GOP Strategist Defends Palin: At Least She's Not Playing Golf Or Having Affairs

Outside the RNC, Arianna ran into Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway and asked her for her thoughts on Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin. Conway's response offers a unique defense of Palin from a woman's point of view. Watch the video below.

Comments

[desertdweller]

No affairs? Not as far as I know. But it's only Tuesday.

[MPeter]

This convention is so unreal, it is embarrassing. It is sad that Republicans actually think American voters are this stoopid. Vote for McCain because he was a POW and because his VP does not play golf or have affairs? That she is experienced because she is a mother of five and has good foreign experience because she lives in Alaska which is closer to Russia? OMG!

[newdreams]

Sad thing is that more than you would think in America are really THAT stupid. It's either that or the pharmaceutical companies' mass push of their drugs have turned them into zombies.

[Ndw]

ARGH!!! You can't say inf1delity, in an article where it is the title??? HuffPost, you NEED a different filtering system!

Ok - please, someone explain to a non-golfer how these two things equate: golf & aff@airs. (just being safe here) - what ARE you doing out there on the greens??

(apologies if this shows up twice - the pending thing is starting to annoy me)

[Ndw]

I'm not a golfer - I don't have that kind of patience. But... can someone who enjoys the sport explain to me how it equates with infidelity? I mean, what ARE you all doing out there on the greens???

[who38]

Equating the two says a lot about her values.

[CO Redhawk]

How golf equals infidelity: Playing with a shaft and balls, trying to get it into holes....and not just the same hole over and over again, but 18 different holes....and I never call the last hole on the phone after I move on to the next hole.

[skatscan]

"Golf and Affairs?" Talk about non-sequiturs. "At least she's not eating sushi and reading comic books"

[katedog]

C'mon Kellyanne, Trinity taught you better than that.

[Richard22]

Those were really strong points. Honest. I'm not kidding. Really strong. Not stupid at all.

[bigfated]

Richard22: Surely you jest! Strong points? Gimmeafriggin break!

[Pat15]

It is no surprise that GOP operatives get away with saying anything so extreme or utterly irrational that it boggles the mind ..but then you have to understand why...Here it is:

In their eyes, it is very simple equation ...1) Evangical sheep will vote for them no matter what ... 2) The deep south who vote based on hatred is easy to keep (just keep the wedge issues abortion, guns, God, gays in news during the election) 3) Give the tax breaks to rich & corporations to get the payback money for elections .. They just have to fool a very small segment of clueless citizens to get in the office ... plus Create the 527 groups (swiftboat) to sling insults, mud at opponents The circle is complete...

GOP is all about: shallow, ignorance, greed, and hypocrisy. Amen

[cbates]

These folks are getting paid to do what they do, which is to entertain us while the politicians rip us off for our hard earned dollars.

[LemonMeringue]

I am embarrassed for my whole gender.

[who38]

I am too. When you look at Pelosi, Palin, and the PUMAS, don't you just want to puke?

[confuseddemocrat]

"At least she is not having an affair or playing golf"

If those are the new qualifications for being a Republican president or VP nominee, then I think she has effectively eliminated 90% of all the current and previous republican presidents including "I gave up golf (but really didn't) to support the troops" George W. Bush as well as Ronald Reagan and Mr. McCain

[SimonNZ]

Hmmm. We didn't know what Larry Craig, Mark Foley or David Vitter were doing in their spare time either.......

[oscartucker]

Now that was a unique "talking point";I hope no one else uses it!

[thinkworklivelove]

The Republicans keep bringing up her 5 kids. Put aside that she is a working mother. Palin is still unqualified. Republicans use the same okey-doke argument by complaining about the media. SOMEONE HAS TO VET THIS VP PICK. The Republican leaders who are on T.V. trying to sell and defend this appointment are DIMINISHING their credibility with the American People. Americans are in a huge crisis! McSame blew his first decision! He did not vet his VP Pick. She is unqualified. Male or Female. Her executive experience is being supremely overinflated. She has No Foreign Policy Experience. She has No National Security Experience. No, she is not a 'reformer'. It is on record that she was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it. She took 27 Million in 'pork' for a town population of 6,700. Americans should be outraged! The bridge in Minnesota that collasped could have used that Federal money for maintenance. McCain is 72 years old. Stop with the political gimmicks! Enough! No way, No How, No McCain!

[gobarackgo]

Isn't that the crazy PUMA lady who mixed it up with Chris Mathews?

Sure looks like her.

[Oldbuck]

How shallow can you get with a answer I guess I just have a male view what the hell does playing golf and not having a affair have to do with being Vice President. Does that qualify you to be Vice President

[renatam]

Ariana - Can't believe these dated/tired GOP lifers, who have commoditized LIES and corruption for a generation -- are hanging on for dear life.