AdamSmith Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Sarah Palin bemuses Republicans with rambling speech and talk of 2016 run The former governor of Alaska delivered a meandering and often bizarre speech to key Republicans that left many doubting her political viability Iowa Republicans voiced scepticism on Monday over Sarah Palin's claim to be contemplating a campaign for president in 2016, amid criticism of her unusual speech to a conservative rally in the state... ...Nicolle Wallace, the former aide to George W Bush who struggled to control Palin while charged with overseeing her for the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain in 2008, said the speech had given the public a true picture of the former governor. "This is who she is," Wallace told MSNBC on Monday morning. "This, to me, is evidence that she has finally shed every last one of those 'annoying' handlers." Neutral observers with experience of covering her were also left bemused. "I don't say this lightly," said Scott Conroy, the co-author of a book about Palin's involvement in the 2008 presidential campaign. "This is the strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver." http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/26/sarah-palin-republicans-rambling-speech-2016-run Quote
Members MsAnn Posted January 27, 2015 Members Posted January 27, 2015 Sarah Palin bemuses Republicans with rambling speech and talk of 2016 run The former governor of Alaska delivered a meandering and often bizarre speech to key Republicans that left many doubting her political viability Iowa Republicans voiced scepticism on Monday over Sarah Palin's claim to be contemplating a campaign for president in 2016, amid criticism of her unusual speech to a conservative rally in the state... ...Nicolle Wallace, the former aide to George W Bush who struggled to control Palin while charged with overseeing her for the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain in 2008, said the speech had given the public a true picture of the former governor. "This is who she is," Wallace told MSNBC on Monday morning. "This, to me, is evidence that she has finally shed every last one of those 'annoying' handlers." Neutral observers with experience of covering her were also left bemused. "I don't say this lightly," said Scott Conroy, the co-author of a book about Palin's involvement in the 2008 presidential campaign. "This is the strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver." http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/26/sarah-palin-republicans-rambling-speech-2016-run Speaking of Ms. Palin Quote
Members lookin Posted January 27, 2015 Members Posted January 27, 2015 And please let Tina Fey be on Saturday Night Live this week. AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 Apparently her TelePrompter broke. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sarah-palin-dishes-bizarre-improvised-rant-iowa-article-1.2091124 lookin 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 On Saturday evening following Palin's speech, the DNC issued a short statement responding to her speech. "Thank you!" DNC Communications Director Mo Elleithee said in the statement. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah-palin-iowa-speech-dnc Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 Daily Show: Sarah Palin's Iowa Speech Was Actual Goddamn Gibberish ...at some point, as Jon Stewart put it, "her subjects stopping talking to her verbs." Some samples: - "Our government, it isn't too big to fail. It's too big to succeed. It's too big to succeeds, so we can afford no retreads. Or the same people and the same policies that got us into the status quo — another Latin word, status quo, and it stands for, 'Man, middle-class every-day Americans are really gettin' taken for a ride." - "And GOP leaders, by the way — the Man can only ride ya when your back is bent. So strengthen it! Then the man can't ride ya. America won't be taken for a ride, because so much is at stake, and we can't afford politicians playing games like nothing more is at stake than, oh, myabe just the next standing of theirs in the next election." - "What will they do to stop causing our pain and start feeling it again? Well, in other words, um, is Hillary a new Democrat or an old one? Now, the press asks, the press asks, 'Can anyone stop Hillary?' Again, this is to forego a conclusion, right? It's to scare us off, to convince us that — a pantsuit can crush patriots." The cause of all this, er, spirited improvisation was an evident teleprompter malfunction mid-speech. Understandable, sure, but you'd think a woman who's delivered so many folksy-aphorism-laden stump speeches might have one or two memorized by now? Especially for an audience like the Freedom Summit's, where all they really wanted was to hear the President called "lawless," the government referred to as "Big Government" and "those fat-cats in Washington," and small-town Americans hailed as heroes. See? Even I can do it. Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 28, 2015 Author Posted January 28, 2015 Sarah Palin channels her inner slam poet The Washington Post Sarah Palin, slam poet. Dim the lights and maybe light a candle on stage at the Iowa Freedom Summit, and Palin's rambling speech begins to make more sense. This was poetry, not politics, ya dig? It's what can happen when your teleprompter breaks and when any old word will do. Check these stanzas that we're gonna just call, "The Ballad of 2016": Things must change for our government. Look at it. It isnt too big to fail. Its too big to succeed! It's too big to succeed. So we can afford no retreads or nothing will change with the same people And same policies that got us into the status quo. Another Latin word. Status quo. And it stands for, Man, the middle-class, everyday Americans are really gettin taken for a ride. That's status quo. And GOP leaders, by the way, y'know, The man can only ride ya when your back is bent. So strengthen it. Then the man can't ride ya. America won't be taken for a ride. Because so much is at stake and We can't afford politicians playing games like nothing more is at stake than. Oh. Maybe just the next standing of theirs. In the next election. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/27/sarah-palin-channels-her-inner-slam-poet/?tid=pm_politics_pop Quote
Members RA1 Posted January 28, 2015 Members Posted January 28, 2015 I hate it when subjects become unruly and stop paying homage to their betters. AKA HRH, the verb. Or, are the animals now running the zoo? Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Sarah Palin speech inadvertently raises $50,000 for Hillary Clinton http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/29/catty-sarah-palin-speech-inadvertently-raises-50k-hillary-clinton Quote
Members lookin Posted January 31, 2015 Members Posted January 31, 2015 We are not bemused. AdamSmith 1 Quote
