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Title: Sarah Palin Is Toxic
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WP
URL Source: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/pl ... majority_sees_palin_endor.html
Published: Jun 24, 2010
Author: Greg Sargent
Post Date: 2010-06-24 15:16:02 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 2401
Comments: 9
Commentators keep telling us how influential Sarah Palin's endorsements are, and even if the whole "mama grizzly" meme is clearly overstated, there's no quibbling with the fact that Palin has pull among GOP primary voters. But the more interesting point to be made about Palin is how toxic she's become among the broader electorate. In fact, buried in the internals of the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll is an amusing number: A majority see a Palin endorsement as a clear negative. The poll asked people how they'd respond if a Congressional candidate had various hypothetical attributes. Asked how they'd feel if a candidate were "endorsed by Sarah Palin," the response was.... Enthusiastic about this attribute 8 Comfortable with this attribute 17 Have some reservations about this attribute 15 Very uncomfortable with this attribute 37 So a majority, 52%, reacted negatively. And an astonishing 37 percent would be "very uncomfortable" about a Palin endorsement, more than four times the eight percent who would be "enthusiastic" about it. Even better, there were only two attributes a candidate might have that were seen as worse than a Palin endorsement: Supporting Bush's economic policies; and supporting the elimination of various Federal agencies and/or Social Security. Obviously those pointing to Palin's influence are only concerned with her impact among GOP primary voters. But the above finding is another mark of just how toxic Palin has become to the rest of the world -- and how out of sync with public opinion the media obsession with Palin's influence really is.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Palin isn't running for office. Her endorsements, and appearances, have helped win 10 primaries out of 13 so far (I think thats the correct number). She's raising a ton of money, and awareness for new candidates. Her effectiveness is stunning, and as this hit piece shows, scary to the Leftwingnuts and their proponents in the MSM, like the WaPo.
Indeed it is. I can only hope Teabagger leader, Dick Armey, keeps her out there front and center for all to witness and enjoy. {{{smirk}}}
Armey is the guy you on the Left want to run against. He's no more a leader within the TP or GOP than the idiot going 55 mph in the highspeed lane is the leader of a parade.
1,500,000 Google hits for Tea party leader Dick Armey don't lie. No one else comes close.
You are indeed correct numbskull. Results 1 - 10 of about 72,300,000 for tea party leader sarah palin.
Using a vatican citizens logic. If Armey leads the Tea party based on Google search returns then the pope is a pedophile as are all Catholics. Our founders warned us about what they called : papists.
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#2. To: Badeye (#1)
Her effectiveness is stunning,
#4. To: Brian S (#2)
#5. To: Badeye (#4)
Armey is the guy you on the Left want to run against. He's no more a leader within the TP or GOP than the idiot going 55 mph in the highspeed lane is the leader of a parade.
#6. To: mininggold (#5)
1,500,000 Google hits for Tea party leader Dick Armey don't lie. No one else comes close.
#7. To: Ibluafartsky, A K A Stone (#6)
1,500,000 Google hits for Tea party leader Dick Armey don't lie. No one else comes close.
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