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Palin: People Are Afraid to Call Members of Their Own Party Out on 'Crony Capitalism' (Transcript)
http://www.foxnews.com ^ | September 12, 2011 | Sarah Palin & Greta Van Susteren

Posted on 09/13/2011 7:06:06 AM PDT by Clyde5445

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To: 9YearLurker
BTW, you’re supposed to be a Santorum guy and Santorum endorsed ol’ Arlen—I don’t think you should be nitpicking any of Palin’s endorsements!

Absolutely I am going to question the Palin people on the McLame, Fiorina, Perry endorsements. Everyone jumped on Ricks case for being a full out RINO POS for that Arlen thing and needed to go away, yet Palin got really involved with these people and not a word. It seems far clearer why Rick backed Arlen when the entire GOP establishment including the sitting President told him to or risk losing campaign cash in a then very Blue state than why Palin picked who she picked and her motivations.

41 posted on 09/13/2011 9:27:26 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

So Rick was for sale?

Too bad it backfired, eh?


42 posted on 09/13/2011 9:45:02 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

You have yet to explain the reason for Palins ill advised or ill informed endorsements? Why would a FOX News Analyst be so into RINO candidates?


43 posted on 09/13/2011 9:55:07 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: justsaynomore

Palin didnt have to fill a $10 billion gap in 2003 without raising taxes, and a $25 billion gap in 2010 without raising taxes. Perry and the Republican Texas lege had to do that, and did it.

In 2008, Palin opposed budget cuts made in the Alaska Republican lege.

http://capitalcityweekly.com/stories/040208/news_20080402056.shtml
“Palin: Budget cuts a disservice to Alaskans”


44 posted on 09/13/2011 9:56:18 AM PDT by WOSG
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To: Lazlo in PA

So she should have only endorsed people in 2010 who were flawless? There is no one who fits that bill. She was supporting the best of the field at the time to try and make the Congress and as many governorships as conservative as possible. That doesn’t mean that she agrees with and/or supports every single action a candidate has ever done or ever will do. I have no problem with her supporting Perry for Gov, because what was the alternative to him? Geesh!


45 posted on 09/13/2011 9:58:27 AM PDT by JaguarXKE
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To: Count of Monte Logan

Like you think the media wont do the same to Perry ( or anyone else) that they did to palin? Here’s where I stand: unless the dems find another cadidate, the winner of the gop primary is the next president.


46 posted on 09/13/2011 10:12:20 AM PDT by jimjohn
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To: JaguarXKE
So she should have only endorsed people in 2010 who were flawless?

If you are going to roll out with that commentary she had on FOX last night, purity had better be the top priority. Otherwise her admonition of so called crony capitalism is hollow.

By the time Palin was in to help Perry, Kay Baily was hammering Perry on HPV. It was no secret to anyone on this issue with the specifics.

As I said before, there is no law that Palin needed to endorse anyone here, especially if he is as corrupt as she said he is last night.

47 posted on 09/13/2011 10:12:39 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Guess I need to go relisten. I missed her calling Perry “corrupt.”


48 posted on 09/13/2011 10:31:53 AM PDT by JaguarXKE
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To: Count of Monte Logan

“Gov Palin has just been deamonized by the media and is best not running, especially now that is’t too late.”

So, you suggest the MSM pick our candidates? Or that we pick candidates according to “electability” according to pollsters?


49 posted on 09/13/2011 11:09:59 AM PDT by jessduntno (Obama shanks. America tanks.)
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To: Lazlo in PA
So far I have seen no evidence of corruption. WHERE IS THE CORRUPTION?

Palin is overdoing this idea of crony capitalism. She's pretending she is Mrs. Perfect while everyone else is corrupt. She inferred it in her film when they showed photos of Boehner, Cantor and McConnell but she has never shown one bit of evidence they are corrupt.

I see no evidence of Perry's corruption either.

50 posted on 09/13/2011 11:17:07 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma ( You cannot elevate Palin by tearing down Perry)
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To: Clyde5445
VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Now, there's a CNN poll out. You have not announced your candidacy. You've given us no hint either way. And we keep all pounding on you and trying to pry it out of you with all sorts of sneaky questions. But the fact is that having not announced your candidacy, you're in third place, which is quite a remarkable place, considering that others have announced and are obviously not in third place.

So where do you stand tonight? Are you more interested or less interested, more engaged in this, tempted or just finished with it, or what is it?

PALIN: Still very engaged internally with my family in discussions about whether we should do this or not, Greta. But in the meantime, I'm getting kind of a kick out of this, and I have to be honest with you, getting a kick out of getting out there, giving a speech, making some statements about things that must be discussed, and then the very next day watching some of the candidates get out there and discuss what it was that we just talked about, like the corruption, the crony capitalism, the waste, the fraud, some of the things that are going on right now.

It's, like, Come on, candidates! It's about time you started talking about that. And if that perhaps is my role right now, presently, is to get people talking about the issues that the American people deserve to hear discussed and then solutions can -- can result from the discussion about some of these issues that we talk about, I'm going to keep doing that.

Sounds like she's not running.

51 posted on 09/13/2011 11:29:21 AM PDT by calcowgirl ("Sapere Aude!" --Immanuel Kant)
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To: Count of Monte Logan

Wake up! Perry believes in many of the same things Gov Palin believes in...or at least he says he does. The very same things they hate about Palin.

Not believers in evolution,or global warming,holds Christian family values, perceived as anti gay.

So get real, the Palin haters are going to hate Perry just the same


52 posted on 09/13/2011 1:44:14 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Sarah Palin 2012 or flippin bust)
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To: reasonisfaith

“Is Governor Palin the only one who hasn’t?”

Yes.


53 posted on 09/13/2011 6:36:14 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: calcowgirl; stephenjohnbanker; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; BufordP
RE :"Sounds like she's not running."

I bought the 'not running' stock when it was rock bottom. Even during the East coast History bus tour when they all proclaimed the day has dawned I was posting 'not running' without reservation(and got hissed at). Then there was the 'see you in Iowa;' video supposedly predicting a big announcement on Sept 3, and Team Sarah trying to put out those high expectations. That was REALLY funny. Now a bunch went out on a limb for Sept 18 which is pretty soon.

Every time they all claim they see her 'running' I have seen her 'not running'. But this Greta interview is pretty plain. NOT RUNNING. IT WAS ALWAYS OBVIOUS!

54 posted on 09/13/2011 7:11:44 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Over-taxed means 'paying too much in taxes', not zero taxes)
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To: Lazlo in PA

“Seems like there is either some deficiency in Palins judgement or she really didn’t think this was an issue of corruption.Something doesn’t add up here based on Palins own words last night.”

Or maybe she simply wasn’t aware of the details. Or perhaps you’re simply being disingenuous.


55 posted on 09/13/2011 7:30:20 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: Count of Monte Logan

“Gov Perry can win.”

Maybe. Maybe not. Do you honestly think that the leftmedia won’t do it’s best to demonize Gov. Perry when and if he becomes the gop nominee?

If we’re only going to support candidates that will have a relatively easy go of it from the leftmedia and the gop establishment, then let’s stop fussing with any candidate other than Mitt Romney.


56 posted on 09/13/2011 7:37:49 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: RKBA Democrat
Or maybe she simply wasn’t aware of the details.

So you are going with poor judgment since she didn't bother to look into any of the charges that Kay Baily was leveling at Perry before her endorsement. Readily available info . The moment Perry's name was mentioned as a possible candidate for POTUS, threads lit up on FR with the Perry's Merck connections and the staffer turned lobbyist. None of this was a secret.

57 posted on 09/13/2011 8:14:19 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

“So you are going with poor judgment since she didn’t bother to look into any of the charges that Kay Baily was leveling at Perry before her endorsement.”

Nothing of the sort. I don’t expect anyone, politician or otherwise, to know the intimate details of what would have been an obscure Texas political controversy at the time. And in any case, even if we make the worst assumptions about Rick Perry’s handling or motivations on the gardasil issue, was he still a better candidate for Texas Governor than KBH? Easily he was.

I don’t think that Sarah Palin made a mistake in endorsing Rick Perry for governor. It is one thing to say that Rick Perry was the better candidate for governor of Texas a few years ago given the competition, and quite another to say that he is the better candidate for President now.


58 posted on 09/13/2011 8:31:41 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: calcowgirl; stephenjohnbanker; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; BufordP; rabscuttle385; mkjessup; ...
Crystal Ball time, sometime before the November election we will see:

She was brilliant. brilliant! She had them all fooled. She even had us fooled. By doing what she did, keeping the idea alive she MIGHT be a candidate and never having to become one, she changed the presidential primary debate so it was performed on her terms. She made them debate crony capitalism. They all danced to her tune terrified she would jump in if they didnt. She made the MSM ask the questions she wanted them asked and to talk about her being a 'potential' candidate, especially that stupid FNC. She dominated the race without even being a candidate just like she won the 2010 mid-term races without even running for office herself. She changed the nature of leadership by leading us unconventionally. She even had me fooled, and that takes a-lot to do.

Can you see it too?

59 posted on 09/13/2011 9:45:12 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Over-taxed means 'paying too much in taxes', not zero taxes)
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To: calcowgirl; stephenjohnbanker; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; BufordP
While I didnt disagree with what Palin said on Greta ( as Romney and Perry are UGGGH) and instead I thought it made sense it made me think of how many comments had been posted the past 24+ months claiming that Palin follows a Reagan commandment "THOU Shall NOT speak ill of ANY Republican" . I must have seen it at least 50 times. It seems like those posters had bad compasses on her.
60 posted on 09/13/2011 10:01:20 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Over-taxed means 'paying too much in taxes', not zero taxes)
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