Todd Palin has endorsed Newt Gingrich. So what? It kind of makes sense, right? What does that have to do with Babygate? Or with Mitt Romney? I think it’s very much tied to Babygate, by way of Mitt Romney.
We know that Babygate is a secret because otherwise,Todd and Sarah’s money and power as a political couple with a faux family image would dry up (more than it has since she admitted she wasn’t running for POTUS this year.). The Sarah needs to be in the spotlight, wants to keep Bristol in the spotlight for as long as there’s money in it, and Todd likes power.
Money was a theme in Going Rogue. Chuck Heath took Sally and the girls to Alaska because they paid school teachers so much more up there. Todd made an impression on Sarah’s parents because of his earning power. Sarah, too, was impressed that Todd was the only high school boy she knew who had made enough money to buy a car, truck and a snowmachine. (Ha! Did you really believe it was because she thought he was a Christian?). The love of money beats in the hearts of the Heath/Palin clan.
If the Palins think money is the measure of the man, it’s going against their nature to pick Gingrich over Romney. Mitt has much more of his own money than Newt. He accumulates (as opposed to earns) $57,000 a day. Yup, per day, and he hasn’t reported for work in 6 years. Newt, on the other hand, is plenty wealthy, but not Romney-style wealthy. If a Palin endorsement were based on personal wealth, and if they thought there were some way to get richer through linking with Romney, Romney would be their man. I have an idea why he isn’t.
The four remaining GOP contenders have “nice” families, too. Romney kids are perfect specimens of Morman family values (remember Donny and Marie?). Rick Santorum has the religious thing going even better than Sarah did, and with no malice intended, I want to add that he has a three year old with disabilities, too. How do you think Santorum would deal with the Todd’s promiscuity problem? I don’t think he’d want that endorsement. Ron Paul’s son is an elected US representative. Wow, runner up on DWTS can’t compete with that. So, Todd endorsed Newt.
Newt is a pretty good fit for the Palin family’s values. Newt is not married to the mother of his children. Not anymore. Newt isn’t likely to care where Trig came from or to question paternity. Newt is the Babygate Truther’s least likely ally. Newt could breathe fire into the air and incinerate the reporter who dared question the wild ride. He would, if it were good for Newt.
Newt has already shown a light on Sarah. He called her smart!! He even said there could be a place for Sarah Palin in a Gingrich administration. ‘What was that about? Newt’s too smart to think Sarah is smart. Cunning, but not smart. Todd’s power is tied to Sarah’s, so this works for him. Plus Newt and Todd have infidelity in common.
It’s Newt hands down even though Sarah is being Sarah and is playing “hard to get” in the endorsement game, just like her “will I run, or won’t I run” tease that she stretched into October. She’s backing Newt, though, and she’s got the knives out when she talks about Romney.
Sarah hates MITT ROMNEY because he KNOWS WHERE TRIG CAME FROM.
I’m going to try to convince you of that, so let’s talk about Mitt Romney and Sarah and what they know about each other. They have a history. Without Mitt, Sarah might not have ever become a governor (see “…Broke the Law Together and it Still Matters”). So why is she so mean to that man? Why did she take that big bus of hers up to Massachusetts and steal some of the attention when he announced his 2012 run? That was rude.
She didn’t do it for attention. There was enough attention for both of them. Neither was it competition for the candidacy - she knew she wasn’t going to run. We knew. Bristol knew. So why spoil things for Mitt? Because he knows about Babygate and that’s one big reason Sarah will never run against him.
Romney was the head of the Republican Governor’s Association that worked illegally with Sarah in 2006 to create expensive advertisement in the 11th hour that helped elect her. It’s not a stretch to think he kept an eye on that rising star the female rising star – a rare and needed GOP commodity.
Mitt Romney left office as Sarah took hers. Then, he concentrated on running for president. He didn’t take another job. He doesn’t need a job. Without attending as much as a meeting, he made more than Sarah and Todd’s 2007 income in less than four days . His wealth is beyond comprehension. And because of his wealth, he could devote all his time and resources to making himself the GOP candidate in 2008. He kept his ear to the political ground. Rumors of Sarah’s fake pregnancy were running around the Alaskan legislature. Mitt has eyes and ears working for him, I don’t find it credible to think he missed that little footnote. But he wouldn’t care. It didn’t have anything to do with his electability. At that time.
When McCain picked Palin instead of Romney as a VP running mate, don’t you think that stung? And don’t you think there was a good amount of talk among Mitt and his staff- talk about Palin being ill-equipped, and then about the firestorm of family crap the McCain campaign had to fight off? Of course, and Mitt probably laughed. Don’t you hate that derisive laugh?
When Sarah played her little game of pretending she was running, she left herself open to inspection. Not by media or voters, but by potential rivals. Mitt has always had his sights on the White House. He spent money finding out where this potential rivals for 2012 would be vulnerable. Looking into Sarah’s dirt would be an investment.
How long would it take to discover Babygate is Sarah’s biggest liability? Not long. Mitt knows. Mitt knows more than you or me. Maybe more than anyone who is on the outside looking in. He had motive. He had means. He knows. Would Mitt leave it alone because it’s sensitive, it’s distasteful? Are you kidding? Have you seen what he's run against Newt?
Look at the results of yesterday’s Florida primary. How did Mitt win so big? By spending $15 million to broadcast everything negative he chose to about his closest rival!
That’s $15 million to broadcast it. How much did it cost him to get that information in the first place? Money is no object. Romney paid for the research, and that must have cost millions in itself. The man has that kind of money and he’s had six years to fill his files with everything embarrassing about Newt. He had the money AND the time.
Mitt Romney has a file on Sarah Palin. You betcha! That file details Babygate. She knows she can’t hide from the investigation team that money can buy. Sarah knew last summer that Mitt had her cold. That’s why she took her “vacation bus” to his house. She probably told Piper to spit out the window as they went by.
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Romney was also behind some filming an illegal commercial thing of her when she was half-term governing. This was documented in Frank "I'm a sycophant" Baily's book when Romney was the head of the Republican Governors' Association. Why hasn't the media said anything about that either?
Allison, I like your blog, but I'm just not buying this one. If Romney really knew about Babygate, why didn't he use it in 2008? He could have tanked her VP status early, McOld would have dumped her and Mittens could step in as VP. Prior to that, even though he helped her win the governorship, she was basically a non-entity in his rarefied world; he had no reason to pay for Oppo on her. I think there are other avenues to explore.
~physicsmom
I think that he knows also. Many of McCains former campaign staffers are now working for Romney, including the guy played by Woody Harrelson in the Game Change movie (whose name I am drawing a blank on).
I disagree that there's malice in terms of religion and Palin. I know they're deepy rooted in faith. One other thing stuck out:
"faux family image"
"The Sarah needs to be in the spotlight"
"wants to keep Bristol in the spotlight for as long as there’s money in it"
I still don't understand what people think is "faux". I dont understand why people think Sarah INSISTS or MAKES others live a life in the spotlight still. Notice that Bristol is the only one who CHOOSES this, mainly for financial stability I assume, which is smart. Shes tough, she can handle the attention and has nothing to hide.
Again, when you really think, most Americans do not consider personal lives in the actual voting booth. I truly believe Bill Clinton COULD get elected again, if he were able to run.Well, 60-40.
You bring up Trig as if he's simply a baby only loved when he's politically useful. This is quite malicious of you to assume such a nasty thing about a child. Why do you assume there's no love in his family? There's no proof of this. There is proof the Palins love and support each other. They defend each other in public even when they know "haters" will condemn them. Look at bar guy. HE was the unruly one, Bristol the mature, calm one. Who got vilified? Don't continue to ignorantly play the "the palins are the antithesis of family values" because thats obviously false when you objectively look at them.
And I think Sarah IS intelligent. Cunning AND intelligent. Someone just doesn't STOP being the bookworm she was in grade/secondary school. Just because she seems to support blue collar folk who dont see themselves in high education situations doesn't mean she's ignorant. Just because she's not articulate without planned words doesn't mean that either. Obama can't put words together without a set speech. That was proven in 2008.
All the Palins did not choose Newt because of babygate. You'd think they WOULD have chosen Romney if what you say had any truth to it.
Like Ive said, Newt's articulate and experienced. He's an insider yes, but hes dealt with everything. If you're going to condemn him personally, do you condemn EVERY politican since the dawn of government?
We just need a President who has convictions not rooted in fantasy and welfare and we need people with a professional past. Game Change was dead on calling Obama someone with no life achievements. His election win CouLD ONLY HAPPEN IN THE US.
We suck. The end.
nswfm, because basically all candidates are involved with shady activity. Newt is self-explanatory but he's tested. Obama had shady PAC business involving addresses and donations. Nothing new. People have got to stop blowing things up just because they're related to Palin. She's no different, if not slightly less shady than traditional DC. At least she speaks openly and doesn't sugarcoat her words. You see her feelings, which is refreshing. I hate that Obama saves his emotional outbursts for a poor aide.Not that I want the President to lambast someone on camera. But, even Sarah's never done that.
People treat Sarah as if she's different. We've heard about everyone's intense fights during campaigns. Democrats and Savior Obama included. Why is Sarah treated differently? How sexist of you all if you answered because...
When men show intense anger, it's ignored or people laugh with him. If a woman does, she's unstable.
I hate people who think ^.
You could be right, Alison,
They do seem to concentrate their hatefulness on the people who probably know about babygate.
Levi, Mercede, Sherry; McCain team, President Obama, Trooper Wooten, Shailey Tripp
We should launch a class action lawsuit against Palin for hoaxing the electorate. Force her to show her medical records, force her doctor to speak, force MatSu to speak. It will take alot of money, but among all the blogs we could easily raise the money. Wouldn't discovery be a hoot and a half??
Hi physicsmom. In 2008 Sarah wasn't anywhere near the top of the list. Mitt didn't know she was going to skyrocket so soon Nobody- including McCain- spent time or money gathering background on her back then. She was Steve Schmitt's last minute brain fart. Once it was loosed there was no taking it back. Romney researched his rivals She became that only after being tapped to run in 2008.
Hello resident Troll@8:41. Two years ago President Obama stood alone without notes or teleprompter to answer unrehersed questions from the dozens of Rebuplican lawmakers who wanted to challenge him and it was carried live on a few channels. Freaking awesome. He respectfully and intelligiently provided fact and argument to every volly and slam they threw. Your 2008 reference is not only outdated, it's false and ignorant. Ignorance or bias, whichever- same outcome.
Great point Cracklin'Charlie! I wonder if we can apply that somehow to find clues?
Allison, love your attitude and your blog!
Scarah hasn't fooled anyone except for her dwindling bots.
It took a while, but most people all over the world do now know she's just not up to being a leader.
She's petty and revengeful like a mean HS girl, with all the rest that goes with that behavior.
She's now predictable. Her whole bus trip and the way she tried to pretend she was running for office was obvious.
She thinks if she pretends to be thick skinned now, that she is!
Mitt would use what he knows through a third party, if he had to, as would any candidate.
Maybe it's still coming from one of them, but I think they know she's toast and don't have to use the info.
I think lots of people in politics know and maybe they don't think she matters anymore, so it's not worth it.
It will come out sooner or later.
She is now the example of what happens when you're desperate to find someone and this is what you get without vetting.
The trolls are paid, or family, or crazy scarah herself and like scarah, they can't see the delusions and grandiose behavior everyone else sees.
Might be because they're just like her!
@Fairy tale troll.
"We suck. The end." What do you mean "we?"
Obama worked on Wall Street and for a Chicago law firm and as a professor at U. Chicago. I guess only mayor of Wasilla counts as a "professional past."
At least you are working for a living, even if your wages are paid by people who think they are supporting a political PAC, rather than paying a Palin friend to blog. Fools and their money...
I agree, Allison. When Mitt hired Schmidt I thought, "He knows."
So far the big wigs who knows think it is still time to hold 'em. They will play the Babygate card only to their own advantage, and they don't care if that time never comes.
Make that "who know." Ouch.
People like Mitt not only want to keep quiet about Babygate until it will help them, they want others to keep quiet as well. Could Mitt's money rather than Sarah's be buying silence from Alaskans and others?
Ooooo B, that suggestion takes it to another level!
Maybe hiring Steve Schmidt was a way of buying silence from him, or at least of taking ownership of the information Schmidt has.
Fascinating.
Of course Romney knows, but I'm not so sure that he has the proof. The proof would be in Sarah's computers, phones, medical records,etc. that the McCain campaign took when they went to AK after she was chosen. McCain has that proof locked down in a safe somewhere and will never let it out. That doesn't mean that Schmidt and Wallace haven't talked to Romney and told him the truth and that's where the rumor that he works for Romney came from. Romney sent the message to Sarah that he knows. Schmidt gave up working for any campaign after he told PART of of the truth about Sarah. He has worked in the Bush white house and for Dick Cheney before McCain. He now works for MSNBC.
And another thing...When McCain lost and SP went back to AK they probably thought they were done with her. Then low and behold she quit her job, started mouthing on Facebook and formed Sarahpac. Who was hired by Sarahpac? None other than Mark Salter who has been with McCain for years, was cowriter on his books and speeches. A very loyal McCain man. He was sent to keep an eye on her. He knows how dumb she is and he was the one who leaked the story of her coming out in the towel in the hotel room during the campaign.
Schmidt knows. McCain knows. Wallace knows. Romney definitely knows. The GOP old guard makes him walk a tight rope to uphold the party's image (part of his deal since he's "waited for his turn") & that's why he has not made the info public--to protect the GOP, not Palin. He was promised she'd be neutralized by the GOP & she has been. But he knows, for sure. Heck, we know & most of us are not even in the GOP or politics.
Everyone in the Leadership know for sure that Palin didn't have that wild ride. Everyone normal mother who's had a baby knows that she didn't have that wild ride. She is lying, simple as that. She can prove it once and for all by providing the birth certificate THAT SHE HASN'T SHOWN yet. Prove the truthers wrong. That's all she has to do. She can close it down herself. However, the beast of Wallisa loves to play the victim. That is how she makes her money. The leadership all know that she also is unstable just like Newty Fruity. They are a perfect fit. Two loons. Just what the country needs. I will vote for President Obama again. We don't need 2 loons and another serious like Mittens.
I hate people who think ^.
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WOW! What an admission. Sort of reveals everything about you. Whoever you are.
B and Allison: You said "when Mitt hired Schmidt..." When did that happen? Steve Schmidt is a paid contributor on MSNBC and has been for months. He is not affiliated with any campaign. Could he have worked for Mittens in 2010? I guess so, but why would he quit? Maybe you have some other McCain staffer in mind.
~physicsmom
An interesting theory about Romney... but I think there's a hole in it: the psychology of Sarah Palin. She always gets very worked up and pissy about Resident Obama-- but I doubt he has proof regarding Babygate, otherwise he'd have used it in 2008.
I also don't think she'd go out of her way to piss off someone she KNEW possessed such career-ending, scandal-riddled information about her. She wants to keep her image because she wants to remain politically relevant (not infamous.... too late, right? lol).
That said... I do think that Romney *does* know some damaging information about Sarah, but whether HE knows this is another matter entirely. Maybe it was just a slip of the tongue she had in front of him (that he perhaps forgot) that clued him into something less than favorable. Maybe she flirted with him and felt scorned with rejection. Something as huge as babygate would have been brought to light by now. Something smaller, yet still embarrassing, though....?
The thing of it is, Romney has nothing to lose. He's a wealthy businessman, retired governor, and doesn't need to put a wig on every time he does an interview. People are going to believe what he says over Sarah. [By comparison, you have Sarah (grizzled millionaire grifter extraordinaire) and her word against: "some masseuse" and/or prostitute and various jilted lovers of family. They are weaker than she is.]
Bottom line on my opinion: Sarah sees Romney as a threat. I think he embarrassed/rejected her at some point (he doesn't seem that people-saavy) and she's being snarky in return. I'd love to know whatever gossip Romney has heard. After all, Alaska has over 30 000 Mormons--- 16.4% of the Mat-Su valley ae practicing Mormons!
I agree. He absolutely knows the truth about TriG and more.
I believe a lot of people know the truth. For some reason or another, it's been put on the back burner... Perhaps it's a time bomb waiting for the biggest dollar amount before bursting.
IMO, the reason the info is being withheld is because there are children involved. It's the only reason CBJ is in the picture at all.
resident Troll@8:41 Loving families don't allow one member to smash another member's head into a cake- in private, let alone on TV. That scene said it all- mean and nasty.
(another physicsmom)
OT, sort of: Whatever happened to the Babygate book that Griffin was promoting and was supposed to be out some time ago? I remember there being some legal issues but has anyone heard anything? Also, has Meagain surfaced since way back?
I think they all know and are remaining silent to protect the GOP and McCain. Choosing Palin without proper vetting led to a circus act of epic proportions to make a "palatable" solution. The palatable solution May have been planned by Palin and the GOP found out about it too late. OR the GOP decided on this palatable solution. The palatable solution was the story of Bristol being due with her first child late 2008. However, she had already birthed her two sons by the time the convention rolled around. So, let's stuff post partum leaking breasted Bristol into the gray bolster dress and say she's five months pregnant. If she is five months pregnant she couldn't have given birth in April, except she had by then, with her second kid TRIPP. This, after mom had planned a cover up fake pregnancy with a Tri-G to deal with the First kid Bristol had had awhile ago. I don't think the wild ride was unplanned. I think it was a carefully orchestrated hand-off of a Tri-G who was Either Bristol's first baby, or a replacement for Ruffles. Bristol, while shocked and surprised that her mother was taking possession of her first baby, went along as Bristol now had a second baby that she would get to keep, but after jumping through some hoops for mama, like wearing a sofa bolster in her chest at the convention.
It's my theory and even I can't keep it straight, so kudos to any readers who can lol!
I think they all know and are remaining silent to protect the GOP and McCain. Choosing Palin without proper vetting led to a circus act of epic proportions to make a "palatable" solution. The palatable solution May have been planned by Palin and the GOP found out about it too late. OR the GOP decided on this palatable solution. The palatable solution was the story of Bristol being due with her first child late 2008. However, she had already birthed her two sons by the time the convention rolled around. So, let's stuff post partum leaking breasted Bristol into the gray bolster dress and say she's five months pregnant. If she is five months pregnant she couldn't have given birth in April, except she had by then, with her second kid TRIPP. This, after mom had planned a cover up fake pregnancy with a Tri-G to deal with the First kid Bristol had had awhile ago. I don't think the wild ride was unplanned. I think it was a carefully orchestrated hand-off of a Tri-G who was Either Bristol's first baby, or a replacement for Ruffles. Bristol, while shocked and surprised that her mother was taking possession of her first baby, went along as Bristol now had a second baby that she would get to keep, but after jumping through some hoops for mama, like wearing a sofa bolster in her chest at the convention.
It's my theory and even I can't keep it straight, so kudos to any readers who can lol!
@physics mom. Romney hired Schmidt as an advisor back in 2010, I think. Not sure how long it lasted, but probably meant Schmidt wouldn't work for an opposing candidate. I like Schmidt on MSNBC except for his awkward hand movements.
My email is thepalinplace@gmail.com and I welcome anyone to use it.
New comment left on the puzzle piece/flu shot thread. This one's for you, Cracklin' Charlie!
The theory that Tripp was born much earlier could fit together with that odd little piece about the Tripp license plate ordered in March of 2008. I'm not shouting "eureka". Just trying to look at the odds and ends from a new angle.
Perhaps Schmidt had to sign a confidentiality clause from McCain so Mit has nothing personal to pass on. That may be why he is with MSNBC now. Perhaps Mit doesn't want to be the one to let the cat out of the bag to upset the Fundies....yet!
Or maybe none of them think it's worth bothering about as she is no longer any threat to them. She's become very toxic to anyone. Newt just hasn't figured it out yet. He just used her to get some attention. I haven't heard him praise her after the backlash from praising her with mentioning her for a post in his cabinet. Think they are all glad there is no woman to tip-toe around now. They can get down and dirty and waller in the mud together now. Sarah wasn't afraid to put them in their place and they don't have to deal with making her out the victim! No one wants that wrath on them. Notice how nasty they have gotten since Michelle dropped out!
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