Politico’s Chief Political Correspondent Calls Palin a ‘Circus Act’

"I don't think she's taken seriously as a policy person. I don't think that's the sort of circus act Republicans are looking for. I think she'll get tons of coverage. It's hard to see her at this point being taken as a serious person."

July 1, 2009 at 5:57 pm - MSNBC
Dateline: Washington DC
Michael   July 1st, 2009 - 6:14 pm

She is a circus act. Hope you all vote in this harpie, Sarah Palin for 2012.

danshanteal   July 1st, 2009 - 6:21 pm

listen mr allen. stop calling people names.

Exactly who is the circus act?   July 1st, 2009 - 6:22 pm

With a little red fluff on either side and a painted nose, you would suffice.

This Country is going down the drain and Mrs. Palin sure can give ‘em he11 which is a lot more than that j.o. Sanford and all the libtard dummycraps.

I would vote for her   July 1st, 2009 - 6:28 pm

Why so cruel? Because she’s a woman?

zacal   July 1st, 2009 - 6:30 pm

On his radio show today, John Ziegler asked Mike Allen MULTIPLE TIMES for a SPECIFIC INTERVIEW Palin did which he(Allen) considers “stupid”(as he said in this clip) and MIKE ALLEN COULD NOT GIVE AN ANSWER. He got pummeled by Ziegler.(who considers him a friend!) Allen should stick to writing because on-air he falls apart under the slightest scrutiny. How about apologizing Mike???

Old Man   July 1st, 2009 - 6:37 pm

Mike who?

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bluecollarbytes   July 1st, 2009 - 8:11 pm

This from a guy that is under constant pressure to provide daily filler over at the Politico. The site Grows, but the net content-value remains the same. The Politico has become more like the ‘perez hilton’ of politics compared to our more established serious political publications.

GBM   July 1st, 2009 - 8:27 pm

Interesting. She should keep her head down and stay in Alaska. She is a joke and she doesn’t have traction. AND, everyone wants her for a fund raiser because no one wants anyone to attend their fund raiser and they don’t want to make any money at the event. Oh, she actually draws crowds? So, then she does have a following and people may vote for her. Wow, this is all too confusing. Maybe the elite don’t like a common sense person getting support from other common sense folks.

stormy58   July 1st, 2009 - 8:36 pm

Mike Allen is jealous of Sarah Palin (1) I’m certain she can whip his fat butt everyday of the week and twice on Sunday and (2) She looks much better in women’s clothing and high heels than he does. Stop bashing on the woman.

Bill   July 1st, 2009 - 10:21 pm

I know who Sarah Palin is. Who the hell is Mike Allen?
She runs a state. He strings words together.
Maybe that is where this deep rooted dislike springs from.

James K   July 1st, 2009 - 10:36 pm

I’d rather be a circus act, than the democratic party FREAK SHOW. Have you seen Pelosi lately? Or Obama/Dumbo?

Freedom Now!   July 1st, 2009 - 11:00 pm

Now that we see the results of the terrible mistake this country has made, most Americans would take Sarah Palin over this scary Communist dictator Obama in a minute!

RogerCfromSD   July 2nd, 2009 - 12:39 am

I think Obama’s an evil, Socialist creep. Does Allen care what I think? Nope. So, who cares what this arrogant putz who will never make a real difference thinks?

Or, for that matter, who cares what any liberal thinks? They’re also crazy from their irrational hatred of Palin (any WHY, exactly?), that they never make any sense.

If she runs. I’m voting for her. It makes absolutely no difference to me how many insults these fools heap on her. I’ll choose her over them any day.

duncan   July 2nd, 2009 - 2:20 am

Shes still sexy as hell

Checkit   July 2nd, 2009 - 5:38 am

The left has failed to see that the attacks on Palin are now at the point where attacks are now increasing support for Palin (people are tired of it). The group “NOW” ( I think that is their name) a left womens group came out and defended her against letterman, A left womens group supporting Palin? WOW! But hey! you lefties please keep attacking Palin, as All your attacks fail and show your complete stupidity to the world. But the Number #1 thing it shows is your FEAR of Sarah Palin, you lefties Fear her solid stance, you fear her soild moral values, you fear that having someone in office that will actually do what they say and actually do what is right for America will harm the Democratic party as you don’t have anyone in your party that has any solid moral values like that. The left can’t stand for this a person that is for REAL and a down to earth honest spoken, solid stance, that doesn’t waffle, you Dems can’t stand that… you want someone in your party to be that firm and that admirable. There are several reasons the left fears Srah Palin, but one for sure one is the 8 years she will have as Presdient and how much better America, Isreal, The World will be during her time in office, and that will cost your party future elections, as she digs for oil off our own coast and gas prices begin to lower… Not enough space here but I can name hundreds of reasons why the left fears Sarah Palin.

Find someone else!   July 2nd, 2009 - 10:40 am

Checkit,
I was just wondering how conceiving a child out of wedlock and thus setting a fine example for your daughter, who did the same, is an example of someone who anyone should, “fear for her solid stance, her solid moral values, or fear having someone in office that will actually do what they say”.

Zeigler asked Mike Allen for an example of when Palin said something stupid. Mike probably suffered from sensory overload! When didn’t she say something stupid? She was found wanting in almost every interview she did. The whole Saturday Night Live bit with Tina Faye was effective because of her gaffes not due to her abilities. Let’s flip that question; when did she say anything smart?

The people who should really fear Palin are Republicans who cannot afford another disaster at the polls.

Shari   July 2nd, 2009 - 12:36 pm

I’ll put Sarah Palin up against Nancy Pelosi any time, any day, any where. Sarah is looking out for the United States of America and it’s
Constitution. Nancy is looking out for what’s in it for Nancy and how much is she going to make on the deal. That’s the difference between the left and the right. I must agree that the reason Sarah gets trashed is because the left is afraid of her….if she was a stupid nobody they would toss her aside like a rag doll. And before you start putting down her family you should start looking in your own closet.

Find someone else!   July 2nd, 2009 - 12:51 pm

Sarah is not running against Pelosi; she will probably be running against Hilary Clinton. Sarah can’t even run Alaska. The economy up there is a mess, she spends too much time running around selling Sarah, and folks are getting fed up! Not only will she not be President, she will be lucky if she is still governor in 2012.

As far as putting down her family is concerned, she is the one who grabbed the mantle of morality and family values. If you can’t walk the walk, don’t talk the talk!

ynot4tony2   July 2nd, 2009 - 3:35 pm

Michael said: “She is a circus act. Hope you all vote in this harpie, Sarah Palin for 2012.”

You liberals aren’t fooling anyone, you know. If you didn’t fear her, you wouldn’t feel the need to call her cruel names and constantly insult her.

Ever notice how we conservatives don’t throw a lot of personal insults at Joe Biden? Because there is a man who is truly stupid, and his stupidity is readily apparent to anyone else who is not stupid.

Find someone else! said: “Zeigler asked Mike Allen for an example of when Palin said something stupid. Mike probably suffered from sensory overload! When didn’t she say something stupid? She was found wanting in almost every interview she did.

This is a weak debating tactic of the American liberal. When pressed to “name one example” all they can do is bleat on about, “But there’s just too many,” or “I wouldn’t know where to begin,” all the while completely failing to actually name a single example (out of an alleged many) to back up their claim.

You lose, but thank you for playing.

Dr. Mary Pat Jordan said: “It’s funny how 99% of you GOP whack jobs never even heard of Sarah Palin a year ago and now you fervently believe she’s the savior of the free world.”

Is that an actual statistic, or just another liberal talking out of her hind end? I would guess that you’re like so many liberals we saw on tv during the election cycle, when pressed to name a single accomplishment Obama had, came up empty (which is okay, it’s actually a trick question. He never accomplished anything worth a crap).

ynot4tony2   July 2nd, 2009 - 3:44 pm

Find someone else! said: “As far as putting down her family is concerned, she is the one who grabbed the mantle of morality and family values. If you can’t walk the walk, don’t talk the talk!”

Could you explain this nonsense, please? So just because a person takes a stance on morality and family values, that makes their family fair game?

Oh, wait. You’re an Obama voter. You might also be a student of Alinksy’s “Rules for Radicals” as well, just like Obama is. Level mean-spirited attacks for the sake of mean-spirited attacks. Real brave, real honest. Bravo, lefty. You’re a good little Marxist.

Find someone else!   July 2nd, 2009 - 3:51 pm

tony,
Here are a few examples for you. How about, “whatever do you mean?” in regards to a question about the Bush Doctrine when she was clearly clueless as to what the question meant? Or maybe her priceless gem in the Biden debate when she refused to answer a question and ADMITED as much by trying to change the subject clumsily, “I would rather answer this question instead”. When asked a question about Africa, she clearly thought that Africa was a country and not a continent composed of countries. There are a lot of good, capable Republicans out there. Pick someone else! And what intelligent statement DID she make while campaigning. She could not handle Couric or anyone else with the possible exception of the disgustingly fawning Sean Hannity.

peter c   July 2nd, 2009 - 6:07 pm

There is going to be an armed revolution in this country if all these lying Libs continue to destroy America. What’s DR Jordon and Find someone else and all the Libs in the media, in colleges etc… gonna do then…Cry? Say they were dupped….run away?Call the Communist ACLU…or the G@y Teacher’s Unions to save them? Maybe the Thugs in ACORN or the SEIU?The Military won’t help you..You have been bashing them for decades.Maybe kerry will report for duty.
Wake up….vote all these bums out..Boycott MSNBC,CNN,NBC,CBS,ABC, the N.Y.Times,Time and Newsweek Magazines…RESIST NOW!

Larse   July 2nd, 2009 - 8:23 pm

Sarah is all that is left of the GOP’s hopes… And us left wing Democrats are very happy about that :)

Looks like Sanford is not going to resign but rather carry on the GOP torch in SC too! :)

Have a nice forth everyone! And teabaggers, don’t make the cops bust your heads :D

AP   July 3rd, 2009 - 12:31 am

Find someone else!:

And Obama thought there were 57 states of America and one left to go, that’s worse than the Africa thing in my book, he campaigned in America, he should have at least picked up a thing or two about it. He also thinks that Israel got the largest part of land over the Arabs. Among other comments which were simply in bad taste and unbecoming of a man in his position.

But since we’re talking about VP’s, maybe we should take a look at “Born with a Silver Foot in his Mouth” Biden who thinks a man in a wheelchair can stand. Biden thinks websites go by numbers as in a telephone, he thinks “Jobs” is a three letter word. He said FDR talked about the stock market crash in 1929 on TV – it wasn’t invented yet and FDR wasn’t the president. Just a short list of MANY stupid things Biden has said, do a search and find the rest, they are quite entertaining and Biden makes more each time he opens his mouth on record.

Palin may not have had the experience of having to constantly defend herself from underhanded verbal attacks, but shes getting LOTS of practice. She wont be making the same mistakes (and hasn’t so far) the next time she gives an interview. And the only thing liberals will come up with is 4 year old rehash, while Obama is creating a nice laundry list of cons for his next opponent in 2012. And what does Obama do when he gets asks an unscripted question or misses a beat on his teleprompter? Uhh, ummm, ohh, uhh…

And Palin hasn’t even stated anything about running in 2012, yet the dems think its a real possibility and are already revving up the smear machine to go full on the offensive specifically against her. Its 3 very long years away and they act like its already happening. Its pathetic that a so called “ignorant nobody” instills so much hatred and fear in liberals.

JameS   July 3rd, 2009 - 12:24 pm

The scary thing is that there are so many people who are so uneducated and naive about national politics, that they would actually vote for Palin. Her answers to the questions put to her made it completely obvious that she is a novice. Her popularity relates to her good looks, her redneck background, her ability to read a script, and her ability to create controversy, none of which qualifies her to lead a nation. The difference between her intellectual abilities and those of Obama, make it ridiculous to even compare the two. The thought of her trying to deal with a smart,sharp, and tough-as-nails leader like Putin is frightening.

Americans sometimes make our democratic process look like a circus, because of their own ignorance and willingness to believe what they want, no matter what the truth is.

Libs r Losers!   July 3rd, 2009 - 3:24 pm

You all better hope that Palin is what ‘we’ know she is, cause tomorrow, July 4th she’s in the spotlight, THANK GOD,
when N Korea fires off that rocket, and the interceptors are located in —–yes, Alaska! Good thing we’ve got the ‘right women for the job! She’ll get the job done! Obumbler will ‘check with Russia, China, and Japan—-to see if it’s OK to defend ourselves! What a loser ‘pretend’ POTUS we are stuck with! Who voted for this loser, anyway! No regrets yet?
C’mon, you know you all screwed up, big time! Fess up! Want to take your vote back now, while you still can?

Libs r Losers!   July 3rd, 2009 - 3:30 pm

JameS July 3rd, 2009 – 12:24 pm it ‘COULD’ READ THIS WAY AS WELL ……………

The scary thing is that there are so many people who are so uneducated and naive about national politics, that they would actually vote for Obumbler. HIS answers to the questions put to HIM made it completely obvious that HE is a novice. HIS popularity relates to his color, HIS background, his ability to read a script (teleprompter), and HIS ability to create controversy, none of which qualifies HIM to lead a nation.

Mr. Naturally   July 3rd, 2009 - 4:34 pm

This is typical Saul Alinsky stuff, and it worked well against Bush during his presidency. This country is going to be a Third World country thanks to both parties by the time Ms. Palin would even be in a position to run, and we’ll need someone really special to pull us out of the bomb crater. I don’t think she has it, specifically.
A second term for the jug-eared lying Chicago bag man will be out of the question and will be obvious even to the Kool-Aiders now sticking like band aids ™ to his suave madness.
Problem is that this Alinsky technique works wonders with the great unwashed hoi polloi, so Sarah will be a double-plus un-person still. Happy landings, all!

AP   July 3rd, 2009 - 8:19 pm

JameS:

Try reading the unedited transcripts of her “disaster” interviews with the Obama cheerleaders. Hint: they are much different than what aired. Many of the answers given were abridged to the questions asked, in a way that made her sound stupid. The media does this to smear people they hate. And the uninformed, like Obama supporters, lap it up like liquid bling.

Anyone also notice how all the fascist leaders of the world approved of Obama? Its not because he could handle the job, its because they know hes a cold fish, inexperienced and unwilling to stand for America. And this is more evident every day, even some liberals are beginning to wake up. Those who don’t are simply holding on to the pipe dream of hope and change. Well guess what, once Obama is done all you’ll have is a lot of hope [for something better] and some change in your pocket.

Sheltiman   July 4th, 2009 - 10:46 am

I’d rather have “A Circus Act” in Washington than a Socialist. Besides, they don’t run this country, we do.

Norm   July 5th, 2009 - 7:15 am

If one wants to ponder Circus Acts, ponder this:

a) It took the Obamawack administration EIGHT DAYS to figure out whether Iranians being gunned down for protesting a fraudulent election and demanding basic civil liberties deserved to be acknowledged by the president of the United States.

b) It took the Obamawack-Team less than EIGHT HOURS to side with Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega over the ouster of Manuel Zelaya in Honduras.

Impeachment in 2010. Palin has the LEFT LUNATIC FRINGE sh@tting themselves.

AP   July 5th, 2009 - 11:04 am

Norm, and what Obama and his administration (media included) flat out failed to realize-or-admit is that what happened in Honduras was NOT a military coup, it was a totally legal removal (as outlined in Honduran constitution) of a president attempting to seize illegal power. The interim president is a civilian, not another Manuel Noriega.

Obama stands with the likes of tyrants, no surprise. His experience in foreign relations is really paying off, but of course being born in Kenya or getting an education at a Muslim school in Indonesia doesn’t make you qualified. Any other president would have egg on their face for this, but not The One.

I applaud the Hondurans for having the gumption to uphold their constitution against tyranny. This is the kind of commitment Americans used to have for this country, now most just want to tear it down while the idiot box keeps Americans inoculated from reality.

SparkyVA   July 12th, 2009 - 5:33 pm

The law of surprise conversion should be of concern to the Liberal Media. With all these niggardly (that is not a racist word, go to the dictionary please if you don’t know what it means) you run the risk of independents actually listening to the lady’s speeches and coming away with a changed attitude, a conversion toward the lady when they discover your reporting was wrong. Keep lowering all your minion’s expectations, the smart ones will figure it out.
P.S. with the falling newspaper readership (except for Murdock’s Wall Street Journal) and the falling TV ratings (except for Murdock’s Fox channels), you might consider a change in reporting styles so that you won’t have to retire early. I would recommend “objective” as a promising style, Democrats, Republicans, and independents might then be interested in what you have to say. “Liberal” has had its day and is rapidly becoming “passe”.

frostyredbird   July 16th, 2009 - 12:36 pm

The age old method of verbally destroying a decent person is OVER! She’s no longer
the governor of Alaska therefore is not bound by those rules – any media flunkie who de
decides to attack Sarah Palin now will be subject to being sued by her attorneys and
I am soooo glad! they’ve had their fun – now we’ll have ours. She has a Gallup
pole rating of 72% approval rating – find one stupid liberal who has gone thru
the firing line as Sarah Palin has that can claim an approval rating of 72%!

Suckahs!!! Keep it up – the public is wise to the old trick of berating and
denigrating a person to make others dislike them – all it does is prove that
liberals are mentally deficient – after all, look who you put in office? How’s
that working for you now! Have you heard the latest in taxation that is coming
down? yep – you all really have a hero in BO – a REAL loser…

Alex   July 16th, 2009 - 2:48 pm

Mike Who? The circus act is the current administration that is sticking our children with trillions of deat and a socialized system. Next they will repeal the 18th admendment so Lord Obama can rule from a throne and the “I will do anything to stay elected” Democrat party gives everything to everyone but those who work. Aha to be a third world country like Mexico….can’t wait.

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