Sarah Palin | 04/01/2009 8:40 am

Gingrich Replaces Embattled Palin at GOP Dinner

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

It’s only Wednesday, but we’re guessing this week will be a total bust for Sarah Palin.

First and foremost, her former running mate, John McCain, refused to say on Sunday whether he would endorse her in a possible 2012 presidential race. The senator said he’ll first have to survey all of the candidates before making a decision, which is certainly the political thing to say, but also implicitly indicates that he doesn’t have much faith in the Alaska governor.

As if that weren’t enough, some of Palin’s constituents — and liberals across America — are angry that she picked Wayne Anthony Ross to be her state’s next attorney general. Why are people so angry? Well, it could have something to do with the fact that Ross referred to gays and lesbians as "degenerates." Lovely. Also, native Alaskans are angry over what they call Ross’s anti-rural policies and hope to derail his nomination.

All of that drama has been pretty contained, however, especially when compared to this: the Republican party disinvited Palin from their biggest fundraising dinner and replaced her with — wait for it — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Palin’s team insists she had never confirmed her attendance at the event, which takes place June 8, but a press release sent out in March said the governor was the keynote speaker. Apparently things have changed, because the organizing committee yesterday said they had "decided to go in another direction." Ouch.

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Exactly — for whatever reason, saying anything about a Republican is "hateful" — I think it is just a tactic to deflect the conversation by using a "buzzword" — like the use of "socialism" for Obama’s policies. If you don’t have substance — throw in a buzzword. =)

By Z **** on 04/01/2009 1:13 pm

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I don’t know what they would do without those famous buzz words do you? The old spin machine works well on them all….they hear it enough and they believe every word. Also this talk of "Fair and Balanced" used by Hannity etc..they don’t know the meaning of the words!!

By caj p on 04/01/2009 1:57 pm

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What I feel for her is worse than hate. It’s apathy. The fact that she seems to have a small cadre of Americans fooled is interesting academically — what "dog whistle" thing about her do they perceive that regular Americans don’t — but it’s also bad for the country that people are so gullible.

Choosing her was John McCain’s macaca moment. It showed colossally poor judgment and was proof that he had no business being president. Palin was in way over her head, so it’s not surprising she screwed it up so badly. Still, her national political career is over, unless she can figure out a way to appoint herself to the U.S. Senate somehow before her term as governor is up.

By Rudi G. on 04/01/2009 1:32 pm

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I really think many saw her as another Hillary!! That was McCain’s reason for picking Sarah in the first place as we know and that backfired badly. The Rep Party just seems to be all over the place with no real leadership right now.

By caj p on 04/01/2009 2:05 pm

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caj, that is how I saw it also. The problem was when Gov. Palin opened her mouth, everyone knew she wasn’t no Hillary…not even close!

By Mel Berg on 04/01/2009 2:26 pm

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That’s a good insight into how Republicans think. "Dan Quayle looks like a Ken doll, therefore women will vote for him." "The Democrats have a woman running for president. Let’s get a woman too! (And just about any ol’ gal’ll do.)" And, "Democrats elected a black man president, let’s elect a black man as head of the RNC. Alan Keyes is busy, so let’s get the other black Republican. Oh wait, Clarence Thomas has a job. Right, get Michael Steele. He’ll be great."

They just see the label — the surface. Quayle, Palin, Steele are not individuals to the Republican eye, they’re avatars — tokens — for groups they think they can con into supporting them.

Another example. Remember at the 2000 GOP Convention how they loaded the stage with black people and hispanics to form a back drop behind Bush? Turned out that was it — those people of color on the stage were the only minoritiies in the entire arena.

By Rudi G. on 04/01/2009 3:56 pm

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Dear caj…I trust you’ve seen the George Booth cartoons…..Could that just be a Repub asking what’s going on?

By georgia fatwood on 04/02/2009 1:53 pm

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Z—-I find your remarks very confusing. You say you were a "McCain supporter"—you were going to vote for McCain before he picked Palin. Sounds like you voted against McCain because of Palin —and not for Obama. In other words, if the only reason you didn’t vote for McCain was because of Palin, why did you vote for Obama? What reason did you have to vote for Obama if McCain was your first choice? —why vote at all? I wouldn’t think someone who was keen on McCain would find Obama very appealing, regardless of his running mate—it would seem to me the alternative is worse. Yet you seem to be very keen on Obama and happy that he is pres. Why did you ever support McCain if you liked Obama all along? I find it hard to believe that someone could swing 180 degrees in their ideology overnight.

By eleanor roche on 04/01/2009 11:03 pm

eleanor: I find it hard to believe that someone could swing 180 degrees in their ideology overnight.

Keep reading the posts and you’ll understand. The dazzle of bright lights keep some people dancing long after everyone else has stopped.

By Marjorie C. on 04/02/2009 7:10 am

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And others who are blinded by their intense hatred of the president.

By Rudi G. on 04/02/2009 7:33 am

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Amen!

By Catherine Kaiman on 04/02/2009 11:36 am

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Rudi/Suzanne — I have never seen any poster on this sight state that they "hate" the new POTUS! I think you need to go back and review the posts. Many do not "understand his" - many find his stance on various issues not to their liking - some have run out of patience with the spending - some can’t understand why he has difficulty finding good people for his administration who actually paid their taxes.

"Hatred" is not a word I have seen.

By Lady Gator on 04/02/2009 1:08 pm

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Rudi…and it’s so hard to smile when one is frozen in pucker mode…..as in…you know, grapes…..

By georgia fatwood on 04/02/2009 1:56 pm

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I’m sure it is so much easier to stay in the dark and never consider new ideas.

By Z **** on 04/02/2009 7:40 am

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I know, Marjorie, I have read them and they seem to be the very ones that seem so hostile. I would think they would be on top of the world and more positive about the person they voted for instead of being morose and defensive. Oh, to each his own. Guess if we all thought the same way there would be no need to share.

By deber B on 04/02/2009 11:10 am