Posted on 01/29/2012 2:21:56 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) sharply criticized the Republican Party establishment for using what she called a Stalin-esque rewriting of history to tar Newt Gingrich as he fights for the GOP presidential nomination.
Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, posted a nearly 1,400-word statement on her Facebook page on Friday in which she accused Republican party elders of employing tactics of the left to derail the Gingrich campaign.
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, Palin wrote. What we saw with this ridiculous opposition dump on Newt was nothing short of Stalin-esque rewriting of history. It was Alinsky tactics at their worst.
Palin has all but endorsed the Gingrich candidacy, saying before last weeks South Carolina primary that she would have voted for him if she had the chance. In her Facebook essay, she argued as she did in South Carolina that the GOP primary should go on so that each candidate, and particularly front-runner Mitt Romney, could be vetted by the public.
She did not call out Gingrichs critics by name, but two of the most prominent in the last week have been Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who tapped Palin as his running mate four years ago, and Bob Dole, the partys presidential nominee in 1996. Palin defended Gingrich, saying that while he is an imperfect vessel for Tea Party support, he fought in the trenches during the Reagan revolution.
In particular, she took on critics, including former members of the Reagan administration, who have accused Gingrich of standing against and undermining the 40th president, who is revered by conservatives.
Though she again stopped short of a full-throated endorsement of the former House Speaker, Palin made clear she has reservations about Romney, the former Massachusetts governor.
Now, I respect Governor Romney and his success, she wrote. But there are serious concerns about his record and whether as a politician he consistently applied conservative principles and how this impacts the agenda moving forward. The questions need answers now. That is why this primary should not be rushed to an end. We need to vet this.
Palin also complained that the same GOP establishment figures now criticizing Gingrich did not come to her aid in 2008 nor did they go after then-Sen. Barack Obama with the same fervor. Obama, she said, escape[d] unvetted.
The challenge of this election is not simply to replace President Obama, Palin wrote. The real challenge is who and what we will replace him with. Its not enough to just change up the uniform. If we dont change the team and the game plan, we wont save our country.
ain’t she just great.......
And I was never so disappointed in Drudge.....a headline for every attack on Newt, but a downplay on his great endorsement by Cain.....despicable Matt.....
Palin also complained that the same GOP establishment figures now criticizing Gingrich did not come to her aid in 2008 nor did they go after then-Sen. Barack Obama with the same fervor. Obama, she said, escape[d] unvetted.
They are ALL corrupt bastards. The internet changed the political business for these thieves and crooks, that’s for sure.
Sounds illegal. Maybe someone should contact Eric Holder. ;-)
The GOP and Democrats have merged to become The Party.
The party of DONE.
Ed Lasky
Oct 7, 2010
Great article
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/democrat_dirty_tricks_a_primer.html
Ill put Glenn Beck in this category
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I poop on Backstabber Romney for RomneyCARE and his lies.
Ain’t she great? Loves to run her mouth, but when the rubber meets the road, she clams up.
Sarah, you had your chance and millions of adoring fans, but you’re all cowgirl and no hat.
Sad.
Recall that Sarah said she would do what was best for the conservative movement. It was not about her. I believe her.
I disagree. She made the right move for herself and her family by not running this time, and she is one of the few to stand up strongly for Newt.
I think Sarah can do more as the non-contender. When Sarah speaks people listen. But in a pres race she will be butchered. By not being in the race she reserves all her power of persuasion for the most appropriate time.
I was surprised by drudge, But look Sarah, Cain, and Perry leaders in this race have picked Newt over the rest, I think He’s going to go a lot farther.
Lot’s of time to November. The donk’s, the press, and the washington establishment are not on our side.
I was thinking that actually the OWS crowd that will get out of control and riot sooner than later will be a help as well.
Again the TEA people will appear calm, rational, and thoughtful about our future and will bring over the democrats to vote our side
Very nice -- words of destruction and hate, or piling on for no discernible reason, rather than words of mending, healing, or edification. Those are the kinds of words the looney left use against her, and against Newt, the kinds of words the RINOs use.
It is one thing to oppose, argue a point, or refine the conversation; it is another to try to destroy using hatred or ridicule.
Stalinesque is right.
And look at those we thought were conservative, falling in line right behind Joseph Stalin. Corruption is a very nasty thing.
If I don’t miss my guess, the Dem Party Machine will use Sarah’s words referring to GOP party as Stalinisque....in a ad “Tea Party Favorite says GOP party like Stalin”....
Thanks Sarah....
Cheers!
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