Religious Conservatives Certain Palin Will Stay in National Politics
By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country
What do religious conservatives know about Sarah Palin that everyone else doesn't?
While most political folks are wondering aloud about the outgoing Alaska governor's next move—and while Palin herself admits she's foggy about future plans—conservative Christian activists are expressing confidence that she'll stay in national politics.
"We have not seen the last of Sarah Palin," Janice Shaw Crouse of the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee wrote in an E-mail statement today. "She is not the kind of person who gives in to bullies, but she is the kind of mother who protects her children—something that those who hate her don't seem to understand."
"She found a way to thrive in local and statewide politics in Alaska," Crouse continued. "She will find a way to come back to national politics, and she'll be a formidable force when she does."
Here's what Gary Bauer said over the weekend:
"Reports of Sarah Palin's political death are highly exaggerated and reflect more the biases of the prophets, soothsayers and media talking heads than it does the political reality . . . . It is totally premature to interpret Sarah Palin's announcement as a withdraw from American politics . . . ."
It's one thing to express hope that Palin sticks around on the national political scene. It's another to express certainty that she will. What gives?
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OUT OF THE WEST/ON PALIN
IN KEEPING WITH GILGOFF'S THEME HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE PALIN IS STAYING IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, PARTICULARLY WITH HER ENDORSEMENT OF BOTH RICK PERRY AND NOW DOUG HOFFMAN OF THE 23RD DISTRICT IN NY, WHICH IS BOUND TO SET OFF AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE NY REPUBLICAN PARTY. TO BE FAIR, FRED AND JERI THOMPSON WERE THE FIRST TO ENDORSE HOFFMAN, BUT TO BE HONEST IT WAS PROBABLY PALIN'S ENDOREMENT CAUSING FIVE OTHER REPUBS TO JUMP ON BOARD, LEAVING NEWT GINGRICH STILL WANDERING OVER THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, LOOKING FOR AN IDEA HE CAN GET ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT. HIS ENDORSEMENT OF SCOZZAKAVE PERPLEXES ME. HER BONA FIDES ARE MORE IN LINE WITH ARLEN SPECTER'S....BUT TO CONCLUDE THAT PALIN IS WORKING TOWARD 2012 IS TOO SPECULATIVE AT THIS POINT. MICHAEL MEDVED, RADIO TALKER IN SEATTLE WHO RECENTLY FINISHED HIS BOOK TOUR IN ALASTA WITH A PALIN INTERVIEW , RETURNED TO HIS PROGRAM AND DECLARED WITH A NOTE OF FINALITY THAT PALIN WON'T RUN NOR BE PRESIDENT. DOES HE KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T? BUT IF MEDVED DOESN'T THINKS SO, THAT'S NOT THE OPINION OF JOHN ROTHMAN, LEFT-WING YAKKER ON KGO SF, CA. AFTER ANALYSING HER RESIGNATION, HE CONCLUDED SHE'S A 'lightweight," THEN PIROUETTED MID-MONOLOGUE AND OUTLINED A DETAILED STRATEGY SHE'D USE FOR 2012. IT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE, BUT NOT FOR A LIGHTWEIGHT. C'MON JOHN, IS SHE OR ISN'T SHE? WELL, PERHAPS ONLY HER HAIRDRESSER KNOWS FOR SURE. THEN THERE IS GENE BURNS ALSO ON KGO. I USED TO LIKE LISTENING TO HIS ERUTDITE COMMAND OF ENGLISH AND AGREE WITH HIS LIBERTARIAN POSITIONS.BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG. HE HATED BUSH SO MUCH HE GAVE INTO HIS FEELINGS AND VOTED FOR OBAMA. WELL, SO MUCH FOR JEFFERSONIAN LIBERTARIANISM. I GUESS SF VALUES GOT TO HIM. BUT HE DID SQUEEZE OUT A CROCCODILE TEAR FOR SARAH AFTER HER RESIGNATION SAYING HE AOMOST FELT SORRY FOR HER AS SHE SELF-DESTRUCTS. ONLY PROBLEM IS, SHE KEEPS ON KEEPIN' ON...AMAZING...SHE WANDERS OUT OF THE ALASKAN BUSH TO BECOME A NATIONAL PHENOMENON AND THE EUROPEANS FAVORITE REPUBLICAN. ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF BAY AREA ANTI-PALIN SENTIMENT AND ONE VIEW FROM THE WEST AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE VERY CONSERVATIVES LIKE MIKE SAVAGE WHO NOW HAS THE FORTH LARGEST RADIO SHOW IN SYNDICATION. HE THOUGHT PALIN WAS THE WORST CANDIDATE MCCAIN COULD HAVE PICKED, BUT SAVAGE'S "SCHTICK" IS BORDERS, LANGUAGE, CULTURE" AND PUMPING UP SAVAGE, MOSTLY PUMPING UP SAVAGE. HIS OPINION IS COUNTER TO THAT OF DICK MORRIS WHO THOUGH MCCAIN WOULD HAVE LOST BY TEN MORE POINTS IF HE HADN'T PUT HER ON. BUT SAVAGE STILL THINKS HE'S GOT THE THIRD HIGHEST RATED PROGRAM IN SYNDICATION. HEY MICHAEL! YOUR RATINGS ARE SHOWING!
PALIN VS. PAWLENTI PERUSING THE SITES.
PERUSING THE SITES I CAME ACROSS ONE BLOG BY DAVE HOROWITZ WHO CLAIMED PALIN'S "DEATH PANEL" LABEL WAS A STROKE OF BRILLIANCE. WELL, PERHAPS NOT A STROKE ORF BRILLIANCE, BUT MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY, EVEN BEFORE I'D SEEN HIS ENTRY. PERHAPS IT MIGHT CHANGE THE MINDS OF A FEW GEEZERS WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT VOTE WITH THE AARP. GEEZERS NEED TO LIVE TOO. BUT GOV. PAWLENTI WHEN INTERVIEWED AND ASKED WHETHER HE AGREED WITH PALIN'S DEATH PANEL REMARK, MADE AN OBLIQUE EXPRESSION OF AGREEMENT WITHOUT MENTIONING THE WORD OR PALIN'S NAME. RATHER HE,LIKE THE THE GOOD POLITICIAN THAT HE IS, DID HIS TIGHT LITTLE KUBUKI DANCE LOADED WITH JARGONESE NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND. GOV. P'S STYLE ONLY CONFIRMED MY SERIOUS SUSPICION THAT THE 'OLD BOY'S' CLUB DOESN'T WANT HER AROUND. MAYBE THEY'RE AFRAID SHE MIGHT WIN SOMETHING. WELL, SHE DOESN'T LIKE TRHEM VERY WELL EITHER THOUGH MICHAEL MEDVED, TALK SHOW GUY OUT OF SEATTLE, THINKS SHE OUGHT TO KISS AND MAKE UP WITH THE FAR EAST REPUBLICAN PARTY BY TAKING A STRONG STAND AGAINST THE "BIRTHER CONSPIRACY."...NOT A GOOD IDEA. SHE'D BE BETTER SERVED TO RUN, NOT WALK, AWAY FROM THAT ONE. SHE'D ONLY GET STONED FROM ALL SIDES. IF SHE HAD ANY INCLINATION TO MAKE UP WITH THE MAINSTREAM REP. PARTY SHE MIGHT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE FAR EAST REP. PARTY MEDIA, LIKE PEG NOONAN, WHO WROTE SCATHING COMMENTS ABOUT PALIN. SHE COINED THE EXPRESSION "1000 POINTS OF LIGHT" USED BY GEO. IIN HIS IN INAUGURAL. BUT IT SOPUNDED LIKE NOONAN WANTED TO DROWN HER SORROWS IN A '1000 PINTS OF LIGHT,' BUT SHE IS A GOOD SPEECH WRITER AND IT WOULD SERVE PAIN WELL TO CORRELATE WITH HER ON A SPEECH OR SOMETHING. THEY COULD BOTH BENEFIT FROM IT SINCE THEY BOTH WRITE AND DELIVER GOOD SPEECHES.
PALIN VS. PAWLENTI PERUSING THE SITES.
PERUSING THE SITES I CAME ACROSS ONE BLOG BY DAVE HOROWITZ WHO CLAIMED PALIN'S "DEATH PANEL" LABEL WAS A STROKE OF BRILLIANCE. WELL, PERHAPS NOT A STROKE ORF BRILLIANCE, BUT MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY, EVEN BEFORE I'D SEEN HIS ENTRY. PERHAPS IT MIGHT CHANGE THE MINDS OF A FEW GEEZERS WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT VOTE WITH THE AARP. GEEZERS NEED TO LIVE TOO. BUT GOV. PAWLENTI WHEN INTERVIEWED AND ASKED WHETHER HE AGREED WITH PALIN'S DEATH PANEL REMARK, MADE AN OBLIQUE EXPRESSION OF AGREEMENT WITHOUT MENTIONING THE WORD OR PALIN'S NAME. RATHER HE,LIKE THE THE GOOD POLITICIAN THAT HE IS, DID HIS TIGHT LITTLE KUBUKI DANCE LOADED WITH JARGONESE NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND. GOV. P'S STYLE ONLY CONFIRMED MY SERIOUS SUSPICION THAT THE 'OLD BOY'S' CLUB DOESN'T WANT HER AROUND. MAYBE THEY'RE AFRAID SHE MIGHT WIN SOMETHING. WELL, SHE DOESN'T LIKE TRHEM VERY WELL EITHER THOUGH MICHAEL MEDVED, TALK SHOW GUY OUT OF SEATTLE, THINKS SHE OUGHT TO KISS AND MAKE UP WITH THE FAR EAST REPUBLICAN PARTY BY TAKING A STRONG STAND AGAINST THE "BIRTHER CONSPIRACY."...NOT A GOOD IDEA. SHE'D BE BETTER SERVED TO RUN, NOT WALK, AWAY FROM THAT ONE. SHE'D ONLY GET STONED FROM ALL SIDES. IF SHE HAD ANY INCLINATION TO MAKE UP WITH THE MAINSTREAM REP. PARTY SHE MIGHT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE FAR EAST REP. PARTY MEDIA, LIKE PEG NOONAN, WHO WROTE SCATHING COMMENTS ABOUT PALIN. SHE COINED THE EXPRESSION "1000 POINTS OF LIGHT" USED BY GEO. IIN HIS IN INAUGURAL. BUT IT SOPUNDED LIKE NOONAN WANTED TO DROWN HER SORROWS IN A '1000 PINTS OF LIGHT,' BUT SHE IS A GOOD SPEECH WRITER AND IT WOULD SERVE PAIN WELL TO CORRELATE WITH HER ON A SPEECH OR SOMETHING. THEY COULD BOTH BENEFIT FROM IT SINCE THEY BOTH WRITE AND DELIVER GOOD SPEECHES.
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