Posted on 11/01/2010 5:50:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Via her Facebook page, Twitter account and regular appearances on Fox News Channel, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is everywhere these days -- and regularly takes the sort of potshots at other politicians and the media that most of her colleagues shy away from.
To wit:
* In an appearance last night on Greta Van Susteren's show, Palin took direct aim at two Politico reporters -- by name no less! -- for a piece they wrote detailing the behind-the-scenes effort of the GOP political establishment to kill her presidential ambitions before they grow. She called the reporters "jokes" for using anonymous sourcing, saying of those who hide behind the cloak of anonymity: "If they would man up and if they would, you know, make these claims against me then I can debate them, I can talk about it, but to me they're making stuff up again."
* In a Facebook post over the weekend entitled "Lisa, are you going to shut down my Facebook page for writing this", Palin castigated Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) for allegedly threatening a radio show host who urged his listeners to sign up as write-in candidates for tomorrow's election. (Murkowski is running a write-in candidacy following her defeat in an Aug. 24 primary by Palin-backed attorney Joe Miller.) "Lisa, you can sue me if you want (you won't be the first)," wrote Palin. "But I will not be intimidated from speaking my mind. Your intimidation just empowered us liberty-loving Alaskans. Are you really that out of touch?
Palin's willingness to air her personal grudges and grievances is without peer -- or question. But, whether her comments are merely a response to the negative coverage she has received or a broader strategy to position herself as diametrically opposed to the Republican establishment...
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
The coven of Hillary supporters at Politico wants to get rid of Sarah because the contrast in ‘12 between this beautiful, good, strong woman would be a devastating contrast to the hard, Leftist, shop-worn Hillary. Hillary will see to it that Obama will not run in ‘12, so Politico’s assertion that he would beat Sarah is a complete crock.
This is exactly correct.
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