Sarah Palin Strikes Back
“You wouldn’t believe how badly they treated her,” an insider friend told me of Sarah Palin not too long ago. I assumed this person meant the Republican establishment. One can only imagine what they’ve been up to.
So Thursday night the former Alaska governor posted the following on her Facebook page:
The votes of every member of Congress affect every American, so it’s important for all of us to pay attention to this important Congressional campaign in upstate New York. I am very pleased to announce my support for Doug Hoffman in his fight to be the next Representative from New York’s 23rd Congressional district. It’s my honor to endorse Doug and to do what I can to help him win, including having my political action committee, SarahPAC, donate to his campaign the maximum contribution allowed by law.
Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a “time for choosing.”
Palin has been sending a couple messages recently. First, she has, since stepping down as governor, started to communicate with the people not through the press but around the press. In other words, she’s speaking directly to the people through social media. She has had a couple well-timed and well-placed op-eds that have helped define policy arguments. However, most of the time she’s talked to the people via social media. (It should be noted that she’s been silent on Twiiter for some time — something I hope she’ll change soon.) This has had the benefit of letting the press know that she does not need them. Rather than go the Obama route and deny what is perceived as the one “enemy” to her aims, Sarah denies nearly everyone. And why not? The press trashed her with risible lies. Why give a dying breed ratings when she can reach the people herself?
Second, Sarah Palin has a massive army fundraising for her. It has been interesting to contemplate how she’s going to use that power. The GOP power brokers have certainly seemed disinterested in having her run for president, but they are very interested in her money and endorsements. The only problem is that they have, to use a vulgar turn of phrase, pissed in their Cheerios. They underestimated her star power. They misjudged her almost as badly as the left did; they thought she was just some feather-headed lightweight who would be nice arm candy for John McCain. She’d win the women vote because women are so stupid; ovaries are enough to win them over was the idea. Turns out that Sarah Palin was formidable because of the strength of her ideals, not just because of the strength of her beauty. And don’t forget the strength of her spine. This gross miscalculation has put the Republican Party at odds with their one star candidate.
At this point, I’m not sure that the Sarahcudda wants another elective office, much less the presidency.
And, to tell the truth, she would be far more effective not running for anything. If she were elected president, you can be sure that the Dems would obstruct anything and everything that she tried to do, just as they did with George W. the last two years of his presidency.
America might need someone like Palin as president, but she would probably not be an effective one because of Dem intransigence. Frankly, I think that the person America needed to elect was Condi Rice, but like Palin, she would have never gotten off the ground with the Dems. And, unless we want to be authoritarians like them and simply ram things through with brute force, we do need them to support some things, or at least voluntarily acquiesce.
No, Sarah Palin would be much more effect out of elective office. Just look at Rush Limbaugh. He is doing and has done enormous service to the cause, but he would be, because of the opposition, a total flop as president.
Besides, Rush doesn’t want to be president, nor does he want other elective office. He is more effective doing what he is doing now. Same with Sarah Palin. When she left the governor’s office and people wondered how she could do it and still be politically viable, it was clear that they do not have a clue as to what she was doing and why.
She is not interested in elective office. And because of that, she is free to say and do things that she otherwise would be constrained from doing. She is able to give a hard kick in the ass to some people who really need it.
Sounds quite plausible to me. Frankly, I find Palin to be quite believable and support worthy. What she brings to the table are INTEGRITY AND APPLAUDABLE CHARACTER, traits the majority of today’s politicians either lack or fear to exhibit.
“It all started, really, with the notion of “compassionate conservative” — an idea both insulting and inherently false. Conservatism is compassionate. Conservatism is something to be proud of, not something to hide.”
Brilliantly stated.
I think you have identified the issue quite correctly. The lefty trolls just love to belch the Kos and Puffington talking points about, “Oh, yes. Please run Sarah. We can’t wait to see her hand the ’12 election to The One”. They forget the old Greek proverb, “Be careful of that for which you wish. You may get it”.
I think ’16 or ’20 is her year, if she decides to go for the top spot at all, and I think she is smart enough to know it. The problem for the go-along-to-get-along crowd is that she may decide the best thing for her is to be the power in the party and to turn it into a center-right party that will force them to either retire or to follow Specter across the aisle he crossed so many times and re-make the Republican Party to reflect the mood of the country and about 60 percent or more of its voters in the post-Obama age for at least a couple of generations to come.
One thing the GOP establishment and the Demos alike need to remember is that she is the woman scorned.
People can sense the honest love of country in her,She will be a great president!Give em hell Sarah.
With all due respect to Sarah Palin (and I’ve got quite a bit of it), I hope she will spend some time building up her credentials before making a run at the White House. I defended her VP candidacy by pointing out that she was just as qualified as Obama to be President, but now that the election is past I’ll admit something: that ain’t saying much.
I will however admit that her speech at the Convention was one of the most stirring things I’ve seen in some time, and it did get me excited about her candidacy. But we’ve seen what relying on oratory alone gets you…
The Republicans are like hamsters in a threadmill.
SP enjoys her role as a dairy farmer: milking the cows and selling cheese.
Enjoy the show!
Palin is a straight-talker. She is also totally honest, and loathes the crony, back room style of buddy politics and the snotty elitist Ivy League, proprietary RNC, who shoved her off the end of the dock and then tried to hold her under, after their defeat.
She will have absolutely nothing to do with the GOP. She clearly stated in her July 4th declaration, that she would work “outside party lines’. She will gather the truly innovative , reform-minded Republican leaders to her cause. which is as much anti-dead-assed GOP as it is anti-Obama.
Nobody wants to believe it, but she really has no ambitions for the Presidency or any high office. Her experience during the horribly mis-managed MCain campaign taught her two things: 1) she speaks the language of Middle America, who have no respect for their representatives in Congress. 2) “High politics” is a decadent, self-indulgent, sycophantic,apathetic, phony way of life, of which she wants no part. She has concluded that she can so influence the next few elections that she con control the swing vote, be a King Maker, and possibly effect a true change within the Republican party. Then let somebody else be President. She will not start a third party.
I am puzzled by some of what has been revealed about her plans. Why she would identify with the word “Rogue” beats the hell out of me. McCain was called a rogue. It has “loose cannon” implications. And why would she saddle her organization with SarahPAC, a totally klutzy identity?
I see her as taking over the so called Tea Party Protesters, but she’ll need a more rousing terminology. I favor the “Exceptionalist Movement”, not just because it is a positive, rather than an anti-Obama approach, but because it truly expresses the heart of the rising body of resistance. And it would put the Democrats in a bind: how could they attack a movement based on the concept that America is the best nation in the world – that it is, indeed, wondrously exceptional in so many ways? Do you think hey would run ads saying, in effect; “Americans are no better than anybody else. anywhere”? He can get away with saying that to the UN membership, but he sure isn’t about to say it to the voting public.
I agree with the idea that if Palin became president it might be a flop.
She reminds me of JFK. He had many enemies in gov’t because HE was a maverick, too.
Many people in DC ended up hating him. We know where that went.
I think if she became potus, she would come to DC actually being a REAL reformer, or at least trying to reform in other words what Obama was a poser at being she really WOULD be. But the democrats will rather be waterboarded then go along with her. Their constituents would probably say “if you vote for and support president Palin, you WILL lose your house/senate seat!”
She would need a majority equal to, or bigger then what O has now.
She strikes me as a real turn the tables over/ get rid of the corruption type of person, and in DC (which lives on corruption) she would have a tough road to travel.
The idealistic vision that many conservatives have of a Palin presidency would almost certainly not happen.
I view her completely as a loose cannon. But in a good way.
You just never know what she’ll say and what she’ll do. That’s why her resignation was such a great move. Democrats didn’t get it. What else is new.
When some conservatives (including me) have said we should get out of Afganistan, she comes out in support of Obama saying we should stay.
You just never know with her. It’s a great way to keep the lunatic left off balance.
I agree: among those who most misjudged Sarah Palin are members of her own political party. Yes, she is a Republican. But she is not a mindless one; she doesn’t simply follow along in lock-step obedience. She has a mind of her own — and a conscience to go with it.
She also has, as you point out, one huge following. I am an independent who supported John McCain early on during the last election cycle. But, as time wore on, my support of the GOP ticket owed more to my admiration of Palin than of McCain.
And post-election, when John’s campaign flaks bashed Sarah — and McCain remained silent for a very long time — he fell even lower in my estimation. (See: Big John, Diminished http://emmeffemm.com/id146.html )
Sarah Palin connects with everyday people in a way that few politicians can. Consider this: she got my Democrat wife to contribute to a Republican ticket in 2008. I never would have believed that possible.
No doubt,Sarah’s for real. Whatever she decides to do in the future (run for office, form a new party, support others in whom she believes), she will be a force. Those who dismiss her as a lightweight do so at their peril.
Vivo, as usual, doesn’t have anything intelligent to say, so he says it.
Go Girl Go!
I suspect quite a few folks do not understand. There is a big ass storm coming, a changing of the guard.
It is a paradigm shift.
Mrs Palin is the tip of the iceberg. She embodies the spirit of liberty and freedom our founding fathers created.
There is nothing to stop this wave of change. Revolution is here.
Mrs Palin is we people. She is a patriot in the truest form.
Go Girl Go!
I suspect quite a few folks do not understand. There is a big ass storm coming, a changing of the guard.
It is a paradigm shift.
Mrs Palin is the tip of the iceberg. She embodies the spirit of liberty and freedom our founding fathers created.
There is nothing to stop this wave of change. Revolution is here.
Mrs Palin is we the people. She is a patriot in the truest form.
“a base willing to lose if the Republican Party doesn’t change its ways”
Insightful.
And the reason why we’re willing to lose?
- Because then the clueless GOP bubble loses; maybe they’ll start getting a clue.
- Because more losses ( = more Democrats voting for national fiscal and moral self-destruction) will quickly make the national situation even worse in the short run. More and more people will wake up and take action to save the country. It’s like a game of chicken, if it weren’t so serious.
- Because all this stupid talk about who’s liberal/moderate/conservative doesn’t belong at the level of federal government, it belongs at the state level.
If federal officials would just stick to their job within a limited government of enumerated powers, we all wouldn’t have to hear so much about who leans left or who leans right. Tired of hearing about all this anyway. Let us all in our own states and communities decide on our own slant.
Return to federalism: constitutionalists only please.
We are witnessing the rising of a great part of the electorate, spearheaded by a most remarkable woman. Disaffected Americans are rallying by the millions to the standard of a new champion.
I am certain that the political Establishment will fight to the death, with maximum viciousness, to prevent this “passed Pawn” from Queening and upsetting their rice bowls. We must be prepared to fight just as hard.
Palin in 2012!
Melissa: Great column, thank you. I second your arguments and submit that Sarah Palin has both ideas and ideals, with the horsepower to generate big fundraising figures. She’s smart, and she’s pretty. She’s accomplished much, and her accomplishments make her attractive for the position that she’s currently wielding.
This is a person on the move. I really believe that Sarah Palin is a person whos voice is important to what our country stands for, and against. After all, who the heck needs hollywood geeks that parade around for people to worship? Only lefties and strong righties want that…
Her voice is a voice that is needed, and yes, wanted….and I decry those that voice against her… God Bless You Sarah Palin, the mom we need, the mom we want, the woman…that stands for our heritage !
I admire and support Sarah Palin whether she chooses to run for any future office or not. Since I pay NO attention to the MSM and I research a candidate or political figure for myself, I’ve been impressed with Sarahs executive accomplishments as the former Governor. She is formidable AND principled AND bases her decisions on what is best for her constituents, period. Sarah is a Patriot, I believe that she is more concerned with fighting against the Statist threat that faces our countrys future, than she is about any personal ambitions. I believe that she is such a principled Patriot, that if NOT seeking an Office but working outside of one were determined by her to be in the countrys best interests, that is what she will do. I am a 58 yr old political cynic, I researched Sarah with a cynics eye searching for the traditional base and craven politician behind the God fearing, principled, Patriot facade. What I’ve learned is that there IS NO facade. I trust Sarah Palin.
great column. Palin will be a super candidate. we’re tired of the born losers that are Democrat-lite or even truly, Progressives. The Lindsay Grahams, McCains, Doles, of the GOP need to go. The current GOP “leadership” is blowing the chance of a generation to contrast the Left and what Conservatism really, truly stands for.
Sarah is a strong woman,and can get things done.
I am not a Democrat and soon not to be a Republican. I will vote the person, not the party and I believe in Sarah Palin. I am a member of the Angry Mob……..
I have incredibly high hopes for Sarah Palin …. not only because of her own identity, but because she is a symbol. Palin’s abuse at the hands of the Dems and media is simply the most extreme manifestation of what ALL of us conservatives have been enduring for many years now … at least those of us living in “blue” areas of the country. What many people (men) don’t realize is that this abuse has been disproportionately directed at conservative WOMEN. Our liberal “friends” have been denigrating and vilifying us at will, gossiping behind our backs, and discriminating against us. The blue state Dems have actually become irrationally sick with hatred of us.
Palin is a lightning rod for that hatred, but she possesses the charisma and panache to actually turn it around. She has the potential to redirect the dialogue and refocus the arguments. This is precisely why she is seen as so dangerous by the Dems — she has real power — because she is the image of a truly conservative woman who is “cool” rather than downtrodden. We have been beaten down for years, but somehow they can’t seem to suppress HER.
I am pinning my hope for a future of true freedom and choice on her — not only for myself but also for my daughter. That’s a very tall order, but Sarah Palin seems to have the right stuff to pull it off.
The media will continue to bash Palin. But they fired all their guns at her and she is not only still standing but commands the battle field. Their power to influence is rapidly waning. People know if they want the news they have to go to Fox. Fear of the media is no reason for her to not seek the office. The American left have won the White House but are rapidly falling apart. The public is beginning to see the Democrats’ totalitarian bent. Remember that you can count on Sarah to make her decisions based on what works for our country. Assuming she operates like your typical cynical pol is to forever get it wrong. We need Palin in 2012. 2010 will tell the tale.
Sara will do a better job of running agaist the Republicans then any Democrat will. When you consider that the Republicans and Democrats will split the Center/Left voters, Sara has a good shot at winning if she can rally conservatives, which she seems capable of doing.
Sara’s problem won’t be winning the election, it will be winning the nomination. Remember Obama didn’t win the Democratic nomination, he stole it from Hillery. Sara represents clean government, which is the LAST thing either party wants.
She will make a FINE POTUS. Better then the Howdy Doody we have now. Of course, Alfred E. Newman would be better then what’s there now, so that isn’t a very high bar.
Besides, it will great having a Presidential spouse that has bigger balls then the Secret Service. That hasn’t happened since Clinton was POTUS.
What they’re seeing is a base willing to lose if the Republican Party doesn’t change its ways.
Absolutely right! I’ve had it with moderates, RINOs and Democratic-Party lite.
I agree that Sarah has great appeal–her words and actions are consistent, she is an unapologetic patriot who loves her country, and she can take the heat and give some back. Perhaps she was not quite ready for the large stage of presidential politics but that hardly makes her unique.
I see the TEA Party movement a bit differently than the author–we partiers will resist being co-opted by either major party and we include disenchanted former members of both. People like Palin and Beck appeal to us because they are talking about ideas, the constitution, and mostly because they are talking to people. Not labeling. Not telling us we can watch these channels but not others. Nope, the current POTUS seems to own that particular variation on “the silly season” in politics.
It seems to me that we DO not need another President with a huge agenda of more programs that must be passed to SAVE the country. What we need is a President with the guts to say “NO~!”, to effectively use the veto, and start to rein in an out-of-control Congress.
One must remember, the President has no real budgetary power without Congress. The Prez can suggest, recommend, and cajole Congress for budget money to pay for his programs, but unless he wants to pay for something out of his own pocket, he doesn’t have the authority to spend a dollar.
I will vote for someone willing to use the line item veto and the willingness to take the time to read the bills. This BS of 1,000+ page legislation that’s too complicated to read and understand is beyond the pale.
The house cleaning is wayyyy past due.
Why do people who disagree with the majority of posters still hang around and post their dreck on continual basis? I wonder how many conservatives troll over a Huff Po and the Daily Chaos? It’s their right and privilege of course, but I’m just curious. Surely they have more interesting things to do. Of course I’ve never understood why people would walk across hot coals, sleep on nails or spend any time with Raum Emmanuel, hey people are complex
As for Sarah, the Republican elites hate her because she stands with the base and she will not cave, the left hates her because she is everything they claim they think women should be, and she won’t cave. The establishment elites in both parties want only what they decree as proper thought, in their own image, of course.
I’m just about to change my party affiliation to “None of the above”.
23. NewHavenette: “We have been beaten down for years, but somehow they can’t seem to suppress HER.”
So true!
16. Francis W. Porretto: “Disaffected Americans are rallying by the millions to the standard of a new champion.”
Yes and as the unemployment rate steadily rises there will be more and more disaffected. The question is whether the ranks of the unemployed will vote for freedom or vote for bigger government handouts. My hope is that every member of the House of Representatives looses their seat next year. Maybe that will send a message but I’m not holding my breath.
“I am not a Democrat and soon not to be a Republican. I will vote the person, not the party and I believe in Sarah Palin. I am a member of the Angry Mob……..”
Me too! If I don’t agree with the republican candidate I will vote for the next best choice, be it democrat, independent or write in myself if necessary.
You gotta love the trolls that post at this site. Take Bender. Please. By that logic George Washington should have stayed at Mount Vernon and Abe Lincoln would still be splitting rails. And what about having Benedict Arnold be the Presidential candidate in 2012. After all, he’d be a moderate that would reach out – to conservatives.
For serious conservatives, this article is exactly right. There is just so much wrong with the GOP that a really good house cleaning needs to be done or to just shove it into the that bin of history. Why fight like hell and lose even when the party’s candidate wins.
Two Bushes and a Big Mac are enough!!
Sarah Palin is going to run for president. She may not make it, but she is going to run. And we had better all pray that she gets there. The last thing we need now is a technocrat like Mitt Romney, or someone who will ‘grow’ in office (ie, become more liberal) like Mike Huckabee. We are going to need a counter-revolutionary who will stick her thumb on Barney Frank’s forehead and leave it there till he kneels. We are going to need someone who doesn’t need “position papers” on what our stance towards Honduras should be. We will need someone willing and able to dismantle, not preside over, the wreckage and tyranny left by Obama and the Maoists who run the country. In other words, my friends, we are going to need a Cincinnatus, and in Sarah Palin that is exactly what we’ll get. You can laugh, but mark my words. And if NY 23 turns out the right way, you will see the Furies unleashed by both the MS-13 thugs in the White House and the process-servers in the republican party.
Election day is the most important day in our recent history. Say your prayers.
Kudos to Sarah for displaying the cold shoulder to the sock puppet media and the milquetoast moderate Republican Party leadership. Two well earned/deserved snubbings. As a fiscal, social and foreign policy conservative, I remain furious at Republicans for abandoning the heart and soul of the party in favor of limp-wristed moderate platforms and candidates. We will NOT follow such “leadership”. The best ways to educate the Republican Party is with your checkbook (let it remain closed) and your letters (heart-felt and to the point). NO MORE McCAINs!
My daughters are in their 20′s. one is a spy..yes..a spy..and the other daughter works with WMD’s..i kid you not,,they look to Mrs Palin as a woman who defines all thing possible, they are educated, classy (like their mother), and were born into a Democrat family but saw early in life how liberal women were treated as handmaidens of the elite..their father..me..taught them to be NOBODYS handmaiden…the upcoming generation of young women is very conservative..i know…i raised a entire neighborhood of kids in my basement..(our house was apparently the play house)..these young women are fierce…they will lead us out of tyranny..bet on it
Sarah Palin can be the ultimate power broker. She can raise money by merely saying she likes someone. Look what she did for Hoffman. She evened the money field in that race in a single day.
I think she can run and win the presidency but not in 2012. She needs time to let her go around the media strategy work. And she needs some seasoning on the national scene.
The Republican party will be beholden to her. If the Republicans win in 2010 and 2012, it will be because they follow her lead and put up a fight.
“What they’re seeing is a base willing to lose if the Republican Party doesn’t change its ways.”
That statement took me aback. I had to reread it and then I nodded my head in total agreement. Yeah, we are willing to lose if winning means we give away being a conservative. Republican and Democrat are just political labels–true unbending conservatives have core values that cannot be molded to fit a political poll or appease a political “leader” ::coughgingrichcough:::
Conservatives need to get elected in local and federal positions. Palin said she would campaign for those regardless of party affiliation.
This is a a first case where the local party appointed a liberal to be the GOP candidate. Hoffman is a Republican but was not considered.
I agree that in NY 23 it is worth the Tea Party to push for a conservative as a demonstration of their electoral power. There is no gain without risk.
McDonnell is going to win in Va with a significant majority.
Christie may lose and his refusal to accept Palin’s help will haunt him. It is a shame that NJ has been shafted by a bad GOP candidate.
GOP need to recruit good candidates that support in talk and walk conservative policies.
Republicans have fallen into the same trap as have conservatives here in Canada. Leaving common sense and conservative values behind in an attempt to reach this so called middle ground. Values are values, not a set of goal posts to be moved every time some liberal wants change and envisions a new way. Republicans can’t seem to get that through their thick self absorbed heads. Change to a liberal is just another way you can get your fingers in the till and grab a little more power.
If anyone is really interested in knowing what happens to a self sufficient, proud and energetic Country study your neighbor to the north after the election of Pierre Trudeau. Canada is now a socialist nation of dependent whiners looking for a free ride in life at the government trough. That is what you will become if you keep heading down the slippery socialist path.
Both your current President and our former Prime Minister were cut from that same socialist cloth, academics that never had a real job in their lives. Reality and the outcome of their decisions just doesn’t register on any practical level.
I guess that Sarah is honest, but if she is; why in hell is she supporting amnesty for the 30 million parasites here illegally? I guess you all convenently forgot, she went on Spainish speaking TV with McChump an promised the bloodsuckers citizenship. Is that what you think is good for the country? I guess it is, if you want America turned in to some third word dung pile. I’m glad she’s spitting in the GOPs’ faces now, but she’ll have to show me a whole lot more,and change her views more than that on illegal aliens, before I start trusting her.
All of the Northeast liberal politicos of both parties fear Sarah Palin. They have been the power brokers for so long, that they forgot that there are more people in flyover country that see them for what they are. Just a bunch of snobs, who have never been outside of New York, Boston, or D.C. Some still believe that places. like Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and the Dakotas, still have cowboy and Indian wars. So when someone comes along and upsets that apple cart that they have nurtured over the last 200 some odd years, they fight back tooth and nail. Palin has just done that and she will continue to “piss in their cheerios” as long as she is in the world of politics.
Palin is not bound by either party.
She speaks her mind. This is something the Republicans should learn to do…talk back. Defend yourselves. right now the Repubs are pathetic.
I hope she becomes a driving force for the “republic”. Remember we are a Republic!!, although right now it doesn’t seem that way. PLUS!! I hope she and family become multi millionaires in the process. The MSM put them through hell. Well, so did McCain and company, milquetoast wimps that they are.
Obama is becoming a liability.
Why should anyone be surprised. Sarah Palin had close ties to both the Libertarian Party and the Alaska Independence Party as Mayor, and later as Governor. She even attended a slew of Libertarian meetings in 2005/06, and publicly thanked them for her election in 2006.
The Hoffman deals opens up the floodgates for further Republican support for Libertarian candidates. The precedent has been set.
Few politicians have a political philosophy. Their only action guidleline is “What will get me elected next time.” What made Reagan special, what makes Palin special is that they had/have a political philosophy and it was/is conservative.
Having a political philosophy makes decision making and proper actions easy. Many problems simply solve themselves. “My philosophy says this is the right course. Period.” Simple. Decision made.
America is at or heading for the very bottom in its political history. We all know the GOP is part of the problem. For too long, the GOP establishment has played the “good old boy” game of supporting insiders based on labels. See NY23. See Florida. See Newt supporting the liberal RINO in NY23 where he admits he is only supporting the label. [Get out of the way, Newt!]
America is full of ordinary citizens who now feel powerless. That makes them angry. Everyday, ordinary Americans are asking, “How do I stop the destruction of my country?” That is the foundation of the protest. That is an awesome power when it is harnessed.
We, the People, can only change the path our country is on by changing the game. If we refuse to play the insider game by the insider rules, if we refuse to support one RINO, then another, insider actions will change. The insiders want to win, to acquire power and if they are not getting it, they will follow their primary rule: “What do I need to do to get elected/power?” They will change their behavior.
So what if the Dems get one more seat in their majority? It will be a short term gain for them. Look at it as a strategically given intentional safety in football. Exercise YOUR power and tell the GOP, “NO!” That is your duty as a citizen who loves America.
The America we knew, and some of us served, can and will die without a revolution by and for the People. Corruption in its many forms, especially earmarks from DC, rules the day. Corruption is turning us into just another unexceptional country. Corruption is the disease that is poisoning our country in cities, states, and DC. We cannot continue down this path of self destruction and expect our country to recover its health. We must remove it and those who practice it.
Sarah Palin is the only current nationally known leader with a conservative philosophy and ideals coupled with a history of action (fighting GOP corruption in Alaska, for example)who is untainted by corrupt practices, and armed with the power of charisma, conservative ideas, and the ability to present them effectively. She is the only leader on the scene today capable of leading that revolution. Get past your fixation on the traditional poli-sci theories, don’t believe the status quo will last forever, open yourselves to new possibilities, and get over your petty objections. It is highly probable that Palin will become selection for President of every patriot. She is already running away with every informal, i.e., unscientific poll.
How and why is this outcome likely?
She did not “quit” her governership. She removed herself from the shackles of the political backwater known as Alaska. She is now executing a strategy of changing the political landscape.
Her books; her speaking around the world; her acquisition of international knowledge and familiarity with the political players by traveling; the publicity she receives, pro and con, from media of all forms increases her presence/name recognition, a campaign staff that is really on her side. All of these things will make her a better candidate than she was last time. As “bad” as she was, she drew the largest voter crowds everywhere she went. (If you discount Obama’s bussed in and paid supporters.)
Most important: If she can bring conservatives to office by endorsing and financially supporting them now and in 2010, she will have firmly established her power. Power is one thing all politicians recognize. The GOP establishment fears her now as demonstrated by their reactions to her as a private citizen. They recognize her hold on the voting public, especially the activists like tea party groups. If her endorsement means someone gets elected, the GOP will open is now closed arms to her.
Things change every day. Do you really think that whatever remains of legacy media will back Obama in 2012? They see the handwriting on the wall and are already turning against Obama. See the defense of Fox. See the individual liberal talking heads starting to question Obama’s czars and even his statements.
Regarding one comment above. Reagan had a Democratic Congress but he rolled over it. Palin is unlikely to have a Democratic Congress but if she does, she will do the same.
Think BIG People! Become a New Founding Father. Change the status quo. Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
God speed, Sarah. God bless you and God help America.
Good article Melissa but I offer one correction, free of charge.
She actually believes something.
should be
She actually believes in conservative values and lives them.
And let me suggest the obvious. Republicans need to do what is necessary to solidify the base. They do not need to worry about the moderates. Obama’s policies will deliver the moderates to the GOP in sufficient numbers to secure victory.
Palin has a voice and opportunity few Conservative Americans have to protect our opinions and freedoms. We must encourage her and back her as one of our very few advocates in the public eye. She has taken the blows personally that the Opposition (RNC &DNC) aimed at the unheard, unseen, angry public citizen.
Every time she speaks I HOPE she is paid the highest fees to CHANGE the balance to the Right direction for our nation.
She is a great example of Public Service.
Melissa. Was the vulgar turn of phrase so bright, so inspired, so perfect that you had to descend to the level of the left and use it anyway?
Rogue River ?…Rogue in X-Men ?…:)
There is a storm coming…I know.
Go Sarah
Somewhat skewed parallel to T2, wherein
Linda Hamilton was so Buff; She got that
way with the help of a truly Kung-Hao
Trainer, realized she was getting addicted
to the attitude, and stopped, cold turkey.
Sarah Palin should avoid political office,
and conventional political tactics, like
the mind-bending plague that they are.
She is fighting to save the soul of the
nation, and that battle will be won by a
combination of emotional and rational
appeals to all concerned citizens.
Sarah, you have a unique way of getting the right thing said, at the right time. The way you act and speak you do not need to run for office to impact the political discourse. But sooner of later high office may require your attention.
On the surface Obama and Palin appear to be similar in style and magnetism. But the difference comes with substance. She talks about things to implement and how to do them. Obama talks and talks but never has any ideas or ways to implement anything except arm twisting and demonizing his opponents. He has told so many lies that it is hard to list them all and the promises/statements that will be proven to be lies in the future ie, no taxes on anyone making less than $250k will be taxed, no one will lose their health care coverage due to this new HC bill, etc will fill a phone book. Palin is a pragmatist who speaks the language of the common people so we will know exactly what she is saying and what she means.
After years of Bush and Arnold the GOP can’t look the right in the eye. Both were/are in bed with the Kennedy clan. A moderate Republican is an enabler for left.
…the former Alaska governor sends the GOP establishment a clear message
In my opinion, it’s a message the GOP needs to hear.
Michael Steele seems to trend towards “democrat lite”. The message he (and his party) need to integrate is that republicans becoming even more like democrats than they already are is not going to cut it.
What I’m seeking is a turnaround so profound in this country that the cesspool of Washington DC “politics as usual” cannot continue.
Luckily, I’m not holding my breath, but to not try at this point in the American political drama would be criminal.
Sarah Palin gets it.
I don’t know the woman personally but somebody very close to me does. He says she is the smartest governor he has talked to (he has talked to many). He also said that when he briefed her she asked good questions and understood the answers. Most importantly she listened.
Just from what I have seen, I’ll vote for her if and when she runs.
“With her decision to endorse Doug Hoffman in NY-23, the former Alaska governor sends the GOP establishment a clear message.”
As a liberal I like the message. That Palin’s gonna endorse and support the most unelectable candidates.
More further to right, please. It’s serving you so well.
stuart williamson:
Palin is a straight-talker. She is also totally honest, and loathes the crony, back room style of buddy politics and the snotty elitist Ivy League, proprietary RNC, who shoved her off the end of the dock and then tried to hold her under, after their defeat.
She will have absolutely nothing to do with the GOP.
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Yet Palin loves her GOP paid for $150,000 Saks shopping sprees. Other than fleecing you ignorant rednecks you’re right, she just like one of you. Dumber than a sack of hammers.
There seems to be a mood and movement in this country (see the New Jersey race)(see the Tea Party) that disfavors and disavows both the Democrat and Republican brand. This could open a new age for the independents who have 40% of the vote.
A real human being for POTUS?
Oh c’mon!
Sarah Palin believes in America. Barack Obama doesn’t. No contest.
To those who think she’ll be too divisive, Reagan was one of the greatest presidents of the 20th century and he was despised by Democrats and not particularly well-respected by the Republican establishment either. But he had two skills: 1) He could talk directly to the people and get them to listen, and 2) He knew how far he could push before he had to cut a deal with the other side. What surprised people at the time is finding out just how far one could actually push if one tried, e.g., the air traffic controllers, the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union.
Sarah can talk to the people and is proving she cares not one hoot about what the establishments (news media elites and Republican elites) think about going over their heads, a la Reagan. Whether she has Reagan’s sense of how far to push before shaking hands with the opposition and getting something done we are likely to only find out after she becomes the first female president of the United States, something I believe should, and will, happen.
Her obvious love for this country and its (our) ideals are likely to see her through, just as Obama’s obvious hate for this country and its ideals is sucking him under.
Another dumb article by PJM
There is absolutely nothing new in this article.
Even Gov Palin’s backing of Hoffman is a non-news event simply because months ago she said that she was going to support like minded politicians.
A non news article unless the reader has been living in outer space since July 2009.
The Left Wing Media and the left in general are desperately trying to dismiss the size and potential impact of the Tea Party / Palin crowd.
From a psychological standpoint, this is understandable and has multiple facets: denial, penchant for sophomoric ridicule, willful blindness, morally relativistic corruption, propaganda, existential paranoia leading to rage – take your pick. As we’re learning through BHO’s administration and the ineptitude Congress has demonstrated for ten years now – the last three especially – these are pretty much all the left has to offer in the way of social policy, governance and general behavior.
Contrary to risible left-wing claims that it’s been hijacked by the far/religious-right, the GOP’s so-called ‘leadership’, for its own mendacious part, has made it quite clear – by supporting DIABLO Dede – that our government is now comprised of a far-far-left political party “struggling” against a far-left one. Over the past 70-odd years, that struggle has fallen from the realm of the ideological to that of the mundane, and is presently a fight over who controls the marbles, not which game they’re going to be used in. This is why BOTH political – increasingly criminal – organizations have spent 20 years expanding the size and power of government through irrational redefinition or outright violation of the Constitution.
The composition of our federal (and many States’) government now gives us the choice between some new form of communist/fascist/corporatist, hard-core, “Third Way” socialism on the one hand and Socialism-Lite®, which is just a slow poison leading ultimately to the same death, on the other. The vast majority of America laughed at and dismissed those of us who warned this day was coming: the destruction of our currency and financial systems, the corruption of our academic institutions and dumbing-down of our youth, the sale of our national soveriegnty to foreign interests, destruction of capitalism through shifting the entire tax burden onto those who make it function, the morphing of elected officials into an increasingly imperious ruling class, the transformation of media into a Ministry of Truth and the increasing apathy of an electorate denied a classical education, starved for truth and eager for distraction. But now, with 20/20 hindsight, it’s clear to all but the most willfully obtuse that this has been the strategy of the left in America all along: imposing their morally adolescent will on society by relentlessly demanding that morally mature, classical liberals compromise their principles.
To an enormous (and growing) number of Americans – in fact, to virtually all Americans, I think – Sarah Palin represents a reversal of all that. To conservatives she represents a way to get America back on the track it was originally founded on. To the left she represents an existential threat to their ideological hegemony. That’s why the mere mention of her name elicits a visceral reaction regardless of the medium or the audience.
Given the prize we were handed after the recent unpleasantness last November, the notion that Sarah needs more and/or better credentials to be elected President is true comedy gold. Anyone who thinks she’s not qualified to be elected POTUS has simply been watching too much Nightly News or reading too much NYT. In fact, her one and only challenge will be to get her message out to everyone who needs to hear it, in the face of an enraged Left Wing Media, which hangs on, parses and deconstructs her every utterance, arrogating unto themselves the authority to (re)define what she stands for. This worked well enough for BHO. It’s what got him elected despite his countless gaffes, marxist rhetoric, inexperience, corrupt political history and genuinely troubling past. Now that he and his marxist administration have fully revealed themselves, however, that tactic’s effectiveness is waning. Fewer people every day pay attention to The Left Wing Media, which is now frantically trying to recover a modicum of credibility by attacking his dangerous inability to lead and the demonstrable failure of his policies. When you’ve lost SNL …
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act, and that’s the real – rogue – nature of Sarah’s public support for Doug Hoffman. We need lots more of this – and not all of it just directed at the GOP – in the coming months. And I think we’re going to see it.
…the former Alaska governor sends the GOP establishment a clear message:
“I’m gonna wreck this party if it’s the last thing I do!”
Go Sarah!
You are all sooooo confused. Sarah is nothing.
It’s…… (wait for it…) VIVO!!!
VIVO in 2012!!
Now there’s an intelligent, compassionate, tough, fair and balaced leader we can all get behind.
Oops. You have to be 35 for the job.
OK.
VIVO in 2034!!!!
One of the biggest mistakes the Republican Party has made lately is to join in playing identity politics. There is simply no way it can out-pander the Democrats on that field. Its leaders should go back to being the party of self-reliant but civic-minded individualism. After all, that is the philosophy that underlies the Bill of Rights and the Constitution generally as it stood shortly after the Civil War.
Palin obviously has more balls, and integrity, than Newt Gingrich.
As I’ve said before, You’re Enemy can NEVER Betray you!
This is why Tea Parties are more ticked at Republicans than Obama and the Democrats. They are just being who they are.
“Can’t Split the Vote, Not Good, Gotta Win the Elections, Gotta Have Numbers.” That’s what they told us with Jim Jeffords and Arlen Spectre!
So, how did that work out?
Oh, yeah, they are both Democrats now.
We’re done with you GOP.
Values come first and you’d better figure it out before you go the way of the Whigs!
jd
Do Not Feed the RINOs
I’m not a Sarah Palin fan…but this is awesome!
I was absolutely disgusted by her performance in the interviews with couric, and yes I know there was unfair editing, but to ever expect fairness from the enemy press is dumb.
I watched her acceptance speeches, and they were far better, but still just so-so…maybe because the topic was John McCain.
I’m looking forward to her appearance on Oprah, hopefully she can begin to make up for past mistakes but I’ve got to wonder how Oprah is going to be more of an impartial host than Couric. We’ll see.
#4 Formwiz :One thing the GOP establishment and the Demos alike need to remember is that she is the woman scorned.
Perhaps, but more importantly we are a party scorned. Like a true entrepreneur, Palin sees a need in America and is not afraid to take on an established monopoly, the Republican Party. I envision Palin’s direction everything the Repubs are not. The logic of “if you build it, they will come” is proving to be true. Through Palin the truly conservative will now get the exposure desperately needed now that the MSM is forever against democracy. She may very well better serve America in this capacity.
Palin’s current situation is very similar to where she was prior to being elected Governor of Alaska, when she took on and defeated both the Democrats and the Republican Establishment.
Do not underestimate her.
Editor, what seems to be the problem with this post?
Republicans have fallen into the same trap as have conservatives here in Canada. Leaving common sense and conservative values behind in an attempt to reach this so called middle ground. Values are values, not a set of goal posts to be moved every time some liberal wants change and envisions a new way. Republicans can’t seem to get that through their thick self absorbed heads. Change to a liberal is just another way you can get your fingers in the till and grab a little more power.
If anyone is really interested in knowing what happens to a self sufficient, proud and energetic Country study your neighbor to the north after the election of Pierre Trudeau. Canada is now a socialist nation of dependent whiners looking for a free ride in life at the government trough. That is what you will become if you keep heading down the slippery socialist path.
Both your current President and our former Prime Minister were cut from that same socialist cloth, academics that never had a real job in their lives. Reality and the outcome of their decisions just doesn’t register on any practical level.
Seriously, she isn’t very bright and she is an ego maniac. No real accomplishments or experiance. She ran this State in the ground. Wishfull thinking will not make her smarter or more sane. American influence would fall to nothing around the world if she were elected and I would be very afraid if she controlled the military and their use. I don’t think she will be very viable after the insiders start telling the truth about what she is really like.
Yes, she is a Republican. But she is not a mindless one; she doesn’t simply follow along in lock-step obedience. She has a mind of her own — and a conscience to go with it.
That is a point that simply escapes both RINOs and Dems. Trolls insisted that the tea parties were -had to be- backed by the GOP because to the dull leftist brain all Republicans are “wingnuts.” Anybody who has attended one knows that there were as many signs mocking the GOP as there were making fun of the administration.
Stuart wrote: Why she would identify with the word “Rogue” beats the hell out of me. McCain was called a rogue.
No, McCain was self-described as a “maverick” and he called himself that because he was proud of “reaching across the aisle” to vote with the Dems. His “maverick” mentality gave us McCain-Feingold, among other gems. Not only did he sell out conservatives, he didn’t placate the left. All of his former MSM buddies were only to happy to turn on him during the campaign and portray him as an extremist.
The moral of the story is that RINO’s please nobody, not true conservatives and not the leftists for whose approval they hunger.
McCain kicked his own base in the teeth and called himself a “maverick.” Sarah, on the other hand, is taking on the GOP gld boy establishment as well as the bambi administration. She did so in Alaska, now she’s doing it in NY. (Contrast her with Obama, who fit right into Chicago’s corrupt party politics and never tried to reform them.) She is a “rouge” but hardly a “loose cannon” which implies irrationality. On the contrary, she’s aiming her shots very very well and at the right targets.
I too am starting to believe she’s much more effective out of public office than she could ever be inside the WH – at least for now. And she probably figured out her role as kingmaker months ago – long before any of us or the geniuses on the left had an inkling as to what she was up to.
The moose-hunting housewife from Wasilla is a true independent and she’s outsmarting everyone. Heh.
I am puzzled by some of what has been revealed about her plans. Why she would identify with the word “Rogue” beats the hell out of me. McCain was called a rogue.
I found the title of her book puzzling but have given it some thought.
A rogue elephant breaks from the herd. Man calls an elephant “rogue” when it rampages through some peaceful, settled village, wreaking havoc.
The elephant is, of course, the symbol of the GOP.
Palin is a hunter (huntress), so the wild animal analogy works.
McCain was most often called a maverick, because one could never tell whether he was going to look & sound like a democrat or a republican on any given topic.
Palin is the leader the Tea Party Mob needed. She is willing to tell the Party they are wrong and put her PAC money where her mouth is. The Republicans better wake up and start looking very hard for anti-progressive, small government, and deficit reducing candidates or face oblivion.
70. texasreddog,
We’ve got an idiot, bumbling Commie in office and you think ‘Sarah’ would be ‘worse’ for America?
Good gravy! That’s just whack, Sir/Madame.
If you were the head of state you could NOT be a LOOSE CANNON “in a GOOD WAY”. There is no GOOD WAY, loose cannony way to handle fragile foreign affairs.
YOU couldn’t be a ROGUE either.
This is like listening to adolescents…carry on….
ALL OF MY SUPPORT GOES TO SARAH AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN NEW YORK WHO HAVE SAID TO THE NATIONAL GOP- WE WANT REAL REPUBLICANS AS CANDIDATES! WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS MERELY BECAUSE THEY CALL THEMSELVES REPUBLICANS. MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT THE GOP RECOMMENDED CANDIDATE (DEDE)AND CANNOT TELL ANY DIFFERENCE FROM THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE. DEDE HAS SUPPORTED THE STIMULUS, CAP AND TAX, THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE, CARD CHECK, AND MOST OTHER LIBERAL POSITIONS.
IF IT WALKS LIKE A LIBERAL, AND TALKS LIKE A LIBERAL…………
…the interviews with couric
Katie is a mental lightweight. Her insistence about a question on abortion to Palin and the magazines Palin does, or doesn’t, read seemed almost maniacal.
I watched the (in)famous interview closely and, honestly, didn’t see Palin as coming off as anything but exasperated with stupid questions and frustrated that Katic Couric seemed unable to grasp the points she was making about abortion, which points seemed to transcend Katie’s mental parameters.
Seriously, I do not get this repetitive theme out there that Sarah Palin was so bad in that interview.
TEXASreddog says “she ran this State in the ground.”
Er, I hate to break it to Texasreddog, but Palin was not governor of Texas.
You don’t even what state you’re in or who was governor there, and you’re saying someone else is not so bright?
Uh, check back in with us once you’re out of rehab, OK? And stay away from sharp objects.
78. Donna V.,
And, this person gets to VOTE, Donna.
I am watching Sarah with interest and hope. .. she is not perfect-doesn’t claim to be.No more RINO’s .. . . pitiful squeaking by the trolls on this. . . they can even see their messiah is a loser. . . jharp: you are a girly man at best. I fity the fact your teenage sons dont have a better role model. Maybe they should look to Sarah. . . . Peace
A note on Palin’s appeal. It’s wider than you think. I know that she can bring pro-choice women in (possibly men, too) and they’re not going to change their views on that issue. You might not like these people she’s guiding into the tent.
Frustrating, isn’t it jharp? How is it that someone so stupid can garner so much national attention and some level of success, yet you, brilliant as you are, must leach off of those who actually work to provide for themselves.
A moron becomes governor of a state, and a genius is nothing but social dead-weight. It must keep you up at night, scheming and planing and hoping that somehow, sometime, someone will provide for you what you are too lazy to provide for yourself.
Sarah is the voice of the next political majority. She will be far more effective as a recruiter, campaigner, and fund raiser for true conservatives. The GOP needs a house cleaning, and Sarah has shown the ability to just that.
63. Noesis Noeseos:
One of the biggest mistakes the Republican Party has made lately is to join in playing identity politics.
Ayyyyy-MEN! I’m waiting for the first Republican candidate who will appear before a Hispanic/female/Black/gay/Evangelical/whatever crowd and, when asked “What will you do for us?”, answer, “The same thing I’ll do for every American: Get out of your way so you can prosper.”
Palin puts Romney, Huckabee, and Pawlenty to shame.
Guys–lead, follow, or get out of the way. One of you
try getting 10,000 to a rally. Won’t happen.
Let me rebut some of the comments listed above:
1)SHE IS NOT INTERESTED IN ELECTIVE OFFICE
It should read she is not interested in elective office NOW. The Presidency is not up for election till Nov. 2012.
2)I THINK ’16 OR ’20 IS HER YEAR
You strike while the iron is hot; in 8-12 years Sarah could be yesterday’s news. Do you really think Sarah can keep her Facebook membership of soon to be 1m and her loyalty in the grassroots for 8 years in this political climate? If Sarah announces that she is not running for POTUS in 2012 you will see many conservatives and loyalists, including myself, jump ship, to another candidate to back. I’m sorry if you’re offended Palinistas but it is what it is.
3)Sarah needs to build up credentials before making a run at the White House
What do you thing the next year or two are all about for Sarah? Sitting home and doing needlepoint. By the primary season which starts mid-2011 I predict Sarah will be ready. Remember Sarah does not have to be ready to be POTUS in October 2009. The job is not open now.
4)I see Sarah taking over the Tea Party Protesters
No! Do you think if Sarah was interested in that job she would have auditioned for it on Sept. 12 in Washington. Quite the contrary, Sarah does NOT want to be identified as a member of the tea party movement for fear it may become infiltrated eventually by real-life right wing extremists. Instead she expresses sympathy with the GOALS of the movement. Being its leader would mean she would also be responsible for any radical outbursts as well.
5)SHE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOP
Except run in the 2012 GOP primaries to secure the nomination of the party
6)I AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT IF PALIN BECAME POTUS IT WOULD BE A FLOP ALONG THE LINES OF JFK
JFK was an elitist and hardly worked a day in his life after returning from service. You cannot say that about Sarah. It has been well documented in history books that the election was stolen from Nixon in W Virginia and by the Chicago machine. If Palin becomes POTUS it will be in spite of the efforts of ACORN, SEIU and the Chicago machine. I see no similarity between JFK and Sarah at all. Sarah and Harry Truman-I can buy that.
7)I VIEW SARAH AS COMPLETELY A LOOSE CANNON, BUT IN A GOOD WAY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SHE WILL SAY OR DO
Was Reagan a loose cannon when he went into the wilderness in 1977 and emerged from it Nov 1980 with a landslide victory over Jimmy Carter. At the time many thought so, but on reflection and from his biographers we have learned that Reagan had a definite game plan to secure the GOP nomination in 1980. Sarah Palin is following the same playbook except she has updated it to take into account 21stc technology like the Internet, Facebook, e-mail, the blogosphere and blackberries. Yes, we may not be able to predict what Sarah will do next, but Sarah knows exactly what she wants to accomplish within a give time frame. Don’t be fooled by the MSM claims that she has no organization or advisors.
8)SARAH WILL FORM A NEW OR 3RD PARTY
Pure myth. All Sarah said she will support all candidates including those who are non-Republican who subscribe to her conservative viewpoints. Thus the support of Doug Hoffman who is running for the conservative party.
Take this to the bank. Sarah Palin has no interest in forming a 3rd party and that is why she is so dangerous to the GOP. She is fighting for the heart and soul of the GOP.
9)SARAH’S PROBLEM WON’T BE WINNING THE ELECTION, BUT WINNING THE NOMINATION
There I disagree. None of Sarah’s perceived opponents are top-notch candidates like Bush Sr. or Bush Jr., Nixon or Eisenhower. Secondly if things go according to plans with the launching of the book and her success as a party fundraiser with continual acclaim as a speechmaker Sarah has every opportunity to be a finalist in the 2012 primaries. I expect the other finalist to be Romney. I would put my money on Palin in that contest.
As for the general election it will be much more difficult because of the MSM being in the tank for Obama and ACORN stealing the election. And of course you have the Messiah and his millions of minions who are willing to do anything for Obama with a little “white guilt” sprinled into the mix.
10)THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEW IN THIS ARTICLE. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO; SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO SUPPORT LIKE-MINDED POLITICIANS
For millions of political skeptics it is newsworthy that a politician actually kept her promise. So few do.
11)SHE ISN’T VERY BRIGHT AND SHE IS AN EGOMANIAC, NO REAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR EXPERIENCE
Sarah was so dumb that she resigned office and removed herself from being besieged so she could “advance in another direction”. Sarah is so much of an egomaniac that from her resignation till present she has not done one interview on American TV (except the flurry of post-resignation interviews in Alaska). As for her accomplishments how about the largest private sector project in the history of North America and for experience two terms as mayor, head of Oil and Gas commission and being elected to governor.
#18 Poor Citizen – Who are you, and what have you done with our troll Poor Citizen? We want him back! Seriously, you usually deride the things Conservatives post here. Have you changed your stripe? Do you really think that you could get behind Sarah as a rebel against BOTH parties? Or was this tongue-in-cheek?
- As for the question about trolling, Kos and Huffpo do not allow trolls. Opposing opinions are squelched. Conservative opinions do not get psst the mods, and the professors of such are quickly banned. There is something to be said for this, as the simple poo-flingers, who have nothing of value to add to the dialogue, should be barred. If a guy only enters the room to fart and laugh about it, you probably should keep him out.
- In the 24 hours since Sarah’s endorsement, Hoffman has raised $100k of the $125k he needs. I’m sure the rest will be soon forthcoming. When McCain picked her, his campaign raised $10M that weekend. She is a fund-raising machine.
SHE should be head of the RNC, since that job is 75% about fund-raising. She also would have blocked the NRCC from endorsing Scazzafava. Some sense would be restored to the RNC, and she would be a powerful kingmaker, there. This flap may yet cause this, but I won’t hold my breath, as I’m sure the RINO’s hate her near as much as the Left (which was redundant, sorry).
- Notice that she didn’t support the woman in the race, just because she has ovaries. She supported the Conservative. Principles, not identity-politics.
- Follow the link at #16. Great article. Great symbolism. “Passed Pawn”, indeed. Will she be “Queened”?
- texasreddog – Run the State into the ground? WTH? Which State? Not AK, that’s for sure. She did a good job, there. Not TX, either. She didn’t run TX, and TX is very well-off compared to most of the rest of the country. Please step away from the keyboard. It’s too dangerous for you.
re: #1 Bender “If she were elected president, you can be sure that the Dems would obstruct anything and everything that she tried to do…”
Bender, insert any Republican name in your statement, and it’s just as true. In other words, the Dems will be just as obstructionist and vilifying against ANY Repub. POTUS, it makes not a bit of difference who that may be. The only way to combat that is to elect enough non-Dems (and ones who have the spine to not back down to the Dems Alinsky tactics) so that they can’t drag us all down their Marxist rat-hole.
“GOP need to recruit good candidates that support in talk and walk conservative policies.”
These are not mutually exclusive characteristics. In fact, we need to push the GOP to require both in all candidates.
Once established, a bureaucracy is nearly impossible to dislodge. We need to disband the Energy and Education departments, and a substantially increased EPA, Health and the new Cap ‘n Trade Ministry for this country to survive. We will need to subsidize our development of energy resources like nuclear, coal, natural gas and oill drilling and refinery. We need relegate green energy to where it belongs; heating swimming pools.
Doing this requires a revolutionary overthrow of our government. However, I think Sarah Palin is the only person who could deliver us from that awful scenario and save America.
I never thought I would see the day I agreed with Camille Paglia and wanted to strangle Kathleen Parker until Sarah came along. She is a tour de force.
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Dems attack Palin viciously because they know she’s a serious threat to their radical agenda of fundamentally transforming America. Palin’s plain-spoken truth makes them quiver with fear, so they attack, attack, attack . . . over and over again. Nastier the better, they think.
If Dems weren’t worried sick that Palin will defeat them, they wouldn’t waste their spit balls on her, but would target someone else.
Dems are so obsessed with terror that they fail to understand a simple truth: their constant attacks make Palin more visible, and their incoherent “criticisms” of Palin’s “faults” will only amplify her words and influence.
At their most substantive, Dems’ “criticisms” amount to childish name-calling, false personal attacks — all transparent and impotent.
So keep it up. As Brer Rabbit would say to Brer Fox: “Please, please don’t throw me into that briar patch!”
And the Dems will no doubt proceed out of a fit of stupid fear. For, if not fearful stupidity, what else could make them so blindly attack?
Oh, yes. Sadism. Very impressive. Very, very admirable. Certain to appeal to most Americans.
vivo:
The Republicans are like hamsters in a threadmill.
Don’t they get all tangled up in the threads?
So I guess you could call PJM a threadmill. I mean, day after day, threads with Republicans in them. Like hamsters or something.
I noticed the Romneyites and other moderates here are already trying to marginalize Sarah to the role of campaigner and fundraiser for others, as opposed to being the POTUS we need come 2013.
BS!
She is not only gonna lead the effort to bring reform and focus to the GOP, she will make a dynamite POTUS too.
All the courage, instincts, and selflessness are there.
Huck probably will not even run, and Romney cannot beat her.
Donna V (78) & Delia (79):
texasreddog (70) displays the level of intellect that voted the Marxist idiot into the White House. Unbelievable…..
to all: I did my part, as one who believes that Sarah was “hosed” by the MSM and the elitist conservatives. I put up – I sent Doug monie to help close that Gap of $125,000. I urge each of you, rather to engage in feel good blogging (well deserved, I hasten to add) to pull out that checkbook or credit card and do the same. Let’s help win this one for US and for Sarah!
Thanks Melissa for a wonderfully written point of view.
marc malone – should Palin be head of the RNC? Yes and No.
Yes, because she’s exacty what the Republicans need right now. Right, immediaely, now.
But are they ready for her? As so many have said, the Republicans have lost The Way during their time in Washington. They’ve become ‘Lite Democrats’ while the Democrats have moved farther and farther to the left, and are standing, now, on the very cliff-edge of a freefall into pure statist socialism.
What is needed is a movement towards basic, simple conservativism, which is the bedrock of the American identity since its foundation – and remains its bedrock. But the Washington Republicans aren’t functioning that way, and can an insider (eg McCain)carry out that task? Obviously not. It has to be an outsider.
And that’s what is going on. More and more people are declaring that they are conservatives but not Republican. This is exactly what Palin is saying and promoting. The independent ratio in voter preference is increasing, and it is this group that is the key to the identity of America. They are conservatives, genuine conservatives – and the socialist statist agenda of the New Democratic Party, hijacked by radicals, as well as the soft centralism of the Washington Republicans, doesnt meet their needs.
So, how will this change turn out in the political scenario?
Stupid Republican establishment: if people want to vote liberal, they vote Democrat, the real deal; why bother with liberal-lite Democrat-wannabes?
To conservatives, liberal-lites are worst than the true liberals. The only difference is whose cronies get a bigger piece of pork. Conservatives would rather keep their money in their own pockets than let the politicians dish out their money to the politicians’ cronies.
jharp: “you ignorant rednecks you’re right, she just like one of you. Dumber than a sack of hammers.”
Jharp ignorantly uses a bigoted slur to imply we are ignorant bigots. He’s parody right? Thanks for the laugh.
75. Sure you can, when you have your finger on the nuclear button. Actually, you’re a whole lot more effective in negotiations if the other guy thinks you may be crazy. Palin actually would have a chance to make the Iranians give up their nuclear program if she suggested we would nuke them preemptively if they didn’t.
Pro-Palin and pro-Rush equals troll??
Not hardly.
Take off the hat, dolt.
Good article. It sounds like a lot of readers don’t know Jack or Squat about Palin beyond what the media has said. More qualified than Obama; more experienced than Obama; more patriotic than Obama; and more articulate than Obama.
Striking back? Sarah Palin was the GOP candidate for Vice President. It was not the Conservative party that put her on that ticket. And she is not the only Republican who has supported Hoffman either.
My fear is that people will give Obama and the Democrats a reprieve by running a lot of third party candidtates and allowing the Democrats to win with less than half the votes. So, before they talk about sending messages, maybe that is something some folks should think about. I want to see Pelosi sent packing and Obama a one term president.. I hope no one gives them a chance to win by splitting the opposition.
—She reminds me of JFK. He had many enemies in gov’t because HE was a maverick, too.
Many people in DC ended up hating him. We know where that went.
We know the fact, but I’m not sure we know they meaning that you attribute to Kennedy’s attributed maverick status. He was killed by a left-wing whacko or the mob. What’s are you trying to say?
Sarah does not need the presidency. She already has more power than all the other politicians in this country. With a couple of sentences on Facebook she forced the congress to rewrite a 1000+ page bill and POTUS to start backpedaling and making speeches for a couple of weeks. The poor telepromptors were burning up and the speech writers were working overtime. If you think about it she accomplished in those short statements what Rush Limbaugh had been trying to do for nearly a month. Then she agrees to go on Oprah to pitch her book. Kinda looks like a mistake but it isn’t. She doesn’t even need to show up sober. all she has to do is show up and she makes President Obama look like a total pansy for refusing to allow any of his administration talk to FOX news.
I would love for Sarah to run in 2012. I think the 2010 elections and what she WILL bring to the table regarding those elections, will change a lot of minds.
Funny how a “small special election”, ny23, is a make or break moment for the gop. Conservatives have had it. We have told them, in no uncertain terms, WE ARE DONE WITH YOU. Leaders are not made or created, they just are. Sarah has that unique leader quality we have been waiting for.
If this “small special election” could have SO much riding on it and be SO important, why on earth is it impossible to envision Sarah as our next President. She has what it takes…..honest leadership. Oh yeah, and a steel spine to match.
I really, really hope that Sarah Palin will become the dominant voice of the Republican Party.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Sarah Palin endorsing a Republican candidate who shares her values.
Go, Sarah, go!
“I will vote for someone willing to use the line item veto”
No such thing on the Federal level. The USSC struck down the line item veto quite a while back;
{snipped from Wikipedia}
“The president was briefly granted this power by the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, passed by Congress to control “pork barrel spending” that favors a particular region rather than the nation as a whole. The line-item veto was used 82 times in 11 Bills from the federal budget by President Bill Clinton. [3][4]
However, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan ruled on February 12, 1998, that unilateral amendment or repeal of only parts of statutes violated the U.S. Constitution. This ruling was subsequently affirmed on June 25, 1998, by a 6-3 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case Clinton v. City of New York. The case was brought by the then New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.”
From here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-item_veto
A Constitutional convention could include a line item veto as part of the “New” Constitution. Or Congress could start the process of adding another amendment to the current Constitution that includes a line item veto. As it stands now, the President has to either sign the entire spending bill or veto the entire spending bill.
Since the USSC has said that is is constitutional for the President to take money budgeted on one thing and spend it on another, there is a way around the issue. However that doesn’t address over-spending and budget deficits.
As it stands now, a POTUS with balls could stop porkbarrel spending by investigating the Politicians that slip earmarks into a bill. Have the IRS, FBI, NSA, and PETA go after then hammer and tong. That won’t get rid of the crooks, but it sure will take the fun out of it. The Media is supposed to be doing that, but they are to busy performing fellitio on this administration. With the last administration it was buggery. It is to be expected that the crooks in congress will take advantage of the watchdog gnawing a bone and steal everything that isn’t nailed down.
“Why do people who disagree with the majority of posters still hang around and post their dreck on continual basis? I wonder how many conservatives troll over a Huff Po and the Daily Chaos? It’s their right and privilege of course, but I’m just curious. Surely they have more interesting things to do.”
I’ve always wondered this myself. I’d say that rightwingers do not troll lefty sites as a rule – there are no doubt exceptions, maybe someone has already surveyed this? But the sheer number of leftoids trolling conservative sites is overwhelming and very telling. It’s typical liberal philosophy – protest protest protest instead of actually doing anything. It makes them feel they are accomplishing something if they drown out the other side with louder voices. And the more direct responses they get the better they feel – any troll who gets 13 angry responses is going to feel their day is made, regardless of how stupid he or she make themselves out to be.
As regards the article above, it seems the GOP is not adapting itself to either the time or the place. Moderates resonate at certain times and in certain electorates, but not now. America wants to go right, this is a strong feeling I have, and the GOP doesn’t have a clue how to do it, which is sad. Instead of giving its base the candidates they can have faith in and vote for, they still want to steer to the middle of the road and play party politics. The trouble is that the MOR is not where America wants to be right now. Repairing the economy and reducing government influence and size DEMANDS a right wing solution – because the moderate solution will not accomplish squat. It’s not tailored for it. Only a conservative approach will get the nation back where it needs to be.
Sarah defied the folks like Newt Gingrich, who were asking Republicans to support Dede S. in the N.Y. 23rd, to endorse and support the true conservative in the race. Instead of following along like a “good little girl”, she displayed what the Republican Party has far too little of. LEADERSHIP. So long as we listen to the likes of John McCain, Newt, and Lindsey Granham, we’ll be the minority. You’d think, after the fiasco of Arlen Specter, that the “party” would learn that it takes more than simply announcing one’s membership to make a Repubican. Arlen Specter stood for nothing but Arlen Specter. Dede Scozzafava stands for no one but herself. She’s not only rudderless, she’s stupid.
Doug Hoffman stands for conservative principles and for that he deserves my Republican vote.
“They are angrier at the Republican establishment than they are at President Obama and his Marxist minions”?
Um, not actually.
It’s one thing to be ticked off enough to switch registration from Republican to Independent, but it’s quite another to see disastrous foreign and domestic policy idiocy on the verge of destroying this country. Are we really pissed off at the GOP for screwing the pooch and allowing Obambi to sneak in? You betcha. That, however, is a far cry from the blue hot rage that finally animated the Tea Party movement. I know I speak for a lot of my fellow tea partiers when I say that we’re mad as hell at the GOP, but we’re ready to go up the hill with pitchforks, torches, tar and feathers against the Commiecrats.
Give me a bit of a break here, will you?
“Seriously, [Obama] isn’t very bright and [Obama] is an ego maniac. No real accomplishments or experiance. [Obama] ran this State in the ground. Wishfull thinking will not make [Obama] smarter or more sane. American influence would fall to nothing around the world if [Obama] were elected and I would be very afraid if [Obama] controlled the military and their use. I don’t think [Obama] will be very viable after the insiders start telling the truth about what [Obama] is really like.”
You know, texasreddog you may be on to something. Aside from getting the person wrong, your comments seem spot on!
Terrye,
How do we change the current state of affairs in Washington by doing the same old thing? How does voting for Democrat-Lite better our future? If we pull together then we could start winning some of those seats and build a sizable faction that would need to be convinced to pass any legislation. It would not take a conservative majority, but just a handful of seats in the Senate and about twenty seats in the House. It doesn’t take much and it might wake the Republicans up to the fact that they will continue to be marginalized as long as they run RINOs. Losing or winning a couple of election won’t make any real difference in the short term, but if it produces a strong conservative core in the Congress then so be it. I would rather lose a couple of battles in route to winning the war. Remember your American history, we lost a lot of battles, but we stayed with it and won Independence.
Sarah is a breath of fresh air which is why both the GOP and Dems have put all their combined efforts into marginalizing and denigrating her.
We witnessed the worst in America by the left and the spineless right. We saw an American citizen dragged through the gates of hell on earth when all she did to deserve that treatment was to be an American.
Not only was she smeared but her family including her beautiful duaghters and son Trig were also the targets of the very worst personal attakcs I have ever seen, heard or read. And nobody on our side had the guts to defend her or her family. People laughed at Letterman, and the jerk who made fun of Trig.
These are the tolerant and forgiving left. The same left who sees good in evil terrorists but finds nothing good in a decent American just because she does not believe in their twisted beliefs.
There are no words to defend or explain the hatred the left has toward Sarah. And to think they did and still do get away with it. Even on these threads their hate is evident and for the most part unchallenged.
We should all be ashamed of the way we let the left hurt Sarah and for not counter-attacking. God help us if we do not support her efforts no matter what she does.
105. Burt:
“Sarah does not need the presidency. She already has more power than all the other politicians in this country. With a couple of sentences on Facebook she forced the congress to rewrite a 1000+ page bill and POTUS to start backpedaling and making speeches for a couple of weeks.”
I fully agree Burt. Sarah doesn’t need the presidency. What is abundantly clear however is that the country is in crisis and the country needs Sarah in the presidency. She is desperately needed to make all the very many changes which are necessary to ensure that the rampant corruption is eradicated and that (as one small example) term limits are imposed and included as law for the future. Then, as I posted elsewhere, she should go back home for a well deserved rest because the crisis will indeed be over…
I love it. The GOP is doomed. Can’t wait for the schism.
109. Ozwitch:
…I wonder how many conservatives troll over a Huff Po and the Daily Chaos?
Well I know why I don’t troll over there– and believe me I’ve tried. Fact is, if you run against the narrative, they don’t put up your post. I registered and everything over at HuffPo and tried at least ten times to get them to run a post of mine with no success. And that was with no cuss words, insults or ad hominems.
I support Huckabee over Palin, because he has more experience. That said, if Huck doesn’t run, or if Palin beats him in the primaries, I’ll back her wholeheartedly.
“I support Huckabee over Palin, because he has more experience.” Experience at what, instituting “compassionate conservativsm” social programs. No thanks.
I’m tired of the meme of “Don’t split the ticket! It just gives the other side the victory!” This is how we get TweedleDede (good one, huh?) and Tweedledum-dumb. The lesser of two evils.
This is quite simply a fight for the Republican Party. When Hoffman wins, it will send a message to the GOP and the whole country: Enough! Get into the fight! No more TweedleDede’s!
I am not loyal to a Party. I am loyal to Principles. When a Party embraces those principles, I embrace that Party. When the Party walks away from those Principles, it walks away from me. It’s not complicated.
As a former Democrat, mostly a moderate, but very much a fiscal conservative, the first time I heard Sarah Palin, when she was announced by John McCain, my initial thought was, “… the next Ronald Reagan.”
As a Reagan Democrat, I find her independence and principled nature refreshing. I can’t think of a single Democrat or Republican that gives me any reason to vote for them. Sarah Palin is another matter. The question is whether the Republican Party can come to its senses and embrace her as the future of the party. Sure would make 2012 interesting.
66. layer of baal:
“I was absolutely disgusted by her performance in the interviews with couric, and yes I know there was unfair editing . . . ”
Really? Document, please. Not sure how you can edit, “What magazines and newspapers do you read?” . . . “All of them.” So, show me how that was cut unfairly.
I agree with those who say Palin will not run for prez. in the forseeable future. She might make a good one, but we also see what inexperience can bring. She will be a lot more effective in the back ground. I would expect her to support true conservatives and help build a base of conservatives for the republican party. Hopefully, she won’t attempt to build a third party. This can only help the democrats. Third parties, to be truly effective, must begin with the local and state levels before they tackle national elections.
“Dead fish go with the flow” SP
Leadership is a lonely place and everyone would like to think that they know better than the person who is actually doing the leading.
I find it amazing that people think they are knowledgeable enough about how Sarah Palin thinks to presume to direct and steer her in a direction when they actually know nothing or at the most, very little about her agenda or aspirations. It seems to be a case of “Lead us Sarah but lead us the way we want you to lead us.” Good grief people, what a contradiction. The only reasonable time to make comments is if and when Sarah gives an indication of what she is going to do and then, if we want her to lead, let’s leave her to do it since she hasn’t misstepped yet IMO.
Mythbuster…. You have every right to support the politicians you choose but comparing Palin to Huckabee is like comparing apples to oranges. Huckabee is another big government conservative that is not unlike most liberals. He will tax and spend only at a slower pace than liberals. He speaks well and cleans up real good, but we also know what that can get us. Obama in different clothing.
Absolutely right on!!!!
I’ve actually donated to SarahPAC now.
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend and Sarah Palin’s a Democrat’s best friend!
Drill, baby, drill!
Sarah Palin needs a strong intellectual support for her campaign. I would suggest Sheila Bair, head of the FDIC, who has an encyclopedic grasp of the complexities of the US economy. However, I would trade-in Obama for Sarah Palin in a heartbeat.
I just do not want an ideologue in the White House. I want someone who has not rejected careful analysis in favor of a set of “principles.” I want someone who takes power politics as a limited game, rather than a reason to kill, both literally and figuratively. Both the deep Left and Right have killed for their principles. We do not need blood in our streets to prove a point.
In short, I want someone who will apply the same rules to themselves that they apply to others. Too much to ask?
122. Now and Then:
Really? Document, please. Not sure how you can edit, “What magazines and newspapers do you read?” . . . “All of them.” So, show me how that was cut unfairly.
to me, it doesn’t matter, i don’t read any magzines at all. seriously, how many people are reading magzines every now and then? do you do that every year?
don’t get yourself stuck there, that’s all.
Re: 11
“No doubt,Sarah’s for real. Whatever she decides to do in the future (run for office, form a new party,”
Re: 12
“I suspect quite a few folks do not understand. There is a big ass storm coming, a changing of the guard.
It is a paradigm shift.”
I just wish Sarah would get us back to Open Source government. Let’s call it the OSg party.
This has been a fairly good thread, some of the usual misconceptions have been floated, but they are down to a minimum. Why do some of us feel like we can presume to tell her what she should do. Well frankly, she’s probably one of
the few that would give us a respectful hearing.
Her instincts are topknotch, it’s only when she secondguessed them, on the tARP and on the Gay Marriage ban, that she ran into trouble.
She understands the motivation of the tea party movement like few others, she sees that people have become disaffected from the GOP, mostly because it has failed to live up to it’s own principles. She saw in her own state’s party headed by longtime rival, Randy Ruedrich, a
sign of dysfunction. We see the same problem writ large on the national level. She saw from
last fall that the base in vibrant andconfident,
the party machine, something else entirely The cliqueas another observer has called, mostly former establishment figures that were in the Romney camp, run the show, and they have been behind the behind the scenes accusations of ‘going rogue’ and have steered the NRSC and NRCC into a ditch. Backing Crist over Rubio, Specter long past his ‘sell by date’ fumbling the Tedesco RACE, and repeating the same mistake seemingly with Scozzofazza. You really
can’t blame Steele for this, they’ve taking the
control of funds and party strategy from his hands; they complained that he didn’t coordinate
his objection to medicare cuts with their greater plan, They dismissed the tea partiers
potential and couldn’t understand the import of the Facebook post on Death Panels. Following footnotes isn’t there strong suit. They think appearing on Meet the Press and Stephanopoulos
is the arbiter of popularity, Anybody seen anything real coming from them, on Obama’s manifestly clearly disastrous domestic and foreign policies. Me neither. The opposition to Obama has come from Beck,Rush, the teapartiers and to the extent that there is a single public
figure, her. As of this point, I’m not terribly
concerned that she run, in so far as she drives
the debate, provides a powerful contrast on policy ,as with her speech in HK, to the shameful speech at the UN, I’ll be satisfied for now
You are so right: I just said to my brother two days ago, I don’t care if the Republicans lose for the next 10 years, I’ll be dipped if I’m going to support any liberal establishment Republicans! They’ve already helped destroy this country and things really can’t be much worse. (Well, they can, and they most likely are going to be much, much worse, but having crappy liberal Republicans win isn’t going to help.)
And yes, they totally underestimated how really ticked off we are.
It’s heartening for me to see the majority of folks here speaking of Sarah in the positive. What I find ironic about the few who denigrate her is this, they voted for a black liberationist racist, terrorist loving, corrupt Chicago communist politician, who despises them, their country, their freedoms, and their God. If they have one. Yet these idiots speak to us like they have some kind of superior intellect. It is truly amazing. They come to this site not able to speak the language of their own country, “she just like one of you”, another doesn’t know what State she governed, even blaming her for being a bad Governor of Texas!!! Yet another wants to talk about how she answered a magazine question, while the man that that idiot voted for thinks there are 57 States and is doing everything in his power to economically destroy every one of them! Good God, I am convinced that our country has reached the tipping point where the truly stupid outnumber those of even average intelligence. Please pray as if only God can save our country and please work as if only you can. we are in trouble.
We elected Republicans. They proceeded to behave like Democrats.
Personally, I’m not voting Republican again.
We don’t need a new Republican party. We need a new party that is not Republican. Maybe Sarah will start one.
Dear Ozwitch,
Conervatives don’t have organizations like ACORN aound to pay them to monitor and troll Left Wing websites all day.
Conservatives work for a living and read the Conservative pages and comment in their time off. Leaving no time to visit the KOS et. al. and spend time commenting there. And, of course, we are inundated with all of the thoughts they have to offer on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC etc. in our daily lives.
Why won’t ariports play FOX news?
jd
Do Not Feed the RINOs!
The obvious seems to be missing here. It’s obvious that every move Sarah Palin makes gets attention, from all sides. Some in support some in denouncing. Both actions are endearing her with Americans, every day more are gathering in her corner. Why is the question that the elitist do not comprehend. It’s because these elitist are not in tune with real Americans. Palin is us, she is who we are. So many have sold her short, yet she posts two words and the debate becomes a notional issue (death panels). Couric is a dunce and her questions were posed and pushed to give the viewers an I gotcha moment. Couric’s interview with Biden shows her for what she is, “FDR states on Television…” Duh???? T.V. was not invented yet. I bet she believes there are 57 states as Obama specified.
Will she run in 2012? Hell yes, those are her words I’m repeating. No one else is up to the job of cleaning up this mess, and four years will not be sufficient either. It has taken the greedy to slowly harm our nation and the process of destruction is now at break neck speed. Change in direction is necessary and government has to get out of the way for this change to happen. This is exactly what Palin did as Gov. Biggest project ever in No. America is the gas pipeline. She enable this to be a complete private project getting government out of the way. Her staff is what, 1, 2, maybe a handful? Her donations are going where? To other candidates, using the resources where she deems necessary (not reserved for her use) She is a selfless person and has noted love for her country. Not to be left out she has a big ally in her most respected friend, God. This one fact alone endears her to the majority of Americans.
Sarah wrote on Facebook: “Doug Hoffman stands for the principles that all Republicans should share: smaller government, lower taxes, strong national defense, and a commitment to individual liberty.” The media beleves smaller Gov’t, lower taxes, and a strong defense is “fringe” I ask who is out of touch with Americans? Sarah stands on principle.
The main problem I have with Sarah Palin is I feel she would legislate to ban abortion. This is a deal-breaker for me.
If Sarah Palin is on the ticket in 2012, I will vote for her. As a Republican or an Independent.
My money is on the GOP going the way of the Whigs, personally.
Any political party’s presidential nomination is won by the candidate who has the best support of its base. Palin already has the best support of the Republican conservative base, and that support will grow. The 2012 GOP nomination will be her’s for the taking if that is what she decides she wants.
If Palin is the 2012 GOP nominee, and is elected President, let’s hope she picks a solid conservative for VP instead of letting the party establishment saddle her with one of their boys. GHW Bush, selected by the party to be Reagan’s VP, was the beginning of the end of the Reagan Conservative Movement.
Palin honestly I do not think being president is on her mind at this point.Its all about being boxed into a corner in her state by Os minions.(those ethics filers who helped O)As well as the GOP establishment that arm twisted legislators no doubt to vote against her and cry like babies.She might run if asked,but shes a wrecking ball on a hunt.Smashing into the slumlords rat infested domaine.If elected POTUS she would impose the strictest ethics laws ever.Just like she did in her state.Thats why all of DC fears her,(AND WANTS TO POLITICALY DESTROY HER)she would actually make them deal on camera in public.No stone would be left unturned untill every single corrupt cockroach was spotlighted and squished beneath her heals.Even the corrupt in bed with the WH media fears what she would do to their licenses.Palin hasnt got one thought right now about 2012 or 2016,its all about payback and sending shivers of fear down the corrupt watery spines of everyone in DC.
If America cannot get Sarah to run for president, then it may be our last time ever to get a truly honest politician. Of course, there is the liberal media who will continually try to destroy her up to 2012. I say go Sarah. If I knew how, I’d be in your campaign.
Read a new, underground book just out. I recommend everyone read it cause, if we don’t get Sarah in 2012 then the country will continue it’s decline. Just read it…it’s about good Americans fighting federal tyranny. http://www.booksbyoliver.com
70. You are an idiot. Most of the rest of us know people in Alaska who have the greatest respect for her. I believe her time in the WH may come – but for now she is an intelligent, personable, brave, and very patriotic woman who is extremely effective in what she is doing.
BTW – why do people try to compare her job experience with Obama’s?? She was mayor of a town and governor of the state (even though the good ol’ boys had to have their “fun”). He was a community organizer and an ineffective senator who liked to vote “here”.
great article… I am a lifelong democrat, and I am changing my affiliation to independent soon, the “democratic” party has been completely infected by marxists/communists. I am a moderate, and have some disagreements with Sarah when it comes to social issues, but am in complete agreement with her when it comes to things like fiscal responsibility, national security, following the consitution.. etc.
I WILL VOTE FOR SARAH PALIN if she ever runs. I have been a democrat for close to 30 yrs, I was one of those “Reagan Democrats”…. now I will become a “Palin Democrat”… or even better a PALIN INDEPENDENT!
I am through with the bailouts, the spitting on the US constitutions… the sweetheart deals for freaking corrupt politicians like Chris Dodd, while I struggle to pay my mortagage.
this is beyond the undemocratic party, this is beyond the republican party
I am one of the tea party patriots… AND I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!
–American before Democrat!
Are Palin and Huck really the best WE conservatives can do?
Can’t we come up with someone who is not a lightweight? (No pun intended Mr. Huck!)
Jindal and JCWatts come closest for me. A ticket we could respect.
I love Sarah’s heart and her instincts… and would vote for her against any Dem… but we can get someone who is a bit more thoughtful. Her rather extreme religious views scare me a bit too more for what they say about HER thought processes than for the religious content and I think that she would have difficulty attracting independent voters who see her as a Quayle like lightweight not fit for the grave responsibilities of the Presidency.
After Obama…such considerations may be more of an issue with the electorate!
I just love how everyone overestimates the importance of tea baggers and “conservative” outrage.
Here’s a thought: there were a lot more people in the National Equality March ’09 than in the 9/12 tea bag demonstration.
The US is much more liberal and progressive than the authoritarian and regressive place you think it is.
Go, Sarah, go!
Ah, if I lived where I could have two wives, I would ask Melissa to marry me.
Bender Said…
“you can be sure that the Dems would obstruct anything and everything that she tried to do, just as they did with George W. the last two years of his presidency”
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ah Bender, that could be said to any Republican who wins the White House.
It all started, really, with the notion of “compassionate conservative”
Well, with compassion to mean ‘government program’.
Conservatives are compassionate in that they support wealth creation by peaceful agreement, by rule of law, by property rights — by limited gov’t.
Had Bush’s compassion been shown in far more tax cuts, and tax credits, and reduced paperwork for creating wealth, then that would have been a compassion to be proud of. Gov’t programs, always based on the Stick (for those who pay), instead of peaceful agreement, will seldom be something to be proud of.
I’m addicted to Sarah Palin.
If you’re like me, check out this wonderful site: http://www.conservatives4palin.com
Techno, you rock. Excellent rebuttals.
To those who say Sarah’s place is out of elective office helping others win … isn’t that kinda like asking Tiger Woods to be your caddie?
I am ready to make a clean break with the GOP to follow someone like a Palin. Conservatism first.
The challenge will be to pay off this debt and then Utterly Dismantle the entire Liberal Establishment, one brick at a time. It won’t be any good to just be a place holder until the next liberal gets elected.
It’s funny, but a lot of Republicans don’t seem to recall that Palin built her career on fighting the Republican establishment. She’s not scared of them. And though it’s still too early to tell, she might be one of those conservatives who understands that it’s not about being conservative, but rather about what exactly it is we need to conserve.
Contrary to what a lot of conservatives say, RINOs are conservatives too. What makes them RINOs is that they are simply focused on conserving the wrong things. They think it’s more important to conserve bipartisanship and public order.
Hopefully Sarah Palin realizes that the only thing that makes conservatism worth a tinker’s dam is when it is focused on conserving FREEDOM FIRST FOREMOST. Don’t let me down Sarah!
“What they’re seeing is a base willing to lose if the Republican Party doesn’t change its ways.”
Yes, this sums up my feelings exactly. I won’t send a dime to the RNC until I see those clowns field conservative candidates.
I truly believe that Sarah will run for POTUS as a Republican.
Given that, ALL of her supporters that are in CLOSED primary states MUST reregister to GOP so they can vote for her.
Her winning the GOP nomination is the big fight, and we would fail her if we let the establishment GOP pick another RINO simply because we could not temporarily eat our pride to become a Republican so we an vote for her in those closed primaries. If the primary is open, then we can be Indies and vote for her.
VERY interesting theory of why Palin’s numbers may have drifted down in Rasmussen.
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/10/conservatives-republican-primaries-and.html
Sarah has principles. The National GOP not so much. Which is why she’s out of favor with them. Personally, I’m with Sarah: principles, not politics as usual, and I’ll send my donations to individual conservative candidates who suppose those ideals. Principles, GOP, PRINCIPLES. Why is this so hard?
Love of Country.
Sarah Palin.
As American as Apple Pie.
Doesn’t she just make you feel good about all three(3)!
PS: Newt needs to retire (a very school smart person, but, has no common sense).
I sent Hoffman $15.00 I know it will help.
115. Fe:
105. Burt:
Quite so. I don’t think Sarah is primarily looking for opportunities to increase her power or influence trends. A certain amount of ambition and relish of power is a very good thing, but I think she’s interested in principled public service rather than behind-the-scenes string-pulling.
Palin cannot overcome the debacle of her resignation as Alaska’s governor and her incoherent explanations for it. The spin campaign to paint her as rogue instead of quitter will not work in the long run. All you people still in love with her will never get to bang her and your crush will just waste everyone else’s time and energy.
Probably your mom and your sister share your values as much as Palin. They’re not going to win the White House either.
Palin is done as a serious person. She self-destructed. Get over it. Don’t get sucked into the publicity machine that is capitalizing on her notoriety and effability.
Oprah. Christ.
I sent a few bucks to Doug Hoffman. And a few more to Scott Ott. I’ve never been politically active, and I haven’t donated much (politically) in the past few years because I’ve had very little to spare. But now I’m doing all I can, and maybe a little more, to support people who seem to be running on true conservative principles no matter where they are or what office they’re seeking. I’ve written to Newt and to the RNC, not that they’ll pay attention, to explain why I won’t support their choices. As 2012 gets closer, I’ll be looking for candidates with solid values I can support whether they’re Republican, Independent, or Conservative Party. I have more time than money now, so I’ll give what I can, then offer to show up and … whatever: stuff envelopes, sort mail, answer phones, go for coffee, clean the john. Whatever.
In the next few years I’ll gladly support candidates with whom I have major policy disagreements. My big concern right now is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. If we can’t preserve the Republic, it won’t matter what any of us believes because none of us will have any say. About anything. Know what I mean?
So many people think that Palin is honest, forthright, principled and courageous.
She’s a nice girl with pretty good values who got in way over her head. She’s not built to play at this level and you people who keep trying to make her do it, from her publicists to her political acolytes and fanboys, are going to ruin her life.
Palin’s interviews with Katie and Charlie wouldn’t have been disasters had she been forthright, principled and courageous. Instead, she was befuddled, desperately looking for her next line, and scared essless of going off-message. That’s not because she’s not a great girl but because she was trying desperately to do the right thing and didn’t know what the right thing was. In. Over. Her. Head.
I really like Sarah. I voted for her for President. I wrote her in as the only one on the ballot who didn’t sign on to the Bush bailouts. But she didn’t stand up on her hind legs and denounce the bailouts either. I voted for her because I could tell she was pissed off about it. She wore that ess-eating grin while McCain, Obama and Biden shilled and whored.
Lots of people are decent and moral living their everyday lives. When you get some power and prestige, it gets harder. The more p&p you get, the harder it gets. (Give Obama some sympathy here, he’s also a decent guy in over his head.)
Sarah’s a product now. Don’t be one of the a-holes who buys it. Send her back home to her husband and her kids. Don’t turn her into the Republican Fergie.
The ONLY reason I voted the head of the ticket last fall was Sarah Palin: I predetermined I wasn’t giving McCain my vote. Period. And I wasn’t giving money to the RNC for nominating that …senator. But then he surprised me. In a good way. By choosing Sarah Palin.
…but the way she was treated, by the media AND by the campaign AND later by the RNC (which continues); well, the GOP isn’t getting my money again. And actually, every time they call me, I donate to SarahPAC.
…and I also sent money to the Hoffman campaign.
And I look forward to the Tea Party.
137. Crusader:
“The main problem I have with Sarah Palin is I feel she would legislate to ban abortion. This is a deal-breaker for me.”
Crusader – Sarah will never legislate to take away the rights of the individual if these are in line with the Constitution. A case in point is this
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/palin-on-gay-ri.html
which was her first VETO. Here’s a quote from the link…
“Palin’s first veto was used to block legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with Alaska’s attorney general on the constitutionality of the legislation.”
Sarah lives by the Constitution – would that others in Government would do the same.
35. JJKRN:
“My daughters are in their 20’s. one is a spy..yes..a spy..and the other daughter works with WMD’s..i kid you not,,they look to Mrs Palin as a woman who defines all thing possible, they are educated, classy (like their mother), . . .…i raised a entire neighborhood of kids in my basement.”
And i thought the Frankenstein family was extinct . . . .
62. PM:
“Now there’s an intelligent, compassionate, tough, fair and bala(n)ced leader we can all get behind.
Oops. You have to be 35 for the job.”
Thanks for the support, but not to worry: I can change my birth certificate anytime . . .
146. XiaoMei:
SP enjoys her role as a dairy farmer: milking the cows and selling cheese.
137. Crusader:
“The main problem I have with Sarah Palin is I feel she would legislate to ban abortion. This is a deal-breaker for me.”
Sarah’s ethics and integrity are rooted in the Constitution. This should be a deal-maker, not a deal-breaker. People are far more likely to receive fair and equitable treatment under Sarah than they will under just about anyone in office at the moment.
Here is Sarah’s first VETO. Read the article and you will understand that although, of course, she has personal views, (don’t we all?) these ‘views’ do not influence her ‘take’ or legal standing on issues, for that she relies strictly on the letter of the Constitution.
At all times, do your own research. There is nothing more personally debilitating and disempowering than to accept another’s point of view without extensively researching and reviewing the facts yourself. We are living in an age of information overload and there are screeds of factual documentation available. Do the research.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/palin-on-gay-ri.html
149. MotherofThree:
YES! I agree with you – on all counts.
go Sarah, go! Giv’em hell!!!
Sarah is legitimate, the genuine article, a “basic lady” as Allen Touissant would sing. Sarah is smart and does not have to remember what she said because she’s honest in the first place. I will vote for her for President and will work for her as well. I enjoyed the article immensely.
#137 Crusader – Legislation won’t ban abortion. That would require a Constitutional Amendment. 2/3 of each house plus the Prez, then it goes to a vote of the states. 38 (2/3) would then have to ratify the Amendment. Your precious abortion rights are safe for some time to come. This is not to say she wouldn’t keep government money from funding them, of course.
She has stated her support for such an Amendment, but she also recognizes how unlikely the scenario would be. She was a pragmatic Governor. She’d be the same as Prez. No need for the dealbreaker. We could really use a common-sense type in the WH, no?
I donated $25 to Hoffman, today. I think the money is going to keep rolling in for him. Foolish Christie in NJ didn’t want her to come help. Idiot. Oh, well, he’s just a big fat fatty, anyway.
(Corzine actually said this kind of thing, pointing out that Christie is fat. How desperate and grade-school is that?)
He’ll change his mind by the time the weekend is over and he sees just how much money Hoffman has raised since Sarah’s endorsement. The GOP might do a double-take, too. Mm, maybe not so much. Really, they’re idiots. Sarah is a walking, talking ATM. No one draws her crowds. No one raises her kind of money… at least, not in the GOP. You just can’t help some people.
ROFL @ the loons
The Obama Disaster has had me thoroughly bummed out since last Nov. This rally for the conservative in NY is telling me that we can dare to be optimistic again about the future of our country. The old GOP is toast. The new GOP is only viable if it is dogged about rejecting liberal moles and corrupt pols. Old Abe is smiling these days.
I find it amusing that so many people would like Sarah to build up her credentials. She was a state governor and a city mayor. She was effective in every position she held and a proven reformer. She showed guts and ingenuity, two things missing from the GOP.
Maybe she would have some street creds if she was say a “community activist” from Chicago or an assistant professor at Harvard? Now there are some credentials for being President. What mindless twits these people are and this includes Charles Krutenhammer (sp) from FOX news. At least her enemies have some respect for her but the so-called conservatives are constantly dissing her as a light weight, like all their heady intellectualism has done anything for the conservative cause. All it has gotten them is a gig at FOX, ala Gingrich, another gold platted phoney.
Crusader @ 138 states, “The main problem I have with Sarah Palin is I feel she would legislate to ban abortion. This is a deal-breaker for me.”
Why the infatuation with a court mandated “right” to butcher unborn children? I cannot understand this….
It’s kind of funny listening to you all making comments on what Sarah Palin should do, or might do, or could do. I am completely convinced by now that Sarah Palin is going to do exactly as she pleases. Think about Margaret Thatcher, and how much attention she paid to naysayers and insiders. If Palin makes a serious run for the Presidency, who do think is going to stop her? Huckabee??!!!?????
Another consideration is: how much money does she have? Money is a lot like votes; some pundits predict elections by simply comparing the money held by the cadidates. It’s not that they are buying votes, it’s that the contributions represent people who will very likely vote for that candidate.
I think this is all going to be very interesting to watch. At least the Democrats seem to have identified their major danger — and it’s not Rush Limbaugh, or Fox News.
For those that fear Sarah because of her” Lack of Experience,”, I seem to remember another Governor that had no experience, in fact, I believe he was just a worn out actor?
Palins’s heart is pure, here message is pure, her motive is pure! She’s got my vote any day! If she were to be elected, I’ll give her credit for having enough on the ball to surround herself with knowledgeable and PURE people with her philosophy as well!
Yes she fought the crony capitalists who haven’t done much for their state, from the party chairman
on. Those who have transmitted their position by
inheritance, like Lisa Murkowski, who is still willing to entertain cap n trade. She’s a fair bit more pragmatic than the fire breathing reputation that they’ve tagged her with. Should
be fairly easy to understand. Now I voted for her, McCain just happened to be on the ballot
Please consider donating any monies that you would have sent to the RNC to SaraPac instead. Sarah is our de facto champion in the NY race and against the RNC moderates. She is using the money to put Conservatives in who will hopefully be able to stall Obamas agenda till he can be replaced in 2012. PS if you love Sarah Palin and would like to join with others who do also, go to teamsarah.org.
Oh, I so much hope she’ll run on the Republican platform.
To hear her trying to explain her palling around with terrorists and secessionists such as the Alaskan Independence Party lunatics will be ever so much fun.
And to try to explain her exorcism-performing pals at Wasilla Assembly of God and her irresponsible fiscal policies will have all the moderates and independents run towards the Democratic Party just like in 2008.
McCain wasn’t the reason the Republicans lost in 2008, it was Sarah Palin.
And I’m eternally grateful towards her for that.
God bless Alaska’s own “Miss Congeniality” and all she stands for!
129. cjohnthan:
“seriously, how many people are reading magzines every now and then? do you do that every year?”
Well, apparently Palin does, because she said she reads them all. If she so quick to lie about something so innocuous, what makes you think she’s honest about anything else?
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-a-roundup.html
#85 Don:
Perfectly succinct and perfectly true. That’s why they hate her as much as Keith Olbermann does.
Soon the conservative base will now examine chickens’ entrails and the ravings of lunatics since they already decided that a superficial shallow know nothing’s cranial flatulence on Twitter is their sacred Rosetta Stone. First lies about death boards, and now this brainless trash, some people enjoy the National Enquirer too, but they hardly use it as their paper of record.
Like I have said many times before, Palin is pure identity politics: if you are a stupid, low class, non thinking redneck fundamentalist, she’s the one if you want someone as ignorant as yourself for president.
paul
She lied about Death Panels but you applaud her integrity? Shows me how little integrity you have.
Good to see that Palin is still able to bring out the morons, fools, reactionaries and plain silly stupid people out in the open so they can get some sunlight and Vitamin D rather than hide in their survival bunkers all day long
Morons and Reactionaries of the World, Unite. Palin is your new leader. Don’t think, bow down!
Dave K @ 179:
You have the incisive intellect of a wet noodle…. a very small, limp, flaccid wet noodle.
@179. Dave K.: – McCain wasn’t the reason the Republicans lost in 2008, it was Sarah Palin.
Weird.
All this time we’ve been hearing that the reason McCain lost was because of Hope, Change and BHO’s mad oratory skillz. Color me surprised.
Tom Paine @ 186:
“You have the incisive intellect of a wet noodle…. a very small, limp, flaccid wet noodle.”
Obama won the 2008 election thanks to Sarah Palin scaring away the independents and moderates.
The Republican base is too small, too old, and too out of touch with the rest of the US to win an election by themselves.
The urban vote is a lot more important than the rural vote and the urban voters are mostly Democrat.
The change of demographics, especially in the South, means that not even the Southern Strategy is working anymore, as witnessed when Florida became a blue state in the 2008 Presidential elections.
Thanks to Sarah Palin and the other Republicans pandering to a base that is getting increasingly irrelevant, no city dweller will ever vote Republican again.
And I really like you, Tom Paine.
Your “rebuttals” really makes my points more valid.
goy@187.:
“Weird.
All this time we’ve been hearing that the reason McCain lost was because of Hope, Change and BHO’s mad oratory skillz. Color me surprised.”
Voters being afraid of Sarah Palin becoming vice-President and voters liking Obama are not two mutually exclusive things.
@188. Dave K.: – Obama won the 2008 election thanks to Sarah Palin …
No kidding. Really?
Again, here I’ve been told by people too numerous to count that BHO won the election thanks to his superior campaign, charismatic, perspicacious oratory, vast, successful executive experience, even-handed, moderate politics, and his post-racial image.
I guess all that was just internet nonsense.
@189. Dave K.: – Voters being afraid of Sarah Palin becoming vice-President and voters liking Obama are not two mutually exclusive things.
According to you: “Obama won the 2008 election thanks to Sarah Palin…”. Nothing about voters liking Obama there. But I can see why you’d be backpedaling already.
goy,
isn’t one of the talking points about Sarah Palin that us liberal progressives hate her because of her mavericky and roguish ways?
Wouldn’t it make sense that she would be someone who the liberal scum would unite against, since she is such an obvious threat against our decadent ways and our plans to turn America into our vision of a future socialist, Muslim, abortion-loving, death-panel Gayocracy?
180: Now and (Never). You think Palin is not presidential material because she lied about all the magazines she read. How about your fearless leader, Obama? He never lied about the magazines he read. He just lied about everything else. The economy, the auto bail out, the stimulus, Acorn, the war in Afghanistan,etc, etc, etc. He is a lying machine. Whenever Obama has an interview with the media all he gets is journalistic fellatio. With the exception of Fox which has not yet prostituted itself for the privilege of an interview.
The reason the GOP lost the election was because the wrong person was at the top of the ticket. Do you think Palin as President would have a Trillion dollar deficit in her first year in office? Are you still holding out for one of those shovel ready jobs?
Almost 20% of the legal work force does not have a job and you are fixated on Sarah Palin. You’re pathetic.
@192. Dave K.: – isn’t one of the talking points about Sarah Palin that us liberal progressives hate her because of her mavericky and roguish ways?
Whose ‘talking points’? Your ‘talking point’ – at least based on your statements up there – is that “Obama won the 2008 election thanks to Sarah Palin …”. That’s the closest thing to a ‘talking point’ I see here.
Liberals (actually, leftists) fear Sara Palin because she represents an existential threat to the morally adolescent fantasies that drive their socially suicidal ideology. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate… yada, yada.
Conservative-minded Americans outnumber liberals in every American State. In many by a margin of two-to-one. To date, their downfall has been their habit of spending their time, money and energy supporting themselves and their families, rather than pursuing community activism aimed at mismanaging other people’s money.
At some point soon, we’re going to see another candidate who is capable of rallying that overwhelming majority. Again. We’re going to see a candidate capable of reaching the mushy “middle” directly, rather than through the propaganda filters of The (Dying) Left Wing Media (i.e., as it follows in the ill-fated footsteps of Left Wing Talk Radio). Again. When that happens, we’re going to see this. And note: it’s a reproducible phenomenon.
Whether or not Sarah Palin turns out to be that candidate remains to be seen. But in the meantime the mere possibility scares the living crap out of the moral adolescents, which is the cause of their various pogroms aimed at destroying her and her family.
You can call that a ‘talking point’ if that’s the sort of crutch you need to communicate.
gov@194,
Liberals (actually, leftists) fear Sara Palin because she represents an existential threat to the morally adolescent fantasies that drive their socially suicidal ideology. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate… yada, yada.
She does make undecided independent and moderate voters vote against her, so she’s a uniter.
Conservative-minded Americans outnumber liberals in every American State. In many by a margin of two-to-one. To date, their downfall has been their habit of spending their time, money and energy supporting themselves and their families, rather than pursuing community activism aimed at mismanaging other people’s money.
That’s not what the 2008 election results showed.
And just because someone defines themselves as “conservative-minded”, doesn’t mean that they’ll vote Republican. Quite the opposite, in fact.
At some point soon, we’re going to see another candidate who is capable of rallying that overwhelming majority. Again. We’re going to see a candidate capable of reaching the mushy “middle” directly, rather than through the propaganda filters of The (Dying) Left Wing Media (i.e., as it follows in the ill-fated footsteps of Left Wing Talk Radio). Again. When that happens, we’re going to see this. And note: it’s a reproducible phenomenon.
The demographics of the 1980s and the demographics of the 2000s-2010s are not the same.
Black and Hispanics are more important now and they tend to vote Democrat.
Especially in the South.
And the Republican base is getting older, dying off, and their kids are moving into the cities where they become Democrats.
Whether or not Sarah Palin turns out to be that candidate remains to be seen. But in the meantime the mere possibility scares the living crap out of the moral adolescents, which is the cause of their various pogroms aimed at destroying her and her family.
Nah, we love Sarah Palin. She’s the gift that keeps on giving.
I hope Sarah heads to Florida next and endorses Marco Rubio. He’s fantastic.
Huckabee does not favor big government. However, he does point out something a lot of libertarians are either unwilling or downright afraid to admit- people will demand and need big government if they are unwilling to show self-restraint. Self-restraint isn’t a luxury; it is essential to the life of the Republic. “Our Constitution was made for the government of a moral and religious people; it is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”
To those who would point to Huckabee’s record as governor as evidence of his love of big government, I tell you that you are completely misunderstanding the record. Besides the fact that the tax hikes and spending hikes he signed were supported overwhelmingly by the people and in some cases compelled by court order, there is also the fact that these are matters which properly lie outside the jurisdiction of the Federal government, and Huckabee recognizes this. When asked about the Federal government’s role in education, Huckabee replied that it should be, “A clearing house, facilitating the ability for states to share information about what has and hasn’t worked in education.” While it’s not the libertarian solution of disolving the Department of Education, I hardly find that answer threatening. Huckabee is no more a RINO for fixing Arkansas’ roads and schools, with the support of a significant majority of Arkansasans, than Palin is a socialist for increasing the Oil Dividend.
Arkansas is also one of only two states whose budget is currently balanced, courtesy of Huckabee leaving behind a surplus and Bebee not doing anything stupid. The Fair Tax would put a major dent in the compliance costs and corruption in our current tax code. Ditching the Income Tax system will do wonders for getting rid of the enablers of pork barrel spending and corrupt congressmen.
I want to finish by saying I have nothing against Sarah, and I think she’ll make a great President. I’ll gladly vote for her if she wins the nomination, and I’ll vote for her in the Primaries if Huckabee isn’t running. Otherwise, she’d make a great Energy Secretary in the Huckabee administration, and a great Presidential Candidate in 2020. Then, after Palin leaves office, we can have Bobby Jindal for another eight years.
David K. what are you talking about? The cities are shrinking. People are fleeing to the suburbs from the cities, not from the suburbs to the cities. Anyway, the young voters will become a lot more conservative as they start having kids. As for minorities, the Democrats will not hold them forever; minorities are quite socially conservative, and a populist like Palin can swing a significant number of them to the right.
For chuckles, check our our San Diego TEA PARTY parody of TINA FEY and SNL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZASuAF1pUQU
For details:
http://templeofmut.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/tina-fey-stars-in-san-diego-tea-party-snl-parody/
#180 Now and Then – The question was, “What newspapers do you read?” Answer: All of them. Explanation: She was a sitting Governor. Execs spend their time gathering info. They only make a few decisions each year, but they are critical deisions. Info is the very life of an exec. So, they read. She read all the papers available to her city. The question was ignorant (and grossly disrespctful), not her answer.
Dave K – The AIP? That was her hubby while in his 20′s. It is still very popular thing in AK, because they are frontier people, far separated from the mainland. No big deal, really. Many people in AK still entertain those views. There is simply an independent streak in Alaskans. Todd is also full Eskimo. One can understand a certain amount of separatism in him, no?
The religious ceremony? What of that? Some African preacher wanted to bless her in the way of his land. So what? She was the Mayor accomodating a potentiary visiting her own church. Should she snub him? Imagine the outcry if she had rejected the blessing of an African preacher! “Oh, she snubbed him because he’s black!” She demonstrates tolerance. It’s not an embracing of someone else’s beliefs. Sheesh!
You’re right, though, that the base gets older. They become Seniors and become Dems. They learn to put their hand out to get theirs. The Pub base is those between 30 and 65. After they stop being Taxpayers, they tend to join the Takparasites. Of course, every Conservative is abandoning the dying GOP. So, yeah, the demos are different… and still changing.
We will either see a new Party, or a reinvigorated old Party. The fight was joined in NY-23. You are witnessing the re-birth, one way or another, of the Principles of the Pub Party. ‘Tis an historic time. Whichever way it turns out, Dave, your side gets crushed in 2010.
myth buster@198:
The recent election results beg to differ.
Anyway, the young voters will become a lot more conservative as they start having kids.
The young voters will become a lot more conservative as soon as they start paying taxes and the enormity of the bill bambi is sticking them with dawns on them.
I’ve been telling my college-age nephews “It’s your generation and your future children who will be screwed the most by Obama’s spending. You’re footing the bill for the boomers – and you voted to do so!” They don’t laugh or roll their eyes at their conservative aunt any more. They look like a deer in front of the headlights – which is exactly what they are.
Aah its just too too much to view some of the masquerading’ liberals who post here on occasion. They always come out from under their rocks when they hear “Pailn Speaks”
Well reasoned article, and time will tell on the Lady Sarah. She is not so much about running right now as she is about her message! you arrogant dummkopfs might just recall she is one of us!, Dark Beer over Wine,
Hotdogs over chateau Briand. Oh you folks are in so much trouble and so late the “T Party” time to check your collective “A” fellas and gals.
I love Palin and I don’t much care if she ever runs for anything again. She is doing exactly what she wants and is obviously meant to do: guide conservatives, be a thorn in the side of beltway RINO Republicans, and drive Democrats and the Left literally insane. Palin’s backing of Hoffman in NY-23 (especially given Newt Gingrich’s high profile endorsement of the Leftier-than-most-Dems Scozzafava) is helping Hoffman garner much more $$, endorsements, and coverage than he would have otherwise. She needs to do this in similar races around the country for the next year solid, fighting for the conservative against the RINO in every race where a conservative has a chance, and rallying the base. We need her to pressure the GOP to STOP running RINOs where a conservative can win.
She is a huge inspiration and boost to the Tea Party movement, which is likely to grow much larger and more powerful into the 2010 and also the 2012 elections. She is the energy we need, whether she will ever be the candidate we need or not. And this is her true threat to the Dems and the Left, and they know it. Listen to them squeal.
Donna V@202:
The young voters will become a lot more conservative as soon as they start paying taxes and the enormity of the bill bambi is sticking them with dawns on them.
Yes, it’s not like Reagan turned the US from the world’s largest creditor to the world’s largest debtor.
Nope, it’s all Obama.
And you do know that Obama’s lowered taxes, right?
Redball6@203:
you arrogant dummkopfs might just recall she is one of us!, Dark Beer over Wine,Hotdogs over chateau Briand.
PRO TIP: A public image manufactured to attract supporters is not the same as the real person.
Marc Malone@200:
Dave K – The AIP? That was her hubby while in his 20’s. It is still very popular thing in AK, because they are frontier people, far separated from the mainland. No big deal, really. Many people in AK still entertain those views. There is simply an independent streak in Alaskans. Todd is also full Eskimo. One can understand a certain amount of separatism in him, no?
I have no problem with Sarah and Todd Palin associating with known separatist groups and individuals such as Joe Vogler, who was pallin’ around with Iran and hating America with a passion.
It’s their right as US citizens.
I do have a problem with her attacking Obama with the whole “pallin’ around with terrorists” rhetoric, when that dubious line of reasoning can be easily applied to her as well.
202. Donna V.:
Do you tell them about the secret government of Ronald Reagan? His deficits. Do you quote Dick Cheney, “Deficits don’t matter.” Do you tell them that Bill Clinton left George Bush a surplus, which he quickly squandered, along with the moral high ground America had spent centuries earning, to chase down the guy who threatened his daddy . . . do you tell them that their e-mails and phone calls are being screened by strangers . . . do you tell them that conservatives think it’s okay to kill doctors who perform abortions . . . do you tell them that conservative pundits hate the families of 9/11 victims . . . do you tell them everything they need to know, or just what your narrow world view offers?
200. Marc Malone:
“The question was ignorant (and grossly disrespctful), not her answer.”
Oh, okay, so it was the QUESTION that was the problem . .. the video WASN’T edited incorrectly . . . her answer WASN’T clumsy and desperate and disingenuous . . . it was the mean old Katie Couric having the temerity to ask, “What newspapers do you read?” Why didn’t I see it all along . . . That question was OUTRAGEOUS!
But then again if she can’t handle Katie Couric, how could she handle the Taliban?
@ jharp
“Dumber than a sack of hammers.”
wow…and this from someone who believed in Obama!
I don’t know who the bigger fools were…those who ignored the warnings and believed him more moderate, or those farther to the left who really believed he wasn’t lying to them, too.
Seems he is disappointing everyone except those too busy drinking Kool-Aid to pay any attention at all.
lol
Any so-called tax cuts will be more than offset by the huge tax hike slated to automatically take place on January 1, 2011, if not sooner due to Cap and Trade or the Health Care Bill.
gNAT, you claim to be a gmart suy, up on all the latest innuendos, rumors and such. Do you have any inside info on which states of Mexico and which provinces of Canada Obama plans to annex as seven new United States?
@205. Dave K.: – Yes, it’s not like Reagan …
So, after whining for years about Bush’s deficits, you think you can just dismiss BHO’s quadrupling of the national debt – the largest spending increase in all of recorded history – by deflecting to… Reagan?
Are they teaching lessons in blind stupidity at these OFA community organizing meetings now?
Oh wait – this is from the same guy who doesn’t know the difference between demographics and media misfeasance. Nevermind.
Sarah Palin is trying to start a third party and I, for one, think that’s smart. The Democrats and the Republicans are losers. A good third party has a strong leg to stand on these days.
myth buster@211:
“Any so-called tax cuts will be more than offset by the huge tax hike slated to automatically take place on January 1, 2011, if not sooner due to Cap and Trade or the Health Care Bill.”
OMG, myth buster can see into the future!!!
Are you a billionaire Nostradamus?
goy@213:
Oh wait – this is from the same guy who doesn’t know the difference between demographics and media misfeasance. Nevermind.
Well, how can I argue with brilliant retorts like that?
A perfect assessment of what reality in the GOP is. With the GOP top dogs taking a cue from Obama, doubling down on their serious errors, putting their country club noses up in the air and defying their base, they choose to support the lib/Rino with the “R” behind her name, and not Hoffman, the far more conservative of the two.
It is time to throw them all out, those unprincipled opprtunitic permenent professional politicians; sometimes conservatives, sometimes pro-constitution, sometimes pro-family and pro-life, using us as does the democrats use the black community. Or should I say abusing us?
I think we all know that right after her RNC speech, the polls jumped in the repub ticket’s favor. What the Palin haters are afraid of is that they know that the ONLY thing that saved them was the crashed economy. Only this gave Obama the edge back. They know that without that tragedy, he was done. She had cleaned his clock and he knew it.
What else explains all this rabid hatred of Palin? I mean, if she truly is as inept and impotent as they bleat on about her, then why all the fear and fury from the left? I mean come on. If she is so harmless and lightweight, then shut up about her. She will go away and is nothing more than a gnat to Obama. And we all know what he likes to do with pesky flies that annoy him.
#215
Err … Dave K. perhaps you should stow the sarcasm and get a clue?
myth buster is talking about the Bush tax cuts which will sunset on January 1, 2011 … meaning an automatic tax hike as the top rate, for example, goes from 35% to 39% and so on down.
Vivo and Jharp got out here early, granted it was like standing in front of a train highballing it across the Great Plains, but at least they were there. The rest of my minions, like Morrisminor and so forth got here late.
WAY Late!!
I’m thinking no Festivus troll bonuses. Instead, perhaps a dead fish in the mail to you slothful trolls. Hit the conservatives early, deflect them from rejoicing in goodness and strategizing and analysis into beating off trolls. Thats’ YOUR job. Its what we pay you for. Don’t do your job, and we can see you audited or have some of our organized anarchists key your car. Capiche?
If you don’t think you have enough territory, remember, you can always use sockpuppets which get you 50% of ‘real you’ posts in federal dollars. Or you can simply hire on as a protestor for Obama for 9-14 bucks an hour. All you idiots have to do is stand around doing nothing, which you’re good at evidently. Make me proud, or else.
David “Kill Them” Axelrod
Sarah would be best served gaining experience and networking further with her base. I mean, she isn’t an uberliberal black with no executive or private-sector experiense or anything! She can’t expect to just waltz into the presidency a virtual unknown with a dubious background; sheesh, people, get a clue.
@216. Dave K.: – … how can I argue with brilliant retorts like that?
You can’t, obviously.
And BTW, about those changing demographics.
You guys do realize that railing against the republican “Establishment” is a surefire way of fracturing the party a lot worse than the mccain/romney/huckabee split right? Hoffman and Palin will probably just wind up handing the seat to the dem challenger because they draw enough votes away from the main candidate to lose but not enough to win.
If anything, I’d be more worried about repeating the mistakes of the presidential primaries and not healing the rifts between the various sectors of the base.
Xiao Mei,
We welcome all people of whatever viewpoints to the conservative party. Its just, if you’re a flat-earther, a pro-abortionist, or a Cubs fan, we ask you to leave the unconservative part of yourself at home. Don’t wear your autographed football jersey to a formal wedding, and don’t try to expect to get the GOP to sign on to the salt water .
Dblade,
Unity is good, but unity behind Conservative principles. We’re aiming for a sixty percent mandate here, and RINOs are welcome as pushers for the stalled car, but not as drivers.
@223. Dblade: – Hoffman and Palin will probably just wind up handing the seat to the dem challenger…
You may be missing the point(s).
Supporting conservative candidates over RINOs is the only way to get the GOP to start representing its erstwhile base.
Supporting candidates like DIABLO Dede guarantees the demise of the Republic. Uhm… have you looked at her record and what she stands for? Without Hoffman in that race it’s far-left vs. far-far-left, pretty much like McCain and BHO.
To top it off, Scozza’ is just a Bad Candidate.
Dblade, the system is infested with the good old boys. We need to knock them down and rebuild from the ground up. It may get ugly, and it may take years, but it needs to be done. Failure to do it means the death of liberty.
“It all started, really, with the notion of “compassionate conservative” — an idea both insulting and inherently false. Conservatism is compassionate. Conservatism is something to be proud of, not something to hide.”
Compassionate to all, unless you happen to be a single mother or gay or an illegal.
As the Democrats became an anti-Israel liberal party some pro-Israel liberals joined the GOP.
Nothing else changed apart from the Israel thing. They’re still liberals. They think conservatives are mean and nasty – hence why they needed to differentiate themselves by thinking up a nice new name i.e compassionate conservative. It’s their subconscious way of telling their fellow liberals that apart from being pro-Israel they haven’t really changed sides.
They’re not comfortable inside a conservative party and want to turn the GOP into a pro-Israel liberal party but there’s simply no market for that. It’s a pro-Israel conservative party or nothing. Actual conservatives need to get this idea squared away and simply ignore the siren calls of the stealth liberals to “modernize”.
220. David Astroturf Axelrod:
“Hit the conservatives early, deflect them from rejoicing in goodness and strategizing and analysis into beating off trolls.”
Hey, boss! Your angry face looks distorted, puffy and dirty. You’re late again. Wearing yesterdays clothes again? Oh, and I didn’t get any memos.
#162 Mike-you say the Obamaskank is a nice guy whos “merely in over his head”. You show a stunning lack of following this punks career. Obama is a Saul Alinksy acolyte communist, a truly EVIL person who HATES the common person. You dont survive Chicago politics by “BEING A NICE GUY”. Tell me, is JEREMIAH WRIGHT a “nice guy”? No hes a scummy racist punk America hater(except for himself, just like Soros). Come to think of it , is his benefactor Soros a “nice guy?” What about his sleazy Czars like See Ass Sunstein, Holdren, Lloyd, Van Jones or Kevin Jennings? No, every one of them is a sleazy, filthy hate monger. Sunstein actually believes ANIMALS should have a right to sue in court. I can imagine Benji the dog suing Paramount pictures. Or the shark from jaws suing the producer. Mike, this guy isnt “nice” in any way other than being A COMPLETE PHONY. Show me your friends(the terrorist commie Ayers, “Rev” Wright, the moslem scum Rashid Khalihi, the hate whitey “professor” Henry Gates, too many more to recount. Get real and start looking at the scum Obama for what he really is. A COMMUNIST FILTHY PIG.
Let me be clear Barack Hussein Obama is a muslim of …..ancestry. The
Let me be clear! Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim of Cafre ancetry.
In the Quran it is written that a Muslim is not obliged to say the truth to an Infidele Therefor When Obama Obfuscate he is NOT lying.
Each time the name of Governor Sarah Palin is either said or printed all the Left lining Liberal Socialist (Progressive) Democrat people get a sudden panick attack.
The only way those people know to attack when they have no thing to say is to Mudd Sling.
If she chooses to run for the highest position Governor Sarah Palin will
be the next President of the United States of America.
Please for the country, for your family, for all your friends and supporters RUN SARAH RUN we count on you