Palin Lights Match at the Republican Bonfire: Margaret Carlson

[DainBramaged]

For those who wonder what former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is doing with her newfound freedom from the rigors of governing -- aside from writing a book in record time -- please do a Google search for NY-23. That’s the congressional race in upstate New York that Palin has decided to insert herself into.

Rather than endorse the Republican nominee, or just keeping quiet, Palin trashed Dede Scozzafava in favor of an independent, conservative Doug Hoffman, potentially handing the seat to a Democrat for the first time in about a century.

Hoffman couldn’t answer the simplest questions on local economic and transportation issues posed by the editorial board of the Watertown Daily Times, whining that they were “parochial” and should have been given to him in advance. In my parochial school that was called cheating.

Palin, who resigned as Alaska governor in July, didn’t have to leave home to toss her grenade. She did it from the privacy of her laptop. I guess she also can see upstate New York from her front porch.

While Palin’s favorable ratings have fallen since she debuted on the national scene in 2008, the Palin effect is powerful. The sleepy New York off-year special election -- a Republican congressman from District 23 resigned to join the Obama administration -- has almost eclipsed the hot races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

Early October saw Scozzafava in the lead. She now trails Democrat Bill Owens. Hoffman is within a few points of catching her.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aJIxyHXzS7V8

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

1. A fun read. Love the last line...

"Crist should hope she can’t see Tallahassee from Wasilla"

LOL!

[texanshatingbush]

2. So which neocon is pulling Palin's strings?

She is not smart enough or well-read enough to seize upon the 23rd district issue on her own. Who is guiding her to do this? Bill Kristol? Her good friend, Dick Cheney? Which of the former PNACer signatories do you think it could be?

I sense the neocons' fingerprints all over this one, as they try to wrest direction of the Repuke-lican Party back into the direction they thought they were heading for all time with W as their puppet and Cheney pulling the strings.

[Shallah Kali]

4. Palin did a robocall in VA for Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom group

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/reed-and-palin-team-va wonder if he is a link?

[bemildred]

5. We are talking "faith-based" politics here, you get me? nt

[Union Yes]

3. As Gov, Palin signed Alaska's largest state budgets in the history of the state.

Since caving in under the pressure of ethics violations investigations and resigning her post as Gov, she has endorsed non Rethug candidates like Conservative Party Doug Hoffman in NY's 23rd.

She endorsed against the Rethug candidate for not being Rethug enough.

Point is, Palin was a big spending Rethug(like all Rethugs) who is now blasting candidates who aren't conservative enough for her liking when she was also a fiscally irresponsible puppet for big business.

The entire Reich Wing can sleep in their bed of hypocrasy. And live with the monsters they've created.