"Dammit don't you know I matter? Now come to my fundraiser so that the people can see how important I am!"
From the Daily Herald:
While former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hopes to rake in big cash for the Illinois Republican Party during her visit this month, top GOP candidates are not lining up to join her in the spotlight.
Republicans heading the state party's ticket, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk for Senate and state Sen. Bill Brady for governor, don't plan to be at the fundraiser on May 12 in Rosemont.
The GOP's top suburban congressional hopefuls, Randy Hultgren of Winfield Township and Bob Dold of Kenilworth, aren't showing up either. Nor will suburban area GOP state senators like John Millner of Carol Stream and Dan Duffy of Lake Barrington.
So for all of Palin's star power as a former vice presidential candidate whose autobiography recently dominated the best-seller charts, many Republicans running for office in Illinois are not jumping up to meet her.
"They don't want to take the risk, but I'm sure they will take the money," surmises Paul Green, a veteran political professor with Roosevelt University.
A photo with Palin could prove damaging to some Republicans running in suburban districts that have been trending more and more Democratic in recent elections, Green says.
I wonder which is more damaging to a Republican candidate?
A picture with the man the Teabaggers love to hate, President Barack Obama? (See Charlie Crist) Or a picture with "Trashilla from Wasilla"?
Somebody should try and experiment. They should put all of the Republicans in a big room with only two exits. At one exit they could place President Obama, and at the other Sarah Palin.
Who wants to bet that the majority of them would either just stay in the room and starve to death or leap out of a window to escape?
Love your last comment. Thanks for the update!
ReplyDeleteI think the pols in DC are pretty funny though - they love to hob nob with the President, regardless if they diss him on the floor of the House. It's the power factor.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin? She's lost her luster. If she was still Gov. she'd have a chance. Now, not really.
-Mitch
I don't know where you got the photo but it is great! It shows how Sarah's face is one color and her neck is a completely different color.
ReplyDeleteIn Chicago, when Sarah came to town to appear on Oprah, local congressman, Mark Kirk sent letters to Sarah begging for to be seen with her and get her endorsement. (He is running as the Republican candidate for Barack Obama's senate seat). A few months later, Kirk is nowhere to be seen where Palin is concerned.
And where is Trig these days?
ReplyDeleteI thought a special needs kid needed special attention from mom and dad.
she can always go back to stand up comedy on Leno.
ReplyDeletethe paylin effect is starting to kick in...
ReplyDeletePalin is failin'
ReplyDeleteSoon she will have only her paid admirers as an audience.
He has served his purpose Ratfish. Have you peaked under the bus? Probably mighty crowded under there by now. Lee
ReplyDeleteTrashilla from Wasilla. Love it. Ok now I've got to have a bumpersticker with that on it!
ReplyDeletetoo funny gryphen.
ReplyDeletewhat does it say when all the top republicans from a conservative/moderate state don't want to come to your fundraiser for their political party? ouch man that's damning. I must add - lol!
Should we feel sorry for the GOP? Not really, they have had a year and a half since the election to work WITH the dems for the betterment of this country and still remain the party of NO.
ReplyDeleteRemember the story "The Lady or the Tiger?" May have to re-read it.
When Palin heard that nobody is coming to her party in Illinois she was over heard in the bathroom crying,
ReplyDelete"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to
Cry if I want to
You would cry to if it happened to you"
Then she smudged the makeup on her face and took her red lipstick and marked up her face screaming, "I h@te Obama"
I wonder how drillbabydrill is going to go over this month.
ReplyDeleteDo you think she'll forget and lapse into one of her automatic mantras?
Gotta love that "temper tantrum" picture.
ReplyDeleteSmart Republicans will run as fast as they can from this crazy person.
ReplyDeleteJust when the Gulf Coast thought they were safe from any further Bush/Cheney predation comes this Halliburton/BP spillage. Bad enough the Bushies allowed New Orleans to drown almost five years ago and then barely rebuild. Now livelihoods and lives are to be destroyed anew. In ways complex and not yet understood, the Gulf may not be the only body of water affected — could this toxin spread through the Straights into the Atlantic and befoul the eastern seaboard?
Wow. I feel so much better now. Thanks, BP!
Trashilla from Wasilla? BWAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAA
ReplyDeleteHow about Trashilla DeVille or Cruella of Wasilla?
ReplyDeleteI can't decide if that photo of Palin looks like: a) a toddler having a tantrum; or b) a demagogue on the threshold of full-fledged fascism.
ReplyDeleteMaybe both. Yep. That's the answer.
O/T....(May 2) -- New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said detectives are focusing on potential video evidence, including footage of a white male in his forties changing his shirt near an alley close to the corner of 45th Street and Broadway, where a Nissan Pathfinder packed with explosives was left idling at around 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
ReplyDeleteTimes Square attack targeted children. Serviced by the brilliant and handsome Joe Mansour
How about "the spiller from wasiller"
ReplyDeleteAs intolerable as this oil spill is, I also can't help but think about the Times Square car bomb (using a substance looking like fertilizer) very near the anniversary of April 19. And guess what hate spewing ^%$#@!* from Alaska has been egging them on.....I'll bet dollars to donuts this is Tim McVeigh Part II and not an overseas threat. I betcha that middle aged guy they're looking from the surveillance tape watches FOX News, is a big Beck fan, is a 'bot and is a big anti-govt activist.....and she helped stir this up. Damn John McCain for unleashing this !
ReplyDeleteIs it possible they simply didn't want to shell out the $10 it would cost to have a picture made with her? Not much value for your money there.
ReplyDeleteIs this the same fundraiser that was having so much trouble selling tickets that they gave a half-price special? I believe you could get floor seats in the back of the auditorium for less than $30.
ReplyDeleteShe is yesterday's news... a washed-up has-been. People have lost interest is the Wasill-billies.
ReplyDeleteThe "I'm sure they'll take the money" quote was funny. I guess he doesn't know that money never leaves Sarah's hand without a fight.
ReplyDeleteTo the Republicans, there would be no doubt who they'd take the exit from - Sarah Of Course! Like you said, see Charlie Crist. That photo of him shaking hands with Obama is being used by a completely inept mobster named Marco Rubio. He doesn't even have to explain his position on thigns - he just shows that picture.
ReplyDeleteHer star is definitely waning..nobody wants to be around the Shrilla from Wasilla...especially with Spill,Baby,Spill..
ReplyDeleteHow is that 'Drilly-spilly' thing working for ya?"
ReplyDeleteNo-one wants to be around the Shrilla from Wasilla..her 'star' power has been falling for some time now..
Greetings from Illinois. I'm surprised that the IL Republicans are smart enough to stay away from the Wasillabilly, honestly. After all, these are the same people who (1) imported conservative whack-job Alan Keyes to run for the senate against Obama because Keyes is black, and (2) have been described by a local commentator as being "likely to slip on their own banana peel." What a banana peel Wasillabilly presents for them.
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