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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Just Wait
January 28th, 2011
3:46 pm
What a pity that so many people can be blinded by her amazing ignorance.
gm
January 28th, 2011
3:55 pm
When did it become popular in America to be white, uneducated,have no job, give misinformation, and be a red neck?
Oh, now I know, you learn you can gain 20 million in one year””’
TrickleDownStupid
January 28th, 2011
3:56 pm
They are not blinded by her amazing ignorance; her followers are the amazingly ignorant.
phil
January 28th, 2011
4:05 pm
You can always tell ignorance by those whe revert to name calling rather than intelligent discourse. Present company excluded, of course.
Rafe Hollister
January 28th, 2011
4:07 pm
Choose to believe what you may, but Sister Sarah is much more experienced, practical, and smarter than than our manchild, Barry Obama. The STOTU speech indicates how deep he lives in his own fantasy land, where spending money on green jobs and Amtrak like highspeed rail improves our competiveness.
phil
January 28th, 2011
4:12 pm
Please read what Rafe says. Sarah can say several sentences without the aid of a teleprompter.
DWTOO
January 28th, 2011
4:13 pm
I find that Politfact is an excellent source for bi-partisan political commentary. Ms. Bachman is regularly skewered for her pronouncements. Ms. Palin doesn’t fare much better. Personal opinion is that both speak outlandishly because they crave attention and being bombastic is the way to get it. Facts be damned.
Sick of Republicans
January 28th, 2011
4:15 pm
Sarah doesn’t need a teleprompter – she writes on her hand. And for no more than she really says, that is good for her. She doesn’t need to be reminded to be ignorant, which is what she is.
dd
January 28th, 2011
4:16 pm
“Reagan is dumb, and will never win the (governorship, presidency, you name it…..)”….Oh, sorry, I mean, “Palin is……….”
Keep repeating it. Some folks even truly believe it. Of course, most of them have no idea what they are talking about, but are just repeating the belief’s of others, whom they blindly follow.
phil
January 28th, 2011
4:16 pm
Thanks DWTOO, that is true in all 57 states. Now that’s a fact!
LMAO
January 28th, 2011
4:17 pm
I’m just waiting for her “let them eat cake” moment. It’s coming sooner than you think.
Dan Quayle
January 28th, 2011
4:18 pm
Yes, but can Sarah spell potatoe?
TrafficHeadache
January 28th, 2011
4:18 pm
This is a god-fearing right-wing nutcase who called Obama’s State of the Union address “WTF moments.” The WTF not meaning “Win the future.” I’d rather live in Obama’s fantasy than in Palin’s dystopia.
Darwin
January 28th, 2011
4:19 pm
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.
Father of 5
January 28th, 2011
4:21 pm
Sarah will not be president any time in the next decade (unfortunately), but anyone who doubts her ability to influence who wins will do so at his peril. After she picks up a few gray hairs and wrinkles, it may be a different story.
phil
January 28th, 2011
4:21 pm
Oops, I did a Politfact check, and there only 55 states.
Rational Citizen
January 28th, 2011
4:23 pm
Sarah Palin…the best thing to happen to Democrats since Obama. This woman is a menace to intelligent thought everywhere. Her followers could care less that she is completely ignorant and devoid of facts. What’s that you say? Sputnik caused the collapse of the Soviet Union because of all the debt it took on to finance the space race? Palin 2012!!!!
phil
January 28th, 2011
4:25 pm
Obama is the one with WTF as his mantra. I liked WIN better. I think I had a WIN button. Please wear a WTF button to work Monday.
dee fernandez
January 28th, 2011
4:28 pm
TO THE ABOVE COMMENT–It’s your amazing ignorance of what she can do and have already done to help this country on track by initializing people power to bring change to the dangerous spending practices the govt. have. It’s these “blinded people”you refer to that cause the GOP to gain control of congress that put the brakes on Obama-Pelosi and Reid spending spree. You and the likes of you are the real problem of this country. Either you are totally blind of the nation’s state or you are just a plain bigoted idiot that doesnt know where you are headed. This country sinks, you go down with it-
You call this woman ignorant, WHAT ABOUT YOU???WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HELP OUT THAT IS BETTER THAN WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR ALL OF US , INCLUDING YOU!!! FORGET THE HARVARD FINESS THAT PEOPLE SAY SHE DOESNT HAVE. BUT SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO CONNECT TO PEOPLE. AND IF YOU ARE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH YOU WOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY THAT BRINGS THE CHANGE. BUT PEOPLE DOES NOT RALLY UNTIL THEY SEE SOMEONE WHO HAS THE BALLS TO FACE THE OPPOSITIONS WITHOUT FEAR. THAT IS WHAT SARAH PALIN IS ALL ABOUT. SHE KNOWS WHAT WORKS ,SHE HAS DIRECTION ,SHE MAKES THE MOST OF LIFE AS HANDED TO HER , SHE IS BASICALLY A HAPPY PERSON, A GOOD MOM , A GOOD WIFE, WAS A GOOD MAYOR AND A GOOD GOVERNOR and pretty on top of that. ASK YOURSELF SINCERELY WHAT TICKS YOU OFF ABOUT SARAHPALIN, is it jealousy? is it because she’s happy? generally miserable ugly and unhappy people tend to be critical, hateful and can’t celebrate someone else’s happiness. which one are you?
Diehard
January 28th, 2011
4:28 pm
Yes, Sarah Palin needs to butt out and take Suzy Ever-ready to Pop off with her.
Rick Patel
January 28th, 2011
4:30 pm
Jack Kingston is a boorish oaf who isn’t fit to clean Gov. Sarah Palin’s hunting boots.
Red
January 28th, 2011
4:33 pm
Two things – first is the fact that our current President has made even more and even bigger bumbles. What’s his excuse? The “more educated” world traveled “smartest president ever” makes mistakes and no one says a thing. But when Palin does? Second thing, the Left tries so hard to make Palin irrelevant. Funny thing for someone so irrelevant, the Left has spent more time and money going after the irrelevant. Who’s the bigger fool? It’s actually ironic that the Left is so obsessed with someone so labeled an idiot. Why spend millions on ads, organizing, blogs, news articles, news reports, etc. on someone with no job? It’s actually hilarious. Sort of a fetish. Maybe liberal men are repressed since having foxes like Janet Reno, Madeline Albright, Helen Thomas, etc. Liberal women are clearly jealous that a woman can have so much attention and not be so bent on some radical feminist agenda.
Douglas
January 28th, 2011
4:33 pm
Make fun of her at your own peril. I think she’s about as dangerous a person as we’ve seen on the political stage since David Duke and JB Stoner – she appeals to the xenophobia that is in everyone (some more than others), and to the intense desire for simple, understandable answers to what are actually extremely complicated questions.
Many a despot has risen to high office with this kind of sophomoric approach, so anyone who gets going in that direction scares me far more for the future of our Republic than does a lefty African-American president who really wants things to be better than they are.
There aren’t any simple answers to our present problems, but Sarah would have us believe that there are, and all you got to do is do them. If only the world really worked like that… I’d like it better.
duckafawg
January 28th, 2011
4:33 pm
I’m a conservative and if Srah Palin ia the one dished up by the Rep. party in 2012 I will vote for Obama…no doubt
Rational Citizen
January 28th, 2011
4:35 pm
dee fernandez…that incoherent rant could not have been a better illustrated my point about her followers not caring about her clear lack of intelligence. Cheers!
Oh, and one more point. If “blinded people” caused the GOP to gain control to stop the runaway spending by Democrats, then was it the same “blinded people” who caused the Democrats to gain control of Congress and the White House to to stop the runaway spending of the GOP from 2000-2006? Why don’t you complain about the 2 unfunded wars, unfunded prescription drug plan and massive deficits the Republicans oversaw? At least be consistently ignorant.
Honky Talkin'
January 28th, 2011
4:36 pm
Sarah Palin is a freakin’ joke and the entire GOP is scared to call her out. The hardcore base of the GOP are web-footed, inbred, redneck Jesus-freaks!
The Snark
January 28th, 2011
4:37 pm
Will someone point out to me one thing that Sarah Palin has actually DONE as an elected public official to establish her “conservative” credentials?
Big Jim
January 28th, 2011
4:38 pm
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance,then baffle them with BS.
Sarah Palin
Douglas
January 28th, 2011
4:39 pm
@Rick Pattel, we are ALL boorish oafs in one way or another. And while I don’t always agree with Rep. Kingston, I respect him and his office.
That you do not says far more about the sad state of discourse in our country than I can begin to describe. If we want Congress to act like grown-ups, I think we ought to as well.
CAF
January 28th, 2011
4:39 pm
Too much hate all around. Can’t we just be civil?
dee fernandez
January 28th, 2011
4:39 pm
TO PHIL-SORRY, THIS WAS INTENDED TO THE VERY FIRST POST AND TO THOSE PALIN HATERS AND OBAMA WORSHIPERS WHO ARE THE REAL IGNORANT NOT TO SEE WHERE THE MAN IS LEADING THEM EVENTUALLY—ALONE IN THE DEEP DARK HOLE –Hey real ignorant haters out there, wake up your Obama Bin Laden is leaving you –he is trying to be a Reaganite according to his desperate crony media. Before you know it, he’ll leave theDemocratic party and register to be a republican. He is known tobe non-commitment to his promises. You’d be without aleader soon. Oh yea, there’s Matt Damon and Oprah to replace him haaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha. Not here inAMerica though-in Oprah land maybe somewhere in Africa.
Ghostrider
January 28th, 2011
4:41 pm
Sarah Palin is an idiot, I wanna puke everytime I see her.
Douglas
January 28th, 2011
4:41 pm
@ Rational, that is the problem, isn’t it? I do wish the GOP would at least talk about the mess they made when they were in charge during six of the last ten years, but alas…
We need a new party, one for actual grown-ups. Oh, never mind, it ain’t gonna happen…
JoeV
January 28th, 2011
4:42 pm
@dee fernandez,
You come across as bitter and very unstable. Do you actually read the garbage you are spewing while you write it?
willydoit?
January 28th, 2011
4:42 pm
Why are democrats so scared of Sarah Plalin?
Smarter than Sarah
January 28th, 2011
4:43 pm
Dee, Dee, Dee, honey, stop yelling at us…you’re going to pop an artery. No, I am not jealous of Mrs. Palin – I am just much smarter than she. She’s a quitter – she didn’t even finish one term as a governor – so she can’t really be called “former governor”. She had to go to five colleges to get a 4-year degree. She doesn’t stress education in her own family – eldest son in military (very admirable) but always seen as an alternative to higher education. Eldest daughter becomes an unwed teen mom who preaches abstinence (don’t pee on my leg and tell me…you know the rest) while dancing on tv instead of continuing her education. Those are just a few of the reasons I don’t care for Mrs. Palin and why I am indeed smarter than she.
willydoit?
January 28th, 2011
4:43 pm
Ghostrider…are you ugly?? bless your heart
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bigdawg
January 28th, 2011
4:44 pm
Sister Sarah…when did she become black?
Ghostrider
January 28th, 2011
4:44 pm
willydoit? … not as ugly as you…Sarah Palin is a moron just like you…
bigdawg
January 28th, 2011
4:44 pm
No, the Ghostrider is correct!
Douglas
January 28th, 2011
4:45 pm
Dee, darlin’, didn’t your momma ever teach you any manners? I hope you don’t talk to actual people that way, because it is not polite and show a real lack of respect for other people. Of course, with a mind as small as yours appears to be, it’s no wonder you think you are better than everyone else.
willydoit?
January 28th, 2011
4:45 pm
I bet all of you Palin haters voted for Obama
Now that’s funny right there…I don’t care who you are!!!
bigdawg
January 28th, 2011
4:45 pm
My cat is smarter than Sarah Failin!
JoeV
January 28th, 2011
4:46 pm
@willydoit,
…you ever eat paint chips?
gm
January 28th, 2011
4:46 pm
Rafe Hollister : I understand how hard is for people like you to come to the 21st century with other countries are passing us by with new tech.
The man child, is love around the world except for here where we have to many idiots name bubba and Palins running around who can not see the future, only a new trailer.
willydoit?
January 28th, 2011
4:46 pm
Don’t be hating on the beautiful people of the world…Entertainment Tonight would be the same without them!!
willydoit?
January 28th, 2011
4:47 pm
JoeV….Everyday
Last Man Standing
January 28th, 2011
4:47 pm
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.”
Exactly which planet do you hail from, cowboy? Palin needs no one to defend her. She handles that quite well herself. I don’t believe that people who have defended her are “in the minority”, except here. I would vote for Limbaugh for President. He certainly has a much firmer grasp on reality than does the muslim who now occupies that office.
Voyager
January 28th, 2011
4:47 pm
Rational Citizen
January 28th, 2011
4:23 pm
“…she is completely ignorant and devoid of facts.”
Well not entirely. She knows that Africa is a country.
JoeV
January 28th, 2011
4:49 pm
@Last Man Standing
I would vote for Limbaugh for President. He certainly has a much firmer grasp on reality than does the muslim who now occupies that office.
This is delusion at its grandest. Wow, just wow. Don’t think for yourself often, do ya Last Man Standing?
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.
Last Man Standing
January 29th, 2011
8:07 am
Chris Christie should be the Republican nominee for 2012 – if he would accept it. In the political world of, “Tell them what they want to hear”, he is an almost startling breath of fresh air.
ParkerRules
January 29th, 2011
8:15 am
Palin supporters are in a minority as ice is to a glass of water and will be the solid force that will put any candidate she backs over the top. The left leaning commenters on any website about Palin can never debate any issue Palin speaks about. They only make it a personal attack of either Palin or her supporters. Your belittling of Sarah Palin using words that belittle the majority of Americans..Present your debate on issues not belittling small town people like her that hunt, fish, or did not attend an Ivy League school which is the majority of Americans…hence voters.
Doods
January 29th, 2011
8:23 am
i rather choose the ignorance of Sarah than the intelligence of Obama.
Idesign
January 29th, 2011
8:53 am
I love how Sarah gets you libs all wee weed up….LOL
Last Man Standing
January 29th, 2011
9:01 am
Idesign:
“I love how Sarah gets you libs all wee weed up”
If they did not view her as a threat, you would hear nothing at all from them about Palin.
sodakhic
January 29th, 2011
11:10 am
too bad Obama wasn’t in on that TNT discussion with his black basketball bros,I can just see his nervous laugh when Barkley brings up Palin and then Morgan goes off the deep end of ignorance with his truly unbelievable prime time mba comment. Boy this will bring 30 Rock to the height of hypocracy. You know if his thinking about Palin he’s probably got it bad for Fey too. Rough work environment.Hey Barack or Barry you better get a beer summit going on the use of the word masterbation, haven;t heard that since Jocelyn Elders in the Clinton White house.
DB21
January 29th, 2011
11:14 am
Bachmann is a Palin clone. I would love to hear these two debate without using the words exceptional, freedom, commonsense, forefather, drill, reload, straight talk, maverick, doggone, racist, God, teleprompter, or any other buzzword that populates their speeches.
What a pair of empty barrels! They are threats to their own party because they chase away independent voters and most certainly moderate or centrist voters. You need these demographics to win an election.
The people defending these two are even more hilarious. You can tell on these blogs who watches and reads more than right-wing or left wing news (their own viewpoint).
Run baby run! America loves a good train wreck!
RetiredSoldier
January 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
DB21-
I agree with you about reading/watching left or right wing news. I’m sure you enjoy MSNBC and really miss Obermann. Bachmann is a clone? That’s shows how uninformed you are. The Dems made Bachmann’s defeat a priority in 2010. What happened? Her margin of victory increased in good old liberal MN.
I don’t think either Palin or Bachmann will be the standard barer in 2012, but both are strong voices in the party, much like Maxine Waters and Hiliary are for the Dems.
DB21
January 29th, 2011
1:23 pm
Retired Soldier,
I don’t watch MSNBC or CNN and I can’t stand Olbermann either. I am happy Olbermann was fired.v One less loud mouth!
Midterm elections often swing to the party not in power, and generally there is a low turnout in comparison with Presidential election years. So I attribute what happened in Minnesota and all other successful Tea Party candidate wins to that more than their individual credentials or appeal. I think the philosophy is “vote the bums out”.
I agree that Palin and Bachmann are not the standard bearers for the Republican Party but are strong voices. I just think they have painted themselves into a corner and will have too difficult of a time appealing to the “middle” at this point. Bachmann and Palin are a lot alike in their comments and criticism of the current political climate and administration. In order for them to be viable candidates, they need much broader appeal, and neither is taking the steps so far to energize anyone but their base. Time is ticking. That’s why I called them clones.
I am an internet junkie, and I read and listen to stuff from both sides. My critiques are about electability, and in my opinion those two are following the same path. I am a centrist, a little left leaning with social issues and a little right leaning religiously. They need my vote.
Have a great day, and thank you for your service to the country!
Civil Neandrathal
January 29th, 2011
6:27 pm
I don’t see Sarah Palin as a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination, but she has a function in the race. She raises money and causes the hatred in many lefties to come to the surface. I don’t think at this point she is susceptible to the media taunts. She laughs all the way to the bank and lends her weight to candidates, also hated by the left, who can win. This “ignorant redneck” is playing the left and getting rich while she does it.
deegee
January 29th, 2011
8:02 pm
Did you see the look on Greta van Sustern’s face when Palin kept saying “WTF”? It was like she wanted to tell her to stop saying it but she couldn’t. Hilarious.
captguitarman
January 29th, 2011
10:31 pm
If I am President Obama, I am down on my knees every night thanking God for smiting the Republican Party with Sarah Palin, and thereby ensuring my election to a second term when I shouldn’t have a ghost of a chance of being re-elected. That ditzy, airheaded, bigmouthed money grubbing self-promoter, TV reality show star (doesn’t that just sum it all up? – a reality TV star?) is determined to interject herself into the Republican presidential nomination contest, and drive the intellegent, clear thinking Independents right back into the arms of Obama. Palin on the stage and in debates with Romney, Gingrich, Huckabee, and others will be high comedy, and it will bring those candidates collectively down. Look at what happened in Delaware. That airhead O’Donnell helped the Dems take a Senate seat they had no chance of winning this year. Get ready for the same thing on the grand stage for the Presidency. Palin’s fans will push her cause come hell or high water just because of this Sarah reality cult (think TV reality stars, Dancing With The Stars type fans – not a whole lot of substance, just knee-jerk emtional, we know what we like, and giving real thought to all of these issues is just too much work because The Bachelor is coming on now). We serious Pubs can only hope that some big financial opportunity will entice her away, because she will follow the money wherever it leads – we all know that, because she ditched the Alaska governor’s seat half way through it because she smelled big money. Maybe she will get an offer to star in a movie, or have her own prime time TV sitcom (those crazy Palins and their crazy antics in a family sitcom based in Alaska – Bill Cosby look out), or maybe Hefner will offer her $10 million to pose nude in Playboy. We can only hope. She couldn’t make that much dough if she was President for 20 years.
Mary
January 31st, 2011
1:29 pm
Palin quit her job as Mayor of Wasilla to be Governor of Alaska. She abandoned that job to run for VP. She quit that job after she forced a loss for McCain and found out she could make more money being a quasi-celebrity. Her ‘moral’ values include her seventeen year old daughter getting pregnant by her boyfriend, under her own nose, in her own house. She is as ignorant as most of her followers – who follow her because of her ignorance! She has no platform, no training, no background, and no education – you betcha! By by God, she can see Russia from her house, which obviously proves her diplomatic ability. Alaskans are rich from oil subsidies, not from her governance.
Lorie
January 31st, 2011
3:30 pm
Last Man Standing,
You and others with your brain are the reason your group will never be taken seriously. To still insist on calling Obama a Muslim. And if he were, what is your point?
Why is it that you have to attack an individual and not what they stand for (policies)?
Does it make you feel good to post the comments you do?
DB21
January 31st, 2011
7:46 pm
“We must not allow this tragedy to stifle our constitutionally protected rights, including our Second Amendment rights. Beware of what’s coming. I really do believe that God has shed his grace on thee. We can’t blow it. We can’t allow an atrophy of the foundation that is America, that is so exceptional.”
-Sarah Palin
translation: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
meaning: nothing of significance
sarah palins psychologist
February 1st, 2011
1:58 pm
After studying the former half term governer who quit her post in order to do more important things like making tons of money for her family, as well as making smores for kate gosselins kids in the middle of the woods, I have come to the conclusion that Ms Palin is really just Joe McCarthy with a vagina….idiots used to listen to him and his americana b.s.and remember, he was just a closet queer, who ended up taking his own life,,,,now thats leadership,,,go sarah!!!!yay
sarah palins psychologist
February 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
shes nothing more than Joe McCarthy with a vagina,,,yyuuuuccckkkk!!!!