Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
That's what Barbara Bush told Larry King in an interview that is set to air tonight on CNN. Here's the tart Barbara Bush on Sarah Palin, and a somewhat befuddled George H.W. Bush on the tea party that he is "confused" by:
In case you're somewhere where you can't watch the clip, here is what Barbara Bush says about Palin:
"I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful. And I think she's very happy in Alaska. And I hope she'll stay there."
This comes days after Palin told the New York Times magazine that she's "engaged in the internal deliberations" about a potential 2012 bid. Palin also told Barbara Walters recently that if she runs, she thinks she can beat Obama.
And that's with or without Barbara Bush's vote.
Huffin' and puffin', Frank Rich also thinks that Palin can beat Obama in 2012--but only if there's a third-party spoiler (namely, Michael Bloomberg).
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Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
Lovely couple. A tad disconnected perhaps, but no harm, really.
Aug '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
Barbara is stating a personal preference. It should be treated as such. If I were asked the same question, my answer would be much different.
I think that Palin is a wonderful advocate of conservative ideas and a perfect lightning rod for liberal attacks. She is the twitter equivalent of Bill Buckley. She has a straightforward and clear understanding of conservatism that can be expressed 140 characters at a time.
She is neither a philosopher, nor a statesman -- but she is a great voice. She should stay in the arena where she can make the most positive impact. I prefer that she continues as kingmaker and spark for discussion by conservatives regarding what conservatism means.
I would not vote for her in a primary election for President. I believe there are more statesmanlike choices who would benefit from her support and clarity in the primary crucible. I think she should run because it would force candidates to answer very tough questions from primary voters, and increase voter information regarding the "souls" of the candidates in question.
I would vote for her in the general election, as she is far superior to anything the progressives have to offer.
May '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
Frank Rich says that because he is trying to set up Obama's re-election in as easy terms as possible. He doesn't want the DNC to have to spend congressional campaign money trying to bail out the prez against someone like Thune or Pawlenty.
May '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
Barb's got the blood of one President in her veins, married one, and spawned at least one. I must give her a tip of the elite cocktail-swilling squish cap. Know when I'm beat.
My reason for not wanting The Divine Sarah to run is that she simply can't win. No way, no how. She can do the job, but she'll never get the job, and meanwhile she'd cause a lot of distracting drama. It'd be like Rush running for president. Got bad idea written all over it.
Jun '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
At this point I’m an agnostic on whether Palin should run or not, but I will say this: The most devastating questions I have ever heard in a board room were always asked by the guy sitting at the head of the table and were usually prefixed with words to the effect: “I not the sharpest knife in the drawer…” or “I’m a country boy not inclined to fast talkin’ big city ways…” I think you get the point, self-deprecation smoothing the way for the eviscerating shiv. Good president’s don’t do they delegate. To whom do they delegate? Why to experts with expertise. Anyone who can frame a debate in less than 140 words strikes me as someone who can ask the devastating questions that need to be asked. Now, I’m not asking anyone to vote for anyone, I’m just citing personal experience.
Aug '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
The press will be looking for more people who say the same thing. Look what good it did Kathleen Parker . Pretty soon, you'll see TV stars saying mean things, maybe Whoopi Goldberg or somebody from Glee.
Then it will become more and more obscure, we'll be getting a cable show devoted to Hating Sarah, Bill Moyers will be reconstituted. They'll create holographic debates so Abe Lincoln can clean her clock, Emma Lazarus in a pinch will do a roundtable with Margaret Mead and Susan B Anthony.
Tina Fey will be tapped as a new Czar of something sounding crucial to the country's well-being ( maybe guarding Alec Baldwin and Charlie Sheen on Gitmo).
We love Barbara Bush and forgive her patrician asides and we promise not to read the needlepoint pillows in her den.
I can't wait for the day when the press treats Hillary Clinton with the same obvious indulgent snarkiness with which they presented us the Bushes. Shame on them .
Edited on Nov 22, 2010 at 11:32amMay '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
I'm mainly just shocked that one of the Three Furies just referred to Barbara Bush as a tart.
Oct '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
I've said this before and i'll say it again-- The media/MSM is using sarah palin to destroy the GOP (at the same time, Palin is using the media to make money.)
Whether the liberal MSM savages her (which will have conservatives automatically rallying around Palin) or give her and her family some positive attention (the reality show, Bristol Palin in DWTS), the intention here is to build her up by always having her in the news so that she is the "inevitable" choice for conservatives in the primaries-- while denying other rivals for the presidency (christie, mitch daniels, john thune) the attention they need to viably challenge Palin for the Republican nomination.
The defacto leader of the GOP (according to the MSM) used to be Rush Limbaugh. Now, they have someone better: Sarah Palin
The Dems/MSM want to see Palin win the nomination so they can crush her ala Christine o'Donnell and Sharon Angle in the general elections vs Obama.
Edited on Nov 22, 2010 at 8:57pmAug '10
Re: Barbara Bush: Palin is beautiful. I hope she stays in Alaska.
I really wonder if Sarah Palin could bring herself to leave Alaska. Her new reality show paints a picture of a family that is so embedded in the near-wilderness culture of the state that I find it hard to imagine them transplanting themselves to the wretched, corrupt urban culture of Washington, D.C. It's possible that Sarah herself is that ambitious, but could Todd stand trying to play the "first dude" role in an eastern seabord city, where the only wildlife is the rabbits and squirrels? It wouldn't surprise me if the family overruled her at the last moment.