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Sarah Palin on Tuesday urged South Carolina voters to support Newt Gingrich in their GOP presidential primary, offering the closest thing to an endorsement the former Alaska governor may come before this weekend's contest.
“If I had to vote in South Carolina, in order to keep this thing going, I’d vote for Newt and I would want this to continue,” Palin said during a FOX News interview Tuesday night.
Her support for the former House speaker, however, was somewhat qualified. Palin said she believed it would be best for the primary campaign to continue, so as to continue to add scrutiny to candidates and forge their strength as an eventual nominee against President Obama.
“More debates, more vetting of candidates because we know the mistake made in our country four years ago was having a candidate that was not vetted, to the degree that he should have been,” Palin explained. “I want to see that taking place this time because America is on this precipice — it’s that important. We need this process to continue."
“We think its a pretty darn clear call to arms,” Gingrich campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond told NBC News shortly after Palin made these comments this evening.
The conservative vote in South Carolina remains split between Gingrich, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Gov. Rick Perry going into the closing days before the Jan. 21 primary in the state.
Each has been rallying voters behind their candidacy as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who would see as the heavy favorite to win the nomination if he were to score a victory in South Carolina.
“If you consolidate the three conservative candidates, we clearly would have a huge margin over Romney, and the challenge for me is to convince conservatives to come home and have a single candidate on Saturday,” Gingrich told a crowd in Florence, S.C. today.
Palin offered words of flattery for Gingrich beyond her support this weekend, crowning him the winner of a Monday night debate. Her husband, Todd Palin, has formally endorsed Gingrich for president.
"Newt Gingrich is a true leader, which he has proven not only since the beginning of his campaign, but throughout his career,” Todd Palin said in a written statement sent out by the Gingrich campaign on Jan. 9.
It is still unknown if either Palin will actually campaign for Speaker Gingrich on the trail.
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Well the quitter is endorsing the rich, ethic violating x-speaker, that left his dieing wife for his new trophy wife, that took a million six to help bankrupt fannie mae. So maybe Sarah is leaving Todd. Maybe Newt will make her his vice president and will be able to cheat on his trophy wife with Sarah. My gibrish makes as much sense as voting for Newt.
It makes more sense! Anything does.
Q: What's the difference between Sarah Palin's mouth and her vagina?
A: Only one retarded thing came out of her vagina.
Yes I know...a joke of very poor taste (but I know all of you are laughing just the same).
A staffer gave a president a BJ because she was enticed by the power of the office. Can you imagine the ego stroke that getting a BJ from a governor would be?
What's the difference between Oilman's mouth and his penis? One spews out urine and the other sh*t
Go ahead cowards, collapse my post and vote for his. Show what a bunch of disgusting human beings you Palin haters are.
did'nt you forget the retarded child that volunteered for iraq duty?
Mr. Steady...wow...I guess you just put me in my place with that witty comment huh? For the record, I don't "hate" Sarah Palin...like most people, I just think she's a dim-witted, narrow-minded, uneducated, and totally hollow opportunist who does nothing but embarass herself (although she's too stupid to realize that) and continue to make us all look like idiots on the international stage.
"..I’d vote for Newt.."
And that says it all....
The lizard just lost more then ever with an endorsement from the Blunder Woman. Those two are the epitome of losers if there ever was.
Sarah Palin: 'I'd vote for Newt' in SC primary
Perfect. Another reason why I will not.
Ron Paul 2012!
Can't you imagine Newt's face when he heard that bit of news???? "Oh, s_____."
HAHAH!
Of course she would vote for Newt. Morons need to stick together. Can we get Huntsman back in the race?
Vetted? So 2 former governors, an ex-speaker of the house, a senator, etc are unknowns. They are people that need to have their backgrounds scrutinized so that the voters can get details on who they are and what their positions are on the key issues that the next President needs understand and attempt to solve. Though not a republican by any means, these candidates should be comparing themselves to President Obama and how they would be a better president than the one we currently have instead of bashing each other. All this in-fighting is doing is giving the Obama campaign every single one of its campaign talking points.
Everytime you listen to Palin since the Tucson Massacre and Blood Libel rant attempting to profess her innocence and righteousness ... it's obvious Palin has deteriorated and slowly descended into madness ...
And this has been plainly obvious about the entire right-wing since Bush if not Reagan and to the day ...
Wake-Up America.
I'm sure Newty Fruity is thrilled!
I'll bet you would, Sarah. He actually mentioned you as a potential VP or energy secretary - he's the only one stupid enough to pick you.
I equate this with the Homer Simpson endorsement. They have the same mentality and relevance.
Wonder how much Romney paid Palin to endorse Newt?
She is the GROSSEST SLUT I have ever seen.
She still have her lesbo girl friend doing her speech writing.
Im pretty sure of my man hood but Id turn Brokeback Mountain bitch before id do her.
Its seal beating time isnt it for heror is it bear killing time.
Surprised she didnt put a target symbol on Newt and say vote for him only to get shot by one of her followers.
Jim Jones wanna be.Drink the cool aid.I REALLY REALLY REALLY DONT LIKE HER REALLY.
I know going to hell ,but she goes with me.YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
Most engineers are conservatives because they are more logical than liberals. You must be a sanitation engineer as they call NY garbage collectors.
As an engineer, I can tell you if you logically dissect what both parties are feeding us you see that NEITHER is doing anything to help the middle class or America.
Democrats say they want to help the middle class which nobody can do but yourself. Republicans say they will provide an evirronment which will allow you to help yourself, less taxes and fewer regulations.
At least someone like boto gets it, rather than the your side/my side garbage that is usually posted on boards like this. The Republicans and Democrats have both their sides yelling at each other so much, using the stupidity of views like 'yeah, our guy did this, but your guy did that' and not paying attention to what is really going on so that what we really have is 2 sides of the same coin 'playing' leaders of America while they are leading our country down the drain for $$$.
Most of what the GOP throws out is just empty rhetoric: there is a lack of evidence that any of it works. Stop regurgitating the party line and look at facts. PS: I'm a member of the GOP.
word is, sarah's twat looks like a robin's nest and smells like the ass of a bear!
Gingrich will be the eventual nominee. You heard it first here. LOL. Romney is like the team that can't get anything but field goals when he gets inside the red zone. Football fans know what I'm talking about. The other team will eventually beat you for not being able to capitalize on opportunities. Romney has been settling for field goals for four years.
Once people see through the media rhetoric and truly listen to Newt and what he has to say instead of twisting it to make him "the child labor president" and the like, he should be the nominee. While the rest of them spew what they want people to hear, Newt truly has ideas. Tough ideas for the me me me crowd to swallow but necessary ideas to get the country back on track. Hell my 11 year old son even walks dogs for the neighbors to make money and knows the responsibility that goes with it. And.....also the rewards.
you cant be a true American and vote for newt....he stole from the tax payers to pay a whore.....but
I guess thats ok with the oldsters...but us under 40 think newt and his dog are to ugly to be POTUS...I hope newt is the nominee so he has to unseal his ethics records...than the baggers will be humiliated!!!
We can only HOPE!
Obama/Biden 2012
jennifer -
1 of 83 was found to be with merit. What else do you want to know? Charges are just that until proven as fact.
And can you tell me where to find the story of Newt taking taxpayer money to pay a whore? Never heard that one before.
Sarah, they were not asking about cookies!
Sarah who?
Well; She does need a lesson in history and where better than the paid HISTORIAN!!!! I can see HER head bobbin up and down NOW!!!
Seeing as this site is patrolled by dem/liberals/progressives the, comments are about what I would expect.
Yep must be Fisty, Bev, Jody, and Phine and their ilk are still in bed. They would be all over this one if they weren't.
no ...GOP followers hate sarah too....embarrassed the hades out of the old guard...just like twinkle toes newtie!!!
We'll see jennifer. The Paul followers remind me of the mindless young that attached themselves to the Obama train in '08. I know several of those 20 somethings who are truly disappointed in the vote they wasted and are not going to repeat. Funny how the untested age jump on the "underdog" bandwagon. (And yes Obama was sort of an underdog. He was supposedly black and had the chance to become POTUS)
The importance of debates by the master debater herself. Perfect.
She was gonna vote for the Hamburgler but Ronald Macdonald told her he was a socialist.
Ahhh...the kiss of death descends from Alaska. Might work in SC, since a majority there seem to think like Palin, but he can write off most of the country with this endorsement. Ms. Palin is yesterday's tra...er, news.
Not "vetted" ... ?? Sarah is clearly IRONY deficient.
Good Grief ! What an example of narcissistic irony. If EVER there was a candidate who was not sufficiently vetted, it is SARAH PALIN.
Social media has changed the game, and I think it has hurt the GOPs position. Abuse thrives in secrecy and isolation. That time is over.
The inmates of the GOP's debtors' prison are talking and they don't like how they have been being treated,...dominated, swindled and enslaved by the greed of corporations.
We will see you on election day.
VOTE DEMOCRAT. VOTE FOR "WE THE PEOPLE". VOTE OBAMA in 2012.
Don't you dare!!!! Voting for a party is exactly the mistakes our fathers made. Vote for a Candidate, one who represents you, one who wants the things you want, like campaign reform, a fare corporate tax structure, actual (not just the appearance of) federal regulation, a real energy policy, and for god sakes will someone stand up and say that it is not Ok for congress to use their "public office for private gain". Vote anti-incumbent, until someone represents you. Ron Paul 2012 and will someone step up and appose the incumbents in congress that is not just waving a party flag.