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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Couldn’t agree more. I just wrote an email to Allah about getting “The Wall” banned. We will see what happens, if anything.
Maxx on March 17, 2009 at 10:57 PM
In regards to Palin, Allah let the trolls in, circa Aug 29, 2008. He’s kept them around since, and has replaced the ones who have left. He carefully cultivates a select crop of Palin-haters to keep the hit counts up.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Yeah,
it explains the 500 post threads. No real discussion actually occurs in them. Just the regulars fighting trolls.
Really shameful behavior.
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
He won’t. Allah keeps Poptech around, despite the fact that Poptech has been banned from other conservative sites and constantly annoys serious posters here with endless idiotic spam.
Compared to Poptech, The Wall is Thomas Sowell.
Jim62sch on March 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Yup, this tower is built on sand
joey24007 on March 17, 2009 at 11:01 PM
The real Exit Question is: If Sarah Palin really knew that she’d been invited to give the keynote address, what possible interest could she have in denying it? Common sense dictates that either Palin’s staff or the NRSC jumped to conclusions. Either way, Palin is the most blameless and yet will be most blamed. Such is the sexist/leftist psychosis of America in the years 2008-2009.
Crusty on March 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Ha, gotta like a troll recognizing his lot in life.
Gohawgs on March 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Maybe that’s true, I don’t know. I just don’t recall Poptech being as constantly abusive as The Wall. Anyway, I collected up some of “The Wall’s” posts and forwarded them to Allah, its his call.
Maxx on March 17, 2009 at 11:04 PM
That’s because nothing we hear about Palin advances the discussion. Every once in a while, someone comes up with an interesting larger pespective on the Palin phenomenon, but that kind of thing tends to be backward-looking and abstract. All we get otherwise are re-runs of themes that were already boring months ago, given an appearance of novelty by whatever latest trivia burbles up: essentially incomprehensible Alaska issues, personal stuff that doesn’t mean anything in the long run, pointless attacks from moderates – plus the contributions of a few demented Palin-haters who seem to find themselves quite fascinating, but who generally come across as too fixatedly hateful – not to mention juvenile where not deranged – to count for anything.
Conservatives may not need a single leader, yet, or anyway it might not be the right time for one to emerge, but, if and when Palin decides she wants to be among the national leaders of the opposition, she’ll have to start speaking out anew on national issues. If and when she does, then there will be a lot more to discuss, and the side issues will fade away. I wouldn’t have expected her to have already started to take on that role – more than her comments on the stimulus bill for instance – even if it’s in her mind to do so.
There’s a lot to be said for her hunkering down and trying to be a good governor until the moment is right (if it ever is). In the meantime, these Palin threads simply confirm that she’s got the opportunity if she wants it for a second act (at least) on the national stage. The presence of the trolls lends confirmation to that proposition, as does the honorable work of her supporters. I think the country will virtually demand a second act from her – though whether it likes the show is another question. I hope she can deliver.
There’s probably very little short of a real scandal or a real change of course from her that anyone could say or do that would change the situation.
CK MacLeod on March 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
How do you sleep at night?
Did you include the first aggressive post which was from Joey calling me an A*****E? I didnt think so.
“TEACHER TEACHER, Mr Wall doesnt think Sarah Palin is da bomb! He agrees with the article that says something always goes wrong when it comes to Palin.
MAKE HIM STOP!!
WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
There you go, Max…now you can include this one too. HA HA HA!!
The Wall on March 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM
That’s all very true, the left doesn’t waste their ammunition on people that don’t matter.
Maxx on March 17, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Calm down, nobody’s banned you yet, you could be around to annoy us for a very long time.
Maxx on March 17, 2009 at 11:15 PM
My thanks for all of the answers to my question to those who replied.
My disgust I’ll keep to myself as I don’t wish to be witnessed devolving to the same state as the diaper models here. Besides, there is always MichelleMalkin.com . :oP
DannoJyd on March 17, 2009 at 11:24 PM
There’s a difference between not saying Palin is “da bomb” and trashing her with every dicredited moonbat cliche in the book. I don’t agree with Mitt Romney on a lot of things, and don’t think he has “it” to win, but that doesn’t mean I have to trash the man.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 11:26 PM
TimeTraveler on March 17, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Hmmm …
tips@hotair.com
HMMMM!!!
DannoJyd on March 17, 2009 at 11:34 PM
TimeTraveler on March 17, 2009 at 11:34 PM
No losing VP candidate has ever gotten this much attention after getting whooped in the general election.
Shows da ‘Cuda’s got something others don’t. X-factor.
hockey2k5 on March 17, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Yep, she’s read them. LOL
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Conclusion: Governor Palin doesn’t read newspapers but yet she has had some fiery fights with them in the past
TimeTraveler on March 17, 2009 at 11:41 PM
hockey2k5 on March 17, 2009 at 11:36 PM
And to boot no losing VP candidate of either the Democrats or the Republicans have ever gone on to gain the Presidential nomination of their party in the next election cycle.
technopeasant on March 17, 2009 at 11:43 PM
She…must…be…STOPPED…
I’ve never seen the like.
ddrintn on March 17, 2009 at 11:45 PM
The sad thing is…and I know you guys wont believe me…but I like her. I just dont think she’s ready or the best candidate at this time…and yes, I know she knows what a newspaper is..but she got the deer in the headlight syndrome which was from lack of national experience.
The Wall on March 18, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Horse’s backside if ever I’ve heard one.
Especially when it’s clear he was conceived out back of the barn himself.
tcn on March 18, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Good think America picked the Messiah, huh?
AUINSC on March 18, 2009 at 12:04 AM
You know, this has to be one of the more entertaining threads, I’ve actually read all the posts, even The Wall’s!! Joey, as I’ve said to you elsewhere, you are rolling the trolls tonight.
It’s so funny, I remember speaking to my Dad after the election and we both said the Palin phenomenon would die down within weeks of the Messiah’s coronation, but she still gets as much press as he does. And if he didn’t have his pathetic ass on TV everyday screwing something else up, she’d probably be getting more press than him. Meanwhile, she’s minding her own business in AK. She has got the left and mcuh of the GOP in a tizzy. This will be a most enjoyable 3 1/2 years.
Since I am relatively new to HA (just before election), tell me, was it like this during the GOP primary in ’08? I would guess not even close.
davek70 on March 18, 2009 at 12:08 AM
During the primaries it was Huckabee Bible bashers against the human race.
The Wall on March 18, 2009 at 12:23 AM
well she may not have committed to this but i wish she’d hurry the hell up and commit to the NRA convention…i’m so there if she does…:)
Equality 7-2521 on March 18, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Compromise: Move the fundraiser to Anchorage or Juneau. Alaska in June is nice from what I hear.
SouthernGent on March 17, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Like your thinking there!
sarahpalinfan99 on March 18, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Sarah is not allowed to commit to anything outside her purview as Governor until the Legislature is out of session which is slated for April 17th or she will be charged with an ethics violation. Remember in Alaska her enemies are looking for anything to destroy her.
Meg Stapleton of SarahPAC chose her words very carefully: “She may go, she may not go, that’s a decision for her to make and we’ll present it FORMALLY AFTER THE (LEGISLATIVE) SESSION IS OVER to derermine whether she wants to go.”
Do you get the picture now? Sarah can’t even know that the invitation exists (although the whole world knows about it through the MSM). Sarah is walking on eggshells with these anklebiters. All they’re waiting for is another ‘Troopergate’ to charge Sarah. Obama would like nothing more than to tarnish her brand. Sarah has to watch her step and tiptoe around. It’s really a strange way to conduct oneself as Governor. It’s like she’s in prison.
technopeasant on March 18, 2009 at 1:38 AM
Don’t miss this article Palin fans (it’s a professional quality development of the “Good Thing We Didn’t Let Caribou Barbie Become VP” riff):
Now that the Obama presidency is nearing the 60-day mark, it’s time to thank those fastidious scribes on the left and the right who worked so hard to warn us against Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, and the dire things that would surely occur if she ever got close to executive power.
How right they were to insist that she was unfit for high office. Let’s just imagine what she might have done:
As president, she might have caused the stock market to plunge over 2,000 points in the six weeks after she assumed office, left important posts in the Treasury unfilled for two months, been described by insiders as ‘overwhelmed’ by the office, and then gone on to diss the British Prime Minister on his first state visit, giving him, as one head of state to another, a set of DVDs plucked from the aisles of Wal Mart, a tasteful gift, even if they can’t be played on a TV in Britain. (Note, the Prime Minister, who is losing his eyesight, may even be blind in one eye).
And so on.
CK MacLeod on March 18, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Is amerpundit a clone of allahpundit?
promachus on March 18, 2009 at 1:48 AM
I’m just wondering how many feet the G.O.P. has cuz our “leaders” keep shooting themselves in the foot…
Gohawgs on March 18, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Sarah is not allowed to commit to anything outside her purview as Governor until the Legislature is out of session which is slated for April 17th or she will be charged with an ethics violation. Remember in Alaska her enemies are looking for anything to destroy her….All they’re waiting for is another ‘Troopergate’ to charge Sarah. Obama would like nothing more than to tarnish her brand. Sarah has to watch her step and tiptoe around. It’s really a strange way to conduct oneself as Governor. It’s like she’s in prison.
technopeasant on March 18, 2009 at 1:38 AM
technopeasant is right. Alaska recently passed some of the nation’s strictest ethics laws for its state officials. This was a reaction to all the corruption, bribery and other shenigans that had been occurring with Alaskan government officials over the years.
Alaska’s new ethics laws are so tough that I have heard Alaskans say that as long as Sarah is Governor that she will have a hard time writing her book or getting paid from the profits of her book (remember that rumored multi-million dollar book deal for Sarah?). Of course, other governors, senators, etc. can write and profit from their books no problem (“The Audacity of Hope” ring a bell?).
Sarah’s enemies in Alaska are very envious and bitter and are looking for any missteps that they can use to file charges or complaints to harrass her or stop her success. They know Sarah is headed for bigger and better things. Where do you think the MSM got all their dirt to trash Sarah and her family with during the campaign?
Just in the past few weeks, Troopergate was revisited (Hollis French & co. filed bogus contempt charges against Todd Palin and some of Sarah’s staff); Some legislators and Media were trying to blame Sarah for food shortages in the Western Native Alaskan villages likening it to “Katrina” (that stopped when Sarah and Franklin Graham flew in person and helped those villagers); They also tried to create some fake Per Diem /Travel Expenses scandal (Sarah returned a good chunk of that money just to make it go away although she did nothing wrong under the law). And so on and so on….
So Sarah supporters are not exaggerating. I have never seen anyone under this much scrutiny in politics or out not even our Prez.
sarahpalinfan99 on March 18, 2009 at 2:27 AM
Watching what has happened on this site regarding Sarah Palin has been enlightening to me. Don’t you people realize that this site has now been infiltrated with lots of Romney fans who want to put down Sarah because she poses the biggest threat for Romney to get the 2012 nomination? This is what they have done to Townhall and other sites. The people who write the articles (like Matt Lewis) decide who they want to support (like Romney) and proceed to write articles against who he wants to put down (like Huckabee). He was supporting Sarah Palin, but maybe he now has decided to support Romney (again). It is trully disgusting the way, the Wall, (a BIG Romney fan)makes his statements so personal and derogatory instead of keeping his comments on the issues that a candidate has. Pretty petty!!!
Now for Joey, I could not let you make statements like Palin and Huckabee are nothing alike. That is pure nonsense. I am a big Huckabee supporter, but also support Palin for the same reasons. Pro-life, pro-marriage, YES, BIG GUN RIGHTS -BOTH OF THEM, both of these candidates have had to deal with the Democrats and possibly jealous Republicans in their perspective states making their lives h…l! They both are populists (which I think is a good thing). Yes, “The Wall” most of the people in the U.S. would rather have a President who can understand what it means to be middle class or poor. That’s another thing Palin & Huckabee have in common…they relate to the people in this country. Now you understand why all the Huckpac (Huckabee) supporters really got behind Palin after she was nominated for VP because she had the same values and principles as Mike Huckabee (only not as much experience). We were excited that a Christian woman with those principles might help influence McCain if they had won the general election. Anybody on this site who cannot see the similarities is only choosing to believe the half-lies that were spread about Mike Huckabee instead of researching the truth yourself. (just like the person who said Mike Huckabee was against guns…Mike Huckabee during debates argued against Romney, McCain and others because he supports strongly the 2nd amendment)! Anybody who says otherwise hasn’t a clue what they are talking about.
Joey, you cannot compare Alaska a very Republican state to Arkansas, a very Democratic state and be fair to both of them. Mike Huckabee when he was elected Gov. of Arkansas had to deal with Democrats (who had been Governors forever it seemed) nailing the door shut to his office and other petty stunts. He had to work with Democratic controlled legislatures to accomplish anything. They could override his veto easily. Yet, he accomplished lots during his time in office. During August, 2008, after years of being out of office as Gov., he still had a 65% approval rating in Arkansas. They both are good communicators, but Mike Huckabee has more executive experience with 10 1/2 yrs. as Gov., he is a great debater and easily handles media interviews and questions from them. He would be an excellent choice to run against Obama in 2012 (depending on how the economy looks then). When Mike Huckabee was Gov. of Arkansas, he did not force his religion on the people of Arkansas. Because he has values and isn’t ashamed to be called a Christian is a good thing. Wouldn’t you rather have a person who is elected in a Democratic state but maintains his principles and doesn’t change who he is to be elected? You could choose somebody like Romney who would say and do anything to be elected (has no principles and couldn’t be trusted to support what he says during a primary when or if he ever got elected?). Most of our past Presidents have been Christians. Again Mike Huckabee is an outsider to the Washington, DC crowd just like Palin (only more so) because none of the Washington elite Republicans supported Mike Huckabee during the primary. All the radio and TV pundits put him down all the time, and used every opportunity to remind people he was a past preacher..even though it had been 19-20 years ago, and he had the most executive experience of any othe Republican or Democrat primary candidates. They conveniently overlooked that fact. Mike Huckabee didn’t want all those questions about religion during the debates…he wanted to answer about the issues. So the MSM pegged him as “The Christian” candidate, yet he is a lot more than that. With his show on Fox News, people are seeing the real Mike Huckabee, so the MSM will not be able to make up things in 2012 like they did in 2008.
VFT on March 18, 2009 at 2:35 AM
I hope Sarah (I heart Sarah) Palin tells the RNC and the GOP to get bent! They can either treat her with the respect that she is due or they can hold their stupid little RINO meetings without her and clap like a bunch of fat seals blowing each other. All they are coming to do is listen to nitwits like Mitt Romney any way!
Just forget these pathetic wimps, Sarah! If any one of them ever saw a Moose or a gun in real life they would shit their pants and go running for their mommies!
sabbott on March 18, 2009 at 4:38 AM
Why would she sneak away to support fundraising for a RNC that supports RINOs like you Allah? They’re the enemy from within that are too highbrow to have a religious zealot, hockey mom, who gets taken to task by Katie to allow her head THEIR PARTY. Why would you want money diverted from your OWN PAC to go THERE? Good riddens to bad and old rubbish. NEXT…
Sultry Beauty on March 18, 2009 at 5:18 AM
I enjoyed your analysis…thanks.
Jay
ornery_independent on March 18, 2009 at 5:29 AM
… and the absolutely hysterical part of it all, mind you, is that they’re so resolutely incapable of credibly masking said duplicity with even so much as a scintilla of subtlety or fig leaf of faux “evenhandedness.” ;)
These patent RINO fumblewits lurching about in frenzied (and increasingly desperate) attempts to fraudulently portray Sarah Palin as somehow being “damaged goods” because her unmarried daughter had a baaaaybeeeee (EEEEEK!!!) are precisely the same gaggle of electoral also-rans struggling to shore up obvious sacrificial lambs for 2012 such as Mitt “couldn’t buy my way to victory in the primaries, even after pouring in an additional 42 MILLION DOLLARS of my own money in the attempt” Romney and Bobby “The Li’l Exorcist” Jindal. (Not to mention, of course, their gift from last year for which we’re still all paying a such a dreadful price: John “We have nothing to fear with Barack Obama in the White House” McCain!)
Never, ever forget: these Lee Atwater wannabes and assorted message board yip-yops got exactly the squishily apologetic “moderate” candidate they demanded, last year — who, in epically failed turn, ran precisely the timorous, Liberal Lite sort of campaign he insisted upon running — and: they STILL managed to lose, decisively, to an openly Marxist empty suit without even so much as a lick of credible prior experience to his name.
They learned absolutely nothing from 2006.
They learned absolutely nothing from 2008.
They are, evidently, simply incapable of learning from bitter, repeated experience.
Allah can (and doubtless will) post every last snivel and bleat that Frum, Parker, Noonan, Hitchens and Meghan “Poundcakes” McCain make, ‘tween now and next primary season, if he likes. The base will still remember which approach ultimately lead to an Obama administration, and all its attendant horrors and miseries.
More to the point: we’ll not be conned by the same snake oil salesmen a second time running.
Cope. Deal.
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 6:21 AM
I am not banned from any sites. Palintologists smeared and lied about me on NBs to try and get me banned, all for not accepting their right wing messiah. I was loved at the site for my oposition to Global Warming but since I do not accept the unqualified Palin as the great GOP hope I must be silenced!
Palintologists have been spreading the most ridiculous propaganda I’ve ever seen. They are in utter denial about the reality of their fake messiah all because she supports their single issue – abortion. That is what this is really about. Sure they managed to sucker in other idiots by claiming she is a fiscal conservative or the most absurd – a libertarian (please). They now go on and on about all sorts of conspiracies against her online. There is no conspiracy, there are people like myself who can research and analyze facts and not be brainwashed by propaganda.
The GOP needs to wake up to what is going on, the Palintologists are largely the Huckabee idiots reborn with more female conservatives. All they care about is abortion, gay marriage, christianity and other populist rhetoric. Populists frequently confuse populist positions as Libertarian because they are uneducated on economics and liberty. This is why Palin’s mythical “corruption” persona is touted out again and again. It is the little guy vs. big bad corporations. This is why they really don’t care that she raised oil taxes in Alaska. This is also why they make excuses for everything else she has done because she supports their social issues. This is all they care about and they will do everything they can to silence all opposition.
Palintologists do not support liberty, they are right-wing bullies who after losing every debate choose to lie and smear their opponents and attempt to get them banned from sites. The facts don’t change because Palintologists don’t want to hear them. So all they can do is try to get them censored.
I have from day one made my case overwhelmingly against the unqualified Sarah Palin who has taken on myth like status with her cult followers who are incapable of researching anything. My position has not changed and has only strengthened the more I dig and debunk each myth.
For obvious reasons the most devastating critiques of her only come from left wing sources but the source does not make the facts any less true.
Mean Girl (Salon)
The Truth About Sarah Palin (Rolling Stone)
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 7:43 AM
As amply demonstrated, directly above.
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 7:46 AM
You maniacs don’t realize this is a violation of personal liberty? You sick insane fascists. Ethics? So we need the government to dictate morality? Who’s morality? Yours? Minem, The Bible? You goddamn right-wing fascists are trying to destroy the freedoms this country once held.
Palintologists are mentally insane.
The last thing we need is more laws!
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Everything you need to know about the Palintologist movement is right here…
You have been warned.
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 8:05 AM
OK I love Romney. LOVE Romney, and all he brings to the table and represents. HOWEVER, I just don’t see him “connecting” with as many people as Huckabee and Palin. The 2012 ticket will be Huck/Palin because they’re populist and many more independents and obviously, more Right and evangelicals will come to our side with this ticket.
marklmail on March 18, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Independents don’t support populists only economically illiterates and people who do not endorse personal liberty. Populists endorse unions, are anti-corporations and religious fundamentalists. Sorry but there will be no theocracy.
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 8:34 AM
MEOW!
Kathleen Parker guest blogging, apparently
james23 on March 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Oh, come now. Don’t you recognize the good, hardy stock of Meghan McCain “conservatism” when you see it…? ;)
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Independents don’t support populists only economically illiterates and people who do not endorse personal liberty. Populists endorse unions, are anti-corporations and religious fundamentalists. Sorry but there will be no theocracy.
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 8:34 AM
*
Uh, like I said, the ticket will be Huck/Palin.
marklmail on March 18, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Palin Supporter Quotes:
“Perhaps I am an outlier, but I don’t WANT a super-smart president.” – Palin Supporter
“Socialism is an indulgence that wealthy societies can afford” – Palin Supporter
“Socialism works within limits when there is enough prosperity to go around.” – Palin Supporter
“States are similar to businesses and when growth is possible you grow.” – Palin Supporter
“They both [Huckabee + Palin] are populists (which I think is a good thing)” – Palin Supporter
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Hey, speaking of Mitt, why not make him the big speaker at this soiree? that’ll juice up the base, right?
snort
btw, anyone who thinks Palin will agree to ride shotgun on the ’12 or ’16 ticket is kidding themselves. You think she’d like to repeat her experience in 08 with McVain? NOt a chance.
Does she run for POTUS? I don’t know, but I’m sure she’s had her fill as VP nominee.
james23 on March 18, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Adolph Axelrod’s trolls come out of the woodwork for Palin. wonder why?
james23 on March 18, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Video of Romney vs Kennedy 1994 debate.
TimeTraveler on March 18, 2009 at 9:00 AM
In Poptech’s world:
Some Palin supporters make questionable statements.
Snowedin is a Palin supporter.
Therefore, Snowedin makes questionable statements.
Congrats on failing Logic 101, sir.
Snowed In on March 18, 2009 at 9:04 AM
It was worse. The infighting was tremendous. Except we had different commentors telling Allah he wasn’t a conservative.
SouthernDem on March 18, 2009 at 9:05 AM
I’m still having a tough time deciding which one is the most falling-down, breath-coming-in-short-painful-gasps hysterical of the lot, thus far: the (conveniently unlinked) scare “quotes,” all in Doomsday Bold; the part where he whinnys that anyone disagreeing with him, re: Palin, is, de facto, a “sick insane [...] goddamn right-wing fascist” [sic]; or the spooooky, high school drama club intonation of “You have been warned” signaling the end of that particular rhetorical grand mal.
Seriously. It’s like trying to choose between Curly Howard, Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. No matter which way you end up going: ultimately, you’re still looking at a hopeless Stooge. ;)
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Maybe the ‘Cuda simply means it when she says she’s focused on governing Alaska, and even though her supporters and her detractors alike are obsessed with her future in national politics, she is not.
calabrese on March 18, 2009 at 9:18 AM
If I were Sarah Palin, I’d say “Sure, I’ll be your keynote speaker, but you’re going to show me some respect.” She KNOWS she could be a money-maker for them and she also knows that many in the GOP establishment were never respectful toward her.
She could still be extremely valuable if they would accept her.
Oink on March 18, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Oh, they’re simply playing a particularly clueless and maladroit version of Follow-the-(Wannabe)-Leader, is all.
“Read ALL of it,” as they say, folks.
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Hmmm, Palin’s name is only mentioned 7 times in that article – that says it all.
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Troll (Definition) – The word assigned to anyone who disagrees with a Palintologist. It is used to smear them in hopes the administration will move to have them banned. This allows for the Palintologist movement to spread their propaganda unchallenged.
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Poptech, even you have to admit that the ethics laws passed by Alaska seem grossly unfair considering how other US governors are allowed to campaign in office.
Speedwagon82 on March 18, 2009 at 10:30 AM
I would much rather see Palin on the Leno show and a whole lot less of the Obamathon.
joedoe on March 18, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Time to send some more money to SarahPAC.com!
joedoe on March 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Here we go again with His Excellency, Popetech of the Blessed Church of Romneyism.
Please enlighten us detestable plebes with your blessed wisdom from on high, your excellency.
We are all prostrate before your omnipotent insights, and await the Twin Tablets of Mittendom to be delivered unto us, the pathetically weak of spirit, non-Mittened slaves to populism and economic blasphemy.
What brilliance doth e-Mitt from the divinely barbered temples of the Chosen One?
What blessed words of political scripture burst forth, like a miracle, from the square jaw of Herculean glory?
Lift us out of our blissful ignorance, your Excellency.
Brian1972 on March 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Palin is tentatively scheduled for an event in New York state on June 6th – only two days prior to this congressional event. So hopefully things work out.
Jim62sch on March 18, 2009 at 10:38 AM
You can start by watching these videos:
Greed (1/3) (Video) (12min) (John Stossel, ABC News)
Greed (2/3) (Video) (13min) (John Stossel, ABC News)
Greed (3/3) (Video) (14min) (John Stossel, ABC News)
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Our resident Palin Obsessive appears to have certain… issues of a sexual nature, re: Governor Palin, if his site is any reliable sort of barometer.
Wowzers.
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 10:45 AM
You really seem to be a little slow as I have already posted that here in other threads.
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Uh-huh.
Therapy would be a real good “look” for you, right about now.
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Thanks for saying so.
As to the question on how things were during the primaries, my recollection is that it was a daily melee, but fun, since lots of folks brought their A game on behalf of their own candidates or against others – almost as though this all mattered!
Also, because immigration and McCain-Kennedy in particular were such huge issues for the main HotAirians and for many attracted to the site the previous year, yet the party was in the process of picking the ueber-squish himself, there was a lot of heat in the immigration-related threads, and there was a tendency for other threads to turn into immigration-related threads.
Finally, around the time of the California primary as I recall, the site seemed to channel the short-lived radio+blogosphere “Rally for Romney,” in the process casting doubt on the alternative media’s relevance and the Rallyers’ political sense, since those primary voters continued to vote the “wrong” way(s) rather overwhelmingly – that is, for McCain and also Huckabee. No great shame in that, IMO, since part of supporting a candidate, just like being an effective soldier, is thinking like a winner, not like an uninvolved critic.
CK MacLeod on March 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM
It’a kind of sad that Allahpundit is becoming Hot Air’s own Andrew Sullivan. Along with a devout cadre of Palin bashers who can be counted on to drag up every discounted MSM smear to throw back at the people they accuse of “worshipping” her – vice worshipping their own preferred candidate.
Apparently we’re all supposed to “take the high road” and not snark about Meghan McCain and her fluffiness but any perceived misteps by Palin warrent deep and serious ridicule.
katiejane on March 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM
AP may have gone “ready, fire, aim” a few times on some Palin stories (and other issues), but calling him an Andrew Sulivan is an almost Sullivanesque exaggeration.
CK MacLeod on March 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM
1) Allah posts bout Sarah- Donate
2) Meghan McRINO goes on TV- Donate
3) Poptard posts- Donate
4) media writes a hit piece bout the Guv to get attention – Donate
5) RNC calls for a donation – Donate
at this rate i think it is safe to say the majority of Conservatives will be broke before we even get to 2011
alexraye on March 18, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Are you saying that Sullivan didn’t use Palin to get attention?
katiejane on March 18, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Lets play some classical Palin for all our devote listeners…
Fox News: Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent (Video)
Poptech on March 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Yo Poptech!!!!
Sup?
Yeah, I agree that the Palintologists are IQ-challenged and the Huckabots bite, but I am not sure quote Rolling Stone Magazine is a decent source to quote from.
Nonetheless, it is obvious to those of us that didnt struggle thruough high school that the Palin/Huckabite/Lucifer wing of the party will lead the party to where it is now…irrelevancy and only if the party smartens up and gets grown-ups back in charge, like my man Mitt, does the party, and the country, have any chance in hell.
Amen and amen
The Wall on March 18, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Oh, now that’s just precious.
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Then let’ share some classical Mittens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY6UTnS6Z-A
Boy, does he know how to win them over.
ZJPolitical on March 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Then let’ share some classical Mittens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY6UTnS6Z-A
Boy, does he know how to win them over.
ZJPolitical on March 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM
HAHAHAHAAA “Mittens”
alexraye on March 18, 2009 at 12:08 PM
He’s a reg’lar financial-type GEEEEEEEEEEENius, he is, he is! ;)
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Hehe…I am close to reaching my legal maximum for the entire family in terms of donations to SarahPAC.
Not broke yet, but given the way Obama is handling the economy, I might be soon.
Norwegian on March 18, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Obama is thanking himself at press conferences because it is written on a teleprompter and you people are concerned about Palin’s knowledge of geography?
Geez, someone could start a war by doing a quick edit to the man’s canned speech.
joedoe on March 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM
It’s beyond me to plumb the depths of Andrew Sullivan’s dementia. I think part of Sullivan’s bizarre obsession was inescapable attraction between archetypal opposites, or what was felt by him to be such. It seems to me that there is a lot of sublimated sexual frenzy, perhaps even darker motivations, in Sullivan’s attitude toward Palin and especially his interest in Trigg’s birth.
AP’s problems with or exploitation of Palin are on a much different level. I think he sees it as his job to bring all takes on Palin to our attention – since she’s of such high interest to HotAir users generally. In other words, the line between exploitation and covering what your readers are interested in seems kind of blurry to me.
Otherwise, you can accuse anyone who has anything to say on the subject – freaky trolls, ardent supporters, blogmasters, you and me – of merely seeking attention. It almost goes without saying.
CK MacLeod on March 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM
I tend to hit the donation button every time I see the anti-Palin rhetoric as well.
joedoe on March 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Andrew Sullivan’s freakish obsession, re: Sarah: explained! ;)
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Well, that’ll certainly win ‘em over.
Snowed In on March 18, 2009 at 12:21 PM
You Palintologists need to stop dumbing down the party.
That is all.
The Wall on March 18, 2009 at 12:24 PM
What an a$$.
Brian1972 on March 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM
If your discussions are what is supposed to pass for intelligent conversation, then we’re all in trouble.
And if that’s really all, why do you keep posting?
Snowed In on March 18, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Or what? You’ll be “thruough” with us?
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 12:28 PM
OK, so I typed that fast and didnt proof it. What does that mean to you? Does that prove something to you? Do you not think that I dont know how to spell the word “through”?
Keep straining at gnats and swallowing camels dude. You do realize that Africa is a continent, right?
The Wall on March 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM
What a winning, convincing manner you have. I’m so impressed, I may post something mildly positive about Mitt Romney.
Brian1972 on March 18, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I openly doubt your spelling abilities (poor, stunted things though they might be!); your intellect, overall; your adherence to core conservative principle(s); your parentage; and your ability to color without going outside of the lines.
Want me to blunt that a li’l bit more for ya, there, sparky?
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Oh really?
Well, guess what?
I’m rubber. You’re glue.
Everything you say bounces of me and sticks to YOU!!!
pwned!!!!!!!
The Wall on March 18, 2009 at 12:41 PM
If AP was only bringing these Palin posts for the “benefit” of those HotAir users who are interested in her don’t you think he might occasionally be able to refrain from including his own snide comment?
Just seems like he’s willing to throw the Palin red meat out there knowing it will bring in both the ardent supporters and the rabid bashers, especially if he adds his personal rebuke. Sort of makes the term explotation seem applicable. JMO
katiejane on March 18, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Proof that you can take the punk out of the playground, but you can never take the playground out of the punk.
Brian1972 on March 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM
I bow to your superior intellect.
Snowed In on March 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM
“Pwned.” Abssolutely devastating. If you were really a ten-year-old girl. And if this were a Jonas Brothers chat room.
Bring your daddy along with you next time, muffin.
Bored now.
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 12:45 PM
katiejane on March 18, 2009 at 12:42 PM
I think we agree more than we disagree. I just don’t think AP deserves to be called a Sullivan because he defaults to snide. Snide’s not nuts. I also think that AP’s pessimism and plural self-deprecation – his “aren’t we pathetic?” comments about the state of the Republican Party and the conservative movement – are sometimes taken as Palin-focused when they’re really just who he is. He’s not much into pep talks and the power of positive thinking.
CK MacLeod on March 18, 2009 at 12:51 PM
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