Republican Party should move away from Sarah Palin, Tea Party (A Doozy from the Left Coast)

The Daily 49'er: The Student Publication of Cal State Long Beach ^ | September 21, 2010 | Gerry Wachovsky

[2ndDivisionVet]

Poor Sarah Palin. She's a soccer mom with big dreams, but she just can't seem to take a hint. And, now with the tea party gaining momentum and witchcraft being used by one of its backed politicians, the political landscape of this country is really becoming laughable — especially the right-oriented side

Sarah Palin doesn't have a chance if she does decide to run for president in two years. Everyone seems to know this but her.

I truly believe that Palin's presence in the last election deeply hurt John McCain's presidential bid and the numbers don't lie, either. The people voted and the people were heard: Palin and McCain lost while Obama and Biden tasted the sweet nectar of victory.

Don't misunderstand my words here. Palin has not officially announced a presidential bid for the 2012 election. The signs are pointing to yes, however, and she seems to fancy herself a legitimate voice on Republican issues, in a party that is flailing and seems to be losing credibility every day.

Claiming that "deflated" beltway pundits are peddling false information and lies and hurting the country, Palin spoke on Friday in Iowa detailing her problems with the mainstream media. No stranger to media attention, Palin is just as guilty as the ones she points her finger at.

The media attention showered on Palin has actually given her the idea that she can run for president while everyone, including the Republican party, knows that she is just a sideshow act. There may be a woman president some point in America's future, but that woman won't be Palin.

And while I'm on the Republican party, let me mention its bastard child, the teabag party...whoops, I mean tea party. Has anyone else reading this had just about enough of this stupid group of populist morons who are around to simply throw a wrench into the already screwed up machine of American politics?

Every so often we hear from Ralph Nader and the Greenies, isn't that enough? Do we really need to see teabaggers — I mean tea partiers — commenting on every little Obama misstep and gaffe, as if they suddenly have all the answers to the problems of America?

The funniest thing I saw in the news last week was the story about Christine O'Donnell, Delaware tea party-backed Republican who recently defeated Mike Castle in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, admitting to having "dabbled" in witchcraft.

Yeah, witchcraft. You know, the "double double toil and trouble" chanters who cast spells and create potions with magical properties?

Speaking at a GOP picnic on Sunday, O'Donnell made light of the whole witchcraft thing saying, "If there was [any more witchcraft], Karl Rove would be a supporter now."

According to the Associated Press, Rove believes that O'Donnell's victory cost the Republicans "a chance to retake the Senate seat long held by Democrat Joe Biden before he was elected vice president."

Whether or not that's true doesn't really matter, though, because what happened, happened.

Republicans need to learn that people like Sarah Palin and offshoot groups like the tea party are only detrimental to their party's well being.

If Sarah Palin really attempts a presidential bid in 2012, she's going to need one of O'Donnell's potions, a Ouija board and some dastardly spells to have any true chance at the presidency..

*****

Gerry Wachovsky is a graduate student and columnist for the Daily 49er.

[Josh Painter]

Perhaps the next big quake will detach the Peoples Republic of California from the mainland, and it will float far away out to sea...

- JP

[exDemMom]

Some day, Gerry will no longer be in graduate school. When that day comes, he will probably have to get a real job (tenure track positions at universities aren’t easy to come by). And then he will start learning about the real world, and learn that a socialist utopia simply cannot work.

I didn’t see a single comment at the site that agreed with the column. Some of the comments looks suspiciously like Freeper comments...

[MEG33]

We just love advice fron the Left./S

[wawwiz]

Sarah is a huge problem for all, has anyone seen her new Alaska ad about how happy she is living in the country out of the stuffy political office, thats just where she belongs somewhere way away from everything. As for hurting John McCains hopes he needs to retire and maybe move up there with her, I say anyone overy 60 should be excluded from higher offices, senate, cogreesman ect. and no more unlimited terms 4 years tops, automatic 8 for the President (it will take that long to fix what King George did to this country)(if it can be fixed).