More Quote of the Day Honorable Mention Part 390

“Free as a Bird” Edition
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Mark America:

“Since yesterday’s announcement on the Mark Levin show, there has been a good deal of discussion over what sort of role Governor Palin will play going forward. As ever, that decision is entirely up to her, and if it’s to be as an outsider, participating in a grass-roots charge as one of our decidedly stronger voices, I will satisfy myself with that. I realize that by supporting her in that end, it doesn’t mean I will always agree with her on every issue or every race, but because she’s been such a powerfully consistent voice, I will always tend to give her opinion more weight than those of most others. For the same reasons that she has said about how this will ultimately unshackle her, what Sarah Palin has done also liberates me. My goal now turns to one not at all dis-similar from what Sarah Palin has offered: I am and always have been most interested in restoring our nation, and indeed, it has been her devotion to that goal that attracted me to Governor Palin. As she embarks again on this unconventional form of battle, where she seeks political results without seeking political office, I still see in her a force for an amazing potential benefit to our nation, and frankly, given the way things have been going, we need every ally in the struggle we can find. Sarah Palin remains one of the most powerful advocates we will find.”

H. R. Hunt, at Palin4America:

“I’m just saying, if you know Sarah’s history, she has put her kids first before.”

TWB, at The POH Diaries:

“The reason Sarah Palin isn’t running for President is because from the moment she was picked as McCain’s Vice Presidential nominee, the media and the establishment set out to destroy her. Destroy her they didn’t. But damage her? There can be no argument that Sarah Palin is a damaged political figure. Damaged in the sense that it will be a tall order for her to ever win a national election without the cards falling just right in her favor. However, in the sense that she’s still incredibly effective at being a great spokesperson for American and Conservative values and she has been and will continue to be the greatest of King makers, they failed in their mission to damage her enough. To be quite frank, there’s still way too many stupid people in this country for someone like Sarah Palin to win the Presidency. Figure that one out on your own.”

Bob Belvedere, at The Camp Of The Saints :

“Needless to say, I’m very disappointed…and very worried because none of the other announced candidates fully understands what bad shape we are in.”

Vicki McClure Davidson, at Frugal Café Blog Zone:

“Love and admire you tremendously, Sarah. I’m sure that many conservative Americans’ hearts are broken to hear this news, but there are others, myself included, who are highly supportive of her decision. I’m sure that the welfare of her family (the statist media and liberal comedians have already viciously torn into her daughters and her baby son for more than three years now) had quite a bit to do with it... You’re one gutsy, magnificent woman who has more integrity, courage, and strength in your pinkie finger than few (if any) in the Democrat party has in their entire body. I believe Palin being one of the citizen voices behind the grassroots tea party movement, free market and conservative principles will be a greater force of reckoning.”

Michelle Malkin:

“Sarah Palin will continue to be one of the nation’s most powerfully effective voices for grass-roots conservatism. She is at her best when challenging the Beltway GOP establishment and taking on the corruption and profligacy in both parties. More power to her.”

Michelle McCormick, of O4P, to Stacy McCain:

“I keep telling people, no regrets. I've had so much fun doing this -- the people that I've met and good friendships I've made -- I would not trade that for anything. Shoot -- I got to meet Sarah Palin a couple of times. Man, that was awesome…. We still respect Governor Palin and respect her decision.… I will always respect Sarah Palin. Next to my mom, she's one of my biggest role models. I've had a wonderful journey doing this.”

Phineas Fahrquar, at Public Secrets:

“So I ask the editorial’s author: How would it be passing a test of leadership to hang on to an office at the price of it being paralyzed by the complaints... and her family being bankrupted? Would you seriously call that leadership? Honestly?”

Lori Calabrese, at Examiner.com:

“Although Palin supporters are a bit disappointed, it's important to remind everyone about Palin's role in the 2010 midterm elections. The former Alaska governor threw her support behind dozens of candidates, a mixture of tea party types and more established Republicans. The Washington Post even went so far as creating a Palin political tracker that mapped out her endorsements. It's no surprise that already several 2012 candidates have reached out to her. I don't expect Palin to fade from the scene and a Palin endorsement is more valuable than ever.”

Newt Gingrich, via Twitter:

“Gov Palin would have been a formidable candidate-@sarahpalinusa- she will be an important citizen fighting right fights- making a difference”

Gov. Nikki Haley, of South Carolina:

“I think that if she had gotten in it would have been great, for her not to get in, I think she is still a force to be reckoned with. She’s had a few years of just a roller coaster. What I can tell you is that everything she does to help better our country has been successful. She’s amazing to know the power of their voice; she’s amazing at trying to remind people of what it means to be conservative. I think she’s going to be a voice and I think she will continue to empower the people. I don’t think she’s going anywhere, I think she said she is just going to take a new role.”

Ian Lazaran, at Conservatives 4 Palin:

“It’s kind of ironic that she chose the most low-profile way to bow out of the race given the media narratives that are out there about her desire for attention.”

Scott Conroy, at RealClearPolitics:

“Back in August, Palin and her husband, Todd, even convened a rare in-person meeting in Arizona with five of her closest advisers to lay out the framework for how a wildly unconventional presidential campaign would be run, a SarahPAC aide told RCP. Two sources close to Palin said that family concerns ended up being a major factor in her ultimate decision not to enter the race... Palin almost certainly would have been a major factor in the race had she decided to join it. Immediately upon becoming a candidate, Palin would have sucked up the lion’s share of the political media’s focus. Furthermore, she likely would have reaped the rewards of her underestimated retail politicking skills in places like Iowa, despite her lack of a political infrastructure there.”

C. Edmund Wright, at American Thinker:

“The fundamental transformation Palin opposes maximizes government and minimizes liberty. If that fundamental transformation is not stopped, America will cease to exist as the Founders envisioned it and as we have known it... Sarah Palin, unlike many who denigrate her, has a mind great enough to understand that. We all need to.”

Adam Brickley, at The Daily Caller:

“The people who would have been the core supporters of a Palin campaign are now the biggest and most powerful bloc of free agents in the 2012 primary, and I’m practically salivating at the idea of watching the establishment candidates trek up to Wasilla to genuflect and beg for an endorsement. Every last one of them... As for the rest of us, we are more than happy to throw our weight around. We’re not in the mood to kiss and make up with the party bosses, and no one can afford to take us for granted. If you thought we were going to make your life hell as a campaign, wait until you see what we can do as a pressure group. We’ve already got a huge presence on the Web thanks to Conservatives4Palin and the rest of the Palin bloggers, and we now have a big grassroots network as well, thanks to the hard work of Organize4Palin. Do you really think we’re not going to use all of that cool stuff? It’s also important to remember that Sarah Palin has at least a quarter century left in her political life... The possibilities really are endless, and there will be many, many of us backing her up along the way.”

Exit Quote - Henrik Ibsen, at Lipstick 2012:

“A forest bird never wants a cage.”

- JP

Why Sarah Palin Is Not Running for President

The governor's family evidently decided that enough is enough.
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Just one man's opinion, but those who are trying to make sense of why Sarah Palin decided not to seek her party's presidential nomination need look no further than the first paragraph of her statement on the matter:

"After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order."

Obviously, those members of her family who didn't want her to run could not be convinced to change their minds by those who did want her to run. Which members were on which side of the debate is purely a matter of speculation at this point. But we won't speculate because in the end it doesn't matter. Whether a simple majority carried the day or a unanimous vote of family members was needed to allow her to run in good conscience, the governor's family evidently decided that enough is enough.

And who can blame them? Nicolle Wallace's bizarre comments yesterday -- although exposed as disingenuous by Charlie Black -- surely served to bring back unpleasant memories from the 2008 election cycle and reinforce any misgivings Clan Palin may have that hired campaign mercenaries can't always be trusted not to stab their candidate in the back.

Bristol's recent encounter with a deranged Hollywood Palin-hater may have also factored into the governor's decision. Although the worm who verbally assaulted Gov. Palin to her eldest daughter later apologized and did not get physically violent, he just as easily could have. The incident had to drive home the fact of life to the Mama Grizzly that as her cubs venture far from home, she and Papa Bear can't always be there to protect them.

The ease with which creepy author Joe McGinness was able to rent a house right next door to the Palin's home last summer surely had to give at least some, if not all, family members pause. The manufactured filth contained in his book of lies, while more than most families would be willing to endure, almost pales in comparison to having such a shady character actually lurking just a few feet away from Palin property.

That the Palins have been on the receiving end of a long list of threats of violence and death had to have been a prime consideration. Recall that haters actually attempted to burn down the Wasilla church the Palin family attends while there were some women and children inside it less than three years ago. Though nothing Sarah ever said or did could have justified such a crime, it nevertheless served to drive home the point that acts of violence directed at Sarah Palin could well reach beyond her immediate family and impact the lives of bystanders. Just recently a Pennsylvania man and his father were charged with making repeated threats to Sarah Palin, her family and lawyer.

Indeed, the Palin family may have concluded that no matter how good a professional security team may be, there's no guarantee they can protect you. Secret Service agents are among the world's best, yet even they could not prevent President Reagan from being shot. Only by the grace of God, John Hinckley's bullet struck his lung and not his heart.

Doubtless the preponderance of evidence persuaded the Palins, or at least enough of their number, that they would just as soon not suffer the additional slings and arrows that would come with a run for the White House. They have obviously concluded that in the final analysis, life on Lake Lucille is preferable to what a presidential campaign would have to offer them, not to mention much less hazardous to their health and peace of mind. No one in their right mind can blame them. Were you in her place, would you want to put your own family through that?

- JP

Day By Day (October 6, 2011)

Lights Out
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Quote of the Day (October 5, 2011)

On Advising Texas Governor Rick Perry
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Dan Riehl, at Riehl World View:

“There is someone who has recently taken far more and much worse than Perry has yet to endure. And she's still standing... and having an impact, even if she's not in the race, as some folks recently seemed intent on reminding us of to the point of childish obsession.”

- JP

Sarah Palin: Todd is taking calls from politicians & setting up meetings

Here's video of Gov. Palin on Greta's Show tonight:
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h/t: SarahNET

- JP

New SarahPAC Video: 'Restoring America Together'

As posted at SarahPAC
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- JP

Sarah Palin has announced that she will not run in 2012

On The Mark Levin Show
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Here's her statement, courtesy of Michelle Malkin:

Wasilla, Alaska

After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.

My decision is based upon a review of what common sense Conservatives and Independents have accomplished, especially over the last year. I believe that at this time I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office – from the nation’s governors to Congressional seats and the Presidency. We need to continue to actively and aggressively help those who will stop the “fundamental transformation” of our nation and instead seek the restoration of our greatness, our goodness and our constitutional republic based on the rule of law.

From the bottom of my heart I thank those who have supported me and defended my record throughout the years, and encouraged me to run for President. Know that by working together we can bring this country back – and as I’ve always said, one doesn’t need a title to help do it.

I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets, including in the race for President where our candidates must embrace immediate action toward energy independence through domestic resource developments of conventional energy sources, along with renewables. We must reduce tax burdens and onerous regulations that kill American industry, and our candidates must always push to minimize government to strengthen the economy and allow the private sector to create jobs. 

Those will be our priorities so Americans can be confident that a smaller, smarter government that is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people can better serve this most exceptional nation.

In the coming weeks I will help coordinate strategies to assist in replacing the President, re-taking the Senate, and maintaining the House.

Thank you again for all your support. Let’s unite to restore this country! 

God bless America.



- Sarah Palin

Full audio from her appearance on Levin's show here. Gov. Palin will be Greta's guest tonight "On The Record" on Fox News at 9PM Texas time.

- JP

Tony Lee: Christie says ‘Not My Time' -- All Eyes Now on Palin

"So could it now be Palin’s time?"
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Human Events columnist Tony Lee calls our attention to the interesting coincidence that on the same day New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had to call a press conference to convince some in the GOP establishment and the media once and for all that he's not running for president this election cycle, DVDs of the Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated" went on sale in thousands of retail and online outlets.

If it is not Christie's time, as the governor declared Tuesday, the question now becomes, is it Gov. Palin’s time?

From now until the end of October, when candidates must meet the first official filing deadline to get on the primary ballot, the eyes of the political world will be on Palin, who, unlike other candidates who have shown a public sense of indecision, has never gone on record to say that she would not run for President.

In recent weeks, books that have sought to potentially undermine Palin have been thoroughly discredited.

For instance, Joe McGinniss​, an author of an anti-Palin book, had an e-mail he wrote to a source discovered in which he wrote that a “legal review of my manuscript is under way, and here’s my problem: No one has ever offered documentation of any of the lurid stories about the Palins.”

McGinniss’ shenanigans and vindictiveness are representative of the frivolous ethics charges Palin was confronted with when she came back to Alaska after the 2008 election, which The Undefeated documents.

In an unconventional cycle in which candidates have seen rapid and wild swings in their poll numbers in a matter of weeks, Palin is the only Republican figure with enough clout, name recognition and grassroots support to enter this late and be a contender.

In fact, one difference between Palin and Christie is that while the Republican and financial elite have backed Christie, Palin’s support comes from her fervent grassroots supporters who disdain and loathe the GOP establishment and what Palin has referred to as the “permanent political class,” almost as much as they love Palin. Another difference is Palin’s bold conservatism, as opposed to Christie’s more pastel brand, the former’s fitting the spirit of this cycle way more than the latter’s.

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In a delicious twist of irony, the same ruling and chattering classes who have assured us that it was too late for the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate to get into the 2012 race for the White House just made such a turn of events plausible by arguing that there was still plenty of time for New Jersey's governor to start a presidential campaign entirely from scratch. All that remains to be seen are whether Sarah Palin will run and when she will formally announce her intentions. While political junkies wait for those questions to be answered, Tony Lee concludes, "all eyes will be on Palin, and the GOP field is far from being considered set."

- JP

Day By Day (October 5, 2011)

Sunset of a Republic
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Quote of the Day (October 4, 2011)

Waiting On Sarah
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Pamela Geller, at Atlas Shrugs:

“There are millions of us waiting on Sarah. Millions. Go, Sarah, go! Run, Sarah, run!”

- JP

More Quote of the Day Honorable Mention Part 389

“A Flame in the Darkness” Edition
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Jeanette Pryor, at Lipstick 2012:

“‘Love is the fundamental relation of God to the world. … In a chain of acts of love, man strives for the highest end.’ - St. Thomas Aquinas... Evil, for Aquinas, is the absence of good. For human beings, evil is a life devoid of love, one that feeds on hatred. Such a life, instead of shining like a flame in the darkness, extinguishes the light, twisting the one who hates. This afternoon I posted an article written by Caroline Glick, the editor of the Jerusalem Post, concerning the pro-Israel foreign policy orientation of Gov. Sarah Palin... I sincerely pray that those whose hearts are twisted by hatred for Sarah, whose ideas and patriotism I admire, and especially for the Jewish State of Israel, will find their way back to their ‘final cause,’ as Aquinas so beautifully put it.”

PolitiJim, at Rants for Reasonable People:

“OMG! Sarah STILL hasn't announced!! The Sky is Falling!”

William A. Jacobson, at Legal Insurrection:

“#OccupyWallStreet is organized agitprop designed to deflect attention from the Obama administration’s failings onto ‘Wall Street,’ although many of the participants don’t understand how they are being used. The Washington Post now is fully aboard Team Obama, doing its best to take down Rick Perry this week, next week someone else. AxelPlouffe messaging is all class warfare all the time, and will be for the next 13 months. And what are we doing? Silly antics like day-long sniping at others who are on our side. Get motivated...”

Kate Hicks, at Townhall.com's Tipsheet:

“To her credit, she never gave an exact timeline, so the firestorm surrounding her supposed ‘broken promise’ isn't exactly fair.”

Steve Flesher, at American Thinker:

“Fox News contributor Juan Williams remarked that Sarah Palin made a ‘nasty’ comment. Williams made the statement on Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch Thursday, right before Palin was scheduled to appear. In Palin's subsequent discussion with Napolitano, she said, ‘I think it's nasty when a colleague [Williams] takes a shot when they don't know what they're talking about.’ Palin's complaints on Fox News come after a few other Palin-naysayer moments on the network... Considering the track record of many of these commentators, it certainly is easy to understand Palin's point about the ‘quasi-reality show’ they are attempting to create and steer through 2012. It can also explain why so many of us are waiting for her to shake that up, just as she shook up those ‘corrupt bastards’ in Alaska. Now, if Palin chooses to suspend (or even terminate) her contract with Fox News, it could well signal her intention to run for president. And that's exactly what a lot of people are waiting for.”

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, at The Atlantic:

“I admire Sarah Palin for speaking out loudly and forcefully against crony capitalism.”

Howard Fischer, in Tempe's East Valley Tribune:

“Jan Brewer’s self-described attack on the liberal media is done and her book will be on shelves in less than a month. But first, a word from Sarah Palin. Brewer told Capitol Media Services she confers regularly with the former Alaska governor. And she sent Palin an advance copy of her book, Scorpions for Breakfast, asking her for a foreword. Palin obliged. ‘It’s not surprising,’ Brewer said. She noted that Palin came to Arizona last summer to have a joint press conference to defend SB 1070. That measure, approved earlier last year by the Legislature, is designed to give police more power to detain and arrest suspected illegal immigrants. ‘She’s been a very big supporter of what Arizona is doing in regards to the crime on the border and the illegal immigration,’ Brewer said. ‘She’s someone that I’ve always admired,’ the governor continued. ‘I appreciate the fact that she’s stepped forward and did it.’ Brewer won’t share what Palin wrote, at least not yet.”

Joel Pollak, to Carol Felsenthal at Chicago Magazine:

“I think if Sarah Palin runs, she’ll be the first Jewish president.”

Gary P Jackson, at A Time For Choosing:

“If you’ve kept up with the Hot Air straw polling since November 2010, you’ll know Sarah Palin has won ever single poll by a wide margin, until last month. In September the ‘anybody but Sarah Palin, who isn’t Mitt Romney’ contingent glommed onto Rick Perry as their latest ‘flavor of the month,’ giving him the win. Sarah came in second. After watching Perry’s hapless performances in the debates, and finding out more about Perry’s record, the ‘anybody but Sarah Palin, who isn’t Mitt Romney’ crowd has run en masse to Herman Cain, this month’s winner. Again Sarah comes in second... Hot Air also asks who would win a Palin vs Perry contest and a Palin vs Bachmann contest. The results are devastating to both Perry and Bachmann: Palin 62% Perry 38% and Palin 79% Bachmann 21%.”

Ian Lazaran, via Twitter:

“Palin's positive intensity in Gallup is up 30% the last three weeks, Romney is down around 20%, while Perry is down around 40%.”

Bob Unruh, at WorldNetDaily:

“Former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said that the 2012 run for the Oval Office will be an out-of-the-box event. But just what did she mean? Voters eventually will find out, presumably. But just in case her ‘out-of-the-box’ reference means something as surprising as challenging Barack Obama in a Democratic Party primary, Fritz Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies included the scenario in his newest poll on the coming election... The results were startling... He said in a head-to-head matchup among Democratic Party voters, Palin still draws support away from Obama.”

Mark Halperin, at Time's The Page:

“But with world's eyes on Trenton, don't lose sight of Wasilla.”

Mark America:

“On this Tuesday, the film by Stephen K. Bannon, ‘The Undefeated’ comes to stores near you on DVD! Now, you will be able to get your own copy, and purchase them for friends and relatives, but best of all, you can hold your own ‘The Undefeated’ viewing parties. Do you want the truth about Governor Sarah Palin to get out to an audience hungry for a different kind of leader, but who have been led astray by the Lamestream Media, and even some in the GOP establishment? If you want your chance to show people the truth, to correct the record and inform them, finally, here’s your chance.”

Grady Smith, at Entertainment Weekly:

“It looks like the appeal of trying to take down Palin may be waning…”

Maggie Haberman, at Politico:

“Ken Vogel and I both have sources telling us that calls were made on behalf of a mystery candidate to various early states to determine presidential filing deadlines. The calls were made by representatives of the law firm Baker Hostetler - a firm that employs lawyer Mark Braden, who represents Sarah PAC, her political action committee. As Ken notes, while he nor representatives of Palin’s campaign would comment on the calls, Palin is the only GOP politician eying the presidential race who is represented by the firm.”

Exit Quote - Alexis de Tocqueville, at The Tree of Mamre:

“When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.”

- JP

How's That Hope-y, Change-y Thing Working Out?

This ad, by Minnesota Majority, answers Gov. Palin's question:
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h/t: John Hinderaker

- JP

Day By Day (October 4, 2011)

Cake
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Quote of the Day (October 3, 2011)

Sarah Palin marches to a different drummer
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Andrew Malcolm, at Investors.com:

“A Palin campaign... could be worth it just to watch the establishments of both parties forced out of their own comfy campaign boxes, like the scurrying inhabitants of a kicked-open anthill.”

- JP

Day By Day (October 3, 2011)

Buttons
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Quote of the Day (October 2, 2011)

Anti-Palin Flick ‘You Betcha!’ Is A Miserable Failure
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Peter Knegt, at indieWIRE:

“Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill’s doc ‘Sarah Palin: You Betcha!’... grossed even less than ‘Margaret’ despite being on 3 times the screens. ‘Betcha!’ grossed $7,374, averaging a dismal $1,229... Broomfield personally took to Kickstarter to raise $30,000 for the release of the film. Its unlikely the film will gross that amount, and it will certainly fall behind the $116,381 a much more pro-Palin doc, ‘The Undefeated,’ grossed earlier this year.”

- JP

More Quote of the Day Honorable Mention Part 388

“Rabid Dog Syndrome” Edition
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John Scotus, at The Tree of Mamre:

“Erickson’s single excuse for trashing Sarah Palin is that she has not made up her mind on whether or not she is running for president. It has nothing to do with Palin’s qualities as a candidate or her position on any substantive issue... Erickson sees this as disqualifying for Palin, even though he accepts it from Perry and from the other candidates... So, in Erickson’s universe, a complete rejection of Palin because she has not announced her decision on his timetable is fair game, while anyone who offers up criticisms or questions of Perry’s record or stance on the issues is only doing so in order to settle old scores and promote their own careers. In the light of how he turned on Radtke, it is completely legitimate to ask if Erickson has turned against Palin in a nod to his corporate masters, in order to curry favor with his new friends on TV, or even to advance his own career... whatever the case, it is clear that he is no longer an honest voice, that he has been co-opted by the system, and that he is now just as compromised as any other political operative and the journalists in the MSM. It is time to stop pretending that Erick Erickson is an independent blogger offering his true, unfettered opinion on things. It is time to say to Erickson, Enough!”

William A. Jacobson, at Legal Insurrection:

“I thought that if you support a candidate, you don’t go out of your way to turn people against your candidate. But what do I know?”

PolitiJim, in an update to a post at Rants for Reasonable People:

“Again we get this holier than thou, ‘you're ruining it for the rest of us, Sarah,’ caterwaul that is not only childish and impudent - it's not even accurate! But as his unwarranted attack... on Jamie Radtke has proven - Erickson believes that truth and maturity shouldn't stand in the way of a good story - or a RedState bias... It is time for RedState to just admit they are either directly or indirectly a formal arm of the Perry campaign or lose all credibility. And after all the jabs and ‘candle lighting’ disparagement against Sarah Palin followers - I think they have right to expect a leader of conservative coverage to a) apologize to them and Mrs. Palin, and b) to quit acting like he is Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann.”

Kevin DuJan, at Hillbuzz:

“Erickson is beclowning himself and having quite a tantrum.”

Kevin DuJan, at Hillbuzz:

“Erickson heaped so much scorn on Governor Palin’s supporters that I imagine many who read Redstate.com... feel like the Republican Party may not be for them — and I wonder where their votes will go if Governor Palin does not in fact run for President, the way Erickson so desperately doesn’t want her to run... Because Erickson’s RedState is such an in-your-face pro-Rick Perry site, and because Rick Perry chose RedState.com as the platform to announce his run for the presidency, I can’t imagine the Perry campaign wasn’t aware of what Erickson did all day [Friday] in heaping all that unnecessary scorn on Governor Palin and her supporters. I, therefore, will forever now associate this childishness with the Perry campaign…and I’ve thus removed Perry from consideration as a choice for the Republican nomination in 2012.”

Pianojones, at Political Improvisations:

“Thankfully, the pipsqueak snobs in the third rank of conservative punditry will not select the next president.”

Mark America:

“In what can only be viewed as a stunning rebuttal to Erick Erickson’s day-long smirking at Sarah Palin and her supporters, the poll conducted by Redstate has concluded that the first choice for President among respondents to the RedState poll is none other than former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. While Erickson was having his laughs at Palin’s expense, it has now become clear who deserves the last laugh. By a margin of more than two-to-one over her next-closest competitor, Herman Cain, the Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin scored a whopping 52.4% of the poll.”

William A. Jacobson, at Legal Insurrection:

“What a sad joke that Erick Erickson and Tucker Carlson even are included on the list of cable TV-appointed spokespeople for conservatives.”

Gary P Jackson, at A Time For Choosing:

“The media and anti-Palin forces [many times one and the same] went nuts on Friday when Sarah Palin didn’t announce her candidacy for President of the United States. As the day went on, it became quite comical. Never mind that Sarah, who appeared Thursday evening on Fox Business News’s Freedom Watch, told the viewers she wouldn’t be announcing on Friday and was holding her cards close to the vest. I’m always amazed that people think Sarah should lay her cards on the table, spell out exactly what she intends to do to win the presidency. Would you expect a general going to war to tell the enemy what his plan of attack would be? Err, no. Nor would any other candidate be asked to do this... Somehow answers Sarah Palin has given in interviews have turned into hard dates that Sarah herself has never set. In fact, she’s been purposely vague about hard dates, only kinda-sorta agreeing with the reporters asking the questions. The only hard and fast dates Sarah has ever talked about were the legal filing deadlines. Those are the only ‘drop dead’ dates she’s specified.”

Ron Devito, at US for Palin:

“The only people whose opinion on the timing of a Sarah Palin presidential campaign announcement matters is Gov. Palin and her family. This point is completely lost on Erickson, Coulter, some supporters, and the establishment crowd which is 100% responsible for the mess our nation is in.”

Tom Tillison, at Florida Political Press:

“So it seems that the Sarah Palin detractors on the right are in meltdown mode now that September has come and gone without an announcement from the former Alaskan Governor on whether she intends to run for the GOP nomination for President. In fact, Erick Erickson has taken to using almost the entire front page of RedState to mock and ridicule Palin over this apparently egregious action... The American people have lost all faith in politicians. People no longer have any belief that today’s politicians will do the heavy lifting necessary to get this country back on track. To abandon the elite power structures and rise above the status quo, to sacrifice self and/or party for the good of this nation. In a sense, that’s the whole crux of the tea party – folks who clearly understand it’s up to them to take on the individual responsibility to ensure the future course of America... Palin will continue to move forward in an unconventional manner. While this is precisely what scares the hell out of the political elite, when I look around at the current state of my beloved country, I’ll take unconventional any day of the week over more of the same.”

Tony Lee, via Twitter:

“Palin coverage exposes the many in MSM/GOP that have always been dumb, deceitful, fraudulent. Now, no doubts. Thank you.”

Jim Funkhouser, at Tea Party Tribune:

“Sarah P. has chosen her issue wisely. The core problem, the problem that controls all the others, is corruption. The corruption emanating from Washington is a product of the billions available for redistribution. Bringing this system down requires more than words from bought and sold politicians. It requires a spine of steel and moral courage. Palin is targeted precisely because she can’t be bought, and won’t be side-tracked. I don’t need to listen to her, the MSM read her e-mails for me. I don’t need to hear her debate; her philosophy is outlined nicely enough in Bannon’s movie about her legacy in Alaska. Palin’s words, which is all that the MSM cares about, are a sideshow. Her deeds have defined her, and unfortunately for Romney and Perry, defined them also. Follow the money. It’s always about the money.”

Peter Ingemi, at Datechguy's Blog :

“Chris Christie is less prepared to run than Sarah Palin, and unlike Palin, would not be running an ‘insurgent’ campaign. If he runs he is going to embarrass himself, badly.”

Mark America:

“There are many good reasons for Palin to hold off in the conventional schedule, and the GOP establishment knows this, which is why they spent the entirety of the spring and summer trying to goad her into an earlier entry, to which they would have responded with a Christie or Daniels or even Jeb Bush... They will try to knock Palin out by depriving her of the time she needs to carry the ball all the way down the field in time to score. I believe this underestimates Palin’s appeal by a fair margin, and it may be the establishment’s last available timing-based play to keep her from the nomination if she chooses to pursue it... What all of this may boil down to is an attempt by the establishment to wrest control of the timing card from Palin... As I suspected, it will come down to careful timing, and as I believe based on previous instances, Governor Palin may be the master of this sort of thing. She has demonstrated very good instincts and this close to the end of the beginning, I don’t think she’s likely to make any missteps, thereby turning it into what the establishment hopes will bethe beginning of the end. Expect the unexpected, and be ready to roll.”

Exit Quote - Psalm 3, in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible:

“Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? Many are they who rise up against me. Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God. But thou, O Lord art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and He hath heard me from His holy hill. I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me. I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God. For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: Thou hast broken the teeth of sinners. Salvation is of the Lord: and Thy blessing is upon Thy people.”

- JP

Day By Day (October 2, 2011)

Agin' the Court
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- JP

Quote of the Day (October 1, 2011)

25 Things You Need to Know About Joe McGinniss’ Book...
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Kevin DuJan, at Hillbuzz:

“Every chapter of The Rogue has a half dozen either unnamed or first-name-only ‘locals’ who hate Sarah Palin with such burning passion they drive up to McGinniss’ rented house in the middle of the night uninvited, to give him the ‘real scoop’ on the Palins. And then offer him guns to protect himself from ‘those Palins’ next door, with all their magical powers.”

- JP

Day By Day (October 1, 2011)

Bunker
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- JP