Posted on 09/08/2011 11:58:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After Palin gave two speeches this weekend that positioned herself on the side of reform, with a proven and demonstrable record, and squarely against big government and crony capitalism that invoked the outsider spirit of Ronald Reagan, the GOP establishment, along with Rick Perry's cheerleaders, immediately saw Palin as serious threat to their plans.
But this was hardly the first time where the GOP establishment and Palin's competitors saw her as a threat.
Soon after the 2008 election, in which Palin was forced to basically become a press secretary for a candidate who seemed to not know anything he stood for and perhaps the most disastrously and incompetent presidential campaign in the history of the United States, she spoke at a Republican Governors Association meeting.
Unshackled from the constraints of the McCain campaign, Palin was at ease, and it was clear she was a threat then to the GOP establishment and, in particular, current presidential candidate Rick Perry, who abruptly, awkwardly, and prematurely ended Palin's press conference 15 minutes before it was supposed to, when it was clear Palin was not the bumbling idiot many had assumed she was.
Should Palin enter the 2012 presidential contest, she would threaten Mitt Romney and Perry, and this moment may be symbolic of where the rivalry between Palin and Perry began even though reports have said that Palin and Perry remain friends, especially after Palin's endorsement of Perry during the 2010 election cycle enabled Perry to essentially win his primary against Kay Bailey Hutchison and get elected again.
In the few minutes Palin had to speak at the RGA conference in 2008, Palin said now that the campaign had ended, she was essentially free to do press conference. When a reporter referred to her "political celebrity," Palin, without batting an eyelash, shot the notion that she was a celebrity and focused on substantive issues such as domestic energy production and the Republican governors working as a team to balance budgets and work on health care and immigration reform in the states. When a reporter cluelessly, and in a condescending way, referred to Palin's news conference as her first formal news conference, Palin reminded those in the room that she had been doing press conferences for years in Alaska (this was perfectly symbol and harbinger of a national media that did not know anything about her record of reform and fighting crony capitalism in Alaska).
One thing that was striking was how often Palin called for everyone to be on the same team while Perry seemed jealous that Palin was shining. Since then, Palin has been trying to unite the GOP while her rivals and purported teammates have done everything to try to not be good teammates.
Jack Thompson, who covered the event for HUMAN EVENTS, described the scene from that day:
The Republican Governors Conference Press Guidelines promised that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin would “take approximately 20 minutes of questions” at today’s morning press conference. Instead, this press conference, attended by 150 local and national media and taped by 26 video cameras, disintegrated into a fiasco when Texas Governor Rick Perry shut it down after only five minutes and four questions.
Eight other governors assembled on the stage, all men, seemed visibly uncomfortable with the “Palin at center stage” format. When Perry stepped in front of Palin at the podium to announce it was over just as it was getting started, Palin looked irritated, and the media shouted, “You’ve got to be kidding,” “This is ridiculous,” "Come on,” and “We were promised more questions.”
(VIDEO AT LINK)
Later, Palin gave remarks, described by Thompson, that eerily resonates today, especially her reliance on her husband Todd and her warnings about the Obama Adminstration being addicted to "OPM (Other People's Money). Here's Thompson's account of Palin's speech:
Palin, after the truncated press conference, gave a prepared twenty-minute speech in a large hall to approximately 400 members of the RGA ... and the media. Palin recounted what it was like to go through the campaign and what lay ahead for the GOP. Some quotes of note:
--She began by joking that she filled the last two months “with a few speeches, meeting important people who change the world, like Tina Fey, and opportunities to expand my wardrobe.”
--She thanked President Bush for having discharged, over the last eight years, his most important duty of office -- keeping us safe. This was met with long applause.
--“God is in control, and He decided it was not our time and not our moment.”
--“We wish President Obama well, but as the chief executives of the various states it will be our job to lead by example, to oppose any more unfunded federal mandates and the growth of the federal government. All Republican governors embrace the federalist principle that the government closest to the people is the most responsive and most responsible.”
--She took a swipe at what she called the addiction to “opium (Other People’s Money),” found in bail outs that reward bad corporate decisions.
--Finally, in the area of policy, she repeatedly noted that the Republican leadership in Washington had over the last decade betrayed the conservative principles and values of the Party, and that it is up to Republic governors, not to the failed GOP leadership in Washington, to lead the GOP back to power.
To conclude her prepared comments, she got very personal in tone. She said that, during the campaign, her “real right hand man was my husband Todd, and, in the future, I am to rely upon him more and on others less."
She received sustained applause when she remembered all the teenaged girls who came up to her and told her they were excited she had shown “[t]here is no glass ceiling on achievement” and “[o]ne day, a woman will be President.”
Palin has formidable skills when she is her own person and candidate. It is something another formidable politician (much in the way an aging quarterback gets threatened when he sees someone younger and better get drafted), Perry, saw immediately. Should Palin enter the race and be a challenger to Perry, another video clip that will probably be played endlessly is the one below in which Palin, while delivering a substantive speech on energy policy in Texas, playfully referred to Texas as Alaska's "little sister state."
(VIDEO AT LINK)
Uh, no. Doubt she'd accept any "pick" from Perry unless he were actually sitting in the Oval Office and told her she had to take it, to save the country, or something.
Sarah loses, she goes home to Alaska, and Perry does whatever Perry was going to do, which doesn't include naming people like Palin to anything.
Perry likes RiNO's and soft-moderate Mexican-American Republicans of "some description" with lots of ties to the Bidness Community. That's who Rick likes. People named by his backers, no doubt -- that's who Rick does business with, whoever Mr. Big tells him to.
Oooooooof! That's harsh.
{^)
There. How's that?
New York Times editorial staff passed 50% gay/bi maybe 10 years ago (interpolating from remarks by one of their own -- they were at 75% gay/bi five years agos), and the gay presence in media is absolutely huge, people have no idea. Totally overrepresented, with a total veto practically everywhere over news content, editorial lines, everything.
Okay, thanks, they’d already been in the WH for 4 years and most people new there were differences at this point.
Cindie
Nope. I remember. We didn’t know that Cheney supported gay marriage.
Huh? How did you go from stay-at-home dads (a role my dad played for three months out of the year almost all the time I was growing up) to it being the equivalent of condoning homosexual couples "parenting" children?
Wha ...???
You don't like Palin, fine. But really ... surely you can find something more substantial than this ridiculous "concern" to justify your objections to her?
I watched the video this morning and it was pretty dull. it didnt match this thread theme at all. This looks like creating something out of nothing.
Like : “I will NEVER vote for Bachmann because .... said.....” Someone should compile a single list of everyone in media or politics who supposedly dissed Sarah by issuing a non-worship comment.
Uh, sorry, J.D. Hayworth had major slimeball issues of his own (you know, like personal honesty) that offered any number of reasons for anyone to support the incumbent. Hayworth stank, Palin endorsed her political benefactor and sometime sponsor.
Twist that anyway you like, your own biases are showing like stripes on a zebra.
Who did you say your candidate was, again, and why he or she displays more character than Palin?
I think Perry has a crush on Palin look at how he looks at her. Nugent has a normal look Perry just has that look beyond admiration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z75yHEy98wY
LOL!!! Oh, man, yer killin' me!! Stop! {^)
Man o manischevitz ... the behavior and arguments of some Palin detractors speaks volumes about their mindsets!
jla, I'll bet you couldn't handle one week of trying to make a living in the commercial fishing industry, due to the physical demands alone. And being successful in that work requires a lot more than the physical ability to catch fish.
Keep posting -- Palin detractors like you, who can only put up petty and ignorant objections to Palin, are wonderful ambassadors for Palin in that a thinking person yet on the fence looks at your "style" and thinks, "Gosh, if that's what I'd be throwing in with if I decide to oppose Palin, maybe I ought to head in the opposite direction."
A clear sign of a bot is when they respond to a non-personal critical comment with accusations of : ‘xxx-hater’ or ‘XDS’. Just this morning I got called a ‘Perry-hater’ for commenting on the Texas Dream act on a promote-Perry thread,
I pointed out how I was amazed how the (some) Perry-bots are copying the (some) Palin-bots talking points so closely , but the (some) Palin-bots started out by copying the Bush-bots ~2009 to 2010.
slide the video to about 2:37.
Hint: When you see that it's a PALIN THREAD, you're MORE than welcome to STEER CLEAR since you seem to find them so OBJECTIONABLE.
SSDD. Next question.
Doncha love me today? Go see this go see that LOL Slide this one to 2:10 oh the horror the actual TRUTH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo941anwtZk
Man oh man, I want you on my side if I'm in trouble!
This thread was an attempt to bash Perry on behalf of Palin. The headline was changed to reflect the bias of the poster.
All this does is further erode support for Gov. Palin. Tearing down a good candidate for someone who is not even running is a sure fire way to help the other side.
Thank you!
She and I disagree strongly about Juan. As HIS VP nominee, however, she had no choice but to endorse him front and center. It should comfort you to know that Hayworth ruined any chance that he had by appearing as a shill in that lying infomercial. Bob
I did not "go from stay at home dads". Someone else suggested that. What I do maintain that the best is the mother in the home. I don't really have much to say about all the second best situations.
You don't like Palin, fine. But really ... surely you can find something more substantial than this ridiculous "concern" to justify your objections to her?
Because it seems "ridiculous" to you does not negate it being yet another potential negative for Palin. It's a negative for a subset of the folks she needs to attract, and it may well be used as ammo by her opponents.
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