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Taking Palin Seriously (Gov. Palin and VP Cheney "...stand for white America")
The Atlantic ^
| November 30, 2009
| Andrew Sullivan
Posted on 11/30/2009 6:32:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Yglesias opines:
"I know some liberals who are excited about the prospect of a joke candidate like Sarah Palin or Dick Cheney getting the GOP nomination in 2012. Not me. The basic fact of the matter is that power tends to alternate between the two political parties. Ultimately, the nations interests require both parties to nominate the best people possible. So I hope the Republicans find someone whos very smart and compelling and does an excellent job of identifying and explaining the flaws in Barack Obamas approach. Cheney couldnt possibly win a presidential election...unless somehow he could, in which case the country would be set for a world of pain."
Palin, as Sam Tanenhaus ably demonstrates in his review of "Going Rogue," is not a joke candidate. Neither is Cheney.
They represent a real populist and authoritarian option for a declining power. In the face of a bewilderingly changing world, they stand for white America, the extension of its power across the globe, the elevation of torture as a core American value, the permanent Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and American occupation of client states like Iraq and Afghanistan. They represent a contempt for addressing climate change, and an indifference to debt - both Palin and Cheney have records of appalling fiscal profligacy. They also represent religious fundamentalism as the core Republican political philosophy. Cheney supports a party that would strip his own daughter - and has stripped his own daughter - of basic civil rights. Palin would criminalize all abortion.
The appeal of populist simplicity in complicated, demoralizing times is real and eternal. Obama has not in office been able to muster a scintilla of popular energy the way this rump right has.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012gopprimary; abortion; andrewsullivan; cheney; cheney2012; climatechange; dnctalkingpoints; gop; homosexualagenda; obama; palin; palin2010; palin2012; republicans; sarahpalin
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How many lies can he load into one short column? But he is correct that either individual is perfectly capable of being elected to our highest office. Thank goodness.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Excuse me. They stand for America.
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:35:06 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:35:28 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! God save this great Republic!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They represent a real populist and authoritarian option for a declining power.Authoritarian?
Authoratarian!?
Authoritarian!!!???
You flaming anus! What the hell do you call sending people to jail for not buying health insurance is!?!?
Son of a....don't make me come up there!
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:35:35 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Andrew just likes to talk about “rump”
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:35:46 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sullivan has a terminal case of PDS.
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:36:14 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd: ON)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: pissant
Hahahaha! You always cut right to the chase! LOL
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:37:02 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2 million for Sarah Palin: What will you do?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They represent a contempt for addressing climate change...They represent a contempt for hoaxes you Limey bass turd!
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:37:14 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama has not in office been able to muster a scintilla of popular energy the way this rump right has.Awright! That's enough! Let me at 'im!
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:38:19 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Too funny. They pay this guy to write this crap.
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:40:15 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They represent an indifference to debt You *(#@(@ing, (#*&#(er, *(*#(@@)ofa(**#(, @##(*ole!
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:40:42 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
. . . the elevation of torture as a core American value . . . Crap like this dribbles from the pens of those who have already elevated abortion into THE core American value.
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:41:11 PM PST
by
madprof98
("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:41:26 PM PST
by
GVnana
("Obama is incredibly naive and grossly egotistical." Sarkozy)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This guy thinks he is so smart while he debases himself in public.
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:41:36 PM PST
by
dila813
To: 2ndDivisionVet
When all else fails....play the race card!
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:42:03 PM PST
by
FrdmLvr
("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just another diseased, pedophiliac faggot lashing out at a healthy and robust culture he can neither reach nor understand. Pay him no mind.
To: 6SJ7
He doesnt sound like he likes white America very much either. Did some white guy pull his chain?
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:43:01 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Atlantic Mag, Liberal rag.
Andrew Sullivan, wishes he looked like Sarah.
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:44:55 PM PST
by
SoCalPol
(Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
...Tons...
...Agreed to that. But, there are a lot of statespersons out in regional, local, state level, that could make the list...
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:45:06 PM PST
by
gargoyle
(..."I have not yet begun to fight" John Paul Jones...)
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