Fresh on drudge go look at the headline acck but here is the picture.I think we can all agree that SNARL FACE needs to go.
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)
Fresh on drudge go look at the headline acck but here is the picture.I think we can all agree that SNARL FACE needs to go.
FWIW, it's not a smart approach to gaining a majority. By alienating supporters of other candidates with over the top tactics and language it makes it that much harder to support her if she were to be the candidate instead of another that you considered better. We would be smart to remember who the enemy really is.
Pardon me I got your botism wrong you’re a STEVENS bot.Fess up.
Whoa, just back up there!
I count among my friends "soft-moderate Mexican American Republicans" as you call them and I do business with them. Is there something wrong with being a businessperson of Mexican heritage? If not, why is there anything wrong with liking them?
I am holding out for Trump to come back in, he had all the answers, all easy ones too. Still waiting for his 'investigator's report on Obama.
Uh, could you point out where I said anything like that?
It is also dishonest to put words in another poster's mouth, as you are doing here.
You apparently are unwilling to grasp the obvious concept that the presidential candidate is the one who sets the policies for the ticket, not the veep, because the veep is not the one seeking the job where they WILL set the policies if they win.
And I have only 'bashed' Perry on specific issues or utterances, such as his nonsense the other day about using a 35 foot ladder to get over a 30 foot fence, a line right out of la Raza talking points.
I have never said he is dishonest, never said he is corrupt, never said he pushed the Gardasil mandate in return for Merck campaign contributions (even as I disagreed with the mandate itself), and I could support his candidaacy if he wins the nomination, unlike someone like Mitt or Huntsman.
All I am doing is pointing out your absurdity about bashing Palin for not bucking the top of the ticket in 2008, and your bashing Palin for backing the guy in 2010 who made her both a household name and a well-paid household name.
If you see Palin doing that as dishonest, well, you are looking for reasons to bash her, even as you lecture others on the same thread about looking for reasons to bash Perry.
In other words, you are being a rank hypocrite, but we've come to expect that from a lot of supporters of all stripes during primary silly season.
LOL, there are still some of us who don’t share our love easily.
We are a watchin’ and waitin’.
Brett Beir asking Bachmann about Palin stealing her thunder at ~ 2:10 ?
Her safe Answer :” I love Sarah Palin. We are great friends ”
What she was REALLY thinking :” Why the hell is he asking me about Palin? I am a actual POTUS candidate and she is a FNC contributor. Next will ask me what I think about Britt Hume? ”
Perhaps they would all be safer starting with their opinion of Sarah from the beginning.
Like this, Before I answer your question, let me say I love Sarah...and Brit is a real hoot..Okay, on to the question...LOL
I AM waiting for this man to jump back in and brush them all aside:
The Dream of a President ‘kick butts’ Trump (or ‘If only Trump ran.. ’)
This man will suck the air out of all of them without even being a candidate, just like before.
That was the title when I posted it. Many times, the title is changed later. I’ve seen the same Kathleen Parker column with a dozen different titles. And don’t you EVER tell me what I can or cannot do on this site again. You’re not Jim Robinson or a moderator, newbie!
She should have said “I admire and respect the work of all of the employees, both on-air and off-air, of FoxNews, Sarah included.”
ROTFLMAO, especially coming from you.
I bet you are getting all excited./sarc
Why does FR feel the need to tear up each other as if they are the candidate themselves?
This is why FR is losing it’s ground - people here don’t allow any freedom of thought. At all. It’s either one way or the highway depending on the person.
This election is about beating Obama. The candidate that should be nominated should hopefully meet at the place where they are the most conservative, yet most electable.
is that Perry? I don’t know. Is it Palin? No one knows since she won’t commit to running. Is it Romney? For quite a while it looked like it.
The point is, the FOCUS should be finding the BEST candidate to beat Obama, NOT ripping each other apart because they favor one candidate or another.
I realize this sentiment is way too mature for most of the people who inhabit this place that have a born-on date of 2008 or later, but let’s at least give some semblance of sanity and professionalism when discussing each of the candidates.
Replay Brett Beir asking Bachmann about Palin stealing her thunder at ~ 2:10
Better yet, Bachmann BEST REPLY to Brett Beir is DA-DA-DA:
”Did Sarah announce she is running while we were debating here? I really love her BUT last I heard she was your co-worker Brett. I heard she might be replacing you. “
I would even call myself a Bachmann-bot if she made me laugh (scream) with that one.
Of course there is freedom of thought on FR. Just don’t post anything remotely critical of Sarah Palin. You can think it all ya want though !
Doggone it. You ruined things by acting adult. LOL
Don’t tell anyone, but Sarah might be a big improvement over Brett, purtier and more entertaining too.
What the hell are you talking about? Are you crazy? Who are you working for? I hope the next purge takes you. Who are you supporting ?? Oh ya ???, your Ma-Ma too...you just hate (fill in name from above post here). Get lost !
Is that what you had in mind? :)
He must be one of them there trolls we have been hearing about!
just kidding, Mike.
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