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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.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: palin; palinresignation; waronsarah
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To: militanttoby
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.
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posted on
07/12/2009 11:54:45 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
To: Admin Moderator
To: eclecticEel
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.
To: militanttoby
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.
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:03:03 AM PDT
by
Shaka
To: militanttoby
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.
25
posted on
07/13/2009 12:04:00 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(America's population is 304-Million. Obama must punish America for the other 4.7 Billion)
To: militanttoby
She must be doing something right!
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:04:14 AM PDT
by
griffin
(Love Jesus, No Fear!)
To: militanttoby
did they name any “Republican” pundits?
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:10:56 AM PDT
by
GeronL
( Patriotic Insurrectionist at http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: militanttoby
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?
To: Admin Moderator
God love y’all with everything you’re dealing with.
I hope you can get some rest.
To: dixiechick2000
“Lordy...could the crap get any deeper?”
That’s why she needs waders!
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:22:02 AM PDT
by
dalereed
To: militanttoby
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.
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:37:50 AM PDT
by
Korah
To: Luke21
Holy mackeral, is this the same Willie Brown who used to be the ultra-liberal mayor of San Francisco?
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:40:08 AM PDT
by
murdoog
To: militanttoby
So the current lot of Arlen Specter GOPers don’t like Sarah.
This is a huge selling point for her,
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:44:01 AM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(North Korea? The only buildings in Hawaii at risk of destruction are those housing ObamaÂ’s records!)
To: guitarplayer1953
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."
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:51:32 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(If you cannot be a good example you can serve as horrible warning - like Obama.)
To: Luke21
I’m not a fan of Willie Brown but nobody can say he isn’t a savvy politician.
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posted on
07/13/2009 12:52:02 AM PDT
by
beelzepug
(It's not what you said, it's how you said it.)
To: Luke21; OneVike
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.
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posted on
07/13/2009 1:05:15 AM PDT
by
Korah
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. 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.
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posted on
07/13/2009 1:07:12 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: militanttoby
All of those Republicans, the experts, and the Political analyst who are attacking Palin need to go look in the mirror.
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posted on
07/13/2009 1:11:08 AM PDT
by
buggy02
(Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway.)
To: This Just In
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.
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posted on
07/13/2009 1:44:33 AM PDT
by
Daisyjane69
(Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
To: Iron Munro
Like I said she not part of the good ol boys system.
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