Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 12/03/2010 4:30:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
As Sarah Palin ponders a 2012 presidential campaign, some prominent Republicans are urging her to resist the temptation to run even as her devoted followers flock to her book tour.
In recent days, a debate has broken out among Republicans over whether the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and popular activist would be able to defeat a politically weakened President Barack Obama in two years.
The criticism, rejected by Team Palin, reflects concerns among establishment Republicans that the former Alaska governor lacks the gravitas to oust a sitting president, even a struggling one.
Palin has a very strong following in the conservative Tea Party movement and her endorsements helped several candidates in congressional and state elections last month. But that has not silenced critics -- even within her own party.
"What man or mouse with a fully functioning human brain and a resume as thin as Palin's would flirt with a presidential run?" former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough, an MSNBC co-host, wrote in an opinion piece for Politico.
Mark McKinnon, a former campaign adviser to Republicans George W. Bush and John McCain, wrote in the Daily Beast that he admires Palin's "tenacity, her verve, her moxie and her pluck" but believes she is "perhaps the only Republican nominee who could lose in 2012."
And Barbara Bush, the no-nonsense wife of former President George H.W. Bush and mother of George W. Bush, took a not-so-subtle jab by saying she hopes Palin will "stay in Alaska."
The criticism is raising eyebrows among Republicans who say Palin's detractors should concentrate on defeating Obama.
"Republicans should remember Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, which was 'don't speak ill of fellow Republicans,'" said Republican strategist Scott Reed....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Palin, the RINO kryptonite.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Heaven forbid the GOP nominate someone who could actually win!
“Mark McKinnon, a former campaign adviser to Republicans George W. Bush and John McCain, wrote in the Daily Beast that he admires Palin’s “tenacity, her verve, her moxie and her pluck” but believes she is “perhaps the only Republican nominee who could lose in 2012.” “
So what. I’d rather sink or swim with her.
She has a much thicker resume than O's you moronic MSNBC former Republican.
They will favor Osamabama over anyone. Once RINOs do the left’s dirty work they will be thrown overboard. Happens everytime.
Bunch of phoney BS second raters and has beens and never was's who see 2012 as a really good year to run, the chance of a career for most of them, and now this upstart woman threatens to sew it up and end all the cash flow.
Some Republicans didn’t like Reagan either. Some Republicans are stupid and dangerous - liberal wolves in a supposed right-wing conservative cloak.
The left knows she can defeat him and take away a significant portion of voters who put him in the White House. There are those on the right who also do not want her anywhere near their establishment as she represents an end to their “country club” since she is a simple “commoner”, and not one of “them”, IMO.
Very good point. We need a candidate with a really thick political resume. Someone like Gerald Ford or Bob Dole, or John McCain. Any moron knows that's what it takes to win a presidential campaign.
McKinnon - Obamanoid (I'm a straight American)
"Babs" - Old (Andy Griffith's "You're going to like it! ads don't impress me either.)
Looks like the 'RATS down at Rotor Reuters needs to find some big "R" Republicans, check in with them and then get back to me on this.
They are worried because she does divisive stuff like take on Obama.
There is a short list of politicians who actually came out to fight Obama and I’m not interested in anyone who isn’t on that list. Any politician who is looking for my support will have to answer two questions; what did you do to stop Obama; and how fast are you taking us back to constitutional government.
... thus rendering crystalline the core, unalterable differences between Republicans (essentially useless) and conservatives.
These pathetic pundits will test her for the next two years, and then Palin will wipe the floor with Sham-wowma.
The GOP does not need to pander to Massachussetts and California anymore. Screw them. The road to victory is in:
Virginia
North Carolina
Ohio
Indiana
Florida
Colorado
New Mexico
Iowa
Nevada
Screw the other Blue State, Mitt Romney and their RINO scum politicians.
“polygamy” - I realize this will likely offend some Mormons on here; however, if Mormons think that Romney’s unorthodox religion will be “off limits” to the majority of the voting public, plus his record in Massachusetts, they’re seriously deluded. The left will literally beat him over the head with it, and he, or any Republican candidate, will be Saturday Night Lived until they cry “Uncle”. Governor Palin will not cry “Uncle” for them; that’s one reason they fear her.
Decades of nominating “electable” candidates (RINOs) has led to a behemoth government. Do you know why people don’t really trust Republicans much more than Democrats? “Electable” Republicans have largely aided the left in destroying freedom. BTW who defines “electable”? The media? The establishment?
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