Palin: “this ridiculous dump on Newt was nothing short of Stalin-esque re-writing of history”

Legal Insurrection ^ | 1/27/12 | William Jacobson

[Lakeshark]

Sarah Palin just launched a thousand points of fright at Team Romney and the Republican establishment who have been going after Newt’s relationship with Ronald Reagan, via Facebook:

We have witnessed something very disturbing this week. The Republican establishment which fought Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and which continues to fight the grassroots Tea Party movement today has adopted the tactics of the left in using the media and the politics of personal destruction to attack an opponent….

I am sadly too familiar with these tactics because they were used against the GOP ticket in 2008….

But this week a few handpicked and selectively edited comments which Newt made during his 40-year career were used to claim that Newt was somehow anti-Reagan and isn’t conservative enough to go against the accepted moderate in the primary race. (I know, it makes no sense, and the GOP establishment hopes you won’t stop and think about this nonsense. Mark Levin and others have shown the ridiculousness of this.) To add insult to injury, this “anti-Reagan” claim was made by a candidate who admitted to not even supporting or voting for Reagan. He actually was against the Reagan movement, donated to liberal candidates, and said he didn’t want to go back to the Reagan days. You can’t change history….

What we saw with this ridiculous opposition dump on Newt was nothing short of Stalin-esque re-writing of history. It was Alinsky tactics at their worst.

[RC one]

nice one

[ak267]

If Mitt wins the GOP nomination, it will be such fun to see him and his minions tell us to “get our asses in line.”

When they do their emails, letters, rallies and canvassing just watch the wellspring of volunteers and foot soldiers dry up. Forget the young turks, TP and bloggers...they’ll be helping the Senate, State and Congressional races. Mitt is gonna be alone and the MSM sharks will be circling. It will be a classic take down.

They will:

01. Try to rally the base (cough, cough, cough)
02. Try to mend fences (hammering us on the boards)
03. Try to scare us
04. Say they don’t need us...we’ll naturally come to him
05. Beg
06. Beg some more
07. Get desperate
08. Get a “token” conservative as the Veep
09. Lose
10. Make a ton of excuses
11. Blame the base
12. Blame the tea party
13. Blame talk radio
14. Blame the bloggers
15. Blame Sarah Palin (and try to poison her for 2016)
16. Roll out Jeb Bush for 2016

[Windflier]

I just ran across this post by Sarah while scrolling through my Facebook news feed.

I must say, that I completely expected her to put out some strong words about what’s happened in the presidential race this last week.

She certainly didn’t disappoint.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

There is a Civil War in the GOP—like the other one—it started in South Carolina —One side has all the money and power—the other side a rag tag group of citizens. But just as the Confederate States had the genius of men like Jackson and Lee—The Tea Party confederation has Newt and Sarah Palin. It looks like Bull Run is shaping up in Florida—all Tea Party supporters must send their aid to the embattled conservatives in the Sunshine State. Its going to be a long hard fought war and its for the true ownership of the GOP. It is for nothing less than the shape of the nation in a time of great peril. We fight with TV ads and ballots now—but if we do not succeed we may well be fighting the next time with bullets and bayonets to keep our freedom. God Bless the Tea Party Patriots! God Bless Newt and Palin!

[antceecee]

Good analysis. God help us.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

He’s really, really, really, really, really, really disgusted.

[onyx]

Professor Jacobson is one of us. He likes Sarah and Newt.

She really put her degree in journalism to use. I love the way he put it:

Sarah Palin just launched a thousand points of fright at Team Romney and the Republican establishment who have been going after Newt’s relationship with Ronald Reagan.

"Stalin-esque" re-writing of history. It was "Alinsky tactics" at their worst.

GO SARAH! GO NEWT!

She despises Romney too.

[GlockThe Vote]

Romney is really scaring me. He truly is a white Obama wo apology.

[onyx]

He has to be stopped Glock. George Soros has endorsed him. Soros said there’s little difference between Romney and Obama. It’s just time for a change.

[GlockThe Vote]

Romney started all this garbagevwhen it was clear that newt was doing well in the debates by staying above the fray.

I feel bad for newt because he dd not pick this fight. Mittens started this crap.

[ballplayer]

Lots of Sound And Fury signifiying nothing,She ends all the Ranting with a Question. Even Sarah has only Complaints like the rest of us,But NO answers just more Questions and frustrations

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Lakeshark.