Sam Donaldson: GOP Doomed If It Follows Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck

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"If the Republican Party follows the course of Palin and Beck and Company it's doomed."

So said Sam Donaldson on ABC's "This Week" Sunday.

His evidence?

Democrat Bill Owens victory Tuesday in the 23rd Congressional district of New York.

Readers are strongly advised to stow all fluids, combustibles, and sharp objects for the ignorance on display here might produce uncontrollable fits of anger (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript):

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Let me tell you that the wake-up call for the Republicans was the New York's 23rd. Now just as Rush Limbaugh couldn't prevent the Party from nominating John McCain despite his best efforts, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and the gang could not prevent that district for the first time in a hundred years from going Democratic. Because they had a candidate, well he wasn't a Republican, I understand that, who was the Sarah Palin values, the robocalls and all of that. It didn't resonate. It doesn't resonate with independents. If the Republican Party follows the course of Palin and Beck and Company it's doomed.

Staggering ignorance, dontcha think?

First off, John McCain lost last November, Sam, in one of the biggest landslides in decades. 

As such, Limbaugh's attempts to prevent McCain from being the Republican nominee actually look quick wise.

Think about it, Sam: knowing what you now know about the results of that election, would you STILL nominate McCain?

As for NY-23, the Republican Party backed a liberal who had to drop out of the race three days before Election Day because she couldn't garner enough support.

Add it up and the GOP was WRONG to back McCain last year and WRONG to back Dede Scozzafava this year.

Why?

BECAUSE THEY BOTH LOST!!!

But Donaldson thinks the Party is doomed if it chooses to get different advice.

Amazing.

And you gotta love his point concerning robocalls. 

After all, Scozzafava did a robocall for Owens. So did Vice President Joe Biden. Apparently so did President Obama.

Alas, like virtually all liberals, Sam only finds robocalls distasteful when done to assist Republicans.

Now THAT'S entertainment!

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.


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I thought this comb-over was dead...

Thanks for the advice Sam.

Stay out of the wind. 

Dems are scared. They're

Dems are scared. They're pushing this premise, but they do not believe it. They're hoping it will stick, but they themselves don't believe it in the slightest.

The American people are as conservative as they ever were, if not more so. The only reason 0 won the election is because the GOP had Mr. Nowhere Man running.

The Reagan landslides were NOT that long ago. People respond to real pro-American leaders, and these liars KNOW that.

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I did see that. I don't

I did see that.

I don't recall the media being such a propaganda machine for Clinton as they are for Obama.

"I don't recall the media

"I don't recall the media being such a propaganda machine for Clinton as they are for Obama."

They were this bad during the final few years of Bush though. It's not about 0bama - it's that they have systematically got more brazen in recent years.

People just wouldn't have accepted this level of propaganda even 10 years ago. Somehow people's paradigm has been shifted to such a degree that the majority are accepting it.

In some ways it's good for us - a lot more people are realizing there is a massive problem. But the people who don't make that connection are propagandized a whole lot more.

Like most things, it's a tradeoff. They've decided on balance to go full hardcore propaganda, giving up any pretense of being "news" to any educated person, in favor of propagandizing the majority.

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Level of acceptance

The level of acceptance has diminished greatly. This is apparent by the steadly decreasing ratings of Cnn and Msndc. Looks like they are  going to Fox as they have more viewers than both combined.

Yep

Jerry is correct.  When public tv is soon to overtake the major news networks, you know it isn't just a hiccup.  People know they are bought and paid for by Obama.  I mean, didn't ABC give Obama their camera's so his own people could shoot a white house announcement?  Or was I the only one that saw that and said "Holy Crap".

LOL

As Pelosi Reed and Obama take the Democrats off the 20% cliff they sit and try to tell the 40% what to do.

2010, if it comes with a D vote against it. No exceptions.

I notice that bipartisan, transparency and reading bills seems to have gone out of style as soon as the lies were spoke. weird how this always seems to happen with Democrats, and the lamestream media doesn't say a peep.

I also note no protestations from the ACLU after the domestic spying bill was re-upped.

I'm with you.

Who would take this effete snob seriously while wearing that well-ordered wig?

TERM LIMITS FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS!

And, yes, I am shouting.

X

Gosh ... the Kommiecrats are sooooo helpful.

If only the DC GOP would follow Bexks, Limbaughs and Palins lead, but NO we got steele & boener who will follow the Kommiecrats & Big Media instead

Are you listening Sam?

As long as I have a choice, I will follow Beck, Palin, Bachman and whoever else shows up who loves this country like I do.

Sam, you are now #13 on my T-SOU-I list. If you have any intelligence left, that should give you pause.

 

I hope he fails,soon.

Why do all of these liberal

Why do all of these liberal talking heads give advice about what the Republican party should do when they don't want them to succeed anyway?  Time to go back to your ranch out West and pretend to plow something, Sam.

Of course the reality is just the opposite

The Scozzafava debacle shows that unless the GOP lets the rank-and-file choose the candidate instead of taking the progressive "advice" of pushing more populist candidates they are doomed to lose.

Yes there will be areas where a liberal candidate will beat a conservative, but nationally more people (including independants) concider themselves closer to conservative principles than liberal principles. 

When was the last time an independant candidate forced a candidate from one of the "two major parties" to drop out?

Throw 'da bums out!!!

Before it's too late. 

www.loyaltoliberty.com

More expert political advice

More expert political advice for Conservatives from the looney left. This is getting more One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest every day.

Thanks for your time, Sam.

No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.

Donaldson's "analysis" is

Donaldson's "analysis" is about four times more ludicrous than the dead rat combover resting in FULL rigor atop his pointy dome.

Now that's entertainment.

The state controlled leftist media are just a bunch of DOUCHE BAGGERS (D-BAGGERS)

OMG, this is so weird

I was just sitting here wondering what Sam Donaldson was thinking!

...and we all know of Donaldson's concern for the...

...Republican Party.

Rather like Ahmedinejad’s concern for Israel.

- Relying upon the ABC for your information is like relying upon an embezzler for your portfolio management.

- I didn't leave the Republican Party; the Republican Party left me.

Sammy's Advise

I don't think I would take any advice from a jerk who wants to open up a public criminal investigation of the CIA.

(Private Note to S.D.: Continue to maintain irrelevance status. That is all.)

total bs.

first of all, sam donaldson is a liberal who would love nothing more than the total demise of the republican party. if the republicans were to take the advice of comb-over sam and the rest of the big-tenters it would lead to a repeat of the 2008 elections.

secondly, the republicans tried this already in the 23rd NY district and it didn't work.  hoffman was an unpolished complete unknown, and almost won without the help of his own party.  dede skankofava isn't a moderate - she's a liberal, and she supported the health bill, cap and tax as well as gay marriage.  she dropped out because she was unable to get the support of the republican base.

finally, the republican party has gotten a real lesson these last two elections about what works and what fails.  this is not a nation which will support higher taxes and bigger government, and gay marriage has failed every time it has been put to a vote.  the republicans need to go back to the reagan model.  if they do they'll get the same results that reagan did.

 

swing hard in case you hit it.

If the left seeks out Obama's blessing...

They are doomed!!  Obama made 5 - 6 apperances for the Govenor of NJ who was an incumbant and did not move his poll numbers 1 point!!  Sarah Palin supports a conservative (via email) that no one has ever heard of and he captures 48% of the vote.  So which is the messed up stategy??

 

Stay Free!!!

All these sunday morning 'advice' shows..

are pathetic now...except of course Wallace, he seems to be the only one 'fair and balanced'   did any1 see MTP today? who was the conservative? Maddow?   lmao     

Why do people like Donaldson

Why do people like Donaldson think we care what they think?  He is not unbiased, and he doesn't represent the Republican/Conservative point of view.  He has nothing to say that should interest the Republic an party.

Humorus

I find it humorus that a left wing loon with a bad hair piece that reguritates Msndc should be listened too.

How Many Times..

How many times are Dems going to get away with the lie about how long it's been since a Dem held this seat before someone calls them on it?  Newsbusters???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

NcNulty was 23rd district Representative until redistricting put him in the 21st district.

According to the Wikipedia article above, there were 16 other Democrats to hold the 23rd district seat since 1865.

 

  "Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin

  "Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and the gang could not prevent that district for the first time in a hundred years from going Democratic."

 When are these pundits going to LEARN that the district was democratic for 20+ years until 1992???? 

VOTE CONSERVATIVE 

 

 

 

Controlling and Defining

By attempting to control who Conservatives choose as their candidates the Left merely points out it's largest threats. Whoever they attack are our best bets for victory and survival.

And Sam, retire while you still can.

 

JMHO, you understand.

If Saul Alinsky owned a news channel it would be MSNBC.  ----  Me

Old media coming out big time

All these OLD media going all out now for the DNC reading talking point after talking point.

If there was any doubt the "lame stream press" was...

biased in favor of Liberals, then you can forget about it now.  Palin and Beck are Conservatives and as such, pose a threat to the Liberal establishment by exposing their misdeeds and machinations to the general public.  We can't have that, can we Sam?  Why doesn't the press criticize truly unpopular politicians like Reid and Pelosi?  Instead they go after our good people just like they did with Bush.  I'm sick of it!  Jim Webster

Well I guess I'm doomed then....

only time will tell.

I don't understand how much more time and evidence the country as a whole and the media needs in order to see and realize osamaobama is illegal and an enemy to the United States. His response on his radical muslim brother hasan who he agrees with(it was the dead and wounded's fault not the muslim) speaks volumes.

Keep thinking that Sammy! I

Keep thinking that Sammy!

I love when Lib Heads tell themselves this stuff.  Makes the hit hurt sooooo much more.  That is when the whining is like music to my ears!  Yes Sam, we are Doomed, DOOMED!

If we can get Conservatives

If we can get Conservatives to run, Conservatives will win.  It's worked every single time it's been tried. 

It's laughable that Donaldson would try to advise Conservatives.  He's not speaking to us, he is speaking to his liberal friends.  It's a "see I told them that" moment.

I repeat,  I am scheduled for a frontal lobotomy next Tuesday, right after that I'll care about what Sam Donaldson has to say.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

Think about it, Sam:

Think about it, Sam: knowing what you now know about the results of that election, would you STILL nominate McCain?

 

C'mon Noel, You didnt have to ask that, because you know darn well that Sam would still have backed a McClaim errrr McCain nomination. It was the media that chose him for the Republicans in the first place for an easy loss.

I wish Sam and quite a few

I wish Sam and quite a few others would just take all the rocks out of their pockets and float away! To someplace like Cuba, Venzuela or any 3rd rate banana republic that they are so friggin' endeared to.

 

Better healthcare in those places anyways.

Sam needs to buy a clue

NB ran proof here just days ago that the MSM line about NY23 being Republican for 100 years was a lie.

So either Sam Donaldson is too lazy to do any research, or he's part of the effort to lie to the public.

Sam, Sam....

Sam, Sam.... stick to your retired profession: raising llamas-- and keep puffin' that puffaluffin' stuff-- it's very entertaining when you open your mouth when you do that--

WHO CARES

That loser donaldson, in all his career, never enjoyed the ratings that glenn beck gets, and sarah would wipe the floor with that idiot, he needs to shutup and stay on his farm, nobady cares or wants to hear from that overated journalist

Noel wrote: "Think about it, Sam: knowing what you now know

about the results of that election, would you STILL nominate McCain?"

The answer, of course, is a resounding YES! RINO McCain lost the election, and that is exactly what liberals like Sam Donaldson wanted. Donaldson may be clueless, but he is not THAT clueless!  Liberals understand that true conservative values are attractive to voters, especially to independent voters. For Democrats to win, Republican nominees must be RINOs like McCain.

That is what concerns me regarding the 2012 presidential election. With the Democrats and liberal media's help, we may nominate another "liberal Republican." Gov.Tim Pawlenty is positioning himself as a conservative. However, Pawlenty is for cap and trade. This is from Human Events:

If not for the prodigious list of “green” environmentalist policies and nanny-state regulations he has continued to promote and sign into law, Pawlenty could have built up more bona fide conservative credentials by now. While he was head of the National Governors Association, he worked with Democratic governors to promote a reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions coupled with more “renewable-energy” requirements. He also helped persuade his fellow Midwestern governors to pursue a regional “cap-and-trade” initiative.

Moreover, this is how Gov. Pawlenty described John McCain:

"And lastly, if you look at the brilliance of Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt and Lincoln, prominent Republican presidents, in addition to courage, character, and conviction, they were willing to take some risks. . . . They weren't status quo people. They were change agents. They were populists--with conservative credentials.

"I think McCain is in that lineage. I think he's clearly in that lineage. Now again, I know he's ruffled the feathers of conservatives on this issue or that issue, but he clearly is in a broad and fair definition of being conservative, in absolute terms--and in relative terms, I would argue he's at least as conservative if not more conservative than the other leading candidates in the party."

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Is Tim Pawlenty another RINO in disguise?

“Conservatism is a universal set of core principles. You don't check principles at the door.” ~  Rush Limbaugh

RF... I agree with your

RF...

I agree with your sentiments...all of them.

I don't forget who was for Cap and Trade and other major matters on our side of the aisle in the past...problem is, some of the candidates that may be running like Pawlenty for one example count on us doing just that...

Forget about it!

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Simpleton leftist talking

Simpleton leftist talking heads all have the same talking points and have had since last Tues. elections...they can blather all they want.

They had better take stock and worry about their own side of the aisle...instead of thinking they can force the GOP to do as they advice.

Dumb, dumber...and dumbest...they ll seem to be striving to be the Dumbest Person in the World...Donaldson is right up there.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

" "Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin

" "Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and the gang could not prevent that district
for the first time in a hundred years from going Democratic."

But they did keep the liberal in republican clothing from winning, which was the primary goal. Winning the seat would have simply been icing on the cake. But keep telling yourself that an unknown, not-ready-for-prime-time third party candidate almost winning the seat despite everything being against him spells doom for theConservative wing. I hope the Dems follow you down that path.

By the way, Sam, despite 5 campaign trips, Obama couldn't prevent a Republican from defeating the incumbent in NJ, one of the bluest states in the country. Doesn't that mean the Democrat party is doomed if they follow the course of Obama and company?

But Donaldson thinks the

But Donaldson thinks the Party is doomed if it chooses to get different advice.

No he doesn't.  He's just saying that in hopes that enough Republicans believe him.

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."  -George Best

Doomed!

I didn't know that Sam Donaldson was on TV anymore. He is just another useless liberal media person, whom has been around far too long.

thanks, Sam

I appreciate advice from the other team's coach.

 Unfortunately, a lot of GOP elites think you're giving honest advice and they take it to heart.  That's how we got Scozzofava in the first place. 

Thanks Sam but I didn't hear

Thanks Sam but I didn't hear you state that the dems would be doomed if they followed the MoveOn socialist democraps Barack Obama Nancy Peelousy and Harry Reid during the past four years. Funny how that works. Extremism in the cause of socialism is no vice, but extremism in the cause of limited constitutional government is a grievous sin.

Sam was just giving the R's

Sam was just giving the R's his Tip o' The Day. Right from Soro's Cookbook.

No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.

"Staggering ignorance,

"Staggering ignorance, dontcha think?"

Not ignorance, spin!  Sam's still ouching because he was Reagan's chew toy.

Yeah, and I think Reagans ghost is still gnawing away,,,

 

When it comes to government, its not whether the glass is half full or empty, its that the glass is just to big.

The Democratic Party is doomed if it continues to follow

BO, Nancy P Guavera and Harlip Reed 

When it comes to government, its not whether the glass is half full or empty, its that the glass is just to big.

 

 

Oh Yeah, and it seems to be me that everytime that a LIBTARD tells us what we should NOT be doing, thats exactly what we should be doing. They are not as smart as they think they are, and we are much more smarter[sic] then they want to believe us to be.

ABC ??

Are they still around? I thought people like Donaldson had delivered ABC to the garbage dump long ago. I haven't watched an ABC news broadcast in years and most likely never will again.

 

Old, Retired and glad of it.

Donaldson may have a point

Donaldson may have a point here. 

Yes, I like Beck, Rush and Palin, no I don't like Donaldson, but I think what he said concerning independents at least in this stage of the game just might be true.  Especially if they're ones that voted for Hope and Change.  They think they're sooooo much wiser than the rest of us, so they aren't going to admit a mistake unless they have time to distance themselves from it.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

Did not the people reject the GOP in NY-23?

How incoherent is this explanation given the people excoriated the GOP in that race? Just a few months ago libs were rejoicing in the fact the number of people identifying as Republican was at its lowest point. Now they are concerned about the party? Pretzel reasoning anyone?

Sam Dumbelson

Looking goofy is bad enough, but when you attempt to draw to an inside straight by saying goofy things.....

Stop federal judges from foisting their notions of "fairness" on the States.  Amend the 14th Amendment! - tim413

Who Cares?

Who cares what Sam Donaldson has to say about anything other than trimming petunias?

The guy has been totally irrelevant for at least a decade now.

Chup... The left have to

Chup...

The left have to keep irrelevance around for their never-ending evil agenda...look at Carter.

He's a perfect example.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Two Leftist parties

The media is simply completely obsessed with the happy idea (in their minds) of an American ruled by your choice of TWO Leftist parties.  Basically, think of Canada run by either the Liberals or the NDP, with no option whatsoever for the Bloc Quebecois and the party they call the Conservative party.  That is precisely what these jokers want. 

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

Sam Who?

I didn't know he was still on the air!

The Republican in the New

The Republican in the New York 23rd race stepped out of the race to HELP THE DEMOCRAT WIN!  If the citizens are going to elect a liberal, please let it be a liberal Democrat.  Our nation is in a downward spiral.  Our only chance is to overcome progressive socialism.  That will never happen with progressive socialist Republicans.