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Romney Suggests Palin 'Beautiful,' Not Influential
Newsmax ^ | 5/4/09 | Dave Eberhart

Posted on 05/04/2009 1:21:03 PM PDT by pissant

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney joked about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s place on Time’s list of influential people, saying, “But was that the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people?”

In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” broadcast Sunday, Romney was responding to a question from the moderator as to whether Time’s inclusion of Palin and talk show host Rush Limbaugh on their list of “The World’s Most Influential People” was a positive or negative thing for the Republican Party.

Romney added, “I think there are a lot more influential Republicans than that would suggest.”

After his boss caught flak for his apparent dissing of Palin, Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom spun the comment as just “a self-deprecating joke as to why there weren’t more Republicans on the list,” according to a report in Politico.

“I think there are 100 influential Republicans alone who have tremendous ideas and I hope that we can all work together to accomplish what we believe is best for America,” Palin said through a spokeswoman.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beautifulsarah; jealousromney; jerk; mittromney; palin; pursefight; rino; romney; sarahpalin; slickmitt
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Should make for a entertaining purse fight between the two ladies, anyhow.
1 posted on 05/04/2009 1:21:03 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant
The GOP elite have such a surprise coming.
2 posted on 05/04/2009 1:22:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: pissant

“Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney joked about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin...” - she’s not a socialist so she’s fair game for everyone to take pot shots at, including the guv...


3 posted on 05/04/2009 1:23:10 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: pissant

Mitt will send his hairdresser in his stead!


4 posted on 05/04/2009 1:24:09 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: pissant

If I was Romney I would say the same thing. Palin is the only person that will keep Romney from the nomination. It will be a war.


5 posted on 05/04/2009 1:24:18 PM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: pissant

>>Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney joked about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s place on Time’s list of influential people, saying, “But was that the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people?”<<

I don’t dislike Romney or Mormons - I just don’t trust him enough to vote for him.

But this is really stupid and objectionable of him.


6 posted on 05/04/2009 1:24:21 PM PDT by gondramB
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To: pissant

Romney is a horse’s ass.


7 posted on 05/04/2009 1:25:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: truthandlife

I sure as hell hope not. We need a conservative, not a flip flopper or a maverick


8 posted on 05/04/2009 1:26:00 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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..wouldn't it be something to watch all these “moderate” Republicans eyes roll back in their empty skulls when a massive movement starts for Palin in 2010?
9 posted on 05/04/2009 1:26:33 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: pissant

Two ladies? This wasn’t Mrs. Romney with the catty comment.


10 posted on 05/04/2009 1:26:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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Give it a rest Mitt! No one is going to bow down to kiss your hairbrush!


11 posted on 05/04/2009 1:27:28 PM PDT by avacado
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To: pissant

Mitt Romney is a complete ASS.


12 posted on 05/04/2009 1:27:49 PM PDT by FarRightFanatic (It wasn't an election. It was a socialist coup.)
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To: pissant

All Rino’s may now leave the party!


13 posted on 05/04/2009 1:28:19 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: pissant
Hmmm....

Having seen this, methinks the article is taking some, shall we say, liberties.

I never got the impression Romney was dissing Palin on the show. I got the feeling he was off-handedly complimenting her, while trying to tie-in a little jab at Time for having so few Republicans considered “influential.”

Just my opinion. I saw it live, and never thought of it as a Palin jab. Never would have considered it such unless my only source was this article.

14 posted on 05/04/2009 1:28:19 PM PDT by TitansAFC (The retarded 1950s GOP of today still thinks the public wants statesmanlike losers. We want fighters)
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To: TitansAFC

That’s OK. It’s more fun to see a purse fight anyway.


15 posted on 05/04/2009 1:29:05 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Neither Romney or Palin is electable in 2012 as it stands today. Let them duke it out while a real candidate emerges.


16 posted on 05/04/2009 1:29:07 PM PDT by AbeKrieger (If global warming didn't exist, Al Gore would have had to invent it.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"The GOP elite have such a surprise coming."

Amen!

17 posted on 05/04/2009 1:29:10 PM PDT by uncommonsense (liberals see what they believe and conservatives believe what they see)
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To: gondramB

Romney is mush.


18 posted on 05/04/2009 1:29:16 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: pissant

“I think there are a lot more influential Republicans than that would suggest.”

I have not seen the list, but I take it Willard Mitt Romney was not on it?


19 posted on 05/04/2009 1:29:48 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: AbeKrieger

Electable or not, we can certainly do alot better.


20 posted on 05/04/2009 1:29:52 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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