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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPalin's endorsement fails to excite Trump rallygoers
Source: Reuters
Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:43am EST
Palin's endorsement fails to excite Trump rallygoers
NORWALK, IOWA | BY EMILY FLITTER
When it comes to influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Sarah Palin's star power is turning out to be dimmer than expected.
There was no ecstasy in the crowd when the former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee endorsed Republican front-runner Donald Trump at a rally in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday night. And at Trump's next appearance on Wednesday in Norwalk, people who came to see him - both hard-core Trump supporters and undecided voters - said Palin was not swaying them.
"They're going to have to do an image remake of her," said Joani Estes, 56, of Indianola, Iowa. Estes said her Pentecostal Christian faith made her feel aligned with Palin, but it did not make her feel any more strongly about Trump. She liked him, she said, and was likely going to caucus for him during the state's nominating contest on Feb. 1 - but she was also keeping the door open for his closest rival, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
Her friend Jenny Terrell, 55, said Palin's endorsement made her less certain about her support for Trump. A longtime Democrat, Terrell said she had been inspired by Trump but was put off by Palin's extreme opposition to abortion rights.
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Palin's endorsement fails to excite Trump rallygoers
NORWALK, IOWA | BY EMILY FLITTER
When it comes to influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential race, Sarah Palin's star power is turning out to be dimmer than expected.
There was no ecstasy in the crowd when the former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee endorsed Republican front-runner Donald Trump at a rally in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday night. And at Trump's next appearance on Wednesday in Norwalk, people who came to see him - both hard-core Trump supporters and undecided voters - said Palin was not swaying them.
"They're going to have to do an image remake of her," said Joani Estes, 56, of Indianola, Iowa. Estes said her Pentecostal Christian faith made her feel aligned with Palin, but it did not make her feel any more strongly about Trump. She liked him, she said, and was likely going to caucus for him during the state's nominating contest on Feb. 1 - but she was also keeping the door open for his closest rival, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
Her friend Jenny Terrell, 55, said Palin's endorsement made her less certain about her support for Trump. A longtime Democrat, Terrell said she had been inspired by Trump but was put off by Palin's extreme opposition to abortion rights.
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Palin's endorsement fails to excite Trump rallygoers (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2016
OP
Because she's a random word generator. No one knows what the hell she's saying.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2016
#1
All Palin cares about is herself goose-stepping to the bank with that big...
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2016
#10
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Because she's a random word generator. No one knows what the hell she's saying.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. I DID like that she called the fighting in Iraq "squirmishes"
Actually a good malapropism.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)6. may I refudiate that? :)
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)9. Yes. That's actually my favorite one.
Neon Gods
(222 posts)2. My first reaction to her endorsement was...
...WTF? My gut feeling was she would actually alienate some of Trumps supporters while gaining him few if any new ones.
watch for a great laugh.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)4. a match made in ... hell
LAGC
(5,330 posts)7. Kiss of death.
"You're fired!" ... "I quit!"
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)10. All Palin cares about is herself goose-stepping to the bank with that big...
...check she snatched from tRump somewhere right around lunch time yesterday.