Posted on 09/08/2011 7:13:05 PM PDT by TomServo
Yes, the GOP establishment elite feel threatened by Palin and the tea party.
To expand on what Rush always says, to know who they fear, look at who they attack. Well, look who the GOP elitists find acceptable as alternatives to Palin and you'll see that she is the one the GOP truly fears. Not because she would lose but because when she wins, they lose. Palin + Tea Party takeover of congress and those guys are SOL. The GOP elites have no love of country, they love themselves and their power.
You betcha!
Boy, the “establishment” folks just can’t STAND it can they? They just break out in HIVES when it comes to Sarah Palin.
ANother one bites the dust. Wonder who’ll declare Sarah a “has been” next — and thereby fine themselves in the dustbin of political prognostication?
I’m sure she’s up at night wondering what happened to her political glamour.
She’s raked in over 20 million since the last election, wrote two best selling books, a hit tv show, has travelled around the country and the world to huge audiences and crowds and even huger paychecks, has still outdrawn all the other GOP candidates in appearances even though she isn’t running and the media has spent the last 2 years convincing everyone that she won’t run and that she has no chance in any event.
Sounds to me like her post 2008 future was pretty bright.
Her poll #s may be a bit worse vs Obama at the moment, but no worse than those of many others who would eventually go on to win a nomination or a general election. Reagan was down 30 points to Carter in 1980. I bet Gigot was one of those saying “we need John Connally or George Bush, Reagan just can’t win”. Gore was down 20 points to Bush in Sept of 1999 and he ended up winning the popular vote(and if not for Nader and/or Elian Gonzales would have won the electoral vote). Kerry had a 12 pt lead on Bush in Feb of 2004. Polls this far out mean nothing.
Obama was down 20-25 pts to Hillary at this point in 2007. I wonder what he was thinking about his political glamour.
And yet, despite all of this, he’s still writing about her. If she’s so irrelevant why does he even waste time on her? He says she’s an afterthought then goes on to spend a whole column on her. Nice.
In fact, she’s such an afterthought that Gigot’s bosses at the WSJ are likely paying her more to show up on FOX for a few minutes every few weeks or so than they are for him to edit an entire paper for the whole year. Who’s the dumb one?
She’s one of the most famous people in the country. She gets paid more to go somewhere and give a half hour speech than she made in an entire year as Governor.
Public frustration was palpable? I didn’t see any evidence of that. And to back it up he quote someone from some anonymous think tank?
If there was little enthusiasm what does that say about Romney that even in NH she drew triple the crowd he did or bigger?
It’s amazing that all these experts like to tell her what she needs to do, what she doesn’t know. She obviously knows something that none of the others running do. How to get on a ticket. None of them have been on one. She’s been mayor, Governor, agency chairman, President of the state mayors conference, president of the interstate gas compact, etc...
I do find it interesting that so much of this is coming from NewsCorp entities at FOX and the WSJ. You’d think given that she’s on the payroll they’d have a different take.
I’m sure she’s up at night wondering what happened to her political glamour.
She’s raked in over 20 million since the last election, wrote two best selling books, a hit tv show, has travelled around the country and the world to huge audiences and crowds and even huger paychecks, has still outdrawn all the other GOP candidates in appearances even though she isn’t running and the media has spent the last 2 years convincing everyone that she won’t run and that she has no chance in any event.
Sounds to me like her post 2008 future was pretty bright.
Her poll #s may be a bit worse vs Obama at the moment, but no worse than those of many others who would eventually go on to win a nomination or a general election. Reagan was down 30 points to Carter in 1980. I bet Gigot was one of those saying “we need John Connally or George Bush, Reagan just can’t win”. Gore was down 20 points to Bush in Sept of 1999 and he ended up winning the popular vote(and if not for Nader and/or Elian Gonzales would have won the electoral vote). Kerry had a 12 pt lead on Bush in Feb of 2004. Polls this far out mean nothing.
Obama was down 20-25 pts to Hillary at this point in 2007. I wonder what he was thinking about his political glamour.
And yet, despite all of this, he’s still writing about her. If she’s so irrelevant why does he even waste time on her? He says she’s an afterthought then goes on to spend a whole column on her. Nice.
In fact, she’s such an afterthought that Gigot’s bosses at the WSJ are likely paying her more to show up on FOX for a few minutes every few weeks or so than they are for him to edit an entire paper for the whole year. Who’s the dumb one?
She’s one of the most famous people in the country. She gets paid more to go somewhere and give a half hour speech than she made in an entire year as Governor.
Public frustration was palpable? I didn’t see any evidence of that. And to back it up he quote someone from some anonymous think tank?
If there was little enthusiasm what does that say about Romney that even in NH she drew triple the crowd he did or bigger?
It’s amazing that all these experts like to tell her what she needs to do, what she doesn’t know. She obviously knows something that none of the others running do. How to get on a ticket. None of them have been on one. She’s been mayor, Governor, agency chairman, President of the state mayors conference, president of the interstate gas compact, etc...
I do find it interesting that so much of this is coming from NewsCorp entities at FOX and the WSJ. You’d think given that she’s on the payroll they’d have a different take.
Apparently anyone who dares to say that they will decide in September has to be drummed out of the race.
RonDog,
I’ve been sensing this very thing happening for a while now!! God’s Hand moving as with Gideon! He gas raised her up and kept her for such a time as this and no one man will glory in her victory. His ‘foolishness’ among the ‘wise’ elites is being put forth!
She’s learning right now who her friends and foes are.
Hope she’s keeping a list.
Actually,imo, there are different types of conservatives. The WSJ falls into the the ruling class conservative group. You'll notice that those attacking or being dismissive of Palin nearly all fall into this group. They've also aided and abetted the liberals in the nearly total destruction of our country. Intellectuals, my ass.
Then you have the peasant class conservatives.(most of us,me for sure) Well, those of us in this class have had a belly full of the elites and are not going to put up with their crap anymore. They know it and they're scared. Lashing out at Palin is no different than lashing out at us. As Palin goes, so do we. That's why I get my hackles up when someone goes after her. They just attacked me, too. I don't know if I made any sense here or not. LOL
When I see articles like this coming from reportedly intelligent commentators, I have to wonder if they ever “read” anything. How can anyone in the world not know exactly why Sarah Palin stepped away from the governorship of AK? It has been explained a gazillion times in every conceivable venue. People who write opinions ought to know at least a little bit about the subject about which they are writing. Maybe Sarah should ask Gigot “What do you read?”
Not to mention trying to draw us to their candidate :p
...and then watches HOW we do it. ;)
Well stated explanation on the “quitting office”
Has anybody ever taken to task the democrats after being 0 for 200 in complaints?
Why aren’t they being castigated?
I'm watching your video now. Excellent! I put it in my Palin for President file and if you don't mind, I'd like to post it to my facebook wall sometime.
This week's Operation Clear The FieldTM is so astroturf it isn't even funny.
Game on!
This game is like hunting bear. You come up upon the critters quietly when they are feeding on your bait. You wait for the opportune time to get your shots off and then you nail it with well placed shots.
It's a done deal. She's just letting her competition diminish themselves for a while.
She will run and she will win the Presidency because of the Old Testament principle of the 40 year seed/reaping what you sow- will be requited in one’s lifetime.
In other words, because of the womens movement decades ago, the harvest is going to yield a woman President.
Yeah he just announced and I'm already suffering Perry fatigue...
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