Fox News Host To Sarah Palin: Sounds Like An Endorsement (Of Newt Gingrich) To Me
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Gov. Palin spent a good portion of the segment talking about how frightening Gingrich is to the Republican establishment, and offering a weird defense of his moon statehood plank (Icould give you many examples of ridiculous things that our nation has to fund), but the really perplexing part came toward the end, when Judge Pirro asked her to assess the Republican fields chances against President Obama.
She said Governor, I asked my Twitter followers what they wanted me to ask you. And, I am @judgejeanine: Which candidate has the best chance of beating Obama?
Well, Gov. Palin began, I would answer, which candidate is most passionate about the sudden and relentless reform that is needed? Which candidate understands that government is not the answer? Not on a state level, say when it comes to mandating what level of health care you must purchase, or on a national level.
She continued, I think that comes down to who can articulate their ideas, their solutions, best. And in a campaign, the way you articulate that is in the debate. And, Ihave appreciated again, Newt Gingrichs his style in debates, his thinking, his way of explaining what it is that he stands for, so I think that in a debate, Newt Gingrich would clobber Barack Obama, and that is one step closer to the voters being able to have a tool to make up their minds whether it should be Barack Obama, or the GOP nominee.
Sounds like an endorsement to me, Governor, Pirro said. Have you just endorsed Newt Gingrich?
Gov. Palin responded, I said for many weeks now, I want to continue the process of the vetting
Judge Pirro was taken aback. But you said, the best chance of beating Obama
Because the math is the math, and the math is Governor Palin interjected.
Judge Pirro, to her credit, wouldnt let go, and exposed the fallacy in Gov. Palins dismissal. The math is Obama the math is Mitt Romney is the strongest against Obama, and Santorum beats Newt in terms of the math.
Suddenly, it wasnt the math? That is at this point, without the vetting process continuing and the debates continuing, which I would like to see. Palin resp! onded.
Then, it became the math again, I think. The math is the math, and the math shows us today that Mitt Romney and Newt are very close. Now, if as pundits are telling us, those elites who want the better of us, who want us to just obey them and listen to them, they want to shut
Judge Pirro had to cut Gov. Palin off because she was up against a hard break (TV jargon for guest not making any sense), and I will leave it to the viewer to decide if Pirros toss to commercial was a happy accident, or a subtle shot at Palin: Should this woman be prevented from seeking public office because her English is so bad? I mean, really bad.
Heres the clip, from Fox News:
For the record, Palins Newt attitude sounded like an endorsement to me, too, as did her admonition to South Carolina voters to vote for Gingrich. Maybe Palin is like the Wallace Shawn character in The Princess Bride, whom Mandy Patinkins Inigo Montoya tells, You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
In this case, Palin wont use the word endorsement, but keeps telling people they should vote for Newt Gingrich. She did it in South Carolina, and shes doing it now, and former First Dude Todd Palin has already made it official with Newt. Why wont Palin admit shes endorsing Gingrich?
There are three possibilities (not including to annoy liberals). The first is that she just really likes the attention (and is desperate for it), and wants to draw out the (limited) suspense as long as possible. Palins detractors would probably favor this theory, and point to her presidential hopes, which she teased long after even conservative interest had gone limp, as evidence.
The second, more likely possibility is that Gov. Palins official endorsement of Gingrich is already in the pipeline, but is being saved for when it will give him the maximum bum! p. If th ats the case (and I believe it is), the Gingrich campaign ought to roll Palin out sometime on Monday. If Gingrich loses Florida, there arent enough bumps in a Braille Bible to help him.
The final option is the most tantalizing of the bunch, the one for which liberals dare not hope, and whose name the Republican establishment dares not whisper: perhaps Sarah Palin wont be endorsing anyone, because shes still leaving open the possibility of an independent run. This sort of dovetails with reason #1, because she could conceivably cause a stir by teasing such a run without ever doing it, but those supporters who felt burned by her summer of head-fakes might require her to actually do something before they believe again.
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