Palin Endorses Candidate in the Name of C.R.A.P.
A while back on Mudflats, when rumors were swirling that Sarah Palin might end up with her own political party, we all decided to come up with a name for it. Because somehow, we knew even then that the “business as usual” Republican Party was too small and predictable to hold the roguish mavericky likes of Sarah Palin. Well, we came up with some pretty good names, but the winner was CRAP. That’s right, the Conservative Republican American Party (CRAP).
And now, just to prove how right we were, the ex-almost-one-term governor has made her first CRAP endorsement. Who’s the lucky winner?
The votes of every member of Congress affect every American, so it’s important for all of us to pay attention to this important Congressional campaign in upstate New York. I am very pleased to announce my support for Doug Hoffman in his fight to be the next Representative from New York’s 23rd Congressional district. It’s my honor to endorse Doug and to do what I can to help him win, including having my political action committee, SarahPAC, donate to his campaign the maximum contribution allowed by law. Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a “time for choosing.”
Yes, in a district that went for Obama with 52%, it’s the time to choose between a moderate Republican and a super right wing conservative. That’s right America, start throwing money at this guy and prove that the direction the Republican Party needs to move is farther to the right!
Best of all, she says, Hoffman has not “been anointed by any political machine.” Apparently the only anointing he needs is by Sarah herself. This endorsement has netted Mr. Hoffman more than $100,000 in 24 hours. The link provided in Palin’s piece to Hoffman’s website conveniently takes you to the donation page, because presumably we don’t have to do any research on the guy – just give him the money. Somebody now owes Sarah Palin a favor, and she has proven her ability to speak and create cash flow – a useful political skill that doesn’t require hard work, long-term commitment or thinking.
And just in time for Halloween, Palin once again manages to dig up the bones of Ronald Reagan in an effort to hitch her star to the great Republican icon whose tax policies began the rapid downward spiral that’s gotten us into the mess we are currently in. She tells us how he warned about “blurring the lines” between political parties to support this hard right choice in a far from hard right district.
But all that aside, the delicious fallout of this CRAP endorsement, is that it’s created some fantastic infighting among Republicans. Newt Gingrich endorses the moderate Republican, and Palin shoots a torpedo across his bow with the help of Teabag King Dick Armey. (insert your own joke here) You can picture Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich duking it out like in one of those old Batman cartoons. BAM! POW! OOF! and my personal favorite THWACK!
It’s never too early to start fantasizing about Palin making a third-party run for the presidency. So, find a quiet place, lean back, close your eyes and picture it now. You’re in the voting booth, you pull the curtain and look at your ballot. Barack Obama (D), Mitt Romney (R) and Sarah Palin (CRAP).
And the karmic consequences of John McCain’s reckless decision back in August of 2008 come to fruition…. the complete and utter destruction of the Republican Party.
[h/t to Ink & Snow for the great graphic!]
For those of you who want to revisit the Top Ten Mudflats Choices for Sarah Palin’s new political party…
#10) The “I Did It On Twitter” Party – (The IDIOT Party)
#9) The Know Nothing Party
#8) I Am Also, Too a Candidate! Also.
#7) The Mavwreck Party
#6) The Pity Party
#5) The American Sarah Society, Holding America Together (The ASSHATs)
#4) The Bitter Quitter Twitter Party
#3) The Party to Nowhere
#2) It’s My Party (and I’ll Quit if I Want To)
and #1 is CRAP.
If Palin manages to split the Republican vote so badly that a Democrat wins that seat for the first time since the Civil War, do we have to send her a “thank you” card or something?
I mean it would be the polite thing to do.
What a wonderful story! It had me quoting to my husband – who does not always enjoy my fun stories – who actually laughed at the description of C.R.A.P.
Thanks for the giggles!
Thanks AKM for the great laugh and the foresight to know this was coming, again it seems the Alaska blogasphere has again scooped the MSM with an accurate prediction. And thanks to the Mudpuppy who came up with C.R.A.P.!
I believe that was Gasman! AKM
Her decision to do this has gotten a lot of analysis on MSNBC today. It’s developing as a Palin vs Gingrich battle. He apparently endorsed the Republican candidate. Who is speaking for the soul of the Republican Party?
Not a clue, but it makes me wonder, as I have for a while, about the caliber of Sarah’s advisors. Who are they? What’s their agenda? How much do they think for her? And how over their collective heads are they?
I don’t think they’re the pros we think they are.
Think they are rabid fans, high school pals, syncophants, Todd, Chuck and the rest of the band.
It will be very interesting to watch.
All of it tied to the book release, of course. But a lame effort as best as I cant tell from where I’m watching.
My second laugh for the day thanks AKM CRAP is just the right name
What surprises me is that Mrs Reagan has not come out and said palin does not represent what her husband stood for.
The more C.R.A.P. she pulls, the better for the Dems.
$carah’s supporters are the Evangelical Dominionists whose aim is to take over the government, the military, the businesses, etc. – in short, world domination. They have massive power and money. No, I’m not kidding. Check out Leah Burton’s great website Gods Own Party for the info. It’ll scare the poop out of you but we all must be aware of the danger these fanatics represent and fight against them. Leah’s post today explains a lot about the mindset of these folks.
Thanks for the laughs AKM. You rock!
What if Hoffman wins?
(oops, hit submit too soon) This could solidify her as a real money maker if Hoffman wins. It doesn’t matter what her politics are, she could go to the highest bidder- too much power in the hands of an idiot. She’s like a piece of old gum stuck on the bottom of your shoe- she won’t go away..
jojobo1@#6 – I posted this at IM, and I am posting it here in response to your comment re Nancy Reagan. I am sure Nancy has Palin’s number, and is mortified that SP compares herself to Ronnie. MORTIFIED!
“Apparently Nancy Reagan views Palin as a sly, cheesy upstart too. Does anyone doubt it was Nancy who nixed Caribou Barbie at the Reagan Library?”
(from a poster at Politico in July 2009)
Ron Reagan, 50, told WND he cannot speak for his father, who died in 2004, but doubts the 40th president would approve of Palin if he were alive and well today.
“Sarah Palin,” he said, “has nothing in common with my father, a two-term governor of the largest state in the union, a man who had been in public life for decades, someone who had written, thought and spoke for decades about foreign policy issues, domestic policy issues, and on and on and on.” (from World Net Daily, Sept. 2008)
There were just three things the classy, former First Lady Nancy Reagan would NOT discuss when she was last interviewed by “Vanity Fair” magazine…..gay rights, abortion and Sarah Palin.
Goin’ Rogue for CRAP. This is going to work well for the Democrats I think. The GOP will not be taking this whole thing sitting down. Popcorn anyone?
Thanks for the laugh!
Reminds me when the splintered conservatives here in Canada were reuniting and needed a new name.
First was the Canadian Reform Alliance Party. Yes CRAP, they beat you to it. Only when the media pointed that out at their big rollout press conference they changed it a couple of days later.
Next it was the Canadian Alliance Reform Party. Yes CARP. A bottom feeding sucker fish considered a scourge. That lasted a few days also.
They decided on the Conservative Party. Made for a fun media week though.
Alaskan bloggers, you continue to be ahead of everyone else when it comes to calling it, keep us posted, I am still shaking my head and laughing, the Mudflatters/Mudpuppies can predict the future! oh, CRAP!!
Please do not fret BooBooDog – Palin and Hoffman VERY likely spoiled the chance for the Republican. I suspect the Repubs will be very unhappy with SP’s interference – popcorn time.
The Repubs will not be as easy on scarah as the Dems have been.
Bill Owens (D) 35
DeDe Scozzafava (R) 30
Doug Hoffman (C) 23
“In another stat that should make the GOP very nervous, Owens holds his five-point lead, despite the fact that the undecided vote remaining in the race (which is one-in-eight voters) is disproportionately Democratic and disproportionately young.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/23/796030/-NY-23:-Democrat-Leads-Way-In-Special-Election
Found some new names for the $carah, Madame La Rogue and Sacred Sister from the Frigid North. No matter what her name is she’s Full of CRAP! Everything about her is a pile of CRAP!
Ahhh, Friday evenings with Mustang Sarah. . . . . Sarah’s advisor is Murdoch. It’s all about the mayhem. Murdoch makes more money every time Sarah does a party trick–you know, like a seal. There’s balancing Meg on her nose, dividing the republican party, fancy pageant walkin’.
Thank you Sarah. Now watch Newt laugh and say how wonderful Sarah is for possibly handing the Democrat a seat that the GOP has had for a century.
I love me a maverick!
ahhh memories….I fondly recall voting for the winner…C.R.A.P.
yep. Edgar Cayce had nothing on Mudpuppies!
I wonder if Rachel will do a little schtick on this… that would be funny as hell!
So now Palin is an expert on Ronald Reagan. Funny how she couldn’t list a single book about Reagan that she had read or the Bible when Katie Couric asked her what she reads.
I was pleased to see Nancy Reagan attend the signing ceremony “blurring the lines” in which Obama allowed federal funding of genetic research that holds promise in helping those with Alzhiemer’s, that caused so much suffering for Nancy and her husband.
@wink wink, Sacred Sister from the Frigid North was mine from a Huff Po post on The Sacred One!!
I saw Madame La Rouge there, too, can’t remember who posted that, though — LOL.
aahhhh yesssss!!!!…and I “aired ” my vote for CRAP on the Shannyn Moore show !! teeheehee !!!
Thanks for the stats Lori, I’ll stop a-frettin’ now!
WolfPack,
I too was glad that Nancy Reagan changed her mind on stemcell research, but are you aware that Ronald Reagan instituted the first bans in the USA against stemcell research? In a way, Ronald Reagan did himself in. I wonder where we would be now with almost 50 yrs more research?
As for Sarah’s CRAP, OMG what can anyone say but laugh! Fracturing the GOP would be perfect! They will not ever have control of this country again. The new CRAP evangelical party will never have more than 5 or 6% of the population…just the nutcases that will drive everyone else away. Thanks for the early Xmas present Bumpit Barbie!
WolfPack,
First of all, I too, was glad that Nancy Reagan changed her mind on stemcell research, but are, you aware that Ronald Reagan instituted the first bans in the USA against temcell research? In a way, Ronald Reagan did himself in. I wonder where we would be now with almost 50 yrs more research?
As for Sarah’s CRAP, OMG what can anyone say but laugh! Fracturing the GOP would be perfect! They will not ever have control of this country again. The new CRAP evangelical party will never have more than 5 or 6% of the population…just the nutcases that will drive everyone else away. Thanks for the early Xmas present Bumpit Barbie!
I am no fan of Ronnie Raygun or his politics. It did take President Obama to rectify the situation. It said more about how wrong Reagan was to have Nancy their watching and endorsing the signing by Obama. And it showed that there is more to life than political division. That on important issues, one at times needs to rise above politics.
Palin is saying the opposite, that her party is more important than the country. Her parochialism worked in Wassila but has no chance of working in the lower 48.
All the better for us, that she will back the right wing radical, even in a moderate district. Splintering further what little is left of the Republicans.
8 Kat Says:
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 PM and
13 clydedog Says:
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Thanks for what you pointed out above. In my opinion:
The Fundies should be FARTs:
Fundamentalist American Republican Twerps (FARTs).
(I’ve had a crazy week, ended with something good happening, and I just checked in before going home to see this post. Thanks for the laughs, all of you.)
Way to split the vote!!!!
Palin was predicted as a divider a long time ago. Her, Fox News and Murdock have already lined up a Conservative Witch Nut to run for President for the Extremist, in 2012.
Ailes For President?
Friends and associates are encouraging Fox News chief Roger Ailes to jump into the political arena for real by running for president in 2012, top sources tell POLITICO.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/ailes-for-president-frien_n_331416.html
“It’s never too early to start fantasizing about Palin making a third-party run for the presidency.”
I heartily disagree.
Palin would easily get 10% – 25% of the popular vote, perhaps a bit more. And that alone would utterly destroy the last shread of hope I have in the future of this country.
Well, George W. Bush left office with 29% of the country’s support, so there you go. If Palin only got 10%, my faith would be restored.
AKM
As far as I can ascertain, Sarah Palin is the ‘Kiss of Deathpanel Fairy’, poor, poor Hoffman.
God, I love the way you write, AKM. What a gift! I’m still laughing.
The poor guy. SP’s endorsement is the kiss of death to any politician. Just ask McCain. : )~
8 Kat Says:
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 PM
$carah’s supporters are the Evangelical Dominionists whose aim is to take over the government, the military, the businesses, etc. – in short, world domination
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You may have a point, 8Kat. They are trying very hard. But since we know part of the agenda; we can begin to fight back
Seymour Hersh: Military Is Waging War Against The White House
In addition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States military is also fighting a war against the Obama administration at the White House, Seymour Hersh said in a little-noted speech at Duke University on October 13. The
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/seymour-hersh-military-is_n_332139.html
nswfm @26: please don’t insult my gas by confusing it with Palin’s crap.
Ryan: I have to agree with you, let’s get ready for the collapse
the complete and utter destruction of the Republican Party.
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I just can’t get those beautiful words out of my head……………….great piece AKM!
#34 Sorry!
So, how much has Hoffman’s Democratic opponent raised because of her endorsement? Just wondering.
#33 CWP – your link is a wee bit terrifying! How President Obama can stay above the fray is amazing – and comforting. Let’s keep weaving protection around him and his family.
Oh CRAP!!! that’s all I have to say…I’m just thoroughly sick of palin and all that she represents!
Oh MAN i went for #2″ it’s my party and i’ll quit if i want to”.
Now i will spend the rest of my life berating myself for not picking C.R.A.P. Dang…Kick dirt…now i feel like crap.
But no i will pull myself up by my Jock strap and conquer the world. With a big C on my chest i will make all see their place.
…..cape fluttering in back and hair drifting in breeze….It’s mighty CRAPOLA!!! I am here to save you from yourselves.
Is the art department taking note of this? ok what ever im just full of C.R.A.P.
I am just amazed at the choices that Sarah makes. Some people are chess players, thinking many moves ahead. Others are checkers players, one diagonal move at a time and maybe a jump, heading towards a goal. And, then there is Sarah. 52 pick up? (Tossing all the cards in the air and seeing how they land). Does she think ahead or is she just renting out that Face Book spot to people who have something to say.
A practiced politician like Newt actually does read and form a plan (not that I agree with him). He appears on shows and discusses his latest opinion (not that I agree with him). It is the coward’s way for Sarah to post a comment on a social networking site without taking questions or discussing the topic. She must have said some really nasty things about how the GOP in her Rogue book for her to support the C.R.A.P. candidate. Maybe she does have a master plan after all, to drive the Republicans so far to the right that there are only a handful left, and then she will be their queen.
As founder of the C.R.A.P., I take great pride in recognizing Sarah Palin’s efforts to spread C.R.A.P. all across this nation. Who is more suited to this task than Sarah Palin? She veritably spews C.R.A.P. everywhere she goes! You might say that she is full of C.R.A.P., and the C.R.A.P. is filled with Sarah Palin!
Mock us if you will, but when the Republican Party disintegrates from its socialist liberal tendencies, who will fill that vacuum? I say, it will be filled with the C.R.A.P.! All those right minded Americans who don’t want their news filtered from that same old gotcha media playing that same old gotcha game with their need for all those liberal facts! Hell no! We say, “Forget the facts! Give us the C.R.A.P.!”
C.R.A.P.
Remember,
It’s not just a party,
It’s a movement!
Gasman,
Founder
The Conservative Republican American Party
C.R.A.P.
AKM and Shannyn both look beautiful on TV, but more importantly, they speak the truth and are articulate and fact oriented. I thought AKM glowed on TV. Rare quality.
In the end, I’m not too caught up in appearances, so it doesn’t matter to me, but I”ve found that the inner self conveys to the exterior. A beautiful soul will radiate.
Sadly, a physically attractive shell can be negated by an ugly heart and a mean spirit, and lying does not a beauty make.
“It’s never too early to start fantasizing about Palin making a third-party run for the presidency. So, find a quiet place, lean back, close your eyes and picture it now.”
Ok, in my vision I see teabaggers walking around with CRAP signs rallying for Quitty. These CRAP sign have all sorts of references to Obama and Socialism, Hitler, Czars, etc. etc. etc. In this vision it is lost on her supporters that all their signs are headed by CRAP. Lol!
Oh, I forgot to mention that I find Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Doug Hoffman to be CRAPtastic! Of course, I implicitly trust and endorse anything and everything that Sarah Palin does. Who wouldn’t?
..She DOES have a plan….How much moola can she get without going to jail or having to actually work.. the world and its suckers are to be exploited as much as possible- and she’s seen how it’s done on a Grand Scale by the Old Boys in the Rep Party ( GW now giving a speech on Motivation by a high pressure sales group on how the Wealthy don’t think like the Poor and Middle Class) and is now applying those lessons well, on her former teachers ! and they’re having to keep their mouths shut about their own tactics being applied to them… chuckle !!! Sometimes if you wait long enough, what goes around really does come around !!!
One question has not been broached by anyone yet. When the former Queen of Alaska shows up at one of these campain events, how much $$$$$ will the dudes have to pony up?
Gasman, look what you’ve created. I’ll get my scooper…
What can I add that hasn’t already been said? Ahhhh, Mudpups, it’s good to come here and hear others vent the feelings I feel every time SP does something completely unexplainable. Sheesh, I do hope the Dem wins, or as others have pointed out, that will be a feather in her cap that she will exploit for sure.
One thing I am puzzled about, and I heard this about her support (which was declined) of the guy running for Gov in VA. Evidently she has donated both to his campaign and to Hoffman in NY from SarahPac. Now, if I had donated to this fund, I would be steaming that my $$$ were being used, not for the candidate I thought I was supporting, but for some other goombahs in states I don’t even care about. Am I naive and uninformed, or is this usual? AKM??
My understanding is that SarahPAC is a “leadership PAC” which means it’s designed to contribute to other candidates primarily. Her first payment of $5000 went to Lisa Murkowski. She can also, I believe, use it to cover her travel expenses, which was a hot topic for a while when she was having the state of Alaska pick up the tab for her family’s travel. Hope that helps. AKM
tigerwine,
Google PAC or Political Action Committee. PACs are a means to get around Federal elections laws. You donate to SarahPAC. She donates $ 5K to any Republican campaigning. When she runs they can all donate $ 5K into her campaign. So if she gives to each of the republican Senators and House Reps, that becomes about $5K X 300= $ 1.5 million. She can also give to people running on the State level, $ 15K per year to her party, and to other PACs.
So if she did very well and ran for President, Congress or the Senate, she might get $ 5 to $ 10 million returned back into her campaign. Which is just a return of money she donated out of her PAC over a few years.
It’s like a shell game.
Also since it is a Party, her donating to others builds up their support of her. If she helps them get elected, they should be loyal and help her.
Palin can also use PAC money to cover administration costs. So that can pay for her to go to luxury resorts (to raise more money), eat at expensive restaurants. Attend “political meetings” in the Caribbean during winter. Pay for staff (including family and ghost workers). Pay for her new office at home, electric, phones, etc.
One of my local politicians had 9 full time ghost staff employees. Pretending to pay them a salary, yet the money ended up in his private bank account which help pay for his mansion on 200 acres.
It is unimaginable to me that even one person gives a damn which candidate Palin endorses.
I would look for a sign in the stool of a cow first.
@ AKM and Gasman — The post and the comment have ensured that my poor Mac screen was covered in a double spray of coffee this morning! Wiping off my screen as I wipe tears of laughter from my eyes….
Yes, Karma is a good thing.
If RR was the great communicator, sp is the great divider. also too…
palin unites kooks everywhere.
P.U.K.E!
AKM and Wolf Pack – Thanks for this info on PACs! I wonder if all her followers realize that their money can go for these things (especially other candidates)! Wolf Pack said:
“Also since it is a Party, her donating to others builds up their support of her. If she helps them get elected, they should be loyal and help her.)
If by Party, you mean the Repubs, how do they feel when she donates to a third party candidate? Oh, the webs this woman weaves!
Seriously, I don’t think her followers care if she uses their money for her Botox injections or to build a new wing on her house. Odd, but they don’t seem to mind giving their hard earned money to a millionaire….to use as she wishes.
Oh well. No one ever said her followers were the brightest bulbs in the box-
(hint: they think SHE is smart).
P.U.K.E—–awesome!!!!
Also too, I love C.R.A.P. !!!!!! But, I love all of them. They are all fantastic!!!
Its true, I had a black pair for ice fishing, and your feet never ever gets cold, they stay toasty no matter what. If you got lost wearing them and you froze to death, the rest of your body would be frozen solid, but when they take your boots off, your feet aren’t. I didn’t know they don’t make them any more. we called them Mickey Mouse boots.
Thanks for the laughs, and for the months of enjoying Alaska news. I’m not easy in mind about this development from Sarah and the C.R.A.P.ers, though. They don’t have to use that money to campaign for votes. They can do what Karl Rove taught them, just use the money to buy a computer wizard who can program the voting computers to give them a “victory”. Yes, Sarah and all the rest of them are crooked enough to do that. grammy
T.H.R.O.W.U.P.
The Hateful Rebel Obstructionist Wacko United Party
One would have to be very ignorant to send her PAC money given her record of quitting.
Rumor is that Roger Ailes, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bennett and Dick Cheney are starting their own third party, the Fat, White Pr–k Party or FWPP.
Where did the great graphic come from ??
Well, as she marches her bible thumpin followers off to take over the world for Jeebus, they will be proudly holding the banner of Holy Crap !
Re: pac money – I agree w/ Trisha @57 – her loyal crazies just don’t seem to care that they’re feeding a monster. I’ve seen postings where folks talk about not being able to make their monthly contribution on time because they have to pay utility bills and they sound guilt ridden about it. It’s freaky! I think some of them LIKE the idea that their hard earned dollars are helping to build her Crap Castle. I have this image in my head of $P pulling up to the Taco Bell drive-thru window and paying for her crunch wraps by digging in to a BIG ol’ burlap bag full of dollars that she’s got stashed in the back seat. I can hear her laughing maniacally and sayin, “Thanks Suckers!!! MUhahahahahaha! ”
I no like me da Palin lady.
#43 gasman;
Hysterical! “a movement”. LMFAOROTFLPMP
“If by Party, you mean the Repubs, how do they feel when she donates to a third party candidate? Oh, the webs this woman weaves!”
Exactly, tigerwine@56! As not smart as I think she is, I can’t even imagine SP not realizing fully well what she is doing by not just endorsing Hoffman but giving him a pretty chunk of the PAC change. It absolutely will alienate her from other Republicans who had not already completely dismissed her.
Speaking of PAC money, I wonder how much is left? Hope she’s got a good account manager, or alternately, I hope she’s got a really corrupt account manager who syphons off the funds for himself leaving Her Highness High and Dry and only able to stay at Motel 6 on her own dime at that Right to Life speech she’s makin’ next month, or whenever it is.
I don’t know Tim Pawlenty(SP) danced around the question of palin LOL would not give a straight answer.Politics as usual I hope all the repugs remember this when and if he runs in 2012.Personally he is the best of the bunch so far.He has worked with our democratic Governor in building bridges and roads that connect the two states,which is more than but a few have done.You can tell which governors are looking out for their people compared to the ones looking out for them selves
“proudly holding the banner of Holy Crap”
good one Buffalogal!
re response to # 50 – did the Senator accept the SarahPAC donation? Or did she refuse/return it?
I’m sorry you thought up the CRAP party. It is too perfect and left to their own devices, they might have thought it up without looking at the initials. Then think of the fun we all would have had.
Thanks Wolf Pack for the very clear explanation of how PACs work. How does the new “Stand Up For Our Nation” site fit into this?
The one nice thing about SP and a possible third party run in 2012, that party would need to qualify to be on every state ballot. There’s no auto-qualifying – each state has qualifying standards for party connected candidates.
Considering that the Liberatarian Party (Bob Barr) was unable to qualify in all 50 states and has been around a long time, that says something about any new 3rd party, even one with the pinch my nose moniker of CRAP, being able to get on all 50 ballots.
If your party ain’t on all 50 state ballots, there’s no way to win, and for SP, wherever, if any that is, she may get on as a 3rd party candidate will likely kill the Rethug candidate.
Speaking for the soul of the republican party. they have a soul?