Dorries: “I totally admire Sarah Palin”

Tory backbencher Nadine ‘Mad Nad’ Dorries thinks Sarah Palin is “amazing” and “totally” admires her. Dorries’s comments are revealed in the latest edition of the New Statesman in a feature on the rise of right-wing “mama grizzlies”, the army of conservative women whose influence is spreading in Republican circles.

More worryingly, Dorries says she is ‘inspired’ by the march of Tea Party candidates like Christine O’Donnell – whose views on homosexuality, abortion, and President Obama make Palin look like a moderate. The Guardian reports:

… the Republican party establishment, which opposed her in the first place… appears to be squirming over the quotes being unearthed from interviews over the past decade about gay people, sexual morality and other issues. The Washington Post published an interview she gave in 2006 in which she is quoted as saying homosexuals suffer from an “identity disorder”…

The Washington Post website has published an interview she gave in 2006 to a Delaware paper, the Wilmington News Journal, in which she is quoted as saying: “People are created in God’s image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It’s an identity disorder.”

The quote comes in spite of her sister, Jean, being openly gay and supportive of her campaign. O’Donnell tried to a laugh off another quote, in 1999, in which she said: “I dabbled into witchcraft. I never joined a coven. I hung around people who were doing these things.”

Palin, meanwhile, has described Obama’s healthcare reforms as “downright evil”, believes Alaska’s proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, reportedly “didn’t understand that Africa was a continent”, and once tweeted:

“‘Refudiate,’ ‘misunderestimate,’ ‘wee-wee’d up.’ English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!’”

The former US vice-presidential candidate is also praised in the article by Tory MP for Corby Loiuse Bagshawe, who says:

“I watched her acceptance speech at the Republican party conference and it seemed to me that it was a glorious moment, a birth of a new political star.”

http://twitter.com/samirashackle/status/25979529152 Samira Shackle

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
http://twitter.com/helenwayte/status/25979678143 Helen Wayte

Says it all really. RT @leftfootfwd Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
http://twitter.com/bloggerheads/status/25979692513 Tim Ireland

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http://twitter.com/harryb22/status/25979760454 HelenB

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
http://twitter.com/scnnr/status/25979829549 scnnr

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
http://twitter.com/dickmandrake/status/25979866710 Dick Mandrake

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http://twitter.com/brianfmoylan/status/25979916422 Brian Moylan

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
http://twitter.com/andy_s_64/status/25980247668 Andy Sutherland

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
http://twitter.com/kp_ld/status/25980405218 Kelly

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/excludeduk/status/25980483663 The Exile

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/iainmcnicol/status/25980554163 Iain McNicol

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/tess1959/status/25980719082 Teresa

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/jossgarman/status/25980910669 Joss Garman

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/andyprg/status/25981030610 Andrew Griffiths

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/deludeddonny/status/25981065035 DeludedDonny

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/jwhetlor/status/25981353704 James whetlor

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/gregeden/status/25981623023 Greg Eden

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
http://twitter.com/dontplaymepayme/status/25982555354 dontplaymepayme

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
http://twitter.com/politicalhackuk/status/25984678352 John O’Shea

RT@wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas) – rt wing idiot inspires rt wing fool shock
http://twitter.com/benlegrys/status/25984742185 Ben LeGrys

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO
Chris

Scary.
http://twitter.com/leaveitmark/status/25986113848 emma dow

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
Red Ed

Please do not ridicule her misuse of the English language, many newly arrived citizens to our country have similar problems.

It is also important to support the coinage of new words as our language expands its lexicon to accommodate the influx of tongues from around the globe.
http://twitter.com/jackstone36/status/25987935167 Jack Stone

Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin" | Left Foot Forward http://goo.gl/h1hv
http://twitter.com/velogubbed/status/25988791965 Nasim Marie Jafry

Nadine Dorries 'totally admires' Sarah Palin. Via @leftfootfwd. http://tinyurl.com/3x482lr Jesus wept & then wept some more.
http://twitter.com/charliesnow/status/25989332506 charliesnow

“@HelenWayte: Says it all really. RT @leftfootfwd Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin": http://bit.ly/9TBwOO” Shooting's too good for her
http://twitter.com/ellenfelicity/status/25990110817 Ellen Watts

RT @velogubbed: Nadine Dorries 'totally admires' Sarah Palin. Via @leftfootfwd. http://tinyurl.com/3x482lr Jesus wept & then wept some more.
http://twitter.com/jimbethell/status/25990701344 James Bethell

RT @leftfootfwd: Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin" http://goo.gl/h1hv
Simon

Yeah, like, she totally admires Palin.

Its just a love-in for morons.
http://twitter.com/ellispritchard/status/25995176607 ellispritchard

Even better! RT @leftfootfwd: Nadine Dorries: "I totally admire Sarah Palin" http://goo.gl/h1hv
http://twitter.com/benevetts/status/25995202283 Ben Evetts

Not that we needed reminding that Nadine Dorris is bonkers wdjstraw Will Straw http://bit.ly/9TBwOO HT @wdjstraw
http://twitter.com/benevetts/status/25995246946 Ben Evetts

Not that we needed reminding that Nadine Dorris is bonkers http://bit.ly/9TBwOO HT @wdjstraw
http://twitter.com/class_war/status/25996255517 Nick Hider

Stateside inspiration for Nadine Dorries (“I totally admire Sarah Palin”) & Tory Party from rightwing Republicans http://tinyurl.com/36g7yck
http://twitter.com/maenllwyd/status/25997508649 Dominic Smith

RT @wdjstraw: Nadine Dorries "totally admires" Sarah Palin and is "inspired" by the tax party movement http://bit.ly/9TBwOO (via @shamikdas)
DEO

$arah PAYlin is a dangerous idiot.
Liz McShane

Red Ed – for someone who might be presenting herself as presidential candidate of The USA, I think it’s perfectly correct to be alarmed by her use of the English language (remember Bushisms…?), & that’s not to mention her strident unprogressive view of the world.
http://twitter.com/goodoldmj/status/26381683978 Martin Johnston

Dorries : "I totally admire Sarah Palin. Shocker. http://bit.ly/9TI9bp @leftfootforward
http://efrafandays.wordpress.com Kehaar

Say what you like about Dorries and Palin (and, I normally do), they are self-made individuals who’ve displayed considerable political acumen to get to where they are; unlike the identikit MPs (in all parties) who’ve sauntered from university to Parliamentary researcher to PPC without knowing how to tie their shoelaces.

>> Please do not ridicule her misuse of the English language, many newly arrived citizens to our country have similar problems.

>> It is also important to support the coinage of new words as our language expands its lexicon to accommodate the influx of tongues from around the globe.

Is this a parody?
http://twitter.com/jonny_boy27/status/70782811921055744 Jon Massey

@BethanyBlack @geekyisgood http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/09/dorries-i-totally-admire-sarah-palin/
http://twitter.com/bethanyblack/status/70783392886702083 Bethany Black

RT @jonny_boy27: @BethanyBlack @geekyisgood http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/09/dorries-i-totally-admire-sarah-palin/
http://twitter.com/peacockpete/status/70784171911544833 Peter Shorney

via @johnny_boy27 @bethanyblack @geekyisgood Dorries admires Palin. Says it all. http://bit.ly/bUtePT
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She’s a national hero. Our next election could be as big of a sham as the last. Do you know why Sarah Palin’s bus tour was really canceled? Do you know why she stayed 30 miles away from the second debate and chose the death of Steve Jobs to announce that she’s not running? Know what leaked out? She’s dodging the media now because of this
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http://twitter.com/america1first/status/144884197276917760 SteveTaff

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