Religious Conservatives Certain Palin Will Stay in National Politics
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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.
PALIN...BEST CANDIDATE (CON)FROM
FROM 8/24/09--PALIN RECENTLY ENDORSED RICK PERRY,GOV.,OF TEXAS FOR 3RDTERM. PERRY IS A GOOD MAN BUT BEING CHALLENGED BY KAY B. HUTCHINSON,THE OLD RINO,WHO,WHEN SHE HEARD THE ENDORSEMENT ONLY COMMENTED THAT PALIN DOESN'T KNOW AN ESKIMO FROM TEXAS POLITICS. THAT'S ALRIGHT, NEITHER DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. BUT KAY B. COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT. PALIN DIDN'T ENDORSE TEXAS POLITICS, RATHER PERRY. BUT THIS THE KIND OF TORTURED LOGIC WE GET FROM WASH. INSIDERS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE TOO LONG.WHETHERHE RUNS IN 2012 IS A ? HE MAY HAVE SOME TROUBLE SHAKING OFF PERCEPTIONS OF BEING TIED TO BUSH CRONYISM...THEN THERE IS MIKE HUCKABEE. HE'S UNDOUBTLY GOING TO MAKE A RUN IN 2012. HE HAS SOME GOOD THOUGHTS AND INSIGHTS BUT MAY BE A COMPROMISER ON THE WRONG ISSUES. BESIDES HE'S CHARISMA DEPLETED TOO. HIS FOX SUNDAY PROGRAM IS AWFUL.HE'D PROBABLY HAVE MORE SUCCESS TAKING HIS GUITAR ON THE ROAD AND DOING THE C&W CIRCUIT. IS PALIN THE BEST CANDIDATE? I THINK SO, GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FIELD I'VE OUTLINED HERE.BUT DON'T LET THE "AW SHUCKS,DOWN HOME" JARGON FOOL YOU. SHE'S A TOUGH LADY WITH A FRONTIER ATTITUDE AND CONFRONTS HER BATTLES DIRECTLY, AND SHE'S VERY SMART, AND WAS WELL QUALIFIED TO BE VICE-PRESIIDENT, SCATHING COMMENTS BY PEGGY NOONAN NO WITHSTANDING. C'MON PEG, DROP THE JEALOUSY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEART FULL OF HATRED, AIM AT AT SOMEONE MORE DESERVING, LIKE "DEADFISH," UNLEES OF COURSE YOU'RE AFRAID HIS BLACK SHOES MIGHT TURN BROWN, (YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM WHEN HE'S ANGRY). PAUL BAGALA, DEMOCRAT OPERATIVE AND MEDIA FLAK FOR CNN, WHEN ASKED HIS THOUGHTS ON PALIN, ONLY ANSWERED THAT SHE IS "HALF A WHACK JOB." BUT LIMBAUGH AFFECTIONATELY NIC-NAMED HIM "THE FOREHEAD." BUT APPARENTLY THERE'S NOTHING BEHIND IT,SINCE HE SEEMS TO KNOW NOR CARES THAT SHE HAD SIGNIFIGNAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS ALK GOV., PUTTING US ONE STEP CLOSER TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND CLEANING UP A LOT OF CORRUPTION IN THE OIL INDUSTRY AND ALK POLITICS. JAMES A. RHODES
Palin ...best candidate
MITT ROMNEY..NOT A GOOD CHOICE. HE MUST TAKE THE BIBLE BELT. SARAH TOOK THE SOUTH BY STORM. HIS MORMONISM IS A FACTOR LIKE IT OR NOT, ALSO HIS HEALTH CARE LAW IN MASS.IS FALLING APART.--NEWT GINGRICH...NOT GOOD EITHER--HE MIGHT BE A GOOD PRES. DENNIS MILLER OF WESTWD NET THINKS SO WITH SARAH AS VP. BUT AS ONE REPUBLICAN POINTED OUT, NEWT IS AN IDEA MAN ROAMINGG OVER THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE LOOKING FOR AN IDEA THAT IS LOOKING FOR HIM, AND SARAH HAS BEEN VP SELECT. SHE'S NOT GOING THROUGH THAT DRILL AGAIN--MARK SANFORD...HE'S OUT SINCE HE ADMITTED TO FLYING OUT OF THE COUNTRY AT ODD TIMES TO BE WITH HIS ARGENTINIAN MISTRESS. SO, THE RNC IS THROUGHING FECES AGAINST THE WALL HOPING SOMETHING STICKS BY THROWING IN THE NAME OF JOHN ENSIGN, JR. SENATOR FRON NEV. BUT HE'S OUT AFTER ADMITTING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS FRIEND'S WIFE..TIM PAWLENTI--I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM EXCEPT HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT STOPPING THE VOTER FRAUD IN MINN.THAT PUT THAT BANANA SLUG AL FRANKEN IN THE SENATE. SO, UNTIL I KNOW MORE I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE ENTHUSIASM FOR HIM...BOBBY JINDAL--PROBABLY NOT GOOD. HE'S CHARISMA DEPLETED. AS ONE LOUISIANA TALK CALLER SAID--DON'T BE FOOLED BY JINDAL. HE MAY NOT BE THE CONSERVATIVE YOU THINK HE IS. HE'S FIRMLY ENSCONSED IN THE FAR EAST REPUBLICAN PARTY. I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THE RNC IS TRYING TO CLOG THE CANDIDATE PIPELINE TO TRY AND PUSH PALIN OFF THE STAGEA.J.
Hey Katie of GA
The only guarantee is the Obama will only last four years. The GOP could put mickey mouse and donald duck, both of which voted for Obama thanks to acorn, on the ticket and still win with a landslide.
One Problem, John Warren!
You seem to have forgotten that the US Constitution allows us separation of church and state. We have no official US religion -- the founding fathers specifically DID NOT state one to allow freedom in this nation to worship ANY god without prejudice. If you want your Christian god in schools and the government then you must also allow equal opportunity for the myriad other gods worshiped in our great nation.
A Romney/Palin ticket will only guarantee one thing -- four more years of Barack Obama in our White House.
Alaska--I'm Soooo Outta Here!
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Sarah's Sacrifice
For Sarah Palin so loves Alaska that she's sacrificing her valuable TITLE.
See:
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/sarahs-sacrifice/
No Comparison
Reagan & Lincoln did not quit - Palin did







