Posted on 06/02/2011 4:50:07 AM PDT by GonzoII
Problem....the term "independent" means they follow no known party affiliation and are not registered to vote as either a dem/lib/prog/pop or a rino/repub/conserv/tpartyer.
Mrs. Palin will need AT LEAST 70% of those independents who do vote to vote for her. At LEAST 70%.
The independents will control the 2012 election. And staying home not voting for a conservative candidate will be as harmful as if they'd gone to the polls and voted FOR the stain.
Something that needs our attention also is that if the GOP wins the White House, the new President is gonna need Congressional help to turn things around.
That means we need to vote conservative in the Primaries, and back those candidates up in the General Election.
If the GOP can increase its majority in the House and get as close to 60 seats as possible in the Senate, it will make the new President’s job that much easier, and enable them to turn things around that much quicker.
Yes, there would be a hue and cry from the Left and the media that is face-down in their lap, but we need to double-down with our values at the ballot box if we are going to reclaim this nation............
What say ya’ll?
It is like throwing your vote away.
In my own memory, I think Bush senior could have been re-elected, except Perot drew votes away. A vote for Perot was a vote for Clinton.... who didn't have SO MANY monkeyshines in his bag of tricks that sending support ($$$$) to Perot would be ‘inconceivable’
So-called *independents* are highly overrated, in that nobody is impartial. It’s literally impossibly.
Voters lean one way or the other.
They either favor goverment dependency or not.
I'd much prefer to see your comment posed as a question rather than a statement...something like this: "Are we going to be able to elect a reformer third party candidate if the GOP gives us another establishment RINO?"
Answer: in this upcoming election, any "third party" conservative, "non-establishment" (shades of the 60s!!) candidate will split the vote on the right.
It would be tatamount to voting FOR the stain.
So...attempting to put a "third party" candidate into the Oval office will most certainly assure that the stain and his entire regime will be in full and absolute power until 2016.
Question: can the US "afford" that?
Answer: While it may not be palatable, an "establishment" RINO is the only way to go, if the other direction leads us to a continuation for 4 more years of the current regime. Think for a minute where we'd be had mcloser actually won the last election!!!!! And there is no larger a RINO is the entire US than mcloser.
That said, Mrs. Palin would be the present VP.
Now tell me....would that not have been preferable to the sewer regime now ruining this country?
Let's learn a lesson here folks....virtually anything or anyone is immensely more preferable than 4 more years of the stain and his regime. Let's not repeat the mistake we made in '08.
I guess we will see, again, if the independents are commies.
Positively agree! A battle it is going to be!
What does one call an independent voter who is so sickened by the rino/repub/conserv/tpartyer candidates...that they do not vote at all?
It's also good to realize that in the last mid-term election, many indpendents voted conservative. Is there such a thing as a conservative "commie"?
“Question for all who read this: how does Mrs. Palin go about attracting the “independent” voter? So far, she’s not doing well in that demographic, and she must if she’s to win the Presidency. “
The answer is coming up with an effective counter to the nonstop drumbeat of anti-Palin, anti-Tea Party PR.
Videos need to be made. Produced by Palin, produced by independents. Care needs to be taken though that the video production crews aren’t covertly liberal.
More than anything this is a battle for hearts and minds. I would like to see us make inroads in the 33% of hard core liberal voters that Obama takes for granted. If we can gain ground there, the mushy middle that we need to win will come along for the ride.
The growing number of dedicated liberals is the greatest peril this nation has ever faced. If we can’t persuade them to abandon their failed and discredited ideology, then the country will fall ultimately.
The 50/50 “squeaker” elections of Bush/Kerry and Bush/Gore were indicative of how close to the precipice we were in terms of the electorate. Winning a single election won’t change anything but the rate of slide into the pit.
The truth needs to be presented as omnipresently as the lies.
Palin has been a target more than anyone since she first came one the national stage. It’s been quite an interesting phenomenon to watch. When I try to explain the why of it the most reasonable explanation is found in Jesus’ words:
The world hates me, It’s going to hate you.
Sarah Palin’s Christianity is apparent in how she lives her life. The world hates her for no other reason. But the hatred is visceral. So should we choose a less polarizing candidate so that we win the election?
I feel that we would do so at our peril. Sarah Palin is best able to mock the flaws in liberalism and the cult of Obamaism and offer a real hope instead. We should give her a big stage to do it from.
over rated...? not. in a divided nation it is the “swing” & “indie” voters one will need. i do not think that obama can get them again in 2012 but he will try and counter that with appealing to the ever growing latin demographic as well as the exploding desire for those on the dole......
And we have a black President who uses that to quell any criticism. There are Americans that feel guilty over our Country’s past, sins of our fathers types. They will never be able to vote against Obama. The only GOP candidate that will be able to do that is Herman Cain. If you take the race issue away from Obama he deflates. The only thing Obama has accomplished is being elected the first black President. A white candidate will never beat Obama unless they take him on like Trump did and I haven’t seen anyone yet. Sarah Palin has done a little but no where near a Trump. Herman Cain will be the GOP nominee.
Maybe some focus on the fact that the next President will likely “set” the direction of the Supreme Court for many years to come is called for.
How about this: “You want for more years of this...(fill in the rest yourself)”.
That’s always on my mind.
Will “Independents” support Obama?
I doubt it.
Sarah is the candidate - she’s a proven fighter and one of us ‘We the People’.
You live in fear of what others will do - no way is that conservative. Conservatives ACT and don’t react because of what if’s. And your manipulation using the race card doesn’t work here.
“How about this: “You want for more years of this...(fill in the rest yourself)”.”
how about:
You want four more years of this Obama?
Whoops, I just stepped in Obama
or
Vote for Obama. Let’s get this country over with.
Stay the course. Obama isn’t done wrecking the economy.
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