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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:45 PM Oct 2013

Sarah Palin hints at GOP primary fights in 4 states

Source: USA Today

Sarah Palin doesn't seem discouraged that her candidate lost New Jersey's Senate race or by the pummeling Republicans took during the government shutdown.

Now, the former Alaska governor and darling of the Tea Party movement is suggesting conservatives should focus on Senate races in Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi where the Republican incumbent is up for re-election next year.

"Friends, do not be discouraged by the shenanigans of D.C.'s permanent political class today," Palin posted on her Facebook page early Thursday, as the federal government reopened and hours after Democrat Cory Booker defeated Republican Steve Lonegan for Senate in New Jersey.

"Be energized," she said. "We're going to shake things up in 2014. Rest well tonight, for soon we must focus on important House and Senate races. Let's start with Kentucky — which happens to be awfully close to South Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi — from sea to shining sea we will not give up. We've only just begun to fight."


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/10/17/sarah-palin-senate-tea-party-primary/3000509/



It is amazing that the suicide caucus believes that they are coming out of his even stronger, and are now trying to make the Republican party even more ultra-conservative.
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Sarah Palin hints at GOP primary fights in 4 states (Original Post) TomCADem Oct 2013 OP
delusional.........n/t dhill926 Oct 2013 #1
delussional kardonb Oct 2013 #21
Lemme guess... she's gonna quit partway through the race sakabatou Oct 2013 #2
She won't run herself. Gore1FL Oct 2013 #18
Oh shut the hell up! SoapBox Oct 2013 #3
From sea to shining sea? pangaia Oct 2013 #4
Don't try and figure out her logic or think it through Submariner Oct 2013 #6
Tigers are behind. pangaia Oct 2013 #8
She and Sade need a geography lesson. "Coast to coast, LA to Chicago" Nanjing to Seoul Oct 2013 #11
Well, if you extend the TN borders to the Pacific... jberryhill Oct 2013 #13
Go jump in a lake Sarah Mz Pip Oct 2013 #20
Send Money n/t Strelnikov_ Oct 2013 #5
Has her ugly mug shown up on Dancing With the Stars yet? SoapBox Oct 2013 #10
don't let her define focus on 4 states.force republicans to multitask on every 2014 election. Sunlei Oct 2013 #7
I'm surprised she can name four states Scootaloo Oct 2013 #9
There wasn't enough room to write more of them on her hand. Lasher Oct 2013 #43
You go girl. Help those primary challengers to your incumbents. All power to ya. nt TeamPooka Oct 2013 #12
Right in line with what came to mind. Every radical with a nomination reflects a seat more likely 24601 Oct 2013 #40
I hope they do run baggers against the Repubes in those states. That just means Lil Missy Oct 2013 #14
As long as wingnuts send her money BootinUp Oct 2013 #15
The Black Knight always triumphs!!! nyquil_man Oct 2013 #16
Hopefully Palin will help Tea Party candidates get nominated Zambero Oct 2013 #17
Mississippi and South Carolina will likely go Republican no matter how much she gums up the works rpannier Oct 2013 #19
i love it! iamthebandfanman Oct 2013 #22
By all means, get McConnell's TP challenger up in the polls... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #23
She makes me want to throw up. Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #24
After a certain age greymattermom Oct 2013 #25
With the daughters and all them grandbabies... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #26
Oh and those 4 States...are the only ones she is still a VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #27
Someone needs to tell her someone already started with Kentucky. cui bono Oct 2013 #28
Suicidal Sarah davidpdx Oct 2013 #29
Sarah, you're POISON! alp227 Oct 2013 #30
They will not be satisfied Turbineguy Oct 2013 #31
Sarah Who? blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #32
She says that like it's a good thing for the GOP. tanyev Oct 2013 #33
"...from sea to shining sea we will not give up." Too late, quitter. yellowcanine Oct 2013 #34
So...our 'mole' in the tea party is gonna help us win 70 seats in 2014? agentS Oct 2013 #35
Oh goody! Myrina Oct 2013 #36
Here's Sarah with the Republicans in the backgroung maxrandb Oct 2013 #37
carry on Nurse Ratchet! big_dog Oct 2013 #38
"permanent political class" LiberalElite Oct 2013 #39
Maybe our "North Korean allies" can help... Norbert Oct 2013 #41
The one remaining event that would convince me we live in a holographic Universe... randome Oct 2013 #42

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
3. Oh shut the hell up!
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 10:53 PM
Oct 2013

I do wonder if she is up to her snout with that clown from the branch of Heritage, that was supposed to have been the "architect" of the shut down (who was calling the shots for Cruz)?

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
6. Don't try and figure out her logic or think it through
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:00 PM
Oct 2013

You'll just give yourself a wicked headache or ruin your dinner, or both.



 

Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts)
11. She and Sade need a geography lesson. "Coast to coast, LA to Chicago"
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:08 PM
Oct 2013

Those four states Gidgot mentioned no where near sea to shining sea.

But nice pandering to baser patriotism there, Mr. Grifter.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
13. Well, if you extend the TN borders to the Pacific...
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:18 PM
Oct 2013

Which is what God intended in the first place...

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
7. don't let her define focus on 4 states.force republicans to multitask on every 2014 election.
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:01 PM
Oct 2013

They fail at multitasking. Better cough-up to republican party some of your 20 million plus wealth Sarah. It's your duty to give back to your party. They created you, you owe them bigtime.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
9. I'm surprised she can name four states
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:04 PM
Oct 2013

I'll bet she can't spell Mississippi or Tennessee, though! Probably thinks there's a W somewhere in Arkansas.

24601

(3,962 posts)
40. Right in line with what came to mind. Every radical with a nomination reflects a seat more likely
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:45 PM
Oct 2013

to go/stay Democratic. If the outcome trumps the process, DU ought to be cheering her on at every opportunity.

Keep your friends close and your opponents closer....

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
14. I hope they do run baggers against the Repubes in those states. That just means
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:25 PM
Oct 2013

the Democrats running against them have a better chance of winning!

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
17. Hopefully Palin will help Tea Party candidates get nominated
Thu Oct 17, 2013, 11:49 PM
Oct 2013

And those candidates will quickly render themselves unelectable and go down to massive defeats during the general election.

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
19. Mississippi and South Carolina will likely go Republican no matter how much she gums up the works
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:35 AM
Oct 2013

But she's gonna kill them in Kentucky and Tennessee if she gets her way

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
22. i love it!
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:57 AM
Oct 2013

Please please please please PLEASE split from the republican party...
this pretending to be a part of the GOP is getting pretty old, even for me...

our party system is going to have to change if we want change in this country...

if we could get 3-4 parties, with the two extremes represented and one or two 'centrist' parties... we might just end up with a functional coalition style government

 
23. By all means, get McConnell's TP challenger up in the polls...
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 02:03 AM
Oct 2013

I want him to waste all kinds of time and money trying to win his primary.

Right now, he's looking right past his primary challenger and acting like we're already in a general election.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
25. After a certain age
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 02:13 AM
Oct 2013

trying to look sexy just looks stupid. What happened to her youngest son, anyway? Does she leave him in Alaska with the help?

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
28. Someone needs to tell her someone already started with Kentucky.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 02:57 AM
Oct 2013

McConnell is already being primaried.

And ironically, that may be the very thing that made him work to strike a deal. His opponent is running ads right now saying he's an obstructionist. That's going to backfire now.

Turbineguy

(37,342 posts)
31. They will not be satisfied
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:05 AM
Oct 2013

until they destroy the world.

And when they do, they'll blame somebody else.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
34. "...from sea to shining sea we will not give up." Too late, quitter.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:28 AM
Oct 2013

Someone who is known for quitting with a couple of years left in her term is NOT exactly an inspiration for taking bullets at the barricades.

agentS

(1,325 posts)
35. So...our 'mole' in the tea party is gonna help us win 70 seats in 2014?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:32 AM
Oct 2013

I didn't think the Solid/Stupid South would be up for grabs next year... but if her hand-picked idiots win, then even Mississippi shouldn't be discounted. I'm not saying MS and KY don't have standards- their political standards are low, and anyone Stupid Palin latches onto will be so crazy, even voters in MS and KY will say 'hell nah!' to them!

I never said Landrieu was perfect, but she's a godsend compared to Palin.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
42. The one remaining event that would convince me we live in a holographic Universe...
Sun Oct 20, 2013, 10:53 AM
Oct 2013

...is when Sarah Palin is made chairman of the RNC. That will be when the quantum foam that underlies Reality will stop thinking up possibilities and give a collective "WTF?!"
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