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Can Sarah Palin translate celebrity into real political power?
The Washington Post ^ | February 14, 2010 | Dan Balz

Posted on 02/13/2010 8:31:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: meadsjn; SolidWood
Sarah will get the majority of independents, and there are more independents than registered Republicans.

She is electable, and she will win.

Bank on it.

182 posted on 02/13/2010 11:21:55 PM PST by thecodont
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To: unseen1

I already did as far as EV’s. She wins NC, FL, VA, OH, CO and one or two of the northern states like MI, WI, or MN. she takes IW. that will give her the 270 EV needed to win and notice not one east coast or west coast state on the list needed.

As far as majority. Let’s see. She starts with 46% of the vote since most of the people that voted for McCain will not suddenly switch and vote for Obama this time around. that means 5% of the vote needs to switch. she can easily capture this be not being Obama.

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VERY INTERESTING!


183 posted on 02/13/2010 11:23:58 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What kind of power? Like making the President back off his policies by Tweeting?


184 posted on 02/14/2010 12:23:11 AM PST by TigersEye (It's the Marxism, stupid! ... And they call themselves Progressives.)
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To: LibFreeUSA

My thoughts, exactly.


185 posted on 02/14/2010 4:11:20 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: Bronzy

Meanwhile, you will spend 40 years in the political desert waiting for the GOP nominee who is not mocked. Whether it is stupidity, age, spelling skills, lifestyle, or whatever category can be created, NO GOP nominee will win media approval or acceptance.

Sarah Palin is more than electable. In fact, she has been elected twice city council member, twice mayor, and once Governor of Alaska. 60 million Americans considered her fit for office of VP of the United States. If you think a Conservative has to thread the needle to win, you are sorely mistaken. All they need to do is articulate the common sense conservative principles of limited government, restraint in spending, and strong national defense. Sarah Palin’s record is one that proves she will do what she says, and that speaks louder than words.

I would advise hand wringers to take a deep breath and get ready to elect a conservative House and Senate in November, then let the chips fall for the Presidential season.


186 posted on 02/14/2010 6:09:53 AM PST by johncocktoasten (Practicing asymetrical thread warfare against anti-Palin Trolls)
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To: CaptRon
The media hates Sarah Palin. The polls are tampered with to make her look bad. People who loved Ronald Reagan also love Sarah.

It would be smart to not let the media decide who the Republican Presidential candidate will be.

If it is not Sarah Palin, the media wins again. They gave $800 million of free propaganda to Zero. Ronald Reagan could not have won and his poll numbers would be where Sarah's are today if they did to Reagan what they are doing to her. Remember how McCain's numbers were so good until he was running against Zero! The media manipulated the election and the polls.

We would be wise to take back the media by going around them and not letting them dictate our nominee.

We could strike a blow to them once and for all by doing all we can to get Sarah elected!!

The biggest reason they hate Sarah are her Pro Life Stand and her Christian faith which she doesn't hide.

187 posted on 02/14/2010 6:36:22 AM PST by factmart
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To: factmart

I’ll vote for Sarah.

If the global banksters hand Romney the GOP nomination, I’ll write in somebody else - anybody else.


188 posted on 02/14/2010 6:40:02 AM PST by InternetTuffGuy
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To: CaptRon

Hey calm down before you do yourself an injury.


189 posted on 02/14/2010 7:13:56 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (Rule #9 Always carry a knife.)
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To: SmokingJoe
“I’m with you. She will not be able to overcome the ridicule or anti Sarah controversy. She will be fodder for the left big time. “

Translation: We will let the media pick our candidate to avoid ridicule or controversy.

Hmmmm...haven't we seen this movie?

190 posted on 02/14/2010 7:27:12 AM PST by jimjohn2458 (jimjohn - conservative, and more black than the Obamination)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'd be shocked if I ever heard anything positive about Sarah Palin coming from The Washington Compost!!

The tremble at the thoght of the title "President Palin"

"Alas! Something evil good this way comes!"

191 posted on 02/14/2010 12:06:25 PM PST by SlightOfTongue
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To: SlightOfTongue

Oops! The=they & thoght=thought


192 posted on 02/14/2010 12:07:52 PM PST by SlightOfTongue
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To: unseen1
a plurality of Democrat primary voters considered Obama to lack the experience to serve as President

I was just thinking about this. Did VP Biden ever retract his statement about BO being inexperienced for the job as president when he was running against him? Jus' wondering!!

193 posted on 02/14/2010 6:40:20 PM PST by boatbums (A man is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I like the libbers trying to get Sarah Palin to make speeches that solve all the problems Obama has caused. When she doesn't they call her names.
lol
Thrilling!

Palin 2012
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194 posted on 02/14/2010 8:39:01 PM PST by 1elder1
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To: grey_whiskers
You must be one of those "Wise Latinas". /sarc> BTW, why didn't you like McCain, if you are Latina?

what? oh yes--the non-sequitur (Latin for "it does not follow) argument... i am "tre" conservative... McCain is not... why would i like him? Sarah Palin is tre conservative and she was on his ticket... why don't you question that?

i love Ronald Reagan and all he stood for... i am a Protestant homeschooling, 2nd Amendment wife and mother who teaches Latin, Greek Mythology, American History and Classical Literature including Shakespeare... i do not believe in sending my children to government school... i am against amnesty... i support our military... i believe whole-heartedly in the US Constitution... one of my brothers fought in Vietnam... a niece and nephew took part in Desert Storm... it's silly that i have to defend my American heart to you just because i have the word Latina in my handle...

as far as i know, all of my relatives are from the United States of America, including grandparents, great grandparents, great-great grandparents... i don't even speak Spanish fluently... haha! my husband is a "white" man, and we really don't know the ethnicity of our children because we adopted them... all they know is that they are American...

i like Sarah Palin... i don't believe she's ready to be POTUS... btw--i've even been told i look like her... we have the same figure, same hair, same complexion and we both wear glasses... we even dress the same... i can relate to her, but i don't see her being our President at this time... i did 18 months ago, but not now... i would like her to come across as more "sharp," a la Lynn Cheney (Dick Cheney's wife)... it was her Oprah appearance that made me more skeptical...

in any case, you are coming across like an Obamobot... if i don't like Obama, i'm a racist... if i don't think Sarah Palin would make a good President, i am what? too Latina? a wise Latina? so, in your opinion, i cannot disagree with the notion of Sarah Palin being ready for the presidency unless i am not really conservative? sounds a lot like Obamabot thinking to me...

let me know when you are ready for an intellectually honest conversation... your response to my post is one of the most unintelligent resposnes i've ever received... try not to respond that way... you may make intelligent Palin supporters look bad...

195 posted on 02/15/2010 12:23:42 PM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: SmokingJoe
That is relevant how? Most Freepers on this site KNOW she will be a great president.

it's relevant to me, silly... and no, you don't really KNOW... you think, believe, predict... but not KNOW... and that's relevant to you... but not to me... and so we have differing opinions... okay... i can live with that... but some of you who support Sarah Palin can't seem to... disagreement with you is not an option...

196 posted on 02/15/2010 12:30:03 PM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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To: latina4dubya
it's relevant to me, silly...”

That's precisely why it's irrelevant.
Overwhelmingly, conservatives, Freepers and most Republicans agree that she represents their values.
What the loony left think is irrelevant.

and no, you don't really KNOW... “

I know because she has a record as governor of Alaska that I can look at, unlike 0bama who had zero executive experience before he became president. She was such a good governor that she had the highest approval ratings of any governor in the entire country, at over 90%. The proof of the pudding is in the eating

At the end of the day, the only judgment of how good someone is at governing is, whether those who are being governed think that person is doing a great job or not. That is why 0bama’s approval ratings are in the toilet. The American people don't like the way he is governing, or his policies. Ergo he is a terrible president.

197 posted on 02/15/2010 12:50:30 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: latina4dubya
You misread me completely, I just referred to the "Wise Latina" because I like puns and despise shamnesty.

Your screen name (latina4dubya) indicated you liked Bush -- and he was known for his support of "Immigration Reform" and closer integration of the US and Mexico:

(see here for a government-sponsored site on it for example).

The reason I asked you about McCain, was that the cornerstone of his election strategy seemed to be to pander to the supposedly monolithic Hispanic voting bloc, by enabling amnesty, so that the Dems couldn't demagogue the issue as being race-based. (As though that worked in the Civil Rights arena, where the Congressional Dems were actively working against civil rights, and yet managed to hang the "RACIST" tag on Republicans over the next generation.)

So I wanted to see what a member of McCain's "target demographic" for that strategy thought of that approach.

Notice -- despite your claiming you needed to defend your conservatism to me, btw -- that I explicitly stated my motivation for the question, in my post #118:

(I lived in Phoenix for 6 years; he pandered to the Amnesty crowd in the hopes of getting the Latino vote. I'd like to hear first hand from a member of that demographic, their opinion of McCain in general, and then with respect to that issue.)

So with that out of the way, I'll acknowledge that your reply -- tho' with some tartness to it -- answered my questions: you are a Reagan conservative who despises Amnesty.

It is interesting however, that after calling yourself a Reagan conservative, you bash Sarah Palin; in Going Rogue she consciously, deliberately quotes Reagan both on policy and on political strategy. I can't comment on her Oprah appearance because I don't watch Oprah. I remember seeing her when she was a mortal newscaster on WJZ Channel 13 in Baltimore, and not liking what I saw.

in any case, you are coming across like an Obamobot... if i don't like Obama, i'm a racist... if i don't think Sarah Palin would make a good President, i am what? too Latina? a wise Latina? so, in your opinion, i cannot disagree with the notion of Sarah Palin being ready for the presidency unless i am not really conservative? sounds a lot like Obamabot thinking to me...

Not a bit like Obamabot thinking: because Obama has never had any substance beneath his veneer, still less any character: and the objections to Palin "typically" center on her lack of polish, while still admiring her "true grit" and dead-on movement conservative values. Palin and Obama are mirror images as far as their qualifications and reasons for attracting the voters.

let me know when you are ready for an intellectually honest conversation... your response to my post is one of the most unintelligent resposnes i've ever received... try not to respond that way... you may make intelligent Palin supporters look bad...

This only tends to lend additional credence to my original suspicion that you (despite the claims elsewhere in the post) ARE a troll; unless you were just Ticked Off about the tone of my earlier post.

Cheers!

198 posted on 02/15/2010 5:27:11 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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