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Palin: "President Obama had to run as a quasi-conservative while he was candidate Obama"

May 18, 2010 9:41 pm ET

From the May 18th edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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    • Author by leftofwhat (May 18, 2010 9:43 pm ET)
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      Is Bible Spice a real modo or a quasimodo?
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    • Author by pilotx (May 18, 2010 9:49 pm ET)
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      Soreloserdom?
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      • Author by mari2jj (May 19, 2010 2:14 am ET)
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        Ms. Palin, I am a Republican and if I were you I would just shut up about losing. Remember, my good friend McCain chose you and that is what lost the election for him. You just need to be quiet for a change and just fade out. However, it is embarassing that you just do not get it that your time is past. But alas, Obama's friends seem to have done very well in these primaries with the exception of Arlen Specter, but alas, Specter has such class that he has gracefully conceded and says he will continue to work for Sestack's election. Of course, Ms. Palin, you on the other hand seem strangly motivated to act like you still have osme say in Republican matters. You lost it for us, Sarah!!!!!
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        • Author by shaggles (May 19, 2010 11:40 am ET)
             
          I agree with you except for one thing: McCain would've lost no matter who he chose as a running mate.
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    • Author by worrierking (May 18, 2010 9:49 pm ET)
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      Why did they crop her statement?

      "President Obama had to run as a quasi-conservative while he was candidate Obama, when he ran against me and my grandfather. And gramps choosing me as his running mate only confirmed that he was not fit to lead the nation"
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      • Author by mari2jj (May 19, 2010 12:37 am ET)
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        Actually Sarah, you mucked the McCain chance for election so if I were you, I would learn to keep my mouth shut on these issues. Your wink and a nod and "you betcha" silliness was more than even I as a dedicated Republican could stomach. Sorry Sarah, but you sounded just plain silly and unPresidential and the thought of you as being the one who would become President if something happened to my friend, McCain, was just too much for many dedicated Republicans. I have always been a moderate Republican but your silliness was just too much for McCain to overcome. His choice of you lost him the election. so if I were you I would just quit all this ramble about others and have a good look at your contribution to the horrible loss by Republicans in the last election.
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    • Author by dadre (May 18, 2010 9:54 pm ET)
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      I was just thinking that I really don't care if Palin actually tells the truth for once...can she at least make up a lie that can't be dis-proven with google and 5 minutes...at least make it hard to figure out that shes lying.

      Obama has been moderate since he was candidate Obama and has continued that moderation. Some people are running from Obama cause he's not Liberal or conservative enough. As many times as they've pointed out that the sides have become especially polarized I think they would actually get it right for once.
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      • Author by leftofwhat (May 18, 2010 10:02 pm ET)
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        After reading Clinton's book about his first four years in office,I can relate to how difficult it is to be POTUS with so much obstructionism from both sides of the aisle.Obama has to start planting his foot where the sun don't shine and usurp the power that was entrusted to him.Practically ignoring Fox is a good step.Failed politicians make failed news commentators.
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    • Author by Saturnalian (May 18, 2010 10:15 pm ET)
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      Palin is so stupid I can't believe she can actually breathe. And Faux is must think (with some truth I must add) that their audience is also brain-dead. A waste of human life.
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    • Author by little poncho (May 18, 2010 10:23 pm ET)
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      sister sarah, stay up in alaska,AMERICA WILL DO JUST FINE WITHOUT YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    • Author by rikntx (May 18, 2010 10:26 pm ET)
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      I do not believe this country is in anyway center-right. I was quasi-impressed with Palin's use of the word manifestation. Such a long, multisyllabic word. I wonder if she came up with it herself or if was scripted for her.
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      • Author by manndan (May 18, 2010 10:30 pm ET)
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        Hi Jeff Christie. I'm sure that it was scripted. Fox has a lot invested in Sarah and her march towards the GOP Presidential nomination in 2012.
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      • Author by nerzog (May 19, 2010 7:56 am ET)
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        I'd say she's reading it off the Telemoprompter, and couldn't tell you what it means to save her life.
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        • Author by dogbreath (May 19, 2010 8:34 am ET)
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          When she gives speeches, like the one last weekend to the NRA, she makes a point of not using a teleprompter. Unstead she spends most of her time looking down at the podium reading her notecards. Looking at your audience, or at least appearing to, is a far more effective means of giving a speech. She has backed herself into a corner, as Obama would say, and now she looks like a nervous middle-schooler in speech, or in her case, screetch class.
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          • Author by nerzog (May 19, 2010 8:46 am ET)
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            I noticed that, too. She and the other FOXbots made such a big deal about Obama's using a teleprompter, which EVERY POLITICIAN DOES... she can't use one herself without looking like a complete hypocrite. Of course, she usually doesn't seem to mind looking like a hypocrite... or an idiot... or a liar. Her drooling sycophants love her no matter what nonsense dribbles out of her cake hole.
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        • Author by pamiety (May 19, 2010 10:36 am ET)
             
          ...nor spell it.
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      • Author by dogbreath (May 19, 2010 8:36 am ET)
           
        By the way, rikntx, love that avatar! Rush! Too funny.
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    • Author by SLRTX (May 18, 2010 10:33 pm ET)
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      Palin - And I ran as a quasi-crazy in order to get all that 46% of the popular vote in the last election. (wink) ;-)
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    • Author by MickD (May 18, 2010 10:36 pm ET)
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      And you had to run as a quasi-craptacula.
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    • Author by Sharpe (May 18, 2010 10:47 pm ET)
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      center right country my @$$ - where is the data that proves this? Such a bogus line.


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    • Author by Sharpe (May 18, 2010 10:52 pm ET)
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      was palin actually paying attention to her own opponents election campaign? I think most people with a brain would agree that nearly every time obama has diverged from a campaign process, it has thrown his base under the bus in the process. He ran to the left of center and is actually governing as a centrist of even ten years ago. Of course, no one is a centrist today because there is no center, just a gaping hole where the rethugs used to stand. But obama ran on doing something about climate change and his first and only proposal regarding this so far has been to expand oil drilling off our coasts aka drill baby drill. Sound familiar you twit? And that is just the most obvious flip-flops in which he threw his base under - obamas original healthcare reform proposal as a candidate included the public option and did not contain a mandate which he expressly ran against. The mandate was originally a conservative idea while obamas refusal to back the option was a huge blow to many of his progressive voters. Obama and mccain both said they would close gitmo- obama still has not done this. I dont know what sister sarah is smoking or what paint chip she is eating rather.
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    • Author by overmars jr. (May 18, 2010 10:54 pm ET)
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      And?
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    • Author by phredicles (May 18, 2010 11:24 pm ET)
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      He ran the way he's governed. I was hoping that, as a smart fellow, he'd figure out that he needs to be more aggressively liberal. Hasn't happened yet, but I haven't given up hope.

      I find I cut him more slack than I did Clinton because I like him as a person so much. On the other hand, Miss Sarah P. is simply loathsome as both a politician and a person.
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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 19, 2010 8:27 am ET)
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        Perfectly said. I feel exactly the same wau, 100%.

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        IMHO
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      • Author by dogbreath (May 19, 2010 8:42 am ET)
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        Totally agree. He is still a politician with his share of dirty laundry, but I find him a thoughtful person. He thinks before he acts. Of course, I am not thrilled with everything he has done or not done, as the case may be, but the alternative of Grandpa and the Gorilla from Wasilla is almost unbearable to contemplate. If it weren't for Obama I am sure we would be in a full-fledged Depression right now and starting a war with Iran. Knowing our luck Grandpa would die due to the stress associated with the presidency, it certainly has taken its toll on Obama, and we would end up with Miss Bendy Straw. Shivers!!
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    • Author by The_Cat (May 19, 2010 12:14 am ET)
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      Sorry, Quitter on Twitter, but he actually ran as far more liberal than he's governed so far. If by quasi- you actually mean anti-, then someone familiar with the English language should force feed you a dictionary. If nothing else, it should improve your voice.

      I'm beginning to wonder if there won't be some kind of weird 'Highlander' ending to all of this. Can you picture it? Glenn, Hannity, Limbaugh, Palin, all waving guns and screaming at the top of their lungs, "There can be only ONE!"
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    • Author by mjh (May 19, 2010 1:01 am ET)
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      Palin: "President Obama had to run as a quasi-conservative while he was candidate Obama"


      Well, Sister Sarah, you ran as a quasi-literate -- so you're even.


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    • Author by David2012 (May 19, 2010 6:21 am ET)
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      You lost, Ms. Palin.

      And then you quit.

      And then you signed on as a Murdoch shill.

      Who, people should ask, has decided that you should be on the airwaves? Who has tapped you as an important voice? Why do we constantly hear from you?
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    • Author by brady (May 19, 2010 6:54 am ET)
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      Palin is like a disgruntled passenger on a jumbo jet. Since she doesn't like the pilot, she feels it's her duty to take over the plane and bring it in for a landing.
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    • Author by afriend (May 19, 2010 7:41 am ET)
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      Make up your mind Sarah...is Obama "quasi-conservative" or a socialist?
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 19, 2010 8:25 am ET)
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      Wait... Ithough he was some kind of radical, leftist, facist, marxist, socialist... now she says he was running as a CONSERVTAIVE?! Then... what the hell were YOU TWO doing?! RUnning as Klansmen? Running as Nazi's? Running as theocrats?

      Obama's done plenty of Right-Center stuff since coming into office - much the anger of his liberal base. But to suggest that he was RUNNING as a Conservative?!

      I'd say that's just nonsense... but there's actually a far more profound implications: It's an admission on her part that they were not only lying, but utterly completely full of $#!t, 99% of the time they talked about Obama and his policies whilst they themselves were on the campaign trail.

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      Why is it that the only time these fools are honest, it's completely unintentional? Mein Gott she's sofa king stupid.
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    • Author by mrmilesweaver (May 19, 2010 9:45 am ET)
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      Sarah, you were calling him a liberal, socialist elitist when he was running. He hasn't changed from then, so don't try to trick the viewers that they voted for a conservative and ended up with a communist.

      Also, if, as you keep saying, that America is a centre right country, why do you and Sean keep claiming to talk for the American people? You two are not centre right, and you've both admitted it.
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    • Author by shaggles (May 19, 2010 2:00 pm ET)
         
      Is that why they kept saying he was running to be redistributor-in-chief? Doesn't sound very quasi-conservative to me.
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