Friday, November 14, 2008
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Palin the Fiscal Conservative Reformer
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Posted by:
Matt Lewis at
2:53 PM
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I've been a little annoyed at the recent media characterization of Sarah Palin as a purely "Social Conservative" or "Traditionalist" pitted against the "Reform" or "Fiscal Conservative" wing of the GOP.
It's not that Palin isn't a social conservative (she is), but as governor, her social positions did not define her. It is very obvious that the media has sought to define her as a social conservative, in an effort to pigeon-hole her -- and to diminish her reputation. What is more, aside from all-but calling her a religious fanatic, the media has sought to portray her as a Mike Huckabee-esqu populist.
In fact, Palin's pre-Veep identity was as a leading reformer and fiscal conservative … a starkly different image than most Americans are now aware of.
To pound home this point, our intern Adam Brickley (who ran the leading "Draft Palin" blog) went through his archives and put together a list of quotes about Palin from before her VP nomination.
He also put together a timeline of the fiscal conservative reforms undertaken by the Palin Administration in Alaska.
Following are some very telling quotes about Palin, which pre-date her nomination:
Quotes:
"Republican primary voters in Alaska are ready for a change and are rallying to the fiscally responsible leadership embodied by Governor Palin."
- Pat Toomey, 9/24/2007
"Palin's veto ax lops $268 million from budget"
- Achorage Daily News Headline, 5/24/2008
"(Palin) has come out and told her own congressional delegation, all Republicans, 'Stop with the earmarks! It's wrong, it's wrong! Even when it benefits us in Alaska.'"
- Michael Medved, 12/21/2007
"Palin's tough spending cuts drew criticism from Republican legislators whose pet projects were vetoed."
- Fred Barnes, 7/16/2007
"This week, it was Palin who singlehandedly killed the leading symbol of Republican spending excess in Washington: the Bridge to Nowhere."
- Patrick Ruffini, 9/29/2007
The Palin Fiscal Record:
July 1st, 2007 - Massive line item vetoes (lopping almost a quarter-billion dollars off of a $1.8 billion capital budget).
Dec. 11th, 2007 - Palin's proposed budget slashes earmark requests, and dramatically slows growth of government.
March 23rd, 2008 – More vetoes in the "supplemental budget". Palin also demands that legislators explain their pork projects to her personally before she signs off on any of them. This issue was particularly hilarious because the budget was for "emergency spending" and it included (among other things) the construction of batting cages and gun ranges.
May 24th, 2008 – Second consecutive year of huge line-item vetoes in the state's capital budget (over a quarter-billion dollars this time, 10% of the total capital budget):
I'd say that's a pretty impressive record of "Reform" and "Fiscal Conservatism". (Of course, these headlines are a stark contrast from what we've been fed these last couple of months.)
So if your one of those people who incorrectly believes Palin is merely a populist religious conservative, I have some beach-front property in Arizona that you might be interested in.
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The liberal party is scared to death of Sarah Palin, because she represents a Reaganite who is a fiscal conservative. She will bring the Republicans out to vote that did not come out to vote for McCain simply because she is a core values and rights leader!!
That is why the PUMAs wanted McCain to win this year, because they know that Hillary received the same treatment that we are seeing now from the scared liberals about Sarah. Not fair at all to say that she is a dummy, especially now that they have revealed the false media report that was reported by MSNBC without checking out their sources about her statement "I didn't know Africa was a continent." Completely FALSE! |
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writes: Sunday, November, 16, 2008 7:49 AM
Social vs Fiscal
Uncle Sam (may I say), you sum it up well. It is the selfish fi-cons who try to split the party. What, they think government shouldn't tell people what to do? Then I guess they're for turning all the murderers, robbers & rapists loose.
There is a happy medium but some people get so angry about religion that they're not willing to find the middle ground.
You can't be fiscally conservative without being socially conservative. Socially liberal policies always have a bigger price tag. |
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writes: Friday, November, 14, 2008 3:33 PM
"Palin left out of RGA leadership"
No duh, that's because they're a bunch of GOOD OL' BOYS, and the GOOD OL' BOYS are scared of her.
Let's just take our own Perry from down here in TX as a prime example of a Republicrat doofus. This schmoe is working with Giuliani's law firm to give TX (the people's) right of way to foreign highway-builders to build toll roads and the TX leg of the NAFTA superhighway, and let them keep the tolls, instead of it going back to the state budget, to, I don't know, spend on kids' education or healthcare or something.
Palin's got 57 million waiting voters (what, you think we voted for that turncoat McCain?) waiting for her if she wants 'em. And if the RGA/GOP/etc turns her out, then let her do what Ron Paul should've. |
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"It's no better than Huckabee stating that he lowered taxes "94 times" or whatever. Each of those must have been by like a penny - because net, he raised taxes quite a bit."
Um, Huckabee left office with a surplus after inheriting a deficit. I forget the swing - $500 mil maybe? - but anyway it was very, very close to Romney's fiscal record in MA. |
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"Barack Obama {has} got a great deal more experience than Sarah Palin"
Are you freakin' kiddin' me?
This is one of the main things that made me tear my hair out about the liberal MSM, all the asking whether Palin had enough exp. to be VP but never ONE TIME running a story on whether BP had enough exp. to be Prez.
He's gonna make GWB look like a freakin' genius. |
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"I do know what my 17 yr old is sleeping with."
There is more than one way to hide some bootleg booty on the side, or while standing, or while playing missionary. Teenagers plus raging hormones = woodies and goodies. I was eleven when I was deflowered and it was a girl that did it! You are truly delusional.
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I guess I just have higher standards than you. Dating at 14 is never a good idea. So you waited until Prom night to have sex. I'm impressed. I am teaching my daughters to wait until their wedding night. I want them to marry a man who loves them and honors them. Who values chasity. It is not an unrealistic goal. It is acheiveable. Sorry to hear you blew it. I hope you'll someday be able to have a normal relationship with a man who is a husband. But then, finding one who wants damaged goods, is hard, right? No wonder your so bitter. You really don't care for folks with true values and morals and are teaching them to their children. And then, the best part? I'm watching my kids grow and learn for themselves the values of these leassons!
Bristol was 16 when she got the tummy package. 17 when she'll deliver. Levi said they'd been 'messing around' for a few years, and just got unlucky. I guess when your mom did it too, it's an easy leap. |
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No amount of success can compenstate for failure in the home. Palin failed.
Me? I pray every day I'm leading my children right. I don't work anymore. Gave that up to raise your next generation. I thought my children were much more important than a career at this point. I'll pick it up when they are grown and gone, If I have a desire too. I do know what my 17 yr old is sleeping with. It's a teddy bear we bought her when she came to live with us.(she's adopted). It is a known fact that when a mother stays home, andis home when kids get home from school, etc, that there will be LESS a chance to end up as Bristol is. But when you are too busy running your career, and the little man is pursuing his hobbies, who's watching the kids? And what parent thinks it's a grand and cute idea to have your kids dating at 14?
I'll judge every day who the examples are for my children. Palin is not going to ever be one of them. Nor will huckles the clown. Poor Janet,. She looks so abused. |
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I'm running out of Sarah Palin stories to read about. This sucks. The only breath of fresh air in this years election and poof! she's gone. If I have to hear about how this governor said this or how that senator said that for the next 3 and 1/2 years, I'm going to freak. Bring back Palin. |
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I like Sarah because she is a normal person (the way normal used to be). She is a problem solver who refuses to let the complexity of the issues make the solutions complicated. She has worked a real job and raised a real family.
I crack up every time I see the populist left bash Sarah and lift up the likes of Biden and Obama. Those guys have not worked a day in their lives. They are millionaires, yet the Dems base thinks they are one of them. Oh well... |
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>Stephen left out that the point Governor
>Palin was making a point that the Alaska
>National Guard is constantly vigilant of
>Russia
No, she wasn't (except in your imagination). She was clearly caught off-guard and said something unbelievably stupid.
>If Russian fighter planes enter US airspace,
>the RNG's fighters will already be in flight.
Please tell me you're joking. For one thing, one has to be within spitting distance of completely insane to imagine that Russia has the slightest intention of attacking the U.S. (even I don't think Palin is THAT crazy). For another thing, if it did, NORAD and surveillance satellites would spot the incursion long before the Alaskan National Guard knew about it. And for a third thing, if Russia attacked, ANG planes would survive a skirmish with Russian MiGs about as long as a balloon in a bonfire.
>Palin has had Russian contact in the past,
With Russian dressing on a salad, perhaps. But with the Russian government or leadership? Nope.
>as well as Canadian contacts.
Sorry, but watcing a hockey game does not count as "contact" with a foreign power, or familiarity with its policies.
>Face it, Sarah Palin is going to be around for a long time to come.
May she live long and prosper, but she's not going to be president, or vice-president. She'll be lucky to be re-elected governor.
Prognostications aside . . . no wonder the civilized world deems America to have devolved into a pathetic backwater of half-bright mouthbreathers, when wackos like you still pee yourselves at the thought of a "Soviet" invasion and promote dimbulb failed beauty queens as potential national leaders. What's wrong with you people, anyway?
It's possible Barack Obama may succeed in rehabilitating America's reputation and stature in the world, but his job won't be made easier by having to contend with the ignorant, paranoid ravings of such as you.
-Stephen
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Roe v. Wade is not going to be overturned. Sad but true. The issue has to get off the front burner, it is a wedge issue that will not attract new voters. Keep it in front of everybody and we can expect more defections from otherwise solid conservatives. Look at the demographics of the election. |
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It's appalling the impact the MSM had on this election and that this information did not get to the voters as it should have by the media whose job is to report TRUTH and not bias. They all should be looking for new jobs.
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"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people... of the characters and conduct of their rulers." John Adams |
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If they have a litmus test (and they well might), it gets them votes.
Pro Life on the conservative platform will not get republicans more votes. That is reality.
Finally, if one disagrees, that does not imply a personal agenda. The "with us or against us" philosophy will not provide more votes for a conservative agenda.
It is all about winning voters. |
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WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A DINOSAUR,YOU MUST MEAN BARB WALTERS,OR BARNEY FRANK!THEY ARE KINDA RADICL LIZZARDS!SO SARAH WAS RIGHT! |
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In that the dems just swept the elections, pro choice, pro abortion, whatever, is not a problem for them. It only affected the pro life folks who use it as a litmus test. It did not deter other groups of people from voting for them.
The issue has to be taken off the national agenda and put on States agendas. It is an 800 lb gorilla in the room. If not resolved, it will marginalize all conservatives. The GOP cannot support issues that drive voters away. |
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my2centsplus, I hate to tell you but parents don't know 100% what their kids are up to. It didn't happen to me or my kids but I know of parents who were strict but had kids who ended pregnant. Many have abortions but nobody knows about it so I wouldn't judge if I were you. God has a way to make one humble.
I like Palin & she certainly seem to have a good relationship with her husband. As far as an affair, I think it's what you want to believe & it wouldn't take much for you to come to that conclusion. Stop worrying so much about Palin & her family & concentrate on your own family. |
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I will ask again - WHERE IS YOUR PROOF that Willow slept with her boyfriend since she began dating him at age 14? (I was dating at 14 and didn't have sex until I was nearly 18.) I see you have finally stepped off the platform of her having slept with the entire hockey team. How good of you!
And WHERE IS YOUR PROOF that Sarah ever had an affair? You mention names and unproven enuendos, but NEVER proof.
so come on worth-less-than-two-cents, put up or shut up with your hateful and deceitful lies!
Oh, and by the way, who is doing your writing for you these days? It is finally in a format that is fairly discernable - not riddled with mistakes, missing punctuation, etc. |
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He is part of the problem,old guard,out of touch.He will have to move aside along with Huck and Mitt and let the young bucks and does define the party.The fact that Palin draws so much hate speak from losers like 2cents,stephen and their ilk proves she is on the right track. |
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In another post, you called Palin and Huck excellent christian leaders. I'm just pointing out there are other CHRISTIAN leaders out there. Huntsman Jr and Leavatt are true Christian leaders.
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Not just a mormon in the white house. How about a moral person who walks the walk they talk? I will never vote for Palin or Huck. Not because of their religion, (and quite frankly, dino's and man co-existing? Yea. gotcha.) But because I can look beyond the hair and makup and see people who are totally fake.
Huntsman is LDS? Leavatt is LDS? Is that a reauirement? You know, we have others here in utah. In fact, the mayor of SLC is not lds. Go figure.
You are the one who's rose colored glasses get fogged over if someone even mentions Palins and Huckles short commings. Just looking at both of their disfunctional families tells me bunches about the type of people they REALLY are.
Palin's 15 is over. Now, Newt is starting to shove her to the side. He was on one of the Sunday shows yesterday pretty much brushing the bulb aside. |
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Oh, really now? It is now bad parenting that causes a young girl to get pregnant? Go back to Biology 101 and you'll get an earful...so to speak.
Your acid tongue will foul your mouth when you can't open it quick enough. |
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My brother (a three decades resident of Alaska) and I have been extremely pleased with Gov. Palin and her actions she has taken while in public office in Alaska, and especially since being governor. It's about time someone set the track-record straight by bring out her fiscally conservative approach and its effectiveness for the state.
She's a real gem of a governor, a person, and a true friend to those who can call her such. I will support her for any public office she may run for. In addition, I'll support her with funds, as well as my good will, for as long as it takes. |
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Like a pro-choice conservative? Is it possible? If it is a litmus test, we will not elect a conservative for a long, long time. |
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This lady is so hung up on having a Mormon in the white house, she will "pay all us cons back by standing with Obama."
Yeah, she'll stand with him while he stands with the Muslims 'if the Political winds shift in an ugly direction.' (His words from Audacity of Hope.)
She accuses Palin of an affair but has refused for months to show any proof. She accuses Huckabee of not being a Christian, yet she is the one who is always 'judging people' - not very Christian for a Mormon in my opinion.
The only subject she ever posts about are the ones with Huckabee or Palin in them because she is full of hate for them for 'stealing the nomination' from her Mitt. She needs help. |
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that only one letter separates cheap shot from cheap $hit and manages to do both in one post. The complete package; unimpressive and irrelevant. |
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I would have said no to a 'blessing' by a witch hunter that was PREACHING IN HER CHURCH. But that's just me. It's not 'unchristian' to decline a blessing from someone not in authority if it is done politely. But this was set up well before the churchmeeting, and Palin knew what would happen and was excited about it. Her 15 of fame have about fizzled. Now, on to her defeat in 10 for reelection. It's time trig got a real mom. |
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Palin needs to demonstrate that she can effectively govern Alaska aver the next two or four years. She has demonstrated that she can cut budgets and run up a debt and tsake care of children all at the same time. If she can present ideas on the national stage in the next two years, she should be considered as a candidate on the national level. |
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and be a member in good standing with the GOP? |
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It appears the madame's extended 15 minutes of fame is starting to wear thin on the other GOP's. Newt yesterday said she will NOT be the defacto leader of the GOP. She lost, remember? Oh, and here's the sweet part. Newt mentioned Jon Huntsman of Utah and Secretary Mike Levett. Not a bad day when you can name both those great family men in one sentence! He basically said they earned it.
Even alaska is getting tired of their gov. Check out ADN.com once in awhile, and you might find a blanced view. Palin said the election was in God's hands. So, when you did not get your way, was that God's will or Man's? |
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BB writes, "Palin and Jindal
Let's see, Palin was prayed over by an honest to goodness witch hunter, Rev. Muthee with the hopes of becoming the Gov. of Alaska. Not to mention her strong ties to the seccesionist domestic terrorist party AIP. And Jindal has been known to perform an exorcism or two back in his college days, these two are certainly not the Christians that I grew up with. If the Republican party wants to become viable again I would suggest moving in a completely different direction."
I couldn't disagree more with that opinion. This is my DREAM TICKET for 2012, and is likely to become a reality. Governor Palin has met a lot of people in her career, thousands and thousands of them. Just because some "witch doctor" (so they say) wanted to give her a blessing, so what? Should she have refused a blessing, from anyone? How un-Christian of you, don't you think? And Bobby Jindal, you didn't specify: was he the one needing the exorcism, or was he playine priest and reciting the exorcism rites? Those are some pretty complicated prayers for a college kid to know, considering they are probably recited in Latin. Did this occur as part of a fraternity entrance, or was this a three-day drinking-fest? Either way, your story is unbelievable though entertaining.
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Stephen tells us, "Palin was not joking when she made a statement similar to the above. She was asked what experience she had in foreign affairs and she answered that one could see Russia from a particular Alaskan island."
Stephen left out that the point Governor Palin was making a point that the Alaska National Guard is constantly vigilant of Russia, who happens to be within close range to sovereign American territory (if Russian fighter planes are near Russia's coast, the ANG can see them. If Russian fighter planes enter US airspace, the RNG's fighters will already be in flight). Palin's context was vigilance and preparedness. Stephen also leaves out the fact that Palin has had Russian contact in the past, as well as Canadian contacts. Left that fact out completely Stephen.
Face it, Sarah Palin is going to be around for a long time to come. As we've all been told here at TH, "get over it."
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People like you saddled the GOP with McCain in the first place. Keep your two cents, with Obama you're going to need "change." We're sticking with Palin. Shame on you for being so perfect that you can look down your pointy, snooty nose at the Palin family. And by the way, who are you to judge?
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Who am I going to believe and listen to? Those that have brain cells, and are not picking candidates out of pickle barrells because the barrell was in the right church.
I'm not a lib. You know that. But unless I wear your brown shirt and goosestep to the palin pablum, I am out of the party. Well, 1 in 5 of us voted for someone else, because of the bimbo pick. Many more just stayed home. Less voted for JSM/Bimbo than voted for Bush. Funny how that happened, eh?
Form your own party. I don't want Evita as our president. |
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Christian? LOLOL. That's your ONLY requirement? Must be. I'll take brains, good family behind them (both have wayward kids that I thank Heavenly Father are not my kids), I'll take someone who's never had an affair like Palin. (*hanson) and I'll take someone with great honors behind them. Huntsman fits the bill. AND he's christian, so he'll fit YOUR bill too!
Palin is now being compared to Eva Peron. How funny is that? |
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Two of the most Christian and moral people to ever run. Plus they're both quite intelligent, quick studies, and both have been governors and ran a state. |
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Let's see, Palin was prayed over by an honest to goodness witch hunter, Rev. Muthee with the hopes of becoming the Gov. of Alaska. Not to mention her strong ties to the seccesionist domestic terrorist party AIP. And Jindal has been known to perform an exorcism or two back in his college days, these two are certainly not the Christians that I grew up with. If the Republican party wants to become viable again I would suggest moving in a completely different direction. |
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Gotta go Sarah is on TV again. |
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Here is the problem with the Palin bashing as a social conservative. The info does not just come from the Dems. Like many of the Romney people who disliked Huckabee by bashing Palin's social conservatism, they are taking direct aim at me too. I did not dislike Romney all that much, nor did I think Huckabee was that great (primarily because he was not fiscally conservative enough!), but I did get fed up with the business conservatives bashing on the social conservatives.
Come on, for the most part social conservatives are also fiscal conservatives (Palin is an example), we just place more emphasis on social issues. It is the fiscal and business side of that is dividing the party, not the socials.
I am not convinced Palin is our messiah, but stop bashing US over the head with her social conservatism as you believe that is a bad thing. If youdo, then perhaps it is time to split the party, because you cannot live with us! |
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>If you are not smart enough to be
>elected a governor of a state where
>does that put you on a scale of one
>to ten,Sara Palin being a ten.
Migawd! No wonder you doofuses lost the country and the election.
If you really believe that winning or holding office is proof of intelligence, I have two words that should disabuse you of the notion: Ronald Reagan.
If intelligence were a prerequisite for serving in high office, Congress and most statehouses would be vacant . . . as is your mind.
-Stephen
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You are suggesting that Palin is pro-capitalist by labeling her as some sort of "fiscal conservative" (?) and providing other people's quotes as proof of it. I know you desperately want to believe that Palin is some sort of new Reagan, but it is just not true, and you have allowed a breach in your integrity by claiming such.
Ask yourself why, if she is an economic conservative, she invoked eminent domain to set up a hockey rink in Wasilla. Is that something that a pro-capitalist does?
She increased the redistribution of wealth from the oil companies to Alaskans by over 50%. Is redistribution of wealth a hallmark of an economic conservative? Her supporters defend this--and presumably she agrees or else she wouldn't have done it--on the grounds that "the people" of a region own its natural resources. Does this sound like individualism/capitalism, or collectivism/communism?
As long as conservatives remain in denial of reality, the movement is dead.
Think. |
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If you are not smart enough to be elected a governor of a state where does that put you on a scale of one to ten,Sara Palin being a ten.Now don't cheat remember people actually have to also like you to vote for you.Don't worry about Sara she got where she is on her on volution and if you never want to see her again don't turn your TV on for the next twenty years or so.You betcha. |
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I'd imagine her main concern is all the Russians swimming over to nearby Anchorage. |
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>Stephen, if all you can identify
>as proof of Palin's lack of intelligence
>is her joke about being able to see Russia
>from her house in Alaska,
You are either clueless or woefully dishonest. Probably both.
Palin was not joking when she made a statement similar to the above. She was asked what experience she had in foreign affairs and she answered that one could see Russia from a particular Alaskan island.
This was not funny and not meant to be funny. What it was, was one of the dumbest statements ever made by a political candidate. What is was, was a stunningly ignorant, embarrassed bimbo trying desperately to disguise the fact that she knew nothing about international relations and was utterly unqualified for the job she was vying to get.
Palin is a moron whose ignorance is exceeded only by her arrogance in thinking she is suited for one of the highest offices in the land.
With any luck, we've seen the last of her.
-Stephen
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Love her: her conservatism; her reformist view; her moxy! She definitely needs to read up on the world however. Until she demonstrates that she is not "free associating" and rambling about geo-political issues, and that she has a coherent grasp of same -- she is is going to be given less credililty in the press. And, although that is distasteful, they will kill her politically is she does not "go to school" on knowledge of international issues. |
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our unprotected borders and loss of sovereignty of nation because it wasn't in her best personal interest, running as McCain's VP. It is not as big of a problem for Alaskans, so to hell with us. How would she like it if they came up there and started selling fish for half of what her husband gets, without paying taxes, while using up Alaska's social services, stealing their identities and committing crimes against them?
Illegals were even working on their campaign and they are waiting to steal the jobs or undermine the wages of Americans in the housing business, if it ever picks up again! She hid behind Joe the Plumber and thought that would fool us, he doesn't own his own business yet or have to compete with them for bids.
So much for her being a conservative or a maverick. Why don't you people get real??? |
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She is definitely going to be a Uniter, and this country is going to be so much better off for her presence om government, especially once she ousts the Socialist in 4 years! Unless of course the courts adhere to the laws of the country and the Constitution and convict him of conspiracy for trying to pass his forged Hawaii birth certificate off as legitimate. |
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The state of Alaska receives $1.84 in federal funding for every dollar it sends to DC. This while Palin and other Alaskan politicians refuse to dip into the state 40 BILLION DOLLAR Permanent Fund for capital expenditures.
When Gov Palin begins pressing her follow politicians to use their own money to fund projects, maybe then she can be considered as a fiscal conservative. |
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The Republican party will never unite around Palin as their leader. Whether or not she has made fiscally conservative decisions in the past, the GOP is split between hating her and hating the liberal illuminati--about the same amount. |
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Two years from now, George Bush will look like a genius compared to Obama. Let's see how many people will admit they voted for Obama in 2010, or even a year from now.
The people who don't want their wealth "spread around" are yanking their money out of the market. I guess that pretty much sums up the trust they have in The One.
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Brain, all I'm saying is we must be careful who we call "conservative". After Bush and McCain, we are so desperate for a real conservative that we are too quick to give the conservative label. This is not sexist, just facts. Look at all the Republican women in office nationwide. With almost no exception, they are no conservatives. They are moderate at best. They all talk conservative to get elected, but once in office, they grow government. Women in general feel more comfortable than men with govenment involvement in our lives. Go down the list. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sandra Day O'Connor, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Elizabeth Dole. These are just the national figures. I look at my state and district, and they are full of moderate women Republicans. The rest are in the Democrat Party. I'll say it again, Sandra Day O'Connor was touted as a conservative. So was Arianna Huffington when she ran for the Senate.
Stephen, if all you can identify as proof of Palin's lack of intelligence is her joke about being able to see Russia from her house in Alaska, you are really grasping at straws. Liberals like you always pride yourself on being mental giants and call everyone who disgree with you stupid, air heads, uneducated, ignorant, trailer trash, etc. Maybe you should look in the mirror. A wise man once said he who call others stupid to prove a point shows a lack of confidence in his own abilities. |
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You are for Socialism as long as it is done on a State level? |
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>"This week, it was Palin who
>singlehandedly killed the leading
>symbol of Republican spending excess
>in Washington: the Bridge to Nowhere."
>- Patrick Ruffini, 9/29/2007
That would be the bridge that she fiercely lobbied for -- until she realized how bad the "optics" were. Then, as all hypocrites do, she found religion.
You may post all the pro-Palin quotes you like. The fact is, there is only one quote that has been, and will continue to be, associated with the bimbo, and that's this one:
"I can see Russia from my house!"
The fact that this know-nothing has developed a fanatical following in the Republican Party demonstrates clearly how utterly corrupt, brainless and infantile this cabal has become.
Yep, please run the Alaska airhead in 2012. And 2016, and 2020, and forever and ever, amen.
-Stephen
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Fact Check: Palin’s Alaska spreads its wealth
Is Palin a Socialist?
Yahoo-Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin summon antidemocratic images of a communist state to attack Democrat Barack Obama’s tax plan and his comment about spreading the wealth around. But in her home state, Palin embraces Alaska’s own version of doing just that.
Palin and McCain seized on a comment Obama made to Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher, who asked about his tax plans.
Obama wants to raise taxes on families earning $250,000 to pay for cutting taxes for the 95 percent of workers and their families making less than $200,000. “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody,” he told Wurzelbacher.
McCain said that sounds “a lot like socialism” to many Americans. Palin has derided the Illinois senator as “Barack the Wealth Spreader.”
But in Alaska, Palin is the envy of governors nationwide for the annual checks the state doles out to nearly every resident, representing their share of the revenues from the state’s oil riches. She boosted those checks this year by raising taxes on oil.
WATCH
http://controlcongress.com/2008-election/fact-check-palins- alaska-spreads-its-wealth |
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I think this is all great! Everyone from the media wants her to go home, shut up and sit down.
I think she has found an opening in the door and she intends to go through it full speed. She is no shrinking violet. In fact, I think this gal has a will of iron. Certainly more backbone than I have seen in ANY politician as well. Which, besides her obvious good looks, is the primary appeal to men as they see someone who really will stand firm.
Shame on the Gutless Wonders in our own party who cannot do likewise!
As for Jindal saying "drill, baby, drill" is not an energy policy. I beg to differ. In fact, I found his slam neither cute nor clever. What is wrong with the other Repos? They need to embrace Palin. She may or may not be front and center in 2012 but she has enourmous appeal and can draw a crowd. You would think the others who are planning a run would want to get her on board. I have no doubt that even if she isn't the nominee, that she would stump for them with all her might and her zeal.
I saw her stumping for McCain and went to some of her rallies. She gave it her absolute all in rousing the crowd for McCain.
As for this loss, I hope it spells the death knell for Moderates. Those who wish to follow the principles of the Dems should do so. But, we need to clearly define the GOP. And, if in doing so, we lose elections due to our principles and our principles are rejected, so be it. I want to see some politicians who are willing to LOSE elections but stand by their principles versus the jello spined Repos that have been running of late. |
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Of all the things you assume about Sarah Palin, gun control is way off base. She has been a lifelong member of the NRA, she learned to hunt moose and caribou as a young girl and goes out to fill the freezer for the winter with moose and caribou. See Greta's interview at her house where she explains that someone from the family gets the proper permits and hunts game for their livelihood every season. Sarah is no gun swiper, you don't have to worry about that. She is a second amendment defender all the way, if that makes you feel any better. |
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Bobby Jindal has a really bright future. So bright that I would hate to see it.....get "shewed" in to early. As in too early. He's going to be around for quite sometime I hope. He's a trump card. We need to save him for later. Maybe 2016. Or even later. In 12 years he will only be 50 years old. Amazing. |
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Sarah Palin has accomplished quite a bit since 1995, I think that she will continue to grow and evolve into a formidable candidate. Keep a close eye on Bobby Jindal, he's the real deal. Crist is far too liberal for my taste, but not a bad guy. Odds are the over-excited Dems will set us up nicely for 2010/2012. |
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I think Crist should focus less on his tan and more on how he should be taking advantage of Palin's media attention. Heck, if they don't like the women (no one seems too) they can still put her to some good use. How the whole bunch of them at the RGA didn't do that is astonishing. Oppurtunity and Momentum. They seem to have let the former evaporate into a thin air of narcissism and the latter just came screeching to a resounding halt. |
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I made a mistake in saying that Palin wasn't evaluated because she wasn't in office long enough. Cato states "as in prior report cards, the governor of Alaska was excluded because of peculiarities
in that state’s budget that make interstate
comparisons problematic"
So waiting won't help evaluate Palin, however, Jindal has a good opportunity to prove himself.
In the mean time, I think Crist deserves to get a little more respect. |
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She's not going to go anywhere if the rest of the GOP's lineup doesn't step up. At the RGA, no one really said anything significant. It was a bureocratic reshuffling of power in the RGA. Some of them were to focused on getting positions in the commitee that they missed the oppurtunity to take advantage of the Palin factor and say something bold. They all stood there at the press conference and looked annoyed when the press mobbed the only courageous, young, rep we have. She stood up to Barack Obama. She was out there everyday handing Obama a butt-kicking. Some of the things she did were amazing. Her convention speech. Her debate with Joe Biden. Which I think she won. Those stump speeches were fun. "Palling around with terrorists!!??" lol!! That was great. She had me at "part the waters and heal the planet." She has taken it from the mainstream media for 3 months now. They are starting to lay-off. Only because they got what they wanted. The point is is that this women doesn't need any seat on any board or commitee to get what she wants. The RGA talked a big game about being the future leaders of the republican party. I know when I'm being lied to. If they don't take advantage of all the media attention that Palin brings in then they are dumber then they sound. For all the talk about how great a job Obama did taking advantage of all the angles, you'd think that the RGA would know when to also take advantage of all their angles. But I guess not. They got annoyed. That's great. Thaaaaaat's just great. Don't settle Sarah. Never settle. You are smarter then the rst. You'll re-fine our message. Security. Family. Future. Faith. You'll be just fine. It's time this country had a mother anyways. |
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My goodness, While the left-wing rabid attack sheeple love to baa, bleat, and scream that she's dumb, a bimbo, etc., she sure seems to get their little panties twisted in an angry little wad! Let's see, a few weeks on the National stage and she did quite well, versus that dummy Biden who has had 30+ years to extract his head from his nether regions, but can't seem to. Why don't you haters spin the mirror around to look at your two "winners", you know, the two lightweights who are both less qualified than Palin when you compare tangible experience. Sad, pathetic, little rabid sheeple you pinheads have ushered in Carter's unrealized 2nd term. Baa, baa, baa, dummies! |
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I rely on the Cato Institute to evaluate governors. They didn't evaluate either Palin or Jindal because neither had been in office long enough. Wait a year and both will be evaluated, then we will see just how effective these two are in cutting spending. Cato judges all governors by the same standard.
Right now, Crist in Florida is heads above the other governors with Cato's highest score of 84. He was followed by Mark Sanford (68) and Democrat Joe Manchin (67) all of whom rated "A".
Haley Barbour at 45 received a "D", while Blunt (56)and Pawlenty (55) got "B"s although these were weak "B"s.
Cato's rating system is not a perfect way to tell how responsible someone will be in office. Bush had the only "A" that Cato gave in his last year as governor, but, once having tasted presidential power he was an abysmally poor protector of citizen's money.
Could a Crist or Sanford go the same way as Bush? It's hard to tell what someone is really like but they both look pretty good, especially Crist.
Although I dislike Crist's religiosity (I am not a social conservative) I would vote for him in a New York minute over the political hack / witch / governor of Washington, Christine Gregoire who is destroying my state.
To the social conservatives: most free-market individualists like myself have no interest in, or actively oppose, social conservatism. However, if a candidate has a good solid record of keeping taxes and spending low and eliminating nanny-state laws then he can still win our votes.
But, his record has to be strong and unambiguous. No more "compassionate" conservatives. None. |
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This is no Conservative; this is nothing but GOP, slick, electioneering marketing in an attractive package with a cute little hockey mom narrative card. This woman was about as clueless on her feet as a beauty contestant resorting to the default answer to the tough interview questions: "I'm for world peace!" You CINO's really need to do your homework. If you're getting your info from only Sean Insanity and Rush Bimbo, you'll never know TRUE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES! A True Conservative doesn't abandon principles in the name of winning elections, yet that is exactly what Rush Bimbo and Sean Insanity did tirelessly during this election. It just proved to the world that these guys were just Shameless Shills for the GOP - NOT CONSERVATISM however much they claimed to the contrary. Palin was a careerist politician who could abandon Conservative principles, if she ever had any in the first place, in order to get a promo. Gee, doesn't that sound familiar??? |
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Now, that's comforting to know. Isn't the Journal lobbying for open borders and amnesty last year? They were joining forces with McCain in denouncing those of us who were against amnesty and calling us all sorts of unkind names. Having the Journal endorsing Palin doesn't give me the warm and fuzzy with her. |
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You are wrong. Many of us were pulling for Sarah Palin before she was nominated. Including the Wall Street Journal in 2007!
Look at her record. She is truly a fiscal conservative, and person who will fight for responsible government.
Look at the records, Mr. Gambler! |
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Seeing how conservatives were drooling over Palin after they only heard of her for a week, I asked everyone to back off and get a clearer picture of her. With every liberals’ favorite Republican John McCain leading the ticket, they were ready to jump on the bandwagon of anyone who says she is a conservative. This is the same reaction I witnessed after eight years of Clinton, and every conservative gave Bush a pass, knowing full well he was no conservative. Like most so-called conservatives, i.e. Sandra Day O’Connor, Palin possesses the scars of past discrimination against women. In that sense, she is not unlike Michele Obama. Palin speaks of glass ceilings, sympathetic toward homosexuals, and I have no doubt she is also opened to “sensible” gun control and affirmative action. Now, we have proof of her inclinations. The words “fiscal conservative” is a definite giveaway, words that I heard from ALL Republicans in California. They always qualify their ideology with the word “fiscal”, making sure the voters know that they are every bit as liberal as the Democrats on all other issues. Sounds like Palin, doesn’t it? |
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I can certainly understand that you would like for this conversation to "go away", but it ain't gonna.
Sarah Palin ignited forces that conventional republicans didn't even know existed. John McCain did. He recognized her strength and picked her. Good for him!
Many women,and men, have a deep respect for Sarah Palin and what she has done, and can do, for the Republican Party.
Fiscal responsibility, along with movement toward smaller government and less federal government involvement in our personal lives. That's what I call conservative, and that's what I call Sarah Palin. |
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Questioning a candidate is different than what you're pulling on Sarah Palin, every chance you get. |
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Or just relegated to the media of the uninformed.
The first thing that mainstream conservatives need to do is get to the media. Now! Stop watching CNN, etc. Go to Fox, go online to TownHall. Get your minds out of the MSM gutters.
I have so many intelligent friends who refuse to see the truths about an Obama administration, and continue to tout "change" as their reason for their vote. What "change"? They don't have an answer. |
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the election was only ten days ago and we have others with great records and credentials to consider, as well. There is plenty of time to do it in. I guess I'll have to sign off the internet for a while to get some peace. |
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Great blog, Matt! Thanks for posting it.
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"So if your one of those people who incorrectly believes Palin is merely a populist religious conservative, I have some beach-front property in Arizona that you might be interested in."
That could be a great buy after California, from San Francisco to San Diego slide into the ocean. |
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Why are we talking about presidential nominees? We can certainly look to identify potential candidates, but Matt Lewis is writing non-stop articles about Palin. I don't think he's defending her necessarily, but that he is defending our potential decision to nominate her. Who cares? She is NOT the nominee and for anyone to pick a nominee now will only make that person emotionally invested in him/her and far less able to look at potentially better nominees down the road. Stop it! Talk about principles! It doesn't sell articles, but this person-centric crap is disturbing. MY party has heroes, not gods. That's the other party and their worship is hurting us all. Don't fall for it.
Also, as to this "real American" crap and the constant hits on the "intellectual blue blood conservatives..." Are you people nuts?! I bought a book from Heritage called "Reading the Right Books" in order to really get to know what it means to be a Conservative. In the foreword of the book, the author details how Reagan, before he was governor, had a limited library of classic books that he read again and again and again. He knew what the "intellectuals" knew and he loved it. Are you seriously saying that REAGAN was not a "real" Conservative?! AHHHHH!!! The whole thing drives me crazy. STOP looking for winning strategies and look for winning ideas! STOP defending flawed candidates and start finding good ones. And STOP talking out of your butts and start reading these books and judging "Republicans" against the ideas contained in them. I say this as someone who has supported Republicans just assuming that they were the Conservative party and recent history has proven that is NOT necessarily true. The time for me to be lazy and wait for Townhall bloggers (or whoever) to tell me who I should vote for is over. |
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The trolls have invaded Townhall lol !! It's funny to see the Obamabots do their thing ! |
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I don't listen to talk radio. |
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ProudSouth writes:
After references to Joe the Plumber get no response and chairman decided she had yapped on for too long.
Completely pathetic
Did you think it's possible that she might "have gotten the hook" because the pres was only interested in asking Sarah questions?
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You said "Then throw out the books by Hannity and O'Reilly and Coulter, and go to her library, and start checking out books written by classical liberal and old school conservative and economic authors: Freidman, Von Mises, Burke, Oakenshott, Buckley, etc."
You are confusing scholarship and commentary. Please focus. And Sarah, ain't goin' away! |
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Dread writes: Friday, November, 14, 2008 5:42 PM
"You mistake...
Annoyance for fear."
"and go to her library, and start checking out books written by classical liberal and old school conservative and economic authors:"
I heard a well known conservative radio talk show guy say this very thing earlier in the week. You could at least give him credit for the idea.
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ATTENTION all Conservatives,
PLEASE do not listen to Sinjin. Especially when he talks about not nominating Sarah "You Betcha" Palin. Sinjin must be one of those "elite" intellectual conservatives who will just bring our party down. He and others like him don't want to see us anti-intellectuals happy. Sarah speaks a language that we can understand with words like "Mavericky" and "You Betcha".
I speak on behalf of all Conservatives when I say "Elite" Conservatives like Sinjin and everyone like him can find themselves another party because we want a leader we can understand and that understands us. |
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Last paragraph should read: "Or alternative, just stay in Alaska, and let the GOP find new leaders that don't actually have disdain for intelligence, education, and critical thinking."
I will proofread my posts...
I will proofread my posts...
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Yes, Obama won the election. Believe it or not, that somehow did not escape my notice. However, that does not mean that Obama is right, only that Obama will get the opportunity to prove me wrong. Even being a Republican, I kinda hope he does, because I'm an American first. However, I fear that I will be proven right.
And yes, I'm aware that Governor Palin is not perfect. No one is. There are a few items here and there that I do not agree with, as there are with anyone. But taken as a whole I find her record to be quite impressive. I also find her to be quite intelligent and a quick learner. Yes, her knowledge on the particulars of DC politics or foreign affairs are limited at this time. That will improve over time with more exposure to Big Media.
And that's another reason to believe that her final chapter on the national stage has not been written. In spite of being the defeated V.P. candidate, the media still cannot stay away. She has charisma. Most of them hate her for it, but they still can't help themselves. And after a few years of exposure, as tough as she is and as quick a learner as she is, the public perception of her might be quite different.
This is not to say that she's the only viable Republican candidate in 2012, nor am I focused on only her. I'd be happy with Romney. I've heard good things about Jindal. Just yesterday I touted Mitch Daniels. The Republican bench is quite deep, and a talented candidate is sure to rise to the top.
But that's four years away. In two months there will be big legislative battles. We should be gearing up for those. Then there's the 2010 elections. There's a whole lot still to do before we should decide on our next candidate. |
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Annoyance for fear.
I'm merely annoyed by her. I want her to have the dignity to go away into the night and enjoy being governor of Alaska.
Then throw out the books by Hannity and O'Reilly and Coulter, and go to her library, and start checking out books written by classical liberal and old school conservative and economic authors: Freidman, Von Mises, Burke, Oakenshott, Buckley, etc.
Spend a few years reading those, then come back with some fresh ideas about how to apply the principles of the old conservatism to today's America.
Or alternative, just stay in Alaska, and let the GOP find new leaders that actually have disdain for intelligence, education, and critical thinking. |
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Michael:
She RAISED spending. She RAISED the debt. She WANTS the 'bridge to nowhere'.
This is what we are saying. When you strip away the anecdotal propaganda, she's NOT the poster child of conservatism that people are trying to convince you she is.
Her one claim to fame is, yes, she took down those crony Republicans in her state. That's completely true, valid, an excellent point, etc. But she's NOT a fiscal conservative.
Those of us who are fighting against these falsities are actually being *like* Sarah Palin and staring down corruption within our own GOP ranks! Think about that. |
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I sure do hope the Republican party nominates Sarah "You Betcha" Palin. Then Obama will have more time to clean up the mess George "Don't blink" Bush has created.
PALIN 2012
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What you all do not GET...The thing you really don't read in the MSM...the facts that you tend to all to easily overlook ... the giant Gorilla sitting there parked in YOUR living room:
Governor Sarah Palin has been a very REAL American, highly accomplished, sharp-edged GOVERNOR that has - time and time and time again - faced down many in her own party and cut $$$$$$ from the state budget; absolutely working on BEHALF of the people of that state. Not the party...Not the pundits...Not the media ..Not the entertainment establishment. She says it like it is - and with tact and grace. So, Proudsouth, since you classify her as a bimbo; tell me when was the last time YOU ran a $10 Billion state budget, with responsibility to manage over 25,000 state employees -- or anything remotely close that responsibility - with the supreme success and 90% approval rating she has earned? But, go right ahead.. underestimate her, just like so many others. |
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Ann you are officially counted Out!
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Is a liberal is a liberal is a liberal. And a liar get out libral |
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Sarah frightens you doesn't she , she is real. She can beat your butts and you know. What a bunch of phoneys you are hiding behind a conservate label. Duh We can't figure that out.
Sarah is here to stay. If you are real then worry about 2010, where we can start to recoup. |
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People who are dedicated to the party are the problem. You should be dedicated to *conservatism*. This isn't baseball, you're not rooting for a team for the sake of them having a logo you like. |
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who you going to believe, the Dem posters like my sick goat or people who are dedicated to the party? |
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whether she is a social conservative or fiscal, or both. The woman is ready for the national stage. And she won't be in 4 years either. It's PAINFUL to listen to her interviews. She's clueless. If she is the future of the party count me out. |
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Perceptor,
Per my above post. Look at the facts. Not only did she lose along with McCain, the two of them got killed.
You and the Pet Goat really need to move on. You sound like the Dems did in 2001.
Principled Republican reformer? Was that before or after she was for the bridge to no where? |
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Thanks to you and Adam for doing the "keyboard work" and putting this all in one convenient place. It is quite astonishing how the writing about her changed once she became a threat to the One, the Barack Obama.
Before, even liberal writers were calling her a principled conservative reformer. But once she got on the ticket, Big Media proceeded to distort facts. And once people got a whiff that she was an evangelical, well, they couldn't reach for the kindling fast enough. |
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Be careful what you wish for!
Next four years you won't have the people who voted to be part of history, you won't have your fraud votes.
You will be left with nothing but the same empty suit you voted for.
You will lose!
He will fail big time during his 4 years if he doesn't get impeached first.
Sarah Palin has always had more to offer than your vote.
Pet, you should be ashamed of your vote!
You will regret it by the time his only 4 years are done being served.
No more first Black president, over with now, can't keep using it, can't keep using race, nope you won't have anything. |
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doesn't support Palin in 2012 hates AMERICA! |
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Please continue for Caribou Barbie to be the GOP nominee in 2012! PLEASE!!!! |
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On behalf of all Democrats and Independents......please PLEASE run in 2012. |
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I mean, didn't anyone feel insulted when the McCain campaign trotted out that line on Alaska being close to Russia? Do you know why they said something like that? It's because they think that the American people are too stupid to understand what real national security experience is.
Say what you want about Barack Obama...The guy has a security clearance, he's traveled, he works on the Foreign Relations committee. Yes, he's not Henry Kissinger, but he's got a great deal more experience than Sarah Palin probably will in the next four years now that she recognizes that this is something that helps one to be a better and more informed citizen.
People defended this thinking because they wanted to win. Not out of principle, but because they wanted to win.
Winning is all well and good, but we've seen (and felt) in this election, ignoring your principles has its consequences.
Consequences...What a novel concept. |
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After references to Joe the Plumber get no response and chairman decided she had yapped on for too long.
Completely pathetic. |
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Let Palin be around (even though her 15 mins are over).
Palin on TV is like watching a cartoon.
She is a proof that god has a sense of humor.
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Frankly, I've always been with Reagan on this one. I trust the American people to make the right decision for themselves.
I might not be a big fan of that decision, but it's up to me to convince them otherwise.
The problem is that we've got a whole bunch of people that call themselves conservatives, that don't believe in that simple tenet. They believe that people must have been hoodwinked about the reality that Governor Palin doesn't have the requisite knowledge or experience to be Vice President. It's an emotional reaction...
There's a wonderful book about it. It's called Of Death and Dying. Right now, these so-called conservatives are bargaining...They believe that Obama will hand things back to us. Depression will come next when they realize that you've got to earn the trust of the American people. Ms. Palin with all of her faults (and her mistruths) has not done that. She's not the answer to any of the questions that a true conservative should have moving forward.
Facts and analysis. We need to defend our positions with those things. It's not enough to say "because it's right." We're not democrats...although I fear that their emotionally based thinking has influenced many of our "members." (See my post on the neocons). |
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And she still accepted the Federal dough for the project.
But, seriously, people, why is she still around?
I never heard from Mondale, Ferraro, Dukakis, Dole, or Kerry after they lost. Heck, we barely heard from Former President Bush after he lost.
Gore is the only recent one I can think of that popped back up, and even he went away for a couple of years before becoming St. Al of Gaia worshippers.
Aren't there better, more articulate GOP leaders around? And if not, shouldn't everyone be out looking to recruit/groom some?
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And that's an excellent point as well at the end Sinjin.
I've wondered the same thing too. With all of the bias out there, how did we come even remotely close? Either the media isn't so lopsided, or the people are actual capable of using some level of rationale.
How about we appeal to that for a change. |
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Exactly Sinjin.
These examples mean nothing. It's no better than Huckabee stating that he lowered taxes "94 times" or whatever. Each of those must have been by like a penny - because net, he raised taxes quite a bit.
All of this is anecdotal evidence, and the numbers lie. Cut her charisma and our desperation out of the equation. |
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"I have some beach-front property in Arizona that you might be interested in."
If you MUST quote George Strait, then please know that it's "OCEAN-front property". Get it right. lol. kidding. ;-)
Go, Sarah, GO!!! |
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Did your intern happen to discover that she was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it?
Honestly, if we're going to be competitive in the future, we really need to reexamine the supposed principles that we espouse.
Conservatives need to drop the emotional battles and focus more on empiricism to drive their decision-making. Yes, she did some fiscally responsible things, but she also did some fiscally dubious things as well.
As to her populism, well, that's what happens when you attack so-called elites, some of which (George Will comes to mind) happen to be the most principled and intelligent members of the Conservative movement.
Honestly, we really need to spend less time focusing on the other, and focus our attention on cleaning our own house. The MSM is liberal...we all know this. The question is, why doesn't that seem to effect the majority of Americans that voted against McCain/Palin? Perhaps that says more about us than it does about the American people. |
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You got my vote. Go Sarahcuda! |
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Sarah Palin is the total package!
The Election is more than a week over and the #1 discussion in political circle (after Obama) continues to be Sarah Palin! Republicans love her and Democrats fear her!
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Poor Sarah LoooooooooooooL 1 minute ago
Palin left out of RGA leadership.»
In the wake of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) convention this week in Miami, many GOP governors were reluctant to embrace Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) as the party’s leader or presidential candidate for 2012. Today, the RGA made that sentiment official, by not voting her in to any of the organization’s leadership positions:
The Republican Governors Association announced its new leadership lineup today after their annual meeting concluded Thursday in Miami.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was voted RGA chairman, taking over the top job from Texas Gov. Rick Perry who will now serve as finance chairman. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is vice-chairman, while Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will serve as chair for the annual RGA gala, and Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue will head up the recruitment effort.
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will also sit on the RGA’s executive committee. […]
Not on the list? Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who also attended the Miami meeting. |
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I think a lot of people see her as living a socially conservative life -- with her kids, religion, hunting, etc. But I don't think anyone every thought of her as imposing a politically conservative agenda.
And don't forget that she still raised government spending by 7-8% in Alaska (after inflation), left $25 million in debt (from a $1.2 million debt before her arrival), and that yes, she did in fact say "thanks, but no thanks" to that bridge to nowhere only after they couldn't get full federal funding for it. Her request for the funds, by the way, are still outstanding I believe.
I still like her, but there are very few fiscal conservatives out there, despite impressions. |
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