Will loyal members inform on others for harboring suspiciously moderate views? Will anyone judged guilty have to wear a sign saying “Republican In Name Only” as penance? Will there be re-education camps? Will deviationists face the Enhanced Interrogation Technique of being forced to listen to the wit and wisdom of Glenn Beck, at ear-splitting volume, for days on end?
Or worse: When Sarah Palin’s memoir, “Going Rogue,” hits bookstores later this month, will the ideologically impure be required to read — and commit to memory — every golden word? Her publisher might consider culling the highlights into a pocket edition. That way, any Republican caught without a copy of “Quotations From Chairman Sarah” could be summarily expelled from the party.
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No, they’ll just be asked to join other douchebags like yourself, if they so desire.
ddrintn on November 6, 2009 at 10:40 PM
People all over the world, join hands…
Pablo on November 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Eugene Robinson is a hack.
Spirit of 1776 on November 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Idiot! She’s the victim of an attempted purge, not the architect of one.
zmdavid on November 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM
According to a few tweeters she just got done speaking in Milwaukee to a packed house and just tore into the healthcare reform and the “death panels” issue. Sounds like she wowed the crowd.
shomegirl on November 6, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Hyper partisan liberal troll.
But hey, the man’s got to make a living I guess.
Rachel Miller on November 6, 2009 at 10:46 PM
This clown writes this as Media Matters and the DailyKos are initiating a purge and bloodbath of democrats who won’t toe the line and pass their progressive communist dream bills and Pelosi threatens democrat Congressmen everyday.
darwin on November 6, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Awww another Obama sycophant crapping his diapers.
elduende on November 6, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Rush is right. They (the media and left) will always tell [you] who they fear.
Spirit of 1776 on November 6, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Eugene, you reek of fear.. peeeww!
katy on November 6, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I notice he neglected to mention that the republican candidate was to the left of the democrat. A RINO is one thing, but a liberal democrat is another. She declared herself as such when she endorsed Owens. Any “journalist” who can’t figure that out needs to do some extra credit.
thevastlane on November 6, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Wait, does he mean Palin’s book and her supporters, or the “fake Going Rogue” book that will be released the same day with a nearly identical cover?
The libs that don’t memorize the fake book will be far more likely to get kicked out by the dems since diversity of thought is outlawed in their circles.
DrAllecon on November 6, 2009 at 10:53 PM
There’s evil afoot!
mizflame98 on November 6, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Geez, I`d hate to think what he`d write if she was relevant.
ThePrez on November 6, 2009 at 10:57 PM
What war? Republicans welcome voters of all sorts. C’mon on in.
RINO and DIABLO candidates not so much.
Caststeel on November 6, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Geez, never ending flack for the ungodly sin of trying to make political outcomes go a way you prefer, trying to be heard, and realizing who is really going to help you get there.
Axeman on November 6, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Eugene Robinson teaches classes in shillry, doesn’t he?
jaime on November 6, 2009 at 11:00 PM
HAHAHAHA!
aquaviva on November 6, 2009 at 11:02 PM
oooooh….Scarrrreeyyy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87WgmGHz9U4&feature=related
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on November 6, 2009 at 11:04 PM
There’s a dialogue from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice that always comes to mind when I read people like Robinson:
“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.”
“And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.”
“And yours,” he replied with a smile, “is willfully to misunderstand them.” (Ch. 11)
Kalifornia Kafir on November 6, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I thought we were Palinistas. Or Palinologists or something.
Look, dimbulb, this isn’t a top-heavy movement. It’s grassroots. Get it? That’s me a few million other conservatives who are tired of having the traditions and history of the great United States trashed by people who think we need to apologize for being the best nation the world has ever seen.
Bring it on.
Tennman on November 6, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Does Robinson actually get paid to write this stuff?
Log on November 6, 2009 at 11:09 PM
An excellent quote. But in this case, I think ol’ Gene understands all too well. He’s whistling past the graveyard.
ncborn on November 6, 2009 at 11:14 PM
While checking various blogs and reading what the leftists are writing about the election, stimulus, Sarah, etc., I’m struck by a thought that keeps running through my head:
It’s really fun watching leftists s**t their pants. Who knew schadenfreude could be so gratifying?
single stack on November 6, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Certainty of insanity is liberals talking about logic.
Feedie on November 6, 2009 at 11:31 PM
What is he going to say in about two weeks when Sarah’s book tour starts?? The crowds will be huge and the first one in Michigan will have most of the Lame Stream Media (LSM) there to cover it and start the spin machine up.
This next month is going to be fun and I’ll need to get extra popcorn for it.
ny59giants on November 6, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Fear us. We are coming. Libtards should go play on the freeway. And stay off the white lines.
platypus on November 6, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Will there be death panels?
notropis on November 6, 2009 at 11:45 PM
What does he care? He’s not republican, is he?
If these people are acting so over the top now, how bad they’ll be once Gov.Palin is in office. They’ll lose their bloody marbles.
promachus on November 6, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Be afraid Eugene…..be veryafraid!
ohiorebel on November 6, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Liberal hateclowns are hysterical in more ways than one.
Aitch748 on November 6, 2009 at 11:53 PM
No, we’ll just be required to take wussies like you moose hunting and watch you pee down your leg.
John the Libertarian on November 6, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Bring Cheney too!
Feedie on November 6, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Is this guy for real? Oo This is parody right. I mean, he’s just pushing it to the most ridiculous extreme, it’s parody. Right? RIGHT?! @_@
Orange Doorhinge on November 7, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Eugene Fins
LibTired on November 7, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Yawn, it’d be more impressive, Gene, if it wasn’t such an obvious copy.
You need to take vitriol lessons from Frank Rich. He worked in a Khmer Rouge reference. All you can do is a rehash of some sort of Stalin Purges.
Booooooring.
Techie on November 7, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Rush is so right about this. Mock them with what they’re liable to say next and it gives them ideas.
Feedie on November 7, 2009 at 12:13 AM
I think he’s trying to give us a clue… its so nice of him. He just wants to help us win elections. We need to be more moderate in order to win state and national elections… but we already ran McCain, who, oh who can we run in 2012… Governor Crist?
El_Terrible on November 7, 2009 at 12:19 AM
So if you’re “informed on”, what exactly are the repercussions? With what power do pubs hang signs on RINOs. No physical signs, just tagged with their RINO actions. And the conservative populace becomes educated as to who’s likely to represent them.
Oh, that’s so horrible! A concerned populace becoming educated and then using their VOTE to express themselves–and to try to get stuff done that they want done, instead of understanding their place as the “extreme” of the party that can only get what they want 10% of the time–if then. I can see the goosestepping, now.
What happened to the idea that their idea is more popular than conservatives? Unless conservatives are planning a coup (ala Hitler), there is no way for conservatives to enforce anything.
Axeman on November 7, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Hey, look. Secret video of an exchange between Palin and 0bama:
She’s definitely speaking for me here
Sekhmet on November 7, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Hard to believe that one could beclown oneself in the first two paragraphs of a column, but Eugene did it.
Jason Coleman on November 7, 2009 at 12:45 AM
This is laugh out loud hysterically ridiculous. No leftist should be talking about the potential of re-education, as it has been occurring in this country for decades thanks to a near government monopoly. How does Eugene feel about school choice? I know how Palin does. Does Eugene support coercion when it comes to students reading certain textbooks? Name me a Palin supporter who wants to force “RINO’s” to read her memoir. The very fact that this tool has a job offering his opinion, combined with the fact that people take him seriously, is terrifying.
MORON.
V15J on November 7, 2009 at 12:45 AM
What a hack. This is a pre-emptive strike on her book tour.
I just got home from this event. I wouldn’t say she “tore into” healthcare, but the MC and Wisconsin Right to Life lady sure did. Palin definitely took some major swings at Obama, out-of-control politicians, and Pelosi (who got a well deserved round of boos).
Immediate reactions: Palin is a great speaker (only had notes). She is passionately pro-life and delivered a very appropriate speech. She is drop dead gorgeous. I am really looking forward to her book tour–I think we will see the real SP. And I completely understand why she’s in the O Team’s head.
conservative pilgrim on November 7, 2009 at 12:46 AM
His concern for the health and success of the Republican party is so touching, isn’t it? He just hates to see any disunity or anything that might cause us to lose future elections. After all, the moderate meme was sooo successful in 2006 and 2008, it would be a shame to lose such a winning formula.
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AZfederalist on November 7, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Give me a P
Give me an R
Give me an O
Give me a J
Give me an E
Give me a C
Give me a T
Give me an I
Give me an O
Give me an N
What’s that Spell? Democrats!
What’s that Spell???? State Media!
Dusty on November 7, 2009 at 12:54 AM
WHITEY-BOTS ATTACK!!!
/sarc
Doctor Zhivago on November 7, 2009 at 1:42 AM
anyone else here she is going to be on O’Reilly in a few weeks?? that should be exciting
ousoonerfan15 on November 7, 2009 at 1:56 AM
You stink of fear, Eugene. Palin is inside the lefts OODA loop and they know it.
BDavis on November 7, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Is Eugene sarcastically trying to paint a rather negative narrative about Sarah Palin and the people who support her or is he describing the actual goings on in the Democrat party as a result of the cult of Obama?
Hellrider on November 7, 2009 at 2:25 AM
This is wishful thinking. They wish there was a civil war going on. I feel like the Republicans are finally coming to a meeting of the minds.
The party platform should be more than just words. Candidates should hold the same views generally as constituents.
Fiscal conservatism wins elections.
Can you imagine if Scozzafava had won and was now going to vote with Pelosi? There is no way she would suddenly become a conservative. And Dems would have there precious bi-partisanship cover. All the Blue Dogs could vote with the one Republican… we dodged a bullet!
petunia on November 7, 2009 at 2:54 AM
idiot number two.
unseen on November 7, 2009 at 3:29 AM
Hey Eugene, tell us what it’s like to have such a big, inclusive tent. Who was the last pro-life Dem presidential candidate?
Kataklysmic on November 7, 2009 at 4:06 AM
I don’t know much about her really -some vague general things about her governorship- but you can tell when she’s set free and she gets into something she is passionate about, she’s a steamroller.
Hearing Obama and Palin side by side would be like night and day.
You just know the left is terrified. They may be talking point dispensers right now, but some (or most) know what’s what. Mr Robotic using his teleprompter and sounding like a computer; and when he’s off prompter he just sounds idiotic.
Oh and btw there’s his record as president that (if he is still president in ‘12) he will have to defend.
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he isn’t the nominee in ‘12. The democrats are stupid (clearly), but are they THAT stupid to re nominate him? My God what a disater/joke he is.
Add to that Palin launching a full front assault on his policies, trainwreck time for the Dems. They know it, we know it.
B Man on November 7, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Eugene Robinson is of a race that votes with ideological purity based on the color of his skin, unlike any we have aver seen. Blacks are also quick to mau-mau any black willing to leave the plantation as oreos. uncle toms, acting white, etc.
I’d call this pure gall.
Lonetown on November 7, 2009 at 5:11 AM
Can anyone tell me what Sarah Palin has EVER done to make people think she’s a Stalinist? She was a very caring Governor for the state of Alaska and never forced her views on others. Oh wait – she had a habit of going after CORRUPT politicians – even in her own party. But she didn’t jail or torture any. She didn’t even waterboard them.
1. Gov. Sarah Palin never tried to destroy a news agency.
2. Gov. Sarah Palin never STOLE money from auto company bond holders and gave it to corrupt union officials.
3. Gov. Sarah Palin never threatened to use the power of her office and the power of the Alaskan press to destroy auto company bond holders who opposed her.
4. Gov. Sarah Palin never attempted to tell anyone in her State how much they are allowed to make in a paycheck or bonus.
5. Gov. Sarah Palin never attempted to use the power of her office to destroy any talk show commentator.
6. Gov. Sarah Palin never protected Black Panthers after it was proven that they had engaged in voter intimidation at polling places using deadly weapons.
7. Gov Sarah Palin never attempted to use the power of Alaska’s justice department to destroy a sheriff for doing his job and arresting illegal aliens.
8. Gov Sarah Palin never used the National Endowment for the Arts to spread propaganda.
9. Gov Sarah Palin’s cabinet and advisers never consisted of any Communist, Hugo Chavez cheerleader, Castro cheerleader, Pedophile protector or NAMBLA apologist, nor any individual who turned to Communist Chairman Mao for strength during tough times.
10. No supporter of Sarah Palin ever wrote a song about her and then forced children to sing it while video taping them.
Governor Sarah Palin did none of those things. GUESS WHO DID?
Nuff Said.
This “Sarah Palin is a Stalinist” quackery needs to stop – it’s worse than Trutherism. And anyone who makes up this schtick certainly has no moral footing to criticize a birther for their views.
HondaV65 on November 7, 2009 at 5:29 AM
Well, at least he didn’t say the Palinites are racist. Yet.
nyx on November 7, 2009 at 5:47 AM
STALINIST??!! Which idiotic dem site did that one come from?
If any one has any shades of Stalin it’s the dems right now.
Stalinist…more projection from the masters.
What will she be next? Hitler re-incarnated?
Bush should be relieved the idiots now have someone they hate more then him now.
You would think Libs wouldn’t call her Stalinist since, you know, they admire him. He did a great job keeping the sheeple in check, you know. They probably have dreams of getting rid of their enemies just as easily as he did.
Unbelievable.
B Man on November 7, 2009 at 6:04 AM
I for one welcome this first , someone on the left daring to criticize Palin. Speak “truth to Power” Mrs Robinson.
mmmmm mmmm mmmmm.
the_nile on November 7, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Projection, anyone?
Count to 10 on November 7, 2009 at 7:19 AM
THEY ARE SCARED !
stenwin77 on November 7, 2009 at 7:20 AM
It is just assumed. He is black, so if you don’t agree with him you are racist. You’re also racist if you do agree with him, but he will be nicer about it.
MikeA on November 7, 2009 at 7:28 AM
LMAO
nyx on November 7, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Oh that’s rich. One of Chairman Maobama’s lapdogs alluding to Palin’s little red book.
james23 on November 7, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Thue, but this lady isn’t anyone’s victim.
james23 on November 7, 2009 at 7:53 AM
The New York Times.
Lehosh on November 7, 2009 at 7:54 AM
How sweet of Mr. President’s courtiers to be so very, very concerned about the state of the GOP. It brings a little tear to my eye.
Lehosh on November 7, 2009 at 7:55 AM
You mean like when he told Republicans “I won” or when he outsourced creating legislation to Pelosi, who completely shut Republicans out of the process?
Kafir on November 7, 2009 at 8:01 AM
I knew the fear of Palin would make the left drop a turd. Behold, Eugene Robinson
conservnut on November 7, 2009 at 8:02 AM
I love the sudden concern from all on the left that the republican party might have an internal rift. Please people! Stop the bickering amongst yourselves and do yourself a favor by ignoring this extremist right-wing lunatic named Palin!!!1! She will bring you nothing but grief and permanent political marginalization. You don’t want the Democrats to be in power forever do you?? Run more moderate canidates and do it quickly or your party is going to whither and die, I pinky-swear.
Mord on November 7, 2009 at 8:16 AM
Naw, we aren’t Liberals. We allow silly ideas as well as great ideas, unlike the Democrats who only allow silly ideas. Which reminds me when will a Pro-Life Democrat ever be allowed on stage?
Herb on November 7, 2009 at 8:39 AM
C’mon, Eugene! Everybody knows you can’t read. Or write, for that matter.
percival on November 7, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Those big-tent and happy-go-lucky Democrats.
It’s not as if MoveOn is claiming $3.5 million in pledges to fight Blue Dogs…………..
Oh wait.
Techie on November 7, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Waaaaaa!….people are figuring out that we’re frauds. Make it stop!
Itchee Dryback on November 7, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Purge, baby, purge. “Dino” inferno!
BuckeyeSam on November 7, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Same difference. You know what they say: “Hell is other liberals.”
There is a REASON that liberals constantly fantasize about America turning into another one of their favorite Socialist “Workers Paradises”.
Of course no one who works at the Washington Post has ever been to a REAL Socialist indoctrination camp. But they live their whole lives trying to re-enact a fantasy version of one.
That would be perfectly fine – if that’s as far as it went. The problem is that liberals aren’t the harmless kind of weirdos who go to Renaissance Faires every weekend. These (with all due respect) sociopathic freaks honest-to-God want to force everyone in the world to live in their version of a cholera-infested Medieval village; complete with some freak in a robe screaming “off with their heads” every five minutes.
And these (again, with all due respect) aggressively narcissistic overgrown spoiled children don’t have the faintest idea that their little make-believe world would suddenly stop being fun anymore if it was real.
logis on November 7, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Keep it up Eugenie… this type of projection only serves to help us.
PrincipledPilgrim on November 7, 2009 at 9:37 AM
You joke but I seriously hope that all parents will stop to reflect on the monster that was created by 50’s and 60’s style parenting and make appropriate changes. Move over Dr. Spock. The BOOK is a better place to start.
PrincipledPilgrim on November 7, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Will you neocons please stop with this WWE-style tactics? Meanwhile in NY-23…OWENS LIES!
Well Newt Gingrich and the like, what do you think of what Dede Scozafava has done now!?!?!?!
BobAnthony on November 7, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Not the first to mention it here, but…
Classic projection from the party of “don’t you dare go on FOX NEWS!!!!!”
cs89 on November 7, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Her $4 tract is hardly anything to get worked up about. It’s in the bargain bin even before publication!
simplesimon on November 7, 2009 at 10:30 AM
And these (again, with all due respect) aggressively narcissistic overgrown spoiled children don’t have the faintest idea that their little make-believe world would suddenly stop being fun anymore if it was real.
logis on November 7, 2009 at 9:18 AM
You joke…
PrincipledPilgrim on November 7, 2009 at 9:39 AM
I find it hard to imagine how anything could possibly be more serious than this.
The road to Hell is paved with liberal intentions. Understanding the difference between what we CAN control and what we SHOULD control is the basis of all wisdom. The utter incapacity to make that distinction is infantile; and the willful refusal to try is puerile. But there is absolutely nothing about any of that which is in the slightest bit cute.
logis on November 7, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Ah, let’s pretend that someone would take Palin’s book and turn it into Mao’s little red book for conservatives.
That’s funny. http://tinyurl.com/ba7mlt
OneEyedJack on November 7, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Why is it the only people who are aware of the “war” raging in the GOP are liberals? Yeah, Gene Robinson would really be my first place to stop to find out about what’s going in in the GOP.
Anyway, he decides that the “war” raging in the GOP is “compelling” (his word) than provides one example of this alleged war – Charlie Crist and Mario Rubio. Mighty time war.
Most importantly, Gene Robinsons hopes that theoretically, if the Limbaugh-Palin wing of the party nominate enough of scarrrryyy conservatives, the GOP will find itself in the same place as Democrats currently already are in reality – repellant to moderates and independents.
ChrisB on November 7, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Even their most fevered and hyperventilating “satire” about our side can’t keep up with their own side’s reality.
Get better quick, Glenn Beck, I want to see this little book sitting next to the hotline….
notropis on November 7, 2009 at 11:26 AM
If I have to hear one more lock-stepping Stepfordite spout off about how uniform and intolerant the Right is, I think my head will explode.
MassVictim on November 7, 2009 at 11:28 AM
The fear in the Left is unmistakable. I wonder how many of them will flee the country if Palin becomes POTUS?
itzWicks on November 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Easy 2 word answer: fiscal responsibility.
This is an urban myth promoted by the MSM. She was opposed because she is a tax-and-spend liberal. Her record is clear on this.
Do your homework, Mr. Robinson. Doug Hoffman is a Republican who ran on the Conservative party ticket since there was no Republican primary in this special election situation.
Wrong again. It is Obama’s radical policies that are driving fiscally responsible independents away. Every poll tells us this. He is not the change that independents voted for.
Translation: Arlen Specter, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe
Keeping thinking that the tea-party movement is a bunch of right-wing nuts…it will make it that much easier for us to throw the bums out in 2010.
frank58 on November 7, 2009 at 12:18 PM
HondaV65 on November 7, 2009 at 5:29 AM
You need to email Mr. Robinson your post. Awesome.
NebCon on November 7, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Of course we’re all aware of everything the liberals are aware of. No moonbat ever has a thought that isn’t shouted through a bullhorn.
The telling aspect of the liberal response to the “conservative civil war” is how really, really deeply CONCERNED the people who hate us more than life itself suddenly become about helping us to advance our agenda.
That’s the only part of the incessant primal scream of liberalism that we need to hear. It confirms that we’re on the right track.
logis on November 7, 2009 at 2:13 PM