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Originally Posted by scbelle
I realize the thread went in a different direction and as usual, I'm late to the party, but if I were a Rebublican, I'd be pissed at the statement she made that I bolded. Exactly what gave her the authority to start speaking for other Republican leaders??? She's not the face of the Republican party... yet.
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The CNN article is missing a little bit of context - apparently, Palin missed a meeting of all of the Republican governors to appear on CNN (twice), then had an individual press conference scheduled for the next day. Instead, she had 12 or so other R govs at the press conference, and they took all of four questions (all directed at her) where she made comments just like that one. Someone got in her ear and told her to get on the train - not surprising, since she looks like a huge asshole missing an important party event to get interviewed by Larry freaking King.
That gives a LOT more context to the quote - she's at least making an attempt to jump in line, and the current party line is "we're on the boat and not thinking about 2012, we have a lot of problems before then, blah blah blah."
Not that the quote is a great one even then, but it's at least not as selfish or self-exalting as it sounds out of context.