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Sarah Palin last week publicly threatened tea party freshmen with 2012 primary challenges ahead of their votes to raise the debt limit. But by then, SarahPAC, the former Alaska governor’s political action committee, had already doled out 2012 primary funds to a handful of SarahPAC’s favorite lawmakers.
Sens. Bob Corker Tennessee and Roger Wicker of Mississippi both voted for the compromise and had already received $5,000 donations from SarahPAC this year. So did Reps. Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania, Larry Bucshon of Indiana, Francisco “Quico” Canseco of Texas, Mike Coffman of Colorado (whose check was not designated for his 2012 race, but was instead donated to help retire his 2008 debt), Sean Duffy of Wisconsin, Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Allen West of Florida.
All of the lawmakers listed above– including the two senators–are up for re-election in 2012. And it now appears likely that Palin is unhappy with many of those no-voters.
Palin appeared on Fox News’ Sean Hannity show last night and blasted lawmakers who supported raising the limit, saying “what they have just done to this country, Sean, is hand the most liberal president that we’ll probably ever see… an opportunity to spend even more money that we don’t have, to create more debt, thinking that that’s going to get us out of debt.” And Palin has been praising lawmakers who voted against raising the ceiling.
“Thank god for those folks who stood up for their principles,” Palin told Hannity. She even gave a shout-out to Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who voted against the compromise and would be fighting for the same crucial support from tea party conservatives with Palin in the 2012 primaries, if the former vice-presidential nominee decides to run.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/most-sarahpac-recipients-voted-debt-limit-increase-191814649.html
Is there a Civil War in the Republican Party????
Hannah Dunning
This is the kind of reasoning that makes liberals who they are, isn’t it?
Jana Tritle
can we expect
golf
vacation
fund raising
threatening not to send out social security checks
a childish temper tantrum
Chris Caley
Has he gotten a little cranky because he wont be able to spend like the Marxist fool that he is anymore?
Verline Naill
This is not in the constitution and the president does not have the authority to make stuff up. Now he is verging on collapsing the economy all because he wants to collect more revenue and spend more money?
Donovan Lerwill
I personally think he went to get his gat. He’s a true OG, no mo’ f***kin’ around.
Royal Trelles
Are we going to have to rely on more foreign investments? Keep printing out more money? Especially now that people are going to be spending less money…
How is the fair tax going to pay off the debt when money will be encouraged to be saved and not spent?
is this something everyone closes their eyes on and hope it goes away?
please enlighten me…
Fredrick, thats the biggest reason what I fear that might happen…
I heard the Chinese lent us so much money they now know we are probably not going to pay it back and our economy depends on them.
Reina Beneker
I understand the credit card companies put a stop to easy bankruptcy a few years ago.
Rosalia Holliday
Do you expect your indentured servitude to be permanent?
Gregory Guice
I want creative answer to see what you think will the U.S. govt. and/or any other gov.t ever get out of debt or will the U.S. just keep
expanding the trade defecit? Will all the world govts just bankrupt each other.
Please answer both questions
Lane Magouirk