http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/2012/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:53:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2421545/posts Democrats and Republican are scared to death of Sarah Palin because they think she is "not one of us." That is to say, she is not one of the pampered, prep school, Ivy League elite who have dominated our politics for almost two centuries. Truman being a possible exception, she is the first real populist political figure since Andrew Jackson to arrive upon our political scene. She is a real person who has faced real personal and family problems similar to what so many common Americans face every day. She is a breath of fresh air in the still, smoke-filled... The San Bernadino Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2421545/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:53:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421089/posts David Frum responds to Jennifer Rubin's article in Commentary titled "Why Jews Hate Palin." First off, Frum is right that the poll that Rubin cites doesn't really prove her case because 37% approval from Jews is actually very good . . . Frum then goes on to assert: Palin excites intense support among a core group of conservative Republicans....She polls poorly...among independents. I'll give Frum credit for changing what he considers Palin's core group of support from "social conservatives" to the broader group of "conservative Republicans." After all, with some recent polling showing Palin to hold a robust 79% favorable... Conservatives4Palin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421089/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 03:31:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2420990/posts I want to like Sarah Palin. But to borrow a title from Hitchcock, I feel like The Man Who Knew Too Much—about The Woman Who Knew Too Little. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t care that Palin is not a policy wonk. In some ways, that’s a plus. It is her strengths that concern me. For example, is Palin’s populism real or imagined? Or perhaps real but compromised? And, as the mother of a son on active duty, why is she so enthusiastic about unwinnable wars? Where is that famous common sense when it comes to minding our own business?... The American Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2420990/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420771/posts Welcome to 2010: The final year of the Obama administration. Not literally. For all I know, by 2012 the economy will be hotter than a terrorist’s underpants, Afghanistan will be no more unruly than Indianapolis Colts fans after their coach decided to throw away a perfect season and President Obama will resoundingly win re-election after Diane Sawyer gets Republican nominee Sarah Palin to confess she thought going rogue meant adding some pink makeup to her cheeks. But a Democrat strategist told Bryon York of the Washington Examiner that House empress Nancy Pelosi was comfortable with losing “20 to 40” seats... Soda Head http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420771/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:36:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420583/posts Sarah Palin 29% Mitt Romney 27% Mike Huckabee 17% Tim Pawlenty 11% Rick Santorum 7% Eric Cantor 2% Ron Paul 2% Newt Gingrich 2% Other: 2% http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/01/predictions_2012_the_gop_nomination.php http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420583/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:41:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420222/posts It's not something I like to admit, but I've been thinking a lot about Sarah Palin recently. Normally, I devote little energy to Palin, a politician I disagree with on just about every issue. But, during the past two weeks finding myself caught in a maelstrom I have begun to warm to the former beauty queen. (I even went to the library to check out "Going Rogue," but every copy was on loan, and I had to settle for "Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin.") The unexpected Palin turnabout began on December 21, the day I published a column... The Waltham Daily News Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420222/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:31:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420076/posts Sarah Palin almost nudged feminist's beloved Hillary out of the first place spot in the Gallup's recent Woman of the Year poll. The buzz from women who can't bring themselves to acknowledge Palin's self-made success is spiteful and loud, especially on the internet. Why is that? With the help of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, Hillary catapulted her career from a small city, small state Arkansas attorney to a failed run for president, finally settling for her present position as Obama's Secretary of Defense. Hillary has one daughter and a marriage that has seen more than its share of... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420076/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:17:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420000/posts What Should Cheney Do? Internet Poll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420000/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:59:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419527/posts Going Rouge Sarah Palin: An American Nightmare Edited by Richard Kim and Sally Reed Thomas Allen, 320 pages, $20 Sarah Palin, who ran for U.S. vice-president on the McCain ticket in 2008, was not the sole cause of the Republican party's bitter loss. Then-Senator Barack Obama's charisma, his chief opponent's pomposity and crankiness, and an incumbent with a poor record about to see his country plunged into a severe recession, all played a role in the worst GOP bashing for years. Of course, she didn't help much. After the initial excitement, it became abundantly clear that she lacked the base... The Winnipeg Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419527/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:24:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419332/posts -The Race42012 staff was asked to take look ahead and share their predictions for the coming new year. Our readers are encouraged to post their own predictions in the comments. Adam Brickley Sarah Palin continues her recovery and cements herself as de-facto leader of the GOP after vigorously campaigning through 2010, after which she begins work on a second and more issue-oriented book. Mike Huckabee decides that he rather likes being a media figure and veers away from presidential politics – he pursues either a nightly show on Fox News or a daily radio program. Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty... Race42012 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419332/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 04:17:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418790/posts They’re both steely, gutsy women, admired by some and loathed by others. And when the Gallup poll asked Americans to name, without prompting, which woman they admire most, Hillary Rodham Clinton beat Sarah Palin – barely. Mrs. Clinton won “most admired woman” for the 14th time since 1993, the year she became first lady, and has continued to win most of the time as a New York senator and now Secretary of State. She took the prize with 16 percent. Former Alaska Governor Palin, who debuted on the Top 10 list last year at No. 2, came in second again... The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418790/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 04:12:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418633/posts Will we see a repeat of 1994—or 1964? My apologies to Buffalo Springfield. But what’s happening with the Tea Party movement, and where it’s going, ain’t exactly clear.  All we know at this point is that the villagers have pitchforks and torches, and are marching up the hill. But will they burn the castle of the Al Franken monster in Congress, or will they join Sarah Palin and her populist following and simply go RINO (Republican In Name Only) hunting? The point is that we could be heading toward 1994 all over again. Or toward 1964. The tea leaves are... Reason Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418633/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417806/posts This is a matter of grave concern to us, because we believe the current president’s unprecedented decision to maintain his political campaign organization, in perpetual campaign mode, during his presidency means that in 2011, if not sooner, Democrats will work aggressively to select a doomed Republican presidential candidate for 2012. We believe, as we repeatedly say here, the MSM is already at work on this, pushing “The Five Horsemen of the GOP 2012 Apocalypse”. Currently, the men being pushed for 2012 by the media are Mitt Romney, John Thune, Tim Pawlenty, Charlie Crist, and John Huntsman. Some weeks, Bobby Jindal... HillBuzz.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417806/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:58:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417076/posts Joy Behar expressed confusion about the success of Sarah Palin's book because, according to the CNN Headline News/ABC talk show host, a lot of the former governor's "base doesn't even read." Behar slammed Palin, as well as Glenn Beck, Carrie Prejean and other conservatives during her "look back at 2009" edition of the "Joy Behar Show" that re-aired over Christmas weekend. An "esteemed" panel consisting of comedians Sandra Bernhard, Mo Rocca and Dave Attell joined Behar in mocking this year's prominent voices on the right. Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417076/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:35:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410235/posts Manchester – Potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty came to the leadoff-primary state today urging the GOP to return to its conservative base and then practice what it preaches if it hopes to regain the lost trust of Americans. "We've got to explain using conservative principles, conservative ideas and values, why our approach, even if it may not be instant gratification, is better for families and individuals and regular working people all across this country on those kind of issues, those bread and butter, meat and potatoes issues," he told the New Hampshire Union Leader in an... Manchester Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410235/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416814/posts Who would you vote for? Internet Poll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416814/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:25:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416476/posts By Bernie Quigley - 12/28/09 11:47 AM ET History turns in a moment: Harper’s Ferry, Trafalgar, Dien Bien Phu. The Democrats may have seen such a moment with Sen. Ben Nelson this week in Nebraska, so it might be worth marking that page. At year’s end it is worth looking forward to what is likely to rise ahead. These four will be key: Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and William Daley. Sarah Palin: She was seen from the very beginning as a rising star — a cultural awakener similar to Andrew Jackson — bringing a whole new cultural paradigm... The Hill.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416476/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:10:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416450/posts Hofstra Professor Green goes off on Obama in one of the harshest rants to date and seems to be warming to the idea of President Palin! But like all those that voted for the disaster Obama, they were small minded and gullible enough to fall for the Hopey-Change garbage so I always take what they think with a grain-of-salt or simply apply the opposite. Like any good progressive, I've gone from admiration to hope to disappointment to anger when it comes to this president. Now I'm fast getting to rage. How much rage? I find myself thinking that the thing... Citizen Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416450/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:37:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415842/posts --snip-- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has never made any bones, if you will, about her culinary preferences. She's a carnivore, a hunter and proud of both. So it's not really a surprise that her book, "Going Rogue," published today, extols the virtues of eating meat. "If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore," she wrote. "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?” But the former Republican vice presidential candidate did not stop there. “I... The Los Angeles Times' Top of the Ticket http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415842/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415826/posts I have in the past been a skeptic of Sarah Palin. Not of her political talent, which is considerable, but of her grasp of – and even interest in – substantive policy issues. When she abruptly resigned the governorship of Alaska on July 3rd, I wondered if she simply hadn’t the stomach for national politics. And the rambling, disjointed speech she gave that day left me wondering if she even knew why she was making such a momentous and potentially career-crippling decision. But then a funny thing happened: In November, Mrs. Palin debuted her memoir “Going Rogue” with great sales,... Andrew Breitbart's Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415826/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:40:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415525/posts Prior to the 2008 Presidential election, I had my McCain/Palin plastic slip and piano wire sign stolen by some local socialist thugs. I replaced it with a 3x4' two sided wood sign set in concrete, using the official McCain/Palin design. After the election I scraped McCain off the top, and replaced him with a pink and sparkling "2012". This sign has remained in place on our back country road until a few weeks ago. Once again, a team of local socialist thugs stole my sign, smashing and pulling the sign out by the roots, despite the ground being frozen solid.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415525/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:15:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415375/posts Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's approval ratings are soaring. Sarah Palin is now a best-selling author. From this vantage point, it almost seems obvious: the United States is going to elect a woman president. Someday soon. Right? It would be easy, in the gauzy view of history, to forget how ugly the contest became for the two women who broke new ground in the 2008 presidential campaign. Remember Clinton's sagging eyes, splashed across the Drudge Report, as Rush Limbaugh asked whether the country would want to watch a woman grow old in office? Remember the collective gasp as the... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415375/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:02:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415080/posts AKIE BERMISS: For me, Going Rogue was easily the most anticipated book of the year. Why? Because the book, like its subject, is a game changer. After reading it, I’m not yet sure if it classified as an auto-biography, historical fiction, or just a YA follow-up to Jack London’s Call Of The Wild. I can say this for certain, however: I enjoyed the hell out of this book. And you can too! There are few things you’ll have to contend with before you can enjoy this here book, though. First, let go of your preconceived notions of all things Palin.... The Perpetual Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415080/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:49:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415073/posts "The only cure for the presidential virus," Congressman Morris Udall once observed, "is embalming fluid." And, it's increasingly clear, Sarah Palin has got the bug. In her memoir, Going Rogue, the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican candidate for vice president sees the hand of providence everywhere. "As every Iditarod musher knows," Palin tells us, "if you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." She's ready, it seems, to head to the Midwest to prepare for the election of 2012. Palin is a compelling political - and pop culture - phenomenon. She knows how to present herself, on... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415073/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:15:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414755/posts Sarah takes on Big Oil: The compelling story of Governor Sarah Palin's battle with Alaska's 'Big 3' oil companies, as told by the state's top oil and gas editors, Kay Cashman and Kristen Nelson (Hardcover) Product Description Sarah takes on Big Oil illuminates Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's rise to power, along with her successes and failures in dealing with the industry that is the lifeblood of the state's economy. This book is a must read for those seeking to understand Palin's qualifications for national leadership. Purchasers of Sarah takes on Big Oil qualify for a free, two-year, online subscription to... Amazon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414755/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:33:04 GMT