Don't forget "bitter" and "clinging to guns and religion."
Lot of good entries all around for the political almanac.
Posted on 10/30/2008 8:23:40 AM PDT by lewisglad
It’s called nitpicking
I guessed as much given your FReeper name
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Instead of blaming Jorge El Segundo and McCain, in the event McCain loses, they are preparing to blame McCain's loss - if he loses, on Palin to stop her from running successfully in 2012.
That is what is MOST dangerous about an Obama victory. It will give the demons in the media left the opportunity to have succeeded in selecting the two candidates they wanted most to run for office: McCain and Obama. And they will try it again. Nothing succeeds like success.
Conservatives should close ranks after the election - regardless of teh outcome and refuse to allow the media to Bork and Quayle a great Conservative and courageous American - Sarah Palin.
You are presuming McCain/Palin will lose. Not the right attitude.
If McCain loses. which I think he will win.
But if so. We have not seen the last of Sarah Louise Heath Palin.
She has a voice that makes people stop and listen. She will use the media to her advantage. She will run against Obama the same way Barry Goldwater planned on running against Jack Kennedy.
Everybody knows what makes Sarah Palin so successful; her word is good, she does what's right for the people and not what the Repub Party tells her to do, and she's tough as nails; doesn't ever flinch in her convictions. Todd would do the same.
I thought that report was based on an ABC lie which took Palin's remark out of context to indicate that she was talking about 2012 but in fact she was talking about winning this election.
Every time I see Governor Palin on TV, alone or with her family, I cheer and yell at the TV “God bless you real good, Miss Sarah!” She is for-real, regular people, and the type of person I could easily see living our neighborhood with her family. If she runs in 2012, I will crawl over broken glass to vote for her.
Give me a break! Every election the squishy moderate side of the party comes forth and announces that the only way to win is to be more "centrist" and ever since Reagan they've been winning. Some examples where conservatives were ignored, the party suffered:
I could go on but for 25 years the GOP has been taking conservatives for granted and chasing the moderate vote with liberal policies. The only time that was turned back was when Newt came up with the conservative Contract with America. But when the heat got turned up the moderates dumped Newt and went back to their fruitless effort to out liberal the democrats.
If the ultimate moderate in the GOP loses the election, you can bet that the intelligentsia at the top of the party will say "I got a fever, and the only prescription is more liberalism from our party!" and they'll get it most likely.
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That’s possible.
Excellent comparison.
So, they get to switch hunting moose and caribou for whitetails in VA. Maybe some quail hunting, certainly good waterfowling on the Chesapeake. Might be nice for something different for a few years.
Don't forget "bitter" and "clinging to guns and religion."
Lot of good entries all around for the political almanac.
Creationists don’t evolve. They’re sanctified.
Looking at the crowds and the enthusiasm at her rallies, compared to McCain's, I'd say McCain would do himself a world of good if he'd follow Sarah's model.....
Some good fishing and crabbing up that way, too. However, it's a real sacrifice when you consider that every aspect of your life will be managed to the Nth degree for the duration of your term.....it's no wonder the majority of politicians are power-hungry dweebs. Most ordinary folks want nothing to do with politics and for good reason......
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