Posted on 06/10/2009 5:17:11 AM PDT by Hawk720
Everyone seems to have a Sarah Palin story of ignored calls, mishandled invitations or unanswered e-mail. Disorganized is how one might charitably describe the Palin operation.
"Basically, it's just rude," says one political operative who is a Palin fan. "They've been running the great snub machine. That's the reason the boys in the Republican Party are unhappy with her."
That unhappiness has been building gradually in the past seven months, and it was on full display this week as the party faithful gathered for a fundraising dinner at which Palin originally was invited to speak. She was later uninvited, and Newt Gingrich took her place.
Watching the dinner-speaker spectacle develop, then unravel, then redevelop (Will she or won't she speak/attend?) felt like watching a middle-school romance in which a friend tells another friend that so-and-so has a crush on you-know-who, but don't tell anybody. A little silly, in other words. And embarrassing.
The "tick-tock" of what happened is a byzantine exercise in blame-shifting. Briefly, someone in Palin's "organization" accepted the original invitation in March, whereupon the dinner hosts issued a press release announcing that Palin would be the keynote speaker.
Yay!
But then, no, Palin had not accepted. In fact, the press release was the first she'd heard of it. The official story suddenly became that SarahPAC had jumped the gun and that Palin wasn't sure she could make the event. Enter Newt Gingrich. Then last week, so-and-so said she'd like to come, but you-know-who said, "We like someone else now."
There's more -- and stories vary -- but a common theme emerges: Seven months after the election, Palin still can't shoot straight. Unless something changes dramatically and soon, "Missed Opportunity" should be the title of her memoir.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
The future of the Republic is at stake and those egos need to be stroked. We are doomed!
SARAH!
Sarah Palin can get by without the boys in the Republican Party a lot more easily than the boys in the Republican Party can without her.
BTW Sarah, don't bother taking any advice from Kathleen Parker....
Let the games begin. Palin will win if she wants to. She is more popular to the mainstream in the GOP. Hope the party leaders wake up before it is too late.
Hit piece. Wonder what seduced or forced Kathleen Parker to the dark side?
This is interesting, and if true, very damning of Palin’s competence as a chief executive.
The buck stops with her, and if she has surrounded herself with people who are doing a poor job, then she has failed at her first task as an executive: choosing the right people.
More gibberish from PDS victim Kathleeeeen Parker.
They can’t tear down Sarah, so the RINOS shift the blame to her “people”. Whatever. The ones responsible for the “miscommunications and snubs” are the beltway hacks who spread rumours via “anonymous sources”.
Excuse me, did anyone around here ever hear about K. Parker BEFORE she was introduced as a “conservative” who disliked Sarah Palin?
Honest to God, I’ve never heard of this legendary conservative nor even seen an image of her.
When Dr. Sowell comes up with a column like that, I’ll pay attention.
And not until then.
It’s sick, they’re trying to ruin her.
But after 8 years of Omaba, the country will be begging Sarah to run.
Parker is anti-Palin for some time. Ala Peggy Noonan. Bitter Rinoettes can’t stand a strong, shining Conservative superstar.
A glimpse into Parker’s long time PDS:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZiMDhjYTU1NmI5Y2MwZjg2MWNiMWMyYTUxZDkwNTE=
The key words there are “if true,” esp when dealing with a WaPo hit piece...
Anonymous sources and Kathleen Parker told you so. It must be true./sarc
I would point out that you should look at her performance as governor to determine that rather than the high-school-clique atmosphere of Republican RINOs.
Her Bio:
Washington Post Writers Grop-
From:http://www.postwritersgroup.com/parker.htm
Praised for “attacking ignorance and stupidity with vividness and originality” by the judges of the prestigious H.L. Mencken Writing Award, which she won in 1993
Her column was nationally syndicated in 1995 and she joined The Washington Post Writers Group in 2006.
She is a regular guest on “The Chris Matthews Show” on NBC.
As an undergraduate, Parker studied in both the United States and abroad, including the University of Valencia in Spain. She holds a master’s degree in Spanish from Florida State University, and is writer in residence at the Buckley School of Public Speaking in Camden, S.C.
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Does this describe a Leftie?
Summary words:
H.L. Mencken Writing Award
regular guest on “The Chris Matthews Show”
University of Valencia in Spain
Buckley School of Public Speaking
Hah, taking advice from this vile harridan. No thanks.
Judge the advice by its source. Kathleen Parker’s the “conservative” who demanded Palin step down from the GOP ticket during the 2008 campaign.
kathleen parker stinks. i don’t believe anything she says anymore. she has decided to write “acceptable” pieces for the post, rather than the truth.
I get what you’re saying. However, it could be the most innocent of things. She hasn’t surrounded herself (right now) by political types who haven’t quite mastered the game...yet.
Nevertheless I agree with you: IF her intention is to move up (I guess I’m assuming some things of you), then she needs to come up with more experienced people. No argument from me on this.
Like a wise man once said around me:
“If you wanna run with the big dogs, you better learn how to pee in the tall grass!”
:)
"Kathleen Parker: After Interviews, Palin Should Bow Out"
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