Posted on 07/27/2010 3:25:02 PM PDT by techno
That site perfectly illustrates what I'm talking about. There is a bio. That's it. No positions, no issues, just a bio and a appeal for money. Kinda reminds me of a lot of Obama's campaign.
The man is the brand is the campaign is the issue.
Hopefully she'll start sharing her views with us before too long. Until then I interpret it as she either isn't running, isn't sure she's running, or is still trying to figure out her positions. Or, has some very outside the box strategy. The last person to try "outside the box" was Rudy. He finished fifth (skipping New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina).
As exciting as Sarah is to many at some point she has to go eat fried twinkees in Iowa and hotdogs in New Hampshire just like every other successful nominee. Pawlenty seems to be the one who gets that, today, along with Mitt.
Yeah, the biggest politician in America that is dominating the campaign news, and the 2010 campaigns themselves, and is the dominate figure of the 2012 presidential election is not doing anything particular, while a couple of guys that no one has heard of, are more advanced in the positioning for 2012.
You really have a different take on reality than most of us, evidently you create your own.
Gov. Palin’s positions on issues are well known. She has stated her position on issues in interviews, in her many speeches, OP-ED’s and on Facebook.
There is no need for a campaign style web site at this time.
With all due respect, you’re drowning yourself in labels, names and dates.
Your post really says nothing. If you have to be dependent on a label, just go with “constitutionalist.” It will clear up the confusion and the distraction.
What?
I'm confident that if Sarah decides to run she will win the GOP nomination, not because of support by the party bigwigs (she won't get that in any event), but because of the conservative base that is by and large motivated and is very supportive of her. As the polls of late demonstrate, her support among independents is growing as well.
By the time Obama's 4 years of destruction and devastation is over, America will be more than ready and anxious for real change, a change we can be proud of... yes, we can!
Open primaries and the caucuses allowed Soros to sabatoge Hitlery. They also allowed the dims to affect the Repub process and give us McCain
I hope the Repubs have abolished open primaries. If not the dims will use it against them...again
As of yet, no prizes have been decided upon, but hope springs eternal.
JouroList members fall into the leftist troll category, so would not be eligible even if so declared.
Seems like I've heard that line of attack used before.
Moreover, at the time, Reagan's optimism was deemed pejorative. It was the cockeyed optimism of the simpleton, a man too shallow, unsophisticated, unschooled and unthinking — in short, too stupid — to know better. An “amiable dunce,” as Clark Clifford, wisest of the Washington wise men, dubbed him. Justin Kaplan’s 1992 edition of Bartlett's has only three quotes from Reagan — all trivial, all designed to make him look silly. It was only under pressure that the next edition added “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” and other historic lines.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33147-2004Jun10.html
I certainly hope it proves to be accurate, and Palin is the type of towering political figure that Reagan was, and that her "aw-shucks" demeanor hides a true intellect.
But I seriously doubt it. Her tortured interveiws alone offer scant hope of that.
Reagan, as we now know, spent thousands of hours writing and researching while on the radio. He came through his deep understanding of politics, history and ideology the old fashioned way, through hard work.
Search in vain for any similar period in Palin's life, you won't find it. Maybe that's what she's doing now between book signings and such?
But I feel it's more likely she's "cramming for the final", as was described in the book about the campaign published a while back.
It's a tough situation, and in general nothing as happened or things are getting worse.
Michael Steel has not spent on iota of energy fixing our primary system, which would be a legitimate and valuable thing for the RNC to work on.
Many states are in the process of adopting new "open-primary" laws. Here in Washington we have a "top two" primary system that essentially removes the Party from any role in determining who the nominee for most offices will be. (Individuals are free to identify with any party preference when registering to run for office.) Ballots say mere candidate Joe Blow "prefers Republican". Voters may vote for whoever they like. Top two finishers go to the general election.
I never said she's not doing anything in particular. I've only said that it's not clear to me that she is running in 2012 yet, and that we don't know her stand on the issues.
She has been involved in the 2010 elections; it's too early to say if her endorsements worked. The one in New York did not, the Democrat won the open seat. Did she endorse Scott Brown?
Actually you don’t say much of anything, you just muse and muff your way through thread real estate. Palin’s endorsements have already proved very effective going back to 2008, her endorsements are the most effective in the land.
Someone asked a question. I tried to answer it. Sorry if you didn’t find my answer enlightening. I do my best.
Words have meaning, unless you belong to the “it depends on what your definition of is is” camp.
Neoconservatism has been a powerful force in our politics and government for a generation. Neoconservatives are not “Constitutionalists”.
Conservatives who fail to differentiate between “labels, names and dates” and think anyone who says nice things about Reagan and is a Republican therefore supports the Constitution and will roll back the liberal state are simpletons. They are the uneducated dupes that keep giving us the Republicans who don’t do anything once elected.
They are likely to give us more McCains and Bushes in 2012, and no real return to the Constitution.
Therefore, I think it’s good for people to understand the “labels, names and dates” and what it means when people are aligned with the different factions within the Conservative movement.
Really? Please specify what politicians are holding office today that Palin endorsed. She endorsed McCain and ran as his VP. That one obviously failed. Her second most famous endorsement was of independent Doug Hoffman in the special election in NY-23. The GOP nominee, who was a RINO dropped out, however Hoffman lost the seat to Owens, the Democrat. That endorsement failed. Her third most famous endorsement was of Rand Paul in the GOP primary. He won the primary. The general election has not yet taken place, so it's too early to say if she succeeds in that one. If all Palin is capable of doing is directing her followers to vote for candidates who lose in the general I would not consider that proof of the "effectiveness of her endorsements". Please show me how it's done and provide the examples of her success.
Let's see: the libertarian postition is that government should have no role in healthcare, it should be 100% private.
The Constitutionalist position is: the Federal Government is not permitted to run health-care systems (or retirement systems). Thus Medicare and Medicaid (as well as Social Security) are all illegal programs and should be disbanded as soon as possible. In a humane a way as possible, of course.
The apocryphal Tea Party slogan is "Keep your government hands off my Medicare", seems to show the ambivilence and lack of clarity of thinking on the subject among many Conservatives.
We could (and I'd support) repealing Obama care, but that still leaves us with a system with very, very serious problems. Those include (as I pointed out above) the fact that they are the largest, fastest growing component of the Federal insolvency.
Obama made it worse, but merely gettting back to the status quo (health care system as it was when Bush left office) isn't an answer.
I suppose that any future attempt to further reform the (now even more broken) health care system will have "universal coverage" as a goal.
As a practical matter, as a person earning a decent wage, I'm already paying more in taxes percentage wise for Health Care than many citizens in countries with full socialized medicine pay.
I get NOTHING for that. Lot's of other people get A LOT from my dollars. Everyone who is over 65 gets health insurance. And subsidized prescriptoin medicine. Every welfare mom and her kids get coverage. Lazy derilicts get coverage through disability programs.
In France I'd pay 9% of my income and get something for it. In the USA I pay 9% of my income as YET ANOTHER TRANSFER PROGRAM, recieve no coverage of benefits, and then pay another few hundred a month to a private company for coverage for myself and family.
I look forward to the first GOP candidate who makes the case for "Constitutional Medicine"- and speaks up on the need to abolish Medicare and Medicaid.
If Sarah Palin comes out and says that I will take back every not-nice thing I've said about her and send her $100 a month from now until Nov. 2012. I'll even stop posting pictures that imply she is the sock puppet of William Kristol!
I suspect it's a lot more likely that the words that we will hear fall from her lips between now and 2012 are "universal coverage" not "abolish Medicare", though.
Tim Pawlenty’s web site has a handy list of who his PAC has contributed money and endorsements to. Here is the complete list:
Nikki Haley
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Jim DeMint
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Tim Scott
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Jeff Duncan
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Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy is running to represent South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District. Previously, Trey worked as a federal prosecutor in Greenville, SC where he prosecuted crimes including narcotics trafficking, bank robberies, and child pornography cases. In 2000, he was elected as the 7th Circuit Solicitor where he leads of office of 25 attorneys and has been recognized statewide for his commitment to victim’s rights, and drunken driving enforcement.
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Joe Wilson
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Mary Fallin
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Rick Crawford
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Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci is a small business owner, served two terms as President of Wadsworth’s City Council, and then served as Mayor of Wadsworth from 2004 - 2008. During his time as Mayor, Jim brought his vast business experience to his role in government, converting the city’s multi-million dollar deficit into a surplus and balancing Wadsworth’s $80 million budget— all without raising taxes. Over the course of his career in both the public and private sector, Jim has created over 1,500 jobs in the area and has established a strong record as a sound steward of the economy. Jim is the best candidate to represent Ohioans in the 16th Congressional District.
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John Boozman
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John Kasich
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Marco Rubio
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Mick Mulvaney
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Joe Heck
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Adam Kinzinger
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Mark Kirk
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Tom Coburn
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Steve Chabot
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Susana Martinez
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Randy Demmer
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Pat Toomey
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Pat Meehan
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Charles Djou
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Sean Duffy
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Robert Dold
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John Hoeven
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Tim Burns
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John McCain
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Chuck Grassley
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Roy Blunt
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Rob Portman
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Richard Burr
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John Kline
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Michele Bachmann
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Erik Paulsen
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Actually she started in December of 2008 when she was already engaged in rebuilding the demoralized Republican party.
Newly reelected Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his base and allowing him to cruise to a victory over Democrat Jim Martin.
“Sarah Palin came in on the last day, did a fly-around and, man, she was dynamite,” Chambliss told Fox News on Wednesday. “We packed the houses everywhere we went. And it really did allow us to peak and get our base fired up.”
Chambliss beat Martin by three points on Nov. 4 but did not reach 50 percent of the vote, making a runoff necessary. However, the incumbent easily beat his challenger Tuesday, more than quadrupling his margin of victory, and in the process kept Democrats from reaching a filibuster-proof Senate majority.
Chambliss heaped praise on Palin, saying she has a “great future” in the GOP.
“I can’t overstate the impact she had down here. All these folks did a great job coming in,” he said, referring to former presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani. “They allow you [to] add momentum to where we were in the campaign. But when she walks in a room, folks just explode.”
But the label is only the packaging, which is easy to fake. So to focus on the label simply opens the door for more of the scamming and swindling.
Forget about “neocon” or “paleocon.” These terms and labels only allow the enemy to pick, polarize, politicize and personalize as taught by Alinsky. Forget the labels!
Look at a thing for what it is, not for the label. Refer to the Constitution—that will clear things up.
In your reply to me, you put that comment in italics, which would attribute that comment to me.
Please don't do that.
And again I ask you why YOU think "universal healthcare might not be a bad thing"?
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