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Betting the Farm on Sarah Palin
C4P ^ | Posted on July 02 2011 - 8:32 AM | Guest submission by: “Mark America”

Posted on 07/02/2011 8:39:06 AM PDT by onyx

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To: eCSMaster

Sarah will answer that well I am sure, ....but just off the top of my head..Romney puts his finger in the wind..is he pro life for this election cycle?

On Michele....She is not willing to say that subsidies for ethanol are the wrong way to go ...The kind of people that one hires says something about a person..Ed Rollins

Un like me, Sarah is very eloquent, so I am sure she will find the right words. She certainly is not going to say she is better than someone (not in those words)

MB is I this and I that..I have done this..I have done that...no very humble.


61 posted on 07/02/2011 11:46:35 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN OR BUST)
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To: onyx; RINOs suck

Sometimes, it seems like Palin’s supporters have their own strain of PDS.


62 posted on 07/02/2011 11:47:18 AM PDT by Tramonto
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To: Calif4Palin

LOL. You are way too sweet and kind. Thank you for your confidence, but I’m just like you. I have my faith in Governor Sarah Palin.


63 posted on 07/02/2011 11:48:06 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: eCSMaster

Sarah will answer that well I am sure, ....but just off the top of my head..Romney puts his finger in the wind..is he pro life for this election cycle?

On Michele....She is not willing to say that subsidies for ethanol are the wrong way to go ...The kind of people that one hires says something about a person..Ed Rollins

Un like me, Sarah is very eloquent, so I am sure she will find the right words. She certainly is not going to say she is better than someone (not in those words)

MB is I this and I that..I have done this..I have done that...no very humble.


64 posted on 07/02/2011 11:51:22 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN OR BUST)
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To: RINOs suck
So, opposing tax increases on oil companies and TARP makes me a socialist! The point here is that Palin is no more or less ideologically pure or politically ambitious than Michele Bachmann.

Aren't you the poster who sits on Bachmann threads and yells "smear" and "liar" for every criticism of Bachmann?

I see you have a few criticisms of Palin. Shall we all yell "smear" and call you a liar?

65 posted on 07/02/2011 11:53:00 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

You might try using Dr. Jack Wheeler, PHD. He also lives in Virginia. That should help with your search. There are also articles posted here written by Dr. Jack Wheeler...you can do a search here also. When John Wheeler was killed [I knew it wasn’t Jack Wheeler], however he let all of us know it wasn’t him.


66 posted on 07/02/2011 11:54:50 AM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 "Woe unto those who say they are Judah and are not, but are of the synaGOGue of Satan.")
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To: Friendofgeorge; onyx; RINOs suck

FoG,

Yep, RINOsSuck appears to be just another RINO/Socialist troll attempting to denigrate our strongest conservative - Sarah.

The trolls are so transparent and so easy to spot.


67 posted on 07/02/2011 11:57:01 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: newfreep

I think it’s been here before.


68 posted on 07/02/2011 11:58:39 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: onyx

Think she will impose a nation wide Oil windfall profits tax?


69 posted on 07/02/2011 12:04:37 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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Her shortened term as Governor of Alaska stands as empirical evidence that she knows how to lead, is willing to confront difficult problems

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Knows how to lead???? Confront difficult problems?????

Palin(™) ran away.

70 posted on 07/02/2011 12:10:03 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: onyx

I have a recurring dream that I am tuned to one of the alphabet channels (I don’t have TV) on election night when a network anchor, choking back tears, in a lost-little-boy voice says “Our prediction is that Palin will win the state of Illinois, which will give her enough electoral votes to be the next President.”


71 posted on 07/02/2011 12:10:10 PM PDT by fantail 1952 (Truth is a virus!)
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To: RINOs suck

What would you have Palin do? The Alaska state constitution states that the mineral resources of Alaska belong to the people of Alaska. Period.

Governor Palin tried to put more of the profits from those resources into the hands of their proper owners — the people of Alaska — per her state’s constitution.

Prior to that, the oil companies were taking a bandit’s share of those profits.

Now, the lesser beings who inevitably creep into positions of power when greatness creates a vacuum, are looking to resurrect the old status quo.

You’re not going to find perfection in any political candidate, no matter how hard you look. They all operate in an imperfect world, and most reflect those imperfections in their character faults. In Sarah Palin, we at least have someone who has striven throughout her life to make the best possible choice in every adverse situation.

She is committed to the ideals this country was founded upon, and has not just talked the talk, but walked the walk, during her 20 years of public service. She has proved on more than one occasion that she will do what’s right, despite the risk of political fallout to herself.

That’s courage, and it’s precisely what this country needs in its next president, if we’re to survive as a nation.


72 posted on 07/02/2011 12:23:37 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
What would you have Palin do? The Alaska state constitution states that the mineral resources of Alaska belong to the people of Alaska.

Not raise taxes on oil companies.

Republicans in the state are desperately trying to reverse the tax increase because it is harming oil production and the economy.

Corporate tax increases are always detrimental.

73 posted on 07/02/2011 12:28:48 PM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: wtc911
Palin(™) ran away.

You know, you've been repeating that liberal talking point on FR for months and months now, even though dozens (perhaps hundreds?) of posters have given you the facts about it.

Some (like me) have done so, many times, yet you persist.

At this point, there's nothing left for me to conclude, except that you're working for the other side. There is just no way that any responsible conservative possesses the sort of unbridled hatred that you do, for someone who is arguably the finest patriot of our time.

74 posted on 07/02/2011 12:41:24 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
Governor Palin tried to put more of the profits from those resources into the hands of their proper owners — the people of Alaska — per her state’s constitution.

...and read the fine print, some of that went to the Alaskan coffers. Do you understand how liberal that post sounds?

75 posted on 07/02/2011 12:43:58 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: Windflier

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014601450_alaska27.html


76 posted on 07/02/2011 12:46:29 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Always Remember You're Unique.......(Just Like everyone Else.))
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To: catfish1957

We have given Perry 10 years to fix the illegal alien problem. I can honestly say there are parts of Houston I will not venture into due to a brazen “anti-gringo” attitude I see. Perry has lost control.


77 posted on 07/02/2011 12:49:04 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: catfish1957

oops wrong thread.


78 posted on 07/02/2011 12:49:48 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: Windflier
Palin(™) gave us all the facts gerself the day she quit...I particularly enjoyed her "lame-duck" excuse. It was even funnier when she used it again when BOR asked her about it.

btw...facts are neither liberal nor conservative...they are not talking points...they are simply facts. You don't have to like them but you can't change them.

79 posted on 07/02/2011 12:55:56 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: RINOs suck
"What would you have Palin do? The Alaska state constitution states that the mineral resources of Alaska belong to the people of Alaska."

Not raise taxes on oil companies.

You're dodging the question. She was between a rock and a hard place. Intention vs counter-intention.

How was she to help the people of her state receive a more equitable share of the profits from their resources, and not take something from the oil producers?

This is why I said that you shouldn't look for perfection in a politician. They operate in an imperfect environment, and sometimes make decisions that are by default, unpopular with some segment of the population.

We should always look at what their motivations are, in making critical decisions. Who is best served by that decision? Was the decision made to correct a real problem, and did it intend to serve the greater good? Did that decision align with the precepts and foundations of our common understandings and agreements (i.e., our constitution)?

Try to see what I'm driving at here. In my view, Palin made a decision that had a clear downside to a powerful economic player in her state, and that decision was made with no small risk to her, politically.

As I see it, she tried to do what she thought was right for the people of her state, and I admire that immensely.

80 posted on 07/02/2011 12:57:51 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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