Palin’s resignation has ‘boosted her a bit among Republicans.’
By on Jul 8th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Palin’s resignation has ‘boosted her a bit among Republicans.’
A new USA Today/Gallup poll has found that “Sarah Palin’s bombshell that she is resigning as Alaska governor actually has boosted her a bit among Republicans.” According to the poll, “two-thirds of Republicans want Palin…to be ‘a major national political figure‘ in the future” while three-quarters of Democrats “hope she won’t be.” Seventy-two percent of Republicans surveyed said they are “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to vote for her if she runs for president:
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Ahhhh, the Republican Party… where leadership is found in those who quit…
July 8th, 2009 at 9:50 amI don’t see it, she’s too much damaged goods at this point.
Later,
July 8th, 2009 at 9:51 amShe’s a brick and they’re drowning slowly.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:51 amDoes anyone else have the strange feeling that she’ll withdraw from the GOP and form a new party with Alan Keyes for the “true conservatives”? (You know, after getting thrashed in the 2012 primaries)
Palin-Keyes ‘12!
July 8th, 2009 at 9:52 amIf Palin can’t stand to finish even 1 term as a state governor,(even under ethics investigations), how can she stand up to Al-Queda, or Hillary, or _______(fill in the blank)?
July 8th, 2009 at 9:57 amCan we move on to something other than this bimbo, please….With all the thread’s about pitiful palin along with the other reich winged snooz screamers it’s a waste of band with and our time…..Thanks….P. B. & J
July 8th, 2009 at 9:57 amSeventy-two percent of Republicans surveyed said they are “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to vote for her if she runs for president
– - Those 17% of the Democrats who might vote for her aren’t even sure what politics are.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:58 amway too many people are waaay to stupid.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:59 amRun, Sarah, Run…just don’t enter politics again, but run…
July 8th, 2009 at 10:00 amp.s. my internets are screwy… is that you, lil’kim?
July 8th, 2009 at 10:01 amThis is not at all surprising. Republicans aren’t interested in leadership or governance. Failin’ Palin fits the bill for these losers — all they want is for their candidates to be lying pot-shot artists. The Pentacostal Pork-Barrel Princess of Wasilla is a republican wet-dream and, when she’s out of office, she will be able to perfect her skills. Just the same way that Rush Limpballs, Piss-ant Levine, Little Billy Kristol-Ball and Little Seanie Vanity do every day.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:04 amIf I lived in Alaska, her resignation would definately boost my approval of her.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:08 amDo we need any more proof that the Republican Party is now the party of evangelical christians?
Imagine this woman in charge of our military: You betcha.
Or foreign policy: Hey, Putin, ya rearin’ yer ugly head again?
Or education: Abstinence only, babe, that’s the way to go. It’s good enough for my family, also. Too. And that. (wink)
Or health care: Ya see, this is where abstinence only makes sense. Because, you know, if girls can’t get birth control or abortions, they better, like, well, abstain. And that will lower taxes, because, you know, not having sex means you have more time to work and make money and the more money you make the less taxes the government has to collect.
Or the red button: You know, I’ve decided not to run for a second term, because, you know, these ethics investigations are keeping me from runnin’ my agenda, also, too, and this world is goin’ to hell in a handbasket, so, I quit. But instead of handin’ things over to my Vice President, Ann Coulter, ‘cuz she turned out to be such a pain in the you-know-what, my final act is going to be to push this little thingy…
July 8th, 2009 at 10:09 amYes, I’ve love to vote for someone who quits when things get tough. Smart!
July 8th, 2009 at 10:09 amWhatever minor change is measured here most likely reflects name recognition and her getting hers back in the news. SamJoe the underemployed forty-something’s numbers or anyone else’s would have seen a bump too if he or they had draw any significant coverage
July 8th, 2009 at 10:11 amImagine what she could accomplish if she checked out of the human race completely.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:11 amHillary could never debate Caribou Barbi. She wouldn’t be able to stop laughing long enough to talk.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:12 amThe 72% of Republicans who claimed to be “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to vote for Sarah Palin for president — it’s worth noting that the question Gallup asked didn’t indicate whether this vote would be in the Republican primaries or in the general election (even though they didn’t say so, it was probably implied that it was for the general election, since the question was also asked of Dems and Independents).
I can understand 72% of Republicans voting for “any Republican” over “any Democrat” in the general election — even if the Republican is somebody as unqualified for the job as Sarah Palin. But 72% of Republicans voting for Palin over other Republicans in the primaries just can’t be right. Would they really nominate somebody who’s about as qualified to be POTUS as I am (and I’m just an average person), when she would so obviously get her clock cleaned in November?
July 8th, 2009 at 10:12 amThat 72% of Republicans would vote for Palin today shows just how STUPID the Republican base has become.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:12 amgood one jimmcdosh.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:12 amDo you write them yourself or do you pull them from like a book or something? Do you mind my asking or is it private?
Seventy-two percent of Republicans surveyed said they are “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to vote for her if she runs for president.
What is 72% of 20%?
July 8th, 2009 at 10:14 amWere it not for this sobering fact, and the subsequent danger to the nation and the world that an election of Sarah as President might mean, however unlikely it seems, I would be all for Sarah running.
The entertainment value alone would be incalculable, and add to that the further dismantling of the Republican Party, well… it would be like the first week of the fall TV season when we were kids.
But as it stands, the risk is just too great that there are enough stupid people who simply want to see one of their own in the White House and that they could put her there.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:17 amWhat is 72% of 20% +/- 6%?
July 8th, 2009 at 10:18 amOh miss molly, you sell yourself short. You are way more qualified than Caribou Barbi. I bet you even know things like, the vice president doesn’t write legislation in Congress, and that there is not a Department of Law whose job it is to protect the president from the law.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:18 amMorning ralph.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:20 amAre you suggesting that the relative number of stupid people has changed over time?
I just don’t get it. You think the Alaska Republicans who voted for her, who want her to serve out her full term are happy with this? She’s walking away from the people who put her where she is. How is that a good thing? “Vote for me, I’ll bail on you halfway through!” Whether one likes her or not, likes her politics or not, we can’t have a President who just quits when the job isn’t fun for them any more.
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Witch1 Says:
Can we move on to something other than this bimbo, please…
7 in 10 Republicans say they’d be likely to vote for her in 2012. That makes her the leading contender for the GOP primary at this stage in time. So no, she’s actually important.
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Badmoodman Says:
Those 17% of the Democrats who might vote for her aren’t even sure what politics are.
You know, from these survey responses I’m starting to get a feeling that if you lined up any eight random U.S. citizens and asked them what 2 + 2 is, seven of them would say “four” and the last one would scream “TOAST!”
July 8th, 2009 at 10:20 amNo surprise on the R side. I would guess that 80% of those Republicans who would vote for her think Obama is a foreign born Muslim. On the other hand, if 17% of those identifying as Dems really did hold out the possibility of voting for Palin, they must either (a) be so clueless that they don’t know one party from another; (b) think Michael Jackson was president and the one person who has been covered more by the infotainment industry over the past week should replace him; or (c) like to screw with the pollster.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:21 amGo Sarah go!
Sarah Palin/Jeb Bush in 2012
Now THAT would be the death knell for the Regressive Party
The wife of a secessionist wannabe and Mr. Shadow Government himself!
July 8th, 2009 at 10:24 amRepublicans don’t care how incompetent a president might be as long as he/she is a Republican. No more proof is needed to prove that, for Repubs, country is not important, it’s all about them.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:24 amyou read my mind and finished the thoughts, ralph…
July 8th, 2009 at 10:25 amI’m not suggesting that, dbadass. I’m simply suggesting that over recent years they have begun to coalesce under the Republican banner. Perhaps they find themselves appreciated there.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:26 amlistening to some sarah clips now stephanie miller -
that lady is speeding… no one straight runs their mouth like that…
“word salad” is funny, but it’s so much more…
July 8th, 2009 at 10:27 amYou can see just by looking at the trolls here, that stupid people really admire other stupid people, and they really hate smart people. The Republican presidential campaign in 2000 was based this concept.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:31 amOf course Palin’s ratings go up with the porn loving Republicans every time she makes the news. These perverted wingnuts don’t care how stupid or unqualified she is, they just fantasize about looking up her skirt.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:31 amThis is very depressing. I honestly, truly, consider Sarah Palin a complete fake idiot. The fact that any American seriously considers her a presidential candidate is very very troubling.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:32 amBug
VerbalKint Says
July 8th, 2009 at 10:12 am
That 72% of Republicans would vote for Palin today shows just how STUPID the Republican base has become.
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I suspect that 72% includes the following groups:
1. The evangelical moralists, who like Palin’s positions on gay marriage and abortion, and couldn’t care less about any other issues.
2. The “American Idol” people, who like the way she performs in front of a crowd.
3. The people who see her as a “regular person like me” and can “relate” to her. These are the same people who voted for Bush because they wanted to have a beer with him.
4. The guys who think she’s “hot”.
5. The people who know the Republican Party is run by PNAC, big corporations, and K Street no matter who the standard bearer is. They know Palin would never make any policy decisions on her own, and they just want her for marketing purposes. Kinda like Dubya.
6. And lastly — the people who are genuinely stupid (yes, there’s quite a bit of overlap with the other categories on this one).
July 8th, 2009 at 10:34 amNo, she’s the real thing.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:34 amjimmicdosh:
FLAGGED!
July 8th, 2009 at 10:35 amThat so many repiggies would vote for her today at this moment is utterly appalling.
These days, I don’t vote for any repiggie, even for local office. They are all part of the craziness.
So many of them want a Dominionist Evangelical theocracy in this nation. They are absolutely serious about it.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:36 amMost Republicans have to shred documents before they leave office. Sarah’s busy dismantling the meth lab in the basement of the governor’s mansion.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:39 amralph the wonder locust Says:
I’m not suggesting that, dbadass. I’m simply suggesting that over recent years they have begun to coalesce under the Republican banner. Perhaps they find themselves appreciated there.
The shift in alignment is all because of Dubya. Prior Republicans with any combination of brains and decency were repulsed by the thought of such an “intellectually incurious” (aka. stoopid) person in the office of the Presidency, whereas imbeciles and sycophants enjoyed defending him. As long as the GOP was kicking ass and taking names, it was fun to be on the winning side even if everything you stood for was wrong – for people who have no problem with that, which is to say stupid and evil people – that was fine. But people with either any intelligence or any real moral standards couldn’t stomach being party to it, and drifted away as it became clearer and clearer what was going on.
Whether or not someone was a Republican came down to a simple question: can you stand the fact that that know-nothing idiot is running the country? Or more correctly that that evil psycho bastard (Cheney) is running it for him?
Thus, Bush was the lightning rod that polarized politics into the stupid and evil under the Republican banner, vs. the smart and decent, who were all easily picked up by Democrats.
Palin’s popularity within the party of stupidity and evil is the culmination of that process.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:42 amflex says:
These are the same “people” who also fantasize looking up Trannie Coulter’s skirt.
snicker
July 8th, 2009 at 10:44 amTo Vinylspear.
I am sure you didn’t mean it that way, but you have insulted my cats. Let Palin stay in the human race because most animals are not so stupid or ruthless as Sarah Barracuda
vinylspear Says:
July 8th, 2009 at 10:48 amImagine what she could accomplish if she checked out of the human race completely.
keep in mind that 72% number is made up of people who are still willing to admit to a stranger that they are republicans. If they’re willing to admit to that, why not go all the way. they’d probably rather vote for reagan, knowing he’s dead but they weren’t asked that question.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:50 amI prefer a candidate for president that is intellectually more astute then I am. I don’t have to have a beer with them or go fishing with them to show they are just like me. I want them to be able to deal with the worldwide community, something that I know I’m not capable of doing on that level.
Palin doesn’t know the difference between a country and a continent, and she can see Russia from her house. wtf!
Sarah Gump and her supporters = stup.id is as stup.id does.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:52 amI don’t now about that, Uncle Ho… I suspect there are more than a few among the latter camp who are simply dying of curiosity — “is she? Or is HE?”
July 8th, 2009 at 10:53 amralph the wonder locust says:
No need to peek under Coulter’s skirt. When one’s Addams’s apple is larger than one’s bra cup, what more proof is needed?
LOL
July 8th, 2009 at 11:01 amOkay, Ho, ya got me. I guess it wouldn’t be proof that those folks would be looking for.
Just simple morbid curiosity.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:08 amGood point. Most of the numbskull trolls won’t even admit to being Republicans these days.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:09 am72% of GOPiggies have a hard-on for Moose Boogers.
Sarah Palin on her resignation: ‘Politically speaking, if I die, I die. So be it’
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/07/07/2009-07-07_sarah_palin_on_her_resignation_politically_speaking_if_i_die_i_die_so_be_it.html
So, Moose Boogers is on a suicide mission.
Where have we heard that before?
Where?
Where?
Where?
Where?
Where?
Where?
Cannot be from fanatic extremists. No. Can’t be there.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:12 amI wouldn’t read too much into this particular poll. Republicans are famous for circling the wagons when they percieve a threat. Lets see where she is a year from now in the polls.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:16 am14. Briseadh na Faire Says:
Holy crap! You scared the stuffing out of me.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:26 ampoor ol’ gopers,
they’ll jump at anything moving and shiny at this point – just like those gutted salmon in the bilge of palin’s driftboat.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:29 amShe is the perfect depiction of what they have evolved into. Barry Goldwater has been doing a whirling dervish in his grave.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:39 amIt’s a predictable outcome of the Machiavellian mindset inherent in the philosophy of the Republican Party.
If it helps us to attain our objective, anything goes. It’s all good.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:44 am78% of the 21% of Americans who still call themselves “Republicans”…?
Yeah, I’d call *that* a mandate, all right.
RUN, SARAH, RUN!!
July 8th, 2009 at 11:49 amWell if Sister Sarah does get in the White House her first order of business is to bomb Russia, Iran and North Korea. The Contractors can get back to War Profiteering and the Middle East will be very happen to make more US dollars. Then when she gives her State of the Union Address no one will know what she’s talking about because she doesn’t know what a President or Vice President’s job is. At lease Americans will know that they should follow Sarah and get their news off the Starbucks cup. We saw what happen when we allowed Bush to steal two terms as President, Sarah just might finished the US off.
July 8th, 2009 at 12:11 pmAnyone surprised??
Loved the photo-op yesterday. Was this woman really surprised the interviewers were lined up at the shore to interview her? Was the fishing and the costume really necessary . .
Do republicans really not understand this woman is STOOPID and is not qualified to hold any public office???
She allocated State funds for abstinence programs while her own daughter was screwing and being impregnated in Palin’s own house!!!
H-E-L-L-O anyone listening???
July 8th, 2009 at 12:11 pmHere’s a good post about Palin by Cats r Flyfishn:
Move over Britney, here comes Sarah
Enjoy!
July 8th, 2009 at 12:14 pmOh yeah…
Please run Sarah! Please, please, please!!!!
If things get too tough, you can quit — AGAIN.
July 8th, 2009 at 12:16 pmEvidently, to the backwash and remaining repug base, the propaganda worked:
QUITTING IS WINNING
LOSERS MAINTAIN COMMITMENTS
Only fools persevere and accept responsibility. Real leaders quit and walk away from their responsibilities, always blaming others.
July 8th, 2009 at 12:22 pmLET’S PUT THESE NUMBERS INTO PERSPECTIVE RELATIVE TO CURRENT VOTER PARTY IDENTIFICATION
These are some of the findings of an IPSOS poll conducted June 4-8, 2009.
“Do you consider yourself a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent or none of these?”
Strongly Democrat 25
Moderately Democrat 12
Lean Democrat 14
Strongly Republican 11
Moderately Republican 10
Lean Republican 10
Independent (No lean) 17
Initial Democrats 37
Total Democrats 51
Initial Republicans 21
Total Republicans 31
For the sake of discussion, assume that Independents would split their votes evenly between a Democratic and Republican candidate adding 8.5 votes to both Democratic and Republican totals. That would give Democrats a 59.5 to 39.5 advantage in total voters.
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THAT SARAH PALIN WILL GET MORE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR HER THAN JOHN MCCAIN DID?
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THAT SARAH PALIN WILL GET MORE VOTES IN NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS AND PENNSYLVANIA THAN JOHN MCCAIN DID, WHICH SHE MUST DO IN ORDER TO GAIN ENOUGH ELECTORAL VOTES TO DEFEAT OBAMA?
DOES ANYONE BELIEVE THAT SARAH PALIN WILL GET MORE YOUNG, BLACK, HISPANIC, GAY AND HIGHLY EDUCATED VOTERS TO VOTE FOR HER THAN JOHN MCCAIN DID?
http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/client/act_dsp_pdf.cfm?name=mr090612-2tb1.pdf&id=4429
July 8th, 2009 at 1:21 pm70% of Republicans approve of Palin = the GOP is 70% insane.
July 8th, 2009 at 1:36 pmThe Republicans must have a death wish.
July 8th, 2009 at 1:39 pmIf Palin’s bailin’ made HER more popular, maybe the rest of the GOP will quit.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:18 pmPalin is trying to out-moron GW Bush, figuring that if his lack of intellect got him elected, perhaps it couldn’t hurt to show off hers as well.
If ignorance is bliss, then Palin is engaged in heavenly rapture.
July 8th, 2009 at 2:25 pmThe ignorance on the right when it comes to Sarah Palin is astonishing.
Check out this horrible comparison Hannity tries to make in order to defend Palin’s decision to quit as governor.
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=2074
July 8th, 2009 at 2:59 pmkevsters Says:
Check out this horrible comparison Hannity tries to make in order to defend Palin’s decision to quit as governor.
I seen this and I thought I had missed something when he was making these statements. When he kept on making the argument, I realized he thought he had some great talking point. In reality, Hannity is missing something between the ears.
July 8th, 2009 at 4:57 pmA previous poster asked “what is 72% of 20%” and I don’t know if anyone else answered or not, so I’m going to, and if I stepped on someone else’s toes, sorry.
To get the answer you multiply .2 (20%) times .72 (72%). The answer is .14, so 72% of 20% is about 14%.
July 9th, 2009 at 10:23 amThe humor never stops, does it? And it gets better every time.
Here my prediction. Sarah Palin will be selected by the GOP for presidential candidate and Joe the wanna-be-Plumber will her vice president. After all, this is the best the GOP have to offer.
President Obama, get ready to serve another 4 year term.
All you have to do is let the GOP put their feet in their mouths. They are very good at it.
Just hope “God” doesn’t intervene again.
July 9th, 2009 at 10:57 pmThe bizzaro world of the Republican Party. Every thing is upside down. Where right is wrong, wrong is right, good is bad, bad is good, quitting is winning, winning is quitting, truth is lies, lies is truth, evil is good, good is evil, etc.,.etc.,. etc.,.
That’s what they get for reading too much fundamental dogma biblical crap.
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