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Why John Avlon Hates Sarah Palin

Posted on | March 29, 2013 | 75 Comments

Prominent among the clueless douchebags who thought Rudy Giuliani could be elected president, John Avlon by 2009  was faced with a problem: How could a pro-Obama liberal Republican hireling find work in a political environment where the Tea Party uprising demonstrated that the Charlie Crist collaborationist Vichy wing of the GOP  had no natural grassroots constituency?

So in 2010, Avlon co-founded the “No Labels” movement, funded by liberal donors and assigned the mission of helping Democrats destroy the Tea Party. And if Avlon’s constant smearing of conservatives as “winguts” damaged the Republican Party, so what? Nobody involved in “No Labels” gives a damn.

OK, so the other day Sarah Palin’s PAC came out with an awesome new video declaring Mama Grizzly’s intent to continue being a major force in Republican Party politics, and naturally John Avlon decided this was a fine occasion to defecate all over Palin’s name.

Would it be possible to do a point-by-point rebuttal of Avlon’s ignorant arguments? Yes. Is it necessary to do so? No.

Once you understand the motives of people like that, their methods are mere details. If Avlon ever wrote anything that hurt Democrats, the Daily Beast wouldn’t publish it.

UPDATE: Noticing some chatter in the comments, let me clarify that I am not “anti-Giuliani,” but anybody who thought Rudy was going to be elected president just doesn’t understand how modern politics works. I mean, never mind the primary campaign “path to the nomination,” or even questions of ideology or issues. Just ask yourself: Who was the last bald guy elected president?

There’s this thing called “TV.” Maybe you heard of it . . .

 

Category: Vicious Backstabbing Crapweasels

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75 Responses to “Why John Avlon Hates Sarah Palin”

  1. Josh_Painter
    March 29th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm

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  2. mamawagsx2
    March 29th, 2013 @ 3:08 pm

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  3. kennjac
    March 29th, 2013 @ 3:13 pm

    Thanks Stacy, this crap is starting to piss off a lot of people. I would rather stand with Palin then any no labels piece of crap.

  4. therrera3501
    March 29th, 2013 @ 3:29 pm

    @smitty_one_each because she is the real deal

  5. ThePaganTemple
    March 29th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm

    “Starting”?

  6. Finrod Felagund
    March 29th, 2013 @ 3:49 pm

    Enh, the two candidates I supported in 2008 were Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson. I favored Rudy just marginally over Fred because I figured he had a better chance.

    Consider that the other main options were John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee.

  7. Finrod Felagund
    March 29th, 2013 @ 3:51 pm

    To elaborate a bit: I knew going into 2008 that Rudy was a moderate Republican. But he had one thing in common with Sarah Palin: they both fight. It’s been so long since we’ve had a fighter for our presidential nominee that I’d rather have a moderate that fights than a conservative that doesn’t.

  8. ProudAmerican247
    March 29th, 2013 @ 4:06 pm

    If Sarah Palin is so IRRELEVANT, the “clueless douchebag”, John Avlon, wouldn’t even remotely be THINKING of her, much less taking time to write a hit piece on her.
    OBVIOUSLY, she is RELEVANT and is a KINGMAKER. We saw the envidence in the 2010 midterms….conservative candidates winning and overwhelming the Left.
    “2014 – Loaded For Bear” is Sarah Palin’s new slogan. Nothin’ YOU or your ilk write will matter, Avlon. You’re just a blathering idiot like all the rest.
    PALIN POWER 2014

  9. PetePetretich
    March 29th, 2013 @ 4:39 pm

    That reminds me, what ever happened 2 Santorum’s PAC? I noticed that he endorsed Bostic in SC, but otherwise nada!

    Why isn’t Rick Santorum denounced as a “grifter”?

  10. Neil Flagg
    March 29th, 2013 @ 4:54 pm

    Too bad John Batchellor associates himself so closely with this guy Avalon aka Mrs. Margaret Hoover aka smarmy Manhattan jerkoff. Batchellor’s show used to be great, now it’s unlistenable.

  11. Mr.L
    March 29th, 2013 @ 4:55 pm

    Thanks for taking this putz down. I can’t stand the perpetual, phony, smug, douche bag smile on his face. I despise him and that fraudulent “no labels” group.

  12. rrpjr
    March 29th, 2013 @ 5:05 pm

    Agreed. Rudy took it to the Left like nobody else.

  13. K-Bob
    March 29th, 2013 @ 5:34 pm

    There must be an Amazon associate marketing thing you could cash in on when this guy Avlon buys those 55gal barrels of douche he needs to keep himself topped up.

  14. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    March 29th, 2013 @ 5:44 pm

    I “started” getting pissed off about 24 hours after Palin was first announced as McCain’s running mate. The BS attacks started then.

  15. Dianna Deeley
    March 29th, 2013 @ 5:56 pm

    While he does blather, there’s this lovely word I cannot see enough of, usually paired with “idiot”: blithering. It’s just the perfect word.

  16. section9
    March 29th, 2013 @ 6:36 pm

    I have another take: John Avlon is fronting for Team Bush and the satellite of consultancies that fleeced Romney for everything he had.

    Look, if this piece had come out in NRO or The Standard, we’d easily be able to tell who was fronting Avlon, but it’s in the Beast, so it’s harder to tell who put him up to it and gave him his talking points. But look at the piece: the charge that leaps out is one that accuses Palin of not being a “fiscal conservative”!

    Remember when the Bushies ran that campaign ad of Bob Dole having no footprints in New Hampshire in 1988? Pissed Dole off a blue streak and helped the Old Man Bush win that primary! It’s what these people do. They accuse Reaganites of not being “conservative” so their RINO candidate can win.
    That’s what’s going on here. They also don’t like the fact that Palin (and Cruz, btw) is taking dead aim at the criminal class of consultants who looted the rank and file since Bush the Younger left town.
    Karl and Co are behind this. I will bet my hat on it.

  17. DaveO
    March 29th, 2013 @ 6:56 pm

    Republican consultants are engineering the losses in order to loot the campaign treasuries; and pushing candidates who will extremely grateful and push more money in the wallets. A few years back, the NRCC accounts were emptied by a Republican consultant.
    I wonder just how lucrative being the business of creating losers is?

  18. HMSLion
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:00 pm

    Considering the poor performance of the Pretty Presidents, we SHOULD elect a fat ugly bald one. Someone competent to do more than read a teleprompter.

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  20. OpedAnderson
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:14 pm

    I don’t know if Palin is ever going to run for office again, but I do know that she will continue to be an important person who has the guts and clout to take on both the liberals and the RINOS in the the GOP

  21. section9
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:29 pm

    There hasn’t been an honest consultant since Reagan left town. I think Stacy basically told everyone about the web of deceit surrounding ORCA and the closed environmental system that made up the Romney Consulting Web.
    No outside feedback=losing campaign.
    Dead men walking, yes, but they are all very wealthy dead men walking. And you’ll notice that the Democrats do nothing to disrupt this arrangement because they like Republican Consultants who are satisfied with coming in second as long as they make money.
    Palin is screwing that entire arrangement up .

  22. section9
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm

    Your next video takedown will be a pleasure, I’m sure.

  23. section9
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm

    Because Santorum doesn’t threaten the K-Street crowd and the Bushies.

  24. Bill589
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:38 pm

    Sarah is the one that calls out both halves of our corrupt government. She is the one that targets and threatens the PPC.

    It’s war. They will not go quietly. GOPe and Dem media, along with GOPe and Dem trolls infesting the Net, will do everything they can to diminish her.

    Pray for Sarah’s safety and for patriots’ success in restoring our republic.

  25. senator20526
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:39 pm

    Go gitum’ Mr. L

  26. jakee308
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:41 pm

    Hell. Who was the last Divorced guy that was elected President?

    Them Wimmins got loooooonnnnnggggg memories.

  27. jakee308
    March 29th, 2013 @ 7:43 pm

    Try 30 seconds. From WITHIN the campaign. Steve Schmidt-head and Nicole Wallace, I’m looking at you!!

  28. richard mcenroe
    March 29th, 2013 @ 8:10 pm

    Ronald Reagan.

  29. richard mcenroe
    March 29th, 2013 @ 8:11 pm

    Because if you’re on his mailing lists you know he’s been touring and speaking.

  30. MrPaulRevere
    March 29th, 2013 @ 8:26 pm

    Thats an interesting observation and quite correct, IMO. Reagan never had a ‘political guru’ like Rove or Lee Atwater. Obviously, he didn’t need one (and fired John Sears when he tried to assume that role). He knew his own mind and more importantly was able to connect with American people on a visceral level. I fear we shall never see his like again.

  31. Brian Cunningham
    March 29th, 2013 @ 8:28 pm

    John Avlon is Mr. Margaret Hoover – a pair of liberal loons.

  32. Brian Cunningham
    March 29th, 2013 @ 8:33 pm

    We haven’t had a conservative nominee since 1984.

  33. jsn2
    March 29th, 2013 @ 8:47 pm

    My take on Avlon is he’s just a pussy who doesn’t mind bending over for $. Criticizing Palin wins him piles of brownie points from the left.

  34. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    March 29th, 2013 @ 8:59 pm

    Possible!

  35. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    March 29th, 2013 @ 9:07 pm

    I want to slap them both. Repeatedly.

  36. Laddie_Blah_Blah
    March 29th, 2013 @ 9:36 pm

    Giuliani has always had good things to say about Governor Palin. He was one of the very few who defended her against the ugly Tucson smear. Avlon’s name does not deserve to appear in the same sentence with Rudy’s.

  37. Garym
    March 29th, 2013 @ 9:55 pm

    I can help you with that word, if you want Diana.
    ; )

  38. Garym
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:06 pm

    Giuliani was the guy that brought Sarah and her daughter Willow to Yankee Stadium when Letterman made the tasteless joke about Willow. Giuliani is a good man, who was a solid leader after 911. He’s just not electable for the Presidency. Too liberal.

  39. Kevin Trainor Jr.
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:12 pm

    Kevin Trainor Jr. liked this on Facebook.

  40. RefudiateGOPe
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:14 pm

    Brian Lerch just did another takedown on Avlon.

    http://conservatives4palin.com/2013/03/no-labels-smear-merchant-at-it-again.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

  41. 98ZJUSMC
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:34 pm

    No. I don’t think so. At least, not one that is a Republican. There is barely as slivers’ difference between the two parties.

  42. 98ZJUSMC
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:37 pm

    I would be ecstatic to see her take a Senate seat. Absolutely, love it.

  43. Wombat_socho
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:38 pm

    With a m****rf*cking chainsaw.

  44. 98ZJUSMC
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:42 pm

    Sure did. The most despicable smear job I have ever witnessed. The sad thing is, she is too damaged, unfairly of course, for the Presidency at this time. Unless the stay-at-homes came out in record numbers. She needs to jump back into either the Senate or the House.

  45. Shery Hancock
    March 29th, 2013 @ 10:46 pm

    there are way too many so-called conservative pundits who love to get a bash in against Palin. they think, i suppose, that it somehow gives them clout, or makes them seem ‘normal’. it only rankles us here in flyover country, and ensures that we will never listen to their opinions on anything important to us.

  46. section9
    March 29th, 2013 @ 11:02 pm

    The fascinating thing is the extent to which the Dems are comfortable with this. They benefit from it, after all, so I shouldn’t be surprised.

  47. exodus2011
    March 29th, 2013 @ 11:33 pm

    poor ole Avlon is likely really miffed about his No Labels effort in 2010 FAILING so badly …. didn’t we have a HOR Landslide and huge gains in the Senate, primarily due to Steele running things in coordination with the Tea Party, and with significant input from Big Mama Grizzly?

    He’s a Deamer if he thinks he can stop 2014 becoming 2010 ON STEROIDS

    #WAR ——————> #CrushROVE

    #BeClingers ———> #AmericaRISING

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    March 30th, 2013 @ 1:22 am

    Is it OK to dislike both

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