Sarah’s Ghoulish Carousel [MoDo is lying... slap her down in their comments section]

NYTimes ^ | August 15 2009 | MAUREEN DOWD

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I’m not sure the man who popped off and tweeted that Sonia Sotomayor was a “Latina woman racist” is the best Henry Higgins for the Eliza Doolittle of Alaska.

But Newt Gingrich was a professor. And he does know something about pulling yourself up by dragging down others and imploding when you take center stage — both Palin specialties.

Besides, he agrees with Sarah — who fretted that her parents and son Trig might be in danger from Obama “death panels” — that we should be very wary about trusting government with end-of-life decisions.

So Newt took it upon himself to become Palin’s Pygmalion. He told Politico that the out-of-work pol should write a book; take a commentator gig on TV; get a condo in D.C. or New York to use as an East Coast base; and prepare three types of speeches — one “to make money,” another to “project her brand” before universities and interest groups, and a vivid campaign stump speech to use for Republican candidates in 2010.

Most important, he advised, the dizzy Palin has to be “clear in her own head what she wants to do.”

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I agree. Last year, I issued a proclamation for “Healthcare Decisions Day.” [6] The proclamation sought to increase the public’s knowledge about creating living wills and establishing powers of attorney. There was no incentive to choose one option over another. There was certainly no financial incentive for physicians to push anything. In fact, the proclamation explicitly called on medical professionals and lawyers “to volunteer their time and efforts” to provide information to the public.

Comparing the “Healthcare Decisions Day” proclamation to Section 1233 of HR 3200 is ridiculous. The two are like apples and oranges. The attempt to link the two shows how desperate the proponents of nationalized health care are to shift the debate away from the disturbing details of their bill.

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[BerniesFriend]

how about a double-header..

[redk]

Why are they all so upset about what Newt wrote in Politico? I guess at this point they just expect all Republicans to trash her and then wag their tails while they wait for a treat.

[maine-iac7]

I get the feeling that Newt is threatened by Sarah’s clout - was he planning on running in 2012 and is afraid of being eclipsed?

I hardly think Sarah needs his advice in what to do with her life - including moving to the east coast. She’s doing just fine from Alaska.

[bahblahbah]

forget about newt and all of that... read the rest of the article where she lies about Palin...

[Sarah Barracuda]

Maureen Dowd is an F’n idiot. I wish someone would smack her silly. I wouldn’t mind seeing her in front of a death panel

[fso301]

[redk]

Good idea, in fact I'm all for a death panel that consists of Ann Coulter, Michelle Malin, Sarah Palin and Meghan Kelly.

[bray]

Oh gee, a NYT Left Wing Extremist disagrees w/Gov Palin; how shocking. It is really sad when a semi-attractive woman becomes an old maid...Couldn’t be envy.

Pray for America and Lady Palin

[Al B.]

Why are they all so upset about what Newt wrote in Politico?

Because they hate conservatives and want to see them dead, politically.

I guess at this point they just expect all Republicans to trash her and then wag their tails while they wait for a treat

Most of them still do. All of them would probably like to but a few of the smarter ones like Newt realize the hold she has over the base and that they need to be careful with their words.

[section9]

Jesus. Someone needs to hop on a man.

Best,

Chris

[SaxxonWoods]

I understand your sentiment but I can’t spare so much as an electron for Dowd, even if it would lead to snarking on her.

I kind of feel sorry for her though, she’s so.......miserable.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Yeah,, imagine the libs lives in their hands. I think their heads will explode. Geez such vile language from the left, what, are they saying NO ONE has a right to their own opinion. This was Sarah’s opinion, she, as an American, has the right to say whatever she feels like. She scares the poop out of libs, I LOVE IT. Obama wishes he had this kind of power, to go on facebook and with a few keystrokes scare the living hell out of the competition

[redhead]

Mo Dowdy notwistanding, Newt needs to pull his head out of his sycophantic East-coast arse and get a real life. The man is incoherent when it comes to Sarah Palin, which is a pity because they could learn a lot from each other. She might learn some of the sneaky little tricks of getting around in DC, and he might even learn to be a man and find out where his blankety-blank gonads are. (if he even has a pair...)

[Brad from Tennessee]

Smoothsailing posted earlier an American Thinker piece that points out that a health-care termination agency for the elderly is created and funded in the “Stimulus” act. Betsy McCaughey was warning about this back in February.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs

[Arizona Carolyn]

Good question, Paul Begalla went off on Sarah and threw Newt into the mix while he was at it.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Newt has been indicating he was “thinking” about running... he doesn’t seem to know his day has passed along with a few others who seem to have the same aspirations.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Yes, it is in there and Ezekial Emanual is on the 15 member board, Obama wasted no time in naming them, this bill was the next step, they are sneaking this stuff past us in bits and pieces even without HR3200 etc....

[presently no screen name]

A year ago, Daschle wrote that the next president should act quickly before critics mount an opposition. “If that means attaching a health-care plan to the federal budget, so be it,” he said. “The issue is too important to be stalled by Senate protocol.”

Informative article - thanks for the link.

[Bean Counter]

If you have HiDef TV, the next time MoDo is on Meet the Press, look closely and you’ll see that she has had so much Botox over the many years that her pupils no longer dilate...