(CNN) – While not offering a full endorsement, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged South Carolina voters to turn out for Newt Gingrich during Saturday’s primary.
She said a win for the former House speaker would slow down the Republican presidential nominating process.
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"I want to see this thing continue because iron sharpens iron," Palin said on Fox News. "If I had to vote in order to keep it going, I would vote for Newt."
With Mitt Romney having already won the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, some political observers say another Romney win in South Carolina could lock up the nomination for the former Massachusetts governor.
But Palin argued it's too soon to settle on one particular candidate.
"I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been," Palin said, referring to now-President Barack Obama.
The 2008 vice presidential nominee has frequently praised Gingrich's debate performances, and last week her husband, Todd, announced his formal support for the candidate.
A recent poll shows Palin could get her wish. While 29% of likely Palmetto State GOP primary voters said they're backing Romney, 25% said they would support Gingrich. That margin is within the sampling error, according to an American Research Group survey.
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Wasn't it nice when she was gone?
Ah yes, but you did not need to be 'vetted' much before you were exposed as a pretender. By the way, how's that lawsuit coming along? Haven't heard much about it. Oh well, I'm sure its going swimmingly, along with your movie.
Palin supports Gingrich? Oh Lord! –Vote for Mitt. Defeat this airhead!!
As for the Poll cited at the end, there are more recent ones. In Rasmussen out today, Romney is 14 points ahead.
Aannd,, she's still stupid. STILL no one cares what you have to stay. You are as stupid as Newt is. Why don't you go back to Alaska and help shovel snow off of roofs or go somewhere and torture some little animlals. That sounds like what you would enjoy doing.
Gee, Wouldn't be something to do with Newt saying he would consider her as a running mate. What an oppurtunist she is. Guess Newt's memory is short. He has forgotten what happened to John McCain
"I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been," Palin said.
Good lord, talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Until she got to the masculine pronoun, I thought Sarah was talking about herself!
If Gingrich wins Obama should watch out. He has like a million facts in his head and Obama wouldn't be the only one with smooth charisma. I'd rather Obama went against Romney because he probably a rich white man. Why else would he refuse to give his taxes unless he wins the repulb primary? Crocked Staples millionare. Obama can beat him easily. Go Romney!
How many sheep are going to decide to vote for Gingrich just because this airhead said so?? I can just see it now: A Palin admirer saying to himself, "Gee, I was going to vote for X, but Sarah Palin has just made up my mind."
Awesome. I needed a dose of Palin. Like a chronic hemheroid that was in remission for a while.
Is it really possible for one human being to consistently soound this stupid?
Yes ,
she's back and wearing more red the ever.
YES YES YES , The Queen of King makers .
John McCain sold out to Mitt Romney , SARAH PALIN WILL NOT !
NEWT 2012. FUTURE BEYOND THE FUTURE !
you mean the mistake John McCain made by not vetting you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Todd Palin's opinion means a lot to me.
I think she's trying to keep the window for Tea-Party wackjob of the week, Rick Santorum, open.
Why? She may be counting on the Republican field to still be split at crunch time, when she can ride in on her white horse and suggest that they nominate her as their Great Hope. She's been weirdly quiet lately–you know it's deliberate–and only pops up from time to time to manipulate things this way and that. She's pushing Gingrich a bit, but not really endorsing him. But, really, there's no way she would see eye-to-eye with Gingrich. She doesn't want Romney to clinch the nomination! And if she were serious about pushing the most compatible candidate, she'd be wild for Santorum, right?
Check me on this.
Like anyone cares anymore what Sarah Palin thinks ... maybe she wants a VP gig again should Newt win the nomination, which he WILL NOT. I am tired of both of them already.
Romney 2012!
NEWT's FALSE QUOTE: "More people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in history".
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FACT CHECK #1: GOP policies during Republican-led Congress of the Bush years (2000-2008), set the economy into a steep decline that is expected to take another 4-to-8 years to fully recover.
FACT CHECK #2: Prior to President Obama taking the helm in 2009, the nation was already spiraling into a deep economic downturn with 700,000 people per month filing unemployment.
FACT CHECK #3: The increase in food stamp recipients has nothing to do with President Obama; but everything to do with the millions who have lost jobs due to Bush/Cheney and Congressional Republican policies of 2000-2008.
There goes Gingrich's campaign
Poor little sarah. No amount of vetting could have revealed and exposed such a brainless idiot low life woman like yourself. I'm guessing that pea sized brain must be frozen after all those years in Alaska. You are the WaSilliest Woman on this planet.
Is Sarah seriously speaking out about vetting four years ago and NOT talking about her own situation????
Yikes, she is so delusional. "Iron sharpens iron"???? What????
I can appreciate that Huntsman dropped out thinking about 2016. Sarah. . . 20 never!!!
Out of the news cycle for a couple of weeks and this is what she comes up with???
Well now we know that Sarah Palin approves of a man commenting adultery, working for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, getting ousted from congress by his peers, that had 84 ethics complaints and was fined 300 thousand dollars. And she believes an old white rich guy should be President. Not someone who has been a governor of the 2 largest state that created an environment for job growth.
What ah joke! No endorsement,but she can tell you who to vote for! I hope she doesn't think we have Stupid written all over our face! No one people should be able to tell you who to Vote for! They should lock her up for the suggestion!
Crazy and crazier? Dumb and dumber? Crooked and crookeder [sp.?]? God help us, if these are our "leaders."
Go back to Alaska. CNN, I don't know why you waste the time..............
"I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that she should have been," Palin said
Any kind of palin endoresement, Todd or hers is the kiss of death to any republican candidate.
Regards,
Hodgson.
- "I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been,"
If not for the masculine pronoun, she could be referring to herself. It's also funny to see the rugged individualist use a proverb like 'iron sharpens iron', when my understanding of the proverb is that it indicates the need for constant fellowship with one another.
I hope no body will listen to you. You flip from government to huge private money. Who are you to tell citizens to vote for Y or Z
Why lookie who it is. It's Sara Pain. Oh snap, forgot the 'l'. I mean Palin.
She's touched Newt with her fairy dust. You remember how she dusted the little witch lady up in PA.
Remember McCain's dustin. Now Newt's gonna get it...and how!!
Ooops, I meant Delaware.
No Sarah, the soonest you get the nomination, the better as they can spend money on Obama. Think economics not amusement
"I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been," Palin said...
Doesn't she mean "...not vetted to the degree that SHE should have been..."?
the only thing that needed to be vetted four years ago was McCains pick of Palin. That has to go down as one of the dumbest moves ever.
It figures. These two (Palin & Gingrich) are a mirrored pair.
Oh look!
A clown in voting for Newt!
I guess I should too!!
palin should go away far far away.
"more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been," Palin said...the word "vetting" did not even get mentioned in normal conversation until she showed up in the lower 40...sheesh
Good heavens, she's back !!!! I thought she had finally faded away. With her IQ of a houseplant, who cares what she thinks or who she supports. She makes intelligent women want to scream.
Mitt Romney has this thing in the bag. This whole tax thing is stupid, who cares about his taxes. I care about the economy and who is going to get it going again. That's Mitt Romney!!! Obama is a failure...... When I hear him speak it just makes me mad, he always says it could be worse. (what a slacker)
All the other republicans GOP's are not electable...............
I think that Newt Gingrich is finish, only an act of God can help right now. Newt using the racial food stamps issue to win voters over are not working. Now celebrity Sarah Palin is supporting bad boy Newt we will see if palin support will help.
"I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been," Palin said, referring to herself.
"...because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been,"... Indeed we do Sarah, such as your being chosen as the VP nominee!
Truer words have never passed her lips.
and the small coffee house owner has to pay the credit card merchant 26 cents for each swipe of the customer card for a $1.35 coffee. use cash when possible...help keep small business alive.
Dang – and I was about to vote for Newt – now I will have to re-think it
"I want more debates, more vetting..." I betcha do, The candidate who was not vetted was YOU! And slapdown on the McCain camp ! Thank Holy Jesus, etc...
This is going to really hurt Newt. Good.
Who care Obama will handily beat either in Novermber, but I'm sure he'd rather run against the candidate who prevaricates, who hides his tax returns, who arranges corpoate loans to grow a business, only to grab all the loan proceeds and call them "fees" and "dividends". To hell with the workers ... I like firing people .. at paper companies and at steel companies and at ...
An why shouldn't he pay as high a tax rate as his sweat shop workers in all the non-union non-benefit part-time jobs he sweat why should. Why shouldn't that candidate pay lower tax rate than Joe the Plumber!
Barbara Bush said it best-"go back to AK and stay there".
Please, go away.
obama is gonna LOSE BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
The wasilla airhead just can't help herself. Does CNN have to keep her name in the news? Has newscorp taken over CNN? WHATS THE DEAL! No rational person cares what she says on fox. Fox news is the worst thing that ever happened to this country. We have more ignorant people in this country than ever before because of this foreign owned republican tv channel.
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, up pops the black hole of brain cells. Nothing says republican, like an empty headed suit, giving opinion that's not wanted or needed.
"I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that she should have been," Palin said."
HA HA HA HA HA!
Newt i'm a Democrat,but if i were you and goof ball SP endorsed me i would run like HELL!!!! because you know she has ulteria motives and that aint GOOD!!!!!
well thats the final nail in the coffin for Newton Gingrich.....oh sorry...i mean he's finished now that 57 year old teenager Palin endorses him! All it took was to see McCain out in NH and SC assisting the Romney camp to spring Wonder Woman into gear. Hey all you anti – Romneyites....here is a newsflash: Romney will be the next President with or without you!!
Yep...ex-half-term-governor Sarah Palin's back in the news. She's here to make sure that Newt's not the next president!
Yep...ex-half-term-governor Sarah Palin's back in the news.
She's here to make sure that Newt's not the next president.
Oh yeah - look at what her advice did for McCain. ha ha ha ha
"I want more debates, more vetting of candidates, because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago with having a candidate that was not vetted to the degree that he should have been,"
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I think $ Palin meant SHE should have been. What an idiot. We knew his every wart and wrinkle - in the lower 48, no one knew so much hate and so many lies could live in one little shrill female.
You're right, Sarah. Four years ago, possibly the dumbest candidate to ever run for national office was delivered to us by John McCain because proper vetting of that candidate was not done. You've helped drive the Republican bar so low, that we now have to constantly listen to ignorant twits who have no business in the national spotlight-never mind government.
this logic is typical of why she lost out in the end and why she became a drag to the ticket 4 yrs ago. debates to a pt r ok post that it will backfire on GOP final candidate whoever that may be...
It's too bad all the Palindrones in the world don't add up to much in numbers these days but once again Sarah Palin waits until the last minute and with a tie in poll numbers she finally feels safe to open her big mouth and support Newt in SC. If Newt was to win and upset she will take credit, and if he loses she can say she was only supporting him to keep the race going. Sarah does not have the cajones to give full support right now because there is no money or power to be had if Newt loses so the safe bet is say she only wants to keep the race going which will help her marketing dollars flowing.Newt is going to need Tawd Palins snow machine club members to come out in full force in SC !
Well ! Any endorsement by Palin is guaranteed to sink any political aspirations including Newt's
I take it back about boring and ridiculous. Now the clown car got funnier. Does newton leroy really think that this bimbo from AK is going to help? Has he been hiding under the same rock they pulled her from under?
The she devil has spoken and newter leroy goes down to he ll – "If I had to vote in order to keep it going, I would vote for Newt."
Does she know what iron is? Probably not!!
Dumbest woman in America.
So, Palin is waiting for Newt to catapult back into first place. Then, she can endorse him and take credit for "kingmaking".
I think she's got her facts mixed up. The candidate who wasn't vetted properly in the last election was Palin, not McCain. American knew what they were getting with McCain and they liked him. Once Palin opened her mouth, those of us with more than two brain cells, jumped off of the McCain train.
The "political observers" are wrong. It doesn't matter if someone wins 3 states in a row, let the other 47 states decide and stop trying to influence people's votes. Last I checked, every state has a say.
I close my eyes to imagine what She's thinking and all I see is darkness, Hmmm
Finally the queen has spoken.
Doesn't she get people do not like her. Totally crazy lady I have ever seen in my 58 years of life.
Palin endorsement+=KISS OF DEATH
WOW this woman really isn't of this world.......who in their right mind wants to drag this on and on and on..... just like she did her decision about whether she was going to run or not......and vetting, well the one that they didn't vet well enough wasn't Obama it was the GOP falling to vet Palin that caused them to lose in 2008.....most of the GOP are ready to pick a clear winner as their canidate but not Palin , she lives on DRAMA..
So glad she gave her expert opinion. Now that she AND her husband have given us guidance we can rest.
Just what this primary was missing. The wit and wisdom of Sarah.