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    Are You Sure Sarah Palin Hasn't Endorsed Newt Gingrich?

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    COMMENTARY | With her latest "Vote for Newt!" harangue on Fox News, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin should stop the pretense that she's undecided in the GOP primary contest and endorse Newt Gingrich for the nomination and, by extension, president.

    "We need somebody who is engaged in sudden and relentless reform and is not afraid to shake up the establishment," she said, as reported by Newsmax. "So, if for no other reason, rage against the machine, vote for Newt, annoy a liberal, vote Newt, keep this vetting process going, keep the debate going."

    Voting for Gingrich is a vote against the machine of Republican Party politics? Party contacts was how he made his millions after retiring from Congress in 1999.

    Palin has yet to openly endorse a candidate, but her words, masked in lip service for a stronger electoral process and the healthy vetting of candidates, have been pro-Gingrich for awhile, including before the South Carolina primary.

    "If I had to vote in South Carolina ... I would vote for Newt. ... More debates, more vetting of candidates," she told Sean Hannity on Jan. 17.

    Palin says the word "vetting" with a straight face, knowing if she'd been properly vetted by Sen. John McCain's staff in 2008, she wouldn't have been his vice presidential nominee.

    Still, after Gingrich's substantial win in South Carolina, Palin scoffed at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's comments on "Meet The Press" that Gingrich was an "embarrassment" by telling Fox News he had made a "rookie mistake" by playing into the media's hands and getting "his panties in a wad."

    She even defended Gingrich against Republican "cannibalism" on her Facebook page.

    And now a call to Floridians to get out the vote for Newt.

    Palin might not have officially endorsed the former Speaker, but she certainly has endorsed him. All that's needed now is a news conference to announce what the public, CNN ("Palin clearly has a favorite"), Politico ("Gingrich's secret weapon"), Newsmax ("crystal clear that she favors") and others already know she has decided.

     

    8 comments

    • Mencken  •  3 mths ago
      "Rage against the machine and vote for Newt"? Ha ha ha, Palin is the gift that keeps on giving. What an embarrassment to the GOP. Love it.
    • The Clamkisser  •  3 mths ago
      Of all people to want to "keep this vetting process going," Palin is the last you'd expect. If she's been properly vetted, we'd never had heard of her.
    • Craig  •  3 mths ago
      The woman is the biggest hypocrite in politics.
    • jackie  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Quit giving Palin ink!
    • letranger  •  Santiago, Chile  •  3 mths ago
      People said that if Ron Paul won Iowa it would make Iowa irrelevant. As it turns out, Gingrich winning South Carolina has made South Carolina irrelevant and now Palin too.
    • Ret Vet  •  Hamburg, Germany  •  3 mths ago
      As Palin says, "Palin told Fox News, "We need somebody who is engaged in sudden and relentless reform and isn't afraid to shake it up. Shake up that establishment. So, if for no other reason, to rage against the machine." I think she actually meant RON PAUL! If there was ever anyone who fit that statement it is surely RON PAUL. Thank for the tip Sarah, RON PAUL gets my vote for wanting to "shake it up" He has been wanting to do it for years and now AMERICA has the chance to really get the change they so desperately need!
    • Ret Vet  •  Hamburg, Germany  •  3 mths ago
      Sorry for the multiple post, it didnt look like it was taking it!
    • The ANTI-BECK  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      I am sure that I don't care!
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