Redstate is at it again (deceptive Palin hit-piece)

C4P ^ | 8-13-2011 | ak267

[ak267]

Earlier today the Perry cheer-leading website ran with a post titled “Palin is not going to run“. That post is based on a response Governor Palin gave to David Brody on when she will make her decision whether she will be running for president. This is what the Governor said:

[DrewsMum]

I don’t care if Mexico is freakin’ Utopia-land! Are you saying that if they decide to become capitalists, THEN it’s cool to dissolve our borders?

[Rearden]

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I like a great deal of what Erickson prints, yet I am a solid Palin fan, does this mean that I’m some sort of weirdo or something?

Like I care. If Perry is ultimately the guy, I go with Perry. If Bachman is the girl, I go with her, but Sara is my gal.

[McGruff]

“I don't want to be president of the United States. I'm not going to run for the presidency of the United States,” Perry told Reuters in an interview in the Texas state capital.

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1517695420101215

[sarah fan UK]

Another two faced lying pol. Gee what a surprise.

[raybbr]

And RitaOK the PDS troll makes an appearance right on que.

Name calling in defense of a non-existent candidate always sways me...

[CharlesWayneCT]

You know what would put a stop to all these web site postings saying that Sarah Palin isn’t running?

A statement from Sarah Palin saying she is running.

Until then, I presume that she, being a savvy political campaigner, and having a plan in place, knows what she is doing, and having people speculating that she isn’t running is part of that plan.

So it seems silly to keep complaining everytimg someone takes Sarah Palin’s bait. Sarah Palin has twitter and facebook and can draw a huge crowd of people and reporters whenever she wants. She is an excellent speaker, and knows how to say what she means. So I don’t think she needs people running around crying every time some web site speculates about her intentions.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don't know how anybody, conservative or not, could run around saying they love the RINO in Perry and reject the conservative in Palin. Overall, these two compare on the issues:

Sarah Palin is a Populist-Leaning Conservative

Rick Perry is a Hard-Core conservative

Of course, that's just the opinion of "On The Issues". They rank things based on actual candidate statements and on actual candidate votes and actions, but sometimes HOW they rank an action or statement might be different than you or I would.

I'm looking forward to someone taking the time to pick all the issues conservatives care about, and post a side-by-side with what Rick Perry nad Sarah Palin say, and what the did while in office, on each issue.

Right now there's kust a lot of disconnected posts and charges, as supporters jockey for position and to define the candidates to their own choice's benefit.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t know if people actually think much about what it is like to live in a community with historical ties, but which is separated by a country boundary. IT’s not about letting people sneak over the boarder to become illegal immigrants. It’s about people who are friends and neighbors being able to shop at a nice store 5 miles away, or about allowing your livestock to graze across a stream, or to visit your friends for dinner.

I have a boundary with my neighbor, and yet we can walk across it to chat, he can come help me, I can help him, we watch our houses.

If you live right on the border, your closest neighbor may well be a person from another country — and if they build a 20-foot wall between your houses, and the nearest border crossing is 100 miles away, you don’t have a neighbor anymore.

We have a pretty open border with Canada. Of course, that’s because we don’t have Canadians trying to sneak into our country to steal our jobs.

I believe there are places in Texas where there is little chance that illegals are going to try to cross the border.

As a non-border-state person, I would like to see a fence, because the only “neighbors” I see from Mexico that would be deterred by a fence are those who have come to my state illegally to work jobs at slave wages and to change our culture to a non-American one.

I want to see Rick Perry’s position on immigration as a President. It should be different than his position as a governor of a border state, and hopefully more to our liking.

[Sea Parrot]

“Name calling in defense of a non-existent candidate always sways me...”

But attacking that same non-existent candidate sends a thrill up your leg?

[shield]

Unfortunately, RedState has gone to the darkside...

[raybbr]

But attacking that same non-existent candidate sends a thrill up your leg?

Okay, so you equate an anonymous poster with a public figure?

In answer, Palin is fair game as she is in the public spotlight and is offering her opinion and putting forth a position.

We posters, on FR, are actually here to voice our opinion about that. Resorting to name calling is pure childishness. I can go over to DU and watch that all day.

[reasonisfaith]

Maybe you overlooked the fact that as Governor, Palin was better than Perry, Huntsman and Romney at managing debt and allowing jobs to be created.

Maybe you overlooked how good Palin is at bringing attention to corruption, and turning in the bad guys.

Maybe you overlooked how good Palin is, unlike almost all politicians, at keeping her promises.

Maybe you didn’t notice the fact that these qualities are what we need in a President in order to address the problems in our nation’s government.