Posted on 08/31/2012 7:51:28 AM PDT by Spartan79
I've heard that the Romney team vetted all speeches made at the recently-completed GOP convention. Now, I didn't watch the whole convention and only caught the speeches by both of the Romneys, Ryan, and Christie, but I did do a quick word search of the text of the speeches by the Romneys, Bush, Christie, Ryan, Rice, Huckabee, Santorum, as well as McCain and Cruz. In all of these speeches there was not even so much as an oblique reference to Governor Palin, not even by Ann Romney, who glossed eloquent otherwise on motherhood, McCain - who selected Palin as his running mate, or Cruz, who, as he himself has admitted, owes his primary win to Palin.
Sarah was also scrubbed from the lineup of Fox contributors on the last couple of days of the coverage.
Did anyone who may have watched or listened to parts of the convention I missed notice any mention at all of the GOP's candidate for veep in the last cycle. Just wondering. I know the convention was quite properly to be a celebration of Romney, the nominee. But it sure smells like a Stalinesque "disappearing" by the eGOP is underway.
The Tea Party has nothing to do with the John Birch Society.
You probably aren’t old enough to have been around when the JBS was around. If you are and believe Eisenhower was a commie then you are as nuts as it was.
In a 2012 tribute to republican women, the first republican vice-presidential candidate in history, and of the 2008 ticket, and the top endorsement in America, is erased?
Sarah turned down a slot. The decision to not be a presence was hers not the GOP. I don’t want her name coming out of McCain’s mouth, either.
I was and I did not believe Eisenhower was a commie. I never suggested that they were connected. My point is that the Tea Party will be portrayed as nuts just as any other conservative group has been because people believe anything the liberals tell them to believe. They just have to say it often enough. See how well it works you believe the JBS was nothing but crazy nuts and that Goldwater wanted to carpet bomb the world.
Not A female historical GOP figure, not a Condoleezza Rice, but THE historical, GOP, female figure.
People don't seem to be buying the Liberals mischaracterization of the Tea Party, either.
I agree. I have seen so many comments indicating Romney is the second coming of Reagan. Give me a break. Romney is the same Romney we have known for years. If people think just getting Obama out of office will fix things, they are crazy. The GOP did their part in helping our country to get as messed up as it is. Even if we are all over Romney with the help of a House and Senate, we will still be lucky to get substantial chances and the changes will be we get RomneyCare instead of ObamaCare. People better wake up. It is going to be a long, long fight and we DO need Palin on our side.
Why not, pray tell. She went out of her way to support him in his re-election campaign.
And you think that this set of actions will actually HELP do that?? I can't think of anything more likely to cause conservative checkbooks to snap shut than even appearing to repudiate her. Sorry...not buying your logic.
I agree with your opinion of Goldwater. Campaigned for him along with JBS members. I also remember the bumper stickers with his picture saying { In your heart you know he is nuts} The Tea Party will be smeared just as other conservative groups have been by both Rep. and Dem. liberals and in a few years they will be discarded as a group of nuts. Sad.
I think you bring in a whole lot more cash with "He's not Obama" than you do with "He's not Sarah Palin". Conservatives are more likely to donate to Congressmen or Senators - we are not convinced that our "severely" conservative nominee sees conservatism as a good thing.
Exactly. So the convention took place as if Palin had never existed. What did it get them? Akin was the big story the whole time and Rove closed the week with a big gaffe of his own.
All they proved is that people are human after all and they silenced someone who has done much more net good than harm to the GOP.
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