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Governor, my good friend Quin Hillyer appears to believe that you deliberately allowed a reporter from Politico to overhear your conversation with Alex Pappas of the Daily Caller (who is also my good friend). In the interest of putting to an end what Quin calls a “contretemps,” permit me to suggest that you ask around for my phone number, call me up, and let’s get the facts straight.
My gut-hunch says that you wouldn’t be doing any favors like that for a Politico reporter. In fact, my gut-hunch says that this reporter was actually eavesdropping on your private phone conversation.
Now, governor, you know the good work I did two years ago when the execrable scuzzball Jesse Griffin was floating that bogus divorce rumor. And you also know that I had the honor of visiting with your husband and children last September.
So you ought to know you can trust me, and if you say something’s off the record, it’s off the record and I’ll even deny we ever talked, if that’s what you want. I’ve kind of been moaning a bit about my own lack of access, and you can chew me out for that, if you want — on the record or off the record, however you like. But if you’re going to call up reporters and chew them out, I hate to be left out of the loop.
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New England Patriot| 8.16.11 @ 12:31AM
Nice of you to offer mediation services sir. Sarah Palin is going to run, so it is a good plan to get the "inside scoop" here! LOLZ! Tell your buddies lighten up and enjoy life a bit more! This will be great fun watching her wrest the nomination from the "old boys"!
Romney? -Obama lite.
burt| 8.16.11 @ 1:25AM
Since when is Leftico considered a source of anything but Axelrod -Soros media lies and spin and pro Obama propaganda ? In fact, Leftico hires Soros media hacks and Democrat party staffers.
Have anyone of you self professed DC Beltway elites figured out Leftico is a Obama front group and makes up stories ?
If you haven't figured that one out then I should also tell you the tooth fairy does not exist !
Nobama| 8.16.11 @ 3:44AM
Why would Sarah Palin call you after enduring nearly three years of vicious AmSpec hitpieces written about her?
I'm sure Quin's latest anti-Palin rant won't be the little weasel's last.
Screw the hell out of all of you.
PCC| 8.16.11 @ 5:22AM
Geez, man, get over yourself and Quin, too.
Talk about inside baseball!
This is inside batting practice during spring training in AA ball.
Who gives a hoot?!
btims| 8.16.11 @ 6:55AM
Quin nobody cares about "journalists" - left or center-right like you. Nobody cares. Boo-hoo.
Give 'em hell Sarah!
MONCLER CHEAP | 8.16.11 @ 9:05AM
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Ken (Old Texican)| 8.16.11 @ 7:00AM
I'm still praying earnestly that Sarah runs.
Loadmaster| 8.16.11 @ 7:23AM
Quin and Robert - you have become a victim of what the MSM has been doing to The Lady from Wasilla for the past 3 yrs. Do the so called "good guys" in the MSM go around with a "I'M A Good guy" hanging around their neck's". I doubt it. Trust NO one and keep your enemies close to your vest. You 2 guys are just the by product of what your entire industry has become. But, your whining like a couple of girls (no offense to the ladies). If you have a problem with Sarah, you need to look no further than your own profession. Now, you know what she and her family feel like. Get a gripe, this happens everyday but now you are a the victim..has does it feel?
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Jrd| 8.16.11 @ 7:41AM
You guys are just having hissy fits that the Lady from Wasilla isn't powder puffing your butts. The Cuda is running. She said that she is running an unconventional campaign. You will not con her into declaring before she is ready. She knows when she will declare. Her army will not desert her because we are fed up with politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk. Bachmann formed the Tea Party Caucus but did nothing to hold the line on the debt ceiling. She is no leader and has no executive experience. That is how she will represent us also. She's toast. Same thing with Lt. Col. West. He talked huge and then caved. DC is broken. We are just as fed up with the lame Republicans who tell us they are conservative and then live on the government dole like Bachmann. Only Governor Palin walks the walk. We are also fed up with the RINO media. Watch what Palin does. She is making history. And quit whining. It is getting old. Palin's supporters are NOT up for grabs. It's the Lady from Wasilla or NOBODY. We don't want Mittwit, we don't want living on the government dole Bachmann, and we don't want crony capitalist Perry. Hey capito?
blogforce one| 8.16.11 @ 7:47AM
Go watch Lemons interview with Palin and see how a real reporter does his job. Until then, tegrow up.
wodiej| 8.16.11 @ 8:22AM
well said. Gov. Palin is nobody's fool. If the media had treated her right all along, there would be no need to complain. She was completely accessible at the Iowa State Fair to anyone who asked fair questions.
wodiej| 8.16.11 @ 8:24AM
I loved it when Gov. Palin told Jake Tapper she'd answer his questions but she had to meet a heifer first. LOL...he couldn't believe it.
Journalists became whores for Obama and for the sake of a good byline and a few extra bucks. They do it for any latest sensational news story. Now that Gov. Palin is set to run away with the GOP nomination when she soon declares, they want access. She'll talk if she wants to and with who.
OLDRAY| 8.16.11 @ 8:35AM
Whats with American Spectator taking all these cheap shots at Sarah Palin. And they are really CHEAP SHOTS. Shame on you
WJ| 8.16.11 @ 8:43AM
Palin as the Republican nominee in 2012 assures us of four more years of Obama.
The Palin heads needs to quit talking to themselves and listen to reality - the lady will not be president.
Teflon93 | 8.16.11 @ 9:12AM
Romney as the nominee in 2012 ensures us four more years of Obama as conservatives such as myself will either vote 3rd party or not at all.
RINOs were utterly discredited---again---in 2008 when we ran your preferred candidate who was supposedly beloved by the media and independents, had a great war hero bio to run on, and was plausibly an "outsider" and a "maverick."
The most left wing and inexperienced candidate in U.S. history promptly handed his hindquarters to him.
Piss off, RINOs---your day is done.
Bob K.| 8.16.11 @ 8:56AM
Call her yourself, for Pete's sake!
You're a reporter aren't you?
Or are you now a "Journalist" and up there in that rarefied atmosphere journalists inhabit which would explain the lack of Oxygen your brain is receiving.
Ken (Old Texican)| 8.16.11 @ 9:53AM
I have a friend with the "No Such Agency".
(the NSA for all of you in Rio Linda).
He slipped me a transcript of the phone conversation between Sarah and Robert Stacy.
Quote:
"Robert Stacy, how the heck are you? Are you still beating your wife?"
"Ah, No Mrs Palin. She took karate classes and now whips my butt every time I mention Quin Hillyer."
"Well, good, Robert Stacy! Does she manage to keep the bruises out of sight under your clothes?"
"Sadly, not always, Governor. I ducked the other day and got a black eye."
"Robert Stacy, does Quin still have that delightful baritone voice I love?"
"Sadly, no ma'am. He now speaks in soprano. His wife took lessons with my wife."
"OK, so what do you think, Robert Stacy, should I throw my barret into the ring?"
"Absolutely yes ma'am! So far you have kept your powder dry. Now that Perry has declared, you two will be the TICKET. Do you two flip a coin as to which is headliner?"
"Naw, Robert Stacy, we will let the voters decide."
" So what is your position vis a via Governor Perry?"
" You know, Robert Stacy, I am a missionary of Christ. I enjoy the missionary position most of all."
"Oh."
"On the other hand, Todd likes me sitting in his lap."
"OH."
"OK, kidding aside. Rick is a fine man. If I'm not mistaken, his wife went to Baylor University. One of my friends had classes with her...or one of her lovely cousins. She is a class act as well. She has ALWAYS been proud of America.... warts and all."
"Look, Robert Stacy, I would be honored to share a ticket with Rick Perry...either or.
" If he is my partner we can't go too far wrong, and Todd agrees."
"Governor, thank you for the call-back. God's speed."
Occam's Tool| 8.16.11 @ 10:41AM
Sarah needs to get off the pot. My view is that the Republican Candidate needs to be a Minority or a Woman. (Rubio, Cain, West, Palin, Bachmann.)
Conservative Bob| 8.16.11 @ 11:01AM
Damn RSM and Quinn put on your big boy panties and get a grip.
I am certain Alex feels all validated now that you two have stood up for him.
You are not the story whether you had a good day or a bad day, whether you (or he) were treated as you thought you should be is not the story. Love her or hate her Palin has been attacked mercilessly in the press since the day McCain (John) named her as his running mate. Given what I have observed since that date I find it hard to accurately describe her as thin skinned, but if she has that flaw it will be put on display for all to see should she actually get into the race.
People will have an opportunity to make their best judgment about her in the primary and cast their vote accordingly. She will either win the nomination or she will not. One thing you can know for a certainty is that she will not get the fawning praise and active running cover that the messiah O received and continues to receive.
At this critical juncture in our history where we are looking for a candidate that can beat O and his entourage and the survival of our republic is in the balance, the treatment of a single reporter in a single event doesn't warrant a moment’s attention. If you girls want to bitch about it among your selves in the locker room after the game, great, but A.S. should not be wasting the space on such nonsense. You report on politicians for Pete sake man up and grow a pair or get off the damn field..
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