2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSad! Trump Says Palin Won't Attend RNC Because Alaska Is 'A Long Ways Away'
That sound you hear is hearts breaking everywhere after Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can't attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland because it's simply too far away.
Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee who's been a huge cheerleader for Trump, was a logical choice for a convention speaker. But Trump said that she could not swing the 11-hour flight from her home in Alaska.
"She was asked," Trump told the Washington Examiner in a Thursday interview. "It's a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it's a long ways away."
So Palin, who endorsed Trump in January and has praised him in blog posts and speeches, won't not bear witness to the ranks of Trump's unconventional convention speakers, including Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White and Christian football star Tim Tebow.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/palin-not-going-rnc-too-far-away
PJMcK
(21,922 posts)I mean, really, it's too bad because Sarah Palin is always good for amusement. Donald Trump probably didn't want her there, anyway.
TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)I can't think of anything.
PJMcK
(21,922 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)Response to RockaFowler (Reply #15)
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JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Isn't that what Rubio is going to do?
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)It is beneath Stupid person to fly on domestic airlines.
calimary
(80,700 posts)That's the ONLY reason why she isn't coming. She couldn't find anybody to pay her way. Wonder why her GOOOOOOOD friend Donald didn't pop for it? Weren't they thisclose? (HAH! My autocorrect tried to make thisclose into "thistles"!)
sarae
(3,284 posts)That's never stopped her before. I bet there's a new Palin family secret to keep under wraps...
Doodley
(8,976 posts)no_hypocrisy
(45,783 posts)Sarah Palin's version of her last son's birth (Trigg) has her making a speech at an RGA energy conference in Dallas on April 17, 2008. Her water broke; she made the speech; and took the next plane back to Alaska because Trigg HAD TO be born on Alaska soil. She compromised the survival of her fetus as well as her own health.
Again, Palin flew from Dallas to Alaska while having contractions and Trump now says Alaska is too far away from Cleveland?
I think he told her stay home or else.
deurbano
(2,891 posts)Some people thought she was pretending to be the mother to protect one of her children, but it would have been better to cop to that, since the alternative explanation made her seem insanely reckless, with zero judgment.
She didn't mind traveling to appear on "The Match Game."
underpants
(182,283 posts)She was on Match Game?
LyndaG
(683 posts)underpants
(182,283 posts)Wouldn't surprise me
thesquanderer
(11,955 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)underpants
(182,283 posts)I've never seen anyone get so many phone interviews
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)the rest of the world travels long distance,by plane. She was told not to show up,I have no doubt.
Botany
(70,292 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I wonder what the real reason is.
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Seriously. That's probably the real reason that The Donald didn't want her. I realize that's a shallow answer, but that's the way he is.
Botany
(70,292 posts)hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)When looks fade...and one is used to getting by on those looks (as opposed to using one's brain, etc.).
If that's a tacky thing to say, I will pre-apologize. But as a feminist, women who try to join the good ole boys network really irk me.
Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)Probably has had little use for him since he let it slip he wouldn't be picking any women for VP because that would be "pandering."
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)I was looking forward to some comedic word salad
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)The good news Sarah, moroom-faced guy won't be hitting on you. And you can spend the time watching Putin from your porch.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Daily I believe.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Old Union Guy
(738 posts)A face saving cover story.
They are being "nice" instead of saying that they don't want Sarah stinking up the place with stupid remarks to the media.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Her appearances for him during the primaries were roundly criticized. She was a laughing stock.