Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job'

CNN.com ^ | August 15th, 2009 | Peter Hamby

[freedomfighter256]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Longtime Democratic strategist Paul Begala hammered former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday — calling her "flaky and an intellectual lightweight." Begala was asked on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" to respond to a Politico story in which former House Speaker Newt Gingrich outlined several ways for Palin to repair her image. Although Begala called Gingrich "a brilliant political strategist," he said giving advice to Palin is an exercise in futility. "Here's the problem," said Begala, a CNN contributor. "He is trying to treat her like a serious person. She is not. OK? She is about half a whack job. She does not have the intellectual heft of Newt Gingrich or almost anyone else in the Republican Party, and I think she has proved that." He continued: "I admire Newt Gingrich for pretending that she is a serious person. But Sarah Palin has proven herself to be flaky and an intellectual lightweight." Conservative journalist Terry Jeffrey, appearing alongside Begala, defended Palin for having "rock solid principles." But he said Palin needs to be more aggressive in opposing the president's policies. At this point, Jeffrey said, "I think it's not proven" she can go toe-to-toe with President Obama.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The man’s not only a slimebag but a coward. He’s got the the comments feature on his own Facebook page turned off, and when I posted a critical comment at CNN last night on this, it went into the “moderated” black hole.

[McLynnan]

Oh, the irony of Begala calling anybody a whack job.

[avacado]

The men of CNN are nothing more than catty girls.

[DuncanWaring]

As opposed to Begala, who’s about “1 7/16” whack job.

[RC2]

The only reason they are talking about her and others like that is because they are scared to death of these people. Honesty scares them.

[ReneeLynn]

That’s genderism! Lousy genderist.

Why the funk is Newt going around publicly giving advice to Sarah? Shut up, Newt.

[bigbob]

Could it be they’re getting nicer? At one time they’d have called her a total whack-job...

[freekitty]

“He is trying to treat her like a serious person.”

Hey Begala, I thought we made the point a long time ago that you weren’t a serious person.

[GreyFriar]

Yep, nothing but adhomin attacks is all the Dems have for her, they can’t defeat her statements.

On O’Reilly last night Laura Ingram (guest hosting) had republican and dem strategists on. She asked them about Palin’s effectivness with her facebook comments about “death” and the dem only attacked her personally and said that was all she was doing as a lightweight and “knownothing” he was unable to show how her comments could ‘not’ be true, either literally or eventually. And when Laura called him on the adhomin attacks, he denied just saying them while adding to them.

[pray4liberty]

The man’s not only a slimebag but a coward.

Let's pull out that old feminist phrase, girls, shall we? Sexist Male Chauvinist Pig!!!

Sarah Palin was a Governor and elected against all odds...what has this smarty-pants loudmouth accomplished in his life that even reaches that level?

[Jeff Head]

Every time they go after Sarah, they hurt themselves and raise her up in the eyes and esteeem of everyday Americans.

"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil" - Sarah Palin, August 8, 2009

"We face challenging times with some hell-bent on tearing down our nation by perpetuating pessimism and apologizing for America. They suggest that our best days were yesterdays. But how can this pessimism exist? Proof of our greatness and pride is all around us today. We produce proud and great volunteers who sacrifice everything for their country.

"We can resist enslavement to big central government that crushes hope and opportunity. We must be wary of government largesse. It doesn’t come free and often accepting it takes away everything that is free. Melting into Washington’s powerful and caretaking arms will only lead to suck away the incentive to work hard and chart our own course. This will only contribute to an unstable economy and dizzying national debt, and it will make us less free.

"We don’t have to feel that we must beg an allowance from Washington – except to beg the allowance to be self-determined.

"See, in order to be self-sufficient (we) must be allowed to develop, to drill and build and climb to fulfill our promise! We can not start believing that government is the answer. It can’t make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise. What can? It is the wisdom of the people and our families and our small businesses and industrious individuals. And it is God’s grace helping those who help themselves." - Sarah Palin, July 26, 2009

SARAH'S FAREWELL SPEECH AS GOVERNOR - GREAT READ

Sarah has now initiated her brilliant flanking manuever against the left, the DNC, the MSM and the RINOs that has them all in a frenzy wondering what her next move will be and how it will be perceived...and has them frothing at the mouth in their efforts to discredit her.

Sarah will now get her book out, go on tour, give speeches and promote conservatie principles all over this country in the midst of the Obama administration disaster and gain great political capital in the process. Then she will support conservative candidates in 2010 and help them win, amassing much more political capital. She will then take all of that and make an awesome, stunning run for the Presidency in 2012.

"...like that grizzly guards her cubs, as a mother naturally guards her own. I will keep that vow wherever the road may lead." - Sarah Palin, July 26, 2009

MANY MORE STICKER DESIGNS HERE

...and as to Obama care? Read the outrageous quotes from the architect of the plan himself, the chief advisor to the President on Health Care, and Policy Advisor to the Congress, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel:

EZEKIEL EMANUEL (MENGLE) AND THE OBAMA-CARE FINAL SOLUTION
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WHO IS THIS JOKER CHARACTER ANYWAY?

A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH

...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.

JEFF HEAD'S WESTERN US SCENERY SLIDE SHOWS

[bharrin742]

Any insult from Begala is a badge of honor! Wear it proudly!!

But seriously, calling Palin only “half a wack job” is far from full credit.

It sounds like palin needs to ramp up her efforts big time to get the “full wack job” mantel.

[fso301]

If it wasn't for the left, nobody would know what Sarah says.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Laughable.

Begala is one of the snottiest-nosed immature brats in the political spectrum. I grew so sick of his childish acts that I automatically change the channel when I see his ugly mug.

Bye bye Paulie. You won’t get any ratings bump from me, chump.

[ejonesie22]

With that forehead of his, Paul has always struck me as looking like some living version of a Dick Tracey villain...

[dead]

Funny stuff coming from this bug-eyed half-a-homo.

[pray4liberty]

The person who exposes their lying deceits is called a whack-job now?? Amazing.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always. --Mahatma Gandhi

[Uri’el-2012]

Paul Begala

What is Paul's long suit ?

He likes to call his political opponents names.

Does that require a skilled intellect ? no !

It is a sign of someone with no intellect.

Let's see; Paul was a paid consultant to Freddie Mac,
as they lost Billions of tax payer's dollars,
He must be a thief and a twit.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Begala who is one of the nastiest, meanest, demented, partisan, extreme, far-left hack as well as all the other delusional moonbats and the slobbering Drive-by-Media are having a meltdown as they realize (although you will never get one of these disingenuous, phony, FASCIST, A*sholes to admit it) that Sarah who has been so demonized and denigrated and even referred to as the “Caribou Barbie,” has but to have challenged directly DEAR LEADER to bring about the withdrawal of the counseling provision which everyone denied was what it was but now is no longer what it never used to be

Buck up all ye liberal buckeroos, there’s a new Sheriff-ette in town who’s kicking a*s and—unlike the tyrannical “spy on your neighbors” W.H.—is not taking names and compiling an enemies list