Quote of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on July 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
“As for soon-to-be departing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Paul dismisses her supporters as ‘more establishment, conventional Country-Club type of Republicans.’
‘I wonder whether she’s energizing the 15-20 year olds,’ Paul muses. ‘That would be a question I would have. Because she doesn’t talk about the Federal Reserve and some of these issues. She doesn’t talk too much about personal liberties, civil liberties, getting rid of drug laws, attacking the war on drugs, punishing people who torture.’
Worse still, he adds, Palinites are partisans: ‘If Obama was the only one who was guilty, they would be on his case all the time, but there is a lot of partisanship and I am probably less partisan and therefore she is going to appeal to partisan Republicans better.’”
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Yawn.
HalJordan on July 19, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I would not for Palin but ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! We need to focus on the jerk-off in the WH who is systematically destroying this country.
txag92 on July 19, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Palin is from Venus, Paul is from Mars.
daesleeper on July 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
yawn
joey24007 on July 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
HMmm a quote from Ron Paul.. slow news day??
Really who cares what Ron Paul has to say?? BTW was the truther wearing his tin foil hat when quoted??
dugbru on July 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Again, I belonged to a country club as a kid, but I no longer do.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
myrenovations on July 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Akzed on July 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Proof that Paul isn’t playing with a full deck.
ddrintn on July 19, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Someone should tell Ron Paul that since Obama won, Democrats stopped pretending to care about stuff like civil liberties and torture.
Speedwagon82 on July 19, 2009 at 9:35 PM
AP goes to the Ron Paul/Sarah Palin bin once again, on the same quote, to get traffic, on the same day. That’s not blogging. That’s phoning it in.
Forget this. Just give us links to our favorite porn sites with free samples.
keep the change on July 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Truthie McKookerson
warden on July 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM
The obligatory Ron Paul/2012!!!
O.K. I’m ready to be taken out back now.
FontanaConservative on July 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I think that by liking Palin more than the rest of the GOP, I have actually become less partisan, in that I finally accept just how bad the GOP is.
myrenovations on July 19, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Who again is Ron Paul?
What a joke… Palin is part of the Country Club GOP? That is laughable. I think ol Ron is becoming a bit senile these days…
davek70 on July 19, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Sure Ron. The country club types love people who shop at Wal Mart and say “You betcha”. Those down to earth, grounded, Ron Paul supporting Republicans are the ones who think that Bush is this Machiavellian evil genius who is slick enough to have planned and executed 9/11, and yet simultaneously a bumbling buffoon who can’t pull of planting WMD in Iraq to justify his entire premise for going to war.
By the way, does anyone else think it’s ironic that a guy who can magically see conspiracies swirling around 91/1 couldn’t tell that Borat was about to drop his drawers in that hotel room?
Kataklysmic on July 19, 2009 at 9:37 PM
While Ron Paul appeals to loons of all stripes – Holocaust deniers, truthers, and white supremacists to name a few. And does nothing to discourage them, either. The man is a fruitcake.
ProfessorMiao on July 19, 2009 at 9:38 PM
palin battled the crony capitalists in her state, a politician whose supporters are always talking about the Austrian school of thinking should appreciate that.
rob verdi on July 19, 2009 at 9:38 PM
hehe
FontanaConservative on July 19, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Are we still talking aobut eugenics and euthanasia?
califdreamnred on July 19, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Good grief. I put this in the Headlines. I’ll repeat it:
From Gateway Pundit:
Country-Clubber Ron Paul Says Moose Hunter Sarah Palin Is Country-Club Republican
INC on July 19, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Who gives a flying flaming rat’s patootie in space what Ron Paul thinks about anything?
The man is a certified moonbat nutcase truther loon!
pilamaye on July 19, 2009 at 9:41 PM
You know, Politico is kind of desperate if they’re pulling in Ron Paul.
INC on July 19, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Obama has The Right Said Reverend Wright…Ron has Alex Jones…
Go away you senile old Whack Bag.
BigWyo on July 19, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Ron Paul: plumbing the depths of stupidity in new ways every day!
WWS on July 19, 2009 at 9:41 PM
More Palin issues (Palinites, now) for QoTD … Oy.
Are we stuck in a time-warp on Hotair? Is there a scratch in this record? (Sorry, the young ones won’t understand my metaphor)
progressoverpeace on July 19, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Where’s the blimp?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 19, 2009 at 9:42 PM
said it before, i’ll say it again:
If Sarah Palin is the “Country Club” candidate,
then Ron Paul is the guy that believes the entire 18th hole is a hologram created by the Jews, with all green fees going toward the Fed.
battleoflepanto1571 on July 19, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Translation…………….
I can see Ron Paul and Arlen Specter sitting alone together in the back corner of a dimly light D.C. bar…………
…….. mumbling over how they were just misunderstood, and if they only had one more chance,
just one…….. more………… chance.
Seven Percent Solution on July 19, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Why is Paul in the news so much these days? He’s right about a lot of things, and we’d have a much smaller government if he had more control. . . but he’s not right about everything.
ThackerAgency on July 19, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Psh yeah. It’s not as if Palin was elevated to the national stage by conservative elites. She gained national visibility by serving two successful terms as governor and maintaining a freakishly high approval rating throughout, all while effortlessly withering sustained partisan attacks right?
crr6 on July 19, 2009 at 9:45 PM
The most fascinating thing about Palin is how others react to her…
mjbrooks3 on July 19, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Ron Paul could do one of those golf course-gotta go real bad commercials.
califdreamnred on July 19, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Yaawwnnn
davo on July 19, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Actually Ron may be right. If Palin is the one that will be headlining Reagan dinners and the various versions that they have throughout the states she most definitely has the “country club Republican” base, the ones that have the dinners, the ones that keep voting for the same losers and care about the social activity more than the issues, thus the candidates.
LevStrauss on July 19, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Every major politician is supported by the elites. Dem or Rep. I bet even a Ron Paul (although his candidacy went nowhere) had some rich and elite people supporting him. What is your point?
terryannonline on July 19, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Ron Paul = candidate with the most “excitable” internet base, stayed in for months, and, the end result was………….
………………….he won about a dozen counties.
1 in iowa, 1 in maine, a few in minnesota, and he won some of the quasi-rigged caucus counties out west where the voters were basically libertarians and anti-establishment.
Huckabee, by comparison, had zero money, but won several STATES (8 to be exact).
To the former Paulbots who have come to hotair…
…tell the “Doctor” to win a SINGLE COUNTY in his HOME STATE OF TEXAS before telling the republican party how to act.
battleoflepanto1571 on July 19, 2009 at 9:49 PM
And 15-year-olds really don’t respond to candidates who don’t have an opinion on punishing people who torture or what the fed is doing.
highhopes on July 19, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Palin is Venus, Paul is Pluto
lsheldon on July 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM
And yet, Ron Paul is NOT a truther, racist, or jew-hater, even though his newsletters, his on-camera interviews, and his supporters often fit that description………….
I love the hypocrisy!
Keep it up , Paulnuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
battleoflepanto1571 on July 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Yes and your point? The political class in America are elitist. If you want to run for a major political office these days you have to have money.
terryannonline on July 19, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Here’s an article on Huffington Post that you can actually read from start to finish: a Democratic governor who was thought to have been on the VP short list and who was apparently a big hit at the DNC – “throwing water” on Messiah’s health care plan. I enjoyed it more than reading about Kooky Ron Paul:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/19/obama-ally-throws-cold-wa_n_239869.html
Hope HuffPo gets a lot of hits from it because it’s an opinion that needs to be dispersed wide and far.
Marcus on July 19, 2009 at 9:52 PM
*snicker*
Internet sensation!! Among 15 year olds, was bookmarked right below FARK…..
BigWyo on July 19, 2009 at 9:53 PM
That misses the primary lesson the GOP should have learned from the 2008 elections. Having the hearts and minds of the country club Republicans isn’t enough. John McCain had that vote locked up and found that he needed the social and fiscal conservatives he hates with a passion. Paul peeled away the truly insane but couldn’t get traction with voters NOT living in their mom’s basement after graduating from high school.
Bottom line, Palin is smart to add to her base by not ignoring the John McCain type of Republican.
highhopes on July 19, 2009 at 9:54 PM
fogw on July 19, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Say what you will of Palin, but she certainly isn’t a country club Republican, and any man who wasn’t a Truther would realize that.
Esthier on July 19, 2009 at 9:55 PM
She energizes more people than you do you truther butt weasel!
conservnut on July 19, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Barney Frank speaks again.
Travis1 on July 19, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Paul is Uranus, or just an anus!
conservnut on July 19, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Wow. So much nutiness, in just the 3 excerped paragraphs;
No, Ron, the establishment types are the cowardly “un-named McCain staffers” and “insiders” who rip her up (without attribution) in hatchet-job articles.
Again, the mythical young voter. Rarely seen, they’ve never been a decisive component in a political victory. And, talking to a 15-18 year old about the federal reserve? Sheesh! 15-18 year olds want to know about cheap gas, jobs, and college funding.
Gibberish. If Obama is partisan, we should not be? He probably means what so called “moderate” republicans mean by bi-partisan ship; “I surrender!”
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM
But the LIBERTARIAN PARTY Does!!!!!!*
And they’ve been awarded with a massive 2% support… again… after decades of preaching pot, prostitution and pornography (or hemp, hookers and Hustler if you prefer).
mankai on July 19, 2009 at 10:02 PM
And if the “others” happen to be the liberal mainstream media, the general reaction is somewhere in the range of APESH*T!
pilamaye on July 19, 2009 at 10:03 PM
This is laughable. It’s precisely those types of Republicans who have been against her almost from the start but especially after she quit.
I agree that she doesn’t necessarily energize 15-20 year olds, but they don’t win elections anyway. Sure we should go after the youth vote but preferably we should aim mostly for those who can vote.
Esthier on July 19, 2009 at 10:03 PM
terryannonline on July 19, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Didn’t Ron Paul have something to do with the Heaven’s Gate – Hale Bopp comet cult?
platypus on July 19, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I must say I do quite like the cut of Palin’s jib.
Mark1971 on July 19, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Finally, a platform I can support!
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:05 PM
This is the sort of claptrap you get from a politician who has spent half his life examining women’s genetalia.
AW1 Tim on July 19, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Esthier,
Lev is probably right about this. Didn’t Palin just have big whig Republican fundraiser in Texas last month? Let’s face it if you want to fund a political party you need big whigs. Both Republicans and Democrats have their big whig supporters. Sarah is gonna have hers too.
terryannonline on July 19, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Free zit cream!!!
mankai on July 19, 2009 at 10:06 PM
At least for the boys, the vast majority of 15-20 year olds are energized by tits and beer. That’s about it. They don’t give a rat’s ass about the Federal Reserve.
BPD on July 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Ron Paul = Marshall Applewhite clone?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM
You wait until 9:30pm on a work night to post a Palin thread?
For shame, AP.
Lanceman on July 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Just when I start to like Ron Paul a bit – he dons the tin foil.
HondaV65 on July 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Someone last night called him the “Marshall Applewhite” of the Republican party. Sent me straight to google (my memory is not what it once was…)
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Ron Paul needs to stop thinking about energized 15-year-olds.
Ronnie on July 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Wait, wait, this is a Palin thread?
I thought it was serious coverage of Ron Paul…
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Ron Paul??
C’mon, give me something I can work with here…
D2Boston on July 19, 2009 at 10:11 PM
The Libertarian Party is so effective and speaks a message that resonates with kajillions of voters… that even Ron Paul abandoned it for the GOP.
Heck, if Ron Paul doesn’t believe the LP is viable, why should anybody?
mankai on July 19, 2009 at 10:11 PM
But but . . . tin foil really does quiet the voices.
platypus on July 19, 2009 at 10:12 PM
That was Pasalubong, I believe.
Lanceman on July 19, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Not that I know of. Have a link?
I feel pretty certain I would have known if she came to my state. Last time she was here was during the election.
Will she be doing fundraisers? Sure. From what I understand, that was considered a main benefit of her resigning. But does that at all mean she’s been embraced by the elites of the party?
Come on, Terry. Do you actually believe she has been? As it is, her current fundraising is composed primarily of those giving less than $200. Maybe this will change, but everything I read tells me otherwise. Regular people like her because they think she’s just like them. “County club” Republicans known she isn’t and are more likely to focus on her negatives.
Esthier on July 19, 2009 at 10:12 PM
What this thread needs is someone to tell us why Mitt Romney is a better choice.
Poptech, you there?
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:12 PM
No, you’re right, I don’t think your Truthers much like her.
FloatingRock on July 19, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I think they are pretty much all Palin threads lately. One way or another.
KentAllard on July 19, 2009 at 10:14 PM
What the hell is Ron Paul doing energizing 15 year olds?
BPD on July 19, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Ed and Allah, pushing the counts up.
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:15 PM
How is it,that Liberals are consistently saying,that
mainstream Republicans are flocking to Ron Paul!
Have the Left picked a Republican Leader yet!
I would like to know who he or she is!!
canopfor on July 19, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I’m getting sentimental for those days when every single overpass had a ‘Who is Ron Paul?’ banner strung from it.
daesleeper on July 19, 2009 at 10:16 PM
rEVOLution
blatantblue on July 19, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Because the left wishes they would flock to Ron Paul.
They wouldn’t have to make up any dirt on the old coot…
catmman on July 19, 2009 at 10:17 PM
REVOlution
catmman on July 19, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Isn’t Ron Paul the Truthers Liberation Libertarian
of All Things Possible Conspiracy Party!(Sarc).
canopfor on July 19, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes I think they may have forgotten who is President. Maybe they just figure he’s not doing anything newsworthy anymore.
KentAllard on July 19, 2009 at 10:18 PM
This is satire right?
I get it…I think.
clement on July 19, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Me, me, me, I, I, I, me, me, me
/Ron Paul
bluelightbrigade on July 19, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Paul is going after the wrong end of the party… because he wants to the “limited government” choice in the GOP in 2012 and right now Palin is the only one out there with the credentials to challenge him.
His argument isn’t that she governed as a big-government politician, but rather he uses the vague notion that she doesn’t excite 15-year-old concerned about Fed policy.
mankai on July 19, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I’d say they have him well covered
blatantblue on July 19, 2009 at 10:19 PM
They keep trying the hat on different people, in order to attempt to portray Conservatives as scary extremists.
Remember, right after the election, Rush was the leader of the republican party.
They’ll use anyone they think is scary, or who has made any kind of mis-step.
“Mark Sanford, thought to be a front runner…”
“John Ensign, once talked about as a leading candidate…”
Fill in the blanks with whomever you choose.
Hopefully, we’ll pick our own leader this time.
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM
It was a /sarc
platypus on July 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM
The problem with Libertarians seems to be their inherent nuttiness. They make sense on a few issues and then inevitably they start spewing nonsense and conspiracy theories. I do agree that Paul is admired by teenagers, my son is one of them. He is also a gullible young kid, who has alot to learn. He won’t be that way once he gets out into the world, and he probably won’t still be liking Ron Paul too much.
echosyst on July 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM
He was reasonably reasonable back in ’88 when he was running for POTUS as a LIBertarian with Andre Marrou.
I even considered voting for him then if not for Dukakis.
Where’s Nader/LaDuke when you need ‘em?
Lanceman on July 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Sorry the fundraiser wasn’t in Texas but in D.C. It was still a major fundraiser tho.
terryannonline on July 19, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich 2012!
jazz_piano on July 19, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Sounds more like Obozo to me.
Lanceman on July 19, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Forgot to get my /sarc on.
jazz_piano on July 19, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Dennis still has his pie charts; ready for the radio debate!
“.00001% of the population can’t be wrong!”
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:23 PM
We got that one – even without the tag!
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Has anyone seen Lox lately?
Lanceman on July 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I’ve been talking to him
he’s alive
blatantblue on July 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM
No, but I don’t think it’s anything sinister, or serious; he was here mid-last week.
massrighty on July 19, 2009 at 10:25 PM
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