Did Rick Santorum Really ‘Knock’ Sarah Palin for Not Attending CPAC?
- Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:37am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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On the first day of her new show on Glennbeck.com, S.E. Cupp is already making news. But the criticism being poured on her first big guest — and grabbing headlines — may not be warranted.
During her inaugural episode of “S.E. Cupp,” the conservative commentator interviewed former GOP Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. In the interview, Cupp asked Santorum about his thoughts regarding Sarah Palin turning down the keynote invitation at the annual CPAC conference. According to Politico, Santorum’s response was a direct shot at the former Alaska governor:
Rick Santorum knocked Sarah Palin’s decision to skip CPAC, saying on Tuesday that she must have “business opportunities” that are keeping her from the annual conservative conference that is a showcase for potential presidential contenders.
“I have a feeling that she has some demands on her time, and a lot of them have financial benefit attached to them,” Santorum told conservative commentator S.E. Cupp, who hosts an online radio show on Glenn Beck’s website.
Santorum added that Palin has “other business opportunities” — implying her paid speeches were the former Alaska governor’s priority.
If you just read that description, the “knocked” theory sounds plausible. But is that really what happened? Not really.
Video of exchange between the two conservatives shows the conversation was about as mean-spirited as a Cupid conference. The Right Scoop describes it like this:
Sounds like to me he wasn’t ‘knocking’ her at all, but suggesting that her missing CPAC was justifiable since she’s so busy and has a large family. If anything it was just an off the cuff answer. I didn’t detect any ill-will, but of course I wasn’t looking for it like [author] Andy Barr.
Santorum is once again working his way into headlines as he considers a 2012 presidential run. He has already gotten an early jump on the 2012 Republican presidential nomination with visits to early primary and caucus states, including New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina. He’s also hired two veteran GOP operatives in Iowa and one in New Hampshire.
And while Palin could soon be an opponent in the race for the GOP nomination, he showered praise on her during a recent conversation with the Associated Press.
“She’s a rock star,” Santorum said of Palin. “She’s a megastar. You can’t look at her and not think that she would have a huge impact on the nomination.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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tifosa
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:49amRick oopsied. Just look in here :0)
Report Post »thetang
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:48amI didn’t see anything in that conversation with SE, that would put Sarah down? Rick was just making a legit excuse for her missing CPAC ?Sometimes we have to lighten up folks? Sarah could just be another Margret Thatcher before you know it? A little more seasoning,an Shaaboome,there is Sarah!……….
Report Post »Mjollnir
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:36amI am sorry folks but many of you are “fair weather fans”. Sarah is the best hope this nation has. If you buy into the garbage about being unelectable than you are playing right into the enemy’s hands. (”She’s got guts, and guts are enough”!) In reality she has much more but the key aspect of her is that she puts up with no liberal newsbites that attack her, her principles, her family and her country. My God, how refreashing is that? Again do your research, this woman is real, not some blow dried RHINO that does the party’s bidding! I will work for her, and promote her to the very best of my ability!
Report Post »falling
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:58pmAbsolutely MJOLLNIR, Palin has stood up to both the right and the left and that is why the establishment in BOTH parties are terrified of her. They know she will point out the corruption and call out the corrupt, regardless of party, because she has done both in the past. The media knows she will cut the crap go straight to the people and the media can‘t tolerate a politician who doesn’t let them define the issue. She is honest, she was willling to give up power in Alaska in order to get her message out. She is fearless. And they are fearful. If her name gets on the ballot they know she will win, so they are pulling out all the stops to keep her name from ever getting on that ballot.
Report Post »clinicalminded
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:29amPalin is riding the gravy train as we ALL would and long to be. She is unqualified to be president, her endorsements only hurt people, and the only races that won, won in spite of her not because of her. She could not even help win a senate seat in her own state. Come on man.
Report Post »LifeProject2012
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:43amIs that Clinical-Mided or Criminal-minded?
Report Post »Justthinking
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:49am@clinicalminded
Report Post »Would you please take a brief look at the Constitution and remind yourself of what qualifies any American to be President? I don’t think that there is a requirement for a law school degree or 30 years living off the tax payors mentioned anywhere in there. I’m not saying Sarah would or should run, but I wonder what qualifies a person to be President. The previous “qualified” don’t seem to have done a whole lot better than the current “qualified” President. He just seems to be continuing on the same path, just accellerated.
Tomzuma13
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:27amSee how smart Sarah is. There is NO reason for her to speak there. She is not running for president. Her speaking there would take time away from a potential conservative presidential contender and bring a libral firestorm of bad press to the conference. Besides, presidents do not make 30 million a year, get to go fishing, and get to piss off the left simply by smiling!
Report Post »LifeProject2012
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:26amI‘d like to take this opportunity to say mean and horrible things about Sarah Palin because it’s important that we abuse and ridicule any honest and sincere person of character. Anything we can do to sow strife and ill will regarding good-hearted courageous individuals will enhance our national image and encourage true leaders to stay as far away from public service as humanly possible. GO S.E.Cupp!
Report Post »SidneyDave
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:26amSarah Palin was not required to attend CPAC. She has other things to do that she feels are more important. Why is everyone making the assumption she wants to run. What if she believes her best contribution to conservatism is rallying the troops and raising money. I just lost any respect I ever had for Rick Santorum. No need to drag down others just to get ahead of them.
Report Post »kspatriot
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:15amI don’t think Rick “knocked” her at all. I also don’t think Rick has ANY chance of being president. He’s another one of those politicians that lick his finger and stick it up to see which way the wind is blowing. We want somebody that has morals and principles and sticks to them regardless of which way the political winds are blowing.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:13amThe fringe conservative movement, represented by Beck and 1/2 term Palin is a dead end an dmain stream conservatives realize this. The Tea-PArty was great for getting votes in 2010, but will drag the GOP down in 2012.
In is becoming more and more evident that the GOP is doing today what it did in the early seventies, when it banished the John Birch Society from its membership.
Report Post »kspatriot
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:21amWhat you and the left, and some conservatives don’t realize, ENCINOM, is that Beck and Governor Palin are MAINSTREAM AMERICA. Those in the government that don’t embrace the Tea Party will be discarded like yesterdays tea bags.
Report Post »beckisnutsisnuts
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:21pmRight on KSP. Sadly, this ENCINO dude, like all the other Blaze trolls, never got it, doesn’t get it, and never will get it!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:08amNot a fan of the Rickster. I wish him well, though.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:04amAnynone has anything on Rick? Just trying to save time
Report Post »Decade of Greed
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:02amRick, I am from western PA, I just had to watch my beloved Steelers go down in flames. I can not abide any more disapointments from Pennsylvania. With everyone on the left attacking us, the good guys on the right need to stand strong together against the creeping hoard of marxists, not join the chorus. You’ve always been a good guy, “…don’t make me come up there and thump you.” (Shawshank Redemption)
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:01am“Sounds like to me he wasn’t ‘knocking’ her at all, but suggesting that her missing CPAC was justifiable since she’s so busy and has a large family.”
BS…he didn’t say one word about her family obligations. He made reference twice to her being too busy making money. How the hell does he know what she is doing? I believe Todd is getting ready for the Iron Dog Sled race so STICK IT RICK.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:58amGoes to show that anything can be taken out of context. Nothing wrong with this conversation, nothing.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:57amAs far as I‘m concerned neither Palin or Santorum have a snowball’s chance in hell at the White House.
Report Post »Thomas
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:57amC’mon Politico… There is nothing to see here. His response was not mean spirited and “no comment” would have been spun worse…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:01amAgreed.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:52amBig deal, I didn’t find what he said to be anything other than his honest assessment. Does every Republican hopeful have to kiss her ring or be banished? She has an up side and a down side, like all of the candidates.
Report Post »Rich Cranium
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:59amWell put Gonzo
Report Post »myfamily04
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:48amI am from PA and Santorum is a good conservative and is on the same side as Sarah.
Report Post »We need a conservative in the WH now!
8jrts
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:07ammyfamily04
Report Post »I agree. Being from NJ, I have watched Santorum in the past, and he is a good conservative.
I think all he was saying is what Palin did would not have been his choice. Besides, I haven’t heard Palin say for sure she was running, all I’ve heard is speculation. Did I miss something?
Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:48amThe short answer is NO!
Report Post »Helldogger
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:47amVery simply, Sarah didn’t have time for the turncoat losers at CPAC. She’s busy guiding the conservative movement to another great victory.
Report Post »Santorum is a good guy. I hope we see him in a good position again.
banjarmon
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:47amRun Sarah Run! Barracuda 2012!
Report Post »brntout
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:44amCouldn’t he just have said “it‘s none of my buisiness why she isn’t ” and left it at that?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:29amExactly
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:44amSorry, but Rick has become part of the pundit class and is more interested in his speaking fees than the truth. He’s also a Big Government Republican.
Report Post »ovrwlmd
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:54amSaying it twice makes it a shot against Palin. Poor thing is jealous.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:57amHey Nick, Sarah is a paid pundit and is concerned about her speaking fees as well. I like her but, do we all have to get wound up if anyone dares not bow to her? Again, I like her but, if she gets the nomination there will be such an orchestrated effort to trash her, we’ll have Obama for another 4 years. It’s not worth it.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:07am@Gonzo
True. I am not a Sarah Sycophant. I‘m not convinced she’s the answer for the conservative movement. I like her, but she’s no Margaret Thatcher.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:11amThanks Nick, people really need to think twice about her as a candidate, not because of what She is or what She stands for but, what She will be made in to and what the result will be. I’m finding Mitch Daniels hard not to like. Any thoughts?
Report Post »Jimtt500
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:14amBeing the major catalyst over the past 2 years for the greatest electoral change our nation has seen in 70 years is not chump change; getting the largest energy project in the world’s history underway while she was governor and actually putting our country on the path toward economic and energy independence
Moreover, for the last 18 months, she has led the public debate on every national issue and done the heavy political lifting across the entire country almost entirely on her own
Helping lead a conservative insurgency…taking back the House of Representatives, and being close to running for the highest office in the land, all the while taking the surviving the most vicious attacks, day in, day out…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:49am@Jimtt500
Report Post »Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:14am
Exactly! Right on! You nailed it. Amen!
And that’s the reason people harp on the fact that she resigned, rather than what she ACCOMPLISHED and IS DOING! Good grief! It’s bad enough that the Leftists bash her. Let’s not do the same thing as conservatives. Give her the CREDIT she is DUE. She has earned it, and she has earned out respect.
orkydorky
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 5:47pmIf I remember right, this whole thing with CPAC had been kicked around weeks ago, could all this attention be another rino trick, huh????
Report Post »shane2813
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:43amHey RICK GO AWAY!!!!!!!!! MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST All the same. Just ask Ricky boy.
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:17pmOh c’mon….if you had zero chance of winning, the smart thing to do would be to make what money you can while there is still a little bit of interest among the fanatics.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:58pm@Shane
are you the same cat who posts the cretinous catch-phrase “MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST” on breitbart’s website as well?
Don’t let anyone accuse you of non-partisanship, jeeeeez!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:43amThe presidency isn’t her objective.
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:09amSounds like we have another Rino to add to the roster. What doesn’t this guy understand? Where was he last November? As if Sarah Palin doesn’t get enough criticism from the left already. Hey Rick, keep your mouth shut.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Palin talks about Reagan video
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:11amI agree and I think she knows it, too much negativity around her on a personal level. Much of it is just heresay. I have to say Rick you arent the one we are looking for either, so dont try to get on the Palin bash wagon its not going to work.
This stinks all the dolts we dont want are looking at potentially running in ‘12. Santorum, Romney, Huckabee, Newt, Ron Paul and the list goes on. We are doomed…….
get your “houses in order” its going to be a rough cpl years http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:25am.
Palin is a quitter, she looks good, sounds good, prob smells good. But she quit under pressure, it hurts me to say that but the sad fact is she quit.
Showtime
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:36am@GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:25am
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Palin is a quitter, she looks good, sounds good, prob smells good. But she quit under pressure, it hurts me to say that but the sad fact is she quit.
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GeauxAlready, if you understood why she resigned, you would have a different opinion. She held other public offices that she did NOT step down from. She was smart to resign as Governor of Alaska. She is no quitter. The fact that she’s a household name even today should tell you something. The Leftists don‘t believe she’s a quitter. Otherwise, they would not work so hard to bash her after the election.
Sarah has brains, and she’s effective. She‘s everything the Leftists DON’T want her to be.
Report Post »knotaclu
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:38am@ povertysucks: I hope you are correct. She can do so much more in the position she is in rather than being President….
Report Post »@geauxalready: ya know, sometimes quitting is the right thing to do….Get the facts and have an understanding of why she quit and maybe it wont pain you so much.
@ cnsrvt: I think he has a total understanding of the situation. Did ya really watch the video. And what is up with all you people telling others to shut up? Debate gets us to a conclusion….
GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:43am.
@Showtime
I know the reason she gave, but it was lame at best. You have to remember “Quiters Never Win”. Why should you trust a person that has shown you the real them. When she quit, she lost any chance to ever claim a victory. We don‘t elect quiter’s.
leftiesaredangerous
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:52amDidn’t sound like a knock to me.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:54amRick, you have never been a favorite of mine, but this snide little remark about Palin took the cake for me. I tolerated you every Fri. on the Bill Bennett show, even tho I couldn’t stand your bumper music. Now, I will shut off the Radio on Fridays because this little episode tells me more about you. Go ahead and run, but you just don’t have what it takes. I’ve suffered every Fri. listening to you hum & hem and err, err to the point of wanting to yell at you. Enough is enough, I’m off you totally now.
Report Post »JoeBtfsplk
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:55amThe more I hear, the more I am beginning to think Palin will run.
Report Post »She upsets the uneducated trolls(or devious Marxists) like Geaux with the repetitive disclaimer about quitting.
That won’t work.
Palin terrifies many on the right and most on the left.
That works for me.
knotaclu
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:01pm@ gauxalready…. You quote Lombardi for your reasoning? Seriously? No, I dont believe you have a true understanding of why she quit. It was not a lame excuse by any means. The MSM and the far left hate this woman and will do anything to destroy her. How do you not see that? Look at what she has accomplished since resigning. Yep, quitters never win. Good one…..
Report Post »timeout
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:05pmto me the point is that the politico is trying to determine who will be the republican candidate and to further spread blood libel aimed in sarah’s direction. lets see if rick comes out more openly in his defense of sarah. but i did not get the impression he in fact did dis her.
frankly, we need the person of sarah. at any level, to include the presidency. those who are hated the most, and are principled, are the leaders….not yes people.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:18pm@GauxAlready –
KnotaClue understands.
And, re:
Showtime
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:49am
@Jimtt500
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:14am
Exactly! Right on! You nailed it. Amen!
And that’s the reason people harp on the fact that she resigned, rather than what she ACCOMPLISHED and IS DOING! Good grief! It’s bad enough that the Leftists bash her. Let’s not do the same thing as conservatives. Give her the CREDIT she is DUE. She has earned it, and she has earned out respect.
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So, GauxAlready, giver her the credit that she is due, how about it? Alaska is SOLVENT, thanks to Palin. Is your state solvent? Alaska is not in debt.
You know why Progressives are afraid of Palin? Because she went after some deceptive Republicans and won, and the Progressives don’t want to her after them!
Palin does not deserve to be bashed.
GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:23pm.
@knotaclu
I know the left hates everything about this woman. But the fact still remains she QUIT!!!!! Weather it was to save Alaska some money is not a very good reason to quit. She would have been alot stronger if she had hung in and fought. Instead she quit, giving the left all they need to destroy her. Stand till you can’t stand any more, then fight fron your knees til your last breath…………..
knotaclu
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 12:34pm@ geauxalready: I appreciate your argument, but you are dead wrong. Several others have explained it better than I and yet you continue to not see it. Please reread some of the posts directed at you from the others and maybe the bulb will come on. People on the right buying this “she quit” argument are playing right into their hands. Please see that….
Report Post »Jimtt500
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:04pm@GeauxAlready
Gov. Palin didn’t “quit”; she reloaded in order to fight for what is right on a fairer battlefield.
She promised to keep the frivolous anti-Palin law suits away from the Alaskan people ( saving tax money and time) and to be more effective on the stump ( supporting candidates , fundraising, etc)
Sarah Palin was truthful on both accounts!
Who has been leading the charge to put the constitutional limitations on Big Government? Who, along with the TPM, has caused the bulk of the 2010 GOP increases in our Congress?
Governor Palin has endorsed 73 candidates for the US House of Representatives and Senate; state governors and attorney generals. Her success rate is at 71%.
Also 18 out of 20 targets in her Take Back the 20 campaign ; this is a 90% success rate!
In an article Gov. Palin said:
“I said, ‘Enough. Political adversaries and their political friends in the media will not destroy my State, my administration, nor my family. Enough.’ I knew if I didn’t play their game any longer, they could not win. I would not retreat, I would instead reload, and I would fight for what is right from a different plane.”
Gov. Palin resigned because she recognized the cost that the frivolous ethics complaints were having on her state , and she saw how much of her staff’s time and her own time were forced to deal with those issues. She wasn’t able to effectively fulfill her role as Governor, so she passed the reins onto someone who didn’t have to be concerned that if he sneezed in the Lower 48, an ethics complaint would be thrown at him.
Gov. Palin’s entire administration was paralyzed by those frivolous complaints.
She saw that if she stayed on as Governor it would continue to cost the state millions of dollars in wasted time and resources to defend against false and maliciously ethics complaints and doom it to gridlock.
Between the frivolous ethics complaints, 27 in 6 months, and the uncooperative legislature, who had previously worked very well with her, she determined that she could no longer serve Alaskans well.
The ethics complaint investigations had cost Alaskans $2+ million dollars in 6 months. In the 3 weeks between when she announced her resignation and when she stepped down, 3 more complaints came in. At that rate, these systematic complaints would have cost Alaskans $8 million by the end of her term.
She also saw that her family was not personally in debt for $500,000 for 6 months of ethics charges. Again, at that rate, her family would have been in debt $2 million by the end of her term.
She had also fufilled all the campaign promises she made, i.e., ethics reform, budget cutting, earmark cutting, getting the natural gas pipeline off high center through an open, transparent, and competitive process!!
Gov. Palin had to step down for the better of her state and it was the honorable thing to do.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:32pm.
Gov. Palin had to step down for the better of her state and it was the honorable thing to do.
That‘s the biggest bunch of Crap i’ve read all day. There is no Honor in QUITTING!!!!!!!!!!
I like her don‘t get me wrong she’s Hot! I like what she says, the way she totally ****** off the left. But she quit, where was the Grizzly MaMa? They should have had to drag her carcus out, with her kicking and screaming,
dominke
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 11:27amRich needs to come out and declare his agenda,he wants to run as a socialist and help take america down. His arrogance is comparable to Obama’s.
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