Posted on 05/15/2010 1:30:58 PM PDT by Steelfish
Sarah Palin's Political Bandwagon Is wobbling Under The Weight of Contradictions The Sarah Palin phenomenon is finally beginning to fade as contradictions mount up, says Alex Spillius in Washington
Alex Spillius 15 May 2010
We are seeing the first signs of wobble on the Sarah Palin bandwagon. This may seem a strange thing to say about a political superstar who has earned at least $12 million in the past 18 months from a publishing advance, personal appearance fees and a television punditry contract, not to forget a reality show about life in Alaska.
Palin is such a boon to the struggling book world that her second opus, America by Heart - Reflection on Family, Faith and Flag, can already be ordered in advance even though publication is six months away. A return to the number one spot on the best seller list surely awaits.
But other indices are proving less kind to the former Alaska governor. According to a recent poll more Alaskans than not think the presidency should not form the next chapter of Palin's extraordinary story, while 45 per cent gave her a negative personal rating. When John McCain plucked her from obscurity to be his Republican running mate in the 2008 campaign, her approval rating at home was 80 per cent, the highest of any governor in the country.
Now even a poll of Tea Party supporters, her most ardent fans, showed that a majority wouldn't vote for her if she ran for president in 2012. It is not just that the faithful are beginning to question her readiness for the White House.
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“I like Palin, but she is not what she pretends to be.”
Then, from your perspective, you have something in common with her.
What history do I need to point to, she endorsed Fiorina. That goes beyond a simple endorsement of someone because they don't think the other candidate can win. There is a point where someone is so bad that you don't endorse them. Fiorina is that bad.
I'm not going to abandon Palin over it. Still, I'm not going to excuse it just because I like Palin.
Which one of us is making excuses for a bad call?
Palin isn't Ronald Reagan. She is attractive, speaks well, and has a role to play in the Republican Party. But her role is as a commentator, speaker, writer, and advisor. She doesn't belong in public office outside of Alaska. And at this point, she is not very popular in her home state of Alaska.
Governor Reagan signed an abortion bill and President Reagan signed an amnesty bill. Did you vote for him?
The think we have most in common is that we both breathe.
“Reagan a Rino”
I’ve never understood this argument. Reagan made a lot of mistakes, but mostly in his `salad days’. It’s part and parcel of being human.
He was a Democrat, belonged to a union (headed it actually: the Film Actors Guild), suffered a failed marriage, wound up with at least one screwball kid: his namesake, and fell victim to other foibles ... And when he set aside childish things, he did a lot of things right too.
But why in the world would anyone rattle the bones in his closet to excuse the actions of Republicans in 2010 who should know better? (John McCain, a case in point.)
The argument that we should ratify or endorse the actions of all Republicans because someone we admire made mistakes as a young man doesn’t carry any logical weight (`two wrongs’) either, and it doesn’t make any sense to those of us who learned from our mistakes.
Yes, she did.
Try and understand simple political math and logic.
When the conservative candidate is running 3rd, in a socialist hellhole state, with NO money, NO grassroots support up until now, and has been given 11 months to be the front-runner, you go with Plan B.
Plan B means supporting the moderate who is conservative on base-line issues such as taxes and spending, who has affirmed support for gun-owners, pro-life, and opposes illegal immigration, and who is not a bureaucrat or public official but who has business experience and millions of dollars at her disposal.
I'm sure Sarah agonized over this decision, and spent weeks doing so. But she looked at the bigger picture and decided that it was better to see Boxer and Campbell defeated rather than supporting someone who was given ample amount of time to state his case.
Oh, now there is a good discussion tactic.
Back on point, Palin should not have endorsed Fiorina. If that bothers you, too bad. Its the truth. I'm not falling in lock-step for the RINOs in the GOP anymore.
Should I now suggest that you go back to your country club or is it a RINO pen?
There is never enough Sarah Palin! I believe Sarah when she spoke about Carly Fiornia on Gretta Van Susteren Friday night:
"Here -- Carly, pro-life, pro-NRA, pro-development, anti-cap-and-tax, anti-big government. She's the real deal there in California, and yet she had been accused of being a rino because she doesn't have a voting record to prove that these positions are near and dear to her heart and she's going to do the right thing."
The fight to get it right goes on every day, and Sarah is addressing the things that matter every day.
I always vote Republic no matter who the candidate is. But Reagan made some mistakes while in office, which you have noted.
“Palin isn’t Ronald Reagan. She is attractive, speaks well, and has a role to play in the Republican Party. But her role is as a commentator, speaker, writer, and advisor.”
As if you determine her role. Her role is whatever she decides it will be. As for her not being Ronald Reagan, why...how observant of you! Get on to the next talking point, before everybody upchucks. Surprise everyone on this thread and say something that the PDS chorus has only posted 500 times instead of 2000 times.
Uh, probably because the Alaska Republican Party was corrupt to the bone?
Hell I'd work with Dems too.
She has backed that racist Steele over and over again.
The only reason there's a "barrage" is that you Palinistas basically challenge to a duel anyone who dares to criticize Palin.
Well, the role she decided for herself when she resigned as governor of Alaska was as a speaker, writer, and commentator. She decided that her was was not in elected office.
“Hell I’d work with Dems too.”
Reagan worked with Dems too; the boll weevils (dem Congressmen) to get his tax cuts through. Also Gramm Rudman to cut spending. Phil Gramm was a democrat at the time. These PDS drones are historically illiterate. They must have all been at an encounter group in Haight Ashbury in the 1980s.
I would estimate that more than 50% of the crowd were women. Rosemont is in suburban Cook county, which is not heavily GOP. Palin is building a huge army of followers, which will benefit conservatives in the long run.
There is no other public figure. elected or not, carrying the banner for the conservative movement at this time as much as Sarah is. She is relentless and fearless. Without her leading the charge against Obama, who would we have, Mitt? Good luck with that.
Check your Palin history. She saw corruption as an energy regulator. What did she do. Did she go along to get along, quit and returned to private life? Nope, she resigned and then ran for Governor, won, and cleaned up the state.
The same parallels are happening now. She is going after the bastards who tried to ruin her and her state financially, and forced her hand by resigning. She's the only person who clearly sees the corruption that's going on in Washington. What do you think she's going to do next?
She doesn't belong in public office outside of Alaska.
Says who? What do you base this on?
And at this point, she is not very popular in her home state of Alaska.
Yeah, CNN and other liberal polls says she's not electable either.
She spoke out in a forceful manner about Steele more than once. In support of him.
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