Palin’s call ‘absolutely ludicrous’

I hate writing about Sarah Palin. I really do. I try not to pay much attention to her because it only bolsters her already overblown, narcissistic, celebrity persona. But a few of her recent developments have really pressed me to say something. On October 18, she was at a Tea Party rally in Reno, Nevada, and she told the crowd:

“Hey, politicians who are in office today you, some of you, need to man up and spend some political capital to support the Tea Party candidates instead of doing this, waiting to see how everything is going to go.”

She goes on to say, “So some of these politicians, the big-wigs within the machine, they’re driving me crazy because they’re too chicken to come and support the Tea Party candidates.”

For one thing, Palin should be the last person to be telling anyone to ‘man up’. She was the one who quit her job. The ‘big-wigs’ as she likes to call them, are trying to do the duties that she ran away from. The fact that she has the nerve to say something like this is absolutely ludicrous.

Second, the reason some in the establishment are wary about the Tea Party is because they possibly hurt the right as much as they help. Yes the base is fired up because of them but at what cost? When Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell won the nomination in Delaware, she essentially gave the Senate seat to Democrats. Her opponent, Mike Castle, was going to win the seat hands down but because of the Tea Party surge, O’Donnell beat out Castle and is now going to lose because her ideology is too far to the right.

So it’s no question why some in the GOP would be wary of Tea Party candidates. They’re great for some things but the net gain is very questionable. And Palin knows that. She just goes against the grain to stand out and make herself look like she’s trying to good for the GOP. But she’s only in this for herself and it’s about time to for the establishment GOP to call her out for the hoax that she is.

There are numerous conservatives that are much more intelligent and knowledgeable than her but they rarely get the airtime and attention she gets. Conservative columnist George Will can have the most enlightening and brilliant ideas but if Palin changes the frames of her glasses, she’ll get more coverage.

Posted by Ian Bridgeforth on Oct 22 2010. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.