Photos courtesy of Slates' Dave Weigel:
Fox News reported that she "drew hundreds of supporters to Monday afternoon's rally."
However according to Wiegel (Who is such an objective reporter that I believe he wears his patented Sarah Palin Underoos when he covers her events), said that the "crowd" dispersed after Palin finished scaring away the pigeons and deafening small children for a three mile radius.
If that is true then how do we explain this video apparently taken in between Palin's speech and the appearance of Sharon Angle and Buddy Roehmer?
Just how fast did that crowd "disperse?" Was there a fire?
Perhaps the Teabaggers are just not that into the Palin political prick tease anymore? Here is more from that Fox News report:
A New Hampshire tea party leader couldn't hold back his frustration Sunday night at another rally hosted by the Tea Party Express.
"Once again it is time to determine-- are you here to sell books or are you here to run for president of the United States?" asked Corey Lewandowski, state director for Americans for Prosperity, a tea party ally. "The people of New Hampshire deserve to know, are you serious? And if you are serious, then welcome to the race. And if you're not serious, get out of the way because we're going to elect a new president."
Aside from Monday's visit -- her second in New Hampshire over the last three months -- local operatives say Palin has not moved to hire staff or organize a ground game here in the state that will host the nation's first presidential primary in roughly five months.
"At this late stage, there's been so little infrastructure work for a potential candidacy, I think this is simply Sarah Palin wanting to be part of the process and to help shape the debate for the presidential campaign," said Michael Dennehy, who led Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign four years ago, but is uncommitted this year. "At some point immediately -- meaning the next week or two -- she's going to hurt herself badly if she does not announce that she's not going to run for president."
The head of prominent Granite State conservative think, also a tea party ally, says there is a growing sense of indifference among local conservatives.
"If she had done it right she could be popular here," said Kevin Smith, executive director of Cornerstone. "But I don't feel a lot of energy or enthusiasm here about a Palin run. Voters here in this state, who frankly have been taking this primary seriously since the beginning of the year, are indifferent."
Some have been asking WHY Palin might have faked participating in that Iowa half marathon on Sunday. This is why.
Just like like writing fake letters of support to the local newspapers, wearing glasses that she does not need to hide her lazy eye, or faking a pregnancy to garner support from the pro-life people, THIS is the purely cosmetic approach that Sarah Palin uses to drum up support, or portray herself as healthy, or convince people she is still the gung-ho politician that she was during her campaign for governor.
If you know ANYTHING about Sarah Palin you have to know that her doing something like that is not only feasible, it is predictable.
Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Hampshire. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
New Hampshire Straw Poll puts things back into perspective.
Courtesy of Hampton-North Hampton Patch:
Ron Paul got a great birthday present Saturday, as the 76-year-old defeated 11 other Republicans in Saturday's New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll.
Paul, a congressman from Texas, won a commanding 45 percent of the vote and bested runner-up Mitt Romney by 35 percent despite not attending the event, which was held in New Castle and also included a lobster bake.
There were 302 ballots cast Saturday, and the full vote results are as follows, in the order the candidates were listed on the ballot:
Jon Huntsman - 3 percent ;
Herman Cain - 5 percent;
Rick Perry - 8 percent;
Fred Karger - 0 percent ;
Paul - 45 percent;
Mitt Romney - 10 percent;
Thaddeus McCotter - 8 percent;
Rick Santorum - 3 percent;
Michele Bachmann - 5 percent;
Buddy Roemer - 3 percent;
Gary Johnson - 6 percent;
and Newt Gingrich - 1 percent.
It appears that as we go farther east, Dominionism does not have quite the same cachet as it did in Iowa.
As you can see Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum barely caused a ripple.
Of course as we well know NONE of these straw polls really mean a damn thing. However I think it is worth noting whose name received too few votes to even deserve mention in BOTH contests.
It seems like the whole country is pretty much over Snowdrift Snooki, with the exception of those poor souls trapped on that rocky outcropping in the middle of the Sea O'Pee.
Ron Paul got a great birthday present Saturday, as the 76-year-old defeated 11 other Republicans in Saturday's New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll.
Paul, a congressman from Texas, won a commanding 45 percent of the vote and bested runner-up Mitt Romney by 35 percent despite not attending the event, which was held in New Castle and also included a lobster bake.
There were 302 ballots cast Saturday, and the full vote results are as follows, in the order the candidates were listed on the ballot:
Jon Huntsman - 3 percent ;
Herman Cain - 5 percent;
Rick Perry - 8 percent;
Fred Karger - 0 percent ;
Paul - 45 percent;
Mitt Romney - 10 percent;
Thaddeus McCotter - 8 percent;
Rick Santorum - 3 percent;
Michele Bachmann - 5 percent;
Buddy Roemer - 3 percent;
Gary Johnson - 6 percent;
and Newt Gingrich - 1 percent.
It appears that as we go farther east, Dominionism does not have quite the same cachet as it did in Iowa.
As you can see Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum barely caused a ripple.
Of course as we well know NONE of these straw polls really mean a damn thing. However I think it is worth noting whose name received too few votes to even deserve mention in BOTH contests.
It seems like the whole country is pretty much over Snowdrift Snooki, with the exception of those poor souls trapped on that rocky outcropping in the middle of the Sea O'Pee.