Rivals on the GOP re-branding tour

They “hate” and “despise” the Alaska governor, Limbaugh said, and the “listening tour” is nothing more than “an early campaign event” for the presidential elections of 2012.



He went on to call Palin “the most prominent and articulate voice” for American conservatism.



Limbaugh, then, presented himself as Palin’s bodyguard, and attacked her potential rivals for the GOP’s presidential nomination in 2012 (or after). Both Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney were blasted by the conservative talk radio hurricane. “They want you to forget about Reagan,” Limbaugh said in response to Bush’s remark that conservatives have to stop hoping for something that once was, and look towards the future instead.

But Romney is drawing more attention for what he said about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the GOP vice presidential candidate last year and a possible competitor for the 2012 nomination.



On CNN on Sunday, Romney was asked about Time magazine including only two high-profile Republicans-- Palin and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh-- on its list of "The World's Most Influential People."



"I think there are a lot more influential Republicans than that would suggest," Romney said.



"But was that the issue on the most beautiful people, or the most influential people?" he continued. "I'm not sure. If it's the most beautiful, I understand. We're not real cute."

“I am a Christian, and I am a model. Models pose for pictures, including lingerie and swimwear photos. Recently, photos taken of me as a teenager have been released surreptitiously to a tabloid Web site that openly mocks me for my Christian faith. I am not perfect, and I will never claim to be.”



...Although Prejean said the pictures were taken when she was 17, others have alleged that they seem to have been taken after she underwent breast-enhancement surgery six weeks prior to the Miss USA pageant. That surgery was paid for by the Miss California pageant.

Rush Limbaugh doesn't get much right but when he's barking about GOP inside baseball he knows what he's talking about. He's been dismissive of the Republican insiders rebranding tour-- never an admirer of voter participation in governance, he says its a waste of time to talk to common people-- but now he really has something to use to rile up the dittoheads: Jeb Bush, Eric Cantor , Mitt Romney and the rest of the insiders hate Sarah Palin -- and for the same reasons the libruls do.Willard fundamentally disagrees with Limbaugh on the listening session stunts. Straying from right wing doctrine , he offered the bold assertion that "Listening to people can make a difference."Actually in 2002 Romney was the only non-entertainment figure who made it tomagazine's "50 most beautiful" list (at #44 ), beating out Debra Messing, Jill Hennessy and Rashida Jones, though not in the same league as Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, and Cindy Crawford.Romney's campaigns have always tried to substitute the votes of smitten women for what he loses from people who won't vote for the... well, you know... the Mormon thing . And why will he do so well with the gals? Well, he always has. In fact in 2002, when he was running for governor of Massachusetts, he did an ad strolling down the beach shirtless-- which I guess he equates with Sarah Palin shooting wolves with an AK-47 out of a helicopter.But it goes beyond that. His 2007 campaign worked to further exploit what they call his "sensational good looks.": "In this media-driven age, Romney begins with a decisive advantage. First, he has sensational good looks.magazine named him one of the 50 most beautiful people in America. Standing 6 feet, 2 inches tall, Romney has jet-black hair, graying naturally at the temples. Women-- who will play a critical role in this coming election-- have a word for him: hot." And it wasn't even just Ann Coulter and other Republican women who were drooling. Gay GOP hearts were all aflutter over all 6'2" of shirtless Willard too. Jim McCrery (R-LA) and Denny Hastert (R-IL), two fine Republican closet queens, were all goo-gah over Mitt. He was always terrible on women's issues and even worse on gay rights but his condescending campaign staff thought gays and women were so shallow that they'd vote for him because... he has nice teeth? I guess he doesn't like the competition from Palin. Others think both Palin and Romney should just give it up already and make room for the new superstar in the Republican Party firmament, Carrie Prejean, the homophobic warrior du jour and sore loser in this year's Miss America pageant. In fact the same dribbling perverts who were so excited about Palin will really be able to get behind Prejean-- especially now that her Christian beavershots are showing up all over the Internet. She says the nudes were taken when she was just a child and that she will redouble her efforts to spread hatred, divisiveness, bigotry and the rest of her bizarre interpretation of Jesus' religion. She claims that everybody does those kinds of photos, although the judges say they go beyond what's permitted and would have disqualified her from competing in the Miss California pageant if she had been honest about her activities.

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