Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

LA Times ^ | July 13th, 2009 | Mark Z. Barabak

[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.

[TigersEye]

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 --

Losers who can't get attention any other way.

[militanttoby]

Okay.

[Tax Government]

The title overstates the content of the article. There is no “opening fire” of pundits on her; some had doubts about whether she would win — that’s a normal kind of reaction for the most part. Such self-anointed party experts have been perennial losers when it comes to creating a national conservative movement.

It’s telling that there is no provision for readers to enter a response at the bottom of the article. If they did, L.A. Times readers would get an avalanche of contrary opinions.

[Shaka]

Keep shooting!! It only makes her stronger...she will be tough as nails by 2012!! Keep shooting at her GOP...this will haunt you for not backing in the next few years.

[MaxMax]

and the fact that so many of her GOP detractors are willing, even eager, to express it publicly

Huck-A-Buck comes to mind, oh but he detracts after he bashes Palin. (PUNK)

The RINOS are copying the RAT's tactics. Sorry bubs, either you're a RAT,
or you're not a RAT. No Middle.

[griffin]

She must be doing something right!

[GeronL]

did they name any “Republican” pundits?

[dixiechick2000]

Here are the sources of this piece to remember, and I am shocked! that there are actual sources...

Todd Harris

Stuart K. Spencer

Mike Murphy

Rep. Frank R. Wolf

Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.)

Then there is this...

“Others see a knee-jerk reaction from the political establishment, which will always frown on any populist outsider (think Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Howard Dean), much less a governor who quits midterm and shows up on TV in hip waders.”

Lordy...could the crap get any deeper?

[dixiechick2000]

God love y’all with everything you’re dealing with.

I hope you can get some rest.

[dalereed]

“Lordy...could the crap get any deeper?”

That’s why she needs waders!

[Korah]

If the country club blue bloods destroy Sarah's chance at winning the GOP nomination, they will kill any chance at removing the Muslim from the White house.

Mark my words. If Sarah loses the GOP nod to someone else like Bush or Romney, the Christian right will not come home and vote for either Jeb or Mitt. Especially if it is obvious that the Republican establishment was behind her defeat.

[murdoog]

Holy mackeral, is this the same Willie Brown who used to be the ultra-liberal mayor of San Francisco?

[NoLibZone]

So the current lot of Arlen Specter GOPers don’t like Sarah.

This is a huge selling point for her,

[Iron Munro]

She is a threat to their tried and true system of nominating the next guaranteed loser who has been waiting the longest.

The kind of Republicans taking potshots at Sarah are those who will be content to have as an epitaph "Ran unsuccessfully for Preident."

[beelzepug]

I’m not a fan of Willie Brown but nobody can say he isn’t a savvy politician.

[Korah]

Heads up OV;

Willie Brown calls Sarah Palin a political genius

This goes directly to what I was talking with OV about a few months ago. The left knows how smart she is and that is why they need to destroy her.

OV told me that I should pay attention to what former Democrat politicians have to say to get the best idea of what they think of her. OV, specifically told me that Willie Brown was one of those I should pay attention to. He also told me that Willie may be a Democrat, but that he is a good old fashioned crooked capitalist Democrat. Emphasis on capitalist.

[Always Right]

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

That is not the real issue. The real problem is they think she takes this small government social conservatism way too serious. They want a candidate who is lip service only and not a threat to big government.

[buggy02]

All of those Republicans, the experts, and the Political analyst who are attacking Palin need to go look in the mirror.

[Daisyjane69]

I am beginning to think that they (both RINOs and libs) are afraid of her for the same reason the Republicans in Alaska hated her:

She just won’t play “the game.” Thus, isn’t beholden to them. To these loathesome characters, that makes her a wild card. Extremely dangerous, if she actually tries to operate on behalf of the American people, and not her own self interest. I imagine there were a lot of heads exploding (in both parties) when she said she’d campaign for conservatives of either party.

There was a time when people like these were referred to as patriots.

[guitarplayer1953]

Like I said she not part of the good ol boys system.