After telling Sarah Palin to ‘butt out’ — the rest of the tale
The St. Paul Pioneer Press has a piece today about the dangers encountered by Republicans who dare to criticize Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachman, whose tea party following served as a platform for her own personal response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
The article includes two paragraphs that tell what happened to a particular Georgia congressman last August, in the hours after the Republican runoff for governor, after he agreed that Sarah Palin should “butt out” of local races:
Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga. — who has a long conservative voting record — said he learned the power of Palin’s following the hard way after suggesting she stay out of Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary on a radio show.
“There was a firestorm in the office for about 24 hours,” he said, with people “questioning my Republican conservative credentials” in phone calls. “To Sarah Palin’s credit, you have a national network of very energized fans.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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TrishaDishaWarEagle
January 28th, 2011
4:49 pm
I prefer Sarah over Dolemite Hussein Soetoro. Sarah may misspeak, but she does not try to feed you sh*t and tell you it it’s good for you like the kenyan does. “we can add the sickest and poorest to the systema without raising costs”. Kiss my a**, obama
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
4:49 pm
gm:
I didn’t know you lived in a trailer! Congratulations on home ownership! Finally got that Fannie Mae loan, huh?
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
4:52 pm
JoeV:
I think for myself ALL the time. That is why I am not a liberal. What is your excuse?
not an intelligent woman
January 28th, 2011
4:52 pm
She SHOULD use a teleprompter – the Katie Couric interview was horrendous. And I witnessed her ignorance personally at an industry conference in las vegas where she spoke. the room was full of GOP supporters, business owners, and she flopped miserably. there were quiet gasps and chuckles in the room. Her comments were misinformed, her attempts at humor missed the mark, and her pithy one-liners were simple-minded and lame.
Our problems are far too complex for the simple-minded Palin.
JoeV
January 28th, 2011
4:53 pm
Sorry Last Man Standing, but anyone that listens to Rush for more than a laugh does NOT think for themselves. Period.
gm
January 28th, 2011
4:54 pm
dee fernandez: I remember another man the world hated for helping feed the poor and providing health care to the sick.
Awkward
January 28th, 2011
4:54 pm
I am really looking forward to the day all the male Sarah Palin supporters realize that they can defend her and they can vote for her, but they’re not ever going to have sex with her! Ain’t gonna happen, y’all! So give up your fantasies of her leaving First Dude and see if you can find a candidate who has an actual working brain!!
chris
January 28th, 2011
4:57 pm
Palin has a cult following. I question the statement in the article that it is a “national network”. I would say it is a hardcore group of supporters in red states that have found a purpose in live. Their religious believes motivate them to support palin. They never see anything negative about palin’s words or actions. In their eyes palin is perfect and anyone that expresses the slightest criticism is called a “hater” “jealous” etc. Their dedicated method of voting kept bristol on DWTS past what should have been her elimination time.
Her loyal supporters have a list of comments and they probably spend endless hours going from site to site to reply to any criticism about their idol. You can’t engage them in dialog it appears posting anything beyond their repetitive cliches is beyond their capability.
Any assumption of volumes based on the number of calls or posting should be considered dubious.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
January 28th, 2011
4:57 pm
@gm..If jesus had confiscated the loaves and fishes from others to give to the poor, the way dolemite does, then he would have indeed deserved a few more nails while up on that cross.
markie mark
January 28th, 2011
4:57 pm
hey Darwin….
“The bloggers here who defend SP, would also vote Rush Limbaugh for president. So, it goes with the territory. That’s why they’re in the minority. Thank God.”
November 2, 2010 – the largest GOP landslide in history. House of Reps, governors, and damn near the Senate. You may wanna rethink that majority/minority thing. And there are more conservatives on AJC’s blogs than it appears at first glance. We just get tired of fighting the same old fights, so we watch and vote while you blog your ass off….the incoherent liberal support is usually just too much to want to respond to….
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
5:00 pm
JoeV:
“Sorry Last Man Standing, but anyone that listens to Rush for more than a laugh does NOT think for themselves. Period.”
That is YOUR opinion. You do know what opinions are like, don’t you? Well, I don’t think much of yours. Period. End of story.
Awkward
January 28th, 2011
5:00 pm
Hey markie mark,
“Damn near the Senate” doesn’t count as one for your side, genius!
gm
January 28th, 2011
5:01 pm
Last Man Standing: You have lost all credibility, you are just another idiot to pimped by Rush a bigot who sit behind his desk and never took to the streets to rally for anything.
I thought you were a little smart, I guess Rush never had to take up a cause in the street when he can pimp poor white conservatives and laugh at you idiots when he gets off the air and collect his 50 million.
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
5:01 pm
I can’t believe that gm has the audacity to compare Obummer with Jesus Christ!
markie mark
January 28th, 2011
5:02 pm
Awkward….did you not grasp the “damn near” part? i would question your intelligence with that obvious sarcasm….and the fact is, you pulled out the Senate by the skin of your teeth…see ya in 2012.
markie mark
January 28th, 2011
5:03 pm
and by the way, Awkward….that was a historic landslide WITHOUT the Senate…..what does that say about the politic mood in this country to your viewpoint?
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
5:04 pm
gm:
Go cool off. I’m almost certain that you’ve overheated your brain.
markie mark
January 28th, 2011
5:04 pm
Final thought Awkward….google filibuster. The gains of the Republicans in the Senate effected that little idea, too.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
January 28th, 2011
5:04 pm
Awkward, you can spin the a**whipping democrats took 2 months ago anywhich way your collectivist little heart desires, but the fact remains your side got trashed. And , since unemployment is rising(sorry, dropping off the end of 99 weeks doesn’t count as lowering the real rate) , inflation is rising(sorry, removing food and fuel from the number is a shell game..thats where the real bite is in peoples pockets), and obama has no clue (as evidenced in his first 24 months) how to deal with it, your side will be trashed again in 2 years.
Awkward
January 28th, 2011
5:05 pm
@markie mark,
Sure will, when it all swings back to the Left after the “majority” has 2 years to remind voters what it was they hated about them in 2008!
gm
January 28th, 2011
5:07 pm
Last Man Standing: You cant handle the Truth”"”LoL
markie mark
January 28th, 2011
5:08 pm
What TrishaDisha said….sorry, but the curtain has been opened on “Oz”…. the right doesnt support him, the center doesnt support him, hell even the center left no longer supports him. Only the far left Progressives.
Good Luck with that.
Jeff
January 28th, 2011
5:10 pm
I used to think Sarah Palin was too dumb to become President. Then I read through all of these posts, and realized she is a genius.
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender......
January 28th, 2011
5:10 pm
@Ghostrider
January 28th, 2011
4:41 pm
Sarah Palin is an idiot, I wanna puke everytime I see her.
Well, then, if you’re not ugly, why you must be…..oh my goodness
Awkward
January 28th, 2011
5:11 pm
His numbers are going up all the time, maybe you should check some of the latest polls. The independents are coming back to him and his base will not desert him even if they get frustrated with him – he’ll win again in 2012 just the way he won in 2008, with a huge majority! Why don’t you google that, hon?
Awkward
January 28th, 2011
5:13 pm
Oh well, no answers!! Gotta go, it’s been fun!!
markie mark
January 28th, 2011
5:15 pm
a) I am not your “hon” , I have had one of those for the last 22 years, thank you very much. And if you believe the independents are coming back to him in large numbers? Yes, he got a numbers bounce in the lame duck session. But his numbers continuing to rise?
hmmmmm…
Again, Good Luck with that. Sounds like whistling past the graveyard to me….
markie mark
January 28th, 2011
5:19 pm
And as for all the Sarah Palin haters out there? I dont think she can ever be elected to President. But what she CAN do, and IS doing, is rallying the hell out of conservatives and getting them out to vote. And that is what is scaring the national media to death. They (including C Tucker) cant ignore her and hope she will go away. She is already too much of a threat just by getting voters to the polls. Dont like what she stands for? sorry….she has too many people who believe as she does. So the only way to stop her is to attack her. And the simple fact is, for better or worse….it aint working.
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
5:20 pm
gm:
Although this is probably a futile effort, I am posting this link for you. It is an example of a man who can see clearly. You would do well reading him. Good luck!
http://www.lloydmarcus.com/
phil
January 28th, 2011
5:27 pm
Why can’t we have entella gent de scushion like ghostrider do?
gm
January 28th, 2011
5:28 pm
Last Man Standing: Bless your heart, you are joking, this man could not lead 5 African Americans accros the street to a Walmart.
Once again, another token that has no credibilty in the black community, he could not even tell you how to get to black community.
Gman
January 28th, 2011
5:30 pm
Sarah Palin could poot in a microphone and you red-necks in Georgia would clap and runover each other for a sniff!
GDP +3.2% today
January 28th, 2011
5:31 pm
that’s a pretty decent number… jobs are coming back, dow is around 12,000. I think the next two years are gonna be pretty doggone good. That spells doom for the GOP
Ramguy
January 28th, 2011
5:35 pm
If the Tea Party wants respect they should pick someone to give a response to the SOTU that understands and knows just a little bit of American history.Any thinking person who read or watched Michele Bachman’s response was taken back by her ignorance. If the followers of Bachman and Palin don’t understand that they are embarrassing themselves and their country then the rest of us are embarrassed for them.
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
5:37 pm
gm:
What’s wrong? Is he not “black enough”? Does he not adopt the “poor persecuted me” role? Instead of wasting his time dwelling on a past that he (and you) never lived, he is pursuing the American dream, or what’s now left of it. I can see how that would appear to make him an outcast – in your view.
yuzeyurbrain
January 28th, 2011
5:46 pm
The Tea Party will disappear within 2 years. Anyone notice that only CNN carried Tea Party response to State of the Union? FOX did not. And they have otherwise pulled back now that they got what they really wanted—-the huge tax breaks for Rupert Murdoch, the Koch brothers and other big beneficiaries of continuing Bush tax breaks. Why do you think they spent hundreds of millions on Tea Party—to let Joe the Plumber keep his Glock??
Tom
January 28th, 2011
5:48 pm
I find Sarah Palin a likable enough person but I wouldn’t want her as President. I don’t believe she is qualified. On the other hand, I don’t believe Obama is qualified either and his term so far has been one bumbling disaster after another. In a democratic republic (not a democracy) like we live in, anybody can reach the office of President if he/she can spend enough money and find enough people to vote for them. Sure beats having a king, queen, or dictator-for-life.
Honu
January 28th, 2011
6:07 pm
Tom — can you name and source those “bumbling disasters” that President Obama has had?
Riley
January 28th, 2011
6:19 pm
I’m sure Kingston also thought Huckabee, Romney & others should ‘butt out’ of local races too, right?
scott
January 28th, 2011
6:27 pm
why is this ignorant woman sarah palin relevant??are my fellow white americans to blind to see through this wicked redneck shes all about the money and shes a quitter..why is someone so dim witted so popular among white america she is half educated and terribly,terribly ignorant(see katie couric interview) and i imagine thats why she talks only to fox news because they refuse to ask her tough questions that the mainstream media would ask..if this is your answer to family values (quitter,ignorant, she cant even raise her own daughter(child out of wedlock)..the woman sickens me ..america have we stooped to the level of this ignorant woman as the voice of america ??how do she dare be critical of our very articulate highly educated president??when is her 15 minutes up??
Awkward
January 28th, 2011
6:30 pm
Hey, markie mark, I thought you would recognize that calling someone “hon” is a generic southern term having nothing at all to do with wanting to take the place of the one you’ve “been with” for so long. I actually did not know I was dealing with a moron, but thanks for clearing that up! Hate to point it out, but we are way past the lame duck session and Obama’s numbers are still climbing, so just stay tuned is all I can tell you! Yes, I’ll see you in 2012 and you will be on the losing side, but I’ll bet you’re used to that already…..right, hon?
AtlantaMan2011
January 28th, 2011
6:33 pm
This is hilarious. @JoeV…How could you possibly state that you would vote for Rush,,,the dude takes a gazillion pillz…amazing. I do understand that folks are upset with the current economy..the admnistration..I get it..but how would these clowns get up out of the current state of America..To say Sarah Palin is smarter than Obama..is absurd..but hey im in a room with a few nutcases..so there is no point of a debate..Folks..Get off of your lazy asses..stop bickering..If you have a better solution..present it..Like I said..Get off your computers…and make changes within your own home and neighbors..we can start there..Damn.
Jawja
January 28th, 2011
6:42 pm
I’M SORRY, I’VE NEVER HEARD SARAH DISCOURSE INTELLIGENT; BUT THEN, I DON’T HANG ON HER EVERY WORD.
gm
January 28th, 2011
6:51 pm
Last Man Standing: Two words for you: Richard Steele.
I bet he learn his lession, no matter how you try to fit in with these tea party people you will always be considered inferior to them.
Herman Cain will get a rude wake up call, the difference between your Cain and other tokens, we face reality while these token search for acceptance.
I can make money without, selling out who I am and where I am from. Those people cain and the rest have a disconnect frome who they are. I feel more sorry for them then the bigots in the tea party.
jalvee
January 29th, 2011
12:21 am
The difference between Palin’s mouth and her vagina is: not eveything that comes out of her mouth is retarded.
Joe Bob Perteat
January 29th, 2011
12:55 am
Has Sary boxed Todd’s ears for being caught wid dat ho? I hope they don’t let her son work on no vehickles in the armie; he’s alibel to cut some more break lines. Her dotter turned down membership in Phi Beta Kappa cause she didn’t want to join no fraternity.
DB21
January 29th, 2011
3:08 am
Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Beck, et al really are non-factors in national politics, motivating only their base. Most people don’t listen to them.
If the Republicans want to beat Obama in 2012, there is no way Palin will be the their candidate. The Democrats are not afraid of her, the Republicans are. Her own party doesn’t like her! She could cost them the election.
Personally, I hope she runs in 2012. I think we have only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her stupidity. And people who continue to believe she is of relevance are only prolonging her 15 minutes of fame which should have been up a long time ago. I’m not a Palin hater. I just think she is out of her league.
Kay
January 29th, 2011
3:48 am
Just compare Sarah Palin’s knowledge to the knowledge of Ron Paul. That tells you automatically that Sarah is not qualified to be president.
Also, regarding the person who said that Sarah Palin was a good governor — I dispute that claim. For one reason, an excellent human rights organization in Alaska that serves as a watchdog was very unhappy with her as a governor and even sued her.
Sally
January 29th, 2011
6:56 am
Wow, every possible lie about the President has been presented except the birther one. And every possible myth about the great Sarah Plain is also here. Does no one think for themselves? The President, with zero help from Republicans, got more legislation passed in two years than any other President. His programs have created one million jobs, more than Bush did in 8 years. He has put the war spending back on the books, so of course it looks bad. It IS bad. It was bad in 2005, 06, 07 and 08, too but Bush hid the true costs to make himself look better. People have health care. Like it or not=, we are all Americans, and health care is not some evil force.
As far as Mrs. Palin, who cares what she thinks? She hires speech writers (she uses a teleprompter as often as the President, despite what her fans think) who give her idiotic things to say. She never bothers to check anything, so she ends up having to clarify what she meant, every time. Is that really who you want in the White House? Someone with a platform who isn’t smart enough to hire intelligent writers? She has the money, loads of it. She thinks that creating a stir is enough. I guess as a citizen, it’s plenty. As an adult running for POTUS, it is not nearly enough. She’s had 2 years to refine her act, and learn some history, but she has just gotten meaner and more divisive. She dislikes half of the country, and makes no effort to win us over. So who cares? She will not be President, thank God.
maddyt
January 29th, 2011
7:36 am
IMHO, too much is being made of Palin’s influence on the political scene. unfortunately, in the Nov 2010 election, too many voters stayed home – to their credit, Sarah’s supporters/teapartiers showed up in mass; therefore, it is assumed that the majority of voters support who/what Sarah supports. Not true. In a general election, the other 75% of voters will elect candidates who are very different from Sarah’s picks. Republicans who are trying to get thru a primary may be concerned about her influence, but candidates who make it to biggie (2012) general election will face a more educated, informed, and rational voting public, regardless of political bent. Sarah is devisive and promotes a devisive agenda and devisive candidtates. She’s a mean, hateful, racist, narcissistic, jealous uneducated, lazy, immature woman who so wants to be more important than the smart handsome Black man with the funny name who won an election that she, as pretty as she is, and an old cantankerous white man could not win. She and her fiollowers can’t get past that simple fact becuase it’s not the way the world, as they know and like it, should be. Change is hard. Biases and bigotry are had to admit and get past. I get all of that, but the country will never be/look like the good old days when only white men ruled pretty much everything and everybody.