Washington (CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's sharp criticism of the media won't stop her from breaking bread with journalists next month at a dinner here in the nation's capital.
The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee will be the GOP speaker at the Gridiron Club and Foundation's annual winter dinner, the organization announced Friday.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts, will be the Democratic speaker at the Dec. 5 event.
Palin's appearance at the Gridiron dinner will come a few weeks after her new book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," goes on sale.
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Go Sarah, keep the liberals and media spinning mad.
Has she got time for this? We need her to come to Florida and tell us who the Real Republicans are for the 2010 races.
Snot drips from the lip-sticked pig's mouth every time it opens.
Amazing how this ignorant sow keeps getting attention. She is an embarrassment.
Oh goodie, she can make a fool of herself as she breaks bread with the very people who cost her the election. Hopefully her flashcards will be more usefu then.
And, we don't need her or want her in Florida!
Would this woman just get lost already...
For the record, if the media doesn't forget what you have done, what makes you think being nice will persuade them? Heed this warning.
Todd and Sarah Palin both quit their jobs while many Americans lost jobs. If she wants to support her husband that's her business but pandering to the public to support them is totally disgusting. I'd rather help some child or family who are in need of support.
when will CNN change the name of this to the Palin Ticker?
I wanna get people mad...
Jehova's witness just came and I probably should have said, "See my back tat! Wanna read what it says?"
But is better LIVE! Heed this warning...
Sorry but what are they gonna do?
$10 she cancels.
Narcissistic Nut- case that McCain gave to the World...
Thanks so much Mr. McCain !
Thank God that you two are not running the country !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I smell fear with every ugly, nasty comment spoken to or about Sarah Palin!
I hope she is paying for her dinner. She will leave Lipstick on the glasses
This chick needs to be having dinner at home with her family. She's a nut-job.
CNN has a serious fetish regarding Sarah Palin. Every day, they let us know what she is doing. Perhaps it is because she riles up the left, which is CNN's target audience, thereby galvanizing support against anyone who would challenge a liberal candidate. Enough already. Frankly, I find it disturbing.
NO NO NO Respectable media would waste their time going to see this bozo.
while people in this country starve...sarah breaks bread with reporters most likely to hawk her book of nonsense....shame shame....truely a pig with lipstick !
Not on this topic, but I think it is FANTASTIC that a woman cop took down that muslim murdering piece of garbage at Fort Hood. Put THAT in your misogynist pipe and smoke it, you 11th century crap-cans!
AND CNN can't let go of this freak show ..not enough people in ALASKA let alone the rest of the country care what this bottom feeder thinks or does ..its all about making money and nothing about being any kind of servant to the people .she has proven that by stepping down as governor before her job experience caught up with her ..
so come on CNN let it go .
gary davis
harbor oregon
I should run for public office ,maybe help get this country back on track with possative reinforcement to the people for the people and not BIG BUSINESS AND SPECIAL INTREST GROUPS
Palin is sure fond on gong to dinners......maybe she should consider being the lovely idiot that jumps out of the cake.
I love reading the hateful angry posts by the so called enlightened and tolerant liberals. Wow! She's a sow, she's an idiot, and she has snot dripping from her mouth. Its a good thing the Republicans are hate mongers; keep the hate coming left wingers and I promise you it will cost your party when the shine comes off of President Obama.
Sarah Palin has really become an embarrassment to the GOP....I hope they keep her!!!!
Maybe she can sit at a table with George Bush, jr and they can try to out-dumb one another.
As a Canadian reading these comments.....I think you American's sum up your feelings quite clearly. I love reading your comments!!!
Happy Meals for everybody in Palin's bunch
Thats enough to make them lose their appetite
the more she shows herself the more foolish she makes herself and the Republican party look. I say she should put herself out there as much as possible.
She's a divider. She's not good for this country. She likes stirring up trouble and hate, what good is going to come from that? She seems to enjoy a fight.
Where's her 'concern' for the poor families who have lost their jobs, homes, health insurance and can't afford to now FEED the children they already have. She disgusts me.
Considering that 80% of CNN viewers are rabid Democrats, I doubt Sarah will take many of these comments seriously. I think she's very confident in who she is and what she sees as her role in the Republican party. I personally support her and so do tens of millions of others, and calling her a moron isn't going to change that. You called G Bush a moron for 8 years and Obama a genius and Obama hasn't one SINGLE accomplishment in the 1 yr since he was elected, and he just had his first terror attack on American soil, CNN has confirmed that the shooter at Ft Hood got a visit for a man dressed in Muslim garb for 5 minutes a day before the incident. Planned terror attack. While Obama plays basketball with the 'boys.
Way to go Sarah.....this should get the liberals panties in a wad...you know the ones.....the party of "tolerance"......yeah, right...."tolerance"...not from some of the comments I read from this "progressive" group.
I think the liberal democrats are very afraid , very afraid of what she is doing. Sarah Palin is a real patriot. Lipstick or no lipstick, she is a real threat to democrats being re-elected in 2010.
She's a typical "one issue" republican
me me me me me me me me me me me me me
Palin Baby Palin! And they know it!
Her "book" has already been bought up by all the right winger nut cases. They are dying to make her seem more relevant than she ever could be on her own. She is a danger to our democracy. Why can't people see her for what she really is? A past tense beauty queen who failed her pagent prep courses in front of the whole world.
I hope they supply barf bags.
Hope she doesn't close it to the media. Wonder if she's got anything new and funny to say. This should be as interesting as a train wreck.
Why does CNN keep pounding on Palin?
What's John Edwards doing today? Can CNN provide any balance or are they that liberal.
CNN assumes you are all brainless sheep, caring about every dribble they write about.
I do crack up laughing at the political bloggers that rush here to post any hate filled nasty comment they can think of regardless it has nothing to do with the post or reality.
Good thing about time. Reality has a way of catching up with empty words of the past. lol
She is destroyer in chief(quoting J Mcain). She wrecked Mcain and Alaska. She is now wrecking GOP who thinks they are on come back for winning 2 Governors seats. GOP, you lost 2 house seats. Power and influence is from Congress/Washington and not Governorship. GOP is fast fading for promoting hatred and lies. Go negative and you be whipped like Deeds in Virginia. Your healthcare is horrible and yet you oppose what is good from the Democrats instead of revising it! If you don't urgently change your NEGATIVE OBSTRUCTIVE POLITICS, prepare to lose more next your. I am a Ph D student (Pol Scie) and we do conduct these polls quite. In Tx,the results are shocking! People don't believe in negative politics anymore!
I wonder if this is the start of Palin's run for the WH. If so, then the last few months has been a crash course for her on policy, handling the press etc... I sure hope she gives Tina lots of new material because that was the highlight of the last election.
While reading the comments here it is very obvious that Palin has forgotten more than the majority of Dem will ever know about real life! It is also apparent that the socialist are VERY scared of her ... otherwise why keep tracking her if she is so stupid and so irrelevant . She's not even in public office any more ... go figure !! Such HATE with no personal infraction = mobe rule
Hope she eats with her mouth closed, unlike her Political Daddy George Bush The Son, who doesn't have the manners of a barn yard hog.
I think Sarah Palin (Rep.) is a right-wing nut and anyone who pays to spend time with her should give the money to a tax-free foumdation instead!
Long Rider, She's A QUITER! No Quiters For President or Vice President. Oh I Forgot She didn't Really Quit, She Juist Didn't Want To Be The Gov. Anymore. I'm Not Quirting I'm Just Leaving!, No...no..no
I 'm Doing what's Best For Alaska, You Bet Ya! I'm Not Really Quiting....
Things Got Tough and She Quit!
She's A Media Balloon Lady.
Give Praise To the Ghost Writer Not Palin, Going Nowhere!
CNN, just go ahead and rename the Political Ticker the Palin Ticker.
I'm surprised cnn reported this. I thought for sure they would be too busy fact checking snl skits blasting 0bama.
Unemployment in the double digits, floundering war effort in Afghanistan, HUGE deficit in the trillions (the interest on the spending 0bama did during the first year of his administration will be greater than 6 years of Bush's Iraq & Afghan wars combined), the onset of inflation, North Korea and Iran nuking up...how can anyone think 0bama has been anything but a disaster?
For a real clear perspective search How 0bama Got Elected on youtube. Click interviews with 0bama voters or media malpractice.
@Willy Brown November 7th, 2009 11:16 am ET
Go Sarah, keep the liberals and media spinning mad.
**Palin can't Spell MAD!!!
"While reading the comments here it is very obvious that Palin has forgotten more than the majority of Dem will ever know about real life!"
Ah, but she is indeed catching up.
Remember all that talk about the comment the Dixie Chicks said about Bush? You know, how they were embarrassed he was from their state? That little quip between songs that almost destroyed their career?
So where was the outrage when Palin went to Asia a couple of months ago and complained about Obama to an auditorium full of international fund managers AND was paid $100k for her opinions?
Hhhmm? What was that about not speaking disrespectfully of our president or our country when on foreign soil? Have we forgotten already?
Hypocrites.
As a republican for over 20 years and someone who believes that the media is bias against the right. I have to say, Mrs Palin has become an embarrassment.
Rather than bashing the media she should be using them to prove she is qualified for any potential public office. She is true to her beliefs but that alone will not make her a successful public servant. She has not made any progress in changing her public perception as a competent leader and won't even try.
Sarah, your 15 minutes were up a long time ago. Give the republican party a chance. Make the money off your book and get back to the private sector. If you really cared about our party you should drop out of sight and let us prepare for the next election.
I see the wingnuts are out in force today. Time to take a break from watching the bug zapper, huh?
The Gop-(REP.) needs help will better party leadership?
whatever.
not newsworthy for a number of reasons.
CNN – YOU ROCK!!!
I absolutely LOVE how you KEEP SARAH PALIN's name in the news EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!! regardless of the subject matter, she is on your web page!!!!! (though MUCH more often than not, the report is a negative one...)
AWESOME! Thank you for keeping SARAH PALIN's name in the NEWS!
I regard these postings by CNN to be CNN's equivalent of tabloid journalism
she will not amount to anymore than what she has done thus far, part of a term as an Alaskan govenor, she quit because it was 'unfair'
no one will EVER elect her to another office
when she is posted to these blogs, it is like the game at the carnival where you shoot the ducks
Amazing How This Quiter Keeps Getting Media Attention. She Is An Embarrassment To Americans! I Wonder If She Read Her Book.
Going..............
Will CBS' Katie Couric be attending? if so ,the mouse or the moose will be in HIDING throughout the evening. Sarah Palin is completely scared of Katie Couric especially when she said last year that she will have to get back to Katie with the answer to a question posted to her. I wonder if she ever did get the answer to the question. Sarah Palin -–a wolf all dressed up in sheep's clothing.
Sarah Palin = the Gop's own Ralph Nader. . . for pure entertainment value or amusing political hijinks- the gift that keeps on giving right in time for the holidays!
This woman was one of the main causes why the Republicans lost last November. Everyone knows that. She left her obligations to Alaska part way through with no rational and honest reasons why. Alaska has such a poor standard of living in most parts of the state so she should have stayed and tried to improve the conditions there, not jump ship. Right now her credentials include being a failed VP candidate and an ex short-term governor. Why do you give her so much coverage? She is not a credible national leader.
This is just dumb! Palin
- blames "the media" for every mistake she makes
- can't speak an unscripted coherent English sentence
- has contempt for anyone educated (and until she got her own book deal, for anyone who had "only" written a book)
- couldn't, and probably STILL can't, name a single newspaper or magazine that she reads on a regular basis
I think the Gridiron Club & Foundation are just looking for some easy publicity. What a bunch of (rhymes with "swores")!
Sarah Palin will be the best candidate to be president in 2012.
She wil be like the next reagan, like everything for the people and nothing for the goverment.
obama is a muppet for pelosi. and a socialist ignorant.
if you are a leftty why don't you move to china, or cuba and feel what is it to be a socialist.
Up to this point, there is no doubt that what for which Palin has been going after is NOT the country. She does not care about what kind of leader for whom the majority of American people who are smarter than Palin and her fans looking. All she cares, based on what going on, is that there are millions of her fans out there who will spend their money and time for her book and, of course, they are those who are excited by Palin’s attractiveness. There would be nothing wrong at all about what she has been doing if she were not using the theme ‘County First’ for making money, however.
All those who's upset with the Palin/GOP bashing just deal with it ok. Because we democrats dealt with the BS for 8 years.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts will be a featured speaker as well, he is a take no prisoners representative
I too will bet 10$ she cancels rather than be roasted by Barney Frank
Why doesn't she just go away?
Keep covering Sarah, CNN Ticker! Every time you do, it brings out more hate and venom from the party of "tolerance and inclusion".
How can any of you liberals can complain about the mean spirited divide in DC. Read your comments about Palin. My God, what did this person ever do to deserve this kind of response.
just another GOP con running another scam
It's funny that she is going on a book tour that mirrors her campaign path. Doesn't she realize that was a loosing route. She should listen to the people that sell the books and follow their path but then she is a Maverick. I hope she will stop in Minnesota and pick up Michelle Bachman so they can both go and jump off the same cliff together.
I think it is great that the GOP still has star power with their own Hollywood elitist in Sarah Palin. Every time I hear her, I think of Disney's cartoon, 'Steamboat Willie.'
There MUST be a speaking fee attached to this event! Sarah THE QUITTER Palin only accepts cash for her appearances. This wacko's 15 minutes worth of fame are about over. She will milk the right wing crazies for all the $$$$ she can...with her book, speeches, and interviews. If you got the dough, you have her attention! The GOP would be insane to give her the stage...or their nomination in 2012.
Sarah Palin is "a real patriot." Hmmmm.... let's see .... According to Palin, a "real patriot"
- Quits her job when it gets tough (all those pesky ethics investigations) and/or boring
- Lies through her teeth with a smirk and a wink
- Takes a housing allowance from her State when she's living in her own home
- Puts her family's travel expenses on the State's tab
- Says she loves the United States, while supporting the Alaska Independence Party (secession was treason last time I checked)
- Trots out her patriotic fervor when she's in New York at Ground Zero, but then ridicules NYC as not being "real America" when she's in more rural areas
While patriotism like that, who needs enemies?
Palin is nothing but a quitter, a liar and a mooch.
And the Gridiron Club and Foundation is just looking for easy publicity.
with palin being the gop headliner and obama obviously being the democrats main man, it amazes me why 3rd parties arent thriving. i think the majority of people are aligned with a party is not because of their leading man or womans views, but rather how they view them. almost like a celebrity.
Liberals are tolerant – but not of people like Palin who quit, lie, mooch and in general, sow division, hatred and fear.
Silence only encourages people like Palin – so get used to the push-back and quit whining (must be a pre-requisite to be a Palin supporter).
Really don't care!
She's loaded down with money and free of the encumbrances of the Alaska Governorship......
It's Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney in 2012.......
Obama is ONE and DONE.
I'm sure she will make the GOP proud. After all, she is a polished speaker and one of the leaders of the party.
In the last election Palin threw the kitchen sink at Obama. Biden and Obama had so much info on Palin and McCain but didn't bother to bring it up. Next time they better. Todd doesn't even want his State of Alaska to be part of America. The list goes on and on. Obama has to push back next time and let the American people know everything on that nut.
You know what is sad......judging ones character, integrity, humility is not about a Right Winger, Republican, Liberal or Democratic. It is about the creditbility of a person and she is a very devisive and polorizing person in general. So, looking at her as a leader, I look at her ability to run a campaign, manage a state and mobilize all people in general. One should not critize the McCain campagn for her lack of knowledge and the ability to organize her thoughts when engaging the media. This should have been demonstrated a countless number of times as the Governor of Alaska. It would be a sad day in America history if we elected as our commander in chief, someone that had a horrible performance as a VP candidate and really wasn't that successful as a Governor. It's all about her substance, which is truly what she lacks....A great cover story for a magizine, but she is definitely not a leader...Ask the people in Iowa....
Well, one can see why she hates the media - after all, getting outdebated by Katie Couric isn't exactly something you wouldn't want on your headline reel.
This is a joke, right? She won't even allow the media to cover her Wisconsin gig, but they ask her to speak at their dinner. In my next life I want to come back as an air head with a pretty face, seems like that is what some folks really like.
Long Rider – hate to burst your bubble here, but we Dems aren't scared of her. And for your information, we don't follow her, CNN does. I have no ill will towards her, I just don't give a darn about her one way or the other. She's irrelevant in my world. And that forgetting more than most Dems will ever know. Seriously? Do you really believe Africa is a country? Just wondering.
Notice that she'll do speaking engagements - where she has a script written and no one can interrupt - but she won't sit down to be interviewed except in a tightly controlled situation by friendly questioners with the questions submitted in advance.
Someone might ask her a "gotcha" question, like, "What newspapers do you read."
Afternoon, fellow CNN Political Ticker Denizens.
Interesting comments from both sides of the argument. A couple of quick notes before I head over to Fox News to check other Saturday headlines.
1. Based on research statistics, CNN is the home network for a majority of Democrats. Democrats claim to be the party of "tolerance" but yet come on to political boards/blogs spewing hate. For example "Snot Drips from the lip-sticked pig's mouth every time it opens." And Another, "Hope she eats with her mouth closed, unlike her Political Daddy George Bush The Son, who doesn't have the manners of a barn yard hog."
Tolerance, i beg to differ. Try love, not hate. Works every time.
2. My final point. Gary from Oregon. If you're going to run for public office you might want to learn to spell. "Possative" is incorrect. Positive is the appropriate spelling.
May God Bless You All, and May God Bless This Wonderful Nation.
Keep all of our servicemen in your thoughts and prayers. It is through their sacrifice that we embrace the joys of freedom.
It's scheduled in Washington for now. As soon as they (team Palin) have a head count and the list of attendees, they will restrict and relocate the event to Boise, ID.
Though unsubstantiated at this time, rumor has it that Palin refused to "headline" this media dinner unless she was given a new wardrobe, allowed to take her children there and have them be on stage, allowed to fly in on Air Force 1, and guaranteed at least two (2) more stints on SNL. Ahhhh, Sarah, the best democracy money can buy!
i am a conservative and she annoys me, please stop reporting on this enept unemployed politician, demise of the GOP.....she is no different then Sanford.
Palin? Washed-up quitter who refers to her special needs child as "my retarded kid". Yes, sounds like a typical "conservative" Republican.
CNN, do you really wonder why your ratings are low?
Here's a question for all of you halfwits that support this know-nothing imbecile.........Would you all still be falling all over yourselves over this knitwit if she looked like Linda Tripp or maybe even Janet Reno?.......Take your time...........I don't mind waiting for an HONEST answer.
Well, the mainstream media ignored her nominating for the state attorney general position someone by the name of Wayne Anthony Ross whose lovely quotes range from “If a guy can’t rape his wife, who’s he gonna rape?” and “There wouldn’t be an issue with domestic violence if women would learn to keep their mouths shut.” Nice, huh? That Alaska leads the nation in rapes and incest shouldn't come as any surprise. Of course, any woman with a conscience would be berating Palin over her pick; then again, maybe they're just absent of that.
"If it bleeds it leads." So that's what our media is doing for excitement.. Somebody ought to look into her past stellar job performances as she continues carrying out her so-called "actual job responsibilities." It might help her to begin a real job climb trying to find somebody who would be dumb enough to hire her to work as a community organizer. It'd have to be a real set of separate short assignments, though. She might quit before she accomplished anything and leave everybody high and dry. A wink and a nod doesn't cut in any of the big leagues. Oops! Maybe she could qualify for a job in one of the bush leagues. AAA ball comes to mind (I mean after Pee Wee and Pop Warner). An actual living and breathing disgrace.
!David
Now is the time where the lefties on this site begin bashing Gov. Palin. They will repeat baseless rumors about her children, and question her value system. All the while conveniently ignoring the fact that the Rep. Barney Frank is the democratic speaker at this event. He who was with his partner at their Maine home when the partner was arrested on marijuana charges. This was two years ago, and the media sees fit to tell us about it this week. The same Congressman that paid male prostitute Steve Gobie for sex, and then hired him as a congressional aide. The same congressman who wrote numerous letters on Congressional stationary on Gobie's behalf to Virginia probation officials. He only saw fit to fire Gobie when Gobie got caught seeing "clients" in Rep. Franks' home. Rep. Frank was blissfully unaware of this, of course.
Rep. Frank was censured only for using his congressional office to fix Gobie's 33 parking tickets. In the interest of full disclosure (and delicious irony), the effort to censure Rep. Frank was led by republican Larry Craig.
Where's the "Family" she missed so much... enough to QUIT being Governor.
This woman is truly in it for herself. Typical Repub.
These posts about her frightening the libs or others are just plain stupid. What concerns many is the fact that there are even any followers. That she even has any revelance. It's insulting to the many women who have achieved through dedication, intelligence and purpose. It's disturbing knowing that there are that many ignorant people in America. It's most certainly not scaring anyone. She's not that good, at anything, by any means.
wow. i suppose she'll actually have to let the press in to watch this one! better keep it short and sweet pally, and make sure to study your notecards.
You gotta love the far-left liberal loonies – they do more for Gov. Palin than Gov. Palin does! The only ones making fools of themselves is these far-left liberal loonies and the majority of the demon-crat party and the good ole' boys repubbies.
Whoop de do.......................... How are your kids/grandkid doing?
Well at least barney frank will make her look smart.
Barney is so stupid, when they raided his partners apartment while Barney was there, police found pot plants and bongs. Barney told the police he had no idea those were pot plants because he had never seen one before. And some of you folks vote for that loon.
oh, what a happy day this is!!!
Long Rider: Allow me to correct you. The proper word is "socialists", ok. Maybe you need some education. Go to a public school (you know that is socialims, right?) and get proper education. I suppose you don't know of anyone benefiting from Medicare (socialist program), Social Security (socialist program), police and fire department services (socialist services), etc. Sos un tonto.
Liberals are trying to figure out why anyone would be interested in an air head that is as clueless today as she was the day Johnny McCain introduced her and the sainted Palins (ha ha)...If this is all the republican base wants, I think letting them have a nice little state and allowing her to be their leader would work quite nicely. This way, we'd never have to hear about the idiot base (michelle bachman, john the tan man boehner and lyin joe wilson) or the palins ever again. Oh wait..can't do that, Sarah can't commit to being Governor for 4 years,how could she ever rule a small state of her base??
Ms. Palin certainly is capable of grabbing attention, which is perhaps unfortunate. While she arguably did remarkably well in last year's campaign, all things considered, at the same time she's simply out of her league, at least for now. She may grow to be a truly national candidate - she's still quite young - but she's not there yet. Agreed: she's the most visible Republican. However, that doesn't translate to her being the most *viable* one. Not that there is any clear candidate for that position, mind you. Maybe if Senator McCain and President Bush can agree to endorse someone that person might emerge as a leader of the Republican party. I hope, anyway. We need a strong two-party system, not one with one party gathered around a leader who "can see Russia" from her state.
Sarah Palin is literally only a false image, a 'puppet', hoping to be used (as Bush was) for the purposes of Special Interests and a select few; she again offers only subterfuge and manipulation to the majority. For eight years the Republican Party strongly and stubbornly supported everything the Bush Administration did as it totally placated and patronized Special Interests and a select few, done with an in-your-face arrogance. Together they irresponsibly and unconscionably encouraged the dishonesty, self-indulgence and neglect that literally contributed to bringing down most systems in this country. The Bush Presidency unapologetically passed a gargantuan mess on to the Obama Presidency and the Republican Party then just attempted to block/obstruct, without any regard for other than their own interests, all efforts to solve problems. Without ever contributing anything positive or constructive they now aggressively criticize the Obama Administration for not totally turning things around in just ten months. Today everyone should be able to recognize the lies, the scare tactics and the appeals to prejudices and emotions, all intended to mislead and manipulate the majority and benefit only the few. Anyone who accepts all of that, who supports the Republicans' efforts and the substantial overt and covert activity of their patrons, aimed to return to 'more of the same', obviously has to be certifiably crazy. Anyone who is willing to ignore the consequences, at the very least, has to be masochistic.
Why is Sarah Palin on CNN EVERY DAY???? Seriously, CNN keeps giving her the spot light....;Why? Both the Dems and Reps know she is not a serious contender for 2012. If the dems really want to hurt the Reps in 2012, they need to start focusing on real contenders like Bobby Jindal or Mitt Romney. Also, CNN should start moving a little more to the center and cover more important stories like the 10.2% unemployment or why the person Anita Dunn (White House Communications Director) most looks up to is Chairman Mao, before they lose more veiwers to FOX. I'm an independent and voted for Gore, Kerry, and McCain in the last 3 elections, but it looks like I'll finally vote for the winning side in 2012. JINDAL in 2012
All liberals are not afraid of Palin as many of you have said. In fact, it's quite the opposite. We welcome her as she gives us more hope than we ever expected. You see, we see her for what she really is which is something many of you don't. You can't succed in anything if you only make it about you. She will become a threat when she gains more intellegience, learns to address the truth, stays on course and doesn't ramble and first and for most, shows that there are other people around who think less of themselves and more about the issues. Her lack of follow thru has proven that she is pretty far from accomplishing the above.
*Afraid* of Palin??? Are you joking???
Embarrassed for her is more like it.
It always surprises me that in spite of recent mass murders, continuing struggle with health care, hunger, corruption, poverty, multiple wars, soldiers suffering, that this right wing talking point still gets any media attention. Nothing more important than this woman?
Media your so into this woman! The woman is evil!!!!!!!!
What if the media boycotted the event?
To all of you name calling liberals: I know you people are naturally negative and usually not very pleasant in general, but could it be that you can sense the end of your political honeymoon. Maybe you also sense the majority of independents have buyer’s remorse after electing our current socialist, unqualified leader. I have a few liberal friends. They are not much fun to be around. They are always complaining about something. You people are pathetic.
John Edwards is at home ... not writing books, not doing robo calls for candidates that didn't want her .... will the Press be allowed in at this dinner? One this weekend is hush-hush .... everything will be hidden by bedsheets ... no phones, ipods or written record of what Palin really says ... now that's real freedom of speech ...
Anyone posting "socialism" is just quoting the radical right and their scare-word for this year ... before it was "mushroom cloud" ... ya can't fool all the people all of the time anymore...
For her sake let's hope she limits her remarks to her prepared ( and hopefully well practiced ) text!! Otherwise she risks being asked on the spot questions and we know how that turns out.
The Dems better do all possible to see that the media is not allowed to ask her any impromptu questions as it is their interest to keep her on stage as long as possible!!
Dear Repubs, YOU should be in fear of Sarah Palin. She is the only reason McCain didn't win the election. Do you seriously not realize that she made old folks in places like Idaho say, "let's give the black guy a shot"??!! Wake up and get behind the more moderate and intelligent members of your party. Your hero Sarah is making all of you look as woefully uneducated and ignorant as she is.
long rider, we are afraid of people like you who would take this hypocrite hate peddling unsmart women seriously!!! it is so childish when people say things like that, for what reason would anyone be afraid of palin. she would never never be president. never!!! americans are too smart! go america!!!!!
Long Rider – No one is afraid of Palin. What is really scary though is that there are idiots who can manage to misspell a three letter word that think she is even remotely qualified to hold ANY elected office
Wanna bet whether she will show up on not?
To "Again with the Palin Bashing":
John Edwards is not trying to run for political office so it is irrelavent what he is doing. Sarah Palin is an idiot for idiots-just listen to her speak. No substance, no thought, no common sense. I don't like the far right or the far left--let's just stay middle of the road and the USA will be much better off for ALL Americans...
Is she charging money for this?
This FOX NEWS Goddess needs to first learn to read and comprehend the English language before trying to write a book.
I see the majority of negative posts about her are from men. I guess your masculinity is being threatened or perhaps you have unresolved issues you can't handle. The Republicans are proud to have a woman in the forefront of the battle, and even a black conservative running the RNC. Our tent is getting much bigger since Independents have turned in droves to the Republican side. What will be left of the Democratic Party will be Code Pink and ACORN (until they are disbanded and thrown in jail), and the "real" teabaggers. : )
Please get Palin's face off this website. We are trying to pass Healthcare reform today. We do not care about Palin. She is not news, she is a trainwreck!!!!
May God have mercy on each one of us and on Palin's apocalyptic sails.
it is very scary that this mess is still in the headlines. her supporters can all claim that she is important because she stays in the media, but lets not forget she has a public platform to state the most ridiculously ignorant and oblivious opinions, and what she falsely presumes to be facts.
they also fail to see through her thinly veiled efforts to en-cite anger towards the president and governing powers.
face the facts, republicans lost the presidential bid...and if you choose to make this clown your representative in the next election, it will be a colossal failure...but ultimately great for Americans and the rest of the world.
As a further bonus, maybe then she will shut up? Just wishful thinking...
Winner of today's best comment:
"Maybe she can sit at a table with George Bush, jr and they can try to out-dumb one another."
Jbgoode November 7th, 2009 11:42 am ET
Anything for money.
As a Democrat, I'm not "scared" and I'm not "mad" as many of you Republicants would like to believe. I'm thrilled! Keep it up, Silly Sarah! You, go girl, cause this country will send you packin' so quick your head will spin. Make those bucks while you can! You might want to consider that "sprouting out a cake" idea - maybe those good looks of yours would win that kind of contest!
I am not a liberal, but I certainly can not call myself a Republican now. I am horrified and saddened that the GOP has become the party of "NO"! The GOP's talking heads still quote and refer to Regan with pride, but he would have been agast at the divisive, hate filled rants of Paln, Bachmann, Beck , Limbuagh and Hannity. What happened to the real leaders of the GOP? Please stay focused and stop your pandering and over reacting to a minority of fearmongers within your own party. How sad and shortsighted they are to allow the delusional Sarah Palin to speak for them!
I'd only be concerned if she actually showed up.
Sarah is a lazy opportunist with an ego the size of Alaska. Let her speak so she can dig her own hole to scale down. Hopefully we won't hear about her and her twisted politics. American and I want to keep my freedom of free thought unlike the Palin supporters that can not accept the majority of real Americans and their rights to turn away from people like Sarah and her racist followers.
She handed a 100 year NY seat to the Dems. Now she is back to her money pull, as if nothing ever happened. Delusional just like her backers.
She was hired as the entertainment...not as a valid speaker! LOL
Oh for heaven's sake! Enough about Palin. She's a (proven) loser and a (proven) quitter. Who cares where she eats? This is all about her book promotion. I think we have more important things to talk about..."Yeah", says CNN. "When pigs fly".
Sarah Palin knows how to write? I guess I should expect this book to be full of wisdom considering she reads all the magazines in the nation.
And still you neo-cons think libs "hate" the pit bull in lipstick or are "scared" of her? In fact, we love it when she stays in the light of the media because missy's biggest enemy is the ability to put together random words and phrases, most of which have no relation to one another, in sentences that run on for days and still impart no knowledge. The media, records all of her "wisdom" and this is good.
We libs do enjoy mocking her and her followers, since her stupidity and moronic statements has indeed turned mocking her into a liberal cottage industry.
Agreed, once she became a private citizen, I tried to give her a break, but she keeps coming back for more. So, I for one will not miss the chance to mock the republican provided Chanel clad fishwife(see it is just too easy)
Why do think she gets 300 hits, we are laughing at her, the other lib comments about her, and yes, your neo-con comments supporting this empty headed rolling pin ball as she careens from bumper to flipper in the pin ball game of life, as "breath of fresh air". That sound of rushing air you think is a breath, is the vacuum in her cranium sucking in air to fill the void before her head implodes.(sorry, I cannot help myself).
But hate her,no? Saint Sarah of the Silly(oops, I did again) and other lib comments provides me with too many giggles at her expense to ever hate her. She is like the drunk 40ish aunt at the wedding who has not had a drink in years and is now pole dancing on the dance floor! Always worth a laugh.
Palin/Bachmann 2012
Why is it that the claws come out in full force against Palin? Seriously do you think you're being smug by calling her names? What grade are you people in? Haha seriously folks grow up! You just wait until the curtains come down in America because we are heading into some dark days ahead with the politicians in office...higher taxes, high unemployment, socialist health care, why work anymore when you can get handed money out? At least Palin's budget for Alaska was positive I'm terrified to see what the national debt will be after Obama is out of office. We'll be owned by every country.
Here at the Communist News Network, we are afraid of her because she is a Reagen Conservitive, because we all remember Jimmy Carter all to well. And we all remember what happened to dear Jimmy.
Wait a second ... does Sarah realize that these will be rationale, educated journalists, not the rootin'-tootin'-rifle-shootin' knuckle draggers that tip over backwards in joy at her every confused utterance? Ha, ha, too funny. I don't think she knows this yet - still time to cancel, Sarah.
The one thing I love is that the liberal bloggers spew hate and insult-filled messages on this site every day, yet they say that the Republicans (or Rethuglicants as I have heard them called) are full of hate. It is truly hypocritical that they would do this. I agree with another blogger: stop talking about Palin and stop following her around all of the time. She is old news. We have a new president now and it is time to stop kicking a dead horse. Who cares if Palin goes to a dinner? Our president goes to dinners all the time. No one spews hate about when he goes to dinners. No, wait: they would be banished as racist, right-wing, god-loving members of the "party of No" by the same liberal bloggers who get a chill running up their leg every time they hear the President talk. It is truly disturbing in my opinion.
All that matters to conservatives is that Palin irritates liberals; she doesn't have the intellect to be President. That says a lot about where conservatives priorities lay.
It will be nice to hear what Barney Frank says, but who is Sarah Palin?
You covering her again?????? Seems that the whole Alice-in-Wonderland crew: Chessy Cat Cheney, Mad Hatter Newt and Silly Sarah Queen of Starts just continually revolve on CNN's- whether or not there is a genuine story.
What's next? Oh, I know.... another Tea Party!!!!
Will the same number of journalists show up?
palin is a divider she cant even keep her own party together!
She is a sort of female Ralph Kramden (remember The Honeymooners, I have a Biiiggg Mouth), there are millions upon millions of Americans like her, no wonder she's so admired.
That's because she is an airhead, wishy-washy and says what people want to hear instead of the truth! This woman has no business in politics! She is her own best PR! But has no accomplishments to back it up! She's as phony as they come!
"....it is very obvious that Palin has forgotten more than the majority of Dem will ever know about real life!"
That must be why the latest polls show that only one third of the Repugs would vote for her.
Hate to break it to the conservative nutjobs here but NO ONE is afraid of this woman. I HOPE you idiots put her up next election. It will make winning SO much easier. She's a quitter. A hate mongerer, and a moron. She's a hypocrite and so are each and every one of you. "Speaking against the President in a time of war is unpatriotic and treasonous.....what? Our guy isn't President anymore? Speaking against your President is your patriotic duty."
Why don't you morons go watch Glen Beck otherwise known as The Crying Alcoholic Rodeo Clown entertainment Hour, or listen to your messiah Rush Limbaugh. NY-23 shows what happens when you throw your support behind someone. The rest of the people vote for the other guy.
No one is afraid. We WANT you to put these people up. Makes winning that much easier.
CNN you can remove them all off here or you can leave them all on here but the fact remains FailingPalin is simple and a looser .
I pray she wins the Presidential Election nominee bid for the Republican Party. I would love to see all the 'quitter' jokes to come in the next election cycle. Keep on loving her Republicans. It will surely be your downfall. She will help destroy the GOP and I will sit back and enjoy watching it.
Speech out of the mouth of a narcissistic right winger and her being a woman has nothing to do with it; that category can also fit a man's description. Get her out in the open on Winfrey and Walters and other places and she will eventually make a mistake if she does not have her ghost writer's notes. Why do people keep saying this woman scares us; that is not the case we are just thankful that she did not come close to the WH and we certainly have sense enough to know that if she ever did (which she won't related to too many seasoned debater) it would be a total disaster, worse than the one everyone thinks we are in now.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sarah Palin is paling around with the media elite and liberal media!!!!!! Does that mean she's a liberal now?????? I mean you know, using her on "logic" hanging around with people that do certain things makes you do them tooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the media keeps the catering going on, how ironic.
While people in this country starve, Sarah Palin will not be the only one at that dinner, idiot. The Gridiron Dinner is a Washington DC tradition and all politicians of every persuasion show up. Criticize them all for eating well, not just the ones you don't like.
This is one of the most pathetic meltdowns egged on by a vindictive ego....go to Alaska and chill out for 12 months. Get a degree. Emerge, have nothing again to do with politics... then maybe... maybe you might become a leader (by invitation).
Don't blame Palin for McCaine's poor showing in the last presidential campaign. He and his staffers were off the mark and run a very weak campaign. they never came out fighting. Palin had more spit than them...and that's the truth.
I think she should stay home & take care of her CHILDREN!!!!
She's back, deal with it. On to 2012!
Wish I'd been invited! I ADORE comedy dinner theater.
I wonder if she'll trot out the family for this one. Is this on the same day as her grandbaby-daddy's playgirl shoot?
Go Sarah, keep opening your yap, we KNOW you can do it!
The fascinating, and sorrowful aspect about this and similar "news" articles regarding former Gov. Palin is how smitten a large segment of the electorate and seemingly the entire media cabal is with someone of such mediocre, short-sighted and narrow-casted perspectives.
She is a "someone" because the media salivates at the very prospect of a headline, any headline.
It is obvious that CNN is scared silly of Palin. Mark this down you CNN creatins, Sarah Palin will either be the next president after forcing your Imam Obama out in 2012 or she will be a major player in who DOES become president. It is going to be wild seeing thousands of you slashing your wrists and ghanshing your teeth. But it is going to happen.
Lol the lib nut bags are losing it.you people must forget that you have mothers, daughters and sisters I pray that no one treats them with such hate and disrespect ever, you people are disgusting. I hope you ask for forgiveness before you go to bed tonight because hell is a certain destiny for some of you if you don't open your eyes tommorrow.
The GOP should just copy some of these posts, you know the daily Palin update – the majority of which are hatefilled, trollish and post them on a commercial and say, this is the party that won overwhelmingly in the last election – and you expect bi-partisanship?
So Palin is:
- Irrelevant; You all have been saying that for how long now?
- Her "15 minuites are up" for how long now?
- Nobody cares what she says? Except CNN on a daily basis.
It's so funny, CNN is like the dork in high school who dreams about dating the Prom Queen but she won't even talk to him, so he gets a job at the student newspaper and writes a gossip column about her.
The last Palin Ticker from yesterday, I was amused:
- Palin isn't being "transparent" – Obama/Pelosi promised transparency IN OFFICE, not Palin as a book author.
- I wouldn't vote for Palin. (As if getting advice on who to run for the GOP ticket from a rabid left-winger would be a good idea).
- How dare Palin hold a closed door book signing, doesn't she know that all book sigings are held like a press conference where the book author gets grilled by the press?
I heard she was stupid, but not a stupid as a web site running a daily update on what Sarah Palin is wearing today and more reports that they can't interview her and that she is successful without their help.
Or not as stupid as the hatefilled, trolls who seem to comment ad nauseum on these Daily Palin Tickers.
Enjoy....
She should concentrate on doing something that she is good at....
Breaking wind
Break bread with the same media that she trashed relentlessly since McCain named her is running mate? More like break bread over each other's heads!
We except the fact that Sarah lives under a double standard. The media crictized her for not allowing cameras during her Milwaukee Right to life speech. What the media did not say was they could have, but didnt, cover her right to life speech in Evensville Indiana. (CNN did however). If she had allowed cameras the Media would have said Sarah is only seeking the spotlight. But did the media critizice past Presidents for the same type of speeches? No, of Course not. They also critiziced her for the cities she will sign books in. Saying they were all cities that would have more Republicans, Again I ask, did the media critizice past politicians for the cities they choose to sign books in? The media can't have it both ways. I am shocked her poll numbers remain as high as they are.
Sarah Palin doesn't scare me one bit because at the end of the day "sensible" Americans will see her for what she really is: A brain dead Republican with zero ideas and a complete fool. What I do take offense at are news organizations, like this one, continuing to give her a "free pass". It seems like she can spout out pure nothingness like "death panels" to the press, then all of a sudden gives no reason or policy statement for her rant. For news organizations, including this one, to continue to give this irrevelant carnival barker a forum only proves that present day news sleeps in the same bed with reality TV.
No one is afraid of Sarah Palin. We are disgusted that someone who preaches family values, but isn't even raising her own family, is seen as some paragon by her fans. We are amazed that a woman who lied from the first sentence of her convention speech (she was never against the bridge, folks, and she told her family she was running for VP AFTER she accepted, and she told MCain about Bristol after that...nice honest and open candidate there) and continues to lie, is seen as a role model. We are stunned that people who are against health care because it will "cost too much" are willing to send Palin millions of dollars for her to dole out to candidates deemed worthy by her.
And to her fans here who demonize our President, he kept us out of another depression, he kept us out of a war with Iran, has stopped torture, and we are once again respected by foreign leaders. He has also put strings on the tarp funds, unlike Bush, so that money is being repaid to the taxpayers. But I guess you expected world peace and gold raining down from heaven or something. I'm satisfied that we are no longer breaking God's laws by torturing people, and that there is a man in the White House with morals again. Betcha his daughters are never pregnant at 16, and betcha both girls go to college.
I don't think even Fox news gives Palin this much coverage. Why do you guys give her so much attention? No one who is considered a front runner this early ever wins.
It would be great if she could go so "rogue" that she disappeared... Along with anyone that agrees with her ludicrous ways.
Perfect venue for her: No questions & a free meal. Hillbilly heaven!
Man, has this been a LONG 15 minutes already....
Did Meg Stapleton okay this event? Otherwise, betcha she's a no-show...again.
Please, do even talk about this women, please I could care less!!!!!!!!!
She is just a walking waste of air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Long Rider November 7th, 2009 11:54 am ET
While reading the comments here it is very obvious that Palin has forgotten more than the majority of Dem will ever know about real life! It is also apparent that the socialist are VERY scared of her ... otherwise why keep tracking her if she is so stupid and so irrelevant ."
You do know that Sarah ran the most socialist state of the 50, right? She taxed the heck out of the oil companies and then "spread the wealth" to all Alaskans. Scared? Not so much. Amazed that she is still around? Yes.
Really amazed that people think she cares about anyone but Sarah Palin. Oh, yeah.
Thank you CNN for continuing to update on stories about Sarah Palin. I truly appreciate it.
She's one of those lizard people from V.
CNN and the people that post on here saying mean things about Sarah Palin really make me laugh. No matter what she does or says–it is the one article with the most comments on it!!! You are so afraid of Sarah Palin and what she means to most Americans, that you "scrounge around" for anything that she does–so you can make your remarks. If you really mean what you say, you wouldn't even comment on her. That should be a waste of time to you.
C
without a doubt Palin is the most inconsequential politician/celebrity ever to walk in heels. She's moot yet for some dumb reason the media continues to give her publicity. Palin is no different than Kate(the plus 8 mom)..being rewarded with celebrity status for their embarrassing self-imposed failures. Why doesn't anyone care that Palin QUIT her job as governor and ran south for $$$$$$$$. Unbelievable.....
She is the BEST THING that happened....................to Democrats
I wonder how many of you who criticize Sarah Palin have actually read anything she has written, or listened to any speeches she has given. You have nothing but nasty things to say about her, but I bet you don't know anything she stands for....or any of her real accomplishments.
You don't give any illustrations of how ingnorant she is. In order for your comments to be considered, you must at least back them up with facts.
Elaine
She just won't get the hint...
Don't go away mad – just go away...
Long Rider, nobody is SCARED of Sarah Palin. In fact, many people are just down right amused by her false sense of importance. What we are afraid of are ignorant people who blindly embrace her distorted view of the American people. For example, look at your own post. Of course, I doubt you can recognize the point.
Palin/Bachmann 2012
Embrace the Crazy!!
LOLOLOL
Who cares?
I'd rather listen to Tina Fey mock her.
Palin is not a person to fear. She is a person out of her scope and her Republican colleagues will not give her any power they do not want her to have.
She's not intellectually cut out to be in politics. She has a very limited grasp of civics and history. I'm reminded of the newscaster in the movie "Network" and Peter Sellers' character in the movie "Being There". It takes more than shrewd puppetry to be in politics. George Bush had Dick Cheney pulling his strings, but I don't think ANYONE would consent to being this intellectual midget's second banana.
I would love to attend to hear what she has to say, however, I believe all the tickets are taken. Good luck Sarah, the jealous democrats are at it again attempting to make you look bad, too bad they will not succeed. Looking forward to 2012
Palin has contributed to the fracture of the GOP. They have become a 2 party party, Conservatives and Republicans. If they think they can win a presidential race that way, they're crazy. Like so many others before her, Palin is a hypocrite. Preaches family values and abstinence, but it would seem that she may have conceived before marriage, not to mention her failure to instill those "conservative" moral values in her daughter. She is a quitter, running out before more ethics charges could be brought. Her husband was a leading voice in the group that wanted Alaska to withdraw from the US! What a patriot! Now she won't allow press, cameras, recording devices or cell phones at a public speaking engagement. For a person who espouses transparency, she's issuing some peculiar restrictions.
Dennis, I couldn't have said it better. Fear Ignorance. Knowledge is Power.
The GOP have to be very careful about Sarah appearance on public scene, if not they will continue to see Russia through her window in Alaska
Professional Liberal Blogger alert!!!!
Sarah's name is mentioned and they keep posting the same postings they've put up for a year.
And I never get tired of their obsession with her.
Read some of these posts and try to figure out how these guys know so much bad stuff about her when they are the ones that say she hasn't done anything!
These professional bloggers will earn their stimulus money now that her book is coming out.
Let the games begin!!
Sarah you are doing a great job of spinning the heads of the democrats. They are literally scared to death of you. Keep it up.
Sarah is using the Idea of President Obama when he had a beer with the Cop and the Professor. She is SO ORIGINAL, NOT.
READ anything she has written? Let's not let that great statement go uncontested. Please, someone beat me to the punch...
To keep watching Palin dirve the far left into looney tune fits–PRICELESS Go Palin!!!!!!!
Always remember some Republicans I know only voted for McCain because he'd supposedly die quickly and then big boobed woman would be president. Yes they said they loved her breasts. Saying even worse thing than I'll mention here. Centerfold Sydney Moon is certainly alot smarter than Sarah. If we wanted to go that way.
If the democrats were not worry about Sarah Palin, they wouldn't be throwing all those scare tactics and insults her way. Liberals, democrats, and obama socialists are worried that Sarah Palin will lead the Republicans to win more seats in 2010 and 2012. She's gold and they know it......
Palin obviously remains a powerful contender for the Presidency, since so many people on this site and CNN itself comment on her every move. It is clear that most people are doing their best, even before she announces a run, to try and discredit her in some way. Liberals are indeed scared that the heart and soul of America actually support her rather than support the crazy left wing radicals that post on this site and are now in the White House.
Not to worry....when the time comes for Sarah to run for president, she will be four years older than she was in 2008 and will not be as "hot" as she was when alot of people voted for her.....hotness.
@queene4theday November 7th, 2009 11:24 am ET
Oh goodie, she can make a fool of herself as she breaks bread with the very people who cost her the election. Hopefully her flashcards will be more usefu then.
And, we don't need her or want her in Florida!......................................The media did NOT cost Palin the election, she did that totally on her own! All anyone needs to do is some research to realize she has no morals, ethics or honor. It really is all about ME-ME-ME and MONEY MONEY MONEY with Palin. Check out the mudflats, adn, many other sources to see the constant hipocracy from Palin. Whine about the media at every opportunity but also use them at every opportunity. She is one poor example of a Christian.
I've listened to Palin...She offends me, her views are anti American. "I believe Obama pals around with Terrorists..." What the hell, she needs to leave.
Stop showing her off Media!!
"You don't give any illustrations of how ingnorant she is. In order for your comments to be considered, you must at least back them up with facts."
Elaine–I was a life-long registered Republican until this last election; I voted for Bush twice. But it became obvious to me that the Republican party that I was a member of was no longer. It became intolerant and I was ashamed to be a part of it any more...
It has become patently clear to me that the GOP extreme right wing (which dear Sarah loves to keep stirred up) wouldn't recognize a 'fact' if it came up and bit you on the rear!!! You are entitled to your own opinions...not your own facts...I'm not sure who scares me more–the radical right wing or the radical Islamists. If either takes control we are we can kiss America goodbye.
Of course she'll show up at a media dinner, it will help her sell her book – she needs as much money as possible if she is going to run for president in 2012.
I betcha she thinks she'll even sell as many books as President Obama
Who ask her to come to this meeting, they should have their headss examined. She will disgrace the whole bunch. Some one better make up a bunch of index cards for her. I wonder if she will bash the president at this invent and if she will bring up the death panel. Hope Barney puts her in her place if she does. She will most likely bring her book along and try to force it on all the people. How is she going to keep the media out of this event.
NO Quiter 2012!
Just wondering-why are liberals filled with SO much hate? How can any of you liberals out there claim to be SO caring and the spew out the garbage that you do? Get over yourselves-really.
Exactly why are people paying ANY attention to this woman? She's a loser, a nobody, AND a quitter!
Sarah Palin,is related to "Willie Makeit" doubt if she shows.
Going to see Sarah Palin certainly isn't on my list of things to do. Even a free dinner wouldn't help. Sarah Palin should go back to Alaska and stay there.
Sarah Palin will become America's next and greatest president of all times. She is truly God's Chosen one and it is the Word and WILl of God herself that Palin becomes President and God herself said so.
What makes everyone think the reporters will be the "media"? They'll all be from Fox and other conservative outlets. Look for glowing praise all around.
I am a proud Liberal and I love Sarah Palin. If anyone can put American Conservatism in its grave, she is the gal. I support Sarah Palin for the Republican nomination for the presidency 100% and with no reservations whatsoever. I say Palin in 2012 AND in 2016 AND in 2020. Nominate that girl until Conservatism finally is no more, and the sooner the better.
The more comments written about her the more press she gets. If you don't like her, then don't read about it.
Sarah Palin has made some pretty mean-spirited remarks. Unfortunately, she made some of those remarks during the campaign and wound up with many critics. The topics she chooses are not always given the research and thought necessary so her remarks are often misconstrued at best and fodder for anger at their worst.
All of this leads to the fact that freedom of speech is a citizen's right. No where in the constitution does it say you have to listen to the speaker.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY . . .
. . . for Sarah Palin to explain what she meant in her V.P. acceptance speech at the RNC convention in Minneapolis, regarding "taking on the media and Washington elitist".
dan smith wrote: " ... why are liberals filled with SO much hate? How can any of you liberals out there claim to be SO caring and the spew out the garbage that you do?"
Well Dan, I have to admit that sometimes the Satan-worshiping socialist in me just has to come out, so I try to find some good, God-fearing citizen to terrorize. We just can't help ourselves. We prefer evil to good, pain to pleasure, socialism to freedom, vegetables to steak, lies to truth, stupidity to Palin's wisdom, and we like soccer. We're just twisted.
Will someone be there to read the book to Sarah?
Does anybody care what she has to say? She is a quitter and America doesn't need someone like her When did we say "When the going gets tough, quit!" She must have. Please stop reporting on this no brain politician.
@Elaine - Read something she has written? What, did she leave a grocery list lying around? She doesn't read nor write.
If the Republicans think about her running for Pres. they will lose. They need a big guy with a lot of wealth so, they do not have to pay taxes and have less gov't.
She 's was gone when she quit her job she will not run quiter 2012! Cnn.com-tv-time mag. is keeping America great!
Is she a go go girl?
Did this women even pass high school?
I hope a vicious whackjob like Palin does become the face of the GOP in 2012 – it'll put them in the waste bin of history where they belong.
Linell Winter Park, FL.............It has become patently clear to me that the GOP extreme right wing ...
Palin ran with the most moderate republican in John McCain......How is that "right wing"?
So you went from being a republican to supporting the most left wing president of all time? With Rev Wright in his corner? That's where you found tolerance?
Let me know how those new taxes work out for you....
Wow, if Obama could get you libs to let go of your hate fixation on Palin, maybe he would justify receiving the Peace Prize.
Enough! Get her off the news.
Funny how CNN leaves it open for endless comments about Palin or any other conservatives but closes the ones for Healthcare quickly.
(Sorry, just can't resist...)
What's the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom?
Pit bulls don't quit...
Keep digging Sara, you may get to china! I love your looks, I think that got you a long way. Have you seen Russia from your porch lately? How is Mr. MacSame? I will buy the Playboy if you are in it!
I dislike Ms Palin as much as anyone, but folks, calm down. Don't let her get the best of you. Some of you are going to have a stroke. Ms Palin will disintegrate by herself soon enough. Just give her time.
IF and I says IF she actually shows up
Comic relief? Not funny at all. The scariest people are those so incompetent and dense that they do not realize they are. Hubris. (but they wouldn't know what that is)
Fasinating! The same people who are calling VP Biden an idiot are also the very ones who believe Sara Palin is intelligent and qualified to be President. Incredible!
She needs the money and her book is in book-stores every-where.
While the left continuously self deludes itself over its intellectual superiority and how stupid Republicans like Palin are, I see nothing but Soviet/Mao style mindless sloganeering being reflexively spewed forth with nearly epileptic efficiency (with approximately the same level of highly organized cerebral activity and insight as the epileptic in mid-convulsion) by the left on this blog.
CNN, with their tanking ratings, is a joke...and Saracuda's Tsunami is coming.....this will be fun
It's amazing how many libs here keep repeating that they aren't afraid of Sarah Palin. Me thinks the leftists do protest too much. That's the tune they choose as they whistle past the graveyard. Gov. Palin has chosen faith, family, femininity, pro life beliefs, motherhood, attractiveness, and a host of other things lefties hate. Those are among the very things they've spent generations telling their Amy Carter clone daughters were recipes for failure. And, if I'm not mistaken, she didn't even have the common social graces to attend the Ivy League, or abort her special needs child. For shame.
Think I should attend. I need a good laugh, but in reality I would probably just get sick! For anyone to pay attention to this woman & admire her is a total insult to those women that have truly succeeded in their lives and have some kind of standards!
Palin isn't worth the media coverage...her fifteen minutes are up, and no Sarah, you can't have another minute!
So do you suppose "baked crow" is on the menu???????
Can you say Hypocrite? I knew you could... Sarah, can you spell it? No? Too complicated??? Maybe if you learned to have an opinion that had value, we might listen to you. But, the only way you get press is to express extremeist, racist, ignorant opinions. Because you know, that Katie Couric is sure a tough reporter. That question about which newspapers you read was a realy tricky one. Do you know how to read, Sarah?
She'll cancel and then deny that she ever signed on to be at this function. It's what she does - she's a liar who couldn't even hold her own a journalist, let alone take any of their questions without looking extremely stupid. So it will come out that the person who planned for her keynote appearance will have egg on his/her face and Palin will laugh herself silly. Then again, she's too much of a coward to say anything that is intelligent so maybe its best she stays away.
The hatred of the looney,radical left wing-nut Obama supporters is hilarious. From the name calling to the outright lies, it shows the bigotry and hatred our President inspires in his followers as he continues to work to divide the people of this country for his own power. Obama stated that unemployment would not rise over 8% if the unread "stimulus" was passed. Palin stated that the "stimulus" would NOT curb rising unemployment. The false illusion of Obama's intelligence is starting to show as Palin is proving much more knowledgable about the economy than the pretender in chief we were fooled into electing for President.
See you Sarah in the White House 2012!
At least there will be no media boycott on Gridiron Bowl 2009, get ready for bowl season, and it's real early
served with barf bags I hope!
Okay "tea partiers" I have a question- actually 2 questions,
1st Question I get why the insurance companies are against this (after all if UPS or Fed Express could get rid of the Post Office and charge whatever the hell they want for sending packages I could understand them wanting to do so). I also get why the GOP leadership is against this bill as well (one need only lokk at how long they were out of power after being against Social Security) But why oh why are regular people against this?
2nd Question. If it really is about te money wher the hell were you guys when George W Bush decided we should spend 12 million dollars an hour on a war against a counrty that never attacked us? It has been a while but when W took office we were looking forward to surplusses as far as the eye could see. But that didn't seem to bother you did it?
She probably won't show up. Or she'll quite half-way through.
This woman will do anything as long as she is the center of attention!
I can't wait for Palin becomes president in 2012.
If Obama passes the public option health care then Palin can expand health care rules so that we can deny health care to all communist, totalitarian minded people.
And if Obama passes the fairness doctrine, then Palin should aggressively force CNN and other left media to "balance" their reporting with the conservative point of view.
Barney Frank D-Mass is Keeping America Great and he is a hard worker and good Chairman of his Cmte.
She also made ROBOCALLS in VA when she claimed she was against them in the campaign.... She GOES with the FLOW and wherever the FLOW GO – she SHOWS... If the flow is going down river, Sarah is going down river.
She better watch out because she's going to be on a FLOW that's getting ready to go down a waterfall!! The funny thing about it, when she looks around for her so-called REPUBLI-CAN'T friends, they are not going to be there – they got off the boat at the start of the race and her DUMB-ASH stayed on!!!
Why do the left wing lunatics seem to fantasize about Palin? Are they jelous? Let the woman and her family live in peace. How about we focus on helping the General in Afghanistan get the President to pony up the troops we need to get the job done!
Will Carrie Prejean be tagging along for mentoring?
Who cares about this woman!
Health legislation passed!!! Hooray!!!!!
She's speaking at a media event? When the press is barred from most of her events? When was the last time she gave an interview? Let's see - there was Katie Couric and Charles Gibson. That's it, right? So why is someone who communicates only through Facebook invited to a media event? Oh, yeah, she's trying to sell a book.
I like Sarah Palin because she gets "under the democrats skin"! Go figure they would trash a strong, smart, honest woman. Maybe if Palin learned to Lie like Pelosi, she'd get more left wing support!
evil...that word fits her to a t
Why is it so hard for me to get a comment posted. I thought the truth would set a person free.
I guess as long as the reporters are not asking questions... she's safe.
i can't wait til 2010 and 2012..... it's on now!
If half the idiots that fill every Palin posting would add tup their IQ it wouldn't equal half of Sarah Palin's in her little pinkie
you folks in the lower 48 that have this ridiculous fantasy about palin being a conservative (whatever that is) goody goody religious straight shooter are sick. take it from an alaskan with a front row seat and real knowledge of her & her behavior. she is a low life, backstabbing, lying, sack of dog crap that will sell you out in a heartbeat.
Hey CNN et al ~ us non-knuckle draggers would like to hear some real news...
Blame John for this one.
HUGE mistake he has unleashed on us.
Why can't she just stay in Alaska?
Going Rogue has now Gone Stupid....I hope she doesn't make too big of an A_ _ of herself at this event. By the way, on her facebook page she informs us that she wasn't the one who said no cameras, recorders, or media at her Wisconsin event....YEAH, RIGHT!!!! I think her nose just grew another inch.
No go home!
Oh, boy, Barney Frank on the same dais as Sarah Palin!! This ought to be hilarious!!
I wonder if Barney Frank will reprise his crack about dining room tables, this time directed at Sarah Palin?
"On what planet do you spend most of your time? Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table...."
That would be such great theater.
I have a feeling, though, that Sarah Palin will use this opportunity to say something mean about Jennifer Granholm, an even more attractive still-sitting never-ever-quit
governor who joked last year that Sarah Palin "really set back the cause of hot governors."
As for her book, it's already discounted 69% on Amazon, and it hasn't even been released. They are selling it for $9.00. Check it our....next it will be out at Ollie's junk store and the Dollar Tree.
Great Sarah Palin and the media. I can't wait for her to whoooo us w more unoriginal jokes and simple ideals. The woman is so very sad. Why can't she just go away? Not only has she divided the struggling GOP but she simply speaks of concepts that are outdated and not representative of true American Ideals.
I would love to see her just go away. I am insulted by her persistence to call her self a true American.
Dumb political move on her part.
She'll be exposed and will lose GOP gravitas.
Yeah sure...she never shows up for half of what she commits to..she is a quitter and a coward.
Her book tour is a joke...going to one-stoplight towns so nobody will ask her any tough questions...like.."have you read your book the publisher wrote for you? She's a loser.
To respond to all the postings that say dems are scared of Palin; nope, they're not scared....they're just enjoying watching the train wreck keep happening over and over and over.
And, to those that wonder how many of us have actually read anything she's written or listened to speeches she's given.....YES, we have. You want an illustration of how ignorant she is....let's see, there's the interview where she said she could see Russia, there's the interview where she couldn't name even one magazine she reads, there's the interview where she didn't know what the v.p.'s duties were even though she was running for that office, and on and on and on..
I am looking forward to Inauguration Day in January of 2013 when Obama greets President Elect, Sarah Palin on the front steps of the White House and they ride together to the Capital where she takes the oath of office as the 45th President of the United States.
I wonder who will be her VP? How about Michele Bachmann...
Some ask the question ( " Why are you liberals filled with hate " ) . I would not take it upon myself to speak for the liberals, as I do not consider myself to be one. But shouldn't the question be (" What did we, as conservatives do to make you hate us ") , be the question? I'm curious. What makes you, as a so called conservative, what makes you think that anyone should be happy with the gutting of the constitution by the Bush administration? What makes you think that the people of the nation should be happy with the state of the economy left behind by the Bush administration? Not to mention our standing in the world as a nation that once cared , which was completely devestated by the Bush administration. What planet are you from, that you can not see the ruin left behind by eight years of Republican mis-management.
If the argument you have is ( " Why all the hate" ) you need to open your eyes to the world your party left behind, and try to make the future a little brighter by enlightening yourself, or pay some attention to whats going on around you, and not whats going on within you.
You know, every time a liberal wines, or trashes Palin, it reminds of why we on the right like her so much! Aside from the fact, that she can easily become Jimmy Carter's Ronald Reagan, She's who you fear the most, and that, is a good sign for her in 2012. And keep trashing Michelle Bachman, Barney... You could see her in the VP slot. Republicans have the bench to double down on BO's change we really could believe in!
The House passes a historic bill and news about Sarah Palin headlining at a dinner is at the top of the page? Get your priorities right....
i am glad she is back on this – but she knows as well as u do – sha's got no clue!
Why is CNN obsessed with Palin? Why are all the posts so hateful towards Palin? She is not the average politician. Isn't that refreshing for a change?
I thought that the former Half Governor had given up on the GOP. Now she is speaking for them? Hey Republicans: with friends like Palin, you really don't need any additional enemies.
The woman is simply a clueless, narcissistic, fame gadfly. If she truly cared about serving people, she would have finished the job she took an oath to perform in Alaska. This flighty diva has absolutely nothing to offer the nation.
She can see her rubber chicken dinner from her seat, She can't see she isn't ready for primetime.
Oh wait!..Did I say rubber chicken??...I meant mooseburger dinner!
If she had a ghostwriter for her book, she can't have a ghost president to help her. If she can't complete her governorship, what can she complete when the going gets too tough.
Oh, wait...I meant mooseburger helper dinner...Ya Betcha!
I think we should make sure there still is no oxygen in space. One way we could do that is by sending this bimbo up there.
You dems are so predictable. Palin could donate her entire fortunes to charity and the same boring attacks on this CNN Ticker would still go on. You people are so sad. Take off your political blinders and read about what she stands for. You would be pleasantly suprised.
Why?
I hope that Tina Fey is the comic entertainment. She's more real than the phony Palin.
So much hate coming from the left towards this woman. Why???? I thought you were all about peace and happiness.
Oh...I thought the name of the book was 'Going Rove' and it was Meg Stapleton's bio.
Gee, Dan Smith, I would think that equating the President of the United States with Hitler, Stalin, a monkey, etc. would be considered stronger tokens of hatred than ridicule of a self-proclaimed "patriot" who has traded public office for a platform on Faecbook.
Or don't you see in color?
Palin is a smart and talented woman, why doesn't NOW support her?
Answer: Because they are hypocrites.
Sarah Palin set an excellent example for other Republican office holders... they should all quit!
Yea, but she wouldn't appear with other GOP 2012 hopefuls in Iowa because they wouldn't pay her the $100,000 fee she demanded to appear. The RNC informed Palin's dimwit assistant, Meg Stapelton, that they do not pay anyone for appearing at the event, afterall the RNC is ofering the potential cnadidates the opportunity to appear before party leadership and garner support for a candidacy.
Daaahhhh!!!!!!
Sarah Palin = Dick Cheney with lipstick
I did not vote for Obama, but I find it hard to believe that this woman graduated from a university. What scares me is that people think that sun rises and sets on this filty C.
We shall embrace the day we don't see "Palin" on the headlines of CNN anymore......I can't take much more....
We shall embrace the day we don't see "Palin" in the CNN headlines....yes, she does keep our heads spinning, Willy Brown...because we all have a drink everytime she's pops up in the news.
I wonder if they will ask her any "questions"? it has been a while since I had a belly-roll laugh at her looking like a deer caught in the headlights...you know...like on that Couric Gotcha interview...
Because the only way to stop the use of fear and ignorance holding America hostage is by spreading knowledge and truth.Conservatives were quick to insist that the near-riot — the first of many town-hall mobs that would dominate the headlines in August — was completely spontaneous. The protesters didn't show up "because of some organized group," Rick Scott, the head of Conservatives for Patients' Rights, told reporters. "They're mad about the stimulus bill, the bailout, the economy. Now they see that their health care is about to be taken over by the government." In fact, Scott's own group had played an integral role in mobilizing the protesters. Conservatives for Patients' Rights had been working closely for weeks as a "coalition partner" with three other right-wing groups in a plot to unleash irate mobs at town-hall meetings just like Doggett's. Far from representing a spontaneous upwelling of populist rage, the protests were tightly orchestrated from the top down by corporate-funded front groups as well as top lobbyists for the health care industry. Call it the return of the Karl Rove playbook: The effort to mobilize the angriest fringe of the Republican base was guided by a conservative dream team that included the same GOP henchmen who Swift-boated John Kerry in 2004, smeared John McCain in 2000, wrote the script for Republican obstructionism on global warming, and harpooned the health care reform effort led by Hillary Clinton in 1993. "The insurance industry is up to the same dirty tricks, using the same devious PR practices it has used for many years, to kill reform," says Wendell Potter, who stepped down last year as chief of corporate communications for health insurance giant CIGNA. "I'm certain that people showing up at these town halls feel that they're there on their own — but they don't realize they're being incited, ultimately, by the insurance industry and the other special interests."
I despise ublublu.
Good grief. How can Sarah Palin stir up so many comments and so much controversy? I can't believe anyone would seriously consider voting for her for any public office, and her personal life just isn't that interesting.
See the post below, it all now about revealing the truth. The rehash of the so called liars playbook is over and the truth will be spread far and wide across america.. The GOPs hollow game of pretending that extreme fringe of their own sad party represents all americans is very veiled act of fear by the top health insurance companies and the top health insurance companies lobbyist liars, theifs and cheats. Cheats because they think they can continue unobstructed to unecessarily take the hard earned money of all middle class americans, it is not about the poor it is about them losing their core....you and I and every american working or currently trying to get back to work... Once this bill passes, even the fringe mad dog orchestrated attempts will grow ever increasingly to become the saddest attempted perpertration to keep a financial grip on all americans earnings.....