GOP Leaders: Sarah Palin Must be Stopped

[truthisfreedom]

Source: CBS News

Updated 6:24 p.m. Eastern Time

Last night, Politico posted an anonymously-sourced story reporting that advisers to top potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates are united in their desire to stop Sarah Palin from winning the presidential nomination out of a fear that she would lose badly in the general election. "There is a determined, focused establishment effort ... to find a candidate we can coalesce around who can beat Sarah Palin," someone described as a "prominent and longtime Washington Republican" told Politico. "We believe she could get the nomination, but Barack Obama would crush her."

Palin quickly responded to the story on Fox News' "On the Record" last night, criticizing the use of anonymous sources and stating, "The paper that we just printed this article on was not worth even wrapping my king salmon in."

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UPDATE: Palin has now sarcastically referred to Politico and other detractors "puppy-kicking, chain-smoking porn producers" in an email to the Daily Caller.

She reportedly wrote: "I suppose I could play their immature, unprofessional, waste-of-time game, too, by claiming these reporters and politicos are homophobe, child molesting, tax evading, anti-dentite, puppy-kicking, chain smoking porn producers...really, they are... I've seen it myself...but I'll only give you the information off-the-record, on deep, deep background; attribute these 'facts' to an 'anonymous source' and I'll give you more."

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What can I say? Not only do they eat their own, they eat each other! Bon appetit!

Oh hell, I do have something to say. Sarah Palin is so short-sighted and crazy, she may bring down the entire GOP. Wouldn't it be sweet?

[bemildred]

1. I want to see Palin and Rove go at it, mano a mano.

May the best "man up" win.
:popcorn:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. Maybe the WWE can host a cage match tween the two.

Put it on pay per view.

[herbm]

30. Only if they are given firearms.

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

63. Nah, make it barbwire-wrapped bats

That would be a much longer and more entertaining match.

[herbm]

64. Even better.

[KansDem]

55. Maybe she'll snap her fingers and motion to Todd to intervene...

You know, like O'Donnell does when she finds herself having to answer "difficult" questions.

I'd like to see Todd and Karl go at it, mano a mano

[Dulcinea]

78. Sarah Palin, Official Rodeo Clown of the GOP.

She's just there as a distraction. The old boys' club that is the GOP will never allow her to have any real power.

[abelenkpe]

2. I just wish she'd go away

forever and we could all forget her. Wipe her from history. She is an embarrassment.

but hey, if she can take all the repubs with her then sweet!

[SomeGuyInEagan]

7. She's just a distraction, nothing more.

She'll never make a serious run, because:

1. Even she knows she'd never get enough votes
2. That'll be the end of the money train for her

She's in idiot, but she's smart enough to know that she tapped into some serious cash and will never give that up for office. Life is much easier to sit on the side and throw grenades, and she's go that gig. Plus, she may bring out the stupid in people but it is nothing that wasn't already there - just makes it easier for us to identify them.

[skepticscott]

23. Not only that

but she has no stomach for all of the hard, unglamorous WORK that goes into a primary campaign, lots of it after the cameras are turned off and the cheering crowds have gone home. Add to that her complete lack of people skills, and she won't hold together a viable organization for long at all, even if her male competitors in the Republican primary weren't determined to trash her.

[Rincewind]

41. I disagree,

I think she will run because of the money train. If she doesn't run, all the attention will go to the many repubs running, and she'll be kicked off the gravy train. Foxpac won't pay her the big bucks to snark the repub candidates, and her use by date is fast approaching. She won't win the primaries, she just has to keep her name front and center so the feeble minded will keep paying to hear her ramble.

[rhett o rick]

66. I agree. While everyone is bashing her Jeb Bush is waiting in the wings. At the right time he will

ride in on his "white" horse and slay the Palin dragon. The party will unite behind him. All the corporate money will support Bush III and kick Palin into the gutter where she came from. Remember, Repubs dont like uppity women.

[savalez]

10. effen mccain...

[CLANG]

22. Every time I hear that voice I almost barf - she is annoying as hell!

Edited to change "also" to "almost". :rofl:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. Like a rusty nail across the chalkboard.

[pasto76]

29. No! she is a like a gold wrapped present for democrats

I know she has drummed up a "fervor" that is supposed to fuel a "tsunami" tomorrow, but if she landed the Repug nomination, oh man! Thats a like a LOCK on 2012 and beyond. Let her run her course, and drag the whole party down with her.

[tex-wyo-dem]

39. +++1000

Exactly! She's a gift to the Dems that just keeps on giving.

Personally, I hope she does run and throws the whole rethug establishment into chaos!!

[tblue37]

43. My main concern is that the fear of her might unite the serious

Republicans early around a more viable candidate.

[alanquatermass]

75. Exactly! If Palin drops out, then the Rethugs are likely to nominate...

-- someone dynamic and well-spoken and bright -- someone like Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, for example -- that is, someone who could conceivably beat Barack Obama in 2012.

If it's Obama against Palin in the general election, Obama gets four more years, no question. But if it's Obama vs. a really smart Neocon with strong, tenable ideas that can actually ARTICULATE them to the masses, then we are fucking screwed.

I pray to God they give Palin the nomination.

[aquart]

48. She's not our embarrassment.

She's all theirs.

[Historic NY]

3. I guess she knows them.

[bluestateguy]

4. Should we have an Operation Chaos in the primaries in 2012?

Just throwing that out.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

8. why yes, that could be fun to push what I believe is a looser on them

Probably best done in Iowa and South Carolina.
I encourage any DUer's in Iowa, who want to infiltrate the enemy to go for it.

[tledford]

20. or a tighter... eom

[K8-EEE]

13. I think Operation Chaos is coming home to the GOP baby...

If Palin & Romney set up a Fundies v. Country Clubbers primary, oh, it will be a joy to watch!

[liberalmuse]

5. Damn, that woman has a thin skin.

Women have fought hundreds of years for suffrage and equal rights, and this one hysterically chirping, stupid twit is going to roll it all back to the fucking stone age.

[raven42]

11. Exactly

She goes nuts anytime she receives criticism. And she obviously holds grudges (e.g., Murkowski). Imagine what it'll be like if she runs in the republican primaries (unless the other candidates are so scared of her rabid followers that they treat her with kid gloves). It's going to be really difficult for her not to implode. Not only is she stupid, but she doesn't have the temperament to hold public office.

[truthisfreedom]

15. Well, yeah, she proved that by running away from public office!

There's the little matter of her unfinished term in Alaska... maybe she can get the equivalent of a GED?

[Dappleganger]

19. If you look back to reports about her at the beginning of her political career...

that's her reputation, that she is thin-skinned and carries grudges.

[calimary]

61. No kidding! Sheesh!!!

She's nothing but a Mean Girl Made Good. Unfortunately. Classic case of bad behavior rewarded. So the message is - do more of that! You'll get rewarded even MORE!!! And now she's become just plain NASTY.

Shitty woman she is. Heck even my friend (from Alaska, oddly enough) who's a red-state voter - and her husband is such a knuckle-dragger that he stays home when he knows she's coming over to visit me (he hates my guts) thinks so. My friend even said, a couple of years back, "she's going to set the woman's movement back 50 years." This from my red-state-voter friend. If SHE thinks so, that's quite telling.

And to think that john mcsame banked on that as the way to get the disaffected Hillary voters...

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. Anti-dentite? Yukon Barbie doesn't strike me as a Seinfeld fan...

the humor would be lost on her. I wonder who's writing this stuff for her.

[name not needed]

46. Dr. Tim Whatley would be my guess.

[dimbear]

69. Wonder what she actually meant to say? or

whether she cares..............

[Hawkeye-X]

9. Good luck. This monster is yours.

You own it, loud and clear.

Make her irrelevant, and then maybe you'll earn 0.00000000000000000000000000000000e^-712 of my respect.

That means I care for a second, then focus on destroying more of you.

[applegrove]

12. Wouldn't it be ironic if the GOP was done in by a narcissist.

[existentialist]

14. Notice that the thrust of the Republican objection to Sarah Palin

is not that she is completely unqualified, ignorant, petty, shallow, vindictive and that her presidency would be a disaster,but merely that she would lose the election and thereby bring other Republicans down with her.

I certainly hope they are correct, but I think their focus on the problem with Sarah Palin as they seem concerned about it speaks volumes.

[truthisfreedom]

16. Hahahahaha. Excellent observation.

[Jackpine Radical]

34. Hey, it's worked before.

Your list, "completely unqualified, ignorant, petty, shallow, vindictive and … her presidency would be a disaster" perfectly describes Bush II and his reign.

[Blue_Tires]

54. i think what is left unsaid by the GOP is

they know full well that Palin just wants to cash in and has no intention of being a legit candidate...They also know that all the interviews, speeches, media and campaign donations she's hoarding makes it that much harder for whatever candidate they are grooming behind the scenes.

[Yavin4]

60. Bingo. And No One Is Stepping Forward To Pay Her To Go Away

Palin is basically telling them: Pay me or I will run.

[Doctor_J]

17. She's half the reason they're going to take over tomorrow

Typical repuke bullshit catapulted by Big Media

[Guilded Lilly]

18. Uh. Sarah,"babe",...

"I suppose I could play their immature, unprofessional, waste-of-time game, too, by claiming these reporters and politicos are homophobe, child molesting, tax evading, anti-dentite, puppy-kicking, chain smoking porn producers...really, they are... I've seen it myself..."

You just DID play it.

[ThoughtCriminal]

36. Pretty Stupid

To try and make a point about anonymous sources, make an outrageous accusation and include "I've seen it myself" rather than say "according to unnamed sources".

Too busy being it hate and rage mode to think it through? No, trying to think doesn't work for her either.

[Drale]

21. Perhapse we should spend more time

trying to start a civil war within the ranks of the republican party, because "a house divided can not stand".

[Name removed]

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[Hoyt]

25. Maybe it is just where I live -- Georgia -- but more folks than we think would vote for her. EOM

[tblue37]

44. Yep. I remember thinking that idiot Bush could never get elected. I don't think we should hope for a

Palin run at the presidency. My only hope is that she will create so much infighting that it will destroy the GOP.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

28. She's melting-down over the collapse of her defective candidate Joe Miller. nt

[jtuck004]

31. Have they started talking about Second Amendment remedies yet? n/t

[kestrel91316]

32. I may have to go to work for her campaign to see that she gets the nom, lol.

[BootinUp]

33. Sarah has jumped the shark (more than once) but

this recent weekends outbursts seem to be her personal best in the shark jumping category.

[and-justice-for-all]

35. Obama would crush anyone that they have...

and we all know they DON'T HAVE SHIT.

[donheld]

37. Sarah needs to be stopped but not as much as the Koch Brothers

[madrchsod]

38. oh jesus christ it`s politico .....

[Lugnut]

40. Go Sarah!

She's the monster they created. It will be fun watching them try to shut her up.

[tblue37]

42. She called them "homophobes"! I don't think that word means what she thinks it means! nt

[dogfacedboy]

45. RUN, SARAH, RUN!

[yurbud]

47. they can't beat her, so they will have to poison her image by implying she DOES read newspapers

and maybe that she speaks French.

[sakabatou]

49. Hey GOP, you made this monster.

It's gonna be hard to put her away.

[IDemo]

50. "puppy-kicking, chain-smoking porn producers"

I've gotta give her credit for describing Politico, anyway.

The last time I'll ever agree with Millie Wasilla on anything, including the time of day.

[rustyd55]

51. we need her

she is the only person in the country that can save the democrats she will soon be put in exile for sure

[tanyev]

52. No matter what happens today, there's still this to look forward to.

[Javaman]

53. They could stop her easily, by using her own record...

but this is nothing more than party charades.

They use these feints to try and swing the "on the fence votes" into believing that the repuke party is "clearly not insane".

Interesting how this BS story comes out on the eve of the election.

[davepc]

56. Run Sarah Run!

[RobinA]

57. Tough Luck

Ya reap what you sow. They brought this on themselves.

[katty]

58. hey THEY created this freak-so PULL the plug on her mouth

already!

[barb162]

59. Somewhere along the line, she'll put her foot in her mouth bigtime

ala Christine O'Donnell. They're the Democratic Party's best friends.
:)

[saigon68]

62. Well in the mean time we are going to take an ass kicking

[barb162]

71. Yep, it's happening. n/t

[rhett o rick]

65. Palin is a huge distraction. When the time comes Jeb Bush will emerge and rally the party against

her. The fight between Bush (the smarter son) and Palin will draw the Republicans out of the woodwork. They will end up supporting the Republican machine i.e. Rove and the Bush Crime Family with the backing of major corporations. Palin is a red herring.

[rhett o rick]

67. Remember what Rove did to McCain? That will be nothin compared to what he does to Palin.

She is such an easy target. He will smear her till she crawls back to the gutter.

[live love laugh]

68. I think this is a red herring. Palin is a herring--always has been (a has been that is). nt

[defendandprotect]

73. IMO, it's an effort to create a more radical ... VIOLENT... right wing ....

Overall, notice where the public is being taken constantly --

hearing about violence over and again --

This has been going on since the early 1970's --

And, it is really the only way the right wing can rise and take hold --

other than stolen elections and lies which will still go on, of course!

[sam kane]

70. lol! nt

nt

[defendandprotect]

72. Isn't this something we would want to encourage .... ???

[sofa king]

74. Well, she's interested in attention, money, and sex....

...Which means that the people she endorses are probably willing to give her two out of the three... which means that scandal and corruption will follow in her wake.

Wait a minute. Why do the other Republicans hate her?

[Divine Discontent]

76. Palin is a frightening blight, that reflects badly upon a large group of Americans that find her

heroic!

She's dangerous.

And she's not only their problem, she's a threat to our well being with her crazy views.

[CRH]

77. I hope she is a force in the primaries,

more division in the republican party the better.

And if she somehow wins the nomination it is probably the best dems can hope for.

If Obama can't beat her in the general, she might quit in two years.

I really would like to see a Palin/O'donnell ticket. It would add a punctuation mark to American politics.