Heart-ache: Palin snubs Washington insiders after GOP dinner
posted at 5:35 pm on June 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
Golly, I wonder why. Might it be because they dump on her at every opportunity, from lowballing her in insider polls of presidential prospects to sneering at her anonymously about her lack of gravitas? To wit:
Gingrich held forth for nearly an hour, delivering a policy-heavy address that few Republicans, and surely fewer Democrats, think Palin could match…
It was a bad scene for Palin, according to GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak.
“She has to sit there and agree with him, knowing it’s a speech she cannot give, that she is not equipped to give,” Mackowiak said.
I.e. she’s a moron. How come they all want their picture taken with her, then?
Several Washington Republicans contacted by Whispers said that Palin was quick to leave the Senate-House Dinner, apparently ignoring a line of those who wanted to meet her. (Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, in contrast, stayed late to shake hands.) “She came, she stayed the entire event, then at the end, a buddy and I headed to her table—my buddy actually set eyes on her—and then, poof, she was gone,” said a GOP source with ties to House and Senate conservatives. “There were 40 people standing around her, just wanting to say hello and wish her well, and she just ran out the back door.”
A big deal? Yes, for the Washington crowd that likes to control the party. “For a ‘woman of the people,’ she has got some learning to do,” sneered the insider. “Heck, she has a whole lot to learn. And get some decent staff around her. Most of the mistakes since November are not people out to get her. They are 99 percent self-inflicted by her own staff who are simply not up to the job of effectively serving a national political figure, which is what she has become.”
As much as grassroots conservatives will thrill to the thought of her cold-shouldering D.C. double-dealers, she really will need some of these people for money and policy help down the line if she’s thinking about higher office. There are two ways she can get them: Either make nice, which is probably pointless since they seem to think of her as a hick who’s not worth taking seriously, or put on a show of fundraising prowess so spectacular that they’ll beat a path to her door. SarahPAC is the obvious vehicle but I’m disappointed with how low-key she’s been about it so far; compare the quality of her site, for example, to Mitt’s. Granted, Romney and Huckabee don’t have day jobs as governors now and can devote more time to their PACs than she can, but she’s far more the darling of the base than either of them. She should find some cause she wants to raise money for and then start pushing the site to talk radio in hopes of drawing the sort of repeated small donations that made Obama’s fundraising so mind-blowing. If she can do that, the Beltway will take her seriously whether they want to or not. Can she do it? Does she want to?
FYI, here’s the extended web clip of her interview with Hannity. The most eventful bit is the one Drudge quoted, but the last two minutes are worth watching just to see how chummy Hannity is with her. Say this for him: Unlike the modern-day Murrow at MSNBC, at least he makes no pretense whatsoever of objectivity.
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Thank you AP for another great post.
The head of the Grandes Cojones Party is a woman. Awesome. Where can I register?=)
canditaylor68 on June 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Palin would get a lot of support. You know Beck, Limbaugh, and Levin LOVE her. I think they would even campaign for her.
deidre on June 9, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Those insiders brought us John McCain. Run away, Sarah, RUN!!!!!!!
Ronnie on June 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
No, you’re right, the old white men can not beat her. I think they know it too.
ORconservative on June 9, 2009 at 6:19 PM
LOVE. HER. – Palin keeps it simple, speaks the language of us tax paying hard working peasants, loves life, loves kids, has a HAWT hubby, is humbled by her love of country and gasp, offers NO APOLOGIES for America or any of her moral, sound views.
We are a great nation – a nation of exceptional free people. We should be represented by someone who is a patriot; a full on zealot full of admiration for America. Not a jealous angry radical whose disdain for the motherland rides on his sleeve. HATE. HIM.
Ris4victory on June 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I would be much more comfortable in my blue jeans and flannel shirt with Sarah Palin then any of the blue blood republicans. She has enough competence and confidence to walk away with her chin up than bending over with her ankles in her hands. God bless Sarah. I also never heard her engage in any back stabbing. John McCain got lucky picking her and he wasn’t good enough to close the deal.
fourdeucer on June 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM
+1
Excellent analysis deidre.
P. Monk on June 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM
It’s too long for a Smart Car bumper…
SPCOlympics on June 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Obama LOVES his motherland…indonesia..and his religion…ISLAM!
quoting the ‘holy quran’ repeated ad naseum…
right4life on June 9, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Are these “insiders” the same ones that were offended she didn’t want to have a multicultural prayer/feeling with them? /sarc needed?
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:23 PM
That’s PEOPLE, not Washington a**holes.
Erich66 on June 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM
More bait,come and get it.
letsroll on June 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM
This is precisely why the Repubs will lose again. They can’t see that the path to victory lies not with insider types but with people far removed from DC and its ills. How many times did we hear over the years that senators rarely get elected POTUS? Yet we’ve fallen back on that tried-and-failed formula, apparently believing their years in the Senate make them great thinkers and leaders. There are exceptions, of course (Thune), but the establishment is too content with its own power, even if that power is subservient to that of the Dems.
Elect someone like Palin or Daniels and perhaps we can return this party to its former greatness.
uncalheels on June 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Hey, the Left wanted us to lose the war in Iraq, wants to treat al Qaeda terrorists like common criminals, and some of them even think Chimpy staged 9/11 and Katrina.
What kind of “values” are those?
Del Dolemonte on June 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Love her, indeed.
I read the gossip column by the effeminate D.C. twinkie and the first thing I think is Beltway Liberal. Who cares what these pansies think? We want every last one of them out of office and out of politics, replaced by someone who has done something in their life besides spread whispered gossip like junior high girls.
Jaibones on June 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Probably….pray with me, Sarah! I use God’s name in vain so I believe in him!!!
deidre on June 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM
PS Well played, Allah.
Jaibones on June 9, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Palin is a real person. Honest, forthright and not a politician in the normal sense.
Her cred as a go-getter, mother, and her moxie to go after the establishment has won my heart.
I cannot remember a person that gives me the faith that it can all be turned around.
Sanity on June 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Love Sarah.
Who feels any loyalty toward the GOP any more? They can’t figure out where they stand on abortion, fiscal policy, immigration, or gay marriage. No moral compass.
The DNC, on the other hand, is essentially unified around its values: abortion, big gov’t, unions, socialism lite, European wannabe-ism, anti-Americanism, Chamberlainesque naivete about Islam, etc.
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM
A couple of things: it’s worth noting that she came in with Fred Malek, a noted GOP contributor. I also suspect that she’s going to start stumping for Congresscritters. You’ll start seeing her campaign in the off-cycle elections against Obama’s spending, and you’ll see a less partisan Palin now that she doesn’t have to be McCain’s attack dog.
A lot of this snark has been coming from Beltway types who realize that their candidates, people like Mittens, couldn’t draw flies. Yes, Newt gave a substantive policy speech, but nobody will vote for the guy for President. Nobody. Hitler could beat Newt Gingrich in a contest for Mayor of Tel Aviv. He’s that bad a national candidate.
Palin is about to wrap up a deal between Exxon and TransCanada. Once that happens, I suspect a lot of the Pioneer money that went to Bush will go her way.
victor82 on June 9, 2009 at 6:29 PM
*sigh* Good point. We’ll have to figure out a way to boil our slogans down to the simplest, shortest words possible to fit on our government-mandated Obamamobiles and appeal to the moronic, brainwashed masses. Words like “Hope” or “Change.” Wait, those are already taken…
Back to the drawing board, I guess.
aero on June 9, 2009 at 6:29 PM
’bout sums up Barry’s faith…
I’m tired of these no-name insiders running around rooting for the T. Roosevelt’s left in the party and then running to HuffPo or Us Weekly whenever they catch someone right of Hillary Clinton doing something they think is SCANDALOUS!!!
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:29 PM
A Republican fundraiser letter came in the mail today. It went directly into the shredder.
imadds on June 9, 2009 at 6:30 PM
She should find some cause she wants to raise money for and then start pushing the site to talk radio in hopes of drawing the sort of repeated small donations that made Obama’s fundraising so mind-blowing. —Allahpundit
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One problem, Allah.
The whole thing about Obama being supported by “little” donations? Sham. He got far more from big donors.
Read the proof online somewhere, maybe at hotair.com ?
Exit question: If Obamas’ support didn’t come from small donors, does that mean Palin’s dismissal of the DC elite more or less foolish?
Mew
acat on June 9, 2009 at 6:30 PM
I’m sorry, but that was comment serious? Were you actually serious? You’ve got to be kidding. I know for the sake of partisanship Republicans like to pay Lieberman compliments for bucking the Democratic Party on Iraq and supporting McCain, but seriously. A “truly great political leader”?
Get real. I might enjoy the fact that Specter jumped ship from the GOP and joined the Dems, and I might agree with him on most issues, but I’m not going to sit here and try to seriously claim that he is a “great political leader”. There’s a laugh.
Lizza on June 9, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Go Sarah!
elduende on June 9, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Hope were all not being manipulated into picking sides within conservatism.
Sarah’s the best!
Newt’s the best!
Insider GOP’ers suck!
Outsider GOP’ers suck!
Divide and conquer.
cranbone on June 9, 2009 at 6:31 PM
The plan clearly shows that Jeb Bush will generously be offered by the GOP’s Soros equivalent. He already has the Saudi connections that Palin obviously lacks.
BL@KBIRD on June 9, 2009 at 6:31 PM
go cuda!!
Palin/Cheney 2012!!
greataunty on June 9, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Yeah, Newt’s not a compelling figure in this day and age–not sure any white male can be.
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:32 PM
YES SHE CAN!
Someone came up with it the other day. Sounds short and sweet to me.
darwin on June 9, 2009 at 6:32 PM
If I had a A-bomb in my suitcase, I’d set it off in DC right after Sarah was at 30,000 ft. on her way home.
Just a sh*tty town, real sh*tty.
It is getting really hard to stay in the GOP with the kackling hyenas in DC.
Another grand to SarahPAC tonight.
Sapwolf on June 9, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Sean proves daily that rocket science isn’t necessary for conservatism to be successful but principles and character are.
Disinherited on June 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Newt would make an excellent advisor … or a cabinet secretary.
darwin on June 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Is this the future of this country? We just chase the kewlist person around the room?
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Agreed.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Another reason why they are afraid of her: she drew DoublePlusGood numbers (20,000) in Hillary Country, while Mittens drew fifty people to a Chris Christie rally in Jersey.
Mittens couldn’t draw people to the Second Coming of Our Lord and Savior Jesus H. Christ. He lost to McCain, a certified member of the Living Dead.
But the Beltway G.O.P. swears by this guy.
victor82 on June 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM
We can not lose this woman….She fights.
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Is Mackowiak on drugs? Anyone could have said what gingrich said. How full of themselves they are.
What do you care? You’re a snob and despise her. You also fear her SocCon cred.
You mean unlike all the leftwing hacks Hannity doesn’t pretend that he does news instead of commentary.
Blake on June 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Gotta love the knee-jerk conservative response to criticism of Palin. Everything is “elitism”. Those majority of Americans in the exit polls who said they didn’t take Palin serious?
Elitists. Don’t you know? Only college professors hate Sarah Palin.
This is what I find funny. You blindly accuse liberals of claiming that any and all criticism of Obama is “racist”, and then turn around and accuse any and all critics of Palin of being “elitists”. Grow up, really.
Seriously, one of these days conservatives are going to have to figure out how to defend Palin other than simply accusing everyone who refuses to vote for her of being a Black Studies professor at Yale.
Lizza on June 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Hillary country? Really?
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM
“As much as grassroots conservatives will thrill to the thought of her cold-shouldering D.C. double-dealers, she really will need some of these people for money and policy help down the line”
OLD SCHOOL! the paradigm is shifting. The last thing we need are those jerks!
Lonetown on June 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Based on this last election, I’d say a good many voters value something(s) other than substance. Is it wise? Of course not. But charisma cannot be discounted.
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Waaaaa……………………Waaaaaaaa.
Itchee Dryback on June 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM
I think Lizza it getalife.
Sanity on June 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM
On specific issue(s) he’s strong and consistent on, which have been decreasing rapidly of late.
FloatingRock on June 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM
I swear to God, if we get another member of the Bush familia shoved down our throats in 2012, I am sitting this election out.
When will we learn?
Meantime, has Mittens paid Christie back for all the balloons he owes him?
victor82 on June 9, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Yeah, charisma can’t be discounted, but I wouldn’t say Gingrich is lacking that.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:39 PM
The American electorate has changed significantly to favor the Dems. The ship has sailed for the GOP. Their goose is cooked.
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Fresh bait come and get it.
letsroll on June 9, 2009 at 6:39 PM
No, as clever a turnabout as it is, Obama owns the “Yes ____ Can” thing too thoroughly. Co-opting it makes it seem like we can’t come up with our own catchy slogans.
I liked the pink GOP elephant logo that someone was selling on CafePress during the election. It said it all without a single word.
aero on June 9, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Is this the future of this country? We just chase the kewlist person around the room?
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Newt has problems. character problems…From screwing around on his dying wife, to backpeddeling on the racist comment for Soytarmayor, from hamglading wioth Pelosi on global warming. Newt has great ideas. however I do not trust him to do what he says he will do. He had his chance to be president in 1994 with his contract for America. If he would have followed what he ran on instead of going partisian on Clinton he would have won in 1996 or 2000. He could have run last year but he was too chiccken (i.e. to political) to throw caution to the wind. He sat on the edege of the pool and dangled his toe in for months. This is not a guy that trusts his own decsions let alone his judgement.
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 6:40 PM
T
Funny thing that Janene Garofalo said recently … that the tea parties and attacks on Obama was nothing more than racism. Remember that?
Accusing the GOP “elite” of being “elitist” is rather accurate … wouldn’t you say? Especially since they were at a GOP dinner filled with GOP “elites”.
darwin on June 9, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Agreed Newt is not perfect, but this notion that somehow white males can no longer lead is ridiculous.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:41 PM
They all sound the same.
darwin on June 9, 2009 at 6:42 PM
I wouldn’t say everyone critical of Palin is an elitist. But are you suggesting that there *isn’t* an elitist streak in the Washington GOP establishment that stands in stark contrast to the gun/Bible-toting base?
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:42 PM
We do have to take into consideraion that many voters have grown up in a reality show/American Idol age and have the attention spans of 4 year olds.
katiejane on June 9, 2009 at 6:42 PM
liked the pink GOP elephant logo that someone was selling on CafePress during the election. It said it all without a single word.
aero on June 9, 2009 at 6:39 PM
I say we co-opt Lincoln. We can not lose this woman. she fights. Or shorten if you like to She fights.
The GOP needs a fighter. I person that will go to bat for the founding principles, for freedom, for indivualism vs socialism. We need a Patton and Palin is it. You can picture Palin leading troops in battle. Can you picture a Mitt or Newt leading troops? Or for that matter an Obama?
Palin/Paterus 2012. They fight.
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM
O/T, but your comment made me wonder: has anybody heard from Entelechy lately? I don’t think I’ve seen her here for a few months.
FloatingRock on June 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I will bet you that most of those people who turned out to see Palin in Seneca Falls and Auburn didn’t vote for Lazio back in 2K. Lazio did reasonably well upstate, but Hillary’s celebrity undid the young lad. Later, she built the foundation of a Lifetime Senate seat by building support in Upstate New York with oodles of pork.
Which makes her galactic misjudgement about becoming Barack’s errand girl all the more difficult to understand. She could have been Majority Leader.
victor82 on June 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Good point with the “yes she can” thing. The pink GOP elephant sounds appealing.
darwin on June 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Maybe some of the Washington insiders could find out who had diaper duty after Jon Voight spoke at the NRCC dinner. The diaper czar could do nonpartisan clean up for the rinos who were snubbed.
fourdeucer on June 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Sarah will not ‘go it alone’.
Not while I’m alive. Rev the bus, I’ll take one for her.
This ordinary barbarian is bringing brass knuckles to CPAC in 2010.
Sapwolf on June 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Wow, aren’t you a nutter. You make sweeping generalizations about people while whining that they are making sweeping genralizations. You grow up.
Blake on June 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Ah… we shouldn’t underestimate them yet. There might still be hope. Further, if all real voters only had the attention span of a 4 year old, I highly doubt many of them would even make it to the voting booths and those that did would vote for their favorite Big Gov’t politician.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Oh please, 3 years is forever in politics. You have no idea what the conditions on the ground will be in 2012. The Dems have the advantage in that they control just about everything now. That is also why they’re vulnerability. You see, people who post on political blogs rarely realize this, but most people are not hung up on parties and personalities. They vote for what works and against what doesn’t work.
The Republicans got tabbed for the economy in 2008 but in 2012 that issue will be laid at the feet of the Dems.
If in 2012 Obama’s economic plan is seen to be a disaster then the candidate who will rise to the top will be the one perceived as an outsider. Palin will admirably positioned in that respect.
As Lincoln said: “Only events can make a President”. It was true in the Spring of 1860 and it’s just as true now. You’d be wise to remember that.
PackerBronco on June 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Agreed Newt is not perfect, but this notion that somehow white males can no longer lead is ridiculous.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Agreed white population is 70%. now if only the GOp could find a male that was not deballed. It is a very sad comment to understand that the biggest toughest badas* in the GOP is a woman. Beta-males all of them. If it is a choice between a Mae West or a Don Knotts ..I’ll take a Mae West
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM
It’s not that a white male can no longer lead, but I think they start with an automatic disadvantage in electability, fair or not.
The winds of change are blowing.
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM
I think the contention is that white males will not be able to inspire people and win elections for the near future. I don’t agree, but I believe that’s the argument being made — not that they can’t lead, but that they can’t win. They’re not “cool” enough for the coolness-worshipping moderates and young voters. It’s clearly time for identity politics to reign supreme, whether we like it or not. Everybody’s wanting to pat themselves on the back for all the “firsts” they can be a part of.
aero on June 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Well, the people that I know upstate, don’t really care much for the Clintons… This is the part of the state that tends to cling to Bibles and guns.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM
She could’ve also run in 2012. Can’t do that now. She’s linked with the administration.
PackerBronco on June 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Great post, Allah!
While last night was supposed to be Newt’s big event, the only one being talked about the day after is Sarah. She stole the show again.
And the only one praising Newt is newly hatched trolls like “Lizza”. That should tell you all you need to know his prospects for 2012.
Obama is already turning into our version of Gordon Brown. Republicans have gained a record lead in the Congressional ballot, and we’re not even 6 months into this excreable exuse of a president.
Norwegian on June 9, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Nice interview.
I don’t understand why we had to look at the face of Hannity and the back of Palin 90% of the time though.
dullhammer on June 9, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Sarah’s a nice person, but it was kind of embarrassing to have her picked as VP with only 2 years as governor. She’s got fewer qualifications than even Obama. We can do better America, can’t we?
scotash on June 9, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Perhaps. I think when Barry sells this country down the toilet, and taxes go through the roof, maybe people just won’t care. Further, many serious voters do listen to the conversation and argument. Those that don’t are going to vote Donk anyway. I’m not suggesting running MacDaddy, but get someone with some solid beliefs and arguments out there and it just might happen. Hey, look at that old, wrinkled up Paul.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Please cut the crap.
Palin is a governor of substantive achievement. Aside from moving the Alaska Gasline, which no Alaska governor has been able to move in thirty years. she is the only governor who has had job growth in her state. I might add, she is the only governor who has CUT her state budget (real cuts, not reductions in increases) for FY-10 to accomodate reductions in state oil revenue.
Meantime, TEH WON is spending us into penury, turning the dollar into the Reichsmark, and has a Treasury Secretary who is not only a tax cheat, but gets laughed off the stage by the Chinese.
Please; there’s no comparison. Palin is serious about the people’s money. Obama is a Used Car Salesman who is missing his plaid jacket.
victor82 on June 9, 2009 at 6:49 PM
There is a schism between the GOP elite and Palin.
This means there is a schism between the GOP elite and it’s Conservative Base. That’s a dangerous situation for the GOP to be in. A very dangerous one.
Question is … will Conservatives remain loyal to a party that clearly wants to go left?
HondaV65 on June 9, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Really?
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Yeah, that’s kind of what I’m getting at. Coolness, race, gender, are all factors, and being a white male policy wonk isn’t helpful with the average voter. These aren’t the *only* factors in elections, of course. But I would argue that they cannot be ignored completely.
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM
The winds of change are blowing.
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM
another Fantasy of the MSM. The Black population thanks to abortion is getting smaller. It is about 10% of the population. the Hispanic population is growing but it is still only about 12-15% . About 5% for Asians and other non-whites. that leaves 70% of America a White Euorpean Western civilization nation. the MSM wants to push multiculturism but I think Obama will give rise to a more racist nation not less. Obama and his policies are overt racist to whites. It will not take long before the white population is faced with to close ranks inorder to protect themselves. Until Obmama I never thought about race. Now it seems like the MSM wants to put it front and center in every story. Just like the Fed easing is having the opposite effect the MSM trying to make race a nonissue will propel it to the forfront. IMO
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Keep it up GOP. I just might become a Dem and get paid to kick your doors down in the middle of the night and haul off your family to the camp.
3rd Party is looking better every day.
Just keep sending the money to SarahPAC and the angry letters to the RNC.
Sapwolf on June 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Shouldnt you be preparing for your supreme court nominee hearing Ms. Sotamayor???
The Final Cut on June 9, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Is Tuesday Night “Concern Troll” Night at HotAir?
Jesus.
victor82 on June 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Question is … will Conservatives remain loyal to a party that clearly wants to go left?
HondaV65 on June 9, 2009 at 6:49 PM
No.. The conservatives did not in the 1850′s and they will not now. It is against every principle we hold to move left. Might as well have a dog try to change his spots. Or tell a wall to become a door
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Teh WON? Isn’t that also the currency of North Korea? Fitting description for a president who made the dollar plunge in value.
Norwegian on June 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Many of the leftist policies are racist. Period.
Assuming that someone can’t succeed at painting sidewalk curbs based on their skin color and thus forcing counties to hire more dark skinned individuals to er paint sidewalk curbs is a tad racist, no?
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:53 PM
GOP Strategist? Isn’t that like an oxymoron or something?
You’re kidding right?
She’s had more experience in the last 2 years than Obama has had in the last 20.
RedbonePro on June 9, 2009 at 6:53 PM
That would be a hit and run. Time for ACORNHOLERS ANONYMOUS.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Palin doesn’t have to suck up to the blue blood Republicans. I don’t know why its so difficult for people to understand why we like her so much.
Yea she may not be able to speak as articulate as Newt so? At least you can comprehend what the hell she’s saying! Don’t try to impress us with your vocabulary. Say what you mean and mean what you say! It’s very simple.
Eyvonne on June 9, 2009 at 6:57 PM
But an enormous number of Whites, especially younger ones, are into multiculturalism, making history, etc. I’ll admit to wanting to see the nation elect its first female president, Black president, etc., based on the candidates’ merit and values.
Whites are into identity politics, too, maybe more than Blacks (most of whom would never vote for a Black Republican running against a White Democrat).
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 6:53 PM
true but until Obama those policies where done by mostly whites to whites. No its a black person doing it to whites. For many that changes things in there minds. Why i have no idea but it does. Just like blacks would scream bloody murder if whites were the ones pushing th abortion clinics in their neighborshoods but since the majority black leaders are pro abortion they do not have a problem with it.
human nature is hard to understand. It always has been and always will be
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Wasn’t referring to them. Conservatives claim that basically any liberal, moderate or voter who doesn’t like Palin at this point is simply being an “elitist”, because we supposedly don’t like her because she rides snowmobiles and hunts moose, as opposed to the reason that she never traveled outside of the United States prior to her presidential run, she couldn’t name five countries in Africa to save her life and didn’t know what NAFTA was.
Lizza on June 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM
No, I think you’re right that identity issues can’t be ignored at all anymore. I do think an outstanding older white guy could still sweep us off our collective feet, but he would have a much steeper hill to climb now than a few years ago. A less-qualified less-white guy with “swagga” would get lots more positive media attention and a freer ride than a guy like Newt these days, and I think that’s undeniably obvious at this point. Perhaps that will change if the first black president is perceived to have ruined the American economic engine beyond repair in less than a year, but we’ll have to wait and see.
aero on June 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Palin DOES need to develop a fundraising and volunteer network. If she plays her cards right, lots of folks will see her as the next Reagan, committed to restoring low taxes and free, if regulated, markets (no one is arguing for a return to unregulated markets, not even Palin).
I suspect her hookup with Fred Malek is the first step in that process.
victor82 on June 9, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Experience doing what? Running a state with less than 500k people in it, and spending half that time on the campaign trail? There’s more people in my home county in NJ than in all of Alaska. She’s one of the most ignorant politicians in the U.S. today.
Lizza on June 9, 2009 at 7:02 PM
But an enormous number of Whites, especially younger ones, are into multiculturalism, making history, etc. I’ll admit to wanting to see the nation elect its first female president, Black president, etc., based on the candidates’ merit and values.
Whites are into identity politics, too, maybe more than Blacks (most of whom would never vote for a Black Republican running against a White Democrat).
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I agree but IMO and history shows that only lasts until those policies start impacting your race to a negative degree. Once those whites that have embraced multiculturism find it more benificial to become connected to their race than to the idea of not being a racist that pardigam changes quickly.
look at the black population it was fashionable after the civil war for blacks to try to fit into society. to become more Americian but as Jim Crows laws and other policies forced the blacks to become connected to their race for political survival it become very unfashionable to intergrate into society (uncle Tom’s House slave etc where used to great effect on the black population.
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM
It isn’t working for them these days is it??? Who is control of the house and senate???
Yes Sarah, distance yourself from those hacks, we, the people, are fed up with them, they are NOT speaking for us.
reshas1 on June 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Look, one could argue that identity politics is natural for a human to embrace – be it right or wrong.
Your example though is flawed. Any black Republican is equated with Clarence Thomas (Uncle Tom). They are somehow a sell-out. Further the powerful blacks in the community will NOT support them and they will use their version of identity politics to smear his/her name.
Upstater85 on June 9, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Experience doing what? Running a state with less than 500k people in it, and spending half that time on the campaign trail? There’s more people in my home county in NJ than in all of Alaska. She’s one of the most ignorant politicians in the U.S. today.
Lizza on June 9, 2009 at 7:02 PM
when you have to balance an $11 billion budget come talk about ignorant. Obama still thinks $100MILLION is big money….lol
unseen on June 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I’ve never made that claim. I assume that most of the animosity directed toward her is due to her values. The Left would love a snowmobile-riding, moose-hunting Democrat, I’d suppose.
jazz_piano on June 9, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Instead we got a VP who thinks FDR was on television in 1929, believes J-O-B-S is a three letter word, asks wheel-chair bound people to stand up, won’t take a train for fear of the swine flu, etc, etc.
Yeah, we really dodged a bullet there!
/sarc
Norwegian on June 9, 2009 at 7:05 PM
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