Uh-Oh! Palin was a no-show at an anti-abortion event in Minneapolis, and some are not happy.

[jefferson_dem]

Disappointing

I'm at a Republican National Coalition for Life event Sarah Palin was supposed to appear at; she's cancelled. These are pro-life people rallied by her selection and it would have been an excellent, welcoming forum.

09/02 05:10 PM

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[LSparkle]

1. Uh-oh. Maybe she doesn't need to work on that speech after all

This is a natural fit for her ... Wonder why she didn't show up.

[Occam Bandage]

2. Well, I'm sure she's busy being vetted.

[gateley]

3. They're not letting her see the light of day.

Just watched a clip of Biden speaking in Florida today. I was thinking -- that's something we'll never see, McCain sending Palin out on her own to campaign.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. BIDEN KICKED BUTT.

I am so glad he's on our ticket.

[Cha]

8. Did you see Joe Biden in

person?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

28. shook his hand in Chicago @ Y-Kos.

sent him money, think he's great.

[gateley]

18. Me, too. :-D. nt

[demo dutch]

4. Palin canceling events, and McCain canceling CNN, Something is going on!

[nickyt]

7. "Duck and cover"!

[maseman]

10. It's called cramming for a speech

[Virginia Dare]

11. Too many inconvenient truths...n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

12. She's leaving ... on a midnight plane to Alaska!

Leaving on that midnight plaaaaaaane .... whoo-hoo.

I'd rather live in my world, then live without her in mine .....

[MO_Dem]

16. Maybe they are kicking Cheney out

of his "unknown secure location" so they can move in. :rofl:

[demo dutch]

23. I think they're trying to get their stories straight, too many hard questions

[lurky]

6. Or maybe she is getting ready to step down.

Missing big events like this looks pretty bad. This is how rumors get started.
:evilgrin:

[Virginia Dare]

9. Oh my that wasn't very nice..

she pissed off the old bat Phyllis Schafly. Oh Sarah, where art thou?

[smoochpooch]

13. If they want to attract Hillary supporters, they don't want her to appear at an anti-abortion rally

Remember FoxNews and their "pro-choice" graphics last week? They want the Right to think she is pro-life and pro-choicers to believe she's pro-choice.

[yardwork]

19. I believe they've given up on the Hillary supporters switching to Palin.

The anti-abortion loons are the only constituency left for Palin. If she's not willing to talk to them, who is she willing to see?

[gabby garcia]

14. every waking moment..

is being spent on prepping her for Republican consumption. I would imagine she is being schooled in a rapid paced Pygmalion manner.

[yardwork]

21. I doubt that, actually. She seems to be a pretty good public speaker.

I don't think anyone is prepping her. Who would be qualified to do so? The people who prep Gramps?

I think she's sulking. She doesn't like to be criticized.

[gabby garcia]

24. seriously..

you don't think she's sitting in a room right now being spoonfed Repuke Foreign Policy talking points?

[yardwork]

33. She already knows them - guns, God, and gays. What else do they have?

[Windy]

25. Shes a good public speaker? You're kidding me right?

I've seen her speak on television and watched her on You Tube. She comes off as an airhead. She is the caliber of a local election candidate, the VP.

[yardwork]

32. All Republicans come off as airheads, at best.

Airhead is a huge improvement over their usual performances.

[Quixote1818]

15. Maybe she too nervous to speak to people right now? nt

[yardwork]

17. Apparently she can't handle criticism.

This is excerpted from an old opposition compilation that is posted on another thread:

Frontiersman Editorial: Palin Blamed Everyone But Herself. A Frontiersman editorial wrote, “The
mayor’s administration has been one of contradiction, controversy and discord. While she will blame
everyone but herself, we see mostly Sarah at the center of the problem.”

Critical Group Called on Palin to Meet with Them, She Said they Could Fax the Questions. In 1997,
a Wasilla group called Concerned Citizens asked Palin to appear before them to answer questions, but the
Frontiersman wrote, “she doesn’t intend to face the hostile group to answer their questions.” Her deputy
administrator said that the group could fax the questions and she would answer them then. 3/5/97]

Frontiersman Editorial Slammed Palin For Not Tolerating Dissent. A Frontiersman editorial wrote,
“Wasilla is led by a woman who will tolerate no one who questions her actions or her authority.”


Frontiersman Editorial: Palin Philosophy Is People Are Either With Her or Against Her. A
Frontiersman editorial wrote, “Palin continues to lose public faith sticking by her philosophy that either
we are with her or against her.”

[Unsane]

20. She is stepping down.

IMO

[Cali_Democrat]

22. Palin and McCain are hiding from the media

How long do they think they can keep this up?

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Hiding from the public-Now, THAT's a novel campaign strategy! (nt)

[HooptieWagon]

29. Who knows, maybe it will work?

We do know they can't stand the heat of media inquiry.

[hvn_nbr_2]

36. You know the old saying

Better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

[AkFemDem]

27. Is John McCain still alive? Has anyone seen him since the VP nom.?

[DCBob]

30. This smells of something big brewing. Why cancel an event with a very friendly crowd?

I think Sarah is toast.

[DFLforever]

31. Exactly - a VERY friendly crowd

something's up.

[Critters2]

34. I suspect Sarah is being spirited back to Alaska. nt

[LostInAnomie]

35. Calm down, people. Palin isn't going to step down,

It's common for high profile politicians to skip events like this. They are full of the most disgusting of the disgusting, pro-birth crowd. Politicians like to pay lip service to the scum that attend these things, but they never want to take the chance of getting saddled with something inflammatory that one of the bomb throwers there might say.

With the media keeping their eyes on Palin, she's not going to take the risk of being exposed.