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Mitt Romney’s main strategy in the GOP primaries of 2012 is to hammer Sarah Palin as “a quitter”.
Hillbuzz ^
| May 28 2010
| Kevin
Posted on 05/29/2010 9:20:24 AM PDT by curth
Yesterday, I was interviewed by a reporter for CBS, for a story on the diverse groups of people supporting Sarah Palin online. The reporter authored a book on Palin last year, after being embedded with her vice presidential campaign, following a stint covering Mittens Romney. I cant imagine how many cucumbers-and-mayonnaise sandwiches this guy had to eat on the Romney Express (to nowhere), but I gave him the same kind of awed respect I grant anyone whos ever spent more than half an hour with Tim Pawlenty and didnt succumb to T-Paw induced narcolepsy.
We (the reporter and I, not Tim Pawlenty or Mittens) met up at Nookies Tree in Boystown and talked about Sarah Palin over coffee. Doing enough of these interviews over the course of the last few years, and being interviewed by some great people like Andrea Shea King and Tammy Bruce, I can usually spot the story the reporter wants to tell by the way his questions unfold and what he keeps coming back to whenever I take the conversation on one of my tangents about how terrible the current administration is. The story CBS wants to do on Palins supporters appears to be something in the realm of an unthinking, personal, and emotional defense of a woman they love. Its not a negative story, and the reporter doesnt seem like the kind who would write a hit piece, on either Palin herself or on me as a Palin-supporter, but the impression I got from him was that hes projecting the Lefts Obama cult of personality onto Palin supporters when nothing could be further from the truth.
Most of the questions asked of me were in the vein of how I felt whenever Palin was attacked, and what makes me defend her.
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To: wtc911
No, she quit which was the best financial decision for herself.
You can make the assessment, but don't expect people to agree with it. Neither of us can read her mind. I believe that she is telling the truth, you don't. You can't state your opinion as fact. Notice I also did not state her motivation. I stated that she made the best decision. The fact that the decision frees her to communicate and set the political tone nationwide does not contradict the statement.
I suspect you don't even understand what she's about.
And you are stretching real hard to equate quitting college with quitting an elected position.
The similarity is the expectation of a commitment to a "whole program." Since Palin beat every single challenge that came to court, and settled one without going to court, it's not like she "had to resign" like Nixon did (and one could argue that he might have done it for the good of the country). I don't think anyone can argue that she "can't stand the heat." She's inviting more. If she is positioning herself for a run, she will have to accumulate wealth (as the establishment won't support her), political chits and public visibility. She is excelling at all three. In the meantime, she is forcing the left to get on the record on all sorts of things that they just as soon would have avoided. The Pawlentys and Romneys of the world are incapable of setting the tone. They can only try to dance a Republican version of the MSM's tune.
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posted on
05/29/2010 3:31:04 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: trisham
Really? I knew that McCain was going to win right after Huckaboob took Iowa.
122
posted on
05/29/2010 3:31:09 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Sarah/Michele 2012)
To: onyx
You’re smarter than I. :)
123
posted on
05/29/2010 3:31:57 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
“Palin supporters will go to the corners of the Earth for her.”
Absolutely.
124
posted on
05/29/2010 3:33:48 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(OBAMA THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE..... IMPEACH Obama NOW..)
To: onyx
To: trisham
Nope, I just looked at who was left and at the following primaries...
126
posted on
05/29/2010 3:35:50 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Sarah/Michele 2012)
To: unseen1
Gov. Palin is the THE frontrunner.
As always, Mitt Romney is NOTHING but a spoiler and
backstabber. History will record that he dismissed
NONE of the RomneyBOTs who attacked Gov Palin and her
defenseless children on the eve of Election 2008.
127
posted on
05/29/2010 3:36:15 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Article IV - Section 4 - The United States Â… shall protect each of them against Invasion)
To: onyx
128
posted on
05/29/2010 3:37:22 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: onyx
Romney is a desperate louse and attempts by Mittens to takedown Sarah will fail. Won't stop Mittens from making this a pretty ugly fight. Look at SC with Nikki Haley, another situation where the good ol' boys are about to get their a$$es kicked by a girl. Didn't take long for it to turn real nasty.
Getting rid of entrenched self-interests and corruption will never be easy. It will be mean and ugly. Just look at this forum for a preview...LOL.
129
posted on
05/29/2010 3:38:24 PM PDT
by
Al B.
To: trisham
You betcha...LOL. But not about this!
130
posted on
05/29/2010 3:39:09 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Sarah/Michele 2012)
To: onyx; Virginia Ridgerunner
Yeah, right along with the Rabadash (Paulbots) and BOBJ factions.......
131
posted on
05/29/2010 3:39:16 PM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Diogenesis
It’s important to remind everyone of that. It was disgusting, and we need to remember it.
132
posted on
05/29/2010 3:39:31 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: onyx
133
posted on
05/29/2010 3:40:30 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Al B.; Lakeshark
Oh yes, you’re right! Down and dirty won’t stop Mittens, but he wants to play “nice guy” and this forum does give us an ugly preview of things to come. I just read Lakeshark’s comments!!!
134
posted on
05/29/2010 3:42:37 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Sarah/Michele 2012)
To: trisham
Humble? Not so much....LOLOL.
135
posted on
05/29/2010 3:43:31 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Sarah/Michele 2012)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Romney is the MSM and Republican establishments first choice. Reagan beat them and won 2 landslides but since then the establishment has knocked out any conservative who ran for the job.
Palin may be able to get the nomination. Jim DeMint, Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, or someone else, might have a chance.
The one chance we have of nominating a conservative is to get behind ONE conservative early. Let the establishment run Romney, Huckaphony, Giuliani and any other liberal they can throw into the mix. If we get behind one candidate early we can beat them.
If we do get a conservative again, we have to insist that he or she not load the cabinet and insider jobs with establishment liberals. That was Reagans first and biggest mistake and was the main reason he didnt get government scaled back.
136
posted on
05/29/2010 3:44:42 PM PDT
by
SUSSA
To: Dr. Sivana
I was disappointed with her resignation too.
It's now become apparent to me that her promise she made when she resigned, the one where she said she was free to come against the horrors of what was happening (my words) on a national scale, that's the one she had her eyes on and kept.
That she is the biggest thorn in the side of the Dems is fairly obvious. That she is one of the few that constantly and consistently sticks up for conservative principles, and sticks it to Bambi and the dems is to her credit. She hasn't "quit" at all, she's just reset her sights and they are on reclaiming our country.
Anyone who can't see that is either blind, or in one of the GOP factions that wants to be more important than she has become. Like Romney.
137
posted on
05/29/2010 3:46:00 PM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
To: Maelstorm
Beat me. Just show in black and white, dead bodies in emergency rooms. Have the words Obamacare morph into Romneycare. Have Romney’s face simultaneously morph into Obama. Done
138
posted on
05/29/2010 3:48:40 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the occupation media.)
To: SUSSA
No. Romney is the DNC’s first choice.
They are LOADED with material on the backstabbing,
carpetbagging, proven-poor governor.
What a useless worm Romney is to have thrown
the last election to Obama.
139
posted on
05/29/2010 3:50:55 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Article IV - Section 4 - The United States Â… shall protect each of them against Invasion)
To: SUSSA
If we do get a conservative again, we have to insist that he or she not load the cabinet and insider jobs with establishment liberals. That was Reagans first and biggest mistake and was the main reason he didnt get government scaled back.
Reagan's cabinet wasn't that bad. James Watt, Ed Meese, Raymond Donovan, Richard Schweicker (liberal on everything EXCEPT HHS stuff, so he was well-placed), Bill Bennett, Al Haig. These were good folks.
140
posted on
05/29/2010 3:52:16 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
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