Posted on 05/26/2011 6:13:04 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey
The “elderly” who are, statistically, the wealthiest people in the country will vote against anyone who dares to change their beloved socialist security and mediquack programs. The baby boomers will do likewise as they are currently getting ready to descend upon the treasury to get theirs.
I just don’t feel most Americans want the economy dead for four more years, or want gas at $6 a gallon, or want their kids to be crippled by debt. If I’m wrong, I really see nothing but bloody chaos in America’s future. Sarah would be good. Hell, a barrel would be good. Just not Barry. Hell, I’d rather have Bill Clinton. There, I said it. I think it’s THAT bad.
1. She will rally the base that has really been dormant for many years like no other
2. (THE KEY) She will run against the Republican Party...ie (Establishment) NO major candidate since Reagan has really ran against the establishment and that will endure her to many conservatives and even independents that don’t like what the Republican Party has become over the past 20 years
Including Rand Paul ? He’s been on FIRE for the past few days over the GOP abandoning his thoughts on the Patriot Act.
I’m afraid you’re correct here. Baby Boomers feel absolutely betrayed - I have little to nothing in the fund (I’m 34 and have no SS benefits) so I can easily say “Away with them!”. But to someone who has watched money be removed from their paychecks for decades wouldn’t, nor should they, allow the benefit to be compromised.
Lots of people are going to lose. Sorry. It was a bad investment to begin with.
Um, you didn’t actually explain why Sarah Palin will be president.
Make a liberal’s head explode. Vote Sarah.
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SSI was not an 'investment' for boomers or anyone. Investments require choice, SSI is a tax.
Born February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, ID (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Charles R Heath, born in ID
Sarah Sheeran, born in WI
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of her birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Sarah Palin is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
You mean...
Nonsense. Just any conservative can not beat Obama. It is not good enough to be right on the issues, our candidate needs to be able to persuade people, demonstrate a solid understanding of the issues, earn Americans trust, be able to reach independent voters, convince them that the welfare state can not go on as it is, etc.
Now I agree with you about Palin. I believe she could beat Obama. I think she could unite Republicans, movement conservatives, Tea Party folks, those disaffected with the establishment, etc - but it will NOT be easy. I am all for Palin. I really hope she gets in. The day she does I will be lining up to find out how to help.
Saying that, defeating Obama will be especially tough because not only do we have to defeat his ideas, we literally have to defeat the idea of Obama. And while the public may oppose much of Hussein's policy positions, they seem to generally like him personally and like the idea of him - first "black" President, young and hip, almost a celebrity superstar. Do not underestimate how hard is going to be to kick Hussein out of the White House. We can do it, but it is going to be incredibly, incredibly difficult. Just any conservative will not get the job done.
Obama will lose to a candidate who makes this race about him and his socialist agenda. Obama will beat any candidate who is too cowardly to make the fight personal for fear of being called a racist.
If she does, I hope she signs an executive order outlawing inane vanity posts.
Yeah, people can't make the distinction between their own opinions and the opinions of the hundreds of millions of OTHER people in the electorate. They just assume they'll all see how brilliant their own opinions are and adopt them.
The big issue is how you get all the independents and swing Democrats to un-completely-and-totally-hate-with-utter-contempt Sarah Palin.
I know quite a few of the above that voted George W. Bush twice, and even a few that went McCain, but that go out of their way (without prompting) to mention how much they hate Sarah Palin.
The basic problem is that everyone's opinion of Palin is basically formed and set. It's hard to change those.
You’re absolutely correct. That makes it more infuriating for the person who has planned to take it back, but now can’t.
Tens of thousands, if not more - Lost.
Cheers!
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