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Sarah Palin: Why I support her or do not support her (I may not be the typical Palinista)
July 17, 2011 | techno

Posted on 07/17/2011 8:52:39 PM PDT by techno

Many folks who do NOT support Sarah Palin may wonder in silence or aloud what constitutes a Palinista or why one become a Palinista. I am going to tell you why I am Sarah Palin supporter. And many of these reasons are NOT the usual reasons you might hear. In addition I am going to provide you the reasons that did NOT lead me in the direction of becoming a Palinista.

Here are 10 reasons I support her:

1)It will take a political aggressive superstar to knock off Obama in 2012; mediocre milquetoast will NOT cut it while Obama demagogs our side on a daily basis during the campaign with frequent charges of insensitivity and racism causing our RINO nominee to pull his punches and not land telling blows on Obama, similar to McCain in 2008.

In addition Palin is by far Obama's #1 nemesis. Palin has the unique ability to get under the Messiah's skin and will put Obama constantly on the defensive. There is nobody a close second.

2)I despise Barack Obama more than I love Sarah Palin. He is a Marxist, extremely dangerous and evil. I hate communism with a passion. Sarah Palin is an American patriot who is fully aware of how dangerous Obama is. The RINO's aren't.

3)Palin is a fiscal conservative who happens to be a social conservative and not primarily a hardcore so-con who is too radical to be nominated or elected; only 25% of the overall electorate are comprised of evangelical Christian voters.

4)Her relative youth and energy; 2012 will be about match-ups; Obama vs McCain in terms of this element was really a joke; with Sarah Palin the GOP nominee at least it will be a fair fight (In 2012 Palin 48 vs Obama 51)

5)Palin is an expert in Sun Tzu tactical warfare and in OODA (observe, orient, decide, act)and can match up with and thwart the Alinsky tactics of Obama and the Left; in addition she will fight back against the unfair and inaccurate things that the MSM has said and written about her. She will not be like Bush 43 and refuse to fight back. And finally Palin is an expert in the new social media (Facebook, Twitter etc) which will allow her to circumvent the MSM.

6)Palin is a conservative; 1976 (Ford) 1996 (Dole) and 2008 (McCain) prove that squishy moderates cannot win elections under the GOP banner; with Palin at least the GOP has a decent shot of winning back the Presidency.

7)Palin has already been fully vetted after 3 years of constant MSM attacks, smears, ridicule and vituperation.

8)Palin is or will be strong in the South, the Midwest and the Rocky Mountain west (Republican strongholds) while the other prominent candidates cannot boast strength in all three of these regions.

Now why Palin should be strong in these 3 regions:

South: evangelical supporters

Midwest: rural/farm-oriented lifestyle; fewer minorities

West: libertarian/gun owners

9)Palin will maximize the turnout of the WHITE vote in 2012; critics will argue that these WHITE voters may instead vote for Obama. I'll take my chances. In 2010, the GOP won 60% of the WHITE vote and the Democrats 37%. n addition the GOP won the white working class vote (non-college grads) by 30 points. I'll place my faith in the angry WHITE male and female that they will march to the polls with the same anger at Obama and his radical agenda as they did in 2010 under the leadership of Sarah Palin.

By the way on March 28, 2011 Rasmussen released a poll revealing that overall 69% of the electorate is somewhat angry and that includes about 90% of those who self-identify as conservative.

By the way one of the main reasons why McCain lost in 2008 was millions of WHITE voters stayed home.

Timothy Noah of Slate Magazine wrote this shortly after the election:

"The greatest favor the white race did for Obama this year may have been to stay home."

And from Larry Sabato, political analyst:

"I think absolutely white Republicans did not show up. They were turned off, disillusioned. They did not turn out. Democratic voters did come out. They couldn't wait to vote."

With Palin at the helm stoking and galvanizing the "anger" of our side and marshaling the troops I am confident that we will again win the "enthusiasm gap" as our side did in 2010.

10)Sarah Palin is the only GOP prominent presidential candidate who can bridge any divide that exists between libertarians, social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, evangelicals, conservative independents, Reagan Democrats, and Tea Party supporters. A divided party cannot defeat Obama in 2012.

If you notice most of my reasons for supporting Sarah Palin have to do with Obama and NOT Sarah Palin.

Now here are 10 reasons commonly given why some Palinistas support Sarah Palin which I do NOT include myself in:

1)Sarah Palin's family

Frankly I couldn't care less how many children Sarah Palin has or if she never had any children. Sure I care she has a loving supportive spouse but only for political reasons. Notice how many GOP "prospects" did not run because of a lack of support from their spouse.

2)Palin's record in Alaska as mayor and governor

By any objective standard as revealed in The Undefeated it is a sound record with accomplishment. Frankly I am more concerned about getting rid of Obama and fixing the economy and reducing govt spending than to paying homage to Sarah Palin for the job she did as governor.

Thus I consider The Undefeated only a means to an end.

3)To be a member of a cult

I call myself an iconoclastic conservative. No cult would want me as a member. I do not consider Sarah Palin as a high priestess.

4)Her strong Christian faith

I like her more for her libertarian credentials.

5)Because she was raised in Alaska

I am not from Alaska and never lived in Alaska.

6)Because she is a strong proponent of the Second Amendment.

I have never owned a gun and never wish to.

7)Sarah Palin will run an unconventional campaign

As an iconoclast you would think I would embrace unorthodox methods. Quite frankly, there is a limit to everything including being unconventional. Frankly I would support Sarah Palin if she ran a high-tempo conventional campaign that consistently hit the mark.

8)Because she endorsed John McCain

Like many freepers I gave her a mulligan for endorsing McCain. Every candidate should get one mulligan.

9)Because Sarah Palin is a tea party supporter

I am not a Tea Party member or supporter and frankly Palin will have to win over more GOP primary voters than just TP supporters to win the nomination.

But don't get me wrong. I don't oppose the Tea Party. It's just not my cup of tea. Different strokes for different folks.

10)Sarah Palin is a nice human being, sincere and honest.

Frankly if Palin were not quite as nice, more ruthless, not as forthcoming or did NOT strictly play according to the rules, I could live with that.

In conclusion, Palinistas come in all shapes and sizes and I am only speaking for myself.


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To: techno

“At times I have even been accused of being an anti-Palinista or a troll.”

You might get less of that if you dropped the derogatory term “Palinista”.

Troll.


21 posted on 07/17/2011 10:54:59 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Darkwolf377
I`m starting to suspect that apathy will defeat Obama—his rabid base will be dispirited just enough that a GOP candidate without the frenzied following Obama had will get over the line. On the other hand, the multiculti boobs might not want to let the first black prez lose to a [gasp] evil rightwinger. I don`t care about the cult of personality garbage on either side, and the ability to read a campaign writer`s speech and get people cheering in a rally doesn`t impress me at all. But they are indicators for so many voters that I`m resigned to them. I used to think just making the case for conservative governance was enough, but it`s not, and never was. All things being equal it seems the dirty secret of winning is as much about depressing the other guy`s turnout as it is whipping up yur own supporters.

Personally, I've always been fine hating the other guy more then liking my own, lol. Its just that, over the presidential elections, over the many many years, its always wound up, at the end of the day, the guy who is more liked by his own folks, winds up winning the white house.

Not that those folks were necessarily right, Lord knows, Jimmy Carter was a disaster, and to be blunt, no one liked Gerald Ford (republicans didn't even like Ford), but Carters people, like Carter more then Fords people liked him.

Obamas rabid cult of personality, has become full of despair, and your right, apathy, while there will be alot of idiots who don't want to see the first black prez lose to a evil right winger, no matter what, it won't matter.

I don't personally like the cult of personality stylings that are common with presidential candidates, it reduces everything to a cartoon, but at the end of the day, the side with the more "energetic" and enthusiastic "cult of personality" (for lack of a better choice of words), is the side that wins presidential elections...........and I don't see Zero, putting together that kind of eager following with his cult this time around, since so many of them have lost their jobs, their homes, and so much else since voting for him. Alot will stick with him, but alot will either not vote, or vote against him, but either way, his crowd won't have that same kind of "energy" this time around, the only way he wins, is if the GOP nominates a candidate, that people really can't get up for, hating Obama is not going to be enough to win the white house, no matter what, we'll have to have someone that we can actually like.

22 posted on 07/17/2011 11:04:25 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: Nik Naym; techno

I have to agree about the Palinista/Latin American communist, language, it is an attack against the sober, conservative, middle American supporters of Governor Palin.


23 posted on 07/17/2011 11:29:07 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
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To: techno
An important point you missed... Sarah Palin is by far, the least OWNED major candidate in 21st Century America.

She has no allegiance to any industry, or "school of thought". She is not Skull & Bones. She does not get invites from the secretive Bilderbergers. She has nothing to do with the toxic and unconstitutional Federal Reserve Board. She's not an old boy Rino in any way, shape or form.

This, to me, is the key to her uniqueness. Just as God gave us Reagan, who was the right candidate for his time, He's given us Sarah, the right candidate for her time. And OUR time.

24 posted on 07/17/2011 11:31:09 PM PDT by sklar
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To: techno

Sarah Palin is the most popular and the most famous Republican. If she ran, and won, she’d be the First Female President. That is something the Republicans should really want.


25 posted on 07/17/2011 11:57:45 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: sklar

She is tainted by neocon to some degree. But she is working to rid herself of that by hiring realist foreign policy advisors.

But it’s interesting that you put “school of thought” in there. Many would assume that allegiance to a school of thought would be a good thing, but as you rightly point out, it definitely doesn’t have to be.

It’s a pitch that would be effective with Ron Paul supporters.


26 posted on 07/18/2011 12:10:26 AM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: truthfreedom

If you had Palin at the top of the ticket and Ron Paul underneath it would be an absolutely unstoppable ticket. MANY Dims like Ron Paul. I have a nephew that voted for Obama but would have voted for Ron Paul if he had won the Republican nomination.

In a debate they would absolutely cream Obama or Hillary.
(I’m still not convinced Obama has ever planned to run in 2012.)


27 posted on 07/18/2011 2:07:36 AM PDT by armourup (Your Doctor is 100% wrong about Lyme Disease.)
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To: ansel12

Think of it this way. Co-opting the enemy’s language is a time honored and proven way to take the propaganda value out of it. I have had a number of people call me a Palinista. I consider it a badge of honor and have started to myself as such. Suddenly, I notice my ‘debate partners’ stop using it since it doesn’t get under my skin.

One less thing for them to use to divert discussion of the facts.


28 posted on 07/18/2011 2:23:20 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: techno
GWB evoked the "frothing at the mouth" response among liberals for eight years (actually get to see some residual spasms now and then, almost three years later).

Last night, I got to observe the "holy water on a vampire" effect at the mention of the name "Sarah Palin", followed by "teeth-knashing, convulsions, and eyes rolling up into the empty noggin" effects, followed by the "tongue-chewing, bleeding from the eyes" stuff.

It was spiritually uplifting, but also a disturbing omen of dark things to come.

29 posted on 07/18/2011 2:38:28 AM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: armourup

The Dems know that a Palin victory means First Female President. They might want a female to neutralize. Obama/Clinton? Or just Clinton?

I think the Palin / Paul ticket is a good one. I happen to think Paul would make the best President. But Palin is an awesome campaigner, a victory would be historical. And she’d be the most likely to win the Republican Primary.

I don’t see Paul just dropping out if Palin gets in. Bachmann could just drop out if Palin got in, or not make it to the primaries. I can see RP staying in, bashing the establishment candidate. Palin and Paul should have a talk, if they haven’t already. Paul, or the grassroots is making attempts to target younger voters, R’s, D’s and I’s, and I think they’re going to focus on Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania. The idea is to get Ron’s favorability, especially, up among the young in those states. If Ron is able to accomplish that - high favorables, and low Obama numbers in a Paul vs Obama head to head, especially with Urban Young White Independents, Democrats, with higher educations and higher incomes, who I think are souring somewhat with Obama.

The elites don’t like Palin. But they don’t like Ron Paul even more. That’s something to consider as well if you’re Palin. If I was Palin I would not put Rick Perry in there.


30 posted on 07/18/2011 2:42:24 AM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: truthfreedom
MY PREFERENCES:

Sarah PALIN – President
John BOLTON – VP

Steve Forbes – Sec. of State
General Patraeus – Sec. of Defense
Mark Levin – Attorney General
Thomas Sowell – Sec. of Treasury
Jan Brewer – Sec. of Homeland Security

Dept. of Veteran Affairs – Merge with Defense
Dept. of Interior – Merge with Treasury
Dept. of Commerce – Merge with Treasury
Dept. of Transportation – Merge with Treasury
Dept. of Health & Human Services – Merge with Treasury
Dept. of Agriculture – Merge with Treasury

Dept. of Education – ABOLISH
Dept. of Energy – ABOLISH
Dept. of Labor – ABOLISH
Dept. of Housing & Urban Development – ABOLISH

31 posted on 07/18/2011 4:34:36 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: leprechaun9

You seem big on Defense.


32 posted on 07/18/2011 6:07:18 AM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: techno
To 2 - That's it, insist that she do your bidding. Who is Sarah Palin to determine the course her own life will take?
33 posted on 07/18/2011 8:00:07 AM PDT by jla
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To: leprechaun9

General Patraeus should not be anywhere near government, he seems to be a democrat in his politics.


34 posted on 07/18/2011 8:08:57 AM PDT by ansel12 ( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
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To: arrogantsob; techno; unkus
the #1 reason for supporting Sarah is that the Left falls down in frothing at the mouth hatred of her.

That's a remarkably stupid reason to support anyone. The whole "he/she makes liberals heads explode" is irrelevant in the real world.

It fears her more than all the other potential candidates put together. She is its deadliest enemy and it knows it.


35 posted on 07/18/2011 9:12:48 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
The Left would love to have Palin as the nominee. She is by far, the easiest target they have ever had the opportunity to destroy. And in her case, it truly is a “target rich” environment for them to feast on.

This new movie (infomercial) the “Undefeated” will rapidly become the equivalent to Al Gore's “Inconvenient Truth” and the countless exxagerations that our side discredited and tore apart for moths after. The Left will do the same with the “Undefeated”.

36 posted on 07/18/2011 9:23:45 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Always Remember You're Unique.......(Just Like everyone Else.))
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Agreed.


37 posted on 07/18/2011 11:25:32 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Wrongo.

The Party of the Media (let’s call it by its real name) recognized instantly the danger she poses to it. She has the natural charisma which is impossible to create and is hence outside of its influence. Politics is mostly about that now because we are dealing with an electorate which is essentially brain dead. It votes on emotion and often for the prettiest face. Fortunately Sarah is much more than that and the thinking voters recognize that which is why her supporters are so devoted.

Recognizing the outright indecency of the attacks on her and the inability of the Evil Ones to dent her armor or self-confidence is extremely encouraging. We are tried of the Hamlets of the GOP filled with self-doubt and guilt and like Sarah’s cheerful self-confidence like RR’s.

My guess is more ink has been spent on destroying her and more tv time than on all Republicans. Her opinion is IMMEDIATELY sought on any issue. Should Romney or any other potential candidate be standing between her and the media they would be trampled into goo trying to get a word in.

If the maliciousness is not the result of their overwhelming fear what is your explanation for it. Why is she as attacked as much as Reagan or Nixon without anything close to the record which could provoke it?


38 posted on 07/18/2011 3:36:44 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: techno

When you can get to the same conclusion starting from different perspectives: 1 from the perspective of what our nation needs and 2 from the perspective of what our enemies fear then you know you are correct.


39 posted on 07/18/2011 3:39:14 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: techno

Critics are our best friends. If I see Sarah doing something boneheaded I won’t be silent. I don’t like her going along with the Libyan crap for example. We started kicking a sleeping dog which had been neutered for the benefit of al Queda.


40 posted on 07/18/2011 3:41:50 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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