Team Sarah, a social networking site of nearly 70,000 of Gov. Sarah Palin's supporters, is hoping its members have a shot at derailing the nomination of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as the president's Health and Human Services secretary.
The site, which came into being to support the Alaska governor during her 2008 vice-presidential bid, bills itself as being "dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process." Team Sarah is affiliated with the Susan B. Anthony List, which seeks to elect women who oppose abortion.
Today, the website sent out an action alert to its members, asking them to call the office of Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, and urge him to vote against Sebelius' confirmation. Sebelius is expected to be confirmed tomorrow by the Senate.
I am sorry....what?
Since when do websites that are set up to support a future candidate, start attacking a nominee for a Presidential Cabinet position. Has that ever even happened before?
How do these people get the nerve to use their Palinaholic support group to attack this woman?
I mean if they, as individuals, decided they wanted to call their Senator and ask him not to support a nominee that they disliked, well alright. But this website is manipulating people who are drunk on Palin-punch and using them as their own personal political pawns.
That is just ugly.
How can they possibly justify this type of behavior. The site bills itself as being "dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process." Ah, well you know that DOES explain it.
I wonder how effective it was.
Team Sarah last week called on its members to phone the Senate Finance Committee to voice their objections to Sebelius. An estimated 40 people called in opposing Sebelius' nomination. But twice as many people called in supporting her after word of the Team Sarah effort was posted on the left-leaning Huffington Post.
Nice try ladies, and now you have a real taste for how successful Governor Palin's political decisions usually turn out to be. Not very tasty is it?
I love it. 40 people. You have more people than that come through in an hour or two I'm sure, without all the nationwide publicity SarahPAC has gotten. I usually try to refrain from overtly mean comments but I gotta say - Losers.
ReplyDeleteIn the past, I have pointed out that Sarah Palin does nothing well, and if asked to predict what her future entails, it will be more of the same.
ReplyDeleteI think that extends to all SarahPAC activities as well.
I am not saying we shouldn't answer them, or whatever. Yes, progressives, let's continue to answer their "challenges."
I just don't think Maet Haras and the others will fail upwards.
Whatever, that woman was flaunting herself down at the slush cup this weekend at Alyeska. I had an argument w/the folks on C4P who were talking up her appearance there with, wait, non other than the infamous Bob and Mark from KWHL. You know, the same guys that she giggled with when they called Lyda Green "a cancer" (even though she had cancer....)
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, the true blue dreadlocked skier dudes and dudettes had but one thing to say about Sarah hangin' out and tryin' to be one of them and here is the photo.
The caption says it all:
http://www.tetongravity.com/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=158383
They're doing this, I suspect, because they saw how effective blog communities were in opposing Sarah's AG appointment, and thought they'd like to get some of that hot community action.
ReplyDeleteSo to speak.
Gryphen, remember when you posted about the SNL movie critic that was on weekend update? Well, as all we can really say about Sarah Palin now is "Bitch Pleeze"
ReplyDeleteThis is a stupid power play.Unless and until Roe is overturned, the HHS sect has nothing to do with this issue.
ReplyDeleteand if anyone thinks Obama will appoint some Right-to-Lifer instead, not gonna happen. So the next nominee will have the same opinions.
Sebelius prevented the harrassment of an abortion provider. That is her sin.
70,000? I doubt it. She's got a little fan club. And the point of blocking Sebelius? It's all about power and the perception of it. They figure if they can block her nomination, they can prove how powerful they are. They can use it in the future as a threat; "Hey, don't mess with us, remember what we did to Sebelius."
ReplyDeleteThey are petty. Birds of a feather...
Sarah's sychophants are of no threat.
ReplyDeleteSebelius was confirmed 65-31.
Kathleen Sebelius will be sworn in later tonight!
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