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Sarah Palin Defends Ron Paul: He’s The Only One ‘Doing Something About Reining In Gov’t Growth’

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Last night, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spoke with Fox Business Network’s John Stossel about how GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul “hit the nail on the head” when he warned Barack Obama to be careful when interjecting us in other countries’ business.

Palin did note that, for all that she supports Paul on, his almost “isolationist” stance on international relations gives her pause. That said, on the domestic front, “he’s the only one who’s been so adamantly passionate about doing something about the suffocating debt, about doing something about reining in government growth and actually slashing budgets.”

RELATED: Sarah Palin: ‘The GOP Had Better Not Marginalize Ron Paul And His Supporters’ After Iowa

She also came to Newt Gingrich‘s defense, saying that he, like Paul, has been “vilified.” The establishment, she said, has been “trying to crucify this man and rewrite history.”

She didn’t appreciate Peggy Noonan‘s recent characterization of Gingrich as a “little attack muffin,” to say the least.

RELATED: Peggy Noonan Coins Funniest Newt Gingrich Nickname Yet: ‘Angry Little Attack Muffin’

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  • Gloves Bugsy Donahue

    Nancy Pelosi hinted today that she may have some “secret dirt” on Ron Paul, but that could change.

  • Anonymous

    Didn’t Palin get the memo? The GOP is over Newt now; it was officially announced on Drudge and beamed out to the tin foil hat receptors. It’s time to get back in line and support The Monopoly Guy!

  • Anonymous

    You can tell little Sarahie is on her way out at Fox, they only show her with Bolling or Stossel now on Fox business, which they know not that many people see….It is so funny to hear her use the word articulate, the woman has never know an articulate thought in her life…Her need for attention is on the line now that she came out for Newtie in SC….I can’t wait until Christie rips her a new one, and he will….Let’s put this poor fool out of her misery….

  • Anonymous

    1 wacko praising another!

  • Mo Fokker

    Ron Paul is the only Republican candidate that embodies the principle of small government. 

  • Gloves Bugsy Donahue

    Update. Nance remembers seeing an R.P. folder from her Dirt File cabinets, but it could have been Rick Perry, Robert Packwood or Ron Palillo.

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    I’ve noticed that Fox News has been showing Palin less and less, dumping her to the (much) lower rated Fox “Business”…gee….wonder why?! 

  • Anonymous

    Because ‘she’ isn’t the news like she had been when there was speculation she might run for President.  She’s still on Fox News, not just Fox Business.   I saw her on one of the prime tie shows last week in a double segment…

    Instead of personal attacks on her, I’ll speak to the issue.  Ron Paul has been great talking the tough talk (and no reason to think he wouldn’t back it up) on the economy and changes in big government that need to be done.  At the same time, his isolationism is plain scary to a lot of people.

  • http://twitter.com/JVelez80 Mr. Velez

    Exactly Chuck,
    I would honestly vote for him and try my best to help him if it wasn’t for his foreign policy.

  • Anonymous

    Liberals are defined by their hatred.  Maybe you should direct your irrational hatred and disgust at the bully you see in the mirror.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    “Last night, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin spoke with Fox Business Network’s John Stossel about how GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul “hit the nail on the head” when he warned Barack Obama to be careful when interjecting us in other countries’ business.
    Palin did note that, for all that she supports Paul on, his almost
    “isolationist” stance on international relations gives her pause.”

    Logic

  • Anonymous

    Information just doesn’t  travel as quickly in conservative circles when compared to the liberal hive mind.

  • Anonymous

    Well, it is true that conservatives are a little slower…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ketan-Pattani/100000305045290 Ketan Pattani

    Please I beg you, to think logically, look what the war mongering foreign policy is doing to our country.  How many more innocent people have to die, how many more war crimes do our troops have to commit, how many more of our troops have to commit suicide?

    http://vimeo.com/33755968

  • Anonymous

    You misunderstand entirely. It isn’t “hatred” of Palin that people are expressing; it’s their belittlement of the crowd that actually took her and her candidacy seriously.

  • Anonymous

    guess you missed her on O’Reilly, Hannity and Greta.  Selective little twit aren’t you?  

  • Anonymous

    really, you and your’s don’t actually “hate” Palin.  That’s why you all make those awesome, kind comments about her looks, family, and her brain power.

    Either that or you hate beautiful women who think you’re a nut case.

  • Anonymous

    you’ve noticed wrong.  Funny how the blinders allow you to “see” things that aren’t true.  This week alone, she’s been on every major Fox show – so you’ve “noticed” something that isn’t true – we’ll I’ll be damned, what a surprise!!!

  • Anonymous

    An inevitable outcome when millions of people think individually.

  • http://www.occupywallst.org/ (CAR)

    I am a Dem/Ind and I thnk Sarah Palin is right to say Ron Paul is the only one trying to reduce the annual deficit and government growth.

  • http://www.occupywallst.org/ (CAR)

    People want to pick and choose when to be conservative. You can’t have it both ways, you either are or you aren’t for small government and less taxes.

  • http://www.occupywallst.org/ (CAR)

    Republicans want to cut trillions of dollars for everything, but then spend trillions on National Defense.  What hypocrites.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ketan-Pattani/100000305045290 Ketan Pattani

    Not Ron Paul.  He wants to fund the bankrupt Social Security with money saved from the wars.

  • Anonymous

    LOL. Right. Which is why “dittohead” is such a popular moniker in conservative circles.

    Try another one there, genius.

  • Anonymous

    Wrong.  You’re guessing.  gee…wonder why?  Let me guess now: you have PDS and when you saw an article regarding Palin you had to put your worthless two cents in

  • Anonymous

    Can’t say ditto head is prevalent in conservative lexicon, but I do know “libtard” and moonbat are…..genuis.

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

     I’d rather watch Sarah interview basketball players!

  • Anonymous

    You can’t say because you simply don’t want to. And I don’t blame you, because then your denial of conservatard groupthink falls apart.

  • Liqwidzero

    Well, too bad for her that she doesn’t understand the difference between “isolationist” and “non-interventionist”.

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    What is scary about staying home?

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    Poor Ron.

    The kiss of death.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    She’s just gives more and more, doesn’t she? And, I’m not even an NBA player.

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    Oh please.  Before she used to be on Fox News ALL the bloody time.  Now…not so much.  She’s on that worthless, idiotic, low-rated Fox Business a LOT more than she used to be, while her Fox News airtime has been cut by a LOT.

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    It’s as made up as the daily news. If you want the real story on Sarah Palin that the media cannot report on there’s a link in my name.

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    We have no democracy. Our next election is shaping up to be as big of a sham as the last. Do you know why Sarah Palin’s bus tour was really canceled? Do you know why she stayed 30 miles away from the second debate and chose the death of Steve Jobs to announce that she’s not running? Know what leaked out? Sarah Palin and Cain aren’t in the race for the same reason, the truth leaked out. The link in my name exposes the biggest cover up in history

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, but we don’t “all” make remarks about her looks or family. (Most of us do, however, make remarks about her brain power, which is perfectly legitimate, given that she was held out by the GOP as a serious vice presidential candidate.)

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    I’d like watching her report DOD spin while the rest of the team dominates message boards to divert attention away from why Sarah Palin was really in the last election.

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    Cutting government funding makes it difficult to get elected when unelected officials took over Washington and most of the media following the coup in 2008

  • Anonymous

    Why is this woman still on TV?  She is such an embarrassment.   Is FOX that desperate for a warm body.  Please go away Sarah, the lastest clown show of candidates have taken your place.

  • http://politiccheckin.webs.com marcus

    Both Velez and Chuck confused me on that one also.. Conservative or Not

  • Anonymous

    This woman knows nothing.  Why would anyone ask her about international relations?  Shame on Fox, they must be desperate for a warm body.

  • Anonymous

    You must really be jealous of Palin and Rush. To comment on threads on them so often as you do, that sure is a lot of green monster going on.

    If all I did was spend my time commenting on Mediaite and stalking Drudge, I’d be jealous of Rush and Palin too.

    Step away from the computer.

  • Anonymous

    Dude – Palin goes on Bolling and Stossel on Fox Business. She goes on Hannity and general election coverage the other times.

    Your meme has been broken.

    If you’re going to attack someone with the articulate argument, you might want to be articulate yourself. Reading the above message was rough.

  • Anonymous

    She was just on Hannity’s show days ago.

    Troll harder.

  • http://www.occupywallst.org/ (CAR)

    We should have 3 candidates, or 5 including RP and Santorum, with plans to balance the budget ans reduce the deficit. Right now we only have one. That sucks.

  • Anonymous

    You mean the Fox Business network that gets more viewers than MSNBC, CNN and other networks combined? Ok.

    For not liking Palin, you sure seem to be watching her moves. Palin’s coverage has been fine.

  • Anonymous

    Palin has given Paul tons of respect. Much to the detriment of some of the Palin supporters, Palin is of a libertarian bent, which is why she endorsed Ron Paul’s son Rand.

  • Anonymous

    advocating diplomacy instead of an occupying military presence is not “isolationism”. It is good foreign policy and saves us enormous sums of money.

  • Anonymous

    ** Yawn **

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    She’s a mouth piece for the DOD. Wake up and smell the salmon 

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    It’s great that so many posters speak positive of her now. If only more people knew why she’s “undefeated.” 

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    Limit her exposure now that the truth has leaked out

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    Outside of this site, every time a story runs on her it’s typically on sites that don’t allow commenting, comments are closed, or the truth gets deleted. She’s the most moderated person in history, even more so than the messiah

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    Gotta keep her out of the lime light since the truth leaked out

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    Yeah label it “isolationism” what you mean to say is that he doesn’t have an agenda of world domination.

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    His foreign policy would keep us safer than running around and seeing how many places and people we can pissoff

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    Amen

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    Your comment doesn’t make any sense. You should articulate less.

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    She’s a full time actress and some are still buying the act.

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    I enjoy reading psy-ops comments where one poster attacks another one. Hopefully someone that doesn’t work for big brother chimes in.

  • http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/630-E-Lovell-Dr-Troy-MI-48085/24509418_zpid/ Louisa Gismonde Calcaterra

    Wow WHAT?????
     
    Fox Business gets more viewers than CNN? MSNBC?

    WHAT??????????

    Fox Business averages 9,000 viewers in the demo!!!!  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Palin – who????????????

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IC7HRBJRXKA7IKTTZS5W3UIECQ Agent of Truth

    She’s getting too ugly even for porn.

  • Anonymous

    Now she supports Ron Paul?  Geez – like we don’t know she only opens her mouth so she can get on TV.  Why doesn’t she go home and take care of her daughter’s child, Trig.

  • http://profiles.google.com/ulike.a.dameatballs Agent Meatball

    Ms. Palin… please don’t lump Newt Gingrich in with Ron Paul. It’s insulting to Ron Paul.

  • Centrist79

    It was good that Sarah threw her support behind Gingrich  last week for South Carolina voters. Newt did very well, the problem is now in a latest national poll Obama beats Gingrich by 18% in a head to head race. Keep picking them Sarah.

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ StopElectionFraudClickHere

    She a real AGENT of change

  • Anonymous

    But what if I’m conservative re. gun control, but pro-choice? What if I believe in small government, but still believe in Reagan – era tax levels? Does that mean I’m not a conservative? How did you get to be the doorman?

  • Anonymous

    liar.

  • Anonymous

    Do you know why you’re being ignored here? Do you know that people think its beyond crazy to believe the gov’t would waste time making codess of people’s names? Biden-BinLaden-Obama-Palin-Cain-Snodgrass….

    Dude, you’re f’ing crazy, OK? Your stupid web site DOESN’T have any answers, just insane conspiracy THEORIES. You have no proof of anything, and it doesn’t even explain the silly questions you pose, over and over and over.  She has nothing to do with Steve Jobs, and if you weren’t a delusional paranoid, you’d see how insane that is. I don’t care why Palin’s bus tour was cancelled, it doesn’t matter. It only matters that you get back on your meds, and do so quickly before you hurt yourself.

    Notice that people rarely reply to your comments? Thats because when they do, you accuse EVERY ONE OF THEM of being government agents involved in psy-ops. Say it slowly out loud so you’ll hear how crazy it sounds. GOVERNMENT AGENTS INVOLVED IN PSY-OPS. Everyone that disagrees with you? 

    Seriously, get some help. Talk to your clergyman. Talk to your doctor. Head down to Urgi-Care, but get some help.

  • Centrist79

    I like the fact that almost all other networks never want her to make an opinnon.

  • http://twitter.com/TheDarklady TheDarklady

    Amazing how this woman will say the most hateful and outrageous things about all manner of people… and then squeal like a pig when anyone else even looks at a Republican sideways.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    I am sorry, i wasn’t paying attention because of my psy-ops work with the CIA. People have no idea that “Scanners” was a documentary.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    Let me see the ratings data on that. 

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    Apparently so would Todd.

  • James Anthony

    Right. Now it’s time for some arithmetic. Google Palin’s comments supporting Ron Paul and see if you come up with more than 20 different media and news organizations that are covering it.

    Now Google Jon Huntsman / Ron Paul and see how many different media and news organizations covered that one. I’ll help you – over 700.

    Google how many of the same covered the Ron Paul Campaign slander / libel filing in Federal Court
    against the anonymous creator of that racist Huntsman video on youtube. I’ll help you again. Under 20.

    If you have even a shred of skepticism regarding the anti-Paul spin that the press is implementing, this should help remove all doubt.

  • the princess

    “why would they ask her about international relations?” LOL.

    well, she says she can see Russia from her front porch…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    How did she feel about George Bush dropping the ball in Aphganistan to go on a military adventure into Iraq. She threw her support behind crazy Newt, who has nothing in common with Ron Paul on foreign policy. I said last January, that she wasn’t going to give up a $1 million gig with Fox to run for the nomination to lose. Roger Ailes should make her report to the studio like the real thinkers at Fox. 

  • Jackson Baer

    I think Ron Paul will take a solid 3rd in Florida and force Santorum out of the race. Paul was fantastic at the last debate showing his comedic side and came off as really likable. 

    RON PAUL 2012

    http://www.whatthehellbook.com/the-book/ 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=262l6tbHSlU

  • http://www.occupywallst.org/ (CAR)

    If you are a Republican Conservative, I feel really bad for you because there is no such thing. Spending has risen under mostly every Republican President(Not House where it has actually gone down).

    Republicans have no identity because you spent yourself into the point of no return. After the Presidency of George Bush you will need, as I predicted previously, at least a decade to ‘find’ yourselves and finish paying off all the debts that you incurred.

    You have Mitt who is a corporate raiding criminal
    Newt, the most corrupt and immoral person ever to run for President, after Hermain Cain.

    And you have Santorum, whose the most intolerant, anti-gay anti-muslim, anti-minority, anti-woman person to run.

    And then Ron Paul, who is actually trying to show you how to be a true conservative, by doing and spending less. But you guys hate him, and he is the only Real Conservative Republican in the race.

    You guys need at least another decade to get your acts together.

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