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Palin takes aim at GOP presidential candidates
The Hill ^ | September 12, 2011 | Josh Lederman

Posted on 09/13/2011 7:41:38 AM PDT by AAABEST

Palin even went as far as to lend her voice to the charge leveled by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) during the debate against Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R): That he allowed a law to go though requiring HPV vaccinations for adolescent girls because of a $5,000 campaign donation and his relationship with his former chief of staff, who went on to lobby for a pharmaceutical company.

"I knew there was something to it," Palin said of learning while she was Alaska's governor that her Texas counterpart had given the go-ahead to the vaccine. "Now we're finding that now, yea, something was up with that issue. It was an illustration or bit of evidence of some crony capitalism."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antivax; bachmann4romney; captaingardasil; gardasil; gardasilrick; merck4perry; palin; palin4romney; payforplay; perry; sarahpalin; youbetcha
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To: txrangerette
If Perry had only known...

Yeah, if only he had known...a lot of things.

101 posted on 09/13/2011 9:08:15 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: papasmurf

bttt


102 posted on 09/13/2011 9:08:15 AM PDT by Matchett-PI (Obamageddon, Barackalypse Now! Bam is "Debt Man Walking" in 2012 - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Cinnamontea
What is Palin’s point? Real crony capitalism is occurring with Solyndra, and she's worried about smearing the leading GOP challenger to Obama with half-truths and outright lies.

I guess her point is to turn the GOP against each other and to slime candidates from her paid role as “analyst”. Since she is a paid member of the media, I guess I don't see why I can't question her motives when she smears GOP candidates.

103 posted on 09/13/2011 9:08:39 AM PDT by Carling (DeMint to Obama: I want to read the bill, not listen to talking points off a TelePrompter.)
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To: wardaddy
Strictly an opinion....

Palin is what she is....a communication and journalism major.

She knows she can't have the nomination and she's missing 3 huge target audiences....blacks, the youth vote and hispanics.

Naw....Palin wants a lucrative media job not the job of President.

104 posted on 09/13/2011 9:08:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: papasmurf

Wow so much thought. She does have the freedom but with that comes responsibility. Totally irresponsible to throw darts when she herself has taken donations. That is clearly hypocritical. She could have handled the conversation much better.

And do you think maybe Reagan saw the harm in that and he created the 11th Commandment. Please don’t disrespect the Reagan legacy, Palin is no Reagan, no matter what month it is.


105 posted on 09/13/2011 9:08:58 AM PDT by jerseyrocks
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To: wardaddy

Instead of taking aim, she should cowboy up and join in.

WHY? Because you have the patience of a two year old? Because the MSM declares she should? Whenever I read a sentence like this, I immediately think of lemmings. There's no reason why she should declare, it's just what all the fashionable lemmings are saying.


106 posted on 09/13/2011 9:09:21 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Oh, and so I guess all these breathless MSM reports I'm reading this morning on this board and elsewhere about Palin's comments are figments of my imagination?

Ha! Tell you what, if Palin announces her candidacy one of these days, weeks, months, years I'll happily eat my words. I'm not worried in the least.

And like "death panels" before, the discussion is now about "crony capitalism." I guess she didn't have anything to do with coining those words either...

Coming up with a couple catch phrases is far different than running for president. One requires actual work & there's no evidence Palin is up for it.

107 posted on 09/13/2011 9:09:36 AM PDT by gdani
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I notice the rabid attacks by Palin supporters on everyone who dares to dissent about her supernatural political powers is starting to diminish.

No, we're just real busy in RL these days. If you want a true measure of her strength here on FR, just check my profile page, scroll down to the very bottom, and then stand in awe.

108 posted on 09/13/2011 9:11:57 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Cinnamontea

Maybe you can teach Sarah Palin how to modulate her voice and string together two gramatically correct sentences so we can better understand her message. LOL!

I have no ill will toward Palin except that I believe she is playing everyone about running for president and its getting old and irritating. I’m thinking there is going to be a lot of vitriol coming from disappointed Palinistas soon.


109 posted on 09/13/2011 9:12:24 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: gdani
That little reminder...Palin is a communications and journalism major...not political history, not law etc...

Every "repeated word" is like a little commercial...Buyer beware!!

110 posted on 09/13/2011 9:14:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Georgia Girl 2
We have a guy in office right now with a well-modulated voice. How's that working out? People like you are why we have presidents like Obama.


111 posted on 09/13/2011 9:14:57 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: Bronurstomp

Fox News pays Palin $1 million/year to draw ratings to their network.

She sold herself out to FoxNews, that fact can’t be denied, but she seems to be doing her job well. She’s a paid member of the media, and people need to remember that her job is to say controversial things that draw viewers to the network.


112 posted on 09/13/2011 9:16:34 AM PDT by Carling (DeMint to Obama: I want to read the bill, not listen to talking points off a TelePrompter.)
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To: AAABEST
It's disheartening to see Palin doing this. I have grown more and more lukewarm on her within the past year.

Is Perry's Gardasil problem troubling? Yes. I jumped on him when it happened. But he's admitted it was a mistake--which is quite rare in politics because the result is that no one EVER lets you forget it.

But to watch Bachmann especially go totally overboard with it smacks of attack by proxy. I think the theory that she is Romney's attack dog gains more credibility each day.
113 posted on 09/13/2011 9:17:39 AM PDT by Antoninus (Nothing that offends God can possibly be a legitimate right.)
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To: Carling
Fox News pays Palin $1 million/year to draw ratings to their network.

Oh God, here we go again. Who do you think you're talking to? A bunch of lefties who hate the idea of people making money? Using this argument repeatedly as you do, I have to wonder if you're a conservative.


114 posted on 09/13/2011 9:19:01 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: AAABEST

Maybe she should take out after Michelle Obama for her eye rolling at the 9/11 ceremony.


115 posted on 09/13/2011 9:19:02 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: jerseyrocks
If we transposed Reagan's times to now, he would have stil been un-announced. But don't let history get in the way of your PDS...

The fear is strong in this thread...

Run, Sarah, RUN!!!

116 posted on 09/13/2011 9:19:48 AM PDT by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; All

VR, it’s amazing how far so called ‘Conservatives’ are willing to go to defend the indefensible.

They ignore the fact that their candidate took one hell of an anti-conservative position RE: Guardasil, regardless of how it shook out, or more correctly the legislature corrected his thinking on the matter. Why did they even have to? Since when does an actual ‘conservative’ need correcting over parental authority matters?

And while the ‘crony capitalism’ phrase may be the latest attention getter, it is none the less true. Perry has, at minimum, the appearance of financial tomfoolery RE: his office and ‘pay to play’ allegations. They need vetting whether Perry supporters like it or not. So of course, these great ‘conservative minds’ come up with excuses justifying it in Perry because we ‘have to unite behind’ a crony capitalist because he can ‘beat Obama.’ Newsflash. The vaunted polls most of you believe in say that “generic Republican” can beat Obama so explain again why ‘Perry” is the way, truth and light.

You mad bro?

All the Perry supporters on this thread need to answer a very simple question.

“What’s more important to you...winning or abandoning the principles you ‘claim’ to believe in?”

I say ‘claim’ because I see scant evidence of actual conservative principles guiding your statements, just a blind desire for ‘winning’.

You Conservative Bro? Or no?

Perhaps Perry can suitably explain his lapses of judgment and perhaps he can be forgiven for them. Time will tell. But right now, some of you are defending one hell of a problem he has yet to explain. One among several. How is government EVER in the right usurping parental authority? What ‘conservative’ ever allows such stupidity into his mind? And some of you are attacking the messenger for pointing it out.

Just like the libs at DU.
Just like the MSM
Just like the Democrats.
And your fellow Freepers can see that.

Perhaps you should see your doctor because conservatism may not be right for you. If ‘Winning’ is all that matters to you, give Charlie Sheen a call. Some of us prefer integrity, honesty and something besides traditional Washington BS.


117 posted on 09/13/2011 9:19:50 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: mrspeelwerneeded

So what was Ronald Reagan’s excuse for waiting until November 13, 1079?


118 posted on 09/13/2011 9:21:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
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To: AAABEST
A $5000 donation is a drop in the campaign war chest when you look at the numbers. Sarah is absolutely correct about the cronyism nature of the donation. It illustrates what she has been fighting against for 20 years. $5000 may be small peanuts in Texas politics, but many politicians work these small donations until they add up to big money. The donors use this money to insure that the government money keeps rolling in. And that government money (our tax money) winds up in the politician's war chest where it can earn new money through various investment schemes. Rick Perry needs to reject this system which is very disqusting to the American public. If he does not do that, then Sarah had better step in and run.
119 posted on 09/13/2011 9:21:47 AM PDT by jonrick46 (2012 can't come soon enough.)
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To: Cinnamontea
“Here we go again”

I'm pointing out a fact. Palin is a handsomely paid member of the media. Fox isn't paying her to be milquetoast, are they? Why do you take issue with me pointing out that Sarah Palin is a member of the media, and that her comments should be viewed in that context?

120 posted on 09/13/2011 9:22:28 AM PDT by Carling (DeMint to Obama: I want to read the bill, not listen to talking points off a TelePrompter.)
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