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Palin Factor Starts To Emerge in GOP Race
The New York Sun ^ | January 20, 2012 | Benyamin Korn, Special to The Sun

Posted on 01/21/2012 12:33:06 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Who is the leader of the “Not-Romney” movement within today’s GOP?

Is it Newt Gingrich, whose surge in the South Carolina opinion polls puts him within striking distance of front-runner Mitt in tomorrow’s vote?

Is it Ron Paul, whose dedicated core of “hard-money” but isolationist supporters gives him 15 to 20% in every Republican contest?

Or is it Rick Santorum, recently endorsed by a raft of Christian evangelical leaders?

For my dollar, the leader is Sarah Palin, whose endorsements continue to carry more weight among conservatives than any other national figure and who is well-positioned to play a king-making role in the 2012 elections similar to her “Mama Grizzly” performance guiding the Republican surge in 2010.

How did this happen? She’s not running. She’s in Alaska. Since declaring herself a non-candidate at the beginning of October, Mrs. Palin has kept a pretty low profile.

Until recently, her main contribution to the political discourse was castigation of “Congressional insider trading,”a practice exposed by one of her SarahPac advisors, Hudson Institute fellow Peter Schweitzer, in a new book called “Throw Them All Out.” That expose gave rise to competing Congressional reform bills, the best of which would make it illegal for Federal legislators to routinely do what Raj Rajaratnam.

Before that, at a much-noted speech to Iowa Tea Partiers back in August, Mrs. Palin the political wordsmith injected “crony capitalism” into the public discussion. That phrase has captured the corrupt connivance between Big Business and Big Government which challenged the anti-business protestations of the “Occupy” crowd....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; freepressforpalin; gingrich; newt; palin; romney; santorum; sarahpalin
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To: SmokingJoe

Hey jack ass, we weren’t talking about the legality of her PAC. FO


101 posted on 01/25/2012 3:52:07 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: paul51

Listen moron, the only thiing that matters as far as PAC’s are concerned is for them to operate within the law and the rules and guidelines as laid down by law, which the Palin PAC does in full. Outside. of that, you don’t have a leg to stand on.
And what “we” you talking about Mr Nutcase? I don’t do “we”s with escaped lunatics from the nuthouse.


102 posted on 01/25/2012 12:24:13 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

What kind of dumb f*** are you anyhow? Please don’t even answer...I already know. You can’t even keep straight what is being discussed and in what context. Just go away already jack ass. You really have no clue what you are talking about.


103 posted on 01/25/2012 12:34:49 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: paul51
Insane, retarded, nasty, PDS sufferers like you deserve to be locked up and have the keys thrown away for good.
You are about the most STUPID poster I have seen on FR for a very long time, and I have seen plenty.
Now why don't we take a look at your original moronic accusation, from post # 94, and I quote:

by paul51 :” Yeah, you’re right. All those contributions she collected while she was never in the race were for lunch money. Nice scam”

When I pointed out that all financial transactions that Sarah Palin’s PAC have done have been audited(with regular accounts published), and are above board and perfectly within the law, you ten started yapping on about legality not being the issue. Hey Pinhead, for a scam to be committed i any PAC, the laws governing PAC governance would have had to be broken.
Get it, fool?
Again, why don't you crawl back to the nuthouse you just escaped from, moron? For your own good..unless you are a sucker for even more punishment.

104 posted on 01/25/2012 6:39:49 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Hey, once again jack ass. Why don’t you just FO? Your absurd comments aren’t designed to convey any kind of meaningful discourse and you can’t seem to follow a discussion with any kind of rational continuity. You are more interested in trying to use insults to distract from the utter stupidity of your comments. Your insults are meaningless to me. Why would I or any one for that matter care what an utter jack ass like you has to say? Really...just FO. You sound like an incoherent drunk. It’s getting late. The library must be ready to close. Go back to the shelter and sleep it off. With luck, on the way you’ll stumble into traffic and get run over by a bus.


105 posted on 01/25/2012 8:22:58 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: paul51

Once again PSYCHO, go back to the nuthouse you escaped from....and while you are about it, make sure they triple your medication will ya?
Acute PDS is a very serious disease Mr Retard. For your own good, go seek treatment....and fast. Alternatively, you could do us all a favor and break your neck.
Bottom line, Sarah Palin PAC has committed no swindle, except in the warped, screwed up mind of a psychotic PDS sufferer like. Now why don’t you drop dead!


106 posted on 01/26/2012 12:42:31 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

here, smoke this


107 posted on 01/26/2012 2:43:32 AM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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