Posted on 08/15/2015 7:26:19 AM PDT by Red Steel
The man in charge at RedState has issued a mea culpa to Sarah Palin and her family. Some question the sincerity of the apparent apology. Theres no way to know whats truly in a mans heart, so many are scratching their heads on this one. Some are giving Erickson the benefit of the doubt while others are sensing this one screams of a guy desperately making a last ditch effort to change the prevailing narrative.
That narrative paints Erickson as a misogynistic opportunist. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol drove that point home heavily in recent days. The Palins called out Erickson after he disinvited Donald Trump from a RedState event. Ericksons reasoning was that Trumps comments about Fox News Megyn Kelly were sexist. The Palins called shenanigans, pointing to prior comments, actions, and editorial decisions by Erickson that were much worse than anything uttered by The Donald.
Now Erickson has written an Im sorry piece. He apologizes profusely for a fake photo of Sarah Palin that RedState ran in a story over two years ago. The timing of the apology is questionable at best. Erickson had years to speak up. Not until the Palins called him out did he break his silence on the matter. He claims he didnt realize he needed to apologize. In his entry on the subject, Erickson writes It happened in 2013. I wish I had known from the Palin camp before now that this was a lingering issue.
Erickson also provides an excuse for the photo flap. Unfortunately, going back into my calendar, I know why I was slow to respond, he wrote. I was in the hospital on July 1, 2013, with my wife.
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Exactly correct. It's a wonder more Elitists in Washington don't realize that. They're putting their own heads in the noose, and tightening it daily, by their insciens.
I suppose they think the public is dumber than they are, and will soon forget about how untrustworthy they are.
In some ways they would be correct, but they aren't seeing a tidal force is building...
Self-serving apologies are worse than no apologies.
Erick Erickson - 0
Palin(s) - 1+
It’s not just the TEA Party and the disenchanted GOP loyals. Even on the Left, Bernie Sanders is the #2 candidate, and he is also very anti-establishment.
Correct.
Eric Erickson - Google is your friend.
My theory:
Palin is already running. She's using Donald as a surrogate campaign.
Once he's nominated, he's going to graciously turn over all his delegates and support over to her.
So Palin avoids the GOPe primaries, which would have been stacked against her, she avoids the leftist media and catches them off-guard, she avoids the Chamber of Commere goons, and she can just focus on running in a general election and open a can on Hillary.
It’s like some guy announcing at the Thanksgiving dinner with all the relatives that he is gay. Once EE told us that he likes to kiss RINO rump for pocket change, he can’t unsay it and we’re not inviting him back to dinner.
She did her best to drag McCain’s rotten corpse across the finish line. Trump is to the right of McCain.
Why do you include Hungary, which when barrelled over by the Russians was given a choice by same to vote for socialism or communism or die? A possible tip of the hat by you to Wilson that made so much of this possible might be nice.
I guess some who derive their views from public figures might be swayed.
I understand that Trump is a liberal and I don't care who campaigns for him.
That boy Erick Erickson ain’t too bright. Taking on the wrong side.
EE shot himself in the foot......problem he’s reloading and shooting over and over....He needs to go on a long vacation...maybe with Megan.
Erickson is so full of chit his eyes are brown. His FB page is a wasteland of negative comments which he tries to delete. He has blocked so many people from posting its a wonder he has anybody left. LOL! Erickson is a vile little troll and he’s getting exactly what he deserves.
One thing we can learn from the Left is go after the sponsors.
WEll don’t forget good old Erick pushing one RINO candidate after another in the GA senate race until we finally got David Perdue a total RINO establishment tool.
“Course, once we come to February of 2016 and Trump wins three of first four primaries...”
I don’t see him losing any of them to be honest.
You missed my point.
No, he's just another knee bender willing to suck up to the GOPe masters.
Good one!
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