Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin - 'quitter', 'joke', 'trainwreck'

[Liberal_in_LA]

Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

Their harsh views conflict with those of grass-roots GOP voters, revealing a serious split within the party.

By Mark Z. Barabak
July 13, 2009

Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck."

And those were fellow Republicans talking.

Palin has been a polarizing figure from the moment she stepped off the tundra into the bright lights last summer as John McCain's surprise vice presidential running mate. Some of that hostility could be expected, given the hyper-partisanship of today's politics.

What is remarkable is the contempt Palin has engendered within her own party and the fact that so many of her GOP detractors are willing, even eager, to express it publicly -- even with Palin an early front-runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Some admit their preference that she stay in Alaska and forget about any national ambitions.

"I am of the strong opinion that, at present day, she is not ready to be the leading voice of the GOP," said Todd Harris, a party strategist who likened Palin to the hopelessly dated "Miami Vice" -- something once cool that people regard years later with puzzlement and laughter. "It's not even that she hasn't paid her dues. I personally don't think she's ready to be commander in chief."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-palin-gop13-2009jul13,0,2642211.story

"Professional operatives keep their eye on a broader horizon and understand, without independents and swing voters, she can't win," Murphy said. "She's a stone-cold loser in a general election."

[opihimoimoi]

1. From Hero to Zero in 9 months...we hardly knew thee....but the fun had by we...

[Eric J in MN]

2. Personally, I was disgusted by her RNC speech...

...which implied that people who live in small towns are better than people who live in big cities.

And I liked John McCain's RNC speech, and so it's not just because I'm against the Republican Party.

So for me, she was never deserved admiration in the first place.