Posted on 07/02/2009 9:30:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
You mean Reagan's amnesty? Name 3 people you would support in '12.
RINO McCain took the conservative vote for granted...I know a lot of them who didn't go to the polls because of HIM....not her. And I also know many including myself who DID go to the polls because of her and in spite of him.
Sarah Palin, for all her good looks, verve and gumption, is woefully unqualified for national office. It’s not a stretch to assert that in many crucial areas, she’s empty headed.
Republicans just watched a goodhearted but over his head Republican president damn near destroy the party and the economy. The next Republican president had better be a top shelf, heavyweight thinker who knows what the hell he is talking about, and who has the experience, temperament and judgment to handle that very challenging office. I’m sorry to tell Palin supporters on FR that she is not now, nor will she ever be, that guy.
The sooner the Palin tsunami blows over for conservatives, the better off we’ll be. If FR turns into a Palin lovefest, it will be a big mistake for the website, because FR will be backing a loser.
What poll and where did they poll?
Presidential election polling place...geez...
Yet he won in a landslide.
The fact of the matter is, The Presidential Election of 2012 is not going to be about the Republican Nominee, it is going to be an referendum on Obama, like most Presidential Campaigns against an incumbent are. If the Public has soured on Obama’s policies enough by then, it will be hard for him to remain in office regardless of whom we nominate. But if the economy has recovered and it appears that Obama’s policies are working, it will be near impossible to remove him from office regardless of who we nominate.
Remember, in 92, most top tier candidates in the Democratic party decided not to run for President since they decided it was virtually impossible to defeat Bush Sr. in November. Who did they eventually nominate? The three term Womanizing Governor from Arkansas with more baggage then a Coach Outlet who almost had to be dragged off the stage at the 88’ Democratic Convention and received his only applause that night when he finally stopped talking and left. He was the “Trailer Trash” candidate. He took on the incumbent who just finished prosecuting a successful and stunning victory against Iraq whose approval ratings were over 90% for a good period of 91. And this “bubba” from Arkansas ended up not only wining, but gave the best Electoral Showing for the Democrats in a Presidential Race since Johnson in 64’.
President Sarah Palin...
As of 12 Noon, January 20, 2012...
Lovely ring to that...
And Vice President Anyone-but-Willard-Mitt-Romney
I hope you’re right but the MSM is slick and most people don’t pay attention to politics in America anymore, they just go on their feelings or one or two newbites they hear on PMSNBC or CNN.
Go do a man on the street interview and ask them the name of the current vice president of the United States. Most won’t know or care.
Like it or not image is everything with many people today. Look at the sickening 24/7 news coverage of Michael Jackson’s death. All the Dems would have to do is pull out those old tv interviews where Sarah spaced out on certain questions, have the late night comedians hit on her again, and people will think Sarah is dumb and incapable of being president, just like they did after they saw the Katie Couric blank out bits.
Yeah, Reagan lost the GOP primary against Ford.
The Republican party ran the wrong ticket in 1976.
They do that a lot.
Ford-Dole was a losing ticket, just like McCain-Palin.
Dole went on to lose even bigger on his own.
Is that what you’re looking to repeat with Sarah Palin?
That is the only thing I can glean from what you’re saying.
Because I know you know better than to compare an intra-party primary to a general election.
They aren’t the same thing. Candidates who are not nominated by their party are not electoral losers in the same way that a losing general election candidate is.
Most nominees run a couple times for the nomination before they get it.
Not being chosen as the nominee in prior cycles does not have any effect on their future electability.
Make that ...
President Sarah Palin...
As of 12 Noon, January 20, 2013...
and leave in the bit that goes...
And Vice President Anyone-but-Willard-Mitt-Romney
Let's face it if MSM wanted to make BO look like a moron it would be easy without Photoshop. They did a great hit job on Palin. For sure. I's all a matter of how you want to make someone look. I say time and again my first impression of Reagan was less positive than I had with Palin. All she would have to do is pull an Obama and do only gigs that make her look good and surround herself with people who enforce it....she has the ability to come up to speed IMHO.
MittWitt and the like have no background in the real world
especially current world affairs.
Mittwitt and his 5 sons never served in the military, Gov. Palin’s son serves in Iraq.
gov. Palin just negotiated with TransCanada and ExxonMobil for the largest pipeline and energy program.
She has first hand discussions with Gens. of Pacific Command re missile defense, She has been to the Middle East, and just back from Kosovo.
Don’t embarrass yourself with comments about a person you know nothing about.
Bingo.
You still didn’t tell us which horse you’re backing in 2012.That really depends on which horses are running, and how they do in the trials.
Hey TN, you go girl.
MittWitt lives around 10 miles from me here in San Diego.
the guy is a joke.
>they are going to do this to any conservative candidate
True but it makes it tougher when the candidate herself / himself gives them ready ammunition, like blanking out on specific questions in a high profile interview, winking at the audience during national televised debates and doing an “aw shucks” or “say it ain’t so” routine, etc. Same thing happened with Jindal’s response to Obama. His profile dropped like lead after he gave a rather schoolboyish rebuttal.
I say whoever the male candidate is in 2012 let Sarah be vice president nominee to bring in that homespun heartland vote. However in today’s world you HAVE to get the Reagan Democrats and many of them won’t vote for someone like Sarah whom the mainstream media constantly portrays as dumb.
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