Palin: Tea party hasn't even begun to fight
Sarah Palin speaks at a 'Patriots in the Park' Tea Party rally at the Wayne County Fairgrounds July 14, 2012 in Belleville, Michigan. / Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
As Republican leaders and strategists call for the party to evolve past polarizing partisanship, former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, says those furthest on the right haven't even begun to fight.
A day after quietly leaving the Fox News contributor post she's held for three years, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee resurfaced this weekend in a Q&A with Stephen Bannon, the conservative filmmaker who directed the pro-Palin documentary "The Undefeated." She denounced the idea that the she and the tea party are "dead and buried."
"I was raised to never retreat and to pick battles wisely, and all in due season," she said. "When it comes to defending our republic, we haven't begun to fight! But we delight in those who underestimate us."
Palin made glancing reference to her departure from Fox News: Encouraging others to "broaden our reach as believers in American exceptionalism," she said, "I'm taking my own advice here as I free up opportunities to share more broadly the message of the beauty of freedom and the imperative of defending our republic and restoring this most exceptional nation.
"We can't just preach to the choir," Palin continued, referring presumably to the conservative news network. "The message of liberty and true hope must be understood by a larger audience."
Rallying tea partiers to take on "big-government enablers" in the GOP "election after election," Palin said she plans to invest focus on the 2014 midterm elections, which she predicted will "be like 2010," when a large number of conservatives touting the banner of limited government and the Constitution rode the tea party wave into Washington. "But this time around," she continued, "we need to shake up the GOP machine that tries to orchestrate away too much of the will of constitutional conservatives who don't give a hoot how they do it in D.C."
"The problem," she said, "is that some on the right are now skittish because of the lost 2012 election. They shouldn't be. Conservatism didn't lose. A moderate Republican candidate lost after he was perceived to alienate working class Reagan Democrat and Independent voters who didn't turn out for him as much as they did for the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008.
"...As long as we allow the media and GOP establishment to tell us who our nominees must be, we can expect to lose," she said. "I'm not interested in losing. America's next generation can't afford another loss."
Does that mean 2016 will see a reprise of the will-she-or-won't-she-run game that Palin played for months with the media ahead of the 2012 presidential election?
"As far as long-term plans, the door is wide open," she said. "I know the country needs more truth-telling in the media, and I'm willing to do that. So, we shall see."
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Apparently they are since you insist on proclaiming that Trig is her child even though you have absolutely NO proof whatsoever!
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I've NEVER said that Bristol Palin was Trig's mother...just that Sarah Palin IS NOT Trig's mother, and that Bristol seems a pretty logical guess.
But for all I (or you) know...a DS baby could have been ordered from central casting by Sarah and the RNC to garner sympathy votes and to be used by Her Divaness as a prop used to hustle GENUINE DS parents
(Back away slowly, humming softly...avoid direct eye contact as it can tend to panic them)
JV...your blind, irrational devotion to such an unworthy object of worship would be touching...if it wasn't so damned nauseating
But BTW...she took YEARS to comply with the email order, sanitizing the emails...and ALL of those ethics charges were most definitely NOT thrown out...
Not "Troopergate" or some of the very same charges that she brought against her colleagues on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) when she turned on them...as she invariably turned on every political mentor she ever had...from Wasilla mayor John Stein to United States Senator John McCain
And those charges only became "frivolous" when they were leveled against HER!
Tell me more, JV...I'd forgotten what fun this is
Also if you think Sarah should be investigated and prosecuted for this why don't you do it?
I can tell you why! YOU KNOW VERY WELL YOU'D LOSE! You could also be the one with charges filed against you when the Palins sue you for libel and slander!
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True enough, JV...
Sarah Palin could sue me and everyone else accusing her of this heartless, contemptible fraud tomorrow, right after taking a DNA test. If the results exonerated her, it would be a slam dunk...so why hasn't she?
She's very big on taking legal action against ANY who cross her...and she just lost her million dollar a year gig at Fox...so why hasn't she?
All she need do to exact revenge (and loads of cash) from any who forced themselves to read "Going Rogue" and perceived all the outrageous inconsistencies and contradictions in her "wild ride" fabrication...is to submit to a DNA test that proves us wrong, and she could cash in, big time...so why hasn't she?
She could also redeem BILLIONS AND BILLIONS of newly acquired victim/sympathy points after her vindication into a political (or showbiz) comeback...so why hasn't she?
Was it a sudden desire for privacy after years of shamelessly seeking attention?
Or perhaps a recently developed "live and let live" philosophy...one coupled with a newly embraced doctrine of Christian forgiveness?
Not even you could buy that one, JV!
Bottom line? Palin can continue to refuse to address the issue, citing "concern for little Trig" when it is becoming more and more apparent that her ONLY concern is covering up her own criminal behavior...
But sooner or later, for some legitimate legal reason, a birth certificate for Trig will have to be produced...and it will be VERY closely scrutinized. If it does not conform precisely to her "wild ride" fairy tale (hospital, attending physician and DATE) she's toast!
I can wait...
Sarah Palin would never give her detractors the satisfaction of seeing her prove herself innocent of charges that any normal person would go to any lengths to refute...
A matter of PRINCIPLE, no doubt...
Forget the easy lawsuit victories and the resurrection of her all but finished public life.
You claim that she would prefer to annoy those who accuse her...rather than vindicate herself of charges that she perpetrated "the biggest political fraud in American history"...and that she then took this child not her own on a very lucrative (and criminal) speaking tour...rendering her US sleaze #1
JV...that's an incredibly stupid assertion...even for you!
michaelamsterdam I'm not going to try to because it's none of my business and NEITHER IS IT ANY OF YOURS!
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I see...all criminal activities of the Palin Gang are private Palin family business and must never be questioned.
I wouldn't bother with the Trig DS fraud stuff merely to attempt to embarrass a dysfunctional family that clearly CAN'T be embarrassed... Bristol's sexual proclivities are of no concern to me...
But Sarah's intentionally fleecing DS parents by exploiting an afflicted child NOT HER OWN is...and should be thoroughly investigated and vigorously prosecuted.
I don't wish to embarrass Sarah...I wish to see her do hard time for her callous, criminal behavior.
She managed to trash both her political and showbiz careers on her own, with no assistance from me...
But what she did using Trig that way was not only illegal...it was a vile and unconscionable crime...one committed solely for profit!
And now she's harboring an undocumented, apparently illegal alien...but rejects any call for her to produce Trig's birth certificate
Sound hypocritically familier?
So why hasn't she?
She's very big on taking legal action against ANY who cross her...and she just lost her million dollar a year gig at Fox...
So why hasn't she?
All she need do to exact revenge (and loads of cash) from any who forced themselves to read "Going Rogue" and perceive all the outrageous inconsistencies and contradictions in her "wild ride" fabrication......is to submit to a DNA test to prove us wrong and cash in...big time...
So why hasn't she?
She could transform BILLIONS of newly acquired victim points after her vindication into a political (or showbiz) comeback...
So why hasn't she?
Was it a sudden desire for privacy after years of shamelessly seeking attention?
Or a recently developed "live and let live" philosophy...coupled with a newly embraced doctrine of Christian forgiveness?
Not even JV could buy that!
Bottom line? She can continue to refuse to clear up the matter, citing "concern for little Trig" when it is becoming more and more apparent that her only concern is covering up her own criminal behavior.
Sooner or later, a birth certificate will have to be produced...and it will be VERY closely scrutinized. If it does not conform precisely to her "wild ride" fairy tale (hospital, attending physican, DATE)...she's toast!
I can wait...
After waiting for CBS to publish my original reply for two hours, I reposted it at the top of the thread
"...but there has never been a shred of documented or digital evidence that the child was born on that date ANYWHERE in the state of Alaska...or on any other date"
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JV1970 replies
And YOU can't prove that he wasn't! That's what burns you up! You also can't prove that Trig is Bristol's child either! You don't have a shred of evidence
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Same old lame argument from JV...
After being told that NO evidence has ever been seen to prove that Trig was ever born...anywhere...to anyone,
She defiantly issues challenges for others to produce a birth certificate proving that Bristol is Trig's mother...then jubilantly declares victory when no one produces what she's just been told does not exist
JV has an incredibly short attention span with ZERO retention and assimilation
Can you really be that stupid, JV...or do you just imagine that everyone else is?
Since sympathy points and a claim to victim-hood are like manna from heaven to Her Divaness, could you please explain why such a malicious, vindictive woman, one who cannot tolerate being criticized, questioned or corrected about anything...
Would not crush her detractors by holding a press conference where she submits irrefutable documentation or a DNA test that PROVES once and for all that Trig is her child...launching an immediate wave of big money lawsuits...if she could?
But obviously she can't...
I don't know for certain that Trig is Bristol's child JV, but it's a pretty good guess...
What I DO know for certain is that he ain't Sarah's child...thanks to her own literary efforts which outline the very improbable "wild ride" and the alleged delivery...effectively locking her into a scenario that is becoming increasingly impossible to sustain
But for Sarah Palin, greed will always win out over prudence and common sense
You really can't help yourself, can you? I say Trig has no birth certificate and you insist on displaying your profound ignorance by demanding "proof" of a negative
You do get me a bit PO'd at times with all your self-congratulatory BS and chest-thumping JV...declaring "victory" after doing exactly what I describe in my original post
And you disgust me from time to time with your bogus, sanctimonious claims of being a Christian...considering what a hate-filled, mean spirited creature you are...
You also occasionally cause me to feel real compassion for you when I reflect on how dreadful it must be to actually BE you...as angry, feloniously stupid and pitifully ignorant as you are...
But know this...you wretched, tea-bagging, hillbilly Palin Clan groupie lump of dumb...a silly cow like you could NEVER make me squirm...gag perhaps...but never squirm!
I again challenge YOU to prove the legal existence of Trig Paxson Van Palin... but I betcha can't!
No one else has yet been able to do so...but with all your Palin fan club connections, surely you can give it a shot...