Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

LA Times ^ | July 13th, 2009 | Mark Z. Barabak

[militanttoby]

Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck."

And those were fellow Republicans talking.

Palin has been a polarizing figure from the moment she stepped off the tundra into the bright lights last summer as John McCain's surprise vice presidential running mate. Some of that hostility could be expected, given the hyper-partisanship of today's politics.

What is remarkable is the contempt Palin has engendered within her own party and the fact that so many of her GOP detractors are willing, even eager, to express it publicly -- even with Palin an early front-runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

[eclecticEel]

Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck."

So pretty much nothing's changed.

[guitarplayer1953]

To them she has not paid her political dues. she not an old Rino and they feel threatened by her youth and convictions.

[Darkwolf377]

I’ve seen more articles ABOUT “Republicans attacking Palin” than I’ve seen Republican attacking Palin.

[Luke21]

This guy’s a Democrat media hack attacking Palin.

[mountn man]

she not an old Rino and they feel threatened by her youth and convictions.

Convictions, something Rinos and Democrats have no understanding of.

[This Just In]

“To them she has not paid her political dues. she not an old Rino and they feel threatened by her youth and convictions.”

I disagree. The chattering class abhors Mrs. Sarah Palin because she is one of the regular folks, like the average American. The former governor did not attend an Ivy League college and does not come from pedigree stock, if you will.

Futhermore, Mrs. Sarah Palin has the audacity to shamelessly stand for true conservative principles, and does not condescend or appease her critics.

[Marauder]

Dimlibs and RINOs all hate her for the same reason: She’s a real conservative.

[Darkwolf377]

No surprise. It’s the newest way to attack Palin—all these libs just saying “REPUBLICANS don’t like her!” A friend said the same thing to me on the phone the other day and I told him he’s watching too much CNN, because the criticism of Palin I’ve read is nothing like the hatred spewed by the left.

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[Califreak]

If she really was a “train wreck” nobody would be bothering to point it out.

[This Just In]

“I’ve seen more articles ABOUT “Republicans attacking Palin” than I’ve seen Republican attacking Palin.”

True. It is called ‘projecting’.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

And those were fellow Republicans talking.

Republicans =/= Conservatives.

[SpaceBar]

Governor Palin has already proved her value by bringing the tired old boy network country club republicans out from their fetid rat holes.

[Luke21]

Willie Brown thinks otherwise.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/12/BA9A18MCT5.DTL

[guitarplayer1953]

That is true and she has no political pedigree and she does stand up for her convictions. And we know that is a rare quality in D.C. today.

[babygene]

It’s my guess that mitt is behind this...

[matthew fuller]

"incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck." "

As far as I am concerned, this description applies EXACTLY to John McCain, and the rest of the leadership of the Republican Party, and I believe that a great majority of the base agrees with me. Go, Sarah Palin!

[This Just In]

Not only does Mrs. Palin come from humble beginnings, unlike those liberal elitists in politics and academia, but the former governor is not an aristocrat.

Conservatives love her for these reasons. She’s one of us.

May the Lord continue to bless Mrs. Palin and her family.

[guitarplayer1953]

AMEN TO THAT!

[TigersEye]

What is remarkable is the contempt Palin has engendered within her own party and the fact that so many of her GOP detractors are willing, even eager, to express it publicly --

Losers who can't get attention any other way.

[militanttoby]

Okay.

[Tax Government]

The title overstates the content of the article. There is no “opening fire” of pundits on her; some had doubts about whether she would win — that’s a normal kind of reaction for the most part. Such self-anointed party experts have been perennial losers when it comes to creating a national conservative movement.

It’s telling that there is no provision for readers to enter a response at the bottom of the article. If they did, L.A. Times readers would get an avalanche of contrary opinions.

[Shaka]

Keep shooting!! It only makes her stronger...she will be tough as nails by 2012!! Keep shooting at her GOP...this will haunt you for not backing in the next few years.

[MaxMax]

and the fact that so many of her GOP detractors are willing, even eager, to express it publicly

Huck-A-Buck comes to mind, oh but he detracts after he bashes Palin. (PUNK)

The RINOS are copying the RAT's tactics. Sorry bubs, either you're a RAT,
or you're not a RAT. No Middle.

[griffin]

She must be doing something right!

[GeronL]

did they name any “Republican” pundits?

[dixiechick2000]

Here are the sources of this piece to remember, and I am shocked! that there are actual sources...

Todd Harris

Stuart K. Spencer

Mike Murphy

Rep. Frank R. Wolf

Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.)

Then there is this...

“Others see a knee-jerk reaction from the political establishment, which will always frown on any populist outsider (think Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Howard Dean), much less a governor who quits midterm and shows up on TV in hip waders.”

Lordy...could the crap get any deeper?

[dixiechick2000]

God love y’all with everything you’re dealing with.

I hope you can get some rest.

[dalereed]

“Lordy...could the crap get any deeper?”

That’s why she needs waders!

[Korah]

If the country club blue bloods destroy Sarah's chance at winning the GOP nomination, they will kill any chance at removing the Muslim from the White house.

Mark my words. If Sarah loses the GOP nod to someone else like Bush or Romney, the Christian right will not come home and vote for either Jeb or Mitt. Especially if it is obvious that the Republican establishment was behind her defeat.

[murdoog]

Holy mackeral, is this the same Willie Brown who used to be the ultra-liberal mayor of San Francisco?

[NoLibZone]

So the current lot of Arlen Specter GOPers don’t like Sarah.

This is a huge selling point for her,

[Iron Munro]

She is a threat to their tried and true system of nominating the next guaranteed loser who has been waiting the longest.

The kind of Republicans taking potshots at Sarah are those who will be content to have as an epitaph "Ran unsuccessfully for Preident."

[beelzepug]

I’m not a fan of Willie Brown but nobody can say he isn’t a savvy politician.

[Korah]

Heads up OV;

Willie Brown calls Sarah Palin a political genius

This goes directly to what I was talking with OV about a few months ago. The left knows how smart she is and that is why they need to destroy her.

OV told me that I should pay attention to what former Democrat politicians have to say to get the best idea of what they think of her. OV, specifically told me that Willie Brown was one of those I should pay attention to. He also told me that Willie may be a Democrat, but that he is a good old fashioned crooked capitalist Democrat. Emphasis on capitalist.

[Always Right]

To them she has not paid her political dues. she not an old Rino and they feel threatened by her youth and convictions.

That is not the real issue. The real problem is they think she takes this small government social conservatism way too serious. They want a candidate who is lip service only and not a threat to big government.

[buggy02]

All of those Republicans, the experts, and the Political analyst who are attacking Palin need to go look in the mirror.

[Daisyjane69]

I am beginning to think that they (both RINOs and libs) are afraid of her for the same reason the Republicans in Alaska hated her:

She just won’t play “the game.” Thus, isn’t beholden to them. To these loathesome characters, that makes her a wild card. Extremely dangerous, if she actually tries to operate on behalf of the American people, and not her own self interest. I imagine there were a lot of heads exploding (in both parties) when she said she’d campaign for conservatives of either party.

There was a time when people like these were referred to as patriots.

[guitarplayer1953]

Like I said she not part of the good ol boys system.

[guitarplayer1953]

Sounds like this could be part of the big picture.

[ShyannCanon]

God bless Sarah Palin! She is up against a pack of wombats and rattlesnakes and still manages to keep a smile on her face. You know it’s easy to do this, when you can stand on your principles and values.

[Smokin' Joe]

She just won’t play “the game.” Thus, isn’t beholden to them. To these loathesome characters, that makes her a wild card. Extremely dangerous, if she actually tries to operate on behalf of the American people, and not her own self interest. I imagine there were a lot of heads exploding (in both parties) when she said she’d campaign for conservatives of either party.

Not just that, but despite the mud they have been slinging at her, none of it stuck.

I'd wager the People on Capitol Hill who can be found completely free of career-wrecking indiscretion (at least by assumed Republican/Conservative standards) can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Unencumbered by such debts of silence, there is no leverage by which the establishment can sway her on issues.

That gives her the relative luxury of speaking her concience, and that scares people on both sides of the aisle.

[mono]

#27. Yes, they did name GOP pundits. They are in the article. You can decide if their criticism is valid.

[GeronL]

I am not going to their site, I don’t want to give that rag another hit on their counters. No, I don’t think any of its valid.

[skinkinthegrass]

I’ve seen more articles ABOUT “Republicans attacking Palin” than I’ve seen Republican attacking Palin.

BUMP THAT.
....and d@mn you, yappin' little 'rat dogs.

[Darkwolf377]

d@mn you, yappin' little 'rat dogs

Wow, that's a tagline if I ever saw one, reminiscent of Chuck Heston in Planet of the Apes! :D

[skinkinthegrass]

Wow, that's a tagline if I ever saw one,
reminiscent of Chuck Heston in Planet of the Apes! :D

does anyone, have that famous Chuck Heston /
Statue of liberty pic. handy?

[dools007]

Good point. She has forced the RINOs to admit who they realy are—demrats by another name. The Demrat Party completed coopting the GOP after Reagan’s presidency.

[The Wizard]

Scared they are......and rightly so....she is bringing a new order and they are at the bottom....