Palin Slammed As 'Wild Alaskan Dingbat' After Hitting Grayson In Home District

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, ventured to the Florida district of Rep. Alan Grayson on Friday, and urged voters to oust the Democratic lawmaker.

"Do it for the rest of America," she said in a speech to the Orange County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day fundraiser. She claimed to have such strong feelings about Grayson that she declined to get into specifics to avoid offending her children.

"Alan Grayson. What can you say about Alan Grayson?" Palin, the former GOP vice presidential nominee, asked the audience. "Piper is with me tonight, so I won't say anything about Alan Grayson that can't be said around children."

She opened her speech by saying that she was glad to be able to be so honest in front of the crowd about her love of America and freedom -- because, apparently, such positions can be a political liability if they become widely known. Palin's America-loving, however, was captured on a grainy hand-held video and is now part of the indisputable public record.

"It's good to be in a group like this where we can be candid and open about our pride in America and never think that we have to apologize for being the greatest country on earth and God bless you. If you love your freedom, you do think of that," she said.

The Grayson campaign is now giving it back to Palin, saying that he was impressed she was able to fit his entire name on her hand.

"I look forward to an honest debate with Governor Palin on the issues, in the unlikely event that she ever learns anything about them," Grayson said. His campaign added that "[s]cientists are studying Sarah Palin's travel between Alaska and Florida carefully. They hope to learn more about the flight patterns of that elusive migratory species, the wild Alaskan dingbat."

Comments

[EthicsUSI]

02:58 PM on 05/08/2010

Sarah Palin flies from ALASKA (with its three electoral votes), traveling to delegate-laden FLORIDA, the fourth most populous state in the Union, trying to taint the process while paying homage to the party which -- ever since the inclusion of their iconic Strom Thurmond -- has touted itself as being for "States' Rights."

[scott456]

05:00 PM on 03/26/2010

Go Grayson!!! I love it!!!

[beyondliberal]

02:56 PM on 03/20/2010

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE clone Alan Grayson. We need another 534 of him in Congress!

[DragonFly]

08:53 AM on 03/20/2010

The GOP ideology variant:

George Bush ... "You're either with us or you're against us."

Sarah Palin ... "You're either with me or you're against America."

[TYBANDIT]

05:13 PM on 03/19/2010

The number one or two most successful woman in history? of what? MY LORD,our educational system really is screwed up!

[pwdrhead1711]

04:53 PM on 03/19/2010

America said they were tired of politics and politicians. What do they do? They elect the best politician in the country. Americans don't want facts they want rhetoric, and propaganda. Well, they've got it. Clinton started this mess with the Community Reinvestment Act, Bush cuddled up with Pelosi and Greenspan at night, and Obama continues to seal our fate. Bush's domestic and fiscal policy was a continuation of Clinton's disasterous low interest rate bubble and bust rowing of the economy. Other than a simple geographical change of Gitmo operations, Obama looks like G.W. Bush Part Deux. You don't get it people we are bankrupt. Congress had an 8% approval rating when BHO took office, and he's letting them direct his administrations policies. Why healthcare? Why jam a bill down our throats that none of them have read much less understand. This is reckless at best. I think Flav O Flav would have more fiscal restraint than Obama. The rest of the world hated Bush, they don't respect Obama and are laughing at us and him, he's Sarah Palin to the rest of the world. See you in the soup line America...

[Michelle Barry]

04:12 PM on 03/19/2010

I love how anyone who disagrees with this Twit is routinely labeled as "un-American" or "trying to take away our freedoms." Obviously, even with a so-called socialist in the White House, Palin is still quite free to travel the country spreading her dip-shittery and getting paid for it, so what the hell is she talking about?

[buddesatva]

01:45 PM on 03/19/2010

The article and these comments seem to crystallize the profound 'us and them' mentality that has become so popular in this country. Extremism is always a vice. Clear thinking abhors this kind of hyperbolic sarcasm.

[Axiom7000]

01:23 PM on 03/19/2010

She can talk all she wants, she lost the election because no one respects her.

Shame the media won't give print to the intelligent politicians, that are trying to solve this countries problems
.

[shop tom]

03:03 PM on 03/19/2010

"She can talk all she wants, she lost the election because no one respects her."

Obama will lose the next election for the very same reason.

[TxWranglr]

06:50 PM on 03/20/2010

Just like he lost the last one, right?

Oops.

[cyberob856]

03:16 PM on 03/19/2010

True, i can think of at least 41 people in the senate that no one even included in this healthcare we-know-best-you're-getting-it-regardless "debate"...

[sloan47]

01:22 PM on 03/19/2010

Grayson will be gone, with alot of other demogods, I mean democrats very shortly. Americans will not take much more of this crap!

[abelenkpe]

02:14 PM on 03/19/2010

Time will tell. I sincerely doubt that though. But please keep listening to the echo chamber on FOX that tells you want you want to hear.

[jrmarsh]

02:19 PM on 03/19/2010

ummm....what crap?

[TxWranglr]

06:50 PM on 03/20/2010

Budget surpluses, for one thing.

[Shami Khan]

12:11 PM on 03/19/2010

Palin is messing with the wrong guy. Unlike most democrats, Grayson has backbone and wont be as polite.

[MarkTX]

02:27 PM on 03/19/2010

Yeah...I wouldn't have taken it to Grayson territory if I'd been them. The man's refreshingly fearless. He actually makes this stuff kind of fun to watch.

[chasmader]

03:04 PM on 03/19/2010

I just sent him another $25. I love Grayson, if only the rest of the party had half his mojo.....

[tonyt53]

11:41 AM on 03/19/2010

Perfect linguistics.

[akcoyote]

11:23 AM on 03/19/2010

A year and a half after the election and you are still trashing Sarah Palin. The fear that you have that she might one day occupy the white house is absolutely amazing. And the funny part is, she doesn't care and she laughs all the way to the bank. I'm sure that she thanks you daily for making her a multi-millionaire.

[wk633]

01:19 PM on 03/19/2010

A year and a half after the election, and for some reason we keep hearing from her. If you choose to enter the public stage, you HAVE to expect some trashing.

[doctordawg]

01:20 PM on 03/19/2010

Evil wins when good men remain silent. It is not enough to know when evil is on the march. It must be defeated, again and again.

Palin must be called out every time she opens her pie hole and spews lies, hatred and divisive rhetoric, even if she is only doing it for the money. Those who follow this dingbat must be forced to justify their acceptance of her venom every time they applaud her distortions.

The "trashing" will continue.

[AbeMartin]

10:45 AM on 03/19/2010

To paraphrase Tevye from the musical and movie "Fiddler on the Roof":

"God bless St. Sarah of Wasila and keep her FAR FROM US!"

[shop tom]

03:00 PM on 03/19/2010

How about SHE stays and YOU get lost?

[AZreb]

10:07 AM on 03/19/2010

It was hilarious to read the title of the Reuters article about "Palin's Alaska" - didn't she quit her job in Alaska? Turn her back on the people who voted her into office? Sure hope the folks in Alaska don't have the same work ethics - if so, they will all be quitting their jobs.

[Fubard]

12:16 PM on 03/19/2010

Not to worry though... if they quit their jobs they will all keep their houses and be given affordable health care at the expense of the rest of the country.