Thank God the people weren't that shallow when this 54 year old was first elected.
Posted on 09/02/2011 2:09:26 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The bad news for Palin fans? If NRO’s Robert Costa and CNN’s Peter Hamby are right, tomorrow’s not “the day.” The good news? Per Hamby, “the day” may still be coming.
The source said Palin is attempting to burnish her image as an outsider and a reformer, reminding the audience of her record in Alaska and specifically highlighting her battles against what she called the state’s corrupt Republican political class that was in cahoots with the oil and gas industry.
Palin plans to unleash a furious criticism of “crony capitalism” and attack the “permanent political class” in both parties: thinly veiled criticisms of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has surged to the top of most polls for the Republican presidential nomination.
Political opponents have long accused Perry, who has held some form of elected office since 1985, of rewarding his allies and campaign donors with plum government posts and contracts.
Though she has no plans to mention Perry or any other Republican presidential hopeful by name, Palin will implicitly contrast herself against the current crop of GOP candidates and further define her brand in case she does decide to run.
Scott Conroy of RCP got a preview of the speech too and also seized on those phrases as veiled digs at Perry. Whether that’s a case of him and Hamby reading things the same way independently or, more significantly, whether their sources inside Palin’s camp are pushing that reading on them, I can’t tell. If she does end up taking a dig at Perry, the only reason to do it is that she’s planning to announce herself in a few weeks. Criticizing him just to criticize him would be unthinkable given the mileage the left will get out of it, but it makes sense if she’s running per her “I’ll jump in if there’s no one else to carry the banner” rationale from months ago. She needs to distinguish herself from Perry somehow in order to justify that logic and this would be one way. (Conroy notes that she’ll also tout her record as governor, another sign that she’s in.) But don’t jump to conclusions: Much depends on how all this is framed in the speech. By “permanent political class,” she may mean the Beltway; and the attack on “crony capitalism” might be aimed explicitly at Obama, with good reason. Who knows? She could throw us a curveball by praising Perry or the other nominees outright in the speech. Or maybe tomorrow’s “the day” after all and the leaks to Costa and Hamby that she’s not announcing are merely a feint designed to throw the media off her trail.
John Fund thinks she’s not running and will probably end up endorsing Perry, but if Hamby and Conroy are right about those veiled digs, that endorsement will be highly nuanced indeed. Via the Right Scoop, here’s her old pal Karl Rove on Fox this morning warning her that she’s doing damage to her prospective candidacy with this endless game of “in or out?”. Is he right? Her core supporters will forgive her anything, but Rasmussen’s latest finds 52 percent of Republicans think it would be bad for the GOP if she jumped in. No doubt Rick Perry agrees. Does Mitt Romney? Click the image to watch.
I’m humbled and flattered FrOG. Thank you for your kind words.
This is my position (not that it matters)
I am a supporter of Sarah Palin & Rick Perry. I see the country collapsing; I have children and 1 grandchild. With that said, there is only 2 people that ‘get it’; One has announced and the other hasn’t.
Haven't owned a television in years, so I'll take your word for it.
Takeaway from that is that you cannot define PDS. It would be helpful when that term is dragged into the discussion to know what it actually means.
Have a good Holiday
“I wonder if all those folks with enormous faith invested in her think it’s priceless.”
It IS priceless the way she plays the media. Her announcement is coming in October.
“I’ve been a Palin supporter since I first saw her speak at the GOP convention in 2008..... She has been my first choice for POTUS in 2012.....But I’m beginning to grow weary of her sh!t and will drop advocacy for her very soon.....Once I do that she’ll not win back my vote in 2012.”
Yes she will...You’ll vote for her once you see the contrast between her opponents and what made her stand out to you in the first place.....
I love you too, Sam.
Potty mouth in Aisle 7.
I bet you were one hell of a hall monitor is school dipstick. How many times did you get your a__ kicked for being a snitch. You are laughable.
If you want FR to turn into DU, that’s your problem.
That’s alright, people like you are doing a bang up job already.
As long as she’s working for Fox, means she isn’t running.
>>> it’s getting to the point where I don’t even want to hear her name anymore
I hear that. But it’s not entirely Sarah’s fault. The breathless cheerleading in her behalf went into annoying overkill long ago. And as the other candidates leave her behind they just ramp the volume up that much louder. Denial at work I suppose.
Thank God the people weren't that shallow when this 54 year old was first elected.
I predict she will never be on Fox again
Sarah Palin will injure conservatism by attacking any conservative candidate when she herself has not entered the race. Reagan’s rule is that you don’t speak ill of your friends.
Friends might not be perfect, but they are friends.
We should go out of our way to avoid injuring: Palin, Perry, Bachmann, Cain, Santorum, Gingrich. We could need them to be in the senate, house, or governorship at some time in the near future.
Whatever we think of their weaknesses, any criticism should be balanced by the statement that they are far better than liberal republicans and surely better than socialist Obama.
Exactly, Outlaw Woman.
The "Crony Capitalism = Perry" agitprop has been picked up and repeated by left-wing media outlet after left-wing media outlet. The Washington Post article on Palin used by Drudge today ends:
However, as explained in the first comment of a thread I posted yesterday, "Crony Capitalism" has been a long-standing Sarah Palin theme that has absolutely nothing to do with Rick Perry. (Below)
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Crony capitalism: Perry’s Achilles heel? (Media agitprop distorting Sarah’s long-term position)
Once hints about Sarah Palin’s speech on September 3 began to leak out, it seems that the Left-wing media has latched on to a new line of attack against the GOP front-runner: The media claims that Sarah Palin is specifically targeting Rick Perry by the use of the phrase “Crony Capitalism”. This line of attack is now being picked up by other left-wing media including CNN.
The truth is that “Crony Capitalism”, where the Federal Government in general and the Democrats in particular pick winners and losers by interfering with the marketplace and “decide which firms to rescue or close, and which creditors to reward and how” has been a long-standing Sarah Palin theme.
What Sarah Palin means by “Crony Capitalism” is explained by Sarah Palin herself in this article written by Sarah a year and a half ago, back in April, 2010, before Rick Perry was even reelected Governor of Texas and before Perry was even on the Presidential radar screen.
Institutionalizing Crony Capitalism, by Sarah Palin on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 7:28pm
What was Sarah Palin doing in February, 2010, two months before she wrote her “Crony Capitalism” article?
Sarah was endorsing Rick Perry for reelection at a joint Houston rally.
08 February 2010 .... Palin brings out crowd for Perry rally near Houston
Be aware of what the left-wing media agitprop is trying to accomplish here.
This is ludicrous. You're arguing for the sake of arguing. Go talk to a mirror or something.
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