Posted on 10/14/2011 9:01:22 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Ok guys … Is this just a minor thing? Or a big deal? I’ll let you speculate on what it means ….
Here’s the news reported by the Sarah Palin Blog:
I was walking through the grocery store earlier today when I received a text message from a close friend asking me if I had taken note of the change on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page. I confessed that it had been an exceptionally busy day and that I had not looked at Palin’s page today. My friend then brought to my attention that under the “Info” link, Palin’s political views have been changed from “Republican” to “Conservative”. For a brief moment, it didn’t phase me as I am also a registered Republican but I chose to list “Conservative” on my Facebook page as my own political view because in my eyes, it more aptly describes my values.
I suppose one could draw a multitude of conclusions regarding this status change. I know that I certainly have. You can be certain that any move Sarah Palin makes has been well thought out and is with purpose. Could she possibly be sending a message to the RNC that they need to strengthen the conservative planks of the Republican party? Perhaps her promise of “sudden and relentless reform” as addressed in her Indianola speech and more recently in her October 7th St. Louis speech is a sign that as in the past, neither party is safe from her scrunity.
One thing is for sure, time will tell.
(Excerpt) Read more at conservatives4palin.com ...
I know you guys have been big supporters of her. I have not. She might be trying to resurrect her importance or she may be fed up with the Pub establishment. Either way I think she is yesterdays news.
Well, the GOP is virtually dead, at this point. Last chance to pull itself together, and what does Boner do but come to an agreement that lets Obama spend MORE money.
No cuts at all in those two budget “fights.”
I have long said that if Sarah abandons the GOP, it will be to start a new SECOND PARTY, because the GOP has exhausted itself after 150 years, and has decided it wants to go the way of the Whig Party.
I have also thought that Sarah would give the Republican Party one last chance, and run on their ticket if they agreed to it.
I would have thought that that would happen later in the primary campaign. But, as a few have suggested, possibly the Republican Establishment has already made it clear to her that she isn’t going to be allowed on their ticket. Certainly that’s the message we’ve been getting from Karl Rove and the other insiders.
There has, curiously enough, been some talk in the press that the Democrat Party is now basically defunct, too.
Obviously, we are in interesting times, in the old Chinese sense. And this election cycle is our LAST CHANCE to get ourselves back on course before it’s too late.
We cannot afford more Obama. Nor can we afford another round of RINO pork guzzlers holding things together until the Democrats are ready to step back in and finish us off.
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I agree. I also think a question worth pondering is: With the GOP establishment so hostile to conservatism that a (rino) purge and TEA Party ascendancy appears to be our only hope of preserving a nation that we even recognize, can it be done without a split and resultant third party fiasco?
I think it can, but it will be a long haul, multi generational battle, never giving up an inch that we have gained, electing the most conservative representatives we can into office, doing our best to end the leftist domination of the university educational systems (primary and secondary, too!) and an open season on rinos until the end of time
Interesting news. I believe the most solid assumption one could draw from this is she doesn't’ think she has a home in the Republican Party anymore. Depending on what she does with this realization, it could have far ranging implications for the presidential nominees in terms of endorsements and the Republican Party in terms of grass roots numbers and dollars.
I've steadfastly argued since that time that Republican's and Conservative's are NOT the same thing.
Personally, I'm a Conservative first and foremost. Any party affiliation with the Republican Party is a far, far, distant second.
I suspect I'm not alone on this forum in that regard.
Can you share your insight as to how you came to this conclusion? What do you know as fact that the rest of us do not?
As for me the ONLY Republican Candidates I WILL NOT vote for in 2012 are Romney, Johnson, that moon-bat Ron Paul or whats-his-name the former Governor of Utah. (He's so inconsequential I don't bother to remember his name.)
Anyone else will do just fine IMO (even Rick Perry, who called me "heartless" because I don't want to pay for illegal immigrants kids to go to college when I have my own to pay for!)
Why would it be "beyond the capabilities" of some hypothetical leader from the private sector? I have no doubt that there are people who are leaders in the private sector who would also have the capability of being good executives in the public sector.
Just as someone who is good at computer programing could also be an excellent musician and play in a professional band.
But you wouldn't assume that a person who was good a computer programming COULD play an instrument, or assume that a guy who plays football could also sell real estate.
There is nothing inherent in being the president of a small company that shows an ability to run a government.
Godfather's pizza was a subsidiary company with low sales figures. When he took over, it was only the 5th-largest pizza company, with sales of $325 million. WHen his group bought out the company 3 years later for $40 million, the sales figures were about $242 million. When he finally left the company a decade later, they were down to the 11th-ranked pizza company, with sales of $287 million.
Now, how does that record show any ability to run a country with a budget of trillions of dollars? It doesn't. Neither does his time as a lobbyist for the Restaurant industry (a position from which he attacked Clinton's health care law, not the concept of overhaul which he thanked Clinton for, but just because the specific proposal would hurt the restaurant industry).
And he was on the board of the fed for a while. But I hardly think that qualifies him to be President either.
He is certainly competent, and passionate, and a great speaker, and has many good conservative viewpoints. But his record in the private sector does not indicate the ability to be commander in chief of the armed forces, to evaluate legislation, to deal with co-equal branches of government which he can't order around, or how he will compromise with others to get what he thinks is important.
Just as one example, the President has to vet and choose thousands of people to fill important positions in the government. What record do we have of Cain having to do something like that? We know he thinks Romney would be a great President, and he loved Alan Greenspan -- should that make us confident that he's going to pick good people for his cabinet, or to run other federal agencies?
He brags about not having a traditional campaign; that unfortunately also means that he has a small campaign staff, so we can't even use THAT as some clue as to how he'd fulfill that part of the job.
Note that the media ignores all this. But they won't. Some fringe groups are already putting together the research. For example, expect the question -- if PIllsbury appointed Cain to turn the company around, and Cain did so well at turning the company around, why did Pillsbury then sell the company to Cain at a loss? Isn't the point of a turnaround to make a profit on the company?
Cain will have answers, hopefully. But if he doesn't, the media will have a field day, either after he is our nominee, or Romney will do this when Cain is the only conservative left in the race.
We better start asking the tough questions now.
I believe a Romney victory would actually be worse for the Republican Party than would an Obama victory. I’m certain it would be worse for America, that they would be taken down a liberal road thinking they had chosen something different.
If Palin leaves the Republican Party, then all bets are off as to what she do if Romney wins the nomination. JMHO.
By the number of anti-Palin posts I have seen here on FreeRepublic, I suspect soon that FR will change it’s status from ‘Conservative’ to ‘Republican’.
I’m disappointed she didn’t change it to “Tea Party.”
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I’m disappointed she didn’t change it to “Tea Party.”
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I belong to a Catholic church. 99% are white
Does that make me a racist? This is wha you are implying.
Judging from the bumper stickers, I imagine half are Democrat. Does that make me a Democrat?
I have to agree that a non white male making president IS historic. It just wasn’t the right one.
Cain is still my man.
Yeah, no doubt... but she's just so way cool, and she, like, ranks out the media mega gnarly rad, duuude. I want to have her man-babies. That would be, like, so awesome! And I'd be like all... ya know!?
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Just found out something. Karl Rove jumped in to support Cains opponent in Georgia. He threw the Republican machine at him.
Maybe next time Karl Rove bloviates he should give FULL DISCLOSURE
If anyone has $10,000 and likes to give for true blue conservative values, then God love ‘em. It is not the amount that has me concerned but the motivations of some donnors, take Solyndra as an example.
That is the question how do you know which ones are patriots and which ones want quid pro quo? Believe me, I have no objection to conservatives with honest motives giving mucho money to their favorite candidates. It is only when there is some personal benefit expected.
You are correct in a sense, as a Republican she is yesterdays news. As something else? Who knows.
I've listened to Palin, rather than read fairy tales into what she is saying as many have. If you heard her announcement that she is not running, she made it pretty plain her primary goal is defeating Obama - in fact she has clearly said ABO (Anybody But Obama) is the overriding issue in 2012 on other occasions as well. She made clear she was not running as an independent because it would make Hussein's re-election more likely. I am not saying Palin would endorse Romney in the primary process, I am saying she has made it clear she will help the Republican nominee win and there was no exception made for Romney or anyone else. Palin will endorse, support and campaign for the eventual Republican nominee.
As for me, Romney is flip flopping chameleon and one of the least desirable options, but I would most certainly vote for him over Obama. I doubt I could generate much enthusiasm for him (though I suppose if her chose a very conservative VP running mate it could help), but I'd certainly vote for him if he were the nominee. Paul is a clown and has zero chance of winning the nomination (nor does Johnson), so there is no reason to even consider such an event.
I agree.
If Romney is the nominee I'll vote 3rd party or not at all for POTUS, but I will support all conservative Pubs I can. Right now it sure looks like it will be Romney.
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