Ed Rollins to Palin: I knew Reagan. You're no Reagan.

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/01/rollins.palin/


Palin, I knew Reagan. You're no Reagan.
By Ed Rollins, Senior Political Contributor

<snip>

And quit comparing yourself to Ronald Reagan. To paraphrase the late Sen. Lloyd Bentsen's comments to Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice presidential debate: I knew Ronald Reagan, and you're no Ronald Reagan.

You're a media star and a great curiosity. You were plucked out of political obscurity because of the whim of presidential contender John McCain, who didn't know you and made you into an overnight sensation. You performed well for three weeks in the campaign, did better than expected against Joe Biden in the debate and then you self-destructed.

You clearly weren't ready for prime time, but neither was your running mate. After the election, you quit your day job as governor of Alaska with 18 months left in the term and went out and made a fortune making speeches and selling a book.

It was certainly your right, and you're not the first one to cash in on fame. Millions of Americans love you, and I am sure millions more hate you. Unfortunately, that's what happens in politics.

...

Before President Reagan was your age, he was an international movie and television star, the actor's union president and a spokesman for a major U.S. corporation.

I know you were only 2 when Ronald Reagan was elected by a landslide to the first of two terms as governor of California in 1966, but I would have hoped somewhere along the way through the five colleges you attended that you would have learned a little history. And I can tell you being governor of the most populous state is a lot tougher than being governor of one of the least populous ones.

...

Ms. Palin, serious stuff needs to be accomplished in Washington.

If you want to be a player, go to school and learn the issues. Put smart people around you and listen to them. If you want to be taken seriously, be serious. You've already got your own forum. If you want to be a serious presidential candidate, get to work. If you want to be an imitator of Ronald Reagan, go learn something about him and respect his legacy.

If you want to be a gadfly, just keep doing what you're doing.

[malaise]

1. Come on ReTHUGS

Eat your own in public - make my day :rofl: :popcorn:

[sabra]

5. Jeb Bush and Joe Scar too, and it's only Wednesday...

:rofl:

[malaise]

13. She'll be old news come

2011 - this will be hilarious to watch. :rofl:

[Zoeisright]

2. Bleh. Reagan was no Reagan.

I am sick to death of the media conflating that hack actor into a "great man". He was a mean old man who started this ruinous slide our economy has been on for thirty years. He lied constantly and hid behind his "nice grandpa" act, while killing thousands of people.

Ed Rollins has too much shit in his background to be pronouncing judgment on anybody. I hate Palin with a white light, but then I hate all repukes for their lying, meanness, deliberate ignorance, and hypocrisy.

[Enrique]

6. I knew Reagan

he was a lot like Palin. He was "a curiosity", as Rollins called Palin.

[uppityperson]

7. Indeed. Palin's very much like him except HE could memorize his lines.

[Gregorian]

15. Exactly!

Bonzo is no Reagan. You have to drop down a notch in primates before you get below the Palin/Reagan level.

It's very clear what is going on in the USA. And it's why Obama is having such a difficult time with his agenda. He cannot break out of the puppet mode in which the president must perform nowadays. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the lobbyists and corporations aren't confining and constraining a real leader's efforts.

Just read our script.

And I want to add that Palin is even more like Reagan in the sense that she is where she is because of her appearance. Good looks and vibrant energy are what the authoritarian followers want as their cheerleader. (Although I find her repulsive. About as sexy as a blowup doll.)

[uppityperson]

19. Indeed. The biggest difference I can see is papabush isn't behind her

ooooo, that put a bad picture in my mind.

[PearliePoo2]

31. a picture that Poppy himself has probably envisioned! nt

[Tikki]

9. + infinity...

reagan was a horrid man.

Tikki

[hlthe2b]

3. Zing.... I knew she'd really stepped in it when she brought up Reagan...

Those Raygun accolades have created their myth sufficiently that they will pounce on anyone trying to counter it, or capitalize on it.

[lumpy]

11. When Rollins callls out Palin, you know they have an

elephant on their backs. Bet they are hating McCain at this point for introducing her to the general public.

[hlthe2b]

22. Yes... Rollins even called out McCain for his ignorance in picking her...

And, here, I thought the PRAVDA article was my fav on Palin. :evilgrin:



In case you missed it. (read the whole article-- it won't disappoint:

If Sarah Palin is not some kind of a massive political joke in the USA, wheeled out to liven up the political scene from time to time with nonsensical and pastiche (one hopes) displays of sheer and utter ignorance, then it is worrying. It is even more so if anyone other than a manic depressive suffering from a chronic lack of lithium takes this...female...seriously. --snip--

http://www.moscowtopnews.com/?area=postView&id=2154

[malaise]

27. That is a very accurate picture

of Lady Blah Blah. That woman is an idiot.

[Rambis]

4. Never speak ill of another republican

I guess they both forgot that lesson:puke:

[Skidmore]

8. The old guard is trying to make her a distant memory before the

2012 primary.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. I can't wait to hear Sarah Heather Palin's tweets on these attacks

you know she's like a freshman high school Heather and won't be able to shut up
and have to say something to Joe and Ed soon..... her two sophomore buddies in the same clique.

I feel like Jon Stewart when he says 'tell me more' and puts his hand in front of his mouth like a schoolboy
to make a joke about the news.

[JBoy]

12. This is only the amuse bouche of the meal to be made of a Candidate Palin.

I think she will not run, because her opponents and the party establishment will be brutal on her. Palin will milk the will she/won't she as long as possible though.

I now await breathlessly Palin's 140 character reply to this smackdown.

[malaise]

14. I await the twit's tweet

response :popcorn:

sp

[tammywammy]

18. I don't think she ever replied to the Scarborough smack down from yesterday n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. It takes a long time to do 140 characters

you know.... grammar, spelling, thought, typing etc are tough for her.

it will come...

[PearliePoo2]

29. If she does (and you know she WANTS to)

She'd better hang on tight, because Scar has a mean streak that even "Mean Sarah" will wince at.
She'll find out what "to eviscerate" really is. :rofl:

[joeybee12]

16. Palin is more like reagan than these nutjobs wanna admit...

although i like to see repuke on repuke violence, so go for it Ed

[JBoy]

17. Quayled!

[PearliePoo2]

21. Ms WolfKiller has stepped in it now (and this is a GOOD thing)

Taking nasty shots at Poppy Bush, Babs, Reagan, Michele Obama...there's no one she doesn't hate.
True...Ronnie Alzheimer has been elevated to a status he doesn't deserve by these bots, but they will defend him to the end.
Scar, Nicole Wallace, and now Ed Rollins are taking her on. I expect more to pile on as the effort to expose this cretin for the lying, mean, stupid phony she is, gains momentum.
The ReThugs are scared shitless by this monster they enabled and unleashed on the American public.

[trusty elf]

23. .......

[PearliePoo2]

28. hahahaha!

and...just now saw the FLAG!
:rofl:

[malaise]

30. DUzy

:rofl:

[tpsbmam]

24. Oh man, I love it! Yeah, yeah....Reagan was a dolt and holding him up as an

ideal is almost as stupid as Palin herself. But....man, I loved this! Five colleges.....go to school....bwwwaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa! :rofl: :rofl:

[Dr.Phool]

25. Ed Rollins does know nuts.

He did try to manage Katherine Harris for a while in 2006.

I think that experience left him sobbing in a corner.

[mainer]

26. Ouch! When Republicans attack, they twist that knife hard

Can't wait for the Sarah tweets.

[area51]

32. Burn!

:rofl:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

33. Did he mean it as a compliment or an insult?

I mean, wouldn't anyone with a functioning brain be insulted by being compared to Ronnie "The Drool" Reagan?

[Forkboy]

34. Rollins vs Palin over Reagan. Two shitheads arguing over a third.

Does it get any better than that? :)