Palin: 'We can't just preach to the choir'

The Politico ^ | January 26, 2013 | Mackenzie Weinger

[2ndDivisionVet]

In Sarah Palin’s first interview since parting ways with Fox News, the former Alaska governor said she doesn’t want to “just preach to the choir" and that she is looking to take her message to a "larger audience."

Palin told Breitbart News there needs to be “more truth-telling in the media” and called for fellow conservatives to follow her lead and expand their audience.

“I encourage others to step out in faith, jump out of the comfort zone, and broaden our reach as believers in American exceptionalism,” she told the conservative news site in a short Q&A. “That means broadening our audience. I’m taking my own advice here as I free up opportunities to share more broadly the message of the beauty of freedom and the imperative of defending our republic and restoring this most exceptional nation.”

“We can't just preach to the choir,” she said. “The message of liberty and true hope must be understood by a larger audience.”

It was reported Friday that Palin had parted ways with Fox News after three years and would no longer be a paid contributor. Palin joined Fox News in 2009, after she resigned as Alaska governor.

As for her future plans, Palin told Breitbart News the “door is wide open.”

“I know the country needs more truth-telling in the media, and I’m willing to do that,” she said. “So, we shall see.”(continued)

[Yosemitest]

That's NOT ALL of how the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF won.
Someone once wrote:

"Stolen?
Then you should get right on this and prove it."

First watch 8 minutes 16 seconds of video titled Romney defeated Obama - if not for voter fraud.

Then ... read and think about this.

Someone wrote:

"I believe there was voting fraud,
but that it was not the reason Romney lost.
Even without fraud he would still have lost. "
I don't completely agree.
I believe there WAS ENOUGH Voter Fraud to throw the 80 Electoral College Votes from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida.
I also believe that had Romney SAVAGED Obama, like he SAVAGED the Conservatives that ran against him in the Primary, Romney would have gotten more votes in the General election.
So yes, it's Romney's fault, but there WAS ENOUGH VOTER FRAUD to steal the election for Obama.

URGENT: ELECTION FRAUD VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN WI, OH, PA, VA, FL

Maker of Unskewed Polls Creates ‘Obama Voter Fraud’ Map — See Which States He Thinks Should’ve Been Romney’s

Why There Won’t Be a Presidential Recount

None Dare Call it Stolen Ohio, the election, and America’s servile press

www.unskewedpolls.com

Black States = States Obama won by Voter Fraud. Click the state for more information.

Voter Turnout figures for 2012 indicate possible voter suppression and fraud

Vote Scamming in Philadelphia

Vote Scamming in Cleveland

Was Virginia won by vote fraud?

Vote Scamming in Florida

Question: Should President Romney Pardon Treasonist Barack Hussein Obama II, a.k.a. Barry Soetoro ?


Romney might have won, but with Obama's Criminals running the "Justice Department", they'll never admit Romney won.

Black States = States Obama won by Voter Fraud. Click the state for more information.




Photo Credit: Barackofraudo.com

[krunkygirl]

Creative, conservative thinking-—I like that.

[John 3_19-21]

You are wrong.

I would vote for her in a New York minute.

I also agree that just "preaching to the choir"is like kissing your sister.

I would give her total props for going into an enemy network and surviving. .

We need more fearless conservatives.

[B.O. Plenty]

Well...1000 people putting in 1000 each is a million dollars..

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

Palin told Breitbart News there needs to be "more truth-telling in the media” ... “I encourage others to step out in faith, jump out of the comfort zone, and broaden our reach as believers in American exceptionalism,” ... “That means broadening our audience. I’m taking my own advice here as I free up opportunities to share more broadly the message of the beauty of freedom and the imperative of defending our republic and restoring this most exceptional nation." "We can't just preach to the choir,” ... "The message of liberty and true hope must be understood by a larger audience.”

[jobim]

Excellent and concise analysis. I wonder what the total body count
of each group is? I think it could be estimated. It would be interesting
to put that total number against those who didn't vote, and
then put a demographic to these non-voting cavedwellers, assuming
that number to be close to 50%. In these desperate times, is it
feasible to even consider them potential allies against the Left?

[Viennacon]

Mitt Romney won independents in the swing states. The problem is not ‘moderate’ voters. They were clearly not happy to vote for Obama and his awful record. The problem was that the base did not turn out. What the Republican party needs to do is build the grand coalition again. Why is it that Netanyahu can build a coalition government from the devout Orthodox Jews, the nationalists, and the capitalists, but we can’t effectively do a similar thing here?

The real problem is the leadership. We have people who do not know how to talk to the constituencies of the GOP, and don’t uphold conservative principles.
It is so simple, yet nobody gets it. The platforms of the Republican Party are eternal. They should not change like the Democrat platforms which fit with whatever the zeitgeist is at the time. That’s the difference between right and left. They do what’s popular, we do what’s right, and convince people of that fact.

If the GOP goes left on social issues like gay marriage and abortion, they will lose so much of the base, they will never win. If the GOP goes left on economic issues, they will lose so much of the base, they will never win. So WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU GO LEFT AT ALL??? The way to win is to be conservative, and SELL conservatism! Mark Levin really said it. “When we got the conservative we wanted, we won two landslide victories!”

We need to talk to people outside the party, obviously, but only to CONVERT them to conservatism, not to pander to their own preconceived ideas and change conservatism to fit them. You want Latino voters? Go to them, show them what the Democrat party did to their last golden voting bloc, threw them into inner city ghettos full of gang violence and cruddy education. You argue for legal immigration, and remind them of all the criminals who made their home country a hellhole, who would come to America illegally and do the same.
Some have suggested we try to increase immigration from Eastern Europe, because of their aversion to communism, and Christian background.
That’s another thing we need to do. Stop being fearful of using Christianity and the values of the Bible to our advantage. Point out how anti-Christian DemoRats really are and denounce any church that does not actually teach Christianity, but a bastardized progressive version of it. We’ve already made headway in converting Catholic leadership to our cause, now we have to work on Catholics themselves. We have to make any Christian that would vote Rat feel guilty. There are a million strategies we can use, and ‘moderation’ as the pundits preach, is not one of them.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Philippine Islands is a majority Catholic country (and possibly even more Marian than Poland!) with a history of being both an American territory and somewhat Hispanic. They were an American territory for several decades. A young nation of over 94 million people who feel very American, they would not only change our demographics, but give us a fortress against China.

[bramps]

Whoever is going to lead us back to the right path will need the character to start EVERY interview, debate, etc. with something very similar to this statement:

“Barack Obama is in favor of aborting babies in the womb, aborting them partially outside the womb, and committing straight out infanticide by killing them when the baby is 100% outside the womb. Obama will scream and cry that I am slandering him. I welcome a debate anytime with Obama or any supporter and will pulverize them with facts supporting my accusation. This country has gone too far down a very ugly road and it's time for an immediate U-turn. And please hear this loud and clear: There will be NO 24 hour apology!"

[Viennacon]

Sound logic. You should run for office.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’m almost as big as Chris Christie, don’t have two spare nickels to rub together, don’t own a functioning car, look like a mean bouncer, live in a rented trailer, have edema so bad my size 13 shoes barely fit and have an ex who’d scare Dracula. But other than that, maybe I will. LOL

[tumblindice]

As for her future plans, Palin told Breitbart News the “door is wide open.” Please me, squeeze me--but don't tease me. Or, if you don't want our peaches, don't shake our tree.

[Viennacon]

Hey, you’d be 100 times more real than Krispy Kreme! haha

[webstersII]

“The problem was that the base did not turn out. “

Agreed.

But if Romney had moved far enough right to capture the base, would that have run off a bunch of moderates who did vote for him?

I ask this because it’s a dynamic situation. Change one aspect and many variables are changed, not just the one of interest.

[bmwcyle]

Half that church went to Satan. They don’t sing in the choir any more.

[etcb]

How do you change 51% takers?

We, as well as our political leadership need to come to grip with the fact that we can't insult, criticize, or ridicule people into supporting our cause. Instead of dismissively labeling a majority of the population as takers, we need to understand that many in that position do not necessarily want to be there. We need to give hope for a better life rather than condemnation.

What set Ronald Regan apart from other politicians of both parties was his optimistic outlook and unique ability to convince people that he was not interested in just managing the decline but that things could be made better. He attracted countless numbers of blue color voters and reinvigorated the party but most of those people have now been driven away.

The warring factions of the Republican Party need to quit fighting over who will get to lose to the Democrats next and focus on coming together before the next election.

[sickoflibs]

The FNC audience demographics matches Rush’s listeners and the GOP base’s as well as Palins fans: white over 50.

Looking closely she doesn’t say much. Exactly how? is missed.

So she wasn’t ‘expanding her audience’ in her 2011 make believe POYUS run?

[Viennacon]

Romney’s platform was actually a reasonably conservative one, the problem was that he did not fight on those principles hard enough to gin up the base.

Every conservative knew about Mitt’s record. He was a liberal in Mass., and most considered him McCain 2.0. That was always going to be murder to overcome.
Obama was very effective at smearing Romney. You probably couldn’t do any better than the Chicago club did this time around. In my opinion, any independents who could possibly have voted for Obama did. All of the others were dead set against him, mainly because of the lack of economic results. They might have switched back and forth leading up to the election, but they were always going to vote for Romney in the end.
If this is correct, Romney and Ryan had much more leeway in what they could talk about both on the stump and in the debates. Ryan could have challenged Biden on his Catholic creds in light of his infanticide stance. Romney could have eviscerated Obama in the third debate over his actions in Libya, and his lies about Benghazi. These challenges simply were not made.

Conservative voters wanted fire and passion. They wanted their ticket to fiercely advocate for the cause, and these two just didn’t. They were good people (and I genuinely mean that), but Mitt Romney was weighed down by his record and relied on the cabal of establishment advisers who NEVER get anything right, and Paul Ryan was not ready for the national stage and proved it in his debate with the most juvenile moron on Capitol Hill.

There were several other factors in this election: fraud, Krispy Kreme’s antics, the media, the debate moderators, and the sleazy garbage that came from the Obama campaign.
This is just my analysis of why the turnout was so bad for us.
If we want to win next time, we cannot go with the establishment candidate. We have to scrutinize records, and vote for the real conservative. Forget the BS you might hear from Bill Kristol and the idiots who infest Fox. These people engineer our losses, and they’re progressives at heart.

[SoConPubbie]

Here’s the problem....demographics. The huge blocks of blacks and/or hispanics aren’t listening and are loyal Dems...aka...the sheep. She can’t change that.

There are millions of American voters who did not take part in the last election; many of those voters are conservative in nature and if they have a leader with principles actually communicate the Reagan Conservative message, will jump in with both feet back into the process.

Don't let the false GOP-E inspired message that the country is moving left influence you, it is an idea that is built on the shaky foundation of the failure of Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

[SoConPubbie]

This is true. How do you change 51% takers? 74% of unmarried women voted for Obama. If the percentage of the voting married population were the same as when Reagan got elected, Romney would be in the White House today. To make matters we have RINOs like McCain, Graham, Rubio, as part of a bipartisan caucus for post-Reagan (Simpson-Mazzoli), Amnesty II.

Good luck Ms. Palin, But Obama’s re-election has sent us all over the cliff.

First of all, you stop with the false mantra of the 51%. That was just the percentage of those who actually voted, many millions did not, many, more than likely, because the choices presented were worse and worser.

If You actually have a candidate that is not trying to alienate the base of the GOP like Romney did with his support of Abortion and the Gay Agenda and his inability and refusal to pursue limited government, precisely because, as his record as Governor of MA shows, he was/is a Progressive Liberal, then you actually would engage much more than the 51% for the GOP as a result of many of those who did not vote would now be energize.

But when you push/pretend a Massachusetts Liberal is a conservative you tamp down the needed excitement to get enough people involved.