Hello Everyone:

While genuine bipartisanship is a very rare thing right now, it is truly bipartisan in my opinion when there is such a strong consensus coming from conservatives, liberals, and from serious commentators that Sarah Palin's activist base of followers do not care about facts, whether what she says is right or wrong, and how that they have an emotional attachment to Palin where she basically can do no wrong:

1) Michael Smerconish (an author and a conservative leaning talk radio show host):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34015255/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/

'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Read the transcript to the Tuesday show

Guests: Julia Boorstin, Michael Smerconish, Jeanne Cummings, Clarence Page, Steve McMahon, Bart Stupak, Cynthia Tucker

CHRIS MATTHEWS: "Wow. You know, there‘s a—Michael, there she is, sticking it back to Schmidt, saying, if you listen to her words, Don‘t blame me, Schmidt picked me for VP. He was in charge of the vetting, so how can he criticize me, the person he picked? That is the strangest boomerang of argument you‘ll hear in most places.

MICHAEL SMERCONISH, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: I just don‘t think that any minds are being changed by this. I mean, those who constitute the Sarah Palin base—and I hear from them as radio callers all day long—you know, they‘re thrilled by the presentation, by the unrolling. They‘re thrilled to have Sarah Palin, Governor Palin, back on the stage.

But to the moderates and the independents and the more independent thinkers, I don‘t know how she gains any ground..."

Here is the Hardball video link to watch this dialogue (this comment from Michael Smerconish is at about 04:44 into the video):

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/34000590#34000590 (13:43)

Palin settles scores with memoir
Nov. 17: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Cynthia Tucker and radio host Michael Smerconish discuss the real reason behind Sarah Palin’s memoirs. (Hardball) Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sarah Palin - Michael Smerconish - Talk radio - United States

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/34000590#34000590 (13:43)

2) Republican strategist John Feehery and A.B. Stoddard, associate editor of “The Hill:”

In an interview, Republican strategist John Feehery said that Sarah Palin's supporters "love her and no matter what you say against her, they love her even more" and that they "love her passionately" while commentator A.B. Stoddard said about Sarah Palin and her supporters "I don‘t think she (Palin) cares if she knows what she‘s talking about. And I think the people who love her don‘t care either:"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33915944/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/

'The Ed Show' for Thursday, November 12, 2009
Read the transcript to the Thursday show

Guests: David Corn, Clint Van Zandt, Bill Press, Virg Bernero, A.B. Stoddard, John Feehery, Robert Greenwald

JOHN FEEHERY, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: "I would not underestimate the power of Sarah Palin and I think she‘s got enormous support by a certain segment of the Republican base. They love her and no matter what you say against her, they love her even more...

A.B. STODDARD, THE HILL: And look, Ed, to your point, I don‘t think she cares if she knows what she‘s talking about. And I think the people who love her don‘t care either. I don‘t mean to say that she‘s going to be president of the United States, I think she‘s out to get rich and raise her profile and become a big star and stay a big star and I think that‘s going to happen.

ED SCHULTZ, MSNBC HOST: Well, I have to tell you, John Feehery, the level of curiosity from viewers and listeners in the radio its pretty amazing about Sarah Palin.

FEEHERY: Well, you know, Ed, she fits very nicely into the celebrity culture that we all live in. The fact that she has lived kind of a soap opera life only makes her more popular with people who find her—who love her passionately. And the people who hate her passionately..."

3) David Gergen (an overall very pragmatic and realistic commentator in my opinion):

David Gergen agreed with Anderson Cooper when he said that "for the people who support Sarah Palin, it doesn't matter. I mean, it doesn't matter that you can point out all sort of inconsistencies" and "there is no real middle ground it seems with her. People either really like her or really dislike her. And everybody -- it's like a Rorschach test - everybody kind of reads her answers differently:"

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0911/16/acd.02.html

ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES

Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue"; Congressman Jefferson Sentenced; Pres. Obama's Joint News Conference with China's President

Aired November 16, 2009 - 23:00 ET

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: "David, how -- what's interesting, too, is that basically it doesn't really matter. People will, for days now, argue about whether something she said is factually correct or not. But for the people who support Sarah Palin, it doesn't matter. I mean, it doesn't matter that you can point out all sort of inconsistencies.

DAVID GERGEN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: I think that's right, Anderson...

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: David, I want to look at what she said today to Oprah Winfrey about why the campaign failed...

COOPER: It's so interesting, David, watching her. Because I mean she's -- people do not have -- there is no real middle ground it seems with her. People either really like her or really dislike her. And everybody -- it's like a Rorschach test - everybody kind of reads her answers differently.

DAVID GERGEN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: That's interesting. I agree with that, Anderson. And unfortunately for her, she's got a very intense base..."

4) Norah O‘Donnell of MSNBC and liberal commentator Joan Walsh:

Norah O‘Donnell of MSNBC (who I think leans toward the left just like how most of MSNBC does) reported that Sarah Palin's followers have an emotional connection to her and cannot explain why they support her when she said "This is a largely white—almost no minorities in this crowd. And they‘re here because they love Sarah Palin. They have a connection with her, and I think it‘s an emotional connection. A lot of the people I spoke with today were unable to articulate exactly why they supported Sarah Palin" and liberal commentator Joan Walsh called Palin's supporters a "paranoid tea party, maybe even birther crowd that talks about the Constitution, without really understanding what they are talking about. They love her:"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34040671/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/

'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Read the transcript to the Wednesday show

Guests: Mike Viqueira, Norah O‘Donnell, Julia Boorstin, Ceci Connolly, Joan Walsh, Jerry Nadler, Dan Lungren, Eugene Robinson, Steve Kornacki

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: "Sarah Palin‘s book tour is under way up in Michigan tonight. What exactly is she out there stumping for? Is it for political office or something else?

MSNBC‘s Norah O‘Donnell‘s covering Palin‘s stop up in Grand Rapids tonight. And we also have Joan Walsh, who‘s editor-in-chief of Salon.com. Thank you very much.

Norah, what are the people—can you find out what their belief is in Governor Palin? What is it they like about her, apparently?

NORAH O‘DONNELL, NBC CORRESPONDENT: They have a connection with her, and I think it‘s an emotional connection. A lot of the people I spoke with today were unable to articulate exactly why they supported Sarah Palin. One of them said it was because she upholds the Constitution, was confused and thought that Sarah Palin had opposed the bail-out, when in fact, Sarah Palin supported the bail-out. This is a largely white—almost no minorities in this crowd. And they‘re here because they love Sarah Palin.

I think it‘s an emotional connection, Chris...

JOAN WALSH, SALON.COM: So, I think you‘ve got that same kind of paranoid tea party, maybe even birther crowd that talks about the Constitution, without really understanding what they are talking about. They love her..."

Here is the Hardball video link to watch this entire dialogue:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/34025249#34025249 (08:32)

Palin-palooza arrives in Michigan
Nov. 18: Sarah Palin kicked off her book tour in Michigan on Wednesday, but what exactly is she stumping for in that battleground state? MSNBC’s Norah O‘Donnell and Salon.com’s Joan Walsh discuss.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/34025249#34025249 (08:32)

It should also be noted that during this same interview, Joan Walsh could not restrain her own hatred of Sarah Palin:

JOAN WALSH, SALON.COM: "She is a very divisive, mean-spirited person. She is fighting down with her 19-year-old ex-future-son-in-law, who should really be ignored, if anything.

So, you know, I think you see a side of Sarah Palin—Norah is right. People who love her love her. But the general public doesn‘t trust her and sees this kind of mean girl persona that she‘s never grown out of..."

This is very important information for people to be aware of regarding the 2010 mid term election in my opinion because many Palin supporters blindly following her means that a lot of Palin-endorsed Republican primary candidates who are ideologues in the mold of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) will have an advantage over moderate Republican candidates when it is mostly the Palin base and the tea party activists who will work very hard for these candidates and who will vote in Republican primaries in a non-Presidential election year when overall voter turn out is expected to be low.

Remember that Sarah Palin is a mindless and traveling stooge for Rush Limbaugh which means that she would NEVER endorse a mainstream and/or a moderate Republican candidate because Limbaugh wants them purged:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/18192

Sarah Palin, Part 1: Palin is a mindless and traveling stooge for Rush Limbaugh!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on December 8, 2009 - 3:01pm.

Sarah Palin is NOT a joke despite the many foolish things that she has done and said in the past when she is Rush Limbaugh's stooge, when many of her supporters will blindly follow her and work their tails off to help the candidates who she endorses get elected, and when so much is on the line in the future!

Mitch Dworkin

http://mitchdworkin.com/
Check out my political website!

http://www.securingamerica.com/

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RESOURCES: Speeches, Articles, and Career Highlights to help define Gen. Clark!
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on July 7, 2008 - 2:51pm.

http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn/node/7191
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