BINGO!
Posted on 12/03/2010 4:30:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Not Republicans...Progressives.
Joe Scarborough is hardly a Republican.
BINGO!
Yeah...
Palin will run interference for a couple years. The media will smear and throw crap at her family. But they are strong and can take it. She won’t run, but she will be a power broker. The one who does run, hasn’t shown up yet. Let’s hope he knows better than to show up too early.
"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.
Joe, say it ain't so. Aren't a one termer and a loser to boot? How does your opinion being voiced from a show that is near the bottom for viewership amount to anything.
You are not relevant anymore otherwise you would have a stronger following than a few worshipers and lemmings.
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."
That's great Mark. And your last victory was watching John McCain founder as a candidate? Seems like you are better at picking losers than winners.
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."
I'll give George Washington a pass.
So if Sarah is such a loser why are all of you paying so much attention to her anyway? Seems like ignoring her would make her irrelevant... but then again you know she is just what the Republicans need and she will win.
Should you continue to talk about her and give her free press?
You Betcha! ;-)
Did they every find out who killed the FEMALE STAFFER who was found DEAD in Joe Scarborough’s congressional office right before he HASTILY resigned?
And actually, if you look at the North Carolina, New Mexico, Florida and maybe Wisconsin, Sarah wins.
The thing of it is, the field really was wide open, no matter your past, no matter your previous indiscretions, no matter your previous failures, but it was open in 2009.
When Obama was running the table and spiking the ball over the net and no one knew how to stop him and this party was as demoralized as I have ever seen it, that was the moment. Anyone willing to come out and do battle could have re-created himself and he would now be our front-runner.
And, in fact, that is what happened. A house-wife from Alaska stepped up, along with a small handfull of others. But Romney didn't. Jeb Bush didn't. Gingrich did, but he stepped in it with Scozzafava and lost all his attaboys so he's back to square one.
If Romney wanted to be president all he had to do was show up and lead the fight against Obama. He has sat all this time waiting to be christened leader and never led. Now he can't figure out what happened to him.
There, removed the irrelevant word in the sentence to make it more semantically correct.
Exactly. Eff the deep blue states and all of the RINOs who want to appease them.
A live boy or a dead girl.
“Republicans should remember Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment, which was ‘don’t speak ill of fellow Republicans,’” said Republican strategist Scott Reed.”
I get really tired of this quote being used to shut off any reasonable discussion about candidates. This quote came from California state Republican chairman, Gaylord Parkinson after a very ugly campaign for Governor. Reagan’s Republican opponent in the primaries focused on Reagan’s admitted affiliation with a Communist front group. He left out the part that when Reagan found out exactly what they were, he resigned and spoke out against them.
This wasn’t normal reasonable discussion and disagreement, this was vicious character assassination that continued even after the primary. When Reagan used this quote he didn’t mean that we all have to march lock step before the primaries behind one candidate. We can have discussion and disagreement without assassinating the character of the person we don’t support or without being ugly to each other because we disagree.
Which brings me to my second point. Not everyone that doesn’t wish for Sarah Palin to run is a liberal or a RINO. There are good strong conservatives that have reservations about her being President. This is the time for us to discuss the pros and cons of ALL of the candidates in a civil manner. If you really do support Sarah Palin, then support her with dignity and pride. If I say I don’t support her or I support another candidate, then tell me why you support Palin or what issues you disagree with the other candidate. Don’t treat me like I just crawled in from the gutter and try to belittle me with the R word.
Nothing “prominent” about that list.
great, you come up with the one candidate you think can win right now....who exceeds palin’s appeal, and grasp of the issues....and please show me examples of them...
Attention republicans I am following Sarah Palin wherever she goes with or without you!!!!!
What do you mean thin resume Joe:
Governor Sarah Palin’s Accomplishments that garnered her a whopping 92% approval rating:
Energy Independence, Development, and Environmental Stewardship
*Governor Palin’s cornerstone accomplishment is AGIA (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act). During the Palin administration, TransCanada and Exxon formed an alliance to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the Lower 48. Under Governor Palin’s governance, the project was expanded and revised from what previous governors had proposed with an open policy process for the Alaskan people. More progress was made on this effort than in the previous 30 years. This is the largest private sector infrastructure project in North American history and helps put us on the path to energy independence.
*Governor Palin’s administration opened up drilling for oil and natural gas at Pt. Thompson for the first time in decades.
*Governor Palin created the Alaska’s Petroleum Integrity Office to oversee all aspects of energy development and to make sure oilfield equipment was safe to operate and a Climate Change Subcabinet to comprehensively and honestly evaluate climate change.
Fiscal Conservatism
*Governor Palin reduced earmark requests for the state of Alaska by 80% during her administration, requesting only earmarks that would benefit the country as a whole.
* Governor Palin reduced spending in her budget for Fiscal Year 2010 by more than one billion dollars from the previous governor’s Fiscal Year 2007 budget, a 9.5% real reduction in spending. Her FY2010 budget was $10.57 billion compared to Governor Murkowski’s FY2007 budget of nearly $11.7 billion. At the same time, she fulfilled her campaign promise to forward fund education, allowing districts greater flexibility and predictability in their planning.
*Governor Palin opposed much of the “stimulus”, wanting only to accept 55% of the money allocated to Alaska, specifically only dollars dedicated to infrastructure [projects. Although the Alaskan legislature ultimately overturned her veto, she stood firm on her commitment to help Alaska to become more self-sufficient while not adding to not add to the skyrocketing national debt.
* Governor Palin invested $5 billion in state savings.
Walking the Walk on Fiscal Responsibility
*Governor Palin sold the private jet purchased by the previous governor. She state it was an unnecessary financial burden on the state and was unable to land on many of the state’s landing strips.
* To cut costs that would be incurred by continuing to use a personal driver like previous governors, the governor drove herself from Wasilla to her office in Anchorage. She also dismissed the governor’s personal chef stationed in Juneau, Alaska’s capital.
* Governor Palin accepted less state per diem for herself and her family than her predecessors even though she had a larger family.
10th Amendment Advocacy/Promotion of State Constitution
*Showing that she is a strong supporter of the 10th amendment, Governor Palin advocated for the sovereignty of the state of Alaska.
*Governor Palin’s administration sued the federal government for placing the polar bear on the endangered species list, as this restriction affected energy development which would increase energy costs.
*A Constitutionalist, Governor Palin signed Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share (ACES) bill into law. The Alaska constitution states that the Alaskan people own the oil and other resources. This law ensures that the “owners”, the people of Alaska, receive a clear and equitable share of oil profits.
National Defense/Veterans
*Governor Palin supported ground-based missile defense Ft Greely and other Alaskan Bases around to protect America from America’s enemies. She criticized the Obama administration for cuts that they made to this national defense system.
*Governor Palin, with Senators Murkowski and Begich, fought for retirement benefits from the federal government that were due to the Alaska Territorial Guard members who fought during World War II. These benefits were eventually rewarded to these veterans by the federal government.
* Governor Palin visited Alaskan soldiers in Kosovo and Kuwait.
Transparency/Anti-Corruption
*Governor Palin signed bipartisan ethics reform legislation into law that helped to hold both the legislative and executive branches accountable.
*Governor Palin put the state checkbook online, allowing all constituents to see how state money was being spent.
Health Care
*Governor Palin introduced health care transparency legislation which aimed at putting information in the hands of consumers about cost and quality of health care as a way to make health care consumer driven and accessible.
Sanctity and Dignity of All Life
* Governor Palin strongly supported both parental consent and parental notification legislation.
*Governor Palin increased educational funding for special needs’ children.
*Governor Palin implemented the Senior Benefits Program to support low income seniors.
Positions Held while Governor
* Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
*Vice Chair of the National Governors Association Natural Resource Committee.
* She served as chair of the Alaska Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska’s most valuable non-renewable resources: oil and gas. She was elected by her peers to serve as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors. In this role, she worked with local, state and federal officials to promote solutions to the needs of Alaska’s communities.
She exposed legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General and the State GOP Chairman (who was also an Oil & Gas Commissioner), who was doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail. Several went to jail.
Governor Palin signed several pieces of legislation and resolutions during July 2009. They were:
•SB-125: Encourage aerospace development in AK
•SB-177: Extend sunset for sport fishing guides and address harvest data collection
•Pro-energy development and missile defense resolutionsHJR-27: Alaska a Sovereign State
HJR-25: Hydro-Electric a Renewable Resource
HJR-28: Oppose Federal Restriction on Oil and Gas Development
HJR-12: Support Missile Defense System
•SB-88: Power cost equalization
•Defending Second Amendment rights.SB-201: Extends Concealed Carry Permit Expiration to 5 Years from Birthday
HJR-17: Urges Congress not to pass HR-45.The federal legislation would put burdensome licensing and registration controls on individual gun owners.
SJR-10: Urges Congress to pass S-371. The legislation was to ensure that citizens of each state who are licensed or authorized by their home state to carry a concealed weapon, could do so in another state as long as they comply with the laws of that state.
SJR-3: The resolution expresses support to Congress for repealing the ban on carrying a firearm on National Park Service lands.
•SB-3 Requiring information sharing between two agencies.
•HRJ-19 Supports requirement of escort for loaded tankers traversing Prince William Sound.
•The Governor appointed 29 people to boards, commissions and councils and made three judicial appointments between July 6, 2009 and July 26, 2009.Governor Palin’s total appointments for 2009 was123, including 116 to boards, commissions and councils, five judicial appointments, one legislative and one attorney general. Governor Palin averaged one appointment every 1.67 days during 2009.
•The Governor vetoed $28.6 million in stimulus money that would have involved federal interference with the state of Alaska.
Governor Palin signed bills removing experience caps on teacher’s salaries and extending boat safety programs.Governor Palin signed legislation that gave struggling charter schools a one-year grace period to increase enrollments or integrate with other charter schools. She also signed legislation that authorizes Alaska “to enroll in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.”
Governor Palin signed legislation granting birth certificates for stillborn babies
Governor Palin signed legislation authorizing the state to fund retirement benefits for Alaska Territorial Guard veterans. The federal government ceased funding benefits on April 1, 2009
Governor Palin signed legislation safeguarding student loans
Sarah Palin was Commander of the Alaska National Guard. Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the first line of defense unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units in the United States. As governor of Alaska, Palin was briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism daily.
Governor Palin was the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.
A Rudy Giuliani supporter put that same question to me before the last Presidential election. All I could say is that not enough people have actually announced that they will run and I will consider each person as they announced and keep looking for someone that I hope will run, but I already knew enough about Giuliani that I knew I wasn’t going to be a supporter of his, even if they did think he was the only one that could win against Hillary.
Now, I don’t feel nearly as strongly against Palin as I did against Giuliani, but I still think that there is someone out there more qualified with a better grasp of foreign affairs and the economy than Palin. If that person doesn’t step up, then I will be full behind Palin in the end.
What these tools don’t get...or maybe they do... is that Palin ALREADY IS RUNNING. She’s been running...and she’s been winning.
Her strategy so far has been sound for a non-candidate...and will only become crisper and tighter after she officially tosses her hat into the ring.
And the media won’t go after every mistake Mitt makes if he is the nominee? Will they not demoralize conservatives by pointing to Romneycare, his support for TARP, wanting a stimulus but just not that big like Obama? Hmmm? Will they not go after Haley Barbour as a good ole boy Southerner? His ties to companies and big Whigs? Will they not go after Pence and say to independents that he is a religious nut?...........
The MSM was John McCains best moderate friend until he won the nomination and then they said that he was old and outdated and that he was going too hard after Obama with feints of a racial twinge!! And did they not bring out every mistake the McCain camp did wrong? They will do it to everyone who gets the nomination not Sarah only!
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