Posted on 01/19/2010 8:11:51 PM PST by euram
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin placed a phone call to Sen.-elect Scott Brown Tuesday night to congratulate the Republican on his upset victory in Massachusetts's special Senate election.
"Governor Palin spoke with a very happy Senator-elect Brown this evening and congratulated him on his most historic victory for not only Massachusetts but the nation," Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton told POLITICO.
In an appearance on Fox News after The Associated Press called the election for Brown, Palin hailed the Republican's win as "a step for taking our country back."
"This is a referendum on all those things that President Obama has been standing for," the 2008 vice presidential candidate told Fox's Greta Van Susteren. "It was many different factors all coming together – and thank God for that, I think a lot of the people will say, because this is a step for taking our country back."
Asked by Van Susteren to explain why she did not formally endorse Brown before the election, Palin praised Brown's campaign for relying on "shoe-leather" campaigning instead of national surrogates.
"I would have" endorsed him, she said, "if he had requested it."
In a posting on her Facebook page, Palin added: "Americans cheered for Scott Brown’s underdog campaign because they viewed his candidacy as a vote against the Democrats' health care bill. You know that there's something wrong with this legislation when opposition to it inspired a Republican victory in a state that currently has no Republicans in Congress and last sent a Republican to the Senate nearly 40 years ago."
Not in mine she didn't.
Yesterday, January 19, 2010 the democrats saw what amounted to the modern day Tea Party in Massachusetts. The original of course was in Boston in 1773. They and the socialist media ignored tea parties all over america in 2009.
When the people elected by the people fail to represent them, sooner or later the electorate administers their due. Not one person in congress owns a seat. The seat belongs to the state.
I wish Mr. Brown well, and to remember where and from whom his pay check derives. The same may be said of the media.
LOL - I received an email just a little after midnight.
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No. As a matter of fact Brown's campaign and subsequent win affirms Palin's political tenet. That being success is wrought not with deception, clever slogans, and flashy lights but with honesty, diligence and, most important, a respect, rather than disdain, for the electorate.
Tuesday's spotlight may have deservedly been on Brown, but the radiant glow of Palin's idealism shines on.
Sarah has to verbally walk over mine fields all of the time. She brushes over non essentials and zeros in on what is important. It all the nonessential talk that is probably dangerous. When you are being scrutinized as much as she, she cannot be too careful.
That being said she does need to work on being more specific in answering questions more often. I think she may not realize that she can take a second to think and then give an honest answer. Obama does the trick of stuttering like crazy to give himself time to think. He does it in a professorly sort of way that he uses to actually try to sound intellectual. Sarah needs to find a way to gracefully give herself a second to think before she answers so that she can give more in depth answers to more questions. It would also add a note of sincerity to her speech, honest pauses tend to do that. The problem with that, of course, is that the leftist media could try to spin any pause as being stupid. It is, of course, them that are stupid.
I don’t hear other major league political figures being asked these ridiculously specific questions. Just like everyone else, gov palin has daily business to attend to, and she isn’t paying any bills by reading fr and watching foxnews all day. People assume she’s a junkie following every punch, who is obama’s favorite founder anyway? FDR?
I was not nit-picking. I merely pointed out that Sarah did not add much as a Fox contributor and that I hope she does better. It was meant as constructive criticism, but the "I've-got-a-crush-on-Sarah" crowd apparently takes any criticism of her as an attack on "their woman".
They did more than most people realize. They where behind the scenes doing what was necessary to make this happen.
I was at an election watch party last night and the lieutenant Governor was there (actually it was his party)and he was telling who was in Mass. helping Brown. One person he mentioned I know personally. Lets just say he has Karl Rove's phone number in his cell phone directory.
Hey all, I have a funny feeling that the Repubs are going to push Romney for 2012 the way things are shaping up, I hope I’m wrong,Sarc off.
I find myself wondering what newspapers Mr. Brown reads. Or who his favorite founding father is. And why only Sarah has to prove she has a brain.
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