Bob Schieffer Asks Haley Barbour 'Could You Ever Envision Supporting a Ticket With Palin on Top?'
As no clear frontrunner emerges in the Republican presidential nomination race, the liberal media are in a full-scale panic over the thought that the former governor of Alaska might eventually enter and challenge their beloved president in November 2012.
On Sunday, "Face the Nation's" Bob Schieffer asked Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour with some incredulity, "Could you ever envision yourself supporting a ticket that had Sarah Palin at the top?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BOB SCHIEFFER, HOST: Well, what about Sarah Palin? You say she-- you don’t know what she’s going to do. If she did get in, could you ever envision yourself supporting a ticket that had Sarah Palin at the top?
MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR: If Barack Obama was the head of the other ticket, I could.There’s no question about that. I mean, we look at the Obama policies. He wants to raise taxes when raises taxes would hurt the economy. When in fact, what we need in our country is economic growth and job creation. He pays lip service to that but his policies hurt that. Obamacare makes it harder to hire people. How do you hire people, Bob, if you don’t know what your obligations and costs are going to be for health care.
All this government spending, bigger government means a smaller economy. When government is sucking trillions of dollars out of the economy, there is no money on Main Street. I can tell you that. Wall Street may be doing all right but there’s no money on Main Street. That’s where the jobs come from. So policy after policy after policy makes it harder to create jobs and grow the economy in the Obama administration.
What was particularly hypocritical about Schieffer's question was that in the following segment, while interviewing former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the host repeatedly challenged his guest about the awful state of the economy and that Obama's had almost two and a half years to fix it without any success.
Irrespective of who the Republicans nominate, the fact of the matter is Obama has failed to solve the nation's economic woes and Americans are very displeased. A just-released Newsweek/Daily Beast poll perfectly illustrated this:
By almost four to one, Americans say our economy is not delivering the jobs we need, 81 percent to 12 percent.
And Obama isn't helping. 50 percent of respondents think the president has no real plan to balance the budget; 40 percent say he does. [...]
Over half (52 percent) say their personal economic situation makes them nervous. Forty eight percent say it makes them anxious, 44 percent say it makes them upset, and 30 percent say it makes them angry.
These are serious headwinds for an incumbent president regardless of what opponent he'll face in seventeen months.
Yet all the media want to talk about is Sarah Palin, someone who most political observers don't believe will ever enter the race.
She's got to be laughing all the way to the bank.
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Bob, could you ever
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 3:33pm.
envision yourself supporting a ticket that didn't include two liberals?
In response, Schieffer was dumbstruck and couldn't answer the question. He did manage to mumble that only liberals deserve to run the country.
Do you ever envision supporting the disaster Obama again?
Submitted by jefflebowski on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 3:34pm.
Methinks the libs protest too much against Palin! They're tipping their slimy little hand early showing Palin is the real candidate they truly fear. (I'm undecided at this point but would sell a kidney to have Allen West run!)
I don't know why Haley Barbour gets so much attention from the propaganda media. I get the feeling it's pretty much the same reason Juan McPain and his annoying daughter get invited so often!
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Certain it probably won't
Submitted by Gat New York on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:42pm.
Certain it probably won't happen, but West as a VP candidate would seal-the-deal with any of the POTUS candidates.
Jefflebowski - actually you nailed it!
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 5:51pm.
Gov. Barbour absolutely should answered Shieffer's pathetic question with a direct question right back at him:
(;~> gary
Bob Schieffer has dreams
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 3:45pm.
Of a Republican ticket with Newt Gingrich on the top.
blob schieffer is an old has been
Submitted by scarletandgold on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 3:50pm.
he should be ashamed of his old ass carrying obamas useless urine for the past 2 yrs..retire old man,,go find a mens only bath house to run..
Maybe Rahm's
Submitted by Cowboy on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 3:05am.
Maybe Rahm's
Why they fear Sarah
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:13pm.
IF Palin is the nominee and wins the Whitehouse she will most assuredly bring with her a Republican Congress. That Congress would most likely not only erase the obama years as if he had never been elected but because of the economic situation we face many Liberal programs we can no longer afford will be eliminated also. We have a historic opportunity to reverse 60 years of creeping Liberalism.
Hey Bob, could you ever envision friggin retiring already?
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:28pm.
WHY ARE YOU STILL ON THE AIR? Let a young'un take your place, you know, someone under the age of 75, you old senile fart! Bad enough youre ancient, feeble-minded, and washed-up! But youre also a delusional lib to boot! And Im being VERY respectful of my elders, and apparently, my parents elders, too! BTW, Bob, since you lived thru it, how does this falling of the American Empire under O'Bozo compare to the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
What a ridiculous question to
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:22pm.
What a ridiculous question to ask a Republican. Anybody who has been remotely referred to as a GOP contender would be significantly better than another 4 years of Obama (and any Republican who disagrees is in the wrong party to begin with).
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
right you are brown
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:49pm.
The moderates keep shoving rinos saying "anyone" is better than Obama, but then when it comes to Palin or Cain you get this eyeroll as if they would not qualify. So apparently "anyone" really means "whoever we want."
We have to hold noses for their guy, but they would not do the same for us.
How Haley should have answered.
Submitted by zenman1661 on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:24pm.
"You know Bob, if you had simply asked me do I think Sarah Palin will run and could get the the Republican nomination that would have been a fair question. But the way you phrased it was so partisan and patronizing that you should really be ashamed of yourself. " Now any Republican who can say something like that would get a bunch of votes.
"If Barack Obama was the head
Submitted by RefudiateObama2012 on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:41pm.
"If Barack Obama was the head of the other ticket, I could."
I think that this answer from Barbour was a real slap at Palin. Is he saying that if the Dems ran someone else, he wouldn't support Palin if she was the nominee? It sounds like it.
RO, I was on my way with the same quote.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:50pm.
These "elite" moron Republicans need to learn to answer YES with no qualifications!
Compared to Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm, I would vote for Foghorn Leghorn, for Christ's sake. They need to say the same thing and quit acting like they'd have to 'settle" for someone like Palin, who seems to show more class than the whole pack of RINOs.
They really piss me off with their qualified answers.
You said it!
Submitted by apodoca on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 6:21pm.
They don't just equivocate. They follow through by actively ill-speaking and discouraging voters from supporting Conservatives. RINO's are Democrats in an elephant mask.
They're the reason we got
Submitted by danbo on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 8:47am.
They're the reason we got Obama in the first place. They were spineless and wouldn't support their own d.... candidate. They pushed on us.
"You lie!" Rep. Joe Wilson R-(SC)
yep
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:53pm.
Barbour's answer might as well have been "a trained monkey would do better than Obama." Backhanded compliment if I ever heard one.
That really was a real
Submitted by Gat New York on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:56pm.
That really was a real backhanded compliment by Haley.
I am old enough to remember when Bob Schieffer was a respected journalist. Now he is CBS version of Chris Matthews with the same tingles up the leg.
Typical
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 5:07pm.
Typical question from an elite and arrogant lib and typical answer from an elite Repub. What does Schaffier envision besides radicals in the White House. Retire Bob.....your comments are worthless and judgemental and no one cares what you envision may be, today or ever.
Barbour: "...Bob, could you
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 5:53pm.
Barbour: "...Bob, could you ever envision yourself supporting objective media?"
All I Can Say...
Submitted by Denio on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 6:00pm.
The Party better get behind whoever the people choose... Rino's - Tea Party - Conservative - Reagan Demo's...
No more reflexive support for RINO's
Submitted by apodoca on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 6:17pm.
After seeing how the RINO's screwed over Conservatives by refusing to support them, no RINO is going to get my support for the asking. I want to see their bona fides = support for Conservatives who beat RINO's.
apodoca.....Do you REALLY want Barack Obama for FOUR
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 11:05pm.
MORE YEARS?
Sometimes we have to settle for the less of two bad choices. Although I hope we nominate a conservative who is articulate and who can arouse enthusiasm, I will vote for the Republican nominee whoever he or she is, including a RINO. Four more years of Barack Obama and his socialist redistribution policies is a nonstarter.
Rush Fan,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 11:44pm.
The last election, I was disheartened to read that many commentators here said that McCain would be just as bad or almost as bad as Obama. Some even went as far to advance the foggy notion that it was preferable to have Obama win because his disastrous policies would clear the way for a "true conservative" to be elected in 2012. For me, that was jaw-dropping insane idea. To suffer economic disaster for four long years, on the dubious chance that an outraged electorate would carry a conservative hero into the White House on their backs to the cheers of the country.
I'm not and never have been a big fan of John McCain, but there is no way possible on the face of God's green earth that he would have done the damage that Obama has done. He may not be as conservative as we would like on many issues, but he wouldn't have laid the groundwork for a permanent liberal base in government like Obama has been busy doing - like ObamaCare. Obama is putting into place policies and bureaucracies that any future conservative president and congress will have a hard time rooting out. Not to mention that a President McCain would not have very likely exploded the deficit and debt like Obama has.
Anyone who says that even a wobbly conservative or a moderate conservative will be "just as bad" as a liberal Democrat is speaking more out of frustration and anger than reasonable thought. It's almost a political mob mentality.
That said, I do not want the GOP to nominate anyone less than a principled, consistent, and articulate conservative this time. However, at this point on the liberal road to even greater disasters, I will take any Republican who can beat Obama. Except for Lindsay Graham - I despise Lindsay Graham.
Chris.....I agree completely with your post. Prior to the 2008
Submitted by Rush Fan on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 1:04am.
election, I also remember a number of posters here and at other right-leaning websites who were adamant that voting for RINO McCain was no different than having Obama as President. I suspect many of them voted for a third party candidate or stayed home.
What surprises me is that by the time of the 2008 election, there was enough information out there regarding Barack Obama to know he would be, if elected, the most Leftist agenda driven and possibly the least experienced President we have ever had. Obama's friendship and association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn and racketeer Tony Rezko were known before we entered the voting booth. Moreover, Obama clearly outlined his socialist agenda when he talked to Joe the Plumber about "spreading the wealth." How anyone on the Right could have abdicated their responsibility to vote for the least harmful candidate is beyond my understanding.
Every Republican candidate has some position, principle or foible we disagree with. A perfect example is my favorite Republican potential non-running candidate, Chris Christy. I was flabbergasted when he said:
But I would support and vote for Christy in a heartbeat, because he could beat Barack Obama. We MUST take back The White House in 2012! Hopefully, those on our side who refuse to vote for a RINO or someone who doesn't meet their standard, will come to understand that FOUR MORE YEARS of Obama's agenda will be disastrous and potentially irreversible.
As for not voting for Lindsey Graham for President, why would you? Isn't Lindsey Graham a Democrat? :-)
No zero for four more years
Submitted by apodoca on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 11:49pm.
No, I don't want Obama for four more years. However, if we run a RINO, that's what we'll get because the RINO cannot and will not articulate ideas and policy positions that are significantly different from Obama's. Even if they talk the talk and sucker us, they'll not walk the walk. All the RINO's do is let the Democrats set the agenda and they follow along. So, if it's the Democrats agenda, then what are we stuck with but "Obama and his socialist redistribution policies" coming from a GOP source?
I'm a fed up Rush fan.
right
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 9:18pm.
Because the next time there's a shooting like Arizona or Columbine, what the tea party really needs is a president who helps the media blame it on us.
I'm about with Apodoca.
Submitted by danbo on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 6:39am.
I'm about with Apodoca. Several candidates are Obama lite. You get the same thing. It just takes longer.
It's been pointed out. As bad as Obama is there are 2 things good about him. He keeps the republicans unified. And the democrats get the blame.
Does it really matter if it's Obamacare or Romneycare? If it's Obamas EPA running out of control or a republicans? I want the federal government to get out the way of fixing these damned problems, including keeping us dependent on oil produced by enemies, we should be an energy exporter. I want lawyers out of the military command centers. I want the federal goverment out of my car, out of telling me what kind of toilet I can buy, or light bulb. I want them out of the doctors office. And TSA out of my crotch. The government is supposed to be our servant. Not our master.
To do that. We need someone with gutts and conviction. And someone who's fed up. Not a politician who wants the power and status, a notch on their belt or a great resume.
It's hard to vote for someone or a party you don't respect. Republicans....
Sorry for my rant.
I voted for you Haley. But you disappointed me today.
"You lie!" Rep. Joe Wilson R-(SC)
danbo---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:23pm.
Bring on those kinds of rant any old time.
Great post !
MD
Wishy washy Barbour
Submitted by apodoca on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 6:15pm.
"If Barack Obama was the head of the other ticket, I could," quoth Haley Barbour.
IOW, if the Democrats had someone else at the head of the ticket, HB could get behind that person instead of Palin.
"Could" is the language of future uncertain possibilities rather than assertive certainties. So, Haley Barbour is letting us know he's not a GOP man ... unless the candidate is a RINO, rather than the rock solid Conservative, Palin, who will beat Obama handily.
It is disgraceful that HB would not clearly assert that he "will" support Palin if she's the GOP candidate. Barbour's language leaves open the possibility of typical RINO backstabbing of Conservatives. When the Conservative wins, the RINO's decamp and badmouth them. We saw it in Delaware and elsewhere, and come 2012, we're gonna see it all over.
Change is a-comin', and the one with the mucking out broom is Sarah Palin.
George W. Bush and Republicans are responsible for the
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 6:41pm.
current economic conditions. Don't place the blame on Nobel Prize Winner and savior President Barack Hussein Obama. It is NOT OBAMA's FAULT! Doesn't the word "inherited" mean anything to you Conservatives and Republicans?
That is, if you believe this CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll. The poll, conducted April 29-May 1, indicates that 55% of Americans say that former President George W. Bush and the Republicans are more responsible for current economic problems than Obama.
Expect CNN to produce an updated poll that shows that the majority of Americans believe that Sarah Palin and Paul Ryan are responsible for current economic conditions.
A testament to the power of media misrepresentation.
Submitted by NL207 on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:31pm.
.
But the Truth is getting through . . .
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:37pm.
Obama Owns the Economy and Average Voters Know It
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
The Message wasn't heard in NY-26
Submitted by NL207 on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:36pm.
two weeks ago. It has to be repeated with more volume.
There were
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 12:24pm.
other things in play in NY-26, NL. Like the fake Tea Party candidate. And, the R's acting like they didn't have to campaign, because this was a "safe" seat.
As was pointed out by a few commentators, if you take the votes for Corwin(R) and Davis(Fake), Hochul would have lost. It was smart politics on the part of the dems to run Davis as a fake Tea Partier. As it was, Hochul did NOT garner a majority of the votes in NY-26.
And, if Corwin had gone out and actually campaigned, and fought, she may have convinced the 9,400+ people who couldn't discern what Davis was, to vote for her. Davis ran in '04, '06, and '08 as a Dem. This time, because of NY's election laws, he registered as a Tea Party candidate, and some who voted for him, obviously weren't awake.
And, she let Hochul shape the debate, deflecting attention from the economy to "killing grandma".
Heaven forbid. If Obama were
Submitted by danbo on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 5:43am.
Heaven forbid. If Obama were re elected. In 2016 they will still be blaming the recession on Bush and the Republicans.
"You lie!" Rep. Joe Wilson R-(SC)
IT's not the question, it's what it says...
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 9:16pm.
IT does show the liberal talk show hosts for what they are. THey believe people don't want a Sarah Palin as President so, by asking that question, they try to paint people in a corner. I'd love to see someone come back and say, "Of course I'd support Sarah Palin she couldn't do any worse than Obama and, more than likely, would do considerably better since her grounding in economic principles is much better than his." Just imagine Schieffer being more careful who he asks that question of.
President Palin
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:28pm.
To steal (and slightly change) a comment from Candance, "The Make Believe Media can see a Palin Presidency from their porch, and clearly it scares the crap out of them."
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Speaking of Candance.
Submitted by NL207 on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:31pm.
Where IS Candance, and where is BigTimer? Neither have been sighted of late.
NL
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:33pm.
Candance is on Facebook. Don't know where BT has been.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
It appears that Bigtimer's last post was 10/18/2010. I sent her
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:44pm.
a personal email some time ago, but never received a reply. I hope both Candance and Bigtimer are OK. I miss them both here at NewsBusters. Hopefully, they will return soon.
Splat
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:47pm.
What I am wondering about is how "Editorial Associate" Michell Blatt hasn't posted anything (Blog or Comments) in 34 weeks.
Did he finally seek treatment for his APDS ?
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
A non-blast from the past....
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:38pm.
I'm glad that Barbour decided to opt out of running for president, if for nothing else than, like Newt Gingrich, his time has come and gone. Even though he is currently a governor, he seems so twenty years ago...
Interesting that the Tea
Submitted by Cowboy on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 3:04am.
Interesting that the Tea Party just announced support for ANY GOP candidate that opposes Obama...
Palin
Submitted by jessieH on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:11am.
I envision Sarah on top, a lot. I also think she would make a good President.
I guess if you're a 13 year old guy
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:19am.
this passes for humor. This kind of comment is worthy of Huffpo.
This type of sexist & totally inappropriate locker room "humor"
Submitted by PrairieSky on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 2:41pm.
does nothing to further intelligent, mature discourse, and doesn't belong here at NB.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Cleanup in Aisle 13
Submitted by Free Stinker on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 2:58pm.
Disgusting.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
~PegAPerv
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 7:37pm.
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