Posted on 02/03/2015 7:14:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
There is movement in the tectonic plates of the Republican Party. Former vice presidential nominee, former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, has finally fallen from favor among Republican pundits and officials. They seem to have discovered a vacuousness they had somehow previously missed even though long ago Tina Fey developed an entire Palin comedy routine using Palin’s own words for the script.
These same influencers of GOP thought had already realized that selling candidates who claimed to be witches or who adhered to various other offbeat dogma was not playing well in Peoria. It has been an interesting metamorphosis. Initially, they thought to ignore the tea party, that is, before they embraced it. After all, the GOP is a “big tent” party. Next came the tea party’s influence on Republican primaries, that is until nominees started talking about “legitimate rape” and such.
After that, even the tea party wing of the Republican Party decided that electability might be a factor to consider. Enter Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas, two tea partiers who learned how to talk the talk of the barely acceptable while walking the walk of the far Right. Meanwhile, Palin remained the darling of the stump, drawing crowds and raising money, and the tea party kept rolling along, even ousting House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a right wing conservative who wasn’t right enough.
Then something happened. GOP victories in the 2014 election catapulted two mainstream Republicans to the top of the congressional ladder: Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, was reelected Speaker of the House and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., moved from Senate minority leader to majority leader. Their gain was the tea party’s loss, and in a blink all eyes were on the 2016 presidential contest.
Difficulties abound. As it currently stands, 24 Republican Senate seats will be up for election in 2016 vs. only 10 Democratic seats. Nationwide, Democrats outnumber Republicans, which means Independents will decide the presidential election, and Independents do not generally support the extremes of the Left or Right. In other words, they will not elect a tea party president.
So, how do mainstream Republican leaders get the party to coalesce around a winning candidate? They begin by purging. This is a top-down operation because the bottom-up zealots keep nominating and electing candidates to nowhere. The top-down approach is to discredit and eliminate the unacceptable options. It is no accident, therefore, that poor Sarah Palin is suddenly being pilloried by the same GOP operatives and pundits who have long supported her. It is no accident that the relatively moderate former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., are actually being touted as viable candidates, and that blue state Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc., is looking to join their ranks.
If this scenario continues to play out, the purge will continue until all realistic options from the far Right are eliminated. So watch out Rand Paul. Watch out Ted Cruz. Sarah Palin was only the beginning.
Sarah Palin purged? Her speaking schedule would suggest otherwise..
“ZEALOTS!”
LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Dang, I thought Eleanor Clift was dead too.
Of course Walker is a “moderate.” He’s one of the leading candidates, therefore he MUST be a “moderate” by definition.
Don’t write Sarah off just yet.
Of course Walker is a “moderate.” He’s one of the leading candidates, therefore he MUST be a “moderate” by definition.
Don’t write Sarah off just yet.
Or her 20 out of 22 successful endorsements three months ago.
Not true. Clift knows that, but says it anyway.
Once again, the establishment moves to fire the base.
Great point!!!
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FUEC. Sarah hasn't fallen from favor, and you're the one with a huge "vacuousness" between your ears, you ignorant POS.
They are quite right about a purge coming. I’m just not sure they understand that they will be the ones with their asses sitting on the curb.
They really have left us no choice.
And it took 2 of them to write this drivel. Lol
Fire can mean many things, such as “terminate” but also “enrage” or “spur to action” amirite?
FUGOP
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And then, almost instantly, I thought "She ain't dead yet?"
/johnny
This is truly a fascinating look into the Mind of Deranged People.
I hope their Backs are Strong when they need to go work in the East German-esq Farm Co-Op!
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