Sarah Palin's 8 best pokes at Mitt Romney

From the Politico: Sarah Palin's 8 best pokes at Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin, increasingly vocal in recent weeks about the 2012 Republican race while insistent that her support for Newt Gingrich isn’t an endorsement, is making it plenty clear which candidate she is not so thrilled about: Mitt Romney. She may have told Fox News host Chris Wallace that she thinks Romney’s a “great candidate,” but POLITICO found numerous other times when the ex-vice presidential candidate didn’t have the nicest things to say about the former Massachusetts governor:

1. Conservatism is ‘subjective’
When asked whether Romney is “conservative enough”: “You know, that’s subjective. … A lot of this has to do with somebody’s past … Were they pro-abortion before? And now perhaps they’re pro-life? And what allowed that switch? Kind of that flip flop?”(Feb. 15, “Fox & Friends”)

2. ‘Evolving’ conservatism

“I trust that his idea of conservatism is evolving … I base this on a pretty moderate past that he has had, even in some cases a liberal past. (Feb. 12, “Fox News Sunday”)

3. ‘Conservative quotient’

“It’s subjective when you try to measure someone’s conservative quotient.” (Feb. 15, “Fox & Friends”)

4. Bain claims

“Gov. Romney has claimed to have created a 100,000 jobs at Bain, and people are wanting to know, is there proof of that claim and was it U.S. jobs created for United States citizens? … Nobody should be surprised that things about Bain Capital and maybe tax returns not being released yet and maybe some record not being as transparently provided to the public as voters deserve to see right now — don’t be surprised that that’s’ all coming out today.” (Jan. 11, Fox News)

5. ‘False narrative’

“I think that with again $17 million purchasing ads and in respects some false narrative it was very, very difficult for Newt Gingrich and the other candidates to counter just that bombardment of advertisements.” (Jan. 31, Fox News)

6. Why don’t they pick on Mitt?

Responding to Peggy Noonan labeling Gingrich a “little attack muffin”: “They maybe subscribe such characterization of Newt via words like that, but they don’t subscribe those to say Mitt Romney when he or his surrogates do the same thing.” (Jan. 26, Fox Business Network)

7. Christie’s got his ‘panties in a wad’

“Sometimes, if your candidate loses in just one step along this path, as was the case when Romney lost to Newt the other night — and, of course, Romney is Chris Christie’s guy — well, you kind of get your panties in a wad, and you may say things that you regret later.” (Jan. 24, Fox Business Network)

8. ‘Not convinced’

“I am not convinced and I don’t think the majority of GOP and independent voters are convinced. He’s still in the 30th percentile… He hasn’t risen above that yet because we are not convinced.” (Feb. 12, “Fox News Sunday”)