rssTancredo on Palin: ‘I Really Don’t Have This Feeling About Her as Being Presidential’
Monday, March 01, 2010 at 12:01 pm
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Tom Tancredo does an interview with the Dutch paper Handelsblad — which treats him, credulously, as a “Tea Party prominent” — and drops the hammer on his co-Tea Party Convention speaker Sarah Palin.
“I really don’t have this feeling about her as being presidential,” Tancredo said. “I don’t know what it is exactly. I don’t know if the issues really are that difficult for her or not.”
He questions if she has what it takes, and whether she really wants it. “As governor of the state of Alaska, she doesn’t have all that kind of experience. She can get better. But I don’t know if she is really looking to do it.’’
It could all be a commercial thing, just a way to sell books?
“Sure. Make a lot of money and stay in the mix. I think that’s a great idea.’’
John McCain has brought over his former running mate to campaign for him in Arizona, where the Tea Party movement is challenging his seat in the Senate.
She will campaign against J.D. Hayworth, a friend of yours who is on your side in the immigration debate. What does that tell you about Palin?
“That tells me she is a Republican. I am not. I mean, I am a member of that party and that will always stay that way. But to me it’s only a mechanism, a way to get on the ballot and all that. But she is a real Republican.’’
Tancredo’s unlikely to ever re-enter electoral politics, but he remains a hero to a segment of the GOP base that overlaps with Palin’s base.
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9 Comments
Comment posted March 1, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
All revolutions eat their young. This is like Stalin purging Trotsky from the Soviet Union–kinda.
Comment posted March 1, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
Tancredo was a High School Teacher of Social Studies . He is very disappointed on how little HS students seem to come away with knowledge of our Constitution and voting and goverment issues.
No one but legal residents may vote in our elections. Legal is the operative word here.
English is more than helpful to studying American History. The democrat socialist want illegals to be able to vote. FOR THEM.
Sarah Palin wants Americans to get American jobs in Alaska and elsewhere in the USA.
End of story.
Palin 2012
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Comment posted March 1, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
Sarah Palin wants Americans to get American jobs in Alaska and elsewhere in the USA.
I want a jetpack.
The difficulty lies in the similarities of these two statements. Neither is supported by evidence other than stating a vague personal want. Supporting facts (such as leaving previous posts with staggering debt, or the unavailability of jetpacks) suggest the wishes are not based on reality.
Comment posted March 1, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
Sarah Palin wants Americans to get American jobs in Alaska and elsewhere in the USA.
I want a jetpack.
The difficulty lies in the similarities of these two statements. Neither is supported by evidence other than stating a vague personal want. Supporting facts (such as leaving previous posts with staggering debt, or the unavailability of jetpacks) suggest the wishes are not based on reality.
Comment posted March 1, 2010 @ 5:33 pm
All revolutions eat their young. This is like Stalin purging Trotsky from the Soviet Union–kinda.
Comment posted March 1, 2010 @ 5:51 pm
Tancredo was a High School Teacher of Social Studies . He is very disappointed on how little HS students seem to come away with knowledge of our Constitution and voting and goverment issues.
No one but legal residents may vote in our elections. Legal is the operative word here.
English is more than helpful to studying American History. The democrat socialist want illegals to be able to vote. FOR THEM.
Sarah Palin wants Americans to get American jobs in Alaska and elsewhere in the USA.
End of story.
Palin 2012
###
Comment posted March 1, 2010 @ 6:58 pm
Sarah Palin wants Americans to get American jobs in Alaska and elsewhere in the USA.
I want a jetpack.
The difficulty lies in the similarities of these two statements. Neither is supported by evidence other than stating a vague personal want. Supporting facts (such as leaving previous posts with staggering debt, or the unavailability of jetpacks) suggest the wishes are not based on reality.
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Comment posted August 31, 2010 @ 6:00 am
English is more than helpful to studying American History. The democrat socialist want illegals to be able to vote. FOR THEM.
Sarah Palin wants Americans to get American jobs in Alaska and elsewhere in the USA.
End of story.
Palin 2012
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