Gingrich positions Palin as a conservative leader on energy issues. (Newtie/Patootie 2012)

[laststeamtrain]

Gingrich positions Palin as a conservative leader on energy issues.

At a National Press Club event on Wednesday, a questioner asked Newt Gingrich — head of a corporate-funded group American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF) — whether or not he would consider “running with” Sarah Palin in 2012. Gingrich demurred on 2012, but the former House Speaker went on to praise the soon-to-be-former Governor of Alaska as a future conservative leader on energy issues:

GINGRICH: Her knowledge of the energy issue is very real. And if you do start to see energy prices go back up I think there will be a pretty big interest in what she has to say about how we can use American energy — keep the money here in America and the fact that bowing to a Saudi king is not a substitute for energy policy.

Watch it: ... http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/25/gingrich-palin-leader-energy/
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Newtie/Patootie 2012. Sleaze & cheese, please.

[tj2001]

1. Palin's credentials as an energy expert are well known

to McCain

[Buzz Clik]

2. Newt has lost his mind.

Just because Palin lived in a state with lots of energy and had a briefed, failed governorship in that state doesn't mean she can find her ass with both hands on the issue. "Drill baby drill" is not a policy, it's a slogan for the brain dead.

[blue_onyx]

3. She's an energy expert?

Palin thought Alaska accounted for 20% of US energy, when it really only accounts for 3.5% of the energy produced (only 2.4% is actually consumed by the US). Yep...she's the preeminent authority when it comes to energy :eyes:

It seems like Newt may want to be Palin's Cheney.

[Walk away]

4. Every time this woman opens her mouth she sounds like an idiot

Are we giving her too much credit? Can she ever be taught to answer questions without a set script?

I don't know that she has a brain at all. It will be interesting to see if the gop can force information into her confused mind.