Clueless Sarah Palin Finally Understands ‘You Didn’t Build That!’

Posted by | November 6, 2014 15:45 | Filed under: Contributors Opinion Politics Tommy Christopher Top Stories


During the 2012 campaign. Republicans had a grand old time mockingYou didn’t build that” — President Obama’s nod to the infrastructure of the American Dream — but in an apparently accidental
irony, Sarah Palin has adopted the slogan in the wake of the Republicans’ 2014 midterm wave. In a Facebook post that’s the toast of the liberal blogosphere, Palin appropriated the phrase in completely unironic fashion, presenting the Republican victories as the result of the groundwork laid by others:

The Democrats got mauled today, deservedly so. To prohibit that from happening to the GOP in 2016, it must learn the lesson from the last time Republicans held the Senate majority. This time they must not retreat, and it’s our responsibility to hold them accountable. Will they fight for reform that aligns with the limited government planks of the Republican platform, or will they return to the big government cronyism and status quo favored by the permanent political class? Will they drain the swamp or decide the D.C. cesspool is really just a jacuzzi they can’t wait to jump on into and shake us off?

If GOP leadership returns to business as usual, then this majority will be short lived, for We the People say, “once bitten, twice shy.”

So, establishment types, remember that you didn’t build this! This majority that swept you into power tonight is thanks to the rank and file commonsense conservative grassroots. That’s who built it. And they expect results. They deserve the best for America.

That Palin used the catchphrase isn’t really the ironic part. Using buzzwords that resonate with the conservative masses even when they don’t make sense (especially when they don’t make sense) is a feature, not a bug, on the right. Besides, Palin is half-right: The Republican establishment didn’t build their huge majority, they created it, the way Frankenstein created his monster. Palin is, in fact, the perfect bolt-necked spokesperson for the creature, and she’s right, they are going to expect something. Can you guess what?

No, the ironic part is who Palin thanks in her “You didn’t build this” message….READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

37 responses to Clueless Sarah Palin Finally Understands ‘You Didn’t Build That!’

  1. tracey marie November 6th, 2014 at 16:57

    quitter on twitter with a disfunctional litter is screeching again

  2. tracey marie November 6th, 2014 at 17:57

    quitter on twitter with a disfunctional litter is screeching again

  3. Larry Schmitt November 6th, 2014 at 17:00

    I hereby propose a constitutional amendment that her name be changed to Clueless Sarah Palin, as redundant as that is.

  4. Larry Schmitt November 6th, 2014 at 18:00

    I hereby propose a constitutional amendment that her name be changed to Clueless Sarah Palin, as redundant as that is.

  5. Suzanne McFly November 6th, 2014 at 17:12

    Ugh, for the whole article, by brain did it in her voice, I don’t know why but my brain plays tricks on me and now I want to bang my head on the desk.

    • Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 17:18

      LOL LOL, my sympathies

    • Candide Thirtythree November 6th, 2014 at 18:19

      Me too, I deliberately avoid anything that might have audio of that screeching shrew and have for years but I still hear it in my head…so not fair!

    • bpollen November 6th, 2014 at 22:18

      I can’t hear the word “tumor” or “humor” without hearing it in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice…

      • Suzanne McFly November 7th, 2014 at 06:06

        At least that would make me laugh, palins screech makes me nauseous.

    • Hass November 7th, 2014 at 11:29

      Hahaha:)

  6. Suzanne McFly November 6th, 2014 at 18:12

    Ugh, for the whole article, by brain did it in her voice, I don’t know why but my brain plays tricks on me and now I want to bang my head on the desk.

    • Spirit of America November 6th, 2014 at 18:18

      LOL LOL, my sympathies

    • Candide Thirtythree November 6th, 2014 at 19:19

      Me too, I deliberately avoid anything that might have audio of that screeching shrew and have for years but I still hear it in my head…so not fair!

    • bpollen November 6th, 2014 at 23:18

      I can’t hear the word “tumor” or “humor” without hearing it in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice…

      • Suzanne McFly November 7th, 2014 at 07:06

        At least that would make me laugh, palins screech makes me nauseous.

    • Hass November 7th, 2014 at 12:29

      Hahaha:)

  7. Larry Schmitt November 6th, 2014 at 17:53

    That “majority” she refers to is a majority of the minority of voters. Some mandate.

  8. R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 17:53

    Apples to bicycles comparison.

    • searambler November 6th, 2014 at 23:08

      How so?

      • R.J. Carter November 7th, 2014 at 08:27

        Politicians actively rely upon the work of the electorate to get where they are.

        Businessmen passively rely upon the existing infrastructure and actively utilize their surroundings to get where they are.

        • searambler November 7th, 2014 at 08:59

          Yet the underlying concept is the same. ‘No one does it all by him or her self.’ Whether you’re a businessman using existing infrastructure, or a politician using paid or volunteer workers (workers who are ALSO using that same infrastructure, by the way), your ability to succeed is directly tied to accomplishments that others made before you. Politicians don’t hand deliver those millions of political fliers that arrive in our mailboxes, the Post Office does…

          • R.J. Carter November 7th, 2014 at 09:20

            The biggest difference is one of positioning. The politician is the hired, the businessman does the hir-ing.

            Just because the infrastructure exists doesn’t mean that it is what made your business happen. You can have a bucket of LEGO dumped on the floor, but that doesn’t create a tower. You make that happen, not an engineer in Denmark, an airline pilot for FedEx, or a sales clerk at Toys R Us.

  9. Larry Schmitt November 6th, 2014 at 18:53

    That “majority” she refers to is a majority of the minority of voters. Some mandate.

  10. R.J. Carter November 6th, 2014 at 18:53

    Apples to bicycles comparison.

    • searambler November 7th, 2014 at 00:08

      How so?

      • R.J. Carter November 7th, 2014 at 09:27

        Politicians actively rely upon the work of the electorate to get where they are.

        Businessmen passively rely upon the existing infrastructure and actively utilize their surroundings to get where they are.

        • searambler November 7th, 2014 at 09:59

          Yet the underlying concept is the same. ‘No one does it all by him or her self.’ Whether you’re a businessman using existing infrastructure, or a politician using paid or volunteer workers (workers who are ALSO using that same infrastructure, by the way), your ability to succeed is directly tied to accomplishments that others made before you. Politicians don’t hand deliver those millions of political fliers that arrive in our mailboxes, the Post Office does…

          • R.J. Carter November 7th, 2014 at 10:20

            The biggest difference is one of positioning. The politician is the hired, the businessman does the hir-ing.

            Just because the infrastructure exists doesn’t mean that it is what made your business happen. You can have a bucket of LEGO dumped on the floor, but that doesn’t create a tower. You make that happen, not an engineer in Denmark, an airline pilot for FedEx, or a sales clerk at Toys R Us.

  11. tiredoftea November 6th, 2014 at 18:55

    “This majority that swept you into power tonight is thanks to the rank and file commonsense conservative grassroots.”, Uhhh, no Sarah. It wasn’t a majority, it was a plurality of white. older, more affluent voters. Next, Dick Armey, the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson and many other nameless oligarchs are funding your “conservative grassroots”, AKA astroturf, including your sometime employer, Fraud Spews.But, hey, thanks for providing some light fiction for today!

    • bpollen November 6th, 2014 at 23:14

      Exactly. This election was purchased by dark money. Thank you Supreme Court! With your explicit support, 99% of our citizens became second-class citizens. Kinda sucks, as a citizen, to rate lower than non-corporeal entities, doesn’t it?

  12. bpollen November 6th, 2014 at 22:14

    Exactly. This election was purchased by dark money. Thank you Supreme Court! With your explicit support, 99% of our citizens became second-class citizens. Kinda sucks, as a citizen, to rate lower than non-corporeal entities, doesn’t it?

  13. searambler November 6th, 2014 at 23:07

    PT Barnum would be so proud of this grifter…

  14. searambler November 7th, 2014 at 00:07

    PT Barnum would be so proud of this grifter…

  15. John Bodensteiner November 6th, 2014 at 23:50

    maybe we should make elections like a meeting, there has to be a quorum for the election to count: 50% of registered voters. At least with that, we would either get more voters or the same people stay in office. What would be more appealing. also make it quorum for all ethnic groups

  16. John Bodensteiner November 7th, 2014 at 00:50

    maybe we should make elections like a meeting, there has to be a quorum for the election to count: 50% of registered voters. At least with that, we would either get more voters or the same people stay in office. What would be more appealing. also make it quorum for all ethnic groups

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