By Dschabner

Nov 25, 2009 10:18pm

Palin to Headline ‘TEA Party Convention’

ABC News' Teddy Davis reports:

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is planning to headline an event which is being promoted as the “First National TEA Party Convention,” according to Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton.

The "TEA party convention", which is taking place in Nashville, Tenn., from Feb. 4-6, is an understandable target for Palin.

In her new book, "Going Rogue," Palin repeatedly heaps praise on a TEA party movement that vigorously opposes the tax, spending, and borrowing policies of President Barack Obama.

During her recent interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters, Palin was asked to reconcile her support for last year's Wall Street bailout with her affinity for the TEA party movement.

Palin suggested that she regretted the stance that she and John McCain took during the campaign, saying that "we learn from our mistakes."

TEA Party organizers say that the convention will also hear from Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn.

The precise date and time of Palin's convention speech is not yet known.

User Comments

This “nutjob” is more popular in the polls than the insane lunatic in the WH….
Romney 2012

Posted by: mjishernameo | November 25, 2009, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm

Who do they think they are kidding. At over $1,000 a head this event is nothing more than a fundraiser to line the pockets of the opportunistic organizer. This has nothing to do with the real tea party movement!!

Posted by: Tim Story | November 25, 2009, 11:37 pm 11:37 pm

And before anybody can say it was Kennedy who sent troops to Vietnam, you forget that Eisenhower started putting American troops and lots of money into Vietnam after the French lost at Dien Ben Phu in 1954.

Posted by: raggmopp | November 25, 2009, 11:55 pm 11:55 pm

America’s elite and Palin-haters everywhere should not be so quick to dismiss or disregard the future of Sarah Palin. No other national political figure so completely fills Middle America’s vacuum of frustration and hate for the Left and Right as Sarah Palin.
Middle America has been abandoned by the Left and Right, who have saddled it with a $700 billion taxpayer bailout, an unnecessary and costly war, a soaring deficit, and an overall neglect of the pocketbook issues that impact Middle America every day. Where are job creation, quality public education, affordable healthcare, and fiscal responsibility, to name a few?
Voters are mad as hell at the Left and Right and they just might be willing to roll the dice on someone like Palin, who lacks an Ivy League education, is a working class hockey-mom with a disabled child, and who has blue-collar roots like many of the folks in Middle America. The status quo on the Left and Right have produced nothing material for Middle America, which may toss conventional wisdom into the toilet and throw the lever for Palin, figuring it has nothing to lose, and it may be right.
We can say what we want about Palin, but no Republican in recent history has created such frenzied excitement across the country as she has. Just take a look at the fervor she stirs as she wheels across Middle America on her book tour.
Perhaps this is a misreading of the tea leaves, but one could argue that she creates a wee bit more excitement than Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee, the two Republican front-runners for president in 2012. In the land of the blind, this one-eyed woman just might be queen.
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Posted by: AmericanMuser | November 26, 2009, 12:41 am 12:41 am

All Palin is, is the Republican version of Obama. You’d think the Obamainiacs would get this by now… In a sense they are just attacking and criticizing THEMSELVES by proxy… Funny to watch from the sildelines, no doubt.
These two groups deserve each other… And America deserves BETTER!

Posted by: jafo | November 26, 2009, 11:42 am 11:42 am

Good for her…when asked if she is qualified for president i dont know. At the moment she is the voice for millions who follow her, as well as for those who simply want to make there voices heard and if it is through her then so be it!!!! Sarah 2012 to be determined!!!! We are watchin and likin what we see so far, especially when compared to the joke we have in the white house, as well as the senate and house….

Posted by: Israel | November 26, 2009, 11:45 am 11:45 am

The queen of the ignorant nutjobs, author of Going Rouge, going to lead the whacko’s again where? Oh great, such fine entertainment! Almost as funny as Seinfeld, made even funnier by fact they take themselves so seriously. Bring it on, brainless! The world loves the laugh! We’re all dying to hear her hubbie’s recipe for pot brownies, btw. And her hypocritical defense of her daughter’s pregnancy? Priceless! How does she talk so well out of both sides of her mouth? Oh, that’s right, the absence of a tongue. Stand close enough to her and you can hear the ocean roar in her skull. Happy Thanksgiving, Tea-bags, America loves you … to laugh at!

Posted by: DAB` | November 26, 2009, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm

Very nasty Dab, and btw “talking out both sides of one’s mouth” is a reference to lying. When says lie, no other has lied as much as Obama while Palin,despite all the Obama attempts to smear, still seems to be by far the most honest of the pols mentioned. Of course, all that you have had to say has nothing to do with Palin being president. Hint: If you feel a need to attack Palin via her daughter getting pregnant–the only issues then are the mentally defunct ones roaming loose in your brain.

Posted by: VeryPainfulTruth | November 26, 2009, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

Oh boo-hoo, VeryPainful. So-o sensitive about her daughter’s pregnancy. This after 3 generations of Republicans attacking women who give birth to kids out of wedlock. Look up “hypocrisy” in the dictionary, it’s under the “h’s”. And I love the attack above on Ivy League educations. You mean like George Bush’s? George Bush is living proof that you can buy your way to ANY degree. Even his instructors were embarrassed he became president. Hey, it’s gotten to be where the Land of the Morons deserves its Idiot Kings and Queens. Excuse me while I go hunt a turkey from my helicopter now. Does my make-up look okay? Is there more tea? (Real men drink coffee, btw.) LMAO! Happy Thanksgiving you hockey pucks!

Posted by: DAB` | November 26, 2009, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

Palin has solid answers on the economy! You will not hear her saying we can spend our way out of debt.
Even Saturday Nite live, generally considered to be left of left, has picked up on this as seen in its skit “Obama visits China”.

Posted by: Ed Taylor | November 26, 2009, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm

GO SARAH!!!!HOO RAHH!!!

Posted by: jila haslia | November 26, 2009, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

When someone tries to marginalize us tea-baggers I simply ask if, and why they celebrate Independence Day?
I sent this message to Glenn Beck:
‘Samuel Adams was a patriot. In reading his history I find this said of him, ” he was not suited by temperament to constructive statesmanship.” A bit of a rabble rouser, maybe, but he was a prime instigator of the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution, a patriot indeed. Today I think Glenn Beck may be the one American that fits that mold. It is little wonder that the Obama White House and its kowtowing congress attempt to marginalize Glenn Beck, a patriot indeed!’

Posted by: Ed Taylor | November 26, 2009, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm

How can a person who got-out of her job as governor, expect to run for president? Don’t be a fool and give her vote for a larger job….do us a favor and stay in Alaska…hey, aren’t you one of the ones who wanted taxpayers to build a bridge to nowhere also?

Posted by: robert | November 26, 2009, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm

The tea party seemed attractive in the beginning because it was not about either of the two major parties, but lately it has been hijacked by some Republicans and should be considered as a tea party that is no longer an alternative to the two major parties. The tea party should focus on ending the wars and cutting government spending at least until the deficit is totally eliminated and it can then work on Tax Eliminaton for Americans (TEA) for a significant population.

Posted by: gjkotw01 | November 26, 2009, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

Dingbat.

Posted by: Dan | November 26, 2009, 6:03 pm 6:03 pm

Sarah Palin is the next Ronald Reagan. She shares his vision of limited government and American Exceptionalism. She also shares the same sunny personality that so lifted our nation during Reagan’s presidency (no small task after Carter).
It is also refreshing to see a national politician speak about America with unapologetic hope and confidence that good days can return if we embrace the principles of our founding fathers. I’m sure the liberals will continue to do everything in their power to harm her but they will fail. Moderates and independents have clearly concluded that our current president does not speak for them and is tightly bound to his extreme liberal ideolog.

Posted by: Jenny | November 26, 2009, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm

Palin may be the last hope America has for its economic survival. Why? She is the only politician that understands that effective energy policy is essential for long term economic health. America has 1.3 trillion barrels of known reserves (more than any other nation)that are left in the ground because of the pressure put on politicians by extremist environmentalist. Our current national debt is approaching $65 trillion dollars when including the cost of future entitlements. Without embacing domestic production of oil we simply have no way to pay off that debt. Sarah Palin understands that. She is a tough leader who has demonstrated she has the strength to stand up to the extremist in the environmental movement to save our economy. At current prices, our KNOWN reserves could generate nearly $100 trillion in real wealth and several trillion in long term economic wealth through the jobs that domestic oil production would generate.
I hope 2012 is not too late to make the necessary changes.

Posted by: Kent | November 26, 2009, 7:14 pm 7:14 pm

• Consider This: A few days ago, th’ Media was so INTENSLY focused, on th’ HEALTHCARE REFORM debate, they reported, everytime a legislator even SNEEZED!!! ~ All of a sudden, now, th’ only thing they can report on is Sarah Palin!!! ~ Seems t’ me, all these “Palin Bombs” just REEK, with th’ pungent odor of “S_M_O_K_E_S_C_R_E_E_N”!!! ~ What do Y’all folks think???

Posted by: Arbuckle Doc | November 26, 2009, 7:19 pm 7:19 pm

To jenny, If Palin is the last hope for America, then America is in very bad shape. There are too many other people more intelligent than her, She is just a barbie doll figure looking for publicity. If you want to put your hope in her then I feel sorry for you. Just imagine her running this country. People already hate the US our country will be like a third world country if she gets to be president. Don’t bet your last dollar on this because it is definitly not going to happen in this lifetime.

Posted by: vronca | November 26, 2009, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm

The queen of the ignorant nutjobs, author of Going Rouge, going to lead the whacko’s again where? Oh great, such fine entertainment! Almost as funny as Seinfeld, made even funnier by fact they take themselves so seriously. Bring it on, brainless! The world loves the laugh! We’re all dying to hear her hubbie’s recipe for pot brownies, btw. And her hypocritical defense of her daughter’s pregnancy? Priceless! How does she talk so well out of both sides of her mouth? Oh, that’s right, the absence of a tongue. Stand close enough to her and you can hear the ocean roar in her skull. Happy Thanksgiving, Tea-bags, America loves you … to laugh at!
Posted by: DAB` | Nov 26, 2009 12:45:53 PM
DAB you might be laughing now but you’ll be crying next year when the republicans take back control of congress and in 2012 when Sarah Palin or someone like her wins the presidency! It’ll be the republicans’ turn to laugh at you then! You’ll find out what it’s like to be laughed at and ridiculed and we’ll see how you like it!

Posted by: JimVgirl | November 26, 2009, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm

Can ABC shove Sarah Palin down our throats anymore than they have. There are other people out there that are going to run for office, that have far more to offer, but no were too busy focusing on the one person who couldn’t handle the job she had. It is great to say things, but putting those words into action is something different. There are better choices, and I’d like to hear about them for a change.

Posted by: George | November 26, 2009, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm

To jenny, If Palin is the last hope for America, then America is in very bad shape. There are too many other people more intelligent than her, She is just a barbie doll figure looking for publicity. If you want to put your hope in her then I feel sorry for you. Just imagine her running this country. People already hate the US our country will be like a third world country if she gets to be president. Don’t bet your last dollar on this because it is definitly not going to happen in this lifetime.
Posted by: vronca | Nov 26, 2009 7:55:36 PM
vronca You shouldn’t bet against her either!

Posted by: JimVgirl | November 26, 2009, 8:50 pm 8:50 pm

How can a person who got-out of her job as governor, expect to run for president? Don’t be a fool and give her vote for a larger job….do us a favor and stay in Alaska…hey, aren’t you one of the ones who wanted taxpayers to build a bridge to nowhere also?
Posted by: robert | Nov 26, 2009 3:15:34 PM
robert Stranger things have happened and if you’d check the facts you’d find that Joe Biden has a bridge to nowhere in his past too!

Posted by: JimVgirl | November 26, 2009, 8:56 pm 8:56 pm

Can ABC shove Sarah Palin down our throats anymore than they have. There are other people out there that are going to run for office, that have far more to offer, but no were too busy focusing on the one person who couldn’t handle the job she had. It is great to say things, but putting those words into action is something different. There are better choices, and I’d like to hear about them for a change.
Posted by: George | Nov 26, 2009 8:47:58 PM
George you’d better get used to her because she’s not going anywhere! She going to be around for a long time!

Posted by: JimVgirl | November 26, 2009, 10:02 pm 10:02 pm

And Dab posted: “Oh boo-hoo, VeryPainful. So-o sensitive about her daughter’s pregnancy. This after 3 generations of Republicans attacking women who give birth to kids out of wedlock. Look up “hypocrisy” in the dictionary, it’s under the “h’s”. And I love the attack above on Ivy League educations.” And then on babbling nonsense about Bush and his education.
Dab, did the point fly right over your head AGAIN? It is truely pathetic that the worse you can come up with to bash Palin is not something Palin has done, but that her teen daughter got pregnant. Seriously, since you are obsessed with trying to smear the woman can’t you put two brain cells together and come up with an actual reason to think this woman unsuitable for president?
And oh Dab, the babbling about Bush. I am not a fan of his but atleast he got into Harvard on his own…while Obama (who I despise for his crookedness and communism and aid to terrorists, had to have a Saud royal pull strings to get Obama in who didn’t have the tests scores or grades to actually earn his way in even lowered standards for him being a minority. Pretty sad. Even Palin EARNED her own grades and paid for her school. No wonder Odummy can’t do anything more than read off a teleprompter.

Posted by: VeryPainfulTruth | November 26, 2009, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm

It’s not just that the US elite who not only consider her incompetent: but real people like me think who think she is unfit for any job. I would not even hire her to take my dog out to pee out doors.
Not only is she unfit to run for office, she lacks common intelligence. For one thing, she thinks that because she is close to living near Russia and she can see it close to Alaska gives her international experience. This is quite laughable; I don’t think many people will take her very seriously.
Yes she is quite charming, probable a nice person to get along with and tell jokes. But to become president is to be statesman like. I hope people will consider this fact before they consider voting for her if she should decide to run as President of the United States.
And not only this, but I think are they more competent people in the Republican Party then Sarah . For one think I think General Collin Powell would make a better President than Mrs. Palin. For one thing, General Powell as chief if ff staff has leader ship and management skills and most of all, he is a thoughtful person and he is intelligent. He has good ability to communicate with American Citizens: and in times like we are facing now very challenging times so we need a solid and strong leader with capable skills.

Posted by: sadek | November 26, 2009, 11:05 pm 11:05 pm

Lets see here. Pawlenty a sitting governor traveling to RNC events at the taxpayers expense while Palin hands over the reins to very competent Lt. Gov. Integrity. Important to me in my President.
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Posted by: anotherview | November 26, 2009, 11:23 pm 11:23 pm

I like the idea of a new political party fighting for the far far right. The GOP needs something like this to completely destroy whatever party they have left! As a loyal Democrat ,it doesn’t get much better than this!!

Posted by: wdworld51 | November 27, 2009, 5:34 am 5:34 am

I am a Republican and rather conservative. I say that as a prelude to the rest of my comment.
I do NOT want Sarah Palin running for President. She’s not the airhead many of you liberal haters are calling her, but I believe she is not suitable to be President of the United States of America.
She apparently did a good job as mayor of a small town….Alaska elected her governor after all. And as governor of a state she seemed to be doing as well as most.
UNTIL that is she became VP candidate. You don’t have to be stupid, or any of the other vile names that many call her to NOT be an acceptable POTUS.
I hope and pray she will realize this soon. She is doing a considerable amount of damage to the GOP. She will do extreme damage if she is actually elected President.
To all you liberal haters: try to show a little class and intelligence. We are ALL American citizens.

Posted by: malcat | November 27, 2009, 6:56 am 6:56 am

For one thing, she thinks that because she is close to living near Russia and she can see it close to Alaska gives her international experience. This is quite laughable; I don’t think many people will take her very seriously.
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These are the types of comments I’m talking about. Did it ever occur to you that she may have made that comment to refer to the fact that Alaska is closer to a hostile country than any other state in the US?
I don’t KNOW that’s what she meant, but it is as plausible as believing the absurdity that she meant that gave her international experience.
Democrats and liberals are so eager to hate this woman, you are willing to believe the absurd over the more reasonable.
It’s that type of attitude and hatred from both political parties that will destroy this nation.

Posted by: malcat | November 27, 2009, 7:05 am 7:05 am

Sarah Palin scares the Democrats so badly they cannot stop talking about her because she connects with the everyday American and not the Ivy League Elitist “approved crowd”. Naturally they will attack her because of her views on abortion, gay marriage and massive government spending. They will call her dumb because they so hate her when she has far more experience as a leader than Obama ever did when he ran for President but of course she connects with the average woman and man and the liberals cannot stand her horning in on many of their independent voters. LIBERALS, go cry somewhere else as we see through your baloney!

Posted by: rockychance | November 27, 2009, 7:39 am 7:39 am

Sarah Palin has so much class when compared to the nut jobs who call this very intelligent and accomplish woman names. By calling her names, they show their own ignorance for she makes sense to me and my several advanced degrees.

Posted by: rockychance | November 27, 2009, 7:41 am 7:41 am

Another vehicle to manufature her hate, racism, and rhetoric.

Posted by: Chuck | November 27, 2009, 8:25 am 8:25 am

“Did it ever occur to you that she may have made that comment to refer to the fact that Alaska is closer to a hostile country than any other state in the US?…
I don’t KNOW that’s what she meant…”
That’s the problem – she doesn’t know what she meant. She was just tap-dancing to the questions. I saw her try to say that as Governor she had some role in supporting the Air Force when it intercepts possible Russian overflights. But when asked what role the Governor actually played in such encounters – SHE HAD NO IDEA.
She’s just tap-dancing her way through the circus around “possible Presidential candidates”. When the going gets serious she has no serious answers.
And that’s why she’s so popular – she’s seen as just like the out-of-power tea-baggers – they have no serious answers to our nation’s problems except – “I don’t like that.”
“Sarah Palin scares the Democrats so badly they cannot stop talking about her…”
Democrats are not talking about SP. The media is obsessed with her however. But have you seen what passes for “news” now-days: the soap opera over reality TV stars is a top political news story, Kim Kardashian’s weight is front page news, and over on FauxNEWS “Colorado Governor’s Mansion Gets ‘Teepeed’” is listed as a “top news story”.
Is it any wonder that the Sarah Palin has become the new “Tammy Faye Baker”?

Posted by: OB-Wan222 | November 27, 2009, 9:13 am 9:13 am

It is amazing how you all can actually expect or want this lady to be in charge of anything. I believe she is a good person just not a good leader or very bright. I hope she makes lots of money from what ever she does but we deserve someone better than this to lead. I don’t think she really have any principals of her own. She just restate what she hears or been have coached to say. America just deserve better.

Posted by: MDD | November 27, 2009, 9:19 am 9:19 am

vronca
You might be right about 2012 but for now I am laughing at you. Sore looser is not becoming. HAHAHAHA!
You sound like a DA like SP.

Posted by: MDD | November 27, 2009, 9:22 am 9:22 am

I just read a report in the Washington Post stating that the Obama administration is getting rid of lobbyists on advisory panels. The lobbyists are up in arms.
I can’t help wondering how many ex-lobbyists are going to show up at Sarah Palin’s tea party? Remember Sarah Palin is “Going Rogue.” By definition, rogues are crooks, con-artists and liars. They get to pick and choose when to tell the truth. I will agree that Sarah Palin is quite qualified. She’s a brilliant con artist, but do we want a crook for president?

Posted by: William Joseph Miller | November 27, 2009, 10:39 am 10:39 am

Democrats constantly tell us that sex is private. It’s nobody’s business.
Unless they can make political hay trashing a Republican.
THEN it’s their business.

Posted by: Joe White | November 27, 2009, 11:02 am 11:02 am

These moron leftists continue their baseless attacks on Sarah Palin for one reason – she sees right through them like the rest of us. That scares the crap out of them. Palin is a LEADER – Obama is a chameleon. Palin is honest – Obama is a liar. Palin has a record of fighting and winning against corruption – corruption is the reason Obama made it to the WH. Palin is for capitalism, the cornerstone of USA’s wealth and prosperity – Obama is a radical socialist who is already SQUANDERING that wealth and the very future of our children to make us forever dependent on HIM and a socialist/fascist government. Palin puts her faith in our Constitution – Obama and liberals STEP ON IT. Palin believes in limited government just like our founding fathers – Obama thinks he IS the government, (& never had a real father anyway).
The best federal government is the one where there would be the LEAST notice if they were to suddenly disappear.

Posted by: Mike M | November 27, 2009, 11:40 am 11:40 am

Palin/Bachman 2012!
Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Posted by: SearamblerOne | November 27, 2009, 11:46 am 11:46 am

Hey William Joseph Miller – Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere were all ‘rogues’ – in the eyes of King George III.
True!

Posted by: Mike M | November 27, 2009, 11:48 am 11:48 am

Sarah Palin is just as capable as anyone else for the job of president. I don’t know how anyone can compare her to Mr. 57 States and think she falls short of the very obvious low threshold that obama has set for anyone else to follow.
The clown who promised transparency in everything, yet manages to hide all, is proving his incompetence everyday in the rising deficient, unemployment rate and his total inability to take a stand on the war despite recommendations from his generals since August. Nothing obama has done have stabilized any of these issues. He told us that the Stimulus would save us from the brink of disaster, now many Americans have fallen off the brink in spite of the so-called Stimulus.
Hmmm, I wonder what constitutes a disaster to obama?
For sure, Palin is no worse, and probably smarter, than some who have previously ran for the office of the president. She can speak a coherent thought WITHOUT a teleprompter. Don’t even bother to claim that obama can, we have witnessed that he can’t too many times.
So, people can continue to insult and demean Palin if they want. That is fine with us. After all, Sarah is rising in the polls, obama is going down.
I wonder why???
Yep, there is absolutely no need to rant against Sarah when you have Homey the Clown sitting in the Oval Office.

Posted by: ceeLeelee | November 27, 2009, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

MDD – Liberals said the same thing about Ronald Reagan. “He’s no leader, he’s not very bright and he’s just a 2nd rate movie actor.”
Name ONE THING that Obama has accomplished EVER? (Voting present 130 times doesn’t count as ‘accomplishment’ BTW.) Still no decision from Obama on Afghanistan while our brave soldiers are over risking their lives trying to stop jihadism. He’s FAILED on healthcare reform because it’s NOT ‘reform’ – it’s just a huge federal takeover of our economy that will increase taxes and ration medical services that were never limited before, (death panels will not ‘suggest’ that women wait until they’re 50 for mamograms – they will ENFORCE IT!). He’s FAILED on ‘climate change’ – it is remains a hoax with ZERO supporting empirical evidence and now clear evidence that the alarmists have been actively hiding and altering climate data. He’s FAILED on ‘stimulus spending’ going to corruptocrat districts as political favors and worthless ‘green’ technologies that end up giving our money to CHINA, (like the TX windfarm project, 85% of fed money will create jobs in China not here). He’s FAILED on his precious ‘transparency’, his administration is among the most isolated and secretive in history. He’s FAILED in diplomacy on his apology tours around the world blaming the USA and breaking the hearts of MILLIONS of people in the process who ‘thought’ we’d someday get around to FREEING them from oppression the way Bush did in Iraq or Reagan did in eastern Europe. Face it, he’s a FAILURE! He’s nothing but a self-worshipping wanna-be chameleon who really doesn’t have a clue what leadership is about or what America is about. He thinks both are all about him!

Posted by: Mike M | November 27, 2009, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm

OB-Wan222 “But when asked what role the Governor actually played in such encounters – SHE HAD NO IDEA.”
BS!!!
Her direct role is being command of the Alaska Air National Guard whose job is SPECIFICALLY to defend NORAD, (only one other state’s governor has a similar role and that concerns Florida and their proximity to Cuba). She is NOT supposed to comment about it. Any discussion about CHAIN OF COMMAND in defense against a nuke attack coming from across the arctic is CLASSIFIED!

Posted by: Mike M | November 27, 2009, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm

Last night my sister-n-law lashed out at Sara Palin while seeing her on Foxnews. I said I liked her very much and that she has been the focus of a vicious smear attack by the liberal right unlike any other political person out there. And why? Because of her Christian values; and for that, her church was burned down and she was hanged in effigy by gays. My sister-n-law continued to say that she had zero ability to govern and that Obama was a great leader. My reply was simple: Obama is a leader who has no birth certificate to prove that he is an American and has denied access to his college transcripts. He graduated from Columbia & Harvard paid by a Muslim radical. If he had A’s, he would have had no problem revealing his brillance; and this from a man, who was a senator for only three years. As for Palin 3 years as governor, her critics have pushed her out with frivolous law suits that were aimed to bankrupted her family, so she decided to leave the governorship. Palin is no quitter. She is a smart, intelligent woman who has come out swinging, and liberals attack her for her pro-life agenda, while pushing for less government and less taxes. Whatever happened to freedom of speech?

Posted by: Pam | November 27, 2009, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm

The governor of Alaska has nothing to do with the Guard’s defense of NORAD, that’s handled under the command of the Air Force.

Posted by: gary | November 27, 2009, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

“America’s elite and Palin-haters everywhere should not be so quick to dismiss or disregard the future of Sarah Palin. No other national political figure so completely fills Middle America’s vacuum of frustration and hate for the Left and Right as Sarah Palin.
Middle America has been abandoned by the Left and Right, who have saddled it with a $700 billion taxpayer bailout, an unnecessary and costly war, a soaring deficit, and an overall neglect of the pocketbook issues that impact Middle America every day. Where are job creation, quality public education, affordable healthcare, and fiscal responsibility, to name a few?”…………. Ha! I went on line to check this out and tickets are over $600 per person. And that has nothing to do with a room at the expensive hotel. Not exactly middle America prices for a two day deal?

Posted by: secondlook | November 27, 2009, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

Pam, I believe in God and can’t stand Palin. Nobody ever said her church was burned down for anything to do with he. People have hung in effegy for years on all of them.
If you’re going to champion for her? They’re not lawsuits – they were ethics complaints.
You need to get yourself off so much Fox.

Posted by: secondlook | November 27, 2009, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

The American People are being T-Bagged by this woman….

Posted by: Antonio | November 27, 2009, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm

obama managed to quit his job as senator, not that it was a great loss – he wasn’t doing anything other than voting “present.”
I guess some would say that provided adequate training for his role as president.
His supporters need to focus on what a failure the clown and his policies are and stop worrying about Palin.
After all, she is not President.

Posted by: ceeLeelee | November 27, 2009, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm

Palin has hit a gold mine with the anarcho-Right, the faction that believes that the true meaning of “conservative” is aiming carefully and not wasting ammo when the Feds come knocking on the compound door. She’s utterly unelectable, but she’s got more than enough clout to play kingmaker — or spoiler. Either way, her ascendency bodes ill for any attempt by the Republican party to recapture the center of the political spectrum.

Posted by: Yukon Sam | November 27, 2009, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

Hehe……she nor they are Americans…they’re “terrorists”. They can all live at Gitmo, and Sarah can “see Cuba” from her house.

Posted by: sara | November 27, 2009, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm

Last night my sister-n-law lashed out at Sara Palin while seeing her on Foxnews. I said I liked her very much and that she has been the focus of a vicious smear attack by the liberal right unlike any other political person out there. And why? Because of her Christian values; and for that, her church was burned down and she was hanged in effigy by gays. My sister-n-law continued to say that she had zero ability to govern and that Obama was a great leader. My reply was simple: Obama is a leader who has no birth certificate to prove that he is an American and has denied access to his college transcripts. He graduated from Columbia & Harvard paid by a Muslim radical. If he had A’s, he would have had no problem revealing his brillance; and this from a man, who was a senator for only three years. As for Palin 3 years as governor, her critics have pushed her out with frivolous law suits that were aimed to bankrupted her family, so she decided to leave the governorship. Palin is no quitter. She is a smart, intelligent woman who has come out swinging, and liberals attack her for her pro-life agenda, while pushing for less government and less taxes. Whatever happened to freedom of speech?
Posted by: Pam | Nov 27, 2009 12:20:22
PAM EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS TRUE! I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!

Posted by: JimVgirl | November 27, 2009, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm

Go Srah go..keep on telling the people the unvarnished truth…

Posted by: junglejim123 | November 27, 2009, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm

She isn’t able to form a coherent sentence and you want her to be your nominee in 2012? Good luck with that. Here’s Sarah supporting TARP last year-
Katie Couric: Some top republicans and democrats, may not support this bill if Senator John McCain doesn’t because it may be unpopular and they’re not willing to take the political risk. If it doesn’t pass, what is the alternative?
Gov. Palin: Th..the alt.. as I say inaction is not an option we have got to shore up our economy. This is crisis moment for America. Really the rest of the world also. Looking to see what the impacts will be if America were to choose not to shore up what has happened on Wall Street because of the…the ultimate adverse effects on Main Street and then how that effects this globalisation that we’re a part of on… in our world. So the rest of the world really is looking at John McCain – the leadership that he’s gonna provide through this and if those provisions in the proposal can be implemented and make this proposal better make it make more sense to taxpayers than again, John McCain is gonna prove his leadership..…
But ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy um helping the… oh – its gotta be all about job creation too – shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reigning in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans and trade we’ve got to see trade as opportunity not as competitive um scary thing but one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today we we’ve got to look at that as more opportunity – all those things under the umbrella of job creation – this bailout is a part of that.

Posted by: gary | November 27, 2009, 2:23 pm 2:23 pm

How does the saying go?… “Two birds of a feather flock together.” …….. LOL… definitely, the feathers are from the same breed, that being the “cuckoo” bird.

Posted by: X-Republican Because of Bush | November 27, 2009, 3:55 pm 3:55 pm

For those of you trying to sell the idea that Sarah Palin is unelectable, your job is getting more difficult every day. Rasmussen released a poll a few days ago that showed that if the election were held today 46% would vote for Obama but 43% would vote for Palin. Any incumbent that polls under 50% is in serious trouble. Any president that has a job approval rating under 50% is in trouble (Obama is under 50% in at least 6 polls).
In the late seventies we had to live with the Carter disaster to get Reagan. It appears we will have to live with four years of disaster under Obama to get Palin. The wait will be worth it. Sarah Palin will destroy the pary machines in both the Republican and Democrat parties. She will reform government and finally bring energy independence.

Posted by: Nick | November 27, 2009, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm

If the choice in 2012 is between Obama and Palin then I would choose Palin. Obama is industrial grade stupid when it comes to governing. He can read a teleprompter like no one but he is a dismal failure as a leader. Obama has allowed the left wing wackos take over the Democratic party.

Posted by: Jim | November 27, 2009, 4:11 pm 4:11 pm

americanmuser…until “middle America figures out that they have been “voting against itself” for years it will never do better. The only time we did well in the history of this country was when we had good sound government protection in the form of sound rules and regulations. Also at that time we had politicians who were willing to work for the “good of the entire country” versus their own little constituencey base. Conservatives have ruined politics by turning the middle class into cynics and narcissists and thus they vote “against” the very things they need to protect themselves – good sound government and good sound politicians who are not tied into rich corporate interests. Sarah Palin only appeals to her followers because “she is just like them”. I;however, want someone far smarter than that to lead me into the future. She is nothing more than a “flash in the pan” to “cause oriented, shallow people”.

Posted by: CND FOX | November 27, 2009, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm

Actually President Obama’s job performance ratings have been at 50% or better in just about every poll taken in the last month.
USA Today/Gallup (two different polls,), CBS, CNN/ORC (two different polls), ABC/Washington Post, AP-GfK, Pew, Ipsos/McClatchy, and FOX/OD (late Oct) all have him at 50 or higher.
A more recent Fox has him at 46%, Quinnipiac U. has him at 48%.
His personal favorable or unfavorable ratings are even higher.

Posted by: gary | November 27, 2009, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm

OB-Wan222 “But when asked what role the Governor actually played in such encounters – SHE HAD NO IDEA.”
“BS!!!..Her direct role is being command of the Alaska Air National Guard whose job is SPECIFICALLY to defend NORAD…”
Actually they are not there to defend NORAD,they are a part of the NORAD. In fact, NORAD is a military unit whose job is to defend the USA and Canada. OR as they say on their website:
“..NORAD uses a network of satellites, ground-based radar, airborne radar and fighters to detect, intercept and, if necessary, engage any air-breathing threat to North America.”
And I don’t know how to tell you this, but the Governor (of ANY state) is not a part of the chain of command for NORAD. Their phones are not going to be ringing if the Russians enter US airspace.
Again, from the NORAD website – “Three subordinate regional headquarters, located at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska….etc….receive direction from the commander and control air operations within their respective areas of responsibility. The commander (of NORAD) is appointed by, and is responsible to, both the U.S. President and the Canadian Prime Minister.”
SO as much as Palin would like people to think that she has some part to play – she is out-of-loop and that’s why she can’t answer what her “role” is in defending US airspace.

Posted by: OB-Wan222 | November 27, 2009, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm

Oh, by the way – from the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard website -
“State missions, funded by the individual states, include disaster relief in times of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and forest fires, search and rescue, protection of vital public services, and support to civil defense.”
When they fly missions related to national defense the following rules apply – ” Alaskan units are assigned to Air Force major commands during peacetime to accomplish this mission.”
Those “major commands” being NORAD and SAC which report to the President, not the Governor.
That information on chain of command is not classified, thank you very much.
The idea that the Governor of any state would be called upon to make any kind of decision if Russian planes were over the skies of their state is laughable.

Posted by: OB-Wan222 | November 27, 2009, 9:35 pm 9:35 pm

“Any incumbent that polls under 50% is in serious trouble. Any president that has a job approval rating under 50% is in trouble”
Ronald Reagan hit 35% approval so you must think he sucked big time! In fact, the only president who didn’t slip below the 50% threshold was Kennedy; EVERY other president since polling began has gone below 50%.

Posted by: Good for the Goose | November 28, 2009, 2:29 am 2:29 am

Hey folks, it would be wise to ignore all polls. They are a sham, usually tilted in favor of whoever is paying for the poll.
Most polls usually survey 1000-2000 people. Now we all know what a contentious, opinionated bunch we Americans are. Heck, you get 5 Americans in a room, you’re going to get at least 4 different opinions on anything.
Asking 2000 Americans a few carefully-worded questions designed to lead the person being polled to answer the way the pollster wants is not a good way to find out what all Americans think.
I ignore them all because I know they are skewed and tainted.

Posted by: malcat | November 28, 2009, 9:31 am 9:31 am

“During her recent interview with ABC News’ Barbara Walters, Palin was asked to reconcile her support for last year’s Wall Street bailout with her affinity for the TEA party movement.”
What’s Palin’s position? Which way is the wind blowing?

Posted by: The_Mick | November 28, 2009, 9:44 am 9:44 am

Palin had a solid performance in her time as gov of Alaska..cut taxes, spending, fed gov earmarks while achieving an 88% approval rating..in a state that is 70% independent registered voters..no right wing dingbat can do that. Stuff that in the lamestream media’s pipe and smoke it.

Posted by: JL | November 28, 2009, 10:13 pm 10:13 pm

Lord, just what we need another nut job to run for the WH!
It was one thing to have the Tea Party for lower taxes adn regulations, but to put an individual who wishes to restrict the rights of indviduals their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, makes the Tea Party lot completely hypochritical.

Posted by: scott jeffries | November 28, 2009, 11:16 pm 11:16 pm

i’d rather see rachel maddow become a presidential nomiee for the republican party than sarah palin. i wish that people who support her can ask themselves what kind of credential she has to make the economy better, for example. this wingnut is nothing more than a jackass. she has no gray matter. she wants to be in the spot light but she lacks alot of credentials that a president should have. she got a “d” in journalism. OMG

Posted by: jody taylor | November 29, 2009, 11:17 pm 11:17 pm

jody taylor She has just as many credentials to make the economy better as Obama! I don’t see that he’s helped the economy one bit, in fact it’s worse! The unemployment rate is still getting worse every day and the housing market is still just as bad as it was when he took office. Also the national debt has grown by trillions! One thing is for sure Sarah Palin couldn’t do a worse job with the economy than Obama has and, according to you liberals, Obama is supposed to be a genius! Incidentally, you greatly under estimate Sarah’s mental ability. She may not be the great speaker that Obama is and she may not be able to give snap spur of the moment answers but there is nothing wrong with her mental ability! And another thing, Sarah may not have been a straight A student but at least she is not ashamed to release her college records! That is one thing that Obama refuses to do!

Posted by: JimVgirl | November 30, 2009, 12:29 am 12:29 am

If there are so many Honest Intelligent Men that can Run for the Presidency WHY didn’t they? I don’t think there is anyone out there.

Posted by: Jenna | February 8, 2010, 10:27 am 10:27 am

Give me a break Sarah’s never lied? In spite of all you would like to point out or say, she still is a politician, Q.How do you know when a politician is lying. Ans. When their lips are moving and her lips are moving just like evey other politician, and the same thing is coming out “crap!”. I’m gonna say whatever I have to try and get elected.

Posted by: cthetruth | February 8, 2010, 10:36 am 10:36 am

Palin is in the same category as Octomom and the Jon & Kate + 8 crew. Any media attention is good media attention. God help us all with the circus she’ll create in running for president. She wasn’t qualified for VP, she’s certainly not qualified for Pres. Hoping she just fades from view….

Posted by: Ken | February 8, 2010, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm

I Think I will start a new political party. Will call it IQ92 You need to have an IQ above 92 to belong, and 129 above to run for office.Sarah would’nt even qualify to belong to the party much less run for office

Posted by: cthetruth | February 8, 2010, 7:29 pm 7:29 pm

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