Palin on Ron Paul: "Right On!'

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In a February interview with MTV, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin lavished praise on maverick Republican presidential contender Ron Paul.

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But Palin made no mention of John McCain.

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McCain calls Palin his political "soul-mate."

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The governor, who supported the renegade Republican campaigns of Pat Buchanan in the 1990s (Pat says: "She's a great choice for the base ... She's a Buchananite"), described the anti-war, libertarian-leaning congressman from Texas as "cool."

"He's a good guy," she continued. "He's so independent. He's independent of the party machine. I'm like, ‘Right on, so am I.'"

Conveniently, Paul -- who refuses to endorse McCain -- will be holding an outside-the-convention "Rally for the Republic," which is expected to draw thousands of his ardent supporters to the Target Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

Perhaps Palin will join them.

Or is she now with the party machine?

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/351293/palin_on_ron_paul_right_on_

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

1. She seems to like Obama and Paul more then McDouchebagg...

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2. This might backfire with Paul supporters who may have been warming up to McCain

Many of the Ron Paul supporters are adamant in their loyalty to Paul. If they perceive Palin as buying into the Good Ole' Boy system after having been a Ron Paul fan, they may view her as disingenuous.

You know, it is amazing how there isn't more media coverage on the dissent in the GOP with the Ron Paul folks. Here in NV, the Ron Paul delegates pretty much caused the Repug Convention to come to a dead stop. It was an unconventional move when one of the leaders finally just cut the meeting short -- there were so many Paul supporters that they didn't have enough delegates to support McCain. It was nuts. And yet, nary a word is mentioned about it in MSM, all the while all kind of wild speculation went on for months, weeks, days before the DNC about dissension with the Dems.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Some Democratic group could make a great ad with footage from that interview

I think it qualifies as 'low-hanging fruit' that can be exploited with relative ease.

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4. And I hope this gets around more

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5. I wonder if she would be supporting Paul if she hadn't been tapped as Grampy's VP?

[JTG of the PRB]

6. "Soul-mate"?

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