Insider: Sarah Palin uninformed on Latino issues (Jonathan Martin Alert)

POLITICO.COM ^ | 23 NOVEMBER 2009 | JONATHAN MARTIN

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

A top adviser on Hispanic issues to John McCain’s presidential campaign said Sunday that a joint interview with McCain and Sarah Palin planned for Univision last fall had to be canceled because Palin was unprepared to discuss Latin America policy.

“She did not feel comfortable speaking about issues regarding Hispanics and Latin America,” GOP consultant Ana Navarro told Univision anchor Jorge Ramos in an interview. “Those are not topics that come up frequently in Alaska. So she asked to cancel the interview and, unfortunately, you were already there.”

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Jonathan Martin again, so take it with a grain of salt. The good people at C4P will debunk this shortly anyway.

[remaxagnt]

this is the policy keep your people over there and well keep our people over here!!!! hows that for policy

[freedom4me]

Well, let’s see, she really had a lot of Hispanic issues to deal with in Alaska, eh? She’s right on the most important issue: secure the border.

[Sarah Barracuda]

The McCain camp is complaining that they did not know that Sarah was against amnesty for illegals..are they serious, are they F’n serious. Bunch of dumb asses. It’s on record

[Diogenesis]

“And The Most Irresponsible Journalist Award Goes to The Politico’s Jonathan Martin!
So tell me, how do you write a “news” story about an organization paying for a speaker when you don’t even know if the organization is paying for the speaker?
Ask “journalist” Jonathan Martin. He knows all about it.
You see, Jonny wrote a piss poor story the other day about how the Iowa Family Policy Center will be paying a large speaker fee if Sarah Palin comes to Iowa to keynote the IFPC’s fall funderaiser.
The only problem is that Jonny has no sources confirming that any exorbitant fee is being charged or paid.
Jonny also got some inside info from David Kochel, who was a top aide to former (and future) presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.
Hey Dave, didn’t I just read a story about how Mitt Romney tried to buy off the Iowa Christian Alliance?
I heard you helped facilitate that little scheme. And somehow you are shocked at the thought of a well-known political figure (who very likely isn’t running for president) getting paid a speaker’s fee for (gasp) a public speaking appearance? ..
and then we’ve got Tim Albrecht quoted. He was the Iowa spokesman for Romney’s 2008 caucus campaign.”
And it always seemed like, whenever the Romney people had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates,
Jonny was their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.

[Jeff Chandler]

So what exactly is a “Latino issue”? Who has the best price on tripa, Food Giant or IGA?

[buccaneer81]

Latino issues? BWAHAHAHA! Screw ‘em!

[afnamvet]

Sarah Palin is informed on American issues and American values. That is what matters to this American.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Asked why she was going public, Navarro said: “I am uncomfortable with Sarah Palin. I have nothing against her. I’ll say she’s a very talented woman. Yet I think she owes John McCain her gratitude and loyalty. Let’s be clear: Today she is a rich and famous woman thanks to John McCain, who chose her. I think it’s not elegant. But of course, I know melodrama and soap operas sell books, not boring stories.”

Navarro -

First of all, Governor Palin didn't exactly beg to be the running mate. It was McCain that approached her, not the other way around.

Second of all, McCain would have lost in a landslide had Palin not been on the ticket.

Finally - she was already famous and starting to become popular as Governor of Alaska, and she would have finished her term in peace and THEN run for President in her own right. She may have not been rich, but she wouldn't have had to go through the character assassination and lies told about her either.

[Indy Pendance]

Correction:

Insider: Jonathan Martin uninformed on Sarah Palin issues

[PushinTin]

More BS from Johnathan. Could it possibly have been Sarah didn’t support John McCain’s stand on the Latino problems.

[ABQHispConservative]

Oh, and I suppose 0 is, what with Honduras, Venezuela, Brazil, etc.

The issues are simple: no to amnesty, stop feeding the corrupt governments down there, help people through trade of goods and services. And ignore everything that laraza says, they are bunch of communists. If she has any more questions, ask sheriff Joe.

[uncbob]

But there were numerous issues about Latin America that came up during Obama’s community organizational work so he was very aware

[gibtx2]

that community is unaware of AMERICAN ISSUES

[muawiyah]

No doubt Obama refereed disputes between Blackstone Nation and MS13.

[Jackson Brown]

BULL!

They should have done the interview with just McCain....they were NOT joined at the hip during the campaign...by any means.

She was/is wholeheartedly against illegal immigration...period. For the purposes of that audience, they would not want her there...period. Whoever (on the McCain campaign) set up that joint interview just plain screwed up — just like most of the campaign.

[Wpin]

I think she understands that illegal immigrants do not belong on American soil, period. That is all the “Latino issues” needed to understand.

[Da Coyote]

Is that like “doesn’t know what to do about illegal aliens?”

Methinks she knows exactly what to do.

As for the those to our south, we’ve got our own problems trying to avoid electing the same types of idiot leaders that got them into their problems.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I find it highly unlikely that Sarah Palin is uninformed on Latino issues.

[Indy Pendance]

They are trying so hard to trash Sarah, and it all rolls off her back like seal oil. They have no boogyman, Bush is gone, no Rep majority anywhere, no presidential hopeful, Newt, LOL, Romney, LOL, Huckster, LOL. Who do they fear? Sarah, she has the draw, she has the momentum, she is real people, she is you and me. The libs fear us for that, they fear Americans. Because, America will not accept losers and their loser ways. And we’ve had it up to here with liberal losers. Sarah is the real deal. Poor libs, I have no pity for them. They’re making their bed, hopefully they’ll all move to Europe.