Palin, Bush II, and Cheney NOT Speaking in Tampa.

Question: What is it that Republicans are trying to forget anyway?
Answer: Everything prior to January 2009.


Sarah Palin has announced that she will not be speaking at the 2012 Republican National Convention, saying it’s time to give others a chance.

“This year is a good opportunity for other voices to speak at the convention and I’m excited to hear them,” she said in a statement to Fox News’s Greta van Susteren.

The announcement comes as Palin, who was the big-ticket item at the 2008 convention as the party’s vice presidential nominee, seeks to find a place for herself in a Republican Party whose establishment is wary of her unpopularity. Similarly, former president George W. Bush and former vice president Dick Cheney, who could also pose problems for the GOP by speaking at the convention, will not appear.

Palin reiterated that she fully supports Mitt Romney and his new running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but said that she will focus her efforts on electing Republicans to Congress.

“As I’ve repeatedly said, I support Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan in their efforts to replace President Obama at the ballot box, and I intend to focus on grassroots efforts to rally independents and the GOP base to elect Senate and House members so a wise Congress is ready to work with our new president to get our country back on the right path,” she wrote.

Here’s the full statement:

“…Everything I said at the 2008 convention about then-candidate Obama still stands today, and in fact the predictions made about the very unqualified and inexperienced Community Organizer’s plans to “fundamentally transform” our country are unfortunately coming true. This year is a good opportunity for other voices to speak at the convention and I’m excited to hear them. As I’ve repeatedly said, I support Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan in their efforts to replace President Obama at the ballot box, and I intend to focus on grassroots efforts to rally Independents and the GOP base to elect Senate and House members so a wise Congress is ready to work with our new President to get our country back on the right path. This is imperative. As President Clinton said in 2008 while candidate Obama and lapdogs in the media were thrashing his wife’s record and reputation, this is “…the biggest fairy tale.” For the sake of America’s solvency and sovereignty we must close this nonsensical book in November…”-

 

I would say that Romney doesn't require the assistance of previous Republican luminaries as opposed to Obama who is having "Bubba" Clinton speak at the Dem convention. Obama is going to need all the help he can get. The only question I have is why Obama is having a lying, adulterating, impeached president speak on his behalf. Go figure!

 

Because that's a resume the libs respect! They sure enjoy bashing a successful devout family man, don't they?

 

Interesting parisan spins.

 

Smart move. Instead of focusing on Romney and Ryan, the media would find stories to attack those three be it a democrat planned demonstration to the dress palin would have been wearing. If R&R are going to win they are going to have to have the focus on them and then make that focus on how screwed up our economy is right now.

 

Maybe the tax cheats were busy?

 

Well Andy.

This is the most intelligent response I've seen yet.

Others here want to counter by attacking a select few Democrats. Old hat. Same old boring hat.

 

I'm sure Obama could give Tim Geithner the day off.

 

So you're chiding Geithner for issues with his taxes when he was required to show them as Secretary of the Treasury but you think it is OK for Romney to hide his finances? Why the double standard? There certainly are people that can call out Geithner for his tax issues but those supporting Romney really don’t have a leg to stand on in that argument.

 

Let's be intellectually honest here...

Geithner is a self-confessed tax cheat.
Romney is the victim of campaign season innuendo by an anonymous source

See the difference here? I thought you might.

**by the way, bravo to Romney for refusing to fall for the lefts feeble attempts to find another way to distract voters away from BO's failed record as president.

 

You got my sides splitting with the first sentence. Nice one!

 

And that would bring us right back to why our economy is screwed up and Romney has no intention of having the fact that the wealthy in this country are paying nothing in taxes while earning billions, his budget gives people like him another tax break, and taxes the average middle class worker an extra $2000 annually while cutting Medicare and Social Security. I don't think Romney wants to go there.