Palin: Some GOP Operatives ‘Seem to Have the Fighting Instinct of Mr. Snuffleupagus’
- Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:18am by
Billy Hallowell
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On Fox News’ “Hannity” last night, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin chatted with host Sean Hannity about Democratic attacks on the Republican Party. In addition to dismissing the blitz coming from the left, the two delved into a discussion about GOP operatives and their purportedly weak handling of the current political situation.
Hannity began this portion of the discussion by sharing his fears over liberals‘ use of tough words and allegations and the right’s failure to combat these attacks with equal fervor.
“Al Sharpton says there’s a war on Blacks. Howard Dean says that there’s a war on Latinos. Then, of course, there’s a war on the poor — throwing granny over the cliff — and, you know, even Mitt Romney hates dogs because he put a kennel on top of the car,” Hannity said. “But yet Republicans don’t seem as willing to fight the same way. I’m a little concerned about it…why repudiate people who will fight fire with fire?”
Palin agreed with Hannity’s assessment and went on to claim that a one-sided cease-fire wouldn’t be a successful plan moving forward. Additionally, she had some tough words for GOP consultants who seem to be bucking their responsibility to wage a vibrant campaign.
“This phony, hypocritical, one-sided call for a cease-fire by the left and their lapdogs in the media. These leftists politicians saying ‘that’s going to be off the table, that’s going to be off the table,’” she said. “And then for the Republican operatives who are high-paid consultants to candidates agreeing to take things off the table — that’s no battle plan for victory on our side — on the common-sense constitutionalist side. It’s ridiculous.”
These Republican operatives, Palin maintained, “seem to have the fighting instinct of Mr. Snuffleupagus,” a Sesame Street character whom she said was always hiding, backing down and running the other direction. This, Palin maintained, isn’t what America needs.
Watch Hannity and Palin chat about these issues, below (around 2:30):
(H/T: Gateway Pundit)
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Comments (95)
Loi
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:41amcome on GOP this is war…”All’s fair in love and War!” go get ‘em….also life or death if we lose it’s death!
Report Post »TreeTrimmerJim
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:57amShow up, tell the truth and believe everything will workout OK.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:17amWe will not fire the First Shot!
Report Post »chubby
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 1:37pmNo truer words were ever spoken.
Report Post »The GOP lost last time around being the “nice guy”. Isn’t there some saying that says, “nice guys are last”?
When someone throws mud at you it’s time to do the same.
kralspaces
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 5:22pmRon Paul will win with delegates, not with all this gossip in the Old Media.
Report Post »seldomscene
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:01pmHow GOP do we actually left?
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:40amI was watching Palin last night on Hannity. She’s really starting to tick me off. Romney has been running his campaign just FINE, unlike Obama who has been falling on his face right and left. Romney responds to criticisms within 24 hours on average which is a helluva lot faster than she and McCain did! (which was NEVER) Nothing like taking advice from LOSERS!!!
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:02amActually his campaign isn’t running fine.
Half his base is voting for him because they have no choice, not because they want him for president, or because they “believe in him.”
At some point either Romney will pander to the media, become PC, and appeal to these non existent moderate-independents we hear so much about, or he will go hard right and tell it like it is.
He doesn’t possss the Clintonian skill to do both and be believable, so he must choose.
Obama Light or Hard Right. Until he does one or the other, Romney is effectively irrelevant.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:42amWhy shouoold Romney be responding to accusations within any time frame? That’s just being defensive, exactly as Sarah is saying. As Ranger says: until Romney grows a pair and goes on the attack and proves to me he has something worth my vote, he’s irrelevant in my world. So far, all Romney has shown me is he’s Obama-light.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:58amI don’t know, TIGRESS1.
I understand that the Romney campaign wants to focus on the important issues and not sink to underhanded methods, but by the same token, I don‘t think Romney is going to come off well if he doesn’t fight with a little more vigor. Consider the Rev Wright issue. It’s been declared off the table because it was out there last election cycle. But it was pretty much ignored by the MSM last election cycle – they willingly carried the water for the President. We’ve now had a term of Obama to see how he plays the race card and how he embodies radical social views (i.e. the teachings of Wright and Ayers, and others). Not only should these points be on the table; they now exist in a context of how the President’s policies have been shaped by these issues.
Report Post »Altair
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 10:34amSarah was muzzled by the wimp McCain, who almost certainly threw the election. Cab’t use the middle name “Hussein,” can‘t refer to Obama’s vetting or sealed records, and had the gall to tell a nationally televised audience, “You have nothing to fear if Mr. Obama is elected president.”
There is no “loser” in Sarah Palin. Romney needs to follow the illegal alien’s advice: “If they bring a knife, we bring a gun; if they hurt one of ours, we send one of theirs to the morgue.”
Nice guys finish last.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:03amRomney’s campaign is doing great. Ever hear of conserving your strength for the real battles? I still think Romney is a closet Conservative. You can’t listen to him without realizing that he “gets it”. He knows that this is not your ordinary election, and that our country is at stake. Right now Romney is focused on staying on topic which is the economy. This is Obama’s Achilles Heel, and this is what ultimately will bring Obama down. The Super PACs can bring up all the tangentials. This is the nice thing about them! Have no fear, Romney will kick Obama’s butt in the debates. This way nothing he says can be taken out of context and used against him.
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:41amThe only problem with your reasoning Tigress, is that it’s wrong.
Allow me to elaborate.
2 fighters enter the ring.
Fighter 1 is a good natured all American kid. He’s healthy, doesn’t lie, cheat, smoke, or even cuss. His technique is all over the place, and he doesn’t really have a strategy, he’ll just go out there and give it his darndest, like he’s always done.
Fighter 2 will do anything to win. He’ll bribe the judges, wear brass knuckles under his gloves, and anything else that he can think of. Winning this is the most important thing in his life. It’s his religion. He will give it 1000% till the end. Oh..and he’s also the reigning champion, he’s got a mean left hook, and has about 100 pounds on Fighter 1.
If Romney wins it’ll be because things have gotten so bad that no amount of White House diversion, and media spin can hide it anymore. And even then it’s gonna be a tough fight.
If Romney doesn‘t step up he’ll just be another McCain. If he swings to the center after the nomination like McCain did in order to pander to the media, or pick up these elusive independents, then he’ll lose most of his base. The tea party is pretty pissed right now, and they’ve taken about as much as they can take.
Having Washington elitists tell us not too worry about Romney going left to win the election ain’t gonna cut it this time.
If he ignores it, and goes by the “How to win an Election 101 playbook. He will lose bigtime.
Report Post »Machtyn
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 12:52pmSarah Palin is a frelling idiot. She’s a parrot of the extreme Right blogs that have actually fallen hook,line, and sinker to the lies the Left has put out about Romney.
Someone above mentioned that half the Republican base is only voting Romney because he’s not Obama. That’s the problem. If Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin would actually do their job and tell the truth (because we’re not getting truth from CNN, MSNBC, or the rest of the MSM), people would actually LOVE Romney and realize he WILL be the next greatest President the USA has ever known.
Just because Romney doesn’t light his hair on fire when Obama says something stupid, doesn‘t mean he isn’t hitting Obama hard. EVERY SINGLE ATTACK that Obama has released has been buffetted and reflected back on him. Dog on roof? Obama ate dog. Bully in high school? Unfounded claim versus Obama’s admittance he was a bully. Romney fires people? Obama fired 10,000s by closing auto dealerships and suppliers during auto bailout.
Romney is doing just fine. (Remember, those polls are heavily slanted Democrat. Romney IS winning this battle.)
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 2:15pmYeah Machtyn that’s what they said about McCain right before he got his ass handed to him.
Believe me, I hope you’re right, but until Romney steps up, it‘s Obama’s race to lose.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:04pm@Ranger1965, that’s interesting, but you are underestimating the anger that the public has for Obama. You said that if Romney veers toward the center he will lose his base. I don’t think he will because Conservatives will NEVER vote for Obama. By veering toward the center he may gain some of the people who voted for Obama the last time, but are disgusted by him because he was not as Progressive (Socialist) as they wanted, or they were blindsided by all the hype about having the first black President and have buyers remorse now. I think the “Anybody But Obama” sentiment is extremely strong. People understand that our country cannot survive another term with Obama. If Obama wins again the damage he could do when he doesn’t have to worry about re-election would be staggering.
Report Post »bcope01
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:34amLove Sarah.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:57amCommon girls lets fight.
America wants to see a fighter in the GOP. YOU DON”T FIGHT YOU WILL BE HISTORY!!!!!!
GET GOING AND LET”S ROLL!!!!!!
Report Post »48Straight
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:31amThe GOP with the help of the media once again picks our candidate. The only difference between McCain and Romney is that Romney is good at dragging conservatives into the mud. Now he is against Obama he will lay down and let Obama win the election. The race has been fixed from the start and we are just another brick in the wall.
Does it really matter who wins between these to leftists?
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 10:22amWell, according to Beck, Obama will take America off the cliff at 80mph, and Romney wil do it at 35mph.
I think Glenn’s highest praise for Romney was; “Well at least he isn’t a communist.”
So I guess from Beck‘s perspective it’s a matter of picking the least damaging of the two.
As for me, despite his faults, and they were many, I thought Gingrich was a good choice. He was an idea man and God knows we need someone with ideas to counter this mess. If Romney does win I hope he makes Gingrich Sec of State.
Report Post »Penn
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:31amIf only the Republican male leadership had the b*lls of this lady, the demmies would be SOL.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:29amRomney had best select a raw meat eating VP that can do the attacking and he can stay above the fray!
Report Post »lefty5005
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:22amTime for my favorite Thomas Jefferson quote, “All it takes for tyranny to gain a foothold is for men of good conscious to do nothing. This is the Republican party’s new mantra.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:38amDo nothing? They’re helping tyranny. I‘d even go as far to say they’re the driving force behind it.
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:55amelected reps are best at hiding under their desks in d.c. you only see them when it‘s election time and then they come around and you’d swear they were pure heart Conservatives…..but as soon as they get to d.c. they are high fiving the socialist leftist communmists dems and walking hand in hand in the halls where AMERICAN values,FREEDOM,LIBERTY is killed one bill one law at a time….that’s the rep party now-a-days…….the dems set the reps up perfectly and follow thru and win against the reps absoutly and still blame the reps….. sick huh?
Report Post »mlite9
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 10:55amNeither side really cares about fixing this mess, so long as they are in charge of it. Just look at Boehner, et al. It will take a third party to effect real change, and that’s not this cycle.
Report Post »kritacul
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:22amRINOS don’t worry me that much, but Mr. Snuffleupagus do….
Report Post »Sarah is soooooooooo right.
Tri-ox
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:20amSarah is right – as usual.
Report Post »raderby
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:20amGo on, progs – keep talking this woman down.
Funny how she speaks truth to so many people. Funny how such a dumb woman can frighten so many progs. Doesn’t add up unless they are afraid of her power, then all of it makes sense.
Even if I did not like her, she has courage, which is so lacking on all sides. Would you consider the word “courage” at all concerning king Zero? Devious, yes. Backstabber, yes. Liar, yes. Sneak, yes. But I have not seen any “courage” emanating from king Zero.
Report Post »Beachbaby
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:16amShe is so right. Again.
Report Post »wheresmysandybeach
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:10amI heard Ann Coulter on the radio yesterday saying that Mitt Romney is a ‘Gentleman’ and should not have to fight back and smear Obama. Can you believe it?? This is what we’re stuck with this year! I can’t stand that Coulter woman and what she has become! I threw away all her books!
Go Sarah! You are the Real Thing!
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:04amCoulter through sheer determination got invited into the GOP Power Club. They needed a female to join their ranks. She has become a PC apologist for the RHINO’s.
She is swiftly losing all credibility.
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:10amThere is a war on freedom, peace and harmony.
Report Post »vilma
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:09amHey all you Palin haters. Sarha has 10 times the balls that most of these GOP establishment sissy boys. All the GOP women have bigger balls than GOP sissy boys and they are certainly more attractive than all those Dem ugly women. ie maxene, debbie, hillery are just a few.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:40amWhen she become an outspoken advocate for our Bill of Rights, I’ll think highly of her once more. Until then, she’s just like the rest of them just a little hotter.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:05amThank goodness Obama is determined to shoot himself in the foot with his anti capitalism ads and anti religious freedom dictates.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:18amYes because Mitt needs all the help he can get,if Romney won’t start slinging mud then someone better start slinging it.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:24amI think the Romney folks will ratchet things up closer to the election. They certainly never held back on Newt or Santorum, did they?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:39amNo they didn‘t hold back but they need to start slinging the mud because Barry sure can’t run on his record.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:57amWait ’till you see the whites of their eyes Slayer! :-) (I hope anyway)
Report Post »Churchill
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:01amLeftists are naturally more aggressive, vulgar and dirty. They belive the end always justifies the means. Hence why socialism and communism are responsible for millions and millions of deaths from Stalin, Mao, Hitler etc.
Our problem is we’re always on the defensive. Instead of saying ‘we’re not racists‘ we should be saying ’the Dems are the racist party and always have been, look at the KKK, jim crow laws etc. They haven’t changed, they’ve just changed tactics, now they use welfare to keep african americans down and reliant on the dems’.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:36amIsn‘t that what Sarah’s saying? Time for GOP men to grow a pair of balls and tell the libs we don’t care what they want off the table, we’re going for their blood, calling them out for the liars and deceivers they are.
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:58amWith someone like Reince Priebus at the helm, is it any wonder?
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:58amthe answer is because they know and are planning for Romney to lose against Obama, so the the Republicans don’t get as much blame for the economy which results in takeovers in other parts of the country.
Report Post »raderby
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:15amagreed. Looks like it might already be decided that the USA will take a nasty series of hits, and they are complicit …… and waiting for “their turn” when the mess and crumbles of the USSA is established by 2016.
Report Post »denispaul
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:57amShe’s right the GOP never fights back They make it hard to vote for a bunch whimps.Mcain was a war hero but a whimp as a canidate.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:01amHonest to God, I will vote for Romney so Obama loses and then vote a straight Libertarian ticket for the rest of the offices. I just cannot support the Goppers anymore. I am sorry. Even if they win, we lose. So F@$% them.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:04amLooks to me like Christie is the only one that takes no crap and will put you in your place.
Report Post »getourcountryback
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:01amChristie doesn’t LEAVE anything. For pity sake, Christie is not the toughest kid on the block. I’ll put Allen West against any of them any time anywhere.
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:56amThere is a fine line between “responding” to the lies of the left and “getting down in the mud” with these jerks. The best would be to have a Super PAC focus on the “Facts ma’am, just the facts”. Have a Jack Webb like voiceover and vignettes that would point out the truth.
Report Post »However if we simply climb into the slime, we will lose the fight as the left has the press who typically the source of the lies. As a kid, I grew up on a Farm. I spent many hours interfacing with “Agricultural Waste Products” and the sources of this product. At the end of the process, not matter how clean the stall was, and how much it didn’t stink, the animals never figured out to go out to the manure pile to do their business. They typically would not even let me finish spreading out new straw. Liberals are worse than the worse smelling pig. Never forget when you wrestle with a pig (liberal) all that will happen is that you will get muddy, the liberal will never change, and when it is done the liberal (pig) will just enjoy it.
momrules
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:44amI watched Hannity last night and Sarah was once again right on target and I agree with every word she said.
The liberals recognized Sarah’s power from the beginning. They knew that she was a real threat to them so they proceeded with their plan to destroy her but she is still a force to be reckoned with because she represents truth.
The Republicans had better wake up, stop *playing*nice because this is not a game. This is a battle for America and whether America gets saved or not.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:22amYo Momrules:
If these people are not awake at this point , they are brain dead or part of the problem … me thinks their part of the problem.
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:48amYou are absolutely right. Sarah Palin is the driving force for the Conservative movement. The battle will be Freedom or Slavery. Mitt Romney better hear our Roar.
Report Post »nostromo
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:43amThe problem with GOP operatives is the problem all insiders face. Toss out the insiders of any party and there goes your cushy job. Dems keep their jobs by tossing rhetorical bombs and Repubs keep theirs by catching them. That’s the paradigm that keeps the same faces on TV, quoted in the Wash. Post, and getting those all important party invites. If GOPers fight back they become a racist, extremeist, bigot, homophobe not fit for decent society and all those perks dry up.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:42amThe GOP is simply another driver in the seat of Constitutional destruction and our freedom.
For those who still think Sarah is a coward for quitting her Alaskan Governorship
How well would you fare against a machine of lawyers with the sole purpose of destroying your life to enhance their own life?
Washington DC is packed full them …
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:32amRepublicans always bring a knife to a gun fight. This would be the Major weakness in the republican party and the liberals not only know it but depend one it. Depend on it and structure their activities around it. Their is no high road in politics, they all run through the slums.
Report Post »allyoucaneatbaby
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:26amyes sarah, working with people you disagree with to improve our country is the act of a coward. quitting your job of governor of a state is courageous. sharp spokesperson you guys have lol.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:35amWorking with people with whom you disagree? Work with baby killing, deviant loving Commie anarchists? How would that be a good idea?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:42amYet, She is correct. Unlike Al , Jesse, and the rest of the lying ,race whores, you have as your spokesmen..
Report Post »Tankertony
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:42amShe quit because she put the interests of the people of Alaska before her own self interest. Something types like you could never understand.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:26amWe are a Predator Species… We generally agree upon Nothing expect the Obvious (Stars & Planets)… Yet, we are condemned to work together, for the only other option is to Kll each other.
In a Predatroal Species… there are No Cowards; there are just those who fight differently!
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