Sarah will come out of it the better, and more loved and respected, and positioned to help us take back the GOP and our country as a result.
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Posted on 11/24/2008 12:24:45 PM PST by lewisglad
The GOP’s crush on Sarah Palin
Says Gallup:
PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are most interested in seeing Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee run for the party’s presidential nomination in 2012. Those three received the highest scores among the 10 possible candidates evaluated in a recent Gallup Panel survey.
According to the poll, 67 percent of Republicans would like to see Palin run four years from now, with 62 percent favorable toward a Romney run and 61 percent toward Huckabee.
And which potential candidates would the party faithful least like to see on the ballot? The least popular by far was Jeb Bush — 61 percent said they would NOT want to see him run, a pretty strong indication of how badly burned the party feels by all things Bush. The second least popular was Newt Gingrich — 48 percent would not like to see him run.
But I have to confess: I am absolutely baffled by the continued GOP support for Palin. My best guess is that those who support her have a very different concept of the presidency than I do. I see the president as someone who actually has to run the country, so I value traits such as competence and knowledge. They see the presidency in more symbolic terms, which means they value those candidates who epitomize America as they wish to see it.
I acknowledge that those are not mutually exclusive categories, that every candidate represents a mixture of pragmatism and symbolism. It’s just a question of which is more important to you as a voter, and to my mind Palin backers have by definition stated that competence and knowledge are less important to them.
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Sarah will come out of it the better, and more loved and respected, and positioned to help us take back the GOP and our country as a result.
Why we love her, and the left hates her:
2 Corinthian 2:14-17
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 15For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? 17Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.
she’s the genuine article, able to speak from her convictions and beliefs, something the left could never do because their ideas are abhorrent to the majority of decent people.
Stay baffled Jay!
Palin should swamp Romney and Huck. In 2012 she won’t have a team of ‘advisors and consultants’ stopping her from being herself. When she gets to speak and act openly, her freshness and honesty will make Romney look like what he should be, a used car salesman.
Yeah, that's why we have a president with zero foreign policy experience appointing a Sec. of State with zero foreign policy experience.
Note to writer of article:
Mr. Bookman -- Jay:
Saturday Night Live features an actress named Tina Fey spoofing Gov. Palin. That is not really Sarah Palin.
If you need, print this out and tape it under your TV.
Or be like most of us and just don't watch NBC.
Republicans just lost the election and are in solidarity with her as she gave them the most hope during a hopeless campaign. We’ll see what happens 2 years from now.
You do not have a clue as to how we see the presidency!
Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are most interested in seeing Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee run for the party’s presidential nomination in 2012.
Well two out of three isn’t bad. lol. Oh that is all I will say on the subject.
Jeb Bush did a fabulous job in FL.
I think his star will rise nationally within a couple of years.
That goes for BOTH parties.................
“The GOP’s Crush on Sarah Palin (MSM Types Are Baffled)”
It’s not really that complicated. Sara connects with the average center-right American voter. Add to that, the MSM absolutely HATES her. They LOVED McCain and picked him to be “our” nominee.
We’ve learned our lesson.
stop it, just stop it.
lol. I am for once going to praise you post because of the good humor. I loved it!!!!
She has already shown herself above the rest.
I say none of the above.
Hope for the future of our party and these United States.
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