UPDATE: Rather than a blow to a career, Sarah Palin's decision to resign underlines her self-awareness, writes The Daily Beast's John Batchelor. She is now unmatched for the 2012 primary.
The early excuse for the Republican circular firing squad of the holiday weekend is that Weekly Standard editor and party brainiac Bill Kristol claims that pugnacious McCain campaign enforcer Steve Schmidt has been caught gossiping to Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum about Sarah Palin's rambling and incoherent vice-presidential campaign last September and October. (Now that Palin has announced her resignation from Alaska's governorship, the late excuse for the fisticuffs will certainly be that the boys smelled a special mom baking an apple pie in the kitchen of the GOP and they got in line early with a plate and appetite.)
Purdum, writing with a polite disdain, does flatter Palin as "the sexiest and riskiest brand in the Republican Party," before he goes on to mention unnamed McCain campaign sources who tell stories of Palin's erratic behavior on the trail supposedly caused by her "post-partum depression." Kristol asserts as evidence that Schmidt was the source of this defamatory rumor that Kristol knows that Schmidt has recently emailed Palin out of the blue. "Perhaps Steve was nervous someone would finger him for the Purdum piece," Kristol proposes.
What Palin begins with an announcement from Wasilla is not only a campaign, it is an Iditarod of a crusade.
Firing back, Schmidt immediately emailed a reference to Bill Kristol's distant youth when he worked for the perennial GOP chump, Vice President Dan Quayle: "I'm sure John McCain would be president today if only Bill Kristol had been in charge of the campaign."
Meanwhile, the sniping continues to deteriorate, with erstwhile McCain campaign advisers like Randy Scheunemann choosing sides with Kristol (Scheunemann hates Schmidt, who tried to force him out of the campaign as a leaker and confiscated his BlackBerry), while Schmidt reveals that he had the permission of McCain and Palin to ferret out who was leaking unkind details on Palin to the media. No comment yet from the senator and the governor on their genius of a Plumbers Unit. Another campaign aide, Nicole Wallace, and her husband, Mark Wallace, are mentioned as founts of poison on Palin. "This is all news to me," Nicole Wallace proclaims.
Is this normal after a losing presidential campaign? No. Nor is this a normal year for the Republicans. Kristol and Schmidt and their cronies all know that the Republican brand that they depend upon for a job and for money, lots of money, has been wrecked to the point of no return. They are veterans of a lost cause with one wild adventure to try before history moves on--and the adventurer's name is Sarah Palin.
Palin's sudden announcement that she will resign the Alaska governorship at the end of July, delivered alongside the fireworks of the 4th of July, underlines her self-awareness that she must respond to the pyrotechnics of her stature in the GOP--and must respond in an explosive fashion. Discarding the demands of an Alaska job that is at best part-time, undemanding, predictable, banal, means that she will now devote full-time to traveling the "lower 48" in order to speak, speak, speak. Wherever she goes, she is Alaska, moose-hunting, and Wasilla. As a candidate, she begins the nomination hunt with a formula that none of her rivals can match, not even Mitt Romney, not only because she gave up something in order to go for the White House but also because she reached this decision by being drafted.
What is going on right now in the Republican Party--even as the professionals scramble to react with grins and snorts to the news of Palin's Alaska resignation--are the early scenes of the 2012 campaign for the presidency with Sarah Palin as the once and future hero. Like Joan of Arc, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth Regina, and, skipping four centuries of quarrelsome princes, Margaret Thatcher, the Republican Party has already decided that the governor of Alaska will rescue the GOP from its ruination. What Sarah Palin begins with an announcement from Wasilla is not only a campaign, it is an Iditarod of a crusade--first woman, first mom, and second moose-hunter into the White House.
If you scoff at Palin for president, you are likely insufficiently cynical to work on a national campaign. Eight months after the election, the governor is as natural and gifted a presidential candidate as anyone since Huey Long. The farther she stays away from Washington and the longer she pushes away those sharpies clamoring for her to raise PAC money, to prepare gray-bearded policy positions, network at the barbecues in Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina (well, maybe not South Carolina right now), the more box-office irresistible she will be to Republican primary voters. What most recommends the Palin boom is that she is now, 40 months to the election, as celebrated by the GOP right wing as she is reviled by the Democratic left wing.
Sarah Palin is the change that every one has wanted. The Harvard bunch has done us in. The Harvard bunch has brought our country down. Obama is just so much more of the same ole.
Batchelor's article gives Palin way too much credit for being intelligent and astute. America knows Palin from her run as VP. Her ignorance and hatefulness came out loud and clear during the election. She brought out the worst in the Republican base (bigots, racists, hate-mongers). The only people who are clamoring for Palin for run are the anti-abortionists and those who want a Theocracy in America. Our Constitution, Thank God, declares a separation of church and state. Palin is going nowhere. She can run all she wants, but still going nowhere.
I think Palin is stepping out and going about town. Good for her! This is a natural course for a party that is out of idea, out of talent, and out of time and Palin, a not so talent politician with super size ego (after being pampered by the party right wing) steps in. I say go girl, go as far as you can go but don't come home crying if you did not get the presidency. Governorship of Alaska probably is the highest office for you but no hurt for trying, you have nothing to loose. But I just don't like the resigning press conference in which you have to trout out your 4 kids again. You use them every chance you can but when other's make a joke you tossed "pedophilia" accusation on them. That is not fair, you use your kids, including Trigg as a political (rhetoric) tool, that open them up to political ridicules by comedians, so don't pretend you are angry when they mentioned the kids, you make it possible. I personally will not vote for you but you, like any other citizen of this country, can try. I wish you luck, but PLEASE don't complain when you cannot stand the heat in the kitchen. At that time, I don't want to see you resign from the presidency because your kids vote that you should leave the office. The voters voted for you, not your kids.
Palin has self awareness?
Who knew?
Batch puts up a nice, positive republican spin on palin's actions and fortunes
better yet from my seat in the theater
the lack of her positive actions leading to negative reactions
every time she appears
the only thing positive in her appearances come from
the evangelical far right and the pro-war, narrow, biased, thoughtless, reactionary, immigrant hating, gun loving, sons a bitches we all love to send to war when they're 18
a very narrow base of support
palin elicits a mudslide of negative press except to the aforementioned base
she does have her positive press though
Limbaugh radio and Fixed News with nod to Batch
the sudden and abrupt announcement to quit the governorship
is in direct relation to the vanity fair piece
palin has to keep her face in the mix and not disappear ugly
so
quit the governorship
my money on palin
radio or tv show
no white house
she doesn't have the support to come close
now it's about getting the green
betcha...
Since we are all speculating, did anyone consider she could be pregnant? It is just a question.
That would be the only good reason for quitting, after taking an oath for office, in my opinion.
She has a family to support - who's going to pay the bills? Somethin's up.
She will raise plenty of money from the right wing side of the Republican party (33-35% of the US population). TIME magazine speculate the reason she quit is because she wants to try out her 1)fund raising capability 2)talk show possibility 3)a book to write. These will all lead to lucrative pay off, much better than the boring Alaska governorship.
A person who quits before her term is up, will probably quit again when the going gets tough.
Blood politics is typical of the whole climate related to successful women in my opinion, and I don't think in this case it was really one sided.
Nothing in my past years gave me a "What country am I living in" feeling than did the Leftist orgy of lies against her that first weekend after she was announced VP candidate.
Whatever that "leftist orgy of lies" (very very rich coming from the Swift boating right that not only did in a Vietnam vet Kerry but McCain in his run against Bush!) - anyway I digress, whatever that "leftist orgy of lies" was (?) absolutely paled into understated insignificance as Palin proved she had the gift for stupidity, inanity and absurdity throughout the presidential campaign and beyond!
Palin did cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent
She demanded that books be banned from the Wasilla library.
She was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party
Palin endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president
Palin has pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools
Shes anti-semitic.
She believes that the Iraq War was directed by God
That her most recent child was really her daughter's daughter
She tried to fire her brother in law
Cut funding for unwed mothers
She implemented abstinence only sex ed
She had an affair with business partner
She eliminated AK's WIC program
She made rape victims pay for their own rape kits
She institutued windfall profits on oil companies
BP was the sole sponsor of her inaugural
She thinks dinosaurs walked the earth with man
She cut Special Olympics budget
This is great...
she can now go out into the whole of the US and campaign for Republican congressman and help raise money for them and the GOP and build connections and relationships which would give her the choice to run in either 2012 or 2016....
perfect move that doesn't follow all the baloney advice from the so called genius pundits that gave Republicans a stupid candidate like McCain
And she'll be forever tagged
As the half-term Governor.
You're dreaming Phillip.
Sarah was here,
And now she's gone,
She leaves a lot,
to ponder on.
She hates her gig,
She loves her Trig,
Hey, who is Sarah
trying to kid?
She will resign?
There's nothing finer,
(Please take a hint
in South Carolina!)
Something's up,
you'd best believe,
What else does she have
up her sleeve?
A scandal coming?
Indictment soon?
A pundit's job?
What made her fume?
Perhaps the truth will be x-rated?
For sure her exit is belated!
One thing the author misses is that the part of the country that loves her (the right wing of the repub party) is a tiny 20-30% compared with the part that wonders if she might be retarded and certainly doesn't want her anywhere near the nuclear football. Near the end of the campaign she was around 60% unfavorable and what has she done since then to turn it around?
Now on top of all her other flaws she's a quitter, leaving the gov mansion before even her first term is up. Her family is a train wreck and her policies are non sensical. How anyone could describe Todd Palin as having "rock Star good looks" instead of being more or less "trailer hillbilly" is beyond me. John has clearly never seen any rockstars, or has only seen the kind that play at whole in the wall country western bars in Louisiana.
I have to have confidence that America isn't stupid enough to elect a want to be beauty queen to the presidency, comparing her intellect to Reagan is profoundly unfair to Reagan, who I am no fan of.
Sarah Palin has announced she will resign her governoship. WTF?
I find it interesting that those who have no respect for Palin spend so much time trying to discredit her.
Women have a different take in politics and all of them take shots that most men would not. Those who have love for Hillary Clinton should know that by now.
When we're done with the slander and name callilng, lets take a fair look at the records of all politicians, and the results they participate in, good and bad. At the end of the day, results matter.
I'm more concerned with the total disregard for the Constitution in our Congress and the bloated budgets of the Senators and Congressmens personal departments than I am about Alaska. In the big picture, Washington DC is where we have to worry, and big states like New York and California. A closer look at those two states, how they have been run, who is spending the money, and asking the question, why have they gone down the toilet? "Feel good" politics doesn't pay the bills, and if we don't have representation that can make the tough calls on our behalf, then those "employees" should be fired.
Personally, I would fire all 535 elected employees and start over, they have all misused their positions and put us where we are now. Remember, Presidents create budgets, but Congress passes them and spends the money!!!
She appeals to the anti-authoritarian crowd? Who are you kidding? Her cult-like followers are as authoritarian as you can get! They want a theocracy, they think we're fighting a religious war in Iraq and at home, all hail Palin, and they regularly warn anyone who dares to speak against her. If they're anti-authoritarian, why do they tolerate no dissent? You are as dishonest as they are.
Please, please, please let it be Palin in 2012!
Palin Vs. Obama could be the biggest Democratic landslide ever.
Even the red states would not put that knucklehead in the White House.
At this point, the argument is no longer about the essential Sarah Palin.
It matters not what she is, or is not.
She is a convenient target/excuse.
Could we talk about something else now?
Please?
"as celebrated by the GOP right wing as she is reviled by the Democratic left wing" doesn't mean anything. What matters is how she plays to independent voters, and the truth of that is that she does not play very well with them. The GOP is probably hoping to fool some people next time around by nominating a woman, but it doesn't change anything. Palin is a stereotypical loose-with-the-truth Republican, and America knows it.
Forgot to add the good news in Batchelor's article, summed up in this quote: "Palin does not need to prove anything at all about wise government, because she appeals directly to the anti-authoritarian crowd that has been with us since Shay's Rebellion in 1787".
Mercifully her base of "anti-authoritarian" "real Americans" is sufficiently small that it cannot place someone in the White House. She may want "Joe Six Pack" represented in a high federal office (http://townhall.com/MediaPlayer/AudioPlayer.aspx?ContentGuid=9c930bbd-2571 -4987-bd47-d1862ba390eb), but mercifully the majority of our society aspires to have the president be higher in the food chain.
Sarah will never..... I repeat, never.... live down those Katie Couric interviews. They are wallpaper on the rest of her career.
Her inane ramblings today were a fond throwback to Katie Couric's tough hard hitting interview (lol).
I saw a Larry King interview with Judge Judy. When asked what she thought of Palin, she hesitated a moment and, apparently trying to polite, said, "Well, she was not very well informed."
I think you are right, Sparklers; those Couric interviews will never go away. I think Palin can be forgiven in some ways (not being able to name a Supreme Court case, for example) but some are just too ridiculous: Palin could not name a single magazine that she reads.
...and asking her what mags she reads is "gotcha!" journalism. absurd.
"Eight months after the election, the governor is as natural and gifted a presidential candidate as anyone since Huey Long."
How eerie is this comparison to a populist Democrat who aspired to the presidency, but was stopped at the pass by someone much brighter than he: F.D.R.
Both Long and Palin taxed oil as a source of revenue and the spirit of his "Share the Wealth" program resembles the (socialist?) dividend Alaskans get annually from oil revenues. Unlike, Palin, all of the LA roads Long built went "somewhere."
Sorry, John. I think the darkest revelation about Palin from the Vanity Fair article was that she does not tell the truth, and has no problem in fudging/exaggerating any story if it is to her advantage. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al, were that way, too.
She is fascinating, that's right. The same way a car accident is.
Didn't Stephen Colbert say something once (aside from coining the word "truthiness") that reality has a well known liberal bias?
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid these conservative commentators are. Fame and notoriety are not the path to electoral office, especially the presidency. In 2008 Hillary Clinton, John McCain, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson all ran for president and lost while a little-known first term Senator won.
2012 is light years away in politics. One can only hope, from a Democratic point of view, that Sarah Palin is still the Republican's presumptive nominee at that time, for a number of reasons. First, she is wholely unqualified and has been rejected by the American populace already, and second, she is so inherently negative and thin-skinned that she will cut down and attack any potential primary challenger so relentlessly that if she loses, the survivor will be so damaged that they will be unelectable.
Exactly! I especially like your point about her thin skinned and incredibly petty nature. She can't resist rising to the bait and boy, if she tries to run, she will be baited and dirtied ruthlessly by the Republican field before slamming into the incumbent.
Not just for this reason, I pray that the country has pulled out of the nose dive fundamentally stronger - with a far reaching environmental policy that will keep on being a catalyst for the economy besides reducing/starting to reverse the US reliance on carbon based energy; a health care policy that though not perfect is profoundly fairer, cheaper and more inclusive than the teetering disaster that is heath care today; a sounder financial system with better oversight etc...
The problem for Sarah Palin going forward is that no matter how many articles are written by people like Mr. Batchelor (a republican/libertarian/conservative independent/whatever) most of the American public (THANK GOD) are wise to the fact that she is a total idiot. All of this talk about her being this "natural political talent" is all hype. She has absolutely no substance to her at all. She's all style and looks. Period. She appeals to women who would never vote for liberal any way (unless it was HRC) and she appeals to GOP men who weren't going to vote for a Democrat anyway. Palin will never win over liberals in the same way that Obama was able to excite young people, indies and moderate conservatives. The Republican party's best (and ONLY) hope is former Sen. Chuck Hagel. And they are too dimwitted, close minded, bitter, bigoted and dopey to pick him because he did the right thing (when it was unpopular to do so) in going against many of Bush's insane extremist decisions where foreign policy is concerned. Take it from a mixed race (black and white) 'brotha'...
....Sen. Hagel is the WHITE Barack Obama.
And after a second term of President Obama (who I couldn't be happier with right now - he's doing everything a true indie/centrist like me could want) I'll be pleased to support Chuck Hagel and his campaign 150% if he chooses to run just as proudly as I did for Obama. But Obama will DEFINITELY have my vote in 2012....No question about that. He's doing a fantastic job. He is doing everything he said he would when he ran. Obama is doing such a terrific job in fact that he has even caused me to begin respecting Hillary a little more. That's a feat!
call her good, call her bad. call her smart, call her stupid. doesn't matter, through the public's fascination with her she's been raised to the level of a legit political player and i for one sincerely doubt she has what it takes to get there. we have given it to her. all you have to do is check the posts on anything palin. nothing else comes close.
nycwerewolf: good points about how Palin would only get the votes who are solid Republican votes anyway. They just might be a little more eager to vote her, but the same votes nonetheless.
I would be interested to see some polling data on how minorities view her in general--not compared to Obama--just general attitude toward her. I seriously doubt her ratings would be high.
I think her willingness to immeadiately respond to her attackers is exactly what the Clinton/ Carville team did. Gov. Palin's campaign handlers wanted her to do what Michael Dukakus did. Ignore the attacks, hoping no one would notice them. I kind of like how she hits back.
You kind of like how she hits back?? To compare Palin and her team with Clinton / Carville is truly laughable! Palin lacks the simple intelligence let alone command of the English language and ability to string a sentence together on the fly! Look at her press conference this afternoon - truly incoherent rambling nonsense. The thought of her as president is absolutely dreadful dreadful dreadful.
Elizabeth, Catherine, Maggie and now... Palin.
That's precisely the problem with GOPers: they think Palin is a political woman of substance, intelligence, vision. Good luck with that thought!
Definitely, being a MILF is her only positive and this attribute is suppressed by her disgusting narcissism. Substance, intelligence and vision are truely missing.
Well said, well said! But what can you expect from a party where it is an advantage to be so ignorant of science as to disbelieve in evolution?
I am amazed at how little those on the Left AND the Right understand about those of us who respect Sarah Palin. Before you immediately pigeonhole me as a Bible-lovin' illiterate, let me complicate the picture just a little. I am a Phi Beta Kappa atheist who did political science graduate work at Stanford University. AND, I am thrilled with Sarah Palin's authenticity, passion for the Constitution and belief in using the resources we have in this country to move us forward. I am smart, I am well-educated and I appreciate integrity. Kind of screws with your prejudices, doesn't it?
It's amazing the commentary ignoramus'
In my mind's eye I try to see Todd Palin as a "trailer park hillbilly" remembering that he has an airplane on a lake with a fine home in his idea of what may be paradise on Earth. For some reason, I just can't visualize this successful young man in that way. I can imagine very clearly that some of these people who can't produce an original thought or get past groundhog syndrome are both envious and self flagellators at the same time in the manner of Smeagol/ Gollum. Always going on and on... it's that simple, isn't it?
The Palins live the American Dream and suddenly Mrs. Palin, who should have been Vice President, and her family seems perfectly willing to take the heat to preserve and further the Dream for others. We'll see how it goes.
Personally, my admiration of her hasn't waned while my disgust at her antagonists has made my support for them and their product become more and more justifiable. I suspect, it is this way for many people.
Writing in concrete is tricky... timing is everything.
Just came back from Alaska. The difference between Alaskans and we northeasters and the pompous elite crowd that mock them are that they can actually survive on their own!!!!! Need a plane fixed -- they can fix it, need a boat fixed-- they can fix it, need to eat -- they will hunt, fish or gather it, need to live without plumbing -- they can do it!!!! And many of them are college graduates, too. These are wiry survivors, happy to live in a beautiful state -- even though the winters are long and brutal. They revel in their independence. They have something that many of us with all our conveniences have long forgotten. That's why the lefties hate them.
I posit the following remarks on the increasingly questionable assumption that there will still be such a thing as ‘free and open elections’ in the U.S. the next go-around. Despite Spencer’s many jabs in my direction - which appear based on the swings still rhythmically moving back and forth on the playgrounds where he lives - it is not something on which I myself would bet the farm at this point. I remember seeing happy children playing on swings in Leni Riefenstahl videos.
Nevertheless, I would agree that the next U.S. president will not be determined by support from either party. The past distinction between Republican and Democrat no longer exists. Both are hated and considered as corrupt, immoral and traitorous. Active support from either party will be the 'kiss of death' for any candidate running for office (just like Bush was the 'kiss of death' for Republicans in the last election). In the meantime, Democrats have succeeded in making up the difference.
The narrative next time around will be that the press too, along with all party brands, will stand discredited. Any viable candidate will have to find a way to tap into the mood of the electorate directly. The distinction will no longer be ‘right’ or ‘left’; Republican or Democrat. The defining issue will be 'large' vs. 'small' (government).
The press will bloody Palin and anybody else who comes forward and talks about what makes sense to the people. The difference will be that by disparaging them, (mainstream) media will actually be giving them a lift. The American people will have awoken fully. They will have decided either to fight or submit. I’m betting they’ll be in a pi**’d-off fighting mood.
The American people may already have reached the point where they are able to recognize the enemy …and it is ‘big government’. ‘Right’ is alright; left is alright. It’s ‘big’ that is poison. The next crop of leaders will have a mandate to roll back government in anyway possible as to give the private sector some space to breathe.
Can we really say we are better today than we were 6 months ago? I doubt if anybody would go along with that. Even more important, does anybody see anything turning around in the next six months? No, quite the contrary. The next two to three years are a black hole, in which things can only get worse. If at the end of that time there’s still blood left in the corpse, we can still try to turn Obama’s proverbial ocean liner away from the shoals which invariably point the way to Davy Jones’ locker.
Peter- I know you didn't call Todd Palin a "trailer park hillbilly", did you?
Yes, we have combated on the State of the Union and the path to the future... in this there is disagreement. But, I always try to encourage everyone to be grounded in reality and fight back against the lies of the propagandists and to take heart in the fact that we are and remain the Nation most all others would emulate, if they could.
Yes, we are strongly divided internally and face extreme pressure from without by a few, but, I would ask what's new?
*"If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its Republican form, let them stand undisturbed as the monuments of safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it."* Jefferson
Aren't we the most fortunate ones!!
"Ahmadinejad, in a speech in Tehran to mark Mines and Industry Day on Saturday, said Western powers were whipping up controversy over the Iranian election to divert attention from their economic problems.
"The countries suffering from the financial crisis have tried hard to divert the world public opinion from this huge crisis, for instance they created the swine flue issue or they have tried to make something else from our election," he said."
All looks and no substance - describes Obama pretty well, I think.
Some of the people on this Daily Beast Blog should be herded onto one of the icebergs that's about ready to break off from the arctic ice shelf, and then gently floated out to sea. Hopefully they're correct about global warming and the iceberg will melt right over the Mariana Trench.
JBS - The vitriole of the left about Palin or anyone else in the Republican party - the assumption that those who value 'traditional/conservative' lifestyles are racist/bigots/anti-Semites is so far from the truth - it makes me ill.
I'm quite discouraged right now about direction of the country. Despite populists like Glenn Beck, TEA parties, Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin - the left, the FAR left seem to have the demographics in their favor. There are so many people in every Congressional district who are IGNORANT of even the most basic issues - yet will pull the lever for the Dem. candidate automatically. And there are organized activists of all kinds who are 'invested' in a BIG government agenda. All of you who read this site know all the issues all too well.
I have no idea what Sarah Palin's plans are - but at some point, she seems to have come to the conclusion 'this just isn't worth it' for what it is doing to her family. Those with PDS - Palin Derangement Syndrome - will NOT go away. I hope she does NOT run for national office in 2012 or possibly even later. Agree with her comment that 'there are many ways to serve the country.'
It occurred to me that as most of us go about our daily business we probably are more "grounded in reality" than the comments we end up making on the blog. For example, if I sit next to a pack of liberals on the bus, I'm friendly to them. I don't share with them my fantasies about floating them and their kind off on the next iceberg out of town. Doubtless they fantasize about putting my head on the guillotine when they see me reading my Arthur Laffer and my Ayn Rand and my Milton Friedman. At least the few that have somehow mastered the alphabet. But do they shout, "Death to the bourgoise puppet in our midst!!"? No, they are friendly to me as well. It's when we get on the internet that we let fly, and since most liberals don't have the stomach to last here for long, with whom are we left to dispute besides each other? Our differences pale next to our similarities (no offense!)
No argument there, Lou. These manic depressives seem to gleefully proclaim the eventual demise of our Great Nation like they are wishing for all to be as miserable in existence as they are when they have no idea what misery without hope truly is.
It's easy to spuriously fault others for all ills and it is they and their conjoined who have openly devoted themselves to asymmetrically "use all capabilities" to do US, as well as, our friends and allies harm. We are witnesses to the provocations of late.
I'm not sure why Peter always relates to defeatism with the "all is lost" crowd. I, for one, have tried to
reassure him and shake loose those doldrums.
*"I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Government on Earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern."* Jefferson
And, sometimes blind men possess better visions, too... Ray Charles America the Beautiful--> http://www.popmodal.com/video/1144/America-The-Beautiful-by-Ray-Charles
I seriously do not understand the hate directed toward Palin-- it is irrational and it seems so petty and so senseless. I don't even dare to seriously --and in a spirit of honest inquiry-- bring it up with the seemingly 99% left-leaning people I know here in NYC. The knee-jerking would be more ridiculous if it wasn't so sad and so stupid. And I say this as someone who would not vote for McCain because of his nomination of Palin-- I do not think she is Administration-worthy, but that doesn't mean I want to trash her and I certainly do not hate her. I just don't think she has the polish and diplomacy-by-way-of-Machiavelli needed for the job.
The Palin-hate mixed with the blind adoration of Obama, the refusal to question or criticize this commander in chief-- it is disturbing and worrisome to me how close-minded are these people who consider themselves liberal and tolerant and cosmopolitan. They are actually sniveling, whiny, hateful, self-righteous simpletons. The poor schooling and the bombastic media have done a lot to trash the minds of America. I wouldn't mind an honest and point discussion of politics-- I crave it even-- but it is hard to find.
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How Palin's Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner
The Daily Beast ^ | Jul 4, 2009 | John Batchelor
Posted on July 4, 2009 10:04:31 AM EDT by skimbell
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1 posted on July 4, 2009 10:04:31 AM EDT by skimbell
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Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner
I don't think many really get how tough and smart this woman is...don't let the "you betcha"s fool you....this is no country bumpkin...
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Seems to pretty well cover the waterfront!
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To: skimbell
Thanks for finding / posting. I find Batchelor to always be interesting.
4 posted on July 4, 2009 10:08:59 AM EDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: Niteflyr
You betcha (wink)
ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah!
5 posted on July 4, 2009 10:09:31 AM EDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: skimbell
as governor of alaska, sarah would have to be in alaska most of the time.
now she is free to hawk her book in the lower 48 and to fill the
republican leadership vacuum.
later, she’ll announce.
6 posted on July 4, 2009 10:10:03 AM EDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: skimbell
I listened to her entire announcement. It was honorable, it was direct, and it punctuated the insane politics of our day...it also punctuated her personal commitment to fight, and to do so when it would not distract further from her job as Governor and the foundation she has built there.
I am proud of her and support her. She is a great American.
I think Sarah has just turned, like a fed-up mama Bear, on her detractors. She has put things in order, she has left them in the hands of capable people, and she has now turned to face her enemies directly.
...and I think they are going to be sorry. We have smelled the fear in them for a long time. Good on her!
I believe she will assist others greatly in 2010, and will run herself in 2012...and she has my full support.
GO SARAH GO!
SARAH PALIN TURNS TO CONFRONT HER DETRACTORS DIRECTLY
7 posted on July 4, 2009 10:11:27 AM EDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: skimbell
Batchelor gets it.
8 posted on July 4, 2009 10:12:50 AM EDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: skimbell
Here is hoping after a couple of days the commentary will change a bit more positive (at least in the conservative circle)about what she has done. Commentators and bystanders have reacted to quick and havent really thought about what she said. I think she has seized the door and she is going to kick the %%^^^ door in! Its time to fight hard and she knows it as well as Rush and Levin does. This is a fight for our country!
This is Independence Day today. Lets Roll!!!!
9 posted on July 4, 2009 10:13:19 AM EDT by GoCards
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Jeff - any comment on Batchelor’s analysis? To me, it rises to Mark Steyn heights!
10 posted on July 4, 2009 10:13:49 AM EDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: skimbell
I relsih the contrating display of Palin grace vs the White House viulgar we will see in months to come
11 posted on July 4, 2009 10:14:08 AM EDT by bestintxas
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To: GoCards
This is Independence Day today. Lets Roll!!!!
I'm right with ya!
12 posted on July 4, 2009 10:14:20 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: skimbell
I’m with her 1264%
Enough with the left and these Nancy-boy GOP “journalists” who all have signed pictures of George H. W. Bush on their desks.
13 posted on July 4, 2009 10:15:29 AM EDT by VanDeKoik (Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
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To: skimbell
McCain campaign enforcer Steve Schmidt has been caught gossiping to Vanity Fair’s Todd Purdum about Sarah Palin’s rambling and incoherent vice-presidential campaign last September and October...
Steve Schmidt clearly is talking about himself in a rambling and incoherent way! The nonsense written about Sarah Palin could fill many garbage trucks. What a disappointment that so few, if any responsible journalists are still around! Who is paying these character assassins? They are all over the place! Amazing!
14 posted on July 4, 2009 10:19:12 AM EDT by olezip
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To: skimbell
Of a number of smarmy and put-down light comments, this remains the most telling of the piece: "The darkest revelations about Palin are that she didn’t like preparing for the tedious TV interviews; she treated the dull Biden debate as irrelevant; and she wanted to make her own concession speech on election night. In sum, the governor does not like losers, does not like to lose, and was liberated the moment she shed the burden of bootless John McCain...
...the governor does not need much more than a ballot line from the aimless, tongue-tied, villain-rich GOP. She certainly does not need the GOP to do well in the congressional mid-terms in 2010; she does not need the party to improve its flabby polling on health care or trust; she does not even need the Republican Party to raise a voice to explain her positions on the burning controversies on Capitol Hill. Palin does not need to prove anything at all about wise government, because she appeals directly to the anti-authoritarian crowd that has been with us since Shay’s Rebellion in 1787. It is an accident of history, and of John McCain’s whimsy, that Sarah Palin caught Potomac Fever in September ‘08, and it will carry her either to the White House or to that place even rarer, where the Kingfisher dwells, called what-could’ve-been."
15 posted on July 4, 2009 10:19:58 AM EDT by bcsco (I'm a Constitution defender!)
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To: skimbell; KarlInOhio; All
KarlinOhio's got the moneyline for the weekend:
"Sink? She was getting bombed in the harbor where she couldn't maneuver in a thousand and one Pearl Harbor-type sneak attacks, so she's moving out to the open ocean where she can fight."
16 posted on July 4, 2009 10:20:38 AM EDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: ken21
When is her book due out? I can imagine that without the weight of being in public office she could make it a bit more incisive.
17 posted on July 4, 2009 10:20:58 AM EDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: skimbell
Sarah drew a line-in-the-sand. Now, let’s see how long before Hillary starts to make a move. Hillary will come out ‘strong’ Obama, and now she is pressured to come out soon. Hillary has a machine in the MSM in place, so look for it to start spinning faster soon. Sarah was not supposed to do thei, or so they (Hillary’s camp) thought. Now Hill is being forced....
18 posted on July 4, 2009 10:21:17 AM EDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: NewHampshireDuo
When is her book due out?
I read somewhere here last night it's due in September.
19 posted on July 4, 2009 10:22:21 AM EDT by bcsco (I'm a Constitution defender!)
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To: Jeff Head
Jeff - what a FANTASTIC poster. I hope you can send to Palin’s people - or can we just send it winging around the globe??
20 posted on July 4, 2009 10:22:23 AM EDT by Elkiejg (GO SARAH GO!!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Sink? She was getting bombed in the harbor where she couldn't maneuver in a thousand and one Pearl Harbor-type sneak attacks, so she's moving out to the open ocean where she can fight."
Good analogy....I say the "gloves are off"....
21 posted on July 4, 2009 10:22:52 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: Jeff Head
Right on, you sized it up perfectly. My whole family; husband, children, grandchildren, in-laws, all love her. And I mean both sides of our family and their family.
She is fearful to the hatemongers.
22 posted on July 4, 2009 10:23:05 AM EDT by rose
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To: Niteflyr
She faked left and then went end around RIGHT. She is standing in the end zone giving the left the finger and they don’t even realize she scored. How KEWL!
23 posted on July 4, 2009 10:25:20 AM EDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: ken21
"as governor of alaska, sarah would have to be in alaska most of the time. "
Also, the dems and the media are holding the state of Alaska as a "hostage" to force Palin to spend too much time on defense. I think this move is her move to total "offense" (based on her basketball analogy), without the fear of her beloved Alaska being punished in the process.
Sometimes, when your enemies are pushing the hardest - a step to one side will remove their prop and they will fall on their faces.
As a public official, Palin would be somewhat obligated to react to the media and their ridiculous charges, but as a free agent she call tell them to go suck a rope.
Besides, with the personal debt of $500,000 that the dems have caused her to endure, the only way she can retire that debt is through book sales, and she could not be as candid in the book as she'd like without it reflecting on Alaska.
I believe this woman, and I believe she is sincere. She is tired of the people she loves being dragged through the swamp while she is gagged by the constraints of office and protocol. After she leaves office, the gloves are off and the left - and even McCain't and his minions - might wish they'd kept their collective mouths shut.
24 posted on July 4, 2009 10:25:22 AM EDT by FrankR (We are only enslaved to the extent of charity we receive....INCUMBENTS OUT!!!)
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To: 70th Division
She faked left and then went end around RIGHT. She is standing in the end zone giving the left the finger and they don’t even realize she scored. How KEWL!
People are getting use to the predictability of the Barry Hussein Dog and Pony Show...they just have to get use to seeing real "strategery"....:o)
25 posted on July 4, 2009 10:27:57 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: 2nd amendment mama
Ping!
26 posted on July 4, 2009 10:28:33 AM EDT by basil ( It's time to eliminate all "Gun Free Zones")
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To: devane617
This is getting interesting.
Look next at Romney. What will his move be? He and maybe Huck, were the only ones “free” to grab the Republican leadership.
Will he change his plans now? Move up his appearances?
If he does then that means his people think she is a serious contender.
27 posted on July 4, 2009 10:29:25 AM EDT by roses of sharon (We must get a grip on what we can, and hold on. Hold on with energy, imagination, and ferocity)
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To: Niteflyr
OH Ya! I was taught by a builder and I watch Bobby Flay on FNTV. Don’t EVER get into comparing apples with apples. Give them something different.
28 posted on July 4, 2009 10:29:41 AM EDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Batchelor gets it.
Indeed. he does. Here's my fav line of the piece:
What Palin begins with an announcement from Wasilla is not only a campaign, it is an Iditarod of a crusade.
Like Todd, she can win this Iditarod.
The comments thread below the Batchelor article give you a good idea of what she has been fighting, while being muzzled.
Now, the gloves come off.
29 posted on July 4, 2009 10:30:18 AM EDT by exit82 (Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
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To: skimbell
Thanks....pinging for later.
30 posted on July 4, 2009 10:30:51 AM EDT by troublesome creek
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To: 70th Division
Don’t EVER get into comparing apples with apples.
That's the problem with Republicans...trying too hard to be "Demowit Lite"....
31 posted on July 4, 2009 10:31:16 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: skimbell
Awesome article - thanks for posting it!
32 posted on July 4, 2009 10:31:33 AM EDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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I’m beginning to think the GOP doesn’t want Palin and will not let her run.
They would be idiots if they did that and might as well not spend money on a candidate because I’m not donating anything. I’d assume a lot of others wouldn’t either.
33 posted on July 4, 2009 10:32:24 AM EDT by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson)
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To: Niteflyr
Lets celebrate “INDEPENDENCE DAY” not the Obummer “DEPENDENCE DAY” !
34 posted on July 4, 2009 10:33:12 AM EDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Niteflyr
I just stated on another post. All conservatives step forward. All RINO’s leftists in conservative clothing, and democratic light, hold your ranks. We do not NEED you. Dismissed.
35 posted on July 4, 2009 10:33:42 AM EDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: skimbell
Don't know about front runner as of today but she now has more
time to train for the race;
36 posted on July 4, 2009 10:34:00 AM EDT by deport
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To: 70th Division
Don’t EVER get into comparing apples with apples. Give them something different.
Yeah...a choice between soul-crushing socialism...or American exceptionalism...:o)
37 posted on July 4, 2009 10:34:07 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: skimbell
The Mark Levin show from yesterday is worth listening to. She’s running. Oh yea, she’s running.
See post #18 for archive link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285386/posts
38 posted on July 4, 2009 10:35:32 AM EDT by NavyCanDo
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To: GoCards
Here is hoping after a couple of days the commentary will change a bit more positive (at least in the conservative circle)about what she has done
Those making the commentary, both liberal and "conservative" can go to H3ll! Sarah is taking it to the people, where it really matters.
39 posted on July 4, 2009 10:35:43 AM EDT by Mygirlsmom (What's the difference between God and Obama? Liberals LOVE Obama)
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To: skimbell; SoCalPol
John Batchelor has a well written article on Palin’s resignation.
40 posted on July 4, 2009 10:35:53 AM EDT by CAluvdubya (Bono-Mack, Castle,Kirk,Lance.LoBiondo,Reichert,Smith,McHugh..WE ARE COMING...)
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To: devane617
The contrast between Hillary and Sarah is enough to almost make one laugh. Hillary is old and dirty and so yesterday—Sarah is bright and clean and today!
41 posted on July 4, 2009 10:36:09 AM EDT by basil ( It's time to eliminate all "Gun Free Zones")
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To: olezip
Who is paying these character assassins?
Pay no attention to the Mormon behind the curtain...
42 posted on July 4, 2009 10:36:30 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: NavyCanDo
The Mark Levin show from yesterday is worth listening to. She’s running. Oh yea, she’s running.
I listened live....yep he sees this the same way I do....
43 posted on July 4, 2009 10:36:32 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: skimbell
the comments by the lib/dem posters are extremely rich. they are clueless walking through bear country. they won’t get it until the claws hit and the fangs sink in.
44 posted on July 4, 2009 10:38:24 AM EDT by fortunate sun (Beer Hall Politics didn't work in Germany. ACORN Politics won't work in America.)
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To: skimbell
Schmidt = Gossip Queen meow...
45 posted on July 4, 2009 10:39:22 AM EDT by databoss (Keep The Change....)
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To: don-o
He nails it. Palin is on a crusade and it is a crusade to save this nation. The establishment RINOS, the left, the media, the DNC ALL fear her and that tells me she is smack dab over the target.
GO SARAH!
46 posted on July 4, 2009 10:40:17 AM EDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Republic Rocker
Lets celebrate “INDEPENDENCE DAY” not the Obummer “DEPENDENCE DAY” !
Or Obummer's Depends Day?!
47 posted on July 4, 2009 10:40:20 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: Jeff Head
Spot on!
48 posted on July 4, 2009 10:40:54 AM EDT by Guenevere
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To: skimbell
I think almost everyone in Washington is using the “round peg” analysis on a “square hole” politician.
Palin is so far out of the paradigm of Washington politics and commentary, that they can’t even begin to do an accurate assessment.
49 posted on July 4, 2009 10:41:25 AM EDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
A great word picture!
50 posted on July 4, 2009 10:41:49 AM EDT by Guenevere
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How Palin's Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner
The Daily Beast ^ | Jul 4, 2009 | John Batchelor
Posted on July 4, 2009 10:04:31 AM EDT by skimbell
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To: Bryan24
Palin is so far out of the paradigm of Washington politics and commentary, that they can’t even begin to do an accurate assessment.
Yeah they just go into total freak-out mode.....BWAHAHAHA!
51 posted on July 4, 2009 10:42:33 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: skimbell
"In fact, the governor does not need much more than a ballot line from the aimless,
tongue-tied, villain-rich GOP. She certainly does not need the GOP to do well
in the congressional mid-terms in 2010; she does not need the party
to improve its flabby polling on health care or trust;
she does not even need the Republican Party to raise a voice
to explain her positions on the burning controversies on Capitol Hill.
Palin does not need to prove anything at all about wise government,
because she appeals directly to the anti-authoritarian crowd that has
been with us since Shay’s Rebellion in 1787."
52 posted on July 4, 2009 10:43:14 AM EDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Bryan24
Palin is so far out of the paradigm of Washington politics and commentary, that they can’t even begin to do an accurate assessment.
Bryan24, I think you "pegged" it perfectly.
53 posted on July 4, 2009 10:43:53 AM EDT by exit82 (Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
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To: autumnraine
If they try to shut her out...(like they did Keyes, Hunter and others) we know what we have to do.
54 posted on July 4, 2009 10:43:54 AM EDT by Guenevere
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To: Diogenesis
Palin does not need to prove anything at all about wise government, because she appeals directly to the anti-authoritarian crowd that has been with us since Shay’s Rebellion in 1787."
Nailed it!!
55 posted on July 4, 2009 10:44:10 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: Jeff Head
That’s one Grizzly I’d like to see take a bite out of that fag Obama’s ass!
56 posted on July 4, 2009 10:44:22 AM EDT by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: don-o
Mark Steyn totally disagrees with his analysis and thinks this is the end of the trail for Palin...we’ll have to see who is right...my bet’s on Steyn...magritte
57 posted on July 4, 2009 10:44:35 AM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: skimbell
Palin is a true stateswoman.
In 2008 she warned us that Obama is a socialist even though some people thought she was being bizarre when she did that.
And she is THE ANTI-OBAMA. She doesn’t need to be an officeholder or candidate in order to direct attention to Obama’s poorly crafted crazy quilt of mandates.
After all, Colin Powell doesn’t need to be a candidate in order to get media attention when he criticizes Obama.
Unlike Powell, Palin doesn’t need to eat crow.
58 posted on July 4, 2009 10:45:09 AM EDT by syriacus (Palin the ANTI-OBAMA says, "Only dead fish go with the flow.")
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To: skimbell
Run Sarah, Run. We are with you!
59 posted on July 4, 2009 10:45:34 AM EDT by Dustbunny ("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
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To: autumnraine
I’m beginning to think the GOP doesn’t want Palin and will not let her run.
It's because they've been infiltrated by the left. These RINOs aren't half the Repubs they used to be...
Sarah would light the fire under these scum...
60 posted on July 4, 2009 10:45:45 AM EDT by SlipKid77 (We Won't Get Fooled Again...)
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To: Diogenesis
Gov Palin is beholdin’ to no one. That is probably the thing that scares Dems and Pubbies alike. She will kick and take. That will be a problem for both sides of the aisle.
61 posted on July 4, 2009 10:46:04 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: Niteflyr
Every positive comment I have read on FR about Sarah Palin matches almost word for word the positive comments made here and elsewhere about G.W. Bush before he announced.
“Another Reagan, the real deal, a true conservative, energizes the base, etc”. All said about G.W. and all said because the “base” was desperate for someone, ANYONE to end the Clinton dynasty (i.e. Al Gore).
I'm seeing it all again.
62 posted on July 4, 2009 10:46:09 AM EDT by M.K. Borders (All I require of my government is the liberty my Grandfathers were born to.)
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To: basil
Awesome, isn’t it? She’s one smart cookie.
63 posted on July 4, 2009 10:47:11 AM EDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: SlipKid77
These RINOs aren't half the Repubs they used to be...
Someone said recently: "The Republican Party has become like our father's Democrat Party....and the Democrat Party has become the Socialist Party as in cold war Soviet Union"....
64 posted on July 4, 2009 10:47:45 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: magritte
I saw the Steyn piece. Time will tell who is right.
The importance of Palin is her Reaganesque ability to articulate principles and ideals that resonate deeply. Bush never had it. It is not something that one can manufacture. It comes from deep down inside.
65 posted on July 4, 2009 10:48:35 AM EDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: M.K. Borders
BUsh was elected twice...and brought in a majority in the House and Seante. It is their fault that they did not perform and stand by Conservative principles when given the chance.
I do not believe for an instant that Sarah or those who come in with her will repeat those mistakes.
At the very least, given the state of affairs now, with an abhject marxist in the White Hosue abetted by majorities of the same in the Hosue and Seante...I pray we get the chance to try.
66 posted on July 4, 2009 10:49:26 AM EDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: M.K. Borders
the “base” was desperate for someone, ANYONE to end the Clinton dynasty
One thing is for sure we will be desperate to get this socialist hate-monger out of the WH one way or the other....
67 posted on July 4, 2009 10:49:39 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: magritte
Levin disagrees with Steyn. I’m with Levin.
68 posted on July 4, 2009 10:50:25 AM EDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
69 posted on July 4, 2009 10:51:17 AM EDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Niteflyr
Palin has actually governed as a fiscal conservative, something GWB never did in Texas.
70 posted on July 4, 2009 10:51:26 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: Jeff Head
BUsh was elected twice...and brought in a majority in the House and Seante. It is their fault that they did not perform and stand by Conservative principles when given the chance.
Yes...and I think Bush was moving too far left in both social ideology and fiscal restraint....
71 posted on July 4, 2009 10:51:31 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Palin has actually governed as a fiscal conservative, something GWB never did in Texas.
Yep!
72 posted on July 4, 2009 10:52:19 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: FrankR
“I believe this woman, and I believe she is sincere.”
So do I. I think the implicit assessment on this thread of her life long courage and steadfastness as well as her actual popularity as well as POTENTIAL popularity is correct-which is why, at the back of my mind, I am beginning to fear that Sarah was taken out by the guy in the White house. Remember who he is and what kind of politics he and his boyfriend Raham play.
Who is the biggest threat to them at the present moment?
Sarah.
Who implements right of center solutions and profits thus showing the success of such solutions?
Sarah.
Who could continue to do succeed at the head of a state (as The OBozofurher’s “solutions” drag the nation into hell) and then run for President?
Sarah.
Sarah was never a quitter and yet she quits office with time left in her term...
May this be yet another instance of this paranoiac being paranoid.
73 posted on July 4, 2009 10:52:54 AM EDT by TalBlack
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To: don-o
I’ve said all along that she needs to work the Republican circuit, fund-raise and give speeches, probably for another 3 or 4 years at least (Reagan worked it quite a while longer and build up a nice contingent of followers and financing)... unfortunately, this abrupt resignation has shown political weakness (hard to spin it otherwise)...she has a lot of hard work to do to put that behind her...I think she should move to Florida and run for governor myself...incredible springboard...magritte
74 posted on July 4, 2009 10:53:28 AM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: TalBlack
Sarah was never a quitter and yet she quits office with time left in her term...
There is a massive difference between quitting the race and passing the baton....
75 posted on July 4, 2009 10:54:14 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: FrankR
She has a defense fund set up, but it has $150.00 limit.
76 posted on July 4, 2009 10:55:55 AM EDT by libbylu
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To: magritte
unfortunately, this abrupt resignation has shown political weakness (hard to spin it otherwise)
Forgive me, but what exactly do you mean by "political weakness"?
77 posted on July 4, 2009 10:56:37 AM EDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: don-o
unfortunately, this abrupt resignation has shown political weakness (hard to spin it otherwise)
Yeah it's amazing what some read into this....
78 posted on July 4, 2009 10:57:48 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: exit82
I see a tag line in there.
79 posted on July 4, 2009 10:57:55 AM EDT by libbylu ( Palin begins with from Wasilla is not only a campaign, it is an Iditarod of a crusade)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
A lot of the positive spin seems to be a lot of wishful thinking...taken in black and white, imagine if Jindal did this in LA...he would be declared politically done...
I'm still a Newt guy...I always pictured him as our political Limbaugh (studied, shrewd)...Palin is our political Hannity (on point, beats it hard, won't back down)...that is my ticket for 2012...magritte
80 posted on July 4, 2009 10:58:38 AM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: Niteflyr
Shouldn't be surprised about the shallowness of some of the opinions, but it is pretty basic...
The nonstop fraudulent ethics violation charges were costing the her and her state money (money she doesn't have) and taking her away from state business.
Her decision gives the state back a governor and gives her the opportunity to confront her antagonists head on.
For her and her state, it is a Win - Win.
81 posted on July 4, 2009 10:58:41 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
For her and her state, it is a Win - Win.
Seems obvious to me...:o)
82 posted on July 4, 2009 11:00:18 AM EDT by Niteflyr ("Just because something is free doesn't mean it's good for you".)
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To: bcsco
Thanks. If the book’s due in Sept there’s probably still some good time avail for updates.
83 posted on July 4, 2009 11:00:56 AM EDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: devane617
Hill is being forced to turn on obama, those leaks that were so common in the Bush administration is not going to compare to what is coming for obama.
84 posted on July 4, 2009 11:01:27 AM EDT by pennboricua
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To: libbylu
Good for you,libbylu—love your new tagline!
85 posted on July 4, 2009 11:02:13 AM EDT by exit82 (Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
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To: don-o
Quitting before ending your term, short of dire family circumstances, IS political weakness by definition...you win the election, you finish it out...how could it be otherwise??
86 posted on July 4, 2009 11:02:48 AM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: pennboricua
Speaking of Hill...
Did anyone acutally see her "fall"?
87 posted on July 4, 2009 11:02:54 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: magritte
We need Sarah’s voice now. The folks at NRO have shown a decidedly inside the beltway face on this if you ask me. Clueless.
This is the beauty of Sarah. I am glad she is gonna fight for me.
88 posted on July 4, 2009 11:03:33 AM EDT by libbylu ( Palin begins with from Wasilla is not only a campaign, it is an Iditarod of a crusade)
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To: ken21
You may be right. In a way I hope you are. I suspect, though, that she may be Dagney Taggert figuring out that John Galt was right.
There is not a political solution to our problems.
89 posted on July 4, 2009 11:03:43 AM EDT by RobRoy (This too will pass. But it will hurt like a you know what.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
The nonstop fraudulent ethics violation charges were costing the her and her state money (money she doesn't have) and taking her away from state business.
Her decision gives the state back a governor and gives her the opportunity to confront her antagonists head on.
For her and her state, it is a Win - Win.
Thank you for this brief and accurate assessment.
I intend to totally steal it. ;)
90 posted on July 4, 2009 11:04:34 AM EDT by exit82 (Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
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To: magritte
Would you consider an unending string of fraudulent ethics violation charges that threaten to load you with over a million dollars of debt a dire family circumstance?
91 posted on July 4, 2009 11:05:29 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: pennboricua
You and I are on the same page. I believe Hill sees and opening and intends to seize the moment. Sarah, only served to forcer her hand sooner than planned.
92 posted on July 4, 2009 11:05:32 AM EDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: magritte
I'm still a Newt guy
Really? You think Newt has a snowball's chance of obtaining nomination? Really? No joke?
93 posted on July 4, 2009 11:06:31 AM EDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: magritte
There you go again - thinking like the establishment while Sarah's thinkin' outside the box. Doing the same thing over and over always gets the same results.
Sarah has redefined the game to get new results! She has both of her eyes on the target - not on the "back sight".
94 posted on July 4, 2009 11:06:44 AM EDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: olezip
Steve Schmidt was also heard by some to be rambling about Gozer ~
" Gozer the Traveller will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveller came as a very large and moving Torb. Then of course in the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him, that of a Sloar. Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you."
95 posted on July 4, 2009 11:08:33 AM EDT by muawiyah
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To: magritte
I hear what you are saying. Yet, I will offer that the Political World does not turn as it once did.
Exhibit A: Our Little President.
96 posted on July 4, 2009 11:08:48 AM EDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: devane617
Hill was aware of the obama birth certificate issue, as I recall, I see fireworks coming and not just because is the 4th of July.
97 posted on July 4, 2009 11:09:09 AM EDT by pennboricua
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To: devane617
The Hildabeast already made her move ~ first the story that she has disagreements with Obama about Iran. Second this hitpiece by her boy Syd's son (via artificial insemination).
I wouldn't put it past her to have had a "newsie" set fire to Sarah's church in Wasilla.
98 posted on July 4, 2009 11:10:32 AM EDT by muawiyah
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To: skimbell
It is not mentioned in the piece but well to remember that GOP candidates have been successful running for president without holding a current office. Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan come to mind.
99 posted on July 4, 2009 11:10:36 AM EDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: skimbell
Interesting post, but Obama should be the one compared to the corrupt and popular Huey Long. Palin’s appeal is along the lines of Reagan’s. He was full of uncommon commonsense, and people responded to him, and, like Palin, he had plenty of detractors both in and outside of the party.
100 posted on July 4, 2009 11:10:52 AM EDT by freebilly
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How Palin's Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner
The Daily Beast ^ | Jul 4, 2009 | John Batchelor
Posted on July 4, 2009 10:04:31 AM EDT by skimbell
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To: skimbell
I’ve been praying for a leader to lead us out of the wilderness, and I believe Sarah could be the answer to that prayer. I really, really like her!
She is an outsider now & she is poised to lead the revolution. The left and the RINOs will regret their slimy attacks on her & her family - what is that I smell around them? It’s the smell of FEAR.
GO SARAH! We’ve got your back!
101 posted on July 4, 2009 11:11:38 AM EDT by alicewonders (Sarah Palin is the face of America's future.)
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To: don-o; magritte
From Wikipedia...
Newts...have the ability to regenerate limbs, eyes, spinal cords, hearts, intestines, and upper and lower jaws and political careers.
BTW, which Newt do you like?
The one that ran out on his cancer stricken wife or the Newt that did the Global Warming Tour with Hildabeast?
102 posted on July 4, 2009 11:11:38 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: Niteflyr
I agree that that could be part of the strategy. The pundits, Libtards and rivals who have been attacking her will look silly if they continue. She now can take her case directly to the people and go around her critics.
103 posted on July 4, 2009 11:11:41 AM EDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: gov_bean_ counter
I was saying this exact thing yesterday on all the threads where the FRino’s here at FR were bashing her. This is definitely a win-win for AK and Sarah.
104 posted on July 4, 2009 11:12:11 AM EDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Loyal Buckeye
what you can now expect is for the State Run Media to try and sideline her by denying her any coverage, this however will not happen since she will be given ample coverage by those media sources the left hate so much.
Fox news will increase the amount of viewers by a tenfold.
105 posted on July 4, 2009 11:15:54 AM EDT by pennboricua
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To: pennboricua
I wonder if Schmitt has gotten a heads up on the content of Palin’s book and is trying to do a preemptive strike?
106 posted on July 4, 2009 11:20:06 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: Diogenesis
Palin does not need to prove anything at all about wise government, because she appeals directly to the anti-authoritarian crowd that has been with us since Shay’s Rebellion in 1787.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary...
107 posted on July 4, 2009 11:20:48 AM EDT by Deo volente
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Pinhead.
108 posted on July 4, 2009 11:25:57 AM EDT by xero
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To: skimbell
Sara doesn't have a "george soros" to fund her, so we should help out. Even if she doesn't run for President, she is going to be carrying the message and has been carrying the message for a while now. She needs help with the legal bills, etc.
We should all empty out that "penny jar" and start a "Pennies for Palin" fund. I've got to huge penny jars, with probably around $100 in pennies and other assorted change...I'm taking them to that "change counter" thing at the supermarket and converting it into money for Sarah.
To me, just the past few months of her rattling the liberals is worth the money. You can't buy that kind of dem harassment.
109 posted on July 4, 2009 11:27:26 AM EDT by FrankR (We are only enslaved to the extent of charity we receive....INCUMBENTS OUT!!!)
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To: GoCards
[Here is hoping after a couple of days the commentary will change a bit more positive ]
I doubt it will. But two points ought to brighten your outlook:
1) Even her enemies still can’t quit talking about her
2) They were already backbiting and saying she would fail, before she supposedly failed by supposedly quitting.
Alexander cutting the Gordian knot as I look at it.
110 posted on July 4, 2009 11:28:09 AM EDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: xero
?
111 posted on July 4, 2009 11:28:34 AM EDT by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: magritte
Not too big of a problem here in Illinoistan. Our state as you probably know is; well, it leans democrat. Anyway, the libtards have designed a new way to control office. The incumbent runs for election, wins and then resigns. The, local, county, or state executive overseeing that office then appoints a "new" elected official and that person then runs in the next cycle as an incumbent.
Been done recently for state representatives, my U.S. Congressman, local judges as well as a variety of locally elected officers.
democrat government at its best!
112 posted on July 4, 2009 11:28:53 AM EDT by skimbell
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To: autumnraine
“I’m beginning to think the GOP doesn’t want Palin and will not let her run. They would be idiots if they did that”
I would say it would be their last and final action as a viable political entity.
113 posted on July 4, 2009 11:29:09 AM EDT by reasonisfaith (Liberals have neither the creativity nor the confidence to understand the truth of conservatism)
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To: autumnraine
Yea, I have not donated to the RNC for a long time, I will donate to Sarah.
114 posted on July 4, 2009 11:31:36 AM EDT by rose
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To: libbylu
"She has a defense fund set up, but it has $150.00 limit. "
I'm no expert at these things, but now that she is becoming a private citizen - not a Governor, not a candidate - there should be no limit on what people donate to help her retire personal dept paying legal bills to defend herself and her family. As long as she uses it all for a defense fund and not as a candidate, then I don't see the problem.
115 posted on July 4, 2009 11:32:23 AM EDT by FrankR (We are only enslaved to the extent of charity we receive....INCUMBENTS OUT!!!)
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To: skimbell
The fact is, if Palin’s situation happened exactly the same way, except she was a Democrat, the consensus among conservatives would be to celebrate a political adversary’s demise and do the rumba.
It takes quite a bit of a lack of clarity to say that somehow, Palin is closer to the presidency in 2012 than she was two days ago.
Now, that may turn out to be the case (who knows, wait and see), but Palin’s announcement don’t portend to crafting a more serious and credible national candidate.
If her ambitions are for 2016 or beyond, as some have suggested, it’s an even more dubious move.
I know many are emotionally invested in Palin (and so am I), but I can’t check my brain at the door. Concocting scenarios where Palin is somehow politically stronger is dubious, at best.
It’s amazing that so many on FR have no clarity on this issue. If she were a dem, they would have no problem calling this like it is.
116 posted on July 4, 2009 11:32:25 AM EDT by Ted Grant
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To: Bryan24
” I think almost everyone in Washington is using the “round peg” analysis on a “square hole” politician.
Palin is so far out of the paradigm of Washington politics and commentary, that they can’t even begin to do an accurate assessment.”
Absolutely correct. They are so used to Slick Willie, programmed Barry, Gaffer Joe, smarmy Harry, Botoxed Nancy, that they can’t see the real deal and more importantly listen to what she actually said.
117 posted on July 4, 2009 11:32:57 AM EDT by patriotspride
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To: FrankR
with the personal debt of $500,000 that the dems have caused her to endure, the only way she can retire that debt is through book sales
At least she knows how to balance a budget, and can now live on her own earnings not on the public dole to pay off her debts
118 posted on July 4, 2009 11:34:11 AM EDT by Citizen Soldier (Socialism is the financial arm of Communism)
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To: Niteflyr
Love that picture, hehe
119 posted on July 4, 2009 11:34:40 AM EDT by rose
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
” Levin disagrees with Steyn. I’m with Levin.”
Give me Levin, Beck, Hannity teamed with Sarah, and the Truth will prevail
120 posted on July 4, 2009 11:36:17 AM EDT by patriotspride
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To: skimbell
Git ‘em, Sarah. If you really go after these creeps, a huge portion of the electorate will support you.
121 posted on July 4, 2009 11:38:32 AM EDT by Antoninus (I'm with Palin -- let's take the political fight in another direction...)
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To: patriotspride
let us not forget about Mr. Conservative himself Rush Limbaugh.
122 posted on July 4, 2009 11:39:18 AM EDT by pennboricua
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To: hoosiermama
It fit!
This is the best move she could have made for America.
Usually it takes a candidate time to get the base in their corner, but the vast majority of the Republican base went to her last fall. As far as I am concerned, I worked Srah during the election not McCain. He was along for the ride.
The 2010 election is going to be a lot more interesting with her in the lower 48 campaigning, making speeches, and kicking the GOP Men’s Club who want to control everything to the curb. Same group that dried up fundraising for Dr. Coburn in 2004 and the OK Grassroots went to work and he became our Senator. Same GOP Men’s Club behind the endorsement of Crist over Rubio even though Crist is not an incumbent Senator. Then there is the endorsement of Arlen Specter and a few weeks later he turns Dem. She just blew a large hole in their ship yesterday!
As far as I am concerned she is the head of the GOP just like when Reagan lost the nomination in 1976, he started working to get the nomination in 1980 and collected IOU’s all over the Country.
These are not normal times with ZERO in the White House marching this Country toward socialism so it took a bold move out of a Republican that understood what is happening and decided to do something. Sarah made that bold move and with the move put herself in the lead role in the GOP. People listen when she speaks and she excites crowds like I haven’t seen in years.
Woke up this morning with a smile because the GOP finally has their spokesman who is not afraid to tell it like it is.
Happy 4th of July!
123 posted on July 4, 2009 11:41:34 AM EDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin for OK Governor/Coburn for Senate 2010 ! Mark Rubio for FL Senate 2010!)
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To: magritte
Newt, nay; he does not have the following. He is smart but not electable. We, here in Ga in the district he moved out of to get elected again, remember him double crossing our community, especially the airline people.
He had to move to get reelected.
124 posted on July 4, 2009 11:41:49 AM EDT by rose
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To: roses of sharon
Compared to Sarah-cuda, Romney and Huck, one’s a pretty boy leftie, the other though sincere does not match her rock solid conservative values. Besides Huck attempted liberal-lite with AR’s “health-care” system as well.
125 posted on July 4, 2009 11:44:33 AM EDT by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: VanDeKoik
who all have signed pictures of George H. W. Bush on their desks.
ROFL
126 posted on July 4, 2009 11:49:52 AM EDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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To: Antoninus
from the very beginning, when McCain announced her as VP pick, the left went after her with such ugliness, due to the fact that she lives the American dream, shoots guns, is pro life AND is entirely beautiful, I knew that she would someday become Prez..
I still believe that. Her enemies are very powerful, but she has a secret weapon, and that weapon is her own exceptionalism.
I do wonder though, if we all have it wrong, and that she is just fed up, and plans to make a large income, giving speeches, with no more pursuit of political office.
127 posted on July 4, 2009 11:50:13 AM EDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: magritte
I'm still a Newt guy...
What is the difference between Gov. Palin stepping down before completing her elected term and Gingrich stepping down before completing his elected term? Why is hers so damning to any future, yet his is not?
The years that have passed since he did resign, maybe??
128 posted on July 4, 2009 11:50:20 AM EDT by MozarkDawg
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To: PhiKapMom
Happy 4th of July!
It is - isn't it!!
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!
129 posted on July 4, 2009 11:57:23 AM EDT by alicewonders (Sarah Palin is the face of America's future.)
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To: pennboricua
” let us not forget about Mr. Conservative himself Rush Limbaugh.”
Radio support - Rush, Wilkow, Church
Print- Thomas Sowell, Coulter, Malkin
Let’s see how many line up with her
130 posted on July 4, 2009 11:58:53 AM EDT by patriotspride
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To: don-o
hey ... Newt has a proven success record in national politics...I like his depth.... unfortunately, Romney is the next man up on the Repub list...do you agree with that, given how Repubs usually nominate??
131 posted on July 4, 2009 12:09:52 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Difficult, yes... however her book deal will cover it ... and I thought she should have opened her defense fund to bigger contributions,,, the Clintons never folded ... it’s hardball politics... I’m hopeful she won’t fade out... strict conservative voices are few lately...
132 posted on July 4, 2009 12:14:59 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: patriotspride
Extending Palin’s basketball analogy:
I think she’s attempting to execute a political “give and go” or a “backdoor cut.” You pass the ball to a teammate and cut hard towards the goal. The tendency of the defense is to play the ball, not the player. If it works, you get a wide-open layup. If it doesn’t, you circle around the basket and set up on the perimeter for another play.
Also, one basket doesn’t win the game. You need to score repeatedly—but you can’t do that if the other team is double-teaming you all the time, so you HAVE to pass the ball—”hit the open man.”
Finally, sports-related, Palin is a marathon runner. She knows something about pacing herself.
I’m guessing many of Palin’s detractors have never played or even seriously watched and analyzed any kind of sporting event.
Her opponents remind me of a bunch of three year olds playing soccer. They just run after the ball in a big herd—there’s no strategy there, just a lot of shouting and futile effort to get to the ball. Only the older kids grasp things like spacing and passing and set plays.
I think Palin understands political spacing, passing, and set plays, in a way that lots of Beltway people just don’t. It’s a different kind of politics from the smashmouth variety they’re used to.
It’ll be fascinating to see if Palin’s kind of politics can work on a national level as well as it did in Alaska.
133 posted on July 4, 2009 12:16:23 PM EDT by filbert (More filbert at http://www.medary.com)
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To: magritte
Yes. But, we gotta get out of that box
134 posted on July 4, 2009 12:18:31 PM EDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine PFC- 1/16/09 - Parris Island - LC -6/4/09 - 29 Palms - Camp Pendleton 6/18)
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To: libbylu
I hope she stays in the game... this just makes higher office much harder to attain for her now... maybe 2016???
135 posted on July 4, 2009 12:18:41 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: Jeff Head
I also believe that, like a mama bear, she is defending her cubs...her children have been hurt intentionally by the media...I cried when I read the Huffington Post article yesterday with its degrading references to Down Syndrome children...the media has been attacking the Palins for having let Trig survive the pregnancy...IMHO what they’re really afraid of is the statistics about the number of Down Syndrome kids being aborted every year in the US...close to 90%...this from the party who ‘cares’ so much about the disabled...Sarah should become a true voice for the disabled and tie it to Obamacare where I’m sure abortion is considered the intelligent decision for a Down Syndrome pregnancy...she can breathe new life into the ProLife movement and use her own experience to give the message true force. The use of sonograms has already begun to erode the abortion anywhere/ anytime wing of the abortion movement.
136 posted on July 4, 2009 12:18:53 PM EDT by foreshadowed at waco
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To: skimbell
John Batchelor wrote:
[Should Sarah Palin want to be] a candidate, she begins the nomination hunt with a formula that none of her rivals can match, not even Mitt Romney, not only because she gave up something in order to go for the White House but also because she reached this decision by being drafted.
Something I swiped from a Tweet yesterday describes Sarah's attitude with her indomitable flair:
Sarah Palin has just taken the "political box" & decided to do a little origami!
Go Sarah, and God bless your journey!
137 posted on July 4, 2009 12:19:26 PM EDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: Niteflyr
I don't think many really get how tough and smart this woman is...don't let the "you betcha"s fool you....this is no country bumpkin... ...but she didn't go to Harvard or Yale!! How can she be smart? She doesn't live in D.C, Chicago, NY, L.A, or San Fran! She's just so...American. /sarc
138 posted on July 4, 2009 12:22:39 PM EDT by conservative cat (America, you have been PWNED!)
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I hear ya ... Missouri is still running 50-50.....we’re trying to hold the line.... very concerned about the Bond vacancy ... if MO goes to two Dem senators, I’m afraid that state government will follow...
139 posted on July 4, 2009 12:23:53 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: filbert
I think she’s attempting to execute a political “give and go” or a “backdoor cut.” You pass the ball to a teammate and cut hard towards the goal. The tendency of the defense is to play the ball, not the player. If it works, you get a wide-open layup. If it doesn’t, you circle around the basket and set up on the perimeter for another play.
A great analogy- thank you! I get sick of the "she's a quitter" comments on here!
140 posted on July 4, 2009 12:24:43 PM EDT by conservative cat (America, you have been PWNED!)
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141 posted on July 4, 2009 12:25:29 PM EDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Lol ... Newt’s been around for sure...I don’t vote for Second Comings... mere mortal flawed politicians are the only available option ...
142 posted on July 4, 2009 12:26:18 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: bcsco
Right now: The GOP needs Sarah......Sarah doesn’t need the GOP. When it’s time to announce, she’ll be so far ahead they’ll have no choice but to support her, and have no reason not to.
143 posted on July 4, 2009 12:27:45 PM EDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: muawiyah
Wow! A damn “Ghostbusters” reference from out of nowhere. Good for you.
144 posted on July 4, 2009 12:29:59 PM EDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: 2nd amendment mama
There you go again - thinking like the establishment while Sarah's thinking' outside the box. Doing the same thing over and over always gets the same results. Sarah has redefined the game to get new results! She has both of her eyes on the target - not on the "back sight".
People have a difficult time understanding the Sarah phenomenon. Normal rules don't really apply to her and her situation. She is a force of nature.
Her political destiny is in her hands and God's.
145 posted on July 4, 2009 12:33:53 PM EDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin: Iron Lady of the North)
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To: MozarkDawg
hey fellow Missourian... Newt let me down then, but had a big acco
plished list in the bank ... he continues with good solid political conservative thought.... he may not be electable, but he is my favorite politician...
146 posted on July 4, 2009 12:34:16 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: hinckley buzzard
Like to expand on this a bit. Given that the Hildabeast has already decided the Obama regime is doomed ~ and is already an abysmal failure along the lines of the Jimmy Carter wreck ~ it really is necessary for Sarah to GET OUT OF ELECTIVE OFFICE NOW.
As the Hildabeast correctly perceives (and she's not now in elective office), and as Sarah understands, the coming backlash is going to be AGAINST those who are in office and it doesn't matter who it is or what office it is.
Obama's failures here are so bad he's actually leading government, in general, into a situation where it will be perceived, correctly, to be the major impediment and problem in every venue in life.
Slowly even the shubs and zuuls who always vote Democrat in California are coming to the realization that it's the government employees unions, and their captive repesentatives in the legislature, that've bankrupt the state and destroyed the values of their homes.
147 posted on July 4, 2009 12:39:23 PM EDT by muawiyah
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To: don-o
the box is killing us conservatives... primary system has to be scrapped ... new thinking is needed politically to help us bring back our roots to the forefront
148 posted on July 4, 2009 12:40:00 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Newt’s first wife was a public school teacher and he was her student. The woman should have been safely in prison. Then, when she came down with cancer she’d not missed Newt’s visits.
149 posted on July 4, 2009 12:41:00 PM EDT by muawiyah
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To: filbert
Excellent analysis....one the the insiders in the GOP , with all their political science degrees, wouldn't understand.
Personally I think the one line
ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW
says it all for Sarah
I've added to it for my newest tagline.
.....Sarah is very much alive and knows the significance of Salmon swimming upstream to reach their goal.
We once took a couple hours out of a trip to observe a female salmon in an extemely shallow stream make her way to a small pool under a beautiful waterfall to lay her eggs. A distance of just a few feet....
Sarah understands the importance of the job she has undertaken and is willing to work to get there.
GOD BLESS SARAH! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
150 posted on July 4, 2009 12:49:19 PM EDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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How Palin's Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner
The Daily Beast ^ | Jul 4, 2009 | John Batchelor
Posted on July 4, 2009 10:04:31 AM EDT by skimbell
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To: magritte
I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Mr. Newt, from the time back in high school when his Special Orders on the Floor helped me earn an A in America Government. I’ve been disappointed as well, but I do appreciate that he didn’t let his detractors defeat him completely, that he is still putting out the ideas and motivating others to do what perhaps, as you say, he himself cannot, due to all manner of reasons.
151 posted on July 4, 2009 12:51:36 PM EDT by MozarkDawg
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
Her political destiny is in her hands and God's.
Time to read the old testament and those anointed to do God's will...Those who said..."Here I am Lord!"
Sarah didn't make this decision without a great deal of prayer.
152 posted on July 4, 2009 12:54:22 PM EDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: magritte
.I don’t vote for Second Comings... mere mortal flawed politicians are the only available option ...
Excellent point.
153 posted on July 4, 2009 12:54:24 PM EDT by MozarkDawg
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To: Jeff Head
I like that!
154 posted on July 4, 2009 12:56:32 PM EDT by alicewonders (Sarah Palin is the face of America's future.)
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To: hoosiermama
Right now: The GOP needs Sarah......Sarah doesn’t need the GOP.
And yet, the GOP entitlement venue doesn't see it that way. Too bad for them.
155 posted on July 4, 2009 1:00:09 PM EDT by bcsco (I'm a Constitution defender!)
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To: magritte
That “Republican List” has given us a continuous string of losers, with the single recent exception of Reagan - but Reagan was never ON that list! Yes, I know that Bush I rode in on Reagan’s coat-tails, and Bush II managed to collect enough electoral votes (with a lot of help) to occupy the office, but neither of them really energized the party or had enough coat-tails to claim a mandate for change like Reagan did. Dole and McCain were losers from the start - just like every old guard republican on the current list.
Palin is NOT on that list, and that is a distinct advantage for her because the anger in pubbie-land is palpable. She is popular and highly visible WITHOUT that baggage, and has the potential to collect TONS of IOU’s from all around the Country WITHOUT the help of the usual kingmakers. She just needs to stick to her principles, articulate them clearly, and champion policies that advance them, and she will be light-years ahead of her possible competition.
156 posted on July 4, 2009 1:01:54 PM EDT by MainFrame65 (The US Senate: World's greatest PREVARICATIVE body!.)
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How Palin's Resignation Makes Her the True Frontrunner
Frontrunner of what? The GOP? The GOP can cram it. Now if she is the frontrunner to lead us to a return to the Constitution outside the GOP, Liberty, reclaiming our roots, culture, way of life and is proud of the old evil white men...that is a different story but th GOP? F**k the GOP! F**k multiculturalism, F**k the invasion of country encouraged by both the GOP and Donkeys, F**k Marxism, F**k degrading and spiting on where we come from, our heroes and our founders, F**k the RHINOs, Neocons and most of all F**k the no backbone "conservatives". F**k all who represent what our current country and government has become and all those who disdain our founding, history, white people and culture.
157 posted on July 4, 2009 1:10:43 PM EDT by Altura Ct.
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To: MainFrame65
One thing is certain, she just made things a lot more interesting. How refreshing.
This is the best thread yet I’ve seen on the Sarah news.
158 posted on July 4, 2009 1:11:11 PM EDT by stevestras
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To: bcsco
Yeah, Had a freeper with political science back ground tell me all the political mistakes she made.....
Do we want book learnin or common sense?.....
Wait till certain others starts supporting her: Glenn Beck, Rush, Livine, Coulter, Hannity
159 posted on July 4, 2009 1:13:47 PM EDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: skimbell; Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; MeekOneGOP; Daffynition; Allegra; restornu; ...
She can do it.
160 posted on July 4, 2009 1:35:12 PM EDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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To: filbert
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Extending Palin’s basketball analogy:
I think she’s attempting to execute a political “give and go” or a “backdoor cut.” You pass the ball to a teammate and cut hard towards the goal. The tendency of the defense is to play the ball, not the player. If it works, you get a wide-open layup. If it doesn’t, you circle around the basket and set up on the perimeter for another play.
Also, one basket doesn’t win the game. You need to score repeatedly—but you can’t do that if the other team is double-teaming you all the time, so you HAVE to pass the ball—”hit the open man.”
Finally, sports-related, Palin is a marathon runner. She knows something about pacing herself.
I’m guessing many of Palin’s detractors have never played or even seriously watched and analyzed any kind of sporting event.
Her opponents remind me of a bunch of three year olds playing soccer. They just run after the ball in a big herd—there’s no strategy there, just a lot of shouting and futile effort to get to the ball. Only the older kids grasp things like spacing and passing and set plays.
I think Palin understands political spacing, passing, and set plays, in a way that lots of Beltway people just don’t. It’s a different kind of politics from the smashmouth variety they’re used to.
It’ll be fascinating to see if Palin’s kind of politics can work on a national level as well as it did in Alaska.”
Good points on the sports analogy, and even better on the assessment of the herd / politicians.
She’s got the long view in mind, and is willing to look like she has temporarily lost the battle to win the war.
161 posted on July 4, 2009 1:36:53 PM EDT by patriotspride
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To: FrankR
Unless I’m convinced she is against Amnesty and for secure borders, I won’t vote for her. but I will send her a few bucks to honor her carrying the little fellow to term.
162 posted on July 4, 2009 1:40:50 PM EDT by investigateworld ( For a perfect example of Rule 13, visit any Free Trade thread)
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To: magritte
Think about this .. some dude I don’t know who was gopac or something says bambi has broken the mold - that you don’t HAVE to have a lot of experience ....
163 posted on July 4, 2009 1:44:26 PM EDT by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade)
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164 posted on July 4, 2009 1:57:23 PM EDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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To: investigateworld
Well, that's all well and good, however, I am not a "single issue" voter.
I always turn it around to test my choices, like, if obama ran again and his main platform of anti-amnesty and secure borders, would I vote for him?
The answer is the same as last time...not just "no", but "hell no".
While secure borders is a very important point - and one of the only things I ever held against George Bush - it is not important enough to re-elect a tyrant like commiebama, NOR, is is important enough to lose a great patriot like Sarah Palin.
I don't remember if she's addressed that issue or not, but I would almost bet she is against Amnesty and very much for secured borders...just sayin'.
Besides, the initial push on that will lie with the Congress, not the President. That is why the next election should be 'INCUMBENTS OUT' and take that body back down to size and show the world that the citizens are still in charge around here.
But I never settle on a single issue - why trade acceptance of one evil for 40 more evils in the package.
165 posted on July 4, 2009 3:23:37 PM EDT by FrankR (We are only enslaved to the extent of charity we receive....INCUMBENTS OUT!!!)
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To: MainFrame65
Thanks Mainframe...but remember, Reagan was the runner-up in 1976, and became the default front-runner for 1980...the whole primary system will have to be changed to “break the cycle”...how can this be done? I’m not sure...magritte
166 posted on July 4, 2009 3:51:27 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: libbylu
I appreciate that insight...DEMs have typically went more outsider at times, however, Republicans tend to go for “next man up”...I’m not big on “experience”, as in Governor vs Senator, Mayor vs Representative...I’m looking for background and policy ... magritte
167 posted on July 4, 2009 3:54:15 PM EDT by magritte ("I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,")
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To: FrankR
Why? I'm too old and tired to get screwed again - hell - bring on the revolution ;^)
168 posted on July 4, 2009 4:01:28 PM EDT by investigateworld ( For a perfect example of Rule 13, visit any Free Trade thread)
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To: Lady Jag
Wailing and gnashing of teeth from shrieking fairies and carping harpies. . .
. . .who can smell what Sarah's cookin'.
169 posted on July 4, 2009 4:10:25 PM EDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: CAluvdubya
Yes, saw Batchelor’s article earlier.
Glad to see he has a clue.
Am a long time listener to John Batchelor from 4pm to 10 pm on Sundays.
Has great guests on the subject of Middle East to Politics to economy.
Some of his regulars are John Fund, Mona Charen, Aaron Klein, dozens more
I watched live when Gov. Palin was on yesterday.
I trust and understand what she is doing and back her all the way to the White House.
170 posted on July 4, 2009 4:38:10 PM EDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: skimbell
Amen!!! What an excellent article!
"What Kristol and Schmidt know is that the only Republican candidate worth cutting each other up about is Sarah Palin. The governor certainly does not need either of them other than as stable hands for Joan of Arc’s replacement horses or as Joan Crawford’s makeup artists.
171 posted on July 4, 2009 5:13:13 PM EDT by NoGrayZone (Where's The Birth Certificate)
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"Here is hoping after a couple of days the commentary will change a bit more positive (at least in the conservative circle)"
Don't count on it. Evil is alive and well and trying to take down ANY goodness that comes along.
We must strap ourselves in for what is to come. We must stay strong and back our new leader of the free world to come.
172 posted on July 4, 2009 5:17:11 PM EDT by NoGrayZone (Where's The Birth Certificate)
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I trust and understand what she is doing and back her all the way to the White House.
you and me both!
173 posted on July 4, 2009 5:49:58 PM EDT by CAluvdubya (Bono-Mack, Castle,Kirk,Lance.LoBiondo,Reichert,Smith,McHugh..WE ARE COMING...)
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I think Hannity will suppprt Mitt-Witt or Newt, but not Sarah.
174 posted on July 4, 2009 7:28:33 PM EDT by stockpirate (The movement to take back America has already started, Sarah is her name.)
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I think Hannity will suppprt Mitt-Witt or Newt, but not Sarah.
175 posted on July 4, 2009 7:30:12 PM EDT by stockpirate (The movement to take back America has already started, Sarah is her name.)
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I often asked people before the election if they would prefer a president who never read a history book to a vice president who never read one. No, I did not think that Sarah was qualified at the time but considering the unqualified Democrat running for the top spot, my vote was a no brainer. Did anyone really think that BHO was more qualified than Mrs. Palin???? Without a teleprompter he made GWB sound like Oliver Wendell Holmes, even before the election. Now, when he has to deal with international problems he always has an annoyed smirk on his face which says "Why do I have to waste my time with these issues?."
We now have candidates (including our current president) and the people in the media who were raised in the midst of the overhauling of the educational system to be more "inclusive" (read that "dumbing down"). No, BHO is not un-American, his views can only be described as non-American.
Okay JB, we have the young lady singing the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic.' I believe folks like my wife have already joined in the chorus. She has other constituencies like the PUMAs ready to fall in her lap. And she's got the idiot POTUS who has no idea why the farms are burning on the dry, eastern Kanzas prairie. Where will the speech at the Cooper Union occur to bring the old Whigs in line? She's gonna have to write the speech herself 'cause none of those schmucks from the McCain could do it.
JB, is this the novelist talking, or the astute Republican insider?