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Al Sharpton Suggests GOP Has 'Lost Control' Over Sarah Palin
New York Magazine ^ | March 14, 2011 | Dan Amira

Posted on 03/15/2011 5:25:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

'She's becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition' read the headline for today's Politico story on some leading conservatives' growing disillusionment with Sarah Palin. The line was courtesy of Weekly Standard writer Matt Labash, who noted with apparent dismay Palin's "frequent appeals to victimhood and group grievance." Clearly conservatives consider the comparison an insult. But Reverend Al, for his part, says he refuses to be baited into getting offended. Instead, he tells us, "I would look at it with some curiosity, but it’s a funny circumstance to see them in. A lot of the establishment in the civil rights community didn’t know what to make of me [either]." Now, Sharpton says, the "question is whether they’re trying to distance her and therefore remove themselves from somebody they have lost control over."

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TOPICS: Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2012; alsharpton; palin; sarahpalin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Which “leading” conservatives? Who deemed them as such?

The establishment GOP has lost control over conservatives; that is true.


21 posted on 03/15/2011 5:44:43 PM PDT by Jemian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They are just flat-out scared to death of her. Even Ronald Reagan didn’t ellicit this kind of a response. They know she’s going to take them to the cleaners in 2012, and they can’t find an avenue to stop her.

They are throwing their entire arsenal at her and it is failing. Rush Limbaugh says he can’t figure it out. I can. She is like a bullet train plowing through the balsa wood of the Democratic platform. The tea party people are only the beginning. If the old farts in the Republican Party don’t see the handwriting on the wall, and they continue to try to edge her out, they will be like the Democrats who got blown away in 2010. She is the conservative’s Joan of Arc. Sorry Dems, but you did it to yourselves!


22 posted on 03/15/2011 5:45:53 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: definitelynotaliberal
What chaps my hide is the suggestion that Sarah Palin is akin to your average grievance pimp.

The woman was accused of being the motivating force behind a guy who committed mass murder for crying out loud. She's supposed to just quietly sit there and take it? To respond is to engage in "victimhood"????

I didn't click on The NY Mag link because I don't want to start getting homo-erotic spam and DemocRAT fund-raising telemarketing calls so maybe Labash lists some of the occasions wherein Sarah Palin plays the victim card but I doubt it. He's just spouting "current wisdom" pap.

What a bastard.

23 posted on 03/15/2011 5:46:55 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

What chaps my hide is that anyone pays attention to Sharpton.


24 posted on 03/15/2011 5:49:54 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Voting for the crazy conservative gave us Ronald Reagan....Ann Coulter)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Its all about control on the left. They cant compromise her so they cant control her. er go the constant attacks. You see the media will let you play their game as long as you show your cards. About every politician lives and dies by what others think of them. The media is the gatekeeper and amplifier of that identity of the politician. Palin has shown she gets her identity from her relationship from God, thus has no strings to yank, and can not be bullied into that position. Thus panic on the left.


25 posted on 03/15/2011 5:51:43 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Coming from the worlds greatest Racist organization’s:Black Democrats! That is Funny I do not want the GOP to control anyone,For Christ sakes you get a Rotten Mexican loving McCain or a Muslim Lackey Bush in return!!


26 posted on 03/15/2011 5:53:00 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
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To: Noumenon

I think its a compliment!


27 posted on 03/15/2011 5:53:46 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: Jemian

Dr. Charles Krauthammer (Democrat, speechwriter for Walter Mondale), George Will (A RINO’s RINO), Matt Labash (Bushie) and Peter Wehner (Bushie) among others.


28 posted on 03/15/2011 5:56:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; onyx

” Now, Sharpton says, the “question is whether they’re trying to distance her and therefore remove themselves from somebody they have lost control over.”

Lost control over???

LOLOL!
Go Sarah!


29 posted on 03/15/2011 5:56:26 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

First Meghan McCain and now Sharpton. Palin is having a good day.


30 posted on 03/15/2011 5:59:31 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We certainly hope so, Al.

Duh.


31 posted on 03/15/2011 6:00:33 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

RINOS, the whole lot of ‘em. Feh!


32 posted on 03/15/2011 6:11:48 PM PDT by Jemian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Al Sharpton is used to having his women under control, the male chauvinist pig.


33 posted on 03/15/2011 6:22:17 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
LOL, you are so right. One of the reasons she is so loved by the Grass Root Tea Party is that the GOP does NOT control her. If they did, I'd be looking for another candidate.
34 posted on 03/15/2011 6:22:24 PM PDT by fish hawk (R. Emmett Tyrrell: Liberalism is dead. What we see now is "soft Nazis-ism".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Al the Racebaiter just doesn’t “get it”. When the GOP takes control of Sarah Palin, she’ll be done. It’s an American thing. Don’t ever let anyone control you. Think about it Al.


35 posted on 03/15/2011 6:23:17 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you thought the lame duck Congress was fun, you're gonna love a lame duck Kenyan president.)
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Al Sharpton Suggests GOP Has ‘Lost Control’ Over Sarah Palin

You just can’t make this stuff up!

Too funny!


36 posted on 03/15/2011 7:00:17 PM PDT by credo 2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I suppose someone should let sharkman know we don’t allow the real men of our party beat down the women and leave them to fend for themselves by not paying child support. We don’t expect any real men here to tell Sarah Palin what to do at all in fact the real men here have found Sarah to be one of high stature and best listened to .


37 posted on 03/15/2011 8:13:40 PM PDT by Tigen (I shall raise you one .)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The old GOP is losing its base. Period.


38 posted on 03/16/2011 4:03:55 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: AdaGray
The old GOP is losing its base

Yep, and I'm one of them particularly after seeing them willingly hand over their leadership that WE bestowed upon them, they didn't "earn" it, we were just suckered, that's all. But we caught on much to their dismay, now to send a bunch of newbys that also suckered us packing. It'll take awhile, but it's doable.

39 posted on 03/16/2011 7:56:02 AM PDT by brushcop
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