Posted on 11/24/2009 9:05:51 AM PST by dalight
Two 70-year old liberals ? Epic fail.
Sorry sir, you are wrong. Sarah is the only one who can defeat Obamalamadingdong!
If there is something that is misunderstood about Palin amongst the hard core conservatives is that she is more Libertarian than they are used to. She is a hard core fiscal conservative, a hard core defense conservative but of all things a gradualist in the arena of social conservatism.
Alaskan right-to-lifers and other hard core social conservatives have been surprised when she didn't get behind bills that they were thinking she would support because it would divide the coalition needed to pass reforms to allow the gas pipeline and other priorities that her administration was pursuing. On sevaral occasions she used a minority block of Republicans and a majority of the Alaskan Democrats to effect the policies she was pursuing.
This is why she keeps hammering "Common Sense" Conservatism. The Libertarian streak informs how she pursues social conservatism, "Get the government out of basic private decisions."
Tell me, how did that McCain thing work out in ‘08?
More seriously, I am not pushing either Romney or Giuliani. I put forth the hypothesis that experience and competence will be important attributes for the electorate in 2012. Giuliani and Romney both have these attributes with Huckabee and Thompson to a lesser extent. I am merely making observations here, so chill. Must we eat our own?
I am a Palin fan. I used to contribute a pittance to the national Republican party but quit doing so in the wake of Iran-Contra. I sent in a pittance in 2008 because of my enthusiasm for Ms Palin (and in spite of my distrust of McCain, whose grasp of the First Amendment was tenuous).
If experience is the overriding concern in 2012, then she is at a disadvantage.
That's one of the reasons I love her.
Exactly what experience do these two have at the national level? What is your definition of national level experience?
You sound like you are pushing them. They were both soundly rejected by primary voters. The only accomplishments Slick Willard has is delivering the final death blow to the MA GOP. He's one of the most INcompetent Governors ever to have run under our party banner and is the single most dangerous individual within the GOP, a trojan horse Democrat. The anti-Reagan.
"I am merely making observations here, so chill. Must we eat our own?"
Slick Willard ain't "our own." He ought to be running in the Democrat party for which he has helped throughout his career. He's a backstabbing, lying, little weasel who has to bribe people and groups to support his despicable candidacy. Running another liberal RINO weasel like him for President in '12 assures Zero of an EASY reelection. I won't vote for him, nor will millions of others, if he buys the nomination. The media knows how toxic he is, and that's why they're pushing Slick down our throats, and why conversely they are TERRIFIED of Gov. Palin, because she motivates the base like nobody else.
sounds good to me.
Romney - business experience, governor of Massachusetts, oversaw the Utah Olympics
Giuliani - mayor of NYC, which is probably a bit more challenging than being governor of Alaska.
Would you be happier if I wrote national “exposure” rather than “experience”?
Let’s be careful not to define anybody to our left as a RINO.
Sarah Palin has a solid record of advancing traditional American values. Fred Thompson has a solid conservative record.
And according to you, Romney and Giuliani trump Palin and Thompson. Something tells me you're on the wrong forum.
Don’t put words in my mouth.
And don’t define everyone to our left as RINOs.
What an odd thing to say. They have no more experience at the national level than she does. They're just better-connected. C'mon.
Giving kudos to liberals like Giuliani and Romney, while you denounce traditionalists and conservatives like Palin and Thompson, will not win you any friends around here, bucko.
Romney? I’m not sold on 2012 Palin, but HELL NO to Romney. He’s a chameleon with a bunch of backbiting thugs on his national staff that helped elect Obama.
Gov Palin runs rings around the RINOs Romney and Guliani...
Giuliani - mayor of NYC, which is probably a bit more challenging than being governor of Alaska.
Sarah Palin - two terms on Wasilla city council, two-term mayor of Wasilla, Chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Commander of the Alaska National Guard, entitled to Secret level briefings at by Joint Task Force-Alaska (JTF-AK) and U.S. Northern Command.
Yeah, whatever you say, partner!
don’t define everyone to our left as RINOs.
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Not knowing your left, I’ll use my own...
That of a traditional conservative...
It is true that Romney is more liberal than RINO...
"Romney - business experience, governor of Massachusetts, oversaw the Utah Olympics"Mass is a broke mess, Romney used the Utah Olympics for his own purposes and caused a lot of wasted money.
Giuliani--RINO Liberal
Yeah, whatever, if you want to argue that serving as governor of Alaska is more challenging than serving as mayor of New York City, go ahead.
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