Palin endorses Newt – but just for this week
By Ken Falkenstein | Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | PoliticsSarah Palin tonight stated that if she were a South Carolinian, she would vote for Newt Gingrich – not because she necessarily believes he is the best candidate, but because she wants the nomination race to continue as a means of sharpening and preparing our candidates for the race against Barack Obama:
Palin makes an interesting point: There is no question that every single remaining candidate is articulating his views and running his campaign more effectively than in earlier months, and that’s because competition breeds excellence. At last night’s debate, Newt found his voice again, and Rick Perry even sounded coherent!
That said, I continue to believe that Mitt Romney is our inevitable nominee, and I believe the nomination contest has already sharpened and improved him as a candidate. Now it’s time to unify behind him so he can raise the funds and reorganize his campaign to take on and defeat Obama.
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Ken Falkenstein has been a staffer in the United States Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates. He has managed political campaigns. He was a military intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army in West Germany during the Cold War. He is currently the Vice President of the Down Syndrome Association of Hampton Roads and practices as a civil litigation attorney with the law firm of Poole Mahoney PC in Virginia Beach. His concern for his kids' future is what most informs his writing.
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23 Responses to "Palin endorses Newt – but just for this week"
Mittens is our eventual nominee rhymes with our president is already in the whitehouse.
McDonnell damn well better be a running mate for veep or else we are scarood.
I would rather be condemned by Debbie Whats-her-name Schultz than be endorsed by Sarah Palin.
MD – Well, yeah….
Ken, that is basically what she said, yes. But she still said it. Despite MD Russ, her back-handed endorsement in SC probably does carry some weight. I suspect a lot of herardent fans (and there are many of them) have been waiting for this wink from her. I don’t know why you keep have to tooting the horn form Mitt. Newt is not on the ballot in Virginia, remember?
MD Russ–are you running for any office?
Does anybody really care about what Palin thinks and says? I mean really?
(don’t you just LOVE that Alaskan background?)
Palin has a valid point and she was just being honest, her job is a political commentator for FOX News and she gave her opinion. Her husband has endorsed Newt, so while this isn’t an official endorsement – I don’t know why this is any surprise since Newt had such a great debate the other night.
Follow the money.. Sarah is saying what is best for ad revenue at FOX in this instance.. When all the candidates go home, the revenue model changes as does the revenue stream. Follow the money.
You could make the ad revenue comment/charge about any political commentator or analyst with any program on any channel.
correct.. cept for Paul..
Mormor wrote: “Does anybody really care about what Palin thinks and says?”
Probably more people than who care what John McCain or George H. W. Bush say.
Craig
That just proves how low we sunk.
Mormor,
It also just goes to show how low the Tea Party has sunk. “By their fruits you shall recognize them.” It must be a pretty sad movement if their “leaders” are typified by the likes of Sarah Palin and by the Masturbating Witch of Delaware.
Craig,
No, I am not running for office and definitely not interested in ever doing so.
Wow!
The folks who won’t get involved,or exert any efforts think they are the proper folks to criticize Sarah Palin or anybody in the “Tea Party”.
Looks to me,Sarah Palin has accomplished way more than the motley crue commenting here many times over.
Pam, did Obama Biden win or did McCain Palin lose?
Turbo,
That’s not the issue in this post. There are attacks and remarks of derision on the person of Sarah Palin, and anybody Tea Party with no substance.
This blog is not the type that supports that. I am merely trying to make the point, if you want to bash and criticize , you should be able to point to your own efforts that are better.
The proof is in the pudding. What have the folks on this string criticizing Palin, when they have not even remotely done what she has?
Pam
Turbo,
Basically, Sarah Palin commands some influence based on her documented accomplishments, and you do not.
Pam
Pam,
Your argument reminds me of the story of the father who was discouraged by his Gen X son who had graduated from college and moved back home with no job prospects. (This was long before the Occupuppy Movement.) His father confronted his son one day and said, “you know, when George Washington was your age he was out on the frontier surveying land.” The slacker replied, “yes, Dad, and when he was your age he was President of the United States.”
You see, Pam, accomplishment is not an entrance criteria for criticism. I don’t know of a single film critic who has ever won an Academy Award. But that doesn’t mean that the critical observer isn’t capable of pointing out the shortcomings of those who claim public recognition.
And, while we’re on the subject of accomplishment, exactly what has Sarah Palin accomplished? At least Mark Sanford completed his elected term as Governor of South Carolina, but no one is touting him as a political leader or seeking his endorsement.
@Pam
Turbo wrote: “Pam, did Obama Biden win or did McCain Palin lose?”
A while back we had a discussion of what an *ad hominem* attack was. Turbo’s rhetorical question–totally a propos of nothing that was being discussed–is the dictionary definition.
Mormor: I wondered the same thing. Isn’t Snowbilly Grifter’s 15 minutes up? It should have ended when she decided not to run for president, at which point it should have been clear to everyone that she and her annoying family are only in it for the money.
SV,
The preferred nickname is Caribou Barbie.
MD: I like ‘em both.
“What’s the difference between a pitbull and a hockey mom? There’s no quit in a pitbull.”
Sorrry Steve,Mormor or Turbo,
The next time you are elected Governor of any state in in the US…let me know.
You want to criticize Palin….but none of you can even remotely hold candle to what she has done.
Pam
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