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Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
LA Times ^ | July 13th, 2009 | Mark Z. Barabak

Posted on 07/12/2009 11:14:59 PM PDT by militanttoby

Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck."

And those were fellow Republicans talking.

Palin has been a polarizing figure from the moment she stepped off the tundra into the bright lights last summer as John McCain's surprise vice presidential running mate. Some of that hostility could be expected, given the hyper-partisanship of today's politics.

What is remarkable is the contempt Palin has engendered within her own party and the fact that so many of her GOP detractors are willing, even eager, to express it publicly -- even with Palin an early front-runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: palin; palinresignation; waronsarah
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1 posted on 07/12/2009 11:14:59 PM PDT by militanttoby
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Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck."

So pretty much nothing's changed.

2 posted on 07/12/2009 11:21:59 PM PDT by eclecticEel (The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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To: militanttoby
To them she has not paid her political dues. she not an old Rino and they feel threatened by her youth and convictions.
3 posted on 07/12/2009 11:23:52 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953
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I’ve seen more articles ABOUT “Republicans attacking Palin” than I’ve seen Republican attacking Palin.


4 posted on 07/12/2009 11:24:15 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (My boss--an Obama supporter--is closing the business. Change!)
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To: Darkwolf377

This guy’s a Democrat media hack attacking Palin.


5 posted on 07/12/2009 11:26:13 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: guitarplayer1953
she not an old Rino and they feel threatened by her youth and convictions.

Convictions, something Rinos and Democrats have no understanding of.

6 posted on 07/12/2009 11:27:35 PM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: guitarplayer1953

“To them she has not paid her political dues. she not an old Rino and they feel threatened by her youth and convictions.”

I disagree. The chattering class abhors Mrs. Sarah Palin because she is one of the regular folks, like the average American. The former governor did not attend an Ivy League college and does not come from pedigree stock, if you will.

Futhermore, Mrs. Sarah Palin has the audacity to shamelessly stand for true conservative principles, and does not condescend or appease her critics.


7 posted on 07/12/2009 11:35:24 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: militanttoby

Dimlibs and RINOs all hate her for the same reason: She’s a real conservative.


8 posted on 07/12/2009 11:37:09 PM PDT by Marauder (Politicians use words the way squids use ink.)
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To: Luke21

No surprise. It’s the newest way to attack Palin—all these libs just saying “REPUBLICANS don’t like her!” A friend said the same thing to me on the phone the other day and I told him he’s watching too much CNN, because the criticism of Palin I’ve read is nothing like the hatred spewed by the left.


9 posted on 07/12/2009 11:37:11 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (My boss--an Obama supporter--is closing the business. Change!)
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To: militanttoby
In the interest of reducing the number of duplicate threads we have to pull, we are asking that everyone use only published titles and then use Free Republic's search prior to posting.

The title you created:

“11th Commandment”

did not line up with the linked source you provided and had to be changed.

Thanks.

10 posted on 07/12/2009 11:39:56 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: militanttoby

If she really was a “train wreck” nobody would be bothering to point it out.


11 posted on 07/12/2009 11:39:57 PM PDT by Califreak (Dissident under duress)
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To: Darkwolf377

“I’ve seen more articles ABOUT “Republicans attacking Palin” than I’ve seen Republican attacking Palin.”

True. It is called ‘projecting’.


12 posted on 07/12/2009 11:39:58 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: militanttoby
And those were fellow Republicans talking.

Republicans =/= Conservatives.

13 posted on 07/12/2009 11:40:33 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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To: militanttoby
Governor Palin has already proved her value by bringing the tired old boy network country club republicans out from their fetid rat holes.
14 posted on 07/12/2009 11:40:46 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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Willie Brown thinks otherwise.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/12/BA9A18MCT5.DTL


15 posted on 07/12/2009 11:42:06 PM PDT by Luke21
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That is true and she has no political pedigree and she does stand up for her convictions. And we know that is a rare quality in D.C. today.


16 posted on 07/12/2009 11:45:00 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953
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To: militanttoby

It’s my guess that mitt is behind this...


17 posted on 07/12/2009 11:49:50 PM PDT by babygene
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To: militanttoby
"incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck." "

As far as I am concerned, this description applies EXACTLY to John McCain, and the rest of the leadership of the Republican Party, and I believe that a great majority of the base agrees with me. Go, Sarah Palin!

18 posted on 07/12/2009 11:53:10 PM PDT by matthew fuller (The status quo is unacceptable. Deport 40,000,000 illegal Mexicans.)
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To: guitarplayer1953

Not only does Mrs. Palin come from humble beginnings, unlike those liberal elitists in politics and academia, but the former governor is not an aristocrat.

Conservatives love her for these reasons. She’s one of us.

May the Lord continue to bless Mrs. Palin and her family.


19 posted on 07/12/2009 11:53:30 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: This Just In

AMEN TO THAT!


20 posted on 07/12/2009 11:54:43 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953
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