Posted on 01/16/2011 7:10:26 AM PST by jimjohn
You must be new here if you think I’m a troll. I think the world of Palin. Assuming that she would do the most good as president is a knee-jerk thought, I’m trying to think a little deeper.
I’m about to the point that I think the current bunch of Republicans and Democrats and even the current federal government may not be able to be fixed. Palin seems pretty good at helping elect true conservatives. Fixing both houses of congress and then running for POTUS might be better strategy than trying to get elected and wasting a presidential term while being checkmated by the sorry collection that currently occupies congress.
Don’t know, just thinking out loud. The mess we are in is a lot deeper than most believe, including the folks here.
Yea, it’s only been close to 14 years, but I’ll get the hang of it soon.
You may not have developed this far in your thought processes yet, but you should be able to recognize that when she runs, if elected she is logically guaranteed a favorable congress on her coattails. - Should she fail, all is truly lost anyway, because that’s how far we are down the teflon slope.
Possibly, but I’m not sure she can get a “favorable congress” without a lot more ground work. I don’t think that more than 20% of todays republicans get the idea that we have got to make the federal government the last resort to solve a problem rather than the first. If we don’t somehow turn in that direction, this nation as originally conceived is gone. Also, I think the country is fated to go through a great economic collapse in the next few years which no politician can prevent and which likely will sweep from power whoever is on top.
Palin to me is a once in a lifetime type of leader who at best will only get 8 years as president. I’m just questioning if those 8 years would be better from 2016 to 2024 with a conservative majority in congress.
Besides, she will do as she pleases. I will vote for her when the opportunity arises.
Every time the RNC sends me a letter asking for a donation, I send them an empty envelope with a note telling them I will send a donation when they openly and loudly support conservative Republicans like Sarah Palin.
Some of you people scolding Democrat_media are beginning to seem hypocritical to me. You scold this person in such a sanctimonious way, telling them they are “beyond rude”; you tell them to “stop shouting and using bold font”, etc... Then another one of you pure and precious conservatives jumps in and starts scolding this Freeper, using a bold font! Now isn’t that just a bit hypocritical of you?
You write as if you are the arbiter of what other Freepers write! Do you own or run the forum? I don’t think so! Maybe some of you who are jumping all over Democrat_media should take a look at the way you write? Maybe you are not “shouting or using huge bold font”, but some of the other ones are, and you are not scolding them!
Another thing, doesn’t Democrat_media have a right to argue with you? Or can’t some of you “more conservative than thou” people take what you dish out to others? Hmmm... I wonder! You don’t like what they have to say, so you pick apart what they write! tsk, tsk.... Uh huh, I suspect you’ll swing your guns on me next, won’t you? I’m waiting for you to bring it now, I can take it.
Is that so? Then why did Reagan choose Bush 1 twice? He could’ve chosen someone else the second time, why didn’t he? Reagan seemed to be a big enough man to decide who he wanted to be the Vice-President for him. He wasn’t a child!
He not only chose him twice on his own free will, but endorsed him and encouraged him in his own presidential race after he left office. Why would he do that, if he was such a disaster? Then, from what I remember reading, he wrote to him (Bush 1)telling him: “Don’t let the turkeys (liberals, I guess)get to him.”!
That’s what Bush 2 said also: “A path to citizenship”, and “that they needed to come in legally.”. I don’t think some people on here remember that; well I do!
The mere fact that they are doing this stunt is participation in the Big Lie of the past week: That we need more “civility,” and that “incivility” had SOMETHING to do with the shooting.
I am calling my new Republican rep and senator and telling them I am revolted.
I read what people say here about Palin and I like her a lot myself.
The problem is that we are not passed the shootings by a long shot. No matter what the truth is about Palin it will never stick as much as the mud that has tarnished her since day one.
I do not know why the liberals hate her so much, but there is very little good news spread about her in the MSM or the rags that infest our newsstands.
If you want a dose of reality sign up for google updates. Have Palin on one of your alerts and all you will see is about 20 negative hits versus one good one based upon reality. Now I think that Google is full of liberal crap as well, but it must be realized that most people are using it and it has the highest market share out there. They are not only making news they are steering the general public (the sheep) that way as well.
As an example, this article was the 1st of todays alerts.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2011/01/tucson_killings_thank_sarah_pa.php
It is full of BS and in no way past the shootings. As a matter of fact it is completely full of falsehoods and things that have been disproved. But people are listening to it, reading it and worst of all believing it.
We have to get the MSM back from the liberals who have taken it over to push their propaganda or we can kiss any chances of taking our country back goodbye.
I know, it's days later after the posts were made, but really ... your objection to the use of the word "praise" is laughable and ludicrous. You do no credit to Free Republic with that kind of nonsense.
I still don’t like the word for people. To each his own.
And I am no ignoramus.
You could have said what you wanted without calling me names.
Is that necessary?
So to have doubts about Palin is to be a Concern Troll? To think she will lose is to be a Blow Out Troll? So what kind of Troll are you? A Shall Not Tolerate Anything But Blind Devotion to Palin Troll?
First of all I fully admit to being a pessimist. I don’t see how any conservative can’t have at least a streak of pessimism in them considering how we keep losing, even when public opinion is on our side. I think Obama will probably be reelected no matter who we put up against him. I hope not. I wouldn’t be so gloomy if I were a GOP talking head, but I think we can be honest here.
You speak of Palin’s courage and expertise. Well I don’t doubt her courage. The amount of hatred and character assassination directed towards her has been stunning, even though it should come as no surprise. Yet she presses on and refuses to buckle. I respect that. I’m not sure about the expertise you speak of, but don’t take that as a knock against her. Lack of expertise seems kind of common for people we elect President. Obama was exceptionally unqualified to be President, yet he won anyway.
You speak of all being lost if Palin doesn’t run and win in 2012. Well that is some doom and gloom I can appreciate! But again I am curious as to why you think she is the only one who can save us? What exactly makes you think that highly of her?
And any talk of saving the nation must include conservative immigration reform. If current trends continue, the conservative movement will face demographic oblivion. To Palin’s credit she says all the right things about border security. But generally her thoughts seems to go no further than what we typically hear from Republicans — illegal immigration bad, legal immigration good. She seems to support a path to citizenship for illegals (amnesty), and I have yet to hear her speak of the need to reform legal immigration. Taken together it suggests she has no problem with high levels of immigration so long as it is all made legal somehow. That’s fine of course...if you support the continuing mass importation of future Democrats.
But again, on this score she would probably be no more worthless than any other Republican who will run next time. And I would say as much about any other candidate. But this is about Palin, and you need to develop a thicker skin or something if this is the way you’re going to react to anyone on the Right who dares to be skeptical or critical of her.
I’d vote for Palin, but after the disastrous George W Bush I don’t think there is anything wrong with being skeptical about the favorites.
>> “ I am curious as to why you think she is the only one who can save us? What exactly makes you think that highly of her?” <<
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I’ll simplify this to the rock bottom, and in that simplification, probably lose some important nuances, but nevertheless here it is:
Palin is the only one of the candidates that have the possible potential to win a national election that does not subscribe to some form of “Illuminism.”
As such she is the only candidate having the liklihood of winning that is worthy of our undoubting trust. She worships none, and has alegience to none, but almighty God.
She doesn’t worship a church, lodge, or ideology; she worships the Lord.
Well as I said I like Palin. I’d vote for her if she got the nomination.
But I don’t think any politician is worthy of our undoubting trust.
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