Quote of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on April 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Of course, the lack of bipartisanship isn’t limited to Capitol Hill. Obama has taken gratuitous swipes at the Republicans who recently decamped Washington, blaming President Bush for everything from the economy and the war to the lack of sufficient puppies and rainbows. And who could forget the Rush Limbaugh flap — in which Obama’s top advisers, including chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, orchestrated a public relations campaign meant to undermine the Republican National Committee chairman, Michael Steele, by framing talk-radio personality Limbaugh as the real head of the Republican Party.
For now, Obama’s back-pedal on the bipartisanship promise just makes him look insincere. But the real consequences of the mistake will be felt soon enough. As Presidents Bush and Clinton could tell him, congressional majorities do change — and at some point, Obama will need Republicans on his side. He’d be smart to spend his second 100 days making up for the serious snubs of his first.”
Update: Contrary to what the Post originally claimed, Palin didn’t say this. See here.
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Good God I love that woman more and more everytime she talks.
If only men in the Republicn party had her balls.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Smile for me awhile.
Sarah.
Someone better may come along, but she’ll do.
Randy
williars on April 25, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Just toooooooooooooo good.
deidre on April 25, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I have come to the conclusion that they must have undescended balls.
deidre on April 25, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Murdoch rag.
getalife on April 25, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Sarah smacks down Nobama.
2012 can’t come soon enough. Terrific lady.
jencab on April 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Does Soros have to own everything?
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I highly doubt the Republicans would have voted for anything on the stimulus bill.
Bipartisanship goes both ways. For the President to come to your domain of work and ask for your support is a huge gesture.
Add to the fact that most Republicans made up their minds even before he met with them is not something of Obama’s doing.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Ooooohh Snap!
Weight of Glory on April 25, 2009 at 9:39 PM
While the Liberals are in POWER,their either,
to drunk on Kool-Aid,
to stupid to realize,
don’t give a rats #ss,
or all the above,
on working with the Republican’s!!
canopfor on April 25, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Even if Sarah never runs, she’ll always be a powerful voice. Thank you for bringing her to the forefront Mr. McCain!
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Soros Slave.
Liar.
ManInBlack on April 25, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Wow, what a nice gesture for him to talk with republicans and hear their ideas only to say that “I won.” I can back that. /sarc
deidre on April 25, 2009 at 9:43 PM
A powerful voice to the base, yes. But so far she has served as a real distraction both to her state and to her party.
Her loss on the State AG pick is proof of that.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 9:43 PM
If Liberals want to work hand in hand with the RIGHT,
I suggest,keeping POTUS with OMama Obama,
and send TOTUS in to do the heavy lifting!!ahem!
canopfor on April 25, 2009 at 9:44 PM
canopfor on April 25, 2009 at 9:40 PM
you forgot retarded. absolutely, 200%, retarded.
Ghoul aid on April 25, 2009 at 9:46 PM
As opposed to letting the minority party dictate the stimulus bill?
On top of that you have Eric Cantor whipping no votes even before you met with Obama.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 9:47 PM
That was a great line.
conservnut on April 25, 2009 at 9:47 PM
You say Merdoch, we say Soros
Murdoch, Soros, Murdoch, Soros
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Sarah rocks.
El_Terrible on April 25, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Sic um Sarahcuda! A stronger person I have never seen un less maybe it was W. Go get’em girl their terrified of you!
dhunter on April 25, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Ouch! That ditz couldn’t be any less relevant — and now she’s slumming in that Murdoch rag?
benny shakar on April 25, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Fact check, your dear leader controls both houses. Since every bill can be passed without Republicans, whats the hold up? The only Bi-partisanship has been opposing it.
You just want republicans signing on to this fecal snadwich so when it goes sour, you won’t be the only ones eating it.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 9:50 PM
It is amazing how “non-relevant” Sarah stirs up so many people, isn’t it? Even the trolls can’t stay silent.
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Some points that I and my friends thrashed out at C4P:
1) She’s speaking as a leader of republican party and it’s clear that she’s taken up the mantle. (The whole passage reads like a SOTU-rebuttal and she’s primarily hitting Obama for his shabby treatment of the Republicans.)
2) People who wanted to know her positions on policy are getting a taste of it. Also, she’s familiarizing herself with his record which is absolutely essential for 2012.
3) She’s propping up both Michael Steele and Pres.Bush and this is something of a trend.
4) She’s following everything and seems to have a good idea of what’s transpiring in Washington.
5) She hasn’t drunk the Obama kool-aid, not even a sip. Unlike the Romney, Jindal, Sanford trio she isn’t singing kumbaya.
My friends at C4P have said that the last passage is a warning to Obama that 2010 is a top priority for Sarah and she’s gonna work to take back the House or Senate or both. You never know.
Great line from C4P: She’s running and she’s not running to the middle!
promachus on April 25, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Well, if she is so irrelevant, who does your crew constantly focus on her?
You remind me of the guys in school who hated the school slut. They didn’t hate her because she would sleep with anyone, they just hated her because she would sleep with anyone but them.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Pot, meet kettle.
conservnut on April 25, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Liar. So much for banning yourself. Liar.
tcn on April 25, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Come to think of it,who would,or even could,
trust working with the Snake Party!
I give you Exibit’A'!
The Liar of the Liberal Party,the most powerful women,in
the entire universe,including her own mind,as in legend
of,
strutts up to the well,and after getting the Republican Party onboard,looks into the camera’s and in dramatic
fashion,says real slow like,
700 Billion dollars,and in the same breath,says,
“8 years of failed Bush policies”!
So,with enemy’s like Snake Pelosi,who needs bipartanship!!!!!
canopfor on April 25, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Project much, honey? Guess since you’ve been outed as the useless piece of crud you are, blogging just isn’t as much fun anymore, eh?
Don’t go away mad, just go away.
tcn on April 25, 2009 at 9:54 PM
You do know that the legislation gave her AG pick (Wayne Anthony Ross) an honorary award of some kind a year before the said he wasn’t fit to be AG, right?
deidre on April 25, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Do the trolls have an emergency line or something? For example, does a red phone ring every time there’s a post on Sarah so that they can all show up and call her stoooopid?
El_Terrible on April 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM
I thought getaclue was self banned.
Cindy Munford on April 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Nothin like a Sarah post to bring out the trolls. The alert must haved gone out on KO! Now the idots will show up in force and Allah will reap a 500 + post and huge paycheck.
Please Allah, Please give us a McCain free weekend?
dhunter on April 25, 2009 at 9:56 PM
It’ll be great if she can keep talking forever. Really, we would love for you to have nothing left than to cling to someone like her.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Oopps KOS
dhunter on April 25, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Ghoul,
you have a namesake that’s truly befitting. Of course, the truly retarded person is in the White House now.
She’s never been on board with her state GOP and many hope she won’t be fully on board with the national GOP establishment. She’s the ultimate anti-establishment candidate. As for her loss of AG pick, that’s not a big deal. You should check out the gop12 blog. Other governors are having an absolutely horrid time and actually Sarah is the one politician right now faring really well.
promachus on April 25, 2009 at 9:57 PM
The beauty of Sarah is that she isn’t a career politician. I don’t think she aspires to be Prez. If the timing is right, I think she might go for it. In the meantime, she is just being herself. She is unabashedly honest just like Miss Cali. People appreciate genuine honesty instead of those (like Newt, Jindal, Sanford, et. al.) who are always angling for the best political position.
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Maybe because he was actually serious when he talked about bi-partisanship?
You are contradicting yourself. Yes, he has the power to ram bills through YET he stopped to offer you a hand. You spit on the hand and now you complain about it.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Are the lives of bunny shaker and getaclue really so empty that they feel the need to troll almost every single thread on a conservative website within the first page? I really don’t get this. Even most conservatives got bored trolling DU and Kos like 4 years ago. Why do you still do it?
Speedwagon82 on April 25, 2009 at 9:58 PM
All liberal promises have expiration dates.
Loxodonta on April 25, 2009 at 9:59 PM
That is why she is a success.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 9:59 PM
And we are gonna fulfill this wish of yours. :)
promachus on April 25, 2009 at 9:59 PM
There fixed it for ya!
dhunter on April 25, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Mental Masturbation. The MSM will never report any of this. Joe Lib/Mod sits in his Barco lounger seeing the BJ’s the MSM is giving Dear Leader. He/she doesn’t see Pelosi lying without shame. He/she doesn’t see the hypocrisy…if W had done ANY of the things Dear Leader had done (DVD’s to Brown, bowing to the king, tongue kissing Hugo, etc. etc.,) and his TOTAL lack of a cogent thought without the teleprompter reading words that someone wrote (like that evil Karl Rove)it would have been 24/7 lead news. How about Plug’s Biden’s charity donations over the last 10 years? Much less than 1% yet the clown says we should do more!
There is no conservative on the books today, that can survive this onslaught. We’re doomed. Glad I’m 67….I’ll just suck up The Messiah’s $ but I’m sad for my daughter, son-in-law- and Grandson. I don’t know when we’ll recover from what this doofus is doing right before our eyes and few care because he is Hip. Elections have consequences.
Sigh…
Dingbat63 on April 25, 2009 at 10:00 PM
cKOSber,
I don’t cling to personalities. I cling to Biblical principles and truth and support those who proclaim it.
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 10:00 PM
FIFY
aikidoka on April 25, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Well, other governor’s might be having a harder time than Palin with their respective state legislators however, they don’t get the national coverage that she does when something goes wrong.
TimeTraveler on April 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
LOL, yes, the Democratic party wants Sarah on their side. Your analogy doesn’t make sense.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
the truly retarded person is in the White House now.
promachus on April 25, 2009 at 9:57 PM
when i said that, i was actually thinking of all the “people” that voted for him. i don’t know what else to call them.
AND WELCOME BACK GETALIFE! UNLIKE THAT PANSY PROUDRINO WHO COMPLAINS ABOUT NAME-CALLING, YOU ARE WILLING TO GET SOMEWHAT DOWN AND DIRTY. I LIKE THAT!
Ghoul aid on April 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
You shine a light bright enough, even the cockroaches will come out of the sewers and be drawn to it.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
If we agree on this, then why the harsh words? Just let us keep digging into the hole. Don’t try to knock some sense into us.
El_Terrible on April 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
dingbat63 on April 25, 2009 at 10:00 PM
The MSM already did; it was printed in the NY Post.
technopeasant on April 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I thought getaclue was self banned.
Cindy Munford in April 25,2009 at 9:55PM.
Cindy Munford: Me thinks,Getaclue’s thought to action
bridge,in his/hers brain is down for
repairs!(Sarc)haha:)
canopfor on April 25, 2009 at 10:02 PM
+1
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Great, so then it would be an easy nomination right? Except for the fact that it wasn’t.
Both sides of the aisle said no in Alaska. Explain why Republicans went against the pick.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 10:03 PM
An unfortunate analogy, to be sure!
benny shakar on April 25, 2009 at 10:03 PM
That’s not going to happen. The 0ne and his minions are on a campaign to marginalize the Right. The first 100 days have been fairly successful it seems to me.
4shoes on April 25, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Think about it. Eventually all analogies break down, but its the hatred that kills them. They hate her, but they can’t stay away from her. I can’t stand Pelosi, but do I go to her defenders blogs? No. Why? I don’t care, she is totally irrelevant to me.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Funny, the trolls define bipartisanship as just agree with Obambi.
aikidoka on April 25, 2009 at 10:05 PM
If Sarah Palin is your shining example of principles and truth you need to pray more, much more.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 10:05 PM
True. But, it’s just an analogy, unlike the danger of it being true if using it on a lib.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 10:06 PM
“Damn you maverick!”
Just think if it were not for the maverick, Obama would now be home free to being the American version of Chavez and Sarah Palin would not be in the position to be the modern day version of Joan of Arc, Margaret Thatcher, or Golda Meir.
Thank you John. But could you please try to calm your daughter down a bit.
technopeasant on April 25, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I thought you left. You flip flop faster than Obama.
Hog Wild on April 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Oops. Mistook your statement and I take back my harsh words too.
promachus on April 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Of all the things that are going on and the possible substantive b.s. the could be made about this article the trolls want to make it about Gov. Palin. Seriously?
Cindy Munford on April 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM
That’s how they’ve always defined it. We give up our principles so that we can agree with them; bipartisanship. This ain’t no time for the same old politics, “I won”
El_Terrible on April 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Yeah, someone like Al Sharpton, or Jeremiah Wright are much better examples of biblical principals.
RobertInLexington on April 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Rupert also owns Fox. It was Fox who first broke the story about Chimpy’s drunk driving arrest 4 days before the 2000 election. Wouldn’t “gop news” try to bury such a story, the same way democrat news ignored Saddam Hussein’s brutalities for over a decade?
Why do you hate the troops? You voted in 2004 for a guy who accused them of terrorizing Iraqi civilians in the middle of the night, after all.
And later your hero said that only idiots join the military. Of course, he spoke from personal experience; after all his grades were lower than Bush’s were at Yale.
I would call you a simpleton, but that would only insult the 70 percent of high school dropouts who your MSNBC network said voted for O’bama.
I’ll just call you a political whore instead. Just like the guy you voted for in 2004.
Del Dolemonte on April 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM
No, we want to help you along. If we take out Newt G. for you will you focus more on her?
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM
bipartisanship is overrated.
but wait…
if they think he’s bipartisan, it’s even better.
sesquipedalian on April 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM
It’s some obscure local fishing issues.
I see that the trolls have graduated from Levi to WAR. Dude, stuff happens in politics. Are you seriously suggesting that her national profile in GOP is threatened because one of her nominees was shut down? Do you know how many of Obama’s nominees were shut down or otherwise found delinquent? Last I checked, he’s still the President.
promachus on April 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I love when the trolls come out swinging. Tells me I must be on to something.
Does anyone else get the visual of a horde of Nikabrik’s emerging from under the bridge? Just curious.
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM
promachus on April 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM
no worries my friend.
Ghoul aid on April 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Nikabrik’s = Nikabriks (as in plural)
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Spoken by the idiot who thought it would be “brilliant” to post the long-debunked Photoshop of Chimpy on the morning of 9/11 with the upside down childrens’ book…
Thanks, kid. You make our work so much easier.
Del Dolemonte on April 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Sarah Palin has not been idle. She has grown in the few months since the election and shows a decided interest in a leadership position of the Republican Party.
As Obama continues to dig a hole so deep he’ll never climb out of it, her star just keeps rising.
davo on April 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I was thinking,I hope none of the troll’s on Hot Air have that Mexican Flu!
canopfor on April 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Sarah is the only republican bambi’s media and trolls fear. Way to go Sarah.
Expect them to file a new ethics complaint about this article.
lonestar1 on April 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Well, don’t jump the gun. Chavez may have given Obama some pointers… call your opponents corrupt, accuse them of treason, and put them in prison.
El_Terrible on April 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM
canopfor on April 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM
it’s called the swine flu. or the Katie Couric flu as i like to call it.
Ghoul aid on April 25, 2009 at 10:12 PM
There will be a lot of disappointed folks here at HA over this development. It was the hot item on all of the threads. Just goes to show that you can’t trust a liberal.
Apparently true. I didn’t think it was trait particular to the ideology but obviously I was wrong.
Cindy Munford on April 25, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Including getalife’s promise to ban his or herself.
msmveritas on April 25, 2009 at 10:12 PM
you forgot to add “/sarc” at the end of that
El_Terrible on April 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I think conservatives4palin should print this on t-shirts to raise money for sarah’s lawyers.
I’ll buy a dozen!
benny shakar on April 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
No, you keep giving her a platform. Look at the newspaper (New York Post).
You want to rebuild your party but you can’t get go of the past. Sarah Palin represents the past of your party. The party of gimmicks and contradictions.
You want a small government yet you support some of the biggest increases in the military budget. You “represent values and morals” yet you fiercely defend the use of torture.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Like all libtard promises, his come with expiration dates….
Fighton03 on April 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Whoa, slow down there, buttboy. I believe she’s a governor, and you are … what? A busboy? An elementary Ed teacher?
Jaibones on April 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
He already took himself out so no need. Stood w/ Pelosi on global warming. Was dissing his wife while calling out Clinton for what he himself was doing. No self-respecting, principled conservative takes him seriously. Just background noise.
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
There were several factors why her AG was shot down in the nomination process. The AG made some controversial comments that he shouldn’t have within days of nomination process. Native groups and fishing groups in Alaska were gunning hard to derail the AG’s nomination.
TimeTraveler on April 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I thought it was the Joy Behar flu.
conservnut on April 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
It depends on what the meaning of “ban” is.
All liberal words have evolving meanings. The liberal dictionary is a living document.
Loxodonta on April 25, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I thought it was the Joy Behar flu.
conservnut on April 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
that pigs name works equally as well.
Ghoul aid on April 25, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Winner!!!!
thomasaur on April 25, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I’m with you – I just don’t understand it … I mean … he invited them to the White House, gave ‘em all a beer and said “Nanny, Nanny, Boo-Boo I WON!”
I mean – it doesn’t get any more bipartisan than that. Those damned Republicans should be taken out and shot!
HondaV65 on April 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM
and maybe there are leprechauns and unicorns at the end of your rainbow.
Obama’s version of bipartisanship: I WON.
Nancy Peliars version: Let’s do it my way.
Fighton03 on April 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Yep, the grown-ups are there now. /sarc
PrincipledPilgrim on April 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I never said how long.
Details cons, details.
getalife on April 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Time Traveler:
Talk about a ridiculous straw man on WAR.
We know Sarah hit paydirt or struck gold with her comments. The trolls are out in full force on a Saturday night.
technopeasant on April 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM
No, it was how she handled the Nomination that’s hurting her. She is constantly leaving the state for irrelevant dinners and other speaking engagements.
ckoeber on April 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM
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