.
Bishop on March 17, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Its gotten boring.
Out.
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Hey, see ya tomorrow!
*waves in adoration*
Bishop on March 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I just love me some gop infighting. Keep up the good work. And…Obama would crush Palin (Tina Fey) in 2012.
athensboy on March 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Oh great, Noneya’s battlefield replacement showed up.
Bishop on March 17, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Right, because the guy is doing such a bang up job now.
Cutting military health care is a sure winner
His cabinet picks are great
Geithner at treasury is just amazing
Picking fights with private citizens
Giving Gordon Brown DVDS
the guy is just so presidential
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Exit Question: After the way that Team McCain hung her out to dry, does she owe the NRSC and NRCC a thing?
FIFY
DannoJyd on March 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM
The way things are going, Obama might have a hard time crushing some primary opponents in 2012.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Obama is the next LBJ
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Since I’m not a politician, I would have told Couric “I don’t read that crap; besides I have a day job, running a state. I have a family as well and simply don’t have much time. Why, what do you read?”
Maybe Palin should have politely said “oh all the ones that are going out of business.”
What a pathetic question. Why didn’t she ask what kind of dogs Palin likes?
Erich66 on March 17, 2009 at 10:47 PM
BTW, I’m just loving the sophmoric name calling in the comments here at Hot Air … NOT! Shades of Daily Kos!
Who let the children in?
DannoJyd on March 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM
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