{"id":182004,"date":"2016-01-19T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/01\/19\/how-utterly-proper-9\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T02:16:00","slug":"how-utterly-proper-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2016\/01\/19\/how-utterly-proper-9\/","title":{"rendered":"How Utterly Proper"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>This really shouldn’t be a surprise.<\/p>\n

Palin has been feeling persecuted by the Republican establishment since 2009 or so, and unlike Ted Cruz, Trump does know how to be charming when he wants to close a deal, so there is a twisted internal logic to her endorsement of Donald Trump<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, endorsed Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, providing him with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state\u2019s caucuses.<\/span>

<\/span> \u201cAre you ready for the leader to make America great again?\u201d Mrs. Palin said with Mr. Trump by her side at a rally at Iowa State University. \u201cAre you ready to stump for Trump? I\u2019m here to support the next president of the United States \u2014 Donald Trump.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span> Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican so far. It came the same day that Iowa\u2019s Republican governor, Terry Branstad, said he hoped that Senator Ted Cruz would be defeated in Iowa. The Feb. 1 caucuses are a must-win for the Texas senator, who is running neck-and-neck with Mr. Trump in state polls.<\/span>

<\/span> The endorsement came as Mr. Trump was bearing down in the state, holding multiple campaign events and raising expectations about his performance in the nation\u2019s first nominating contest.<\/span>

<\/span> As Mrs. Palin announced her backing, Mr. Trump stood wearing a satisfied smile as she scolded mainstream Republicans as sellouts and praised how Mr. Trump had shaken up the party. \u201cHe\u2019s been going rogue left and right,\u201d Mrs. Palin said of Mr. Trump, using one of her signature phrases. \u201cThat\u2019s why he\u2019s doing so well. He\u2019s been able to tear the veil off this idea of the system.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In literally<\/span><\/b> related news, the son of Alaska’s mom of the year, “Track Palin, Got Drunk And Beated Up A Lady With His Gun, Allegedly<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

What a busy day for the Palin family! Sarah\u2019s in Iowa<\/a> making drunk faces about Makin\u2019 America Great Again for Donald Trump, Bristol\u2019s sitting at home COVERED in out-of-wedlock baby poo and \u201cwriting\u201d internet letters about what a dick Ted Cruz is and OH LOL GUESS WHAT, Track Palin had to go to court, because he was arrested<\/a> Monday night for beating up a lady, interfering with a domestic violence report, and also too brandishing a weapon while intoxicated.<\/p>\n

Put in more Regular American talk, Track Palin was arrested for being a common drunk-brawlin\u2019 Palin.<\/a><\/p>\n

Allegedly.<\/p>\n

Whoa if true, though, and we hope she\u2019s OK. Here\u2019s your press release from the Wasilla po-po\u2019s office:<\/span><\/p>\n

On 01\/18\/2016 at approximately 2204 hours, Wasilla Police responded to a residence for a disturbance. An investigation revealed Track Palin had committed a domestic violence assault on a female, interfered with her ability to report a crime of domestic violence, and possessed a firearm while intoxicated. Palin was arrested and charges of assault in the fourth degree (domestic violence), interfering with a domestic violence report, and misconduct involving weapons in the fourth degree were forwarded to the District Attorney\u2019s Office. Palin was held without bail until arraignment.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UH-OH! We are so shocked by this behavior, young man.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the saying says, “First as tragedy, then as farce”.<\/p>\n

I believe that this farce is called “The Wasilla Hillbillies.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This really shouldn’t be a surprise. Palin has been feeling persecuted by the Republican establishment since 2009 or so, and unlike Ted Cruz, Trump does know how to be charming when he wants to close a deal, so there is a twisted internal logic to her endorsement of Donald Trump: Sarah Palin, the former Alaska …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[963,1165,977,1015],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donald-trump","category-endorsement","category-presidential-campaign","category-weird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}