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Posted on 04/15/2012 3:05:31 PM PDT by STARWISE
Ahead of her Fox News special Paying at the Pump, Sarah Palin gave an interview to Breitbart.com. Discussing various aspects of energy policies, Palin’s final question was about the network’s boss Roger Ailes — and her response wasn’t exactly glowing.
The question was: “Governor, many people were disappointed that you decided not to run for president this year, but are still hoping that you might one day run for the White House in the future.
Roger Ailes was recently quoted as saying, ‘Sarah Palin had no chance to be President.’ What do you make of that?”
“Interesting,” Palin said, before continuing on to say:
I haven’t heard all of his remarks, but I wonder if he is aware that the same thing was said about me when I ran for city council, mayor, and eventually governor. No doubt many people who are told they can’t do something will work that much harder, and they succeed.
Maybe you guys should send him a copy of Steve Bannon’s The Undefeated. The theme of Steve’s film isn’t about me, but about the idea of not letting others dictate one’s path in life and never giving up when you’re fighting for something precious like our exceptional nation and our children’s futures. So, would you send a copy of The Undefeated to him?
You’ll recall that last year Ailes made some headlines following a New York magazine profile. The piece quoted a Republican source close to Ailes as saying:
“Roger is worried about the future of the country. He thinks the election of Obama is a disaster. He thinks Palin is an idiot. He thinks she’s stupid. He helped boost her up. People like Sarah Palin haven’t elevated the conservative movement.”
UPDATE: Mediaite reached out to Roger Ailes and he further clarified his remarks from last night’s UNC event in context::
He said, “When I hired most of the Republican contributors, none of them had any immediate prospects of becoming President —I wasn’t referring to any of their long-term prospects, including Governor Palin. I hired all of them because they made for good television at the time. Sarah Palin is young and nobody can predict the future.”
(H/T Breitbart.com)
>> “and right now people don’t think she’s Presidential timber” <<
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Just a small handfull of small minded Eddie Haskel types. Most would have loved for her to run.
>> “We had excellent candidates who did, who didn’t garner enough support” <<
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Who, pray tell, might those have been?
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Now THAT is absolutely true.
Ailes is a Rupert Murdoch but kisser, not his own man, just like Hannity.
We should feel sorry for them.
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Cain and Santorum, respectively. Had conservatives gotten behind either one, we’d not be looking at Romney as the nominee.
One person’s folksy and perky is viewed by another person as idiocy.
It is true: you only get one chance to make an impression.
I agree that Cain was a quality candidate; that is why he was ambushed, but Santorum is garbage. He is fake to his core.
This debate has been settled by the facts.
Two? The "facts", please.
Stuff it mittbot! You know diddle squat - you’re merely a pawn.
One thing we gotta say about Mitt, the SOB damn sure wants to be POTUS.
Ailes did his contribution for the POS mitt. EVIL knows no bounds - anyone supports or votes for him, they attached themselves to his spirit which is evil. And they can't shake it off.
Thanks for the update on the barryboob.
I love Willie Wonka.
"I hired all of them because they made for good television at the time. Sarah Palin is young and nobody can predict the future.”
Liberal speak for "Yeah, I thinks she's dumb, but she kicks ass on ratings and I want to keep my options open for booking is the future"
Even if Romney wins this year, and maybe if he wins in 2016, Romney will have disappointed a lot of Conservatives. If he wins this year and fails to produce, or tacks back toward the left, Palin should appoint herself as his No. ONE critic. In short, do copy Reagan. She will be still under 60 in 2020.
If Palin had not resigned as governor, she would have had to endure an assault on her in 2010 that she probably could not have survived, because the DNC had followed her back to Alaska, and the Alaska Dims now long made common causes with her. They had in fact linked up with the big oil companies with an alliance of convenience. Then there was the Murkowski factions, who also had its knives out. Fact is that Palin was a maverick and as we can see from this year’s Republican race, neither businessmen men not pols like mavericks. This is why they all piled on to stall the Tea Party movement. Control is the name of the game.
Who is this dog?
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