GOP Candidates Tell Palin ‘Talk to the Hand!’
9 07 2009
~~Photo from the anti-Palin rally in Anchorage, Alaska on Sept. 13, 2008
Now that she’s dumped the governorship, Sarah Palin is ready to hit the road and get to work. She’s told us that she is willing and able to get down to the business of helping candidates whose vision she shares. She wants to use her star power to get them elected. Only one teeny problem.
It seems as though GOP candidates who will run in tight races in 2010 would rather not have the “help” of an unemployed ex-governor who completed 65% of one term and then quit because…. uh….because….well….um. Go figure. This tells us what we already know; that Palin does really well with a segment of a really really small political party that just keeps shrinking.
In a recent survey Palin was popular with Republicans, with 71% supporting her. So, that’s 71% of…. 20% of Americans. (tapping on calculator) Great ratings if you have a TV show, or you’re trying to sell a book. Not so good if you think you want to be president.
Rep. Frank Wolf, a Republican from Northern Virginia, which is increasingly becoming Democratic territory, offered caution when asked whether he’d welcome a Palin fundraiser.
“I don’t generally need people from outside my district to do a fundraiser,” Wolf said.
Youch. She’s now known by an incumbent Republican congressman as a “people from outside my district.” That’s cold.
Several other lawmakers indicated a wariness about accepting help from Palin, but did not want to criticize the GOP’s vice presidential candidate from last year. They said Palin could hurt them by firing up Democrats.
They’ve noticed that she does that, have they? I wonder if Palin actually managed to raise more money for Barack Obama than for John McCain…
An unnamed GOP lawmaker representing a district that Obama carried in 2008 told The Hill that if Palin came into his district, his opponent would “probably be doing a dance of joy.”
Ah, the Democratic dance of joy, just what every Republican wants to see in 2010.
OK, we see what the Republicans are thinking, but what about the Democrats…you know… the ones we hear are shaking in their shoes at the thought of her colossal fundraising prowess, and ability to whip up testosterone-filled crowds into angry fits of wingnut rage?
The head of the House Democrats’ campaign arm said he’d welcome Palin’s involvement in the 2010 campaign.
“We hope that she will be part of the future debate on the direction of the country,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
Welcome to 2010.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:15 AM
@Lilybart Says:
July 10th, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Does she do anything positive for people besides quote Plato?
She probably thinks he invented restaurants.
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Snap! : )
July 10th, 2009 at 5:15 AM
She probably thinks Plato is the guy who was in charge of that retreat in New York City.
(Any old timer get that one, or just me???)
July 10th, 2009 at 5:33 AM
She probably thinks, “what a smart dog, that Plato”.
July 10th, 2009 at 6:17 AM
TX Gov. Rick Perry is going to enlist her help.
July 10th, 2009 at 6:29 AM
Rick Perry and company may like Buttercup, but there are some “Black Belt” Progressive bloggers in Texas who will eat her for lunch. Here is just a sample of what she can expect.
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Damn – that’s even better than Sarah Palin’s goofy reasons for resigning. I mean, that would be like Sarah saying, “Well, I’d like to be Governor but then I can’t run around nakkid punching kittens in the face.” http://www.kissmybigbluebutt.com
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“Margaret, I watched Sarah Palin’s resignation speech and all I have to say is, “What the hell was that?” My God that woman is an idiot. I have said this before, but I feel the need to say it again. Her problems did not come because the media was against her. Her problems come because every time you stick a microphone in front of her mouth a whole lot of stupid falls out. ” http://www.askmargaretandhelen.wordpress.com
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Palin will go to Texas. She is too full of herself not to. However, It will be interesting to see how she survives a bunch of Progressive Texas Big Haired women, channeling their “inner Molly Ivins”
July 10th, 2009 at 6:41 AM
Now realizing many repubs don’t want her help she must be thinking “oh great,
why didn’t anybody tell me this before.”
July 10th, 2009 at 7:01 AM
You can almost hear Van Hollen snickering.
July 10th, 2009 at 7:09 AM
So now what happens to those boxes and boxes of unopened mail? hmmmmm?
July 10th, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Remember how she said, the date they were “opened” is the date they were going by to declare gifts……..how clever of her. Premeditated.
July 10th, 2009 at 7:58 AM
After I heard Palin speak the first time during the campaign, I donated to Obama the next day.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:05 AM
So I’m thinking she knew about the 2 year wait before she could start making $. That’s why she resigned now to hurry up and get that 2 years over with.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Anyone in the GOP who thinks Sarah is going to raise money for anyone other than herself is crazy.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
So now what happens to those boxes and boxes of unopened mail? hmmmmm?
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Naturally she gets to keep it all and any gifts for her are now free and clear. The problem, as I see it, is that if any of those letters have checks in them, will they still be valid and will people still want to allow her to cash them?
It was obvious that she deliberately left them there unopened, in light of the fact that she admits that she has been thinking about quitting for months.
July 10th, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Smart GOP candidates don’t want to be caught “Palling around with a Quitter.”
July 10th, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Boxes of mail/gifts: Is it up to her to decide from what date they are to be declared/received?
I would hardly think this is legal. Just think if an elected official were to receive cash/valuables in a closed box, but knowing what was inside waited until out of office to ”open” the box.
Unfortunately Alaska Legs are too feeble to address such corruption. However, CREW or the Feds might.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Hopefully, anyone who has sent her a check in those unopened envelopes has put a stop order on them by now…
July 10th, 2009 at 11:56 AM
“I wonder if Palin actually managed to raise more money for Barack Obama than for John McCain…”
Oh, AKM, really good point! I donated to Obama before she got plucked but my donations really popped afterwards — my panic about what might happen if she was anywhere near the White House got me opening my checkbook and cracking open my piggy bank and pulling up the couch cushions and digging underneath the seat of my car…
July 10th, 2009 at 12:49 PM
@51 NYHawk — Ha.
July 10th, 2009 at 2:23 PM
The comments here are priceless. How about the song that goes like this….”Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” on her last day. I’m not only informed but thoroughly entertained as well. You guys are the best!
July 10th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Bystander: too true. She is for herself, alone. I think that message is slowly sinking in.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:10 PM
iceberg ??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadiantourism/3131956334/sizes/l/