Conservative Columnist Says White House Officials Want Palin Off Ticket (VIDEO)

ThinkProgress.com:

Last month, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker wrote a scathing column saying that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) is "way out of her league" as the GOP's vice presidential candidate and called on the Alaska governor to "bow out" of the race in order to "save McCain, her party, and the country she loves."

Parker has subsequently noted angry responses from conservatives around the country. "To the GOP base, predictably, I'm a traitor," Parker wrote.

Last night on the Colbert Report, Parker reiterated her belief that Palin is not qualified for the GOP ticket, but she also revealed that some White House officials have told her that they secretly agree:

COLBERT: Now but you said you got emails from people in the White House who secretively -

PARKER: Did I say that?

COLBERT: Yes you did. You said you secretly got emails from people in the White House but you wouldn't name who they were, who said that they agreed with you.

PARKER: That's correct.

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Comments

[Punkynsnow]

Colbert is brilliant and hilarious. I loved it when he went on O'Reilly's show and out-O'Reilly-ed the host!

[malcolm77]

Kathleen Parker is so pretty and she has a presence. Much too attractive and classy to just be in print. Give this lady a TV show.

[FaceYourFears]

I agree....I also think Sen O's supporters should send her words of encouragement!

[whatsthatsound]

she's Bush's cheerleader, just so you know.

[deadcustodian]

CNN on Palin's Membership in the Anti-American Radical Group AIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAm-Nvk3FAw

CNN reports on Sarah Palin's connection to, and her husband, Todd Palin's membership in an Anti-American fringe group, the Alaska Independence Party (AIP) which was founded by a domestic terrorist.
The McCain campaign was NOT happy about a MSM outlet reporting on this!

[Rumba]

Palin has turned out to be God's gift to the Democrats. Love it.

[Avembe]

Yup it was about time...actually i do prefer jed's video on that topic...i wonder why other tv shows don't talk aboutt that

[Punkynsnow]

I was so happy to see this. I'm sure I wasn't alone in writing to CNN to ask them to cover this. Nice to see that they actually sometimes read what viewers want to see and respond accordingly.

I wrote to Rick Sanchez to thank him for covering this and asking him to also look into McCain's transition chief's ties to the Iraq Oil for Food scandal.

[Lotus19]

Finally. I've been a longtime CNN viewer but have stopped watching them over their slanted coverage. I've also been contacting them. I'm glad they finally put this out there but I won't go back to watching them.

[Lotus19]

I se ethere's a lot of tip toeing going on here. None of the heated rhetoric we hear when discussing Obama and his ties to Republican bogeymen.

[AnalyzeIT]

Finanally CNN, steps up. Thank you for sharing.....................

[mafina]

This is why the repubs are now steaming angry at McCain. Palin clearly states that she has nothing to lose, that sort of mentality is clearly elementary. However, in the meantime, this type of hate-mongering Palin is pushing is spreading out to other incumbent repub campaigns and causing a lot of trouble.

[koromuso]

If the White House WANTED Palin on the ticket, eighty per cent of the country would be against her. So saying "The White House does NOT want her on the ticket" is probably some kind of weird Republican reverse psychology.

[BannedInBoston]

Republican reverse psychology is nothing if not weird (as a general rule). Most Republicans are collections of pathologies anyway, which probably accounts for it....

[allwrite]

"collections of pathologies" Have you copyrigted this? May I use it from time to time?

[whatsthatsound]

Could be. They could also try something like this; Sarah Palin is a joke, and in times like these, we all need something to laugh about.

[Rumba]

Plus we all fell in love with Tina Fey. :)

[Toonadude]

Kinda like Bush advocating a straight life style and having Karl Rove as his closest advisor.

[gadfly55]

McCain is responsible for Palin, therefore, McCain is defective in his judgement, therefore McCain is not suitable for President, therefore vote Obama-Biden. Anyone with reasonable understanding of history, of the present conditions related to the economy, war, health, education, international cooperation, renewable energy, sustainable environment knows that McCain-Palin is not capable of doing anything effective.

[mamala4]

Bill Bennett just said on CNN that Sarah Palin is ready to be president....he must be smoking something...

[BannedInBoston]

Bill Bennett is just your basic id.iot to begin with....

[norkas]

Morning Joe seems to be impressed with Palin and will not say anything negative about Johns Mc Cains selection.

I wish they would have Sarah Palin as a full time guest on moring Joe and lets see Joe behavior during the programing.

You will see Joe shake after a few days yet he thinks the choice of Sarah Palin was a great one for Ameica.

Joe is Not fair and balanced as he loves to promote he is unbalanced and at times truly has the qualities of Sarah Palin when it comes to lying with passion.

Can anyone here tell me if Joe smokes something before the show starts to make him believe that his show is fair and balanced because for me his a bully and often times a brat. Other programs to not hide who they are for which is honest and i and others have no problem with that but Joe is a Idiot to try to make everyone think he is fair and balanced.

[hortonhearsawho]

But does he share, hell no.

[BannedInBoston]

Don't bogart that joint, my friend....

[AnalyzeIT]

Has this man not read or seen anything referencing Palin.

The nerve to say that this woman, with here "checkered" history is ready to be President is beyond belief.

He cannot be that hard up for attention............or can he be...........................

OBAMA-BIDEN

[Toonadude]

I find Bennett to be less credible than Hannity.

[nofltwlt]

Palin is just building interest in a book deal. She, unlike John McCain, knows that it is over. She will need millions from a book deal to defend herself when she returns to Alaska - and she thought she would keep that money - HA!

[BannedInBoston]

Bagging a moose, bagging a book deal -- same idea....

[Punkynsnow]

Book deal? Who will write it? Surely not Sarah....

I think she'll probably get a job with Fox News... Pallin' With Palin??

[bob8788]

I betcha John McCain regrets that she is on the ticket, what was he thinking my God, if he would him picked anybody else with a decent brain on the economy he most likely would not be where he is now,

But no, for political reasons chose palin, I can't wait to read the books from people on the insides about this failed campagin, OR THE MOVIE

John McCain is foolish

http://www.barackobamacans.blogspot.com/

[BannedInBoston]

You betcha!

[schoolmaster]

Such a suggestion is obviously intended to undermine McCain's campaign at this stage of the game. Palin is obviously a new spirit saying old rantings trying to please certain segment of republican party. In this political climate it is very difficult to filter the true person of any candidate.

[BannedInBoston]

Genuinely new spirits don't say old rantings....

[LillianB]

Ah, what a cute little idea, totally in the GOP spirit: Remove her from the ticket, and score two goals in one: An october surprise and a reinforcement of the glass ceiling. ("Voters weren't ready for a woman in the white house, let's never try that one again". Never mind that the woman in question was never qualified, nor representative for USA's women.)

[foxbat]

Unfortunately for women, both parties' attempts at "gamesmanship" in putting women as VP candidates will do more to hurt women's causes than help them.

Ferraro with Mondale was a disaster. Like Palin, her background was not fully vetted and her he husband's dealings weren't fully disclosed by her. She didn't even win the feminine vote, much less help Mondale with the total election numbers. Of course, this primary season she ended up justifying the fact that many did not vote for her with her statements about a fellow Democratic candidate. If you don't agree with policy, it's one thing, but to make the same attack line on Obama that had been made on her was just amazing.

Palin's lack of vetting also did a huge disservice to women and, if McCain wins, to our country. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Olympia Snowe, and many other Republican women would have been much better choices to help further women's progress in politics. Again, we are seeing the disaster that comes from the gambling McCain style. "Maverick" is not just doing things differently; it's doing things differently that work.

[Bettysdad]

Don't start thinking too highly of Parker because of this.

She is a truly vile individual, that has been as dangerous as the crowds at McCain/Palin events.

[sonnyboy6905]

John McCain wants to know who the real Barack and Michele Obama are? Perhaps he and the rest of America should sit down and watch this video to find out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCeNPAaGVVY

Share this with everyone you know.

[wembakoy]

Please share this video to all. If you don't want to be sorry late.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X2kjgdF1Xk

Thanks.

[jackstone54]

It's probably providential that McCain picked Palin who has ensured his defeat. But it's too late for McCain to trash that Alaskan crook. He's stuck with her...and they will go down the rabbit hole of obscurity.

[BannedInBoston]

You're right. With less than three weeks to go to the election, it's a bit late to dump Palin, one would think....

[Rumba]

Another one of McCain's irrational decisions on his path to obscurity...my friends.

[MandyVin]

LOL

[LisaJeanM]

Oops, no! Look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jqQYedt-EU

[Whinger]

Oops! Looks like ol' Lou has been there, done that, bought Sarah's T shirt.

[Rumba]

Yes she is clearly loony.