Todd Palin has endorsed Newt Gingrich. And Sarah Palin, before the S.C. primary, urged voters to vote for Gingrich to keep the primary going. And in a Fox News interview this weekend, she reiterated that message.
“When both party machines and many in the media are trying to crucify Newt Gingrich for bucking the tide and bucking the establishment that tells you something,” Palin said.
Urging people to “rage against the machine,” Palin added, “Vote for Newt. Annoy a liberal. Vote Newt. Keep this vetting process going, keep the debate going.”
But Palin still did not endorse Gingrich outright.
I tried hard to give this woman the benefit of the doubt. Despite the fact she is at best an average mind, I thought she was shrewd. Going from nothing to national political figure requires a certain degree of cleverness. Now, I wonder if it was just serendipity. Her recent babbling about Newt Gingrich representing the rank and file conservative suggests she has no clue about any of this.
Contra Derb, I think Palin proves that the so-called meritocracy is a myth.
With all due respect to former Governor Palin, but isn't the purpose of a primary to choose the best candidate for the general election? What does "annoying" people have to do with a primary vote?
By the way, Senator Christine O'Donnell and Senator Sharron Angle say hi !
Democracy isn't a game. You don't vote to extend a process (as Palin exhorted Carolinians) or to annoy a liberal (as she urges of Floridians).
Voting is a serious and sober way for us to express our preference and support for a candidate.
PS Sarah prides herself in being up front and truthful. I find it rather duplicitous that she is in essence endorsing Gingrich yet when asked about it she retreats to a facade of neutrality.
Yeah, it's really going to annoy a liberal when Republicans vote for a progressive who spews the rhetoric of a right wing ideologue. The longer this process goes on the more convinced I am that a Gingrich nomination exponentially increases the likelihood of an Obama victory in 2012.
From the person who tooks nearly a year to tease out that she wasn't running for President, now she's going to take months to tease out that she endorses Gingrich. The govenor who resigned endorses the congressman who was forced to resign. Just like the womanizer (Cain) who dropped out of the race endorses the womanizer who is in the race.
The problem I have with what Palin is saying is you don't vote for someone as a tactic or to annoy someone else. You vote for them because you want them to win. So the queen of "will she or won't she" won't actually say if she wants Newt to win overall or not.
The people who like Palin, and I was one until recently, are being played in her own game of aggrandizment. She and Newt must be two peas in a pod.
Palin is a dope. Why would I vote for a candidate I don't want just to give someone else the opportunity to vote for a candidate I don't want?
Using that logic - since Santorum won Iowa and Gingrich won S.C., Palin should be urging Floridians to vote for Romney or Ron Paul to keep the conversation going. Now, she's saying, "Vote for Newt, annoy a liberal."
Why doesn't she endorse Gingrich if she thinks he's so hot?
When do we reach the point where this is just splitting hairs? This is the third, fourth (or fiftth?) occasion she's exorted people to "vote for Newt." Since when is "vote for" not an "endorsement?"
Do we really need any more evidence about how what sort of person we are dealing with Sarah Palin? Newt and Palin are made for each other, they're both con artists that can easily sucker brain dead conservatives.
A leaders' effectiveness does not derive from how much they annoy the opposition. Believe me, if Palin got the nomination, she would annoy liberals, but they would be licking their chops at a 15 point landslide.
I love how Palin gets this "street cred" that she's tough and doesn't mince words, but she's not even brave enough to make a formal endorsement.
It won't really annoy liberals. All the Democrats I know in open primary states are voting for Newt themselves. Newt's victories amuse them greatly -- after South Carolina, my inbox was choked with a fake Washington Post page that showed a 'Newt wins South Carolina' headline next to a big photo of Obama laughing.
Even if it DID annoy liberals, though, I don't think that behaving with the same general motivation as a 5-year-old advances the GOP cause or the country.
Count me as a FORMER Palin fan. I agree that she totally messed up her non-Presidential announcement. Now she's for Newt? I thought you were pro-life, Governor? Newt is FOR embryonic stem cell research, Romney is NOT. In fact, Romney is to the RIGHT of Gingrich on immigration/amnesty, Fannie & Freddie privatization, Dede Scozzafava, Global Warming, etc, etc, etc.
"Newt is FOR embryonic stem cell research, Romney is NOT."
No, you have it upside down. Newt has become more and more opposed to ESCR and now is flatly against all such. Meanwhile, Mitt still supports federal funding for ESCR using "discarded" embryos.
Sarah Palin is apparently annoying a lot of people these days. Mrs. Palin please tell me where Gingrich is bucking the establishment. Is that with regard to Medicare reform? Individual mandate, global warming, etc, etc, etc? He now has changed (for the campaign) on a whole host of these issues and says he was wrong but his manner and his demeanor portray expediency, not bucking the establishment. The only establishment Newt is bucking is establishment of consistency.
While out of commission with sickness, I caught this interview accidentally while flicking channels, on Jeanine Pirro's show.
It was probably the worst interview someone pretending to be a journalist ever conducted. If Ms. Pirro is incapable of being professional with those subjects that she detests, then she should not extend an invitation to them.
I'm surprised Mrs. Palin was allowed to finish a sentence. I'll be doubly surprised if I ever watch that show again. Not because of the shotty nature of this interview, but because it only reinforced that Ms. Pirro's TV show is an utter waste of time.
It looked like Palin had been the one campaigning in SC and Florida. I was reminded of the last line in the movie, Bourne Supremacy (or, the second installment in the Bourne series).
I tried hard to give this woman the benefit of the doubt. Despite the fact she is at best an average mind, I thought she was shrewd. Going from nothing to national political figure requires a certain degree of cleverness. Now, I wonder if it was just serendipity. Her recent babbling about Newt Gingrich representing the rank and file conservative suggests she has no clue about any of this.
Contra Derb, I think Palin proves that the so-called meritocracy is a myth.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWith all due respect to former Governor Palin, but isn't the purpose of a primary to choose the best candidate for the general election? What does "annoying" people have to do with a primary vote?
By the way, Senator Christine O'Donnell and Senator Sharron Angle say hi !
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf she were an organ she would be the appendix.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePalin disappoints - I used to be a fan.
Democracy isn't a game. You don't vote to extend a process (as Palin exhorted Carolinians) or to annoy a liberal (as she urges of Floridians).
Voting is a serious and sober way for us to express our preference and support for a candidate.
PS Sarah prides herself in being up front and truthful. I find it rather duplicitous that she is in essence endorsing Gingrich yet when asked about it she retreats to a facade of neutrality.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Sarah prides herself in being up front and truthful."
You, um, might want to double-check this.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBingo. Well said on all counts.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYeah, it's really going to annoy a liberal when Republicans vote for a progressive who spews the rhetoric of a right wing ideologue. The longer this process goes on the more convinced I am that a Gingrich nomination exponentially increases the likelihood of an Obama victory in 2012.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDefeating President Obama will annoy a liberal a lot more than a vote for Newt.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is the thread winner.
Palin's value is fading, unfortunately she is not aware.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFrom the person who tooks nearly a year to tease out that she wasn't running for President, now she's going to take months to tease out that she endorses Gingrich. The govenor who resigned endorses the congressman who was forced to resign. Just like the womanizer (Cain) who dropped out of the race endorses the womanizer who is in the race.
The problem I have with what Palin is saying is you don't vote for someone as a tactic or to annoy someone else. You vote for them because you want them to win. So the queen of "will she or won't she" won't actually say if she wants Newt to win overall or not.
The people who like Palin, and I was one until recently, are being played in her own game of aggrandizment. She and Newt must be two peas in a pod.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI vote for Newt isn't really so much a vote to rage against the machine as it is a vote to change the oil of the machine.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePalin is a dope. Why would I vote for a candidate I don't want just to give someone else the opportunity to vote for a candidate I don't want?
Using that logic - since Santorum won Iowa and Gingrich won S.C., Palin should be urging Floridians to vote for Romney or Ron Paul to keep the conversation going. Now, she's saying, "Vote for Newt, annoy a liberal."
Why doesn't she endorse Gingrich if she thinks he's so hot?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhen do we reach the point where this is just splitting hairs? This is the third, fourth (or fiftth?) occasion she's exorted people to "vote for Newt." Since when is "vote for" not an "endorsement?"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDo we really need any more evidence about how what sort of person we are dealing with Sarah Palin? Newt and Palin are made for each other, they're both con artists that can easily sucker brain dead conservatives.
A leaders' effectiveness does not derive from how much they annoy the opposition. Believe me, if Palin got the nomination, she would annoy liberals, but they would be licking their chops at a 15 point landslide.
I love how Palin gets this "street cred" that she's tough and doesn't mince words, but she's not even brave enough to make a formal endorsement.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt won't really annoy liberals. All the Democrats I know in open primary states are voting for Newt themselves. Newt's victories amuse them greatly -- after South Carolina, my inbox was choked with a fake Washington Post page that showed a 'Newt wins South Carolina' headline next to a big photo of Obama laughing.
Even if it DID annoy liberals, though, I don't think that behaving with the same general motivation as a 5-year-old advances the GOP cause or the country.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCount me as a FORMER Palin fan. I agree that she totally messed up her non-Presidential announcement. Now she's for Newt? I thought you were pro-life, Governor? Newt is FOR embryonic stem cell research, Romney is NOT. In fact, Romney is to the RIGHT of Gingrich on immigration/amnesty, Fannie & Freddie privatization, Dede Scozzafava, Global Warming, etc, etc, etc.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Newt is FOR embryonic stem cell research, Romney is NOT."
No, you have it upside down. Newt has become more and more opposed to ESCR and now is flatly against all such. Meanwhile, Mitt still supports federal funding for ESCR using "discarded" embryos.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSarah Palin is apparently annoying a lot of people these days. Mrs. Palin please tell me where Gingrich is bucking the establishment. Is that with regard to Medicare reform? Individual mandate, global warming, etc, etc, etc? He now has changed (for the campaign) on a whole host of these issues and says he was wrong but his manner and his demeanor portray expediency, not bucking the establishment. The only establishment Newt is bucking is establishment of consistency.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhile out of commission with sickness, I caught this interview accidentally while flicking channels, on Jeanine Pirro's show.
It was probably the worst interview someone pretending to be a journalist ever conducted. If Ms. Pirro is incapable of being professional with those subjects that she detests, then she should not extend an invitation to them.
I'm surprised Mrs. Palin was allowed to finish a sentence. I'll be doubly surprised if I ever watch that show again. Not because of the shotty nature of this interview, but because it only reinforced that Ms. Pirro's TV show is an utter waste of time.
It looked like Palin had been the one campaigning in SC and Florida. I was reminded of the last line in the movie, Bourne Supremacy (or, the second installment in the Bourne series).
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBased on the fact that Newt trails by like 14 points to Obama in the swing states, I would think you'd please the liberals by voting for him.
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