Posted on 12/05/2009 9:54:41 AM PST by ikeonic
Sarah's explanation of why she legitimized the birther conspiracy theorists feeds right into her victimhood storyline:
Voters have every right to ask candidates for information if they so choose. I’ve pointed out that it was seemingly fair game during the 2008 election for many on the left to badger my doctor and lawyer for proof that Trig is in fact my child. Conspiracy-minded reporters and voters had a right to ask … which they have repeatedly.Ah yes... Palin was a victim of a massive left wing conspiracy that forced her to courageously step down as Alaska's governor. So it's only fair (to her mind) that Obama be hounded by an equally loony right wing conspiracy -- the birthers. Well, you just can't argue with logic like that!
Rick Moran at Pajamas Media takes Palin to task and then some. Here's a sample:
I note that some Palin fans are trying to spin the fact that she never called on the president to produce his birth certificate or questioned his citizenship. They are missing the point. Sarah Palin has said that these questions are legitimate, that voters have a right to know, and that “a lot” of citizens are concerned about it.Moran continues:She didn’t say what any rational person on the right or left believes: that questions about the president’s birth have been settled by the state of Hawaii, that only a very small group of citizens are even concerned about the issue, and that an equally small number of people were even aware of the ridiculous controversy over Trig’s origins.
Those who are tempted to say that Sarah Palin’s attempt to legitimize the birther movement will destroy her campaign should forget it. It will never happen. She is immunized against such career-ending gaffes by her loyal followers who don’t want to listen to anyone when they criticize, laugh, or beat their heads against a wall over the latest evidence that as presidential material Palin would make a good candidate for the mayor of Wasilla.
The problem is, unless the GOP — and that includes Rush Limbaugh and the other cotton candy conservatives who wield a lot of influence — stand up and denounce her in no uncertain terms, birtherism will have gone completely mainstream in the Republican Party. If that happens, you might want to forget about any significant gains at the polls for the GOP in 2010.
By her stupidity, she is now going to force every GOP candidate for the House and Senate to come out and declare whether they are birther nuts or not.Indeed. Read the whole story here.
The only reason I bother these days to post anything about Palin is merely to declare that I rue the day McCain ever picked her as his running mate (stupidest decision of his adult life) and pray that someday soon she will return to Alaska and disappear. Palin is the poison pill that threatens to sink the entire GOP and I refuse to take that pill and go down with her.
I'm not going to hold my nose and vote for Palin. I can not go to my grave with that vote on my conscience. It was bad enough holding my nose and voting for her to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency. If she is our nominee in 2012 or 2016 or 20xx, I will vote for a third party or none of the above. If she's all we got, then we deserve to lose. It's that simple.
Now some might call me hypocritical for supporting Palin while she was the nominee. True enough... but I'll leave it to Chuckles Johnson to offer up an explanation for anything I wrote in support of Palin last year:
Says Chuckles: "I was skeptical of her, but I was ready to defend her, because it was hyper-partisan time."
On that much, I'll agree with Chuckles -- and I agree with little Chuckles has to say these days. In hyper-partisan mode, I too said a lot of things to defend Palin. I swallowed hard and praised her just as I know it pained others to praise McCain during the campaign.
But once the election was over, I pulled few punches with Palin. Just as every RINO hating social conservative wasted no time in spouting their hatred for McCain once the election was over. I was always a McCain supporter (and wish he'd beat Bush in 2000), but never liked Palin for anything other than her ability to regurgitate sound bites (more like bait) to appeal to the base.
I always preferred Pawlenty and think McCain would have been far better served to lose with honor with Pawlenty at his side than to throw a Hail Mary with Palin and unknowingly launch the career of the all but certain destructor of the modern day GOP. In the end, the shadow of Sarah Palin may well drawf all the good McCain accomplished in the US Senate.
Unfortunately, you've ignored the articulate responses posted on this thread (which Mr. Robinson shares BTW) and resorted to parroting leftist talking points.
And even if I don't agree with Mr. Robinson's reasons, I have to respect his opinion because this is his house and it's his rules. Though perhaps I'll end up triggering a no Palin bashing zone rule... Romney bashing is in full effect until 2012.
Now you're beginning to understand. If you want to support tired old Republicans who'll merely slow down the statist agenda instead of stopping it dead in its tracks, then this site isn't for you.
“How so”
Simple, they are irrational hero worshippers, same as much of Obama’s supporters. Just look at the committs directed at ikeonic.
An anti-Palin FReeper, just wow!
So can we have a list of the pre-approved solid conservatives out there? I'd like for you Palinistas to define who the RINOs are that don't pass the purity test.
I simply will not vote for Romney or any Republican who promises more of the same slow statist-socialist agenda that was under Bush.
I applaud your honesty and I don't disagree about Bush (surprised?). I just wonder how many other Palinistas agree with you about not voting for Romney or any other RINO. I won't vote for Palin and you won't vote for Romney (not that I support Romney but I'd vote for him if he were the party nominee in 2012).
If the Palinistas are right, my vote won't matter because Palin will win in a landslide. I think she'll lose in a landslide, but I guess we'll find out one way or another, won't we? As it is, I live in Oregon so my vote won't matter anyway. I'll never vote for a Democrat, but I can't stomach voting for Palin any more than you can voting for Romney.
Try reading the thread, G.
I've not only defended my positions, I've pretty much murdered the opposition.
Hope Gov. Polin has better supporters than you.
It's Palin, not "Polin..." why don't you at least spell her name right if you're going to bash her.
“Simple, they are irrational hero worshippers...”
And this has been demonstrated how?
Obama provided NOTHING.........he is a fraud and a liar.
Sarah and John provided financial and school records. Obama provided NOTHING...............
Even if he was born in the USA, he is a fraud. What is he hiding? Try everything..........
He never should have been nominated. Nobody at Columbia University IN HIS DEPARTMENT can remember him ......
NAME ONE PERSON, FROM COLUMBIA, FROM HARVARD AND FROM CHICAGO THAT HAS SAID ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS CREEP. NAME ONE! THERE AREN’T ANY..............
What type of behavior, irrational or passionate?
We finally have a Republican who is fighting back against the socialists, and you want to temper our enthusiasm?
Lot of that charge of “worshipping” going around here and in more than one context.
I’ve been informed if I don’t believe the earth was created
6000 years ago then I’m a Darwin worshipper. Who knew!
You're like Rick Moran? The Gay Mafia guy?
And you signed up just today to post your leftist propaganda. OK.
Old Hickory (who is that?) was elected to the Senate in I think 1830.
HE HATED THE JOB, AND IN TWO YEARS HE ‘QUIT’.............
The Old Hickory comparison is about right. Maybe Sarah will deliver us a Panic of 1837 type depression when she shuts down the Federal Reserve.
If Andrew Jackson was your man, then Sarah Palin is your populist modern day Jacksonian. I'm sure she'll invite everyone with muddy boots to trample the White House too.
That why had to distory my position and go running to the “Big Guy”, because you are murdering the opposition.
Go get them, Pickett.
“Go get them, Pickett.”
WTF? What did you mean by that?
You know who the RINOs are, please don't play dumb.
Nearly all of the potential 2012 candidates excluding DeMint, but DeMint has a strike against him for being a Senator in an anti-Washington electorate.
The Dakota Governors look good, and I would vote for Hoeven or Rounds, but so far neither have made any noise. So that leaves Sarah Palin.
I applaud your honesty and I don't disagree about Bush (surprised?).
Yeah I'm surprised we agree. The Stanley Cup Finals will be in Hell next Spring.
I just wonder how many other Palinistas agree with you about not voting for Romney or any other RINO. I won't vote for Palin and you won't vote for Romney (not that I support Romney but I'd vote for him if he were the party nominee in 2012).
So you would vote for Romney who will neither attract the base nor independents/moderates (because of his flip-flopping on the issues) and will lose in a blowout but won't support Sarah, who'll have the base locked up and the independents who want real change. Uh...OK
Read FR's homepage and ask yourself whether or not Sarah represents what FR stands for, and get back to me.
“Simple, they are irrational hero worshippers, same as much of Obama’s supporters. Just look at the committs directed at ikeonic.”
Comments, do you mean? And comments directed at a nonsense spouting, drooling idiot defines “hero worshiping” of someone else, how?
You said Palin supporters are no different than Obama's, and all I did was PING the owner who happens to be a huge fan of Palin.
So is the owner of FR no different than a mindless Obama supporter then?
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