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The Spectacle Blog
Ed Rollins is mad at Sarah Palin.
The former Reagan White House official has penned an article at CNN.com in which he tells Palin “to quit comparing yourself to Ronald Reagan.”
Methinks Rollins doth protest too much.
After all, let’s not forget he was Mike Huckabee’s national campaign chairman in the former Arkansas Governor turned TV talk show host’s 2008 bid for the White House. Back then Rollins had little hesitation in likening Huckabee to the Gipper as was the case when he was quoted in an article which appeared in the Telegraph in December 2007:
“Governor Huckabee has probably inspired me as much as Ronald Reagan. He had an ability to connect with people and he was a great communicator. I’ve looked for a long time for another candidate to do that.
“People are always asking: ‘Who’s the next Ronald Reagan?’ Well, I was with the old Reagan. I can promise you that this man comes as close as I’ve ever seen.”
If Huckabee should decide to make a bid for the GOP nomination in 2012 then it would not be unreasonable to assume that Rollins would once again play a large role in Huckabee’s campaign. Perhaps Rollins fears that Palin has stolen some of Huckabee’s thunder and is thus launching this salvo against the former Alaska Governor.
The fact is that Sarah Palin isn’t the first GOP presidential prospect to invoke Reagan and she won’t be the last. But the fact that Rollins singles out Palin for doing so is quite telling indeed.
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Linda| 12.2.10 @ 2:21AM
I find it amusing that people "in the know" are so dismissive of Sarah Palin, and yet she has never stated she is actually going to run in '12. They keep putting her down, and saying she doesn't have a chance of winning. Well, if she's such a non-issue, why focus so much vitriol on her? Obviously she is a threat to the status quo.
Palin speaks to the people, with a genuine, down to earth tone. She tells it like it is. She's regular folk. She middle America. And that scares the establishment... on both sides of the aisle.
Micawber| 12.2.10 @ 9:40AM
Sarah Palin brings commentary on herself. Thune, Pawlenty, Barbour and Romney are remaining relatively quiet. Palin sends out tweets or Facebook messages and makes provocative statements in interviews.
I don't blame her. She (rightly) thinks it is her best chance to jump out in front. But you don't get to thrust yourself regularly into the public sphere and then complain when people comment about you.
bart| 12.2.10 @ 10:26AM
Hmmm. The courage to speak (bravery) vs cowardice or political posturing through silence or testing the political winds. Like the old saying, "if you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." Viva Sarah!
matthew s harrison| 12.2.10 @ 2:44AM
Rollins is an old guard moron RINO who doesn't like the fact that Palin is popular. He is worried, just like the last dinosaurs in the congress are, about this upstart woman from Alaska, who works the fishing business with her husband, believes in god and guns, and is going to be a major thorn in the side of the other NWO types who rollins hangs out with.
I don't think she will win a primary, but I could be wrong. The media and the obamaites did such a good job of assassinating her character, I don't think she is electable-and frankly, I don't think the idiot electorate of this country deserve someone so true to our founding principles.
Nick| 12.2.10 @ 1:15PM
Fools like Rollins receive no funds..
My support goes to the conservatives.
inge| 12.2.10 @ 5:06AM
These guttersnipes need to STFU!
If Palin decides to run, she will win 'dispite' the vitriol directed against her, and her family.
Timothy L. Pennell| 12.2.10 @ 9:23AM
Wasn't Rollins the guy that was passing out the "Walking Around Money" to all those nice HONEST Black Preachers in Jersey? Giving them CASH to keep their people from going out to vote.
All these Country Clubbers, out there throwing mud at Sarah Palin. A gal who's ACCOMPLISHED more in her short life, than all of them put together.
If Ronald Reagan were alive today? He'd be her BIGGEST FAN.
And Stockholm Syndrome ROLLINS, can go F*** Himself.
Mimi| 12.2.10 @ 9:37AM
Y ou've gotta just Love that SARAH!!!....We are a grateful nation to the likes of her...the way she put herself out there for CONSERVATIVE candidates all over the country for the Nov.2nd 2010 big WIN!! She will run, only if there is no one, who steps up to the PLATE. We are starting to see many come forward.... It will be interesting to see and watch. We will KNOW the STRONG-SPINED one when we see him. Until then let us wait and see.
PattyMor| 12.2.10 @ 9:54AM
You gotta love the "ruling class" members. Their vitriole for anyone even remotely conservative is actually quite telling. What it tells me is that the
majority of the Republicans are NOT interested in limited government because it diminishes their power. And, they are NOT going to give it up willingly.
As El Rushbo says, you can always tell who the "ruling class" fear. It is Dear Sarah, from little 'ole Wasilla. They malign her family, even though they have no power to control you or raise your taxes. They do not grab and grope your wives and children in the airports. The ones doing all this, is the "compassionate" One.
Viator| 12.2.10 @ 9:54AM
Jeeze, the way people are treating Governor Palin you'd think she was the front runner.
manonthestreet| 12.2.10 @ 10:26AM
Palin speaks for the Heartland and the working America.She won't set down and shut up like she suppose to and IT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF THEM.
SPOOFPROOF| 12.2.10 @ 10:41AM
I saw and heard Mrs. Palin in a long conversation with a man named Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel. I am not a big fan of t.v. news but my wife said I might be interested in what Mrs. Palin had to say, so I closed one eye and took a peek. Much to my amazement, the host actually allowed Mrs. Palin to express herself without interruption. I watched the entire hour (with the commercials muted). Mrs. Palin did not strike me as an over-the-top-right-wing-crazy person. She sounded to me like someone who has something to say and knows how to say it. One thing she did make a point of emphasizing toward the end of the interview was, that if she decided a run for the Presidency, her campaign would NOT be managed by political professionals such as Mr. Rollins. (Wasn't Mr. Rollins a recipient of Ross Perot's largesse and more than a little responsible for the election of Bill Clinton?)
In my opinion, political "professionals" such as Ed Rollins are the ones most responsible for the poisonous partisanship that now pollutes the atmosphere. If Mrs. Palin decides to run for the Office of The President, she will do so on her own terms and, win or lose, earn more respect for her honesty and her independence than any faux-respect bought with millions of dollars of special-interest money spent by "professionals" like Mr. Ed Rollins. The theme song for all political professionals Democrat and Republican should be Boy George's "Church of The Poison Mind."
Viator| 12.2.10 @ 11:11AM
What scares the hell out of them is the end of rent seeking.
http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Rent_seeking)
Many of Palin's most vocal critics have made rent seeking their career. The Bush family are a great example with their interest in that great rent seeking enterprise, The Carlyle Group among other investments. The web of interests feeding at the federal trough where billions and trillions of dollars, many newly printed, come to rest for redistribution to special interests have no desire to see someone gain power who might cut them off. Follow the money and you will find the anti-Palin forces.
Viper1| 12.2.10 @ 12:05PM
Micawber:
Of course, Palin puts her self out there. THAT's the point.
"Thune, Pawlenty, Barbour and Romney are remaining relatively quiet."--and THAT's why, despite having to overcome very hostile and powerful enemies (CNN, the New York Times,etc;)
she has surged to the presumptive lead as the republican candidate for the nomination.
These guys are playing not to lose. They're taking what they believe to be the tried and true path, unwilling to risk making a false move by weighing in on any controversial matters.
What's Romney's position on the Wikileaks S.O.B.?
Who knows? A lot of Americans have strong opinions. Romney's not checking in on that, is he?
And Thune? What's he think about Michelle Obama's Orwellian crusade to dictate who will legislate family meals?
Nobody knows. That's a potential political hot potato.
Palin is out there weighing in what tens of millions of people are talking about at supper; Romney won't even give you his opinion about the job he thinks the president is doing.
Playing not to lose.
Trying to "run out the clock".
Now, that's inspirational and compelling.
CountryClassKook| 12.2.10 @ 2:39PM
My dad uses the phrase "Go or blow" in reference to drag racing: push the car so hard you either win big, or blow the engine trying. I think that fits Sarah perfectly. Go all out, say what you believe, mean what you say. Don't hide. Let the people make a REAL choice. If she wins, we are all better for it, if she loses, God help the United States.
Grizzled| 12.2.10 @ 3:07PM
Rollins is a condescending little worm.
jimmy| 12.4.10 @ 9:44PM
Ed Rollins is right. Palin can`t win and should stay out to allow credible candidates like Romney and Thune to take on Obummer. They are polished politicians and can beat Obama and the truth is if Palin is knocked out in the primary, who are conservatives going to vote for Obummer? yeah right. I would urge all Palinistas to get behind the party even if Palin does`nt make it out of the primaries. Thune 2012