GOP Moving To Take Out Palin?

If she's not careful, Sarah Palin might wind up being the victim she portrayed herself as in her grotesque "blood libel" speech. I don't think I'm revealing a state secret when I say it is common knowledge that there are a whole lot of  potential Republican presidential candidates, strategists and party-poo-bahs who would love to see her just go away.  Our GOP friends might be crazy but they're not stupid.

They know she's a gigantic liability that has ZERO chance of winning a general election and, yet, they have been afraid to take her on (lest her eyes-rolling-back-in-their-heads base come after them).

At least up till now.

No pun intended but they can smell the blood in the water. Palin has screwed up big time with her asinine statement on the Giffords shooting and her rivals –and their frontmen– might just think this is the perfect moment to take her off the board. Remember, folks, the Iowa GOP Straw Poll is a mere six months from the now and the caucuses six months after that.

It's sort of now or never if they want to ditch Sarah (whose favorability rating was Yeltsin-like 22 percent before her blood libel debacle).

Republican pundit David Frum, author of the "axis of evil" meme, fired the first barrage saying: "When you apply for a job, you should dress for the job you want," Frum noted, "She dressed for the job she has…She's like a big melting iceberg in warm water, and I think a big chunk of ice just slipped off the side."

Kerplunk.

Former Minnesota Governor and presidential aspirant Tim Pawlenty had already taken a shot at Palin, criticizing her for her now infamous map of targeted congressional districts.

Another possible GOP candidate, NJ Governor Chris Christie chimed in with his own backhanded slap at Sarah while appearing on ABC.

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And several other Republican bigwigs, including former Reagan advisor, John Weaver, also joined in the fun.

Ahh, it's all reminiscent of that great line from the Era of Nixon about "twisting, twisting slowly in the wind."

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