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Good Reason To Fear Sarah Palin
National Post ^ | 7/8/09 | David Frum

Posted on 07/09/2009 1:04:08 PM PDT by steve-b

In today's Washington Post, Bill Kristol asks tauntingly "[T]he mainstream media and the Republican establishment. … tend not only to dislike and disdain Palin, they also want to bury her chances now as a presidential possibility. What are they afraid of?"

That's easy to answer: They -- we! -- are afraid that Palin's distinctive combination of sex appeal, self-pity, and cultural resentment has a following in today's GOP. We are afraid that it is not utterly inconceivable that she could win the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, and we are afraid that if she did so she would lead the party to a 1964-style debacle, accompanied by unnecessary losses down the ballot.

We are afraid that even if Palin does not win the nomination, that she will still help to brand the Republican party in a very damaging way. No national candidacy has ever collapsed so rapidly and totally as Sarah Palin's in 2008. The evidence is strong that she is the only vice presidential nominee in history to have had a significant impact on voting preferences -- and negatively so. Since voting day, she has only continued to lose ground...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: arrogance; canadianliberal; davidfrum; elitism; frum; frumplepie; palin; sarahpalin
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1 posted on 07/09/2009 1:04:10 PM PDT by steve-b
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To: steve-b

Not guilty! (Oooops, no picture yet but still not guilty!)


2 posted on 07/09/2009 1:05:07 PM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: steve-b

Another piece of elitist chaff. The article and the author.


3 posted on 07/09/2009 1:05:14 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: steve-b

Shut up Frumplepie, you non-American gap-toothed liberal fairy-queen.

4 posted on 07/09/2009 1:08:10 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: steve-b

Lovely, more “reach-across-the-aisle-for-the-sake-of-bipartisanship” BS!

We see more negative stuff about Sarah Palin every day. But we know that if the liberals are afraid of her, then SHE IS EXACTLY WHO WE NEED IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!!!

The fact that the GOP leadership isn’t backing her is just sickening! I think they’re getting jealous because SARAHPAC is winning all the donations and the tap to the RNC is running dry.


5 posted on 07/09/2009 1:08:36 PM PDT by wk4bush2004 (SA-RAH, 20-12! SA-RAH, 20-12! SA-RAH, 20-12! SARAH PALIN, HELL YEAH!!!)
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To: newfreep

I agree with you !

Mid 40’s, 5 kids, a grandmother to boot.

I know several women who don’t look like that and they aren’t half her age !!


6 posted on 07/09/2009 1:08:36 PM PDT by RightWingNut
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To: steve-b

Rebellion is brewing!!

DONT TREAD ON ME!!


7 posted on 07/09/2009 1:08:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)
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To: steve-b

Who is this idiot?

Did I miss the satire tag?


8 posted on 07/09/2009 1:10:27 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (Semper Fi)
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To: steve-b

Yeah, let’s blame Palin. Forget that McCain acted like a buffoon in the campaign. Palin brought so many more votes to McCain than she cost him. The only way the GOP is going to win is to have a CREDIBLE small-government candidate. Palin is the only one I know of.


9 posted on 07/09/2009 1:11:07 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: steve-b

David Frum. And little pi$$-ants like this wonder why republicans are losing. Maybe you should stop asking democrats for permission to exist, little Davy!


10 posted on 07/09/2009 1:11:15 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: steve-b

Frum=useless puke.


11 posted on 07/09/2009 1:11:29 PM PDT by Check6
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To: newfreep

You want more goofy and suspect Frumple pics?

12 posted on 07/09/2009 1:11:54 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: steve-b
we are afraid that if she did so she would lead the party to a 1964-style debacle, accompanied by unnecessary losses down the ballot.

As opposed to say ... another RINO ... we did so well with that strategy in 2008, didn't we David?

Piss off, you beltway elitist asshat.

13 posted on 07/09/2009 1:11:54 PM PDT by tx_eggman (Clinton was our first black President ... Obama is our first French President.)
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To: steve-b

Without Palin, McCain would have received 45% or less of the popular vote.


14 posted on 07/09/2009 1:11:57 PM PDT by Texican72
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To: tx_eggman

He isn’t even an American for goodness sake... Yet this Canuck liberal snob thinks he can tell US Conservatives whom to vote for?


15 posted on 07/09/2009 1:13:03 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: steve-b

Be afraid, RINOs. Be very afraid.

16 posted on 07/09/2009 1:13:17 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)
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To: steve-b

Kristol fully and thoroughly understands the thinking of the 100 or so people he hangs around with. He hasn’t got a flipping clue about the rest of us.


17 posted on 07/09/2009 1:13:24 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: steve-b
No national candidacy has ever collapsed so rapidly and totally as Sarah Palin's in 2008.

Steve, you know as well as I do that Frum's an idiot and a loser. I wish he'd call back in to Mark Levin's show and get a second helping of Mark's righteous scorn and contempt.

Levin Takes Down Frum

18 posted on 07/09/2009 1:13:39 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: steve-b
I think the average American can identify with someone for whom $500,000 in legal fees is a big deal.

I really don't want somebody in office who thinks that $500,000 is nothing.

We have that already, in Spades.

19 posted on 07/09/2009 1:14:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: steve-b

Wow.....

Hey, how’d that McCain thing work out there Frumpy?


20 posted on 07/09/2009 1:14:25 PM PDT by misterrob (A society that burdens future generations with debt can not be considered moral or just)
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To: SolidWood
"My eyes!"

My "photo" comment was re: Sarah....definitely NOT the Frumster.

21 posted on 07/09/2009 1:14:29 PM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: steve-b
Gee, I'm shocked that a Romney-Troll like steve-b would post garbage like this.

Ok, maybe not.
22 posted on 07/09/2009 1:14:29 PM PDT by Antoninus (Time to fight back--donate to Free Republic, then donate to www.sarahpac.com)
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To: newfreep

and we are afraid that if she did so she would lead the party to a 1964-style debacle, accompanied by unnecessary losses down the ballot.

That is what McCain did. Sarah is the only reason that he got as many votes as he did.


23 posted on 07/09/2009 1:14:49 PM PDT by Cyclone59 (Everything that hits the fan is not evenly distributed)
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To: RobinOfKingston

What’s your beef with Kristol? He has consistently supported Palin.


24 posted on 07/09/2009 1:15:02 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: SolidWood

Goodness what a little bitch...


25 posted on 07/09/2009 1:15:14 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: steve-b

What the hell is he talking about. WHat a doche bag


26 posted on 07/09/2009 1:15:24 PM PDT by GoCards (Behind Sarah 100%)
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To: steve-b

Yeah, David. Let’s run another limp-wristed, spineless, politically correct weasel like Juan! You know, another he-man who endorses the damn democrat candidate! After all, it worked out so well the first time around. But this time, lets make sure he’s a REAL faggot, and doesn’t just act like one. Maybe that’ll attract all of those democrat voters Juan believed would vote for him if only he stood for nothing!


27 posted on 07/09/2009 1:15:37 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: Always Right

No joke. He proved to be utterly clueless on the economy and managed to make Obama look good.


28 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:09 PM PDT by misterrob (A society that burdens future generations with debt can not be considered moral or just)
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To: steve-b

Would someone please give Mr. Frum a ticket to Clueville?


29 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:20 PM PDT by caddie
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To: newfreep
"My eyes!" My "photo" comment was re: Sarah....definitely NOT the Frumster.

Sorry. Here... this will help your eyes:


30 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:27 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: steve-b
"We are afraid that even if Palin does not win the nomination, that she will still help to brand the Republican party in a very damaging way."

Exactly Mr. Frum... you all have worked too hard to become the Party of RINOs and such a shame to see Sarah destroy that with conservative ideals.

31 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:35 PM PDT by avacado
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To: steve-b
No national candidacy has ever collapsed so rapidly and totally as Sarah Palin's in 2008. The evidence is strong that she is the only vice presidential nominee in history to have had a significant impact on voting preferences -- and negatively so. Since voting day, she has only continued to lose ground... …..

Yet, she has continued to draw record crowds. Still commands intense media scrutiny. "...Only continues to lose ground"??? Appears her Alaskan and national polls still remain very high. Since her 3 Jul 2009 announcement, the media/talk radio/internet has been in a frenzy opining her future plans.

There is no doubt the McCain would have lost by a far greater margin if Gov Palin was not on the ticket. She energized the conservative movement, as she continues to this day.

32 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:43 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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To: steve-b
The evidence is strong that she is the only vice presidential nominee in history to have had a significant impact on voting preferences -- and negatively so.

How can this be? McCain would have lost by a huge margin had he not named her as his VP candidate.

33 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:46 PM PDT by saminfl ( FUBO)
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To: steve-b

Frum-who???


34 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:46 PM PDT by Bush_Democrat (Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
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To: steve-b
The evidence is strong that she is the only vice presidential nominee in history to have had a significant impact on voting preferences -- and negatively so.

How can this be? McCain would have lost by a huge margin had he not named her as his VP candidate.

35 posted on 07/09/2009 1:16:46 PM PDT by saminfl ( FUBO)
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To: steve-b
Goofy, stupid analysis.

He blames McCain's loss on Palin, he even refers to it as "Sarah Palin's campaign!" More people would have voted for the Sarah Palin campaign, if it wasn't for the milquetoast appeasing liberal deadwood at the top of the ticket.

And he "fears" that Palin will damage the Republican "brand"! Hey Fruitcake, the GOP brand is currently as marketable as liver flavored ice cream.

Douchebags like Frum won't admit it, but they prefer the Republican brand to be the leftwing's other white meat.

36 posted on 07/09/2009 1:17:40 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Cyclone59
You got that right, brother!

I love Sarah - her conservative values and how she stands up and calls chairman obeyme a socialist.

Jed Bush, like other RINOs, will not even call him a socialist. Gutless liberals!

37 posted on 07/09/2009 1:17:43 PM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: steve-b

Frum....Isn’t this the loser clown who can’t get a candidate elected due to his unerring incompetance to, first, pick the right candidate, and second, to be able to properly run their campaigns for them? One couild say he knows a lot about what constitutes a losing campaign, and yet, knows absolutely nothing about a winning candidate.


38 posted on 07/09/2009 1:17:50 PM PDT by DGHoodini (The New York Times, are lying 'Rats!)
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To: steve-b
The evidence is strong that she is the only vice presidential nominee in history to have had a significant impact on voting preferences - and negatively so.

frum is wrong on this among other things, the exit polls clearly showed that those who said Palin was a factor voted more for McCain than Obama.
39 posted on 07/09/2009 1:17:53 PM PDT by outlawjake
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To: steve-b
Sarah is about the only politician that I am aware of that demonstrates ethics and puts the country before self. The elites can't, won't and never will tolerate that.
40 posted on 07/09/2009 1:18:26 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: steve-b

Sorry Frum, we don’t tell you how to build igloos or make maple syrup. Don’t tell us how to run a real country.


41 posted on 07/09/2009 1:18:48 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: SolidWood
Ahhhhhhhh!

I really like that TIME photo - could be my new favorite.

42 posted on 07/09/2009 1:19:03 PM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: SolidWood
That's easy to answer: They -- we! -- are afraid that Palin's distinctive combination of sex appeal, self-pity, and cultural resentment has a following in today's GOP.

I guess she beat out Frum's own combination of sex appeal, self-pity, and cultural resentment.

It looks like it couldn't have been hard for her to best him in that first category.

43 posted on 07/09/2009 1:19:15 PM PDT by x
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To: steve-b
"No national candidacy has ever collapsed so rapidly and totally as Sarah Palin's in 2008. The evidence is strong that she is the only vice presidential nominee in history to have had a significant impact on voting preferences -- and negatively so."

Huh! Without Sarah Palin on the ticket McRINO would have been beaten by Obama to the tune of 70% to 30% of the vote. Pleeeease Mr. Frum, put the screw-on cap back onto the whine bottle and take a nap.

44 posted on 07/09/2009 1:19:51 PM PDT by avacado
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To: steve-b

I think we need a new RULE regarding David Frum postings:

Every one to be accompanied by a picture of a big steaming pile of dog $#!t.


45 posted on 07/09/2009 1:20:27 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: newfreep
One more time....sorry!


46 posted on 07/09/2009 1:20:57 PM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: steve-b

“No national candidacy has ever collapsed so rapidly and totally as Sarah Palin’s in 2008.”

Compared to Howard Dean & the scream? I think not.

Why David Frum is still employed (as a writer) is one of the more fundamental mysteries of the universe.


47 posted on 07/09/2009 1:21:39 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (What kind of organization answers the phone if you call a suicide hotline in Gaza City?)
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To: bigbob
I think we need a new RULE regarding David Frum postings: Every one to be accompanied by a picture of a big steaming pile of dog $#!t.

I think I did that already:


48 posted on 07/09/2009 1:21:46 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: steve-b

Palin was the reason the GOP did not lose by a landslide.

McCain was a stupid choice, and only Palin salvaged what we did win.


49 posted on 07/09/2009 1:21:51 PM PDT by Aroostook25
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To: steve-b; Servant of the Cross; roses of sharon; johncocktoasten
Well, you're getting better. NRO at least.
But David Frum hardly qualifies as an opinion of significance.
Nice try, but...
steve-bARF ALERT !!!

50 posted on 07/09/2009 1:23:23 PM PDT by astyanax (I'm here to spread peace, love and happiness... so get the f*#% out of my way.)
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