Have you EVER seen a troll on here with a formidable intellect.
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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.
WOW!
This troll made it almost a year!
Have you EVER seen a troll on here with a formidable intellect.
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I'm really disappointed with the quality of troll lately. |
They're on the wrong side of destiny, once again. (So what else is new...?) ;)
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Did she really have the free time to be able to do so? Also, the Alaskan gov. is working on that as we speak, if I’m not mistaken.
Free time? It was her job as Governor.
I see that this wonderful intellect got his account banned. What a dumbass.
If anyone had bothered to crawl out from under their rock and actually investigate, Ike has a blog with over two years of writing in it. He is not a closet liberal; he's a conservative.
Anyway, your happy group-think bubble is secure again... Have fun with your political hero worship.
Being a bit hypocritical there aren't you troll?
You and your fellow trolls love to talk about "Reagan's Eleventh Commandment" even though that is a total falsehood and then you come into a CONSERVATIVE FORUM and criticize conservatives for not supporting your hatred of genuine conservatives.
What precisely is wrong with "group think"? This is a CONSERVATIVE FORUM, it is a given that conservatives will agree on most issues.
This IS NOT blog pimp central for you and your libertarian ilk.
What I meant to say was did she have available time to do so when she had to face a continuous barrage of attacks. Considering that she was the target, I think that she would have reformed that ethics law if she was able to.
I’m really disappointed with the quality of troll lately.
Somebody has a reading problem. I never stated a hatred for Palin. She's in the arena and she has a chance to prove herself. I could direct you to my two year record of discussing conservatism, but then the whole "blog whore" thing would come up again...
If anybody needs the butt hurt report, it is those who scream when someone dares criticize their hero.
American needs a strong conservative president to put things back together in three years. Sarah may be that person, but we don't know yet. I prefer a vigorous debate some good political combat among those seeking the GOP nomination. I don't know what banning people accomplishes...
Nope, you and your ilk get upset when conservatives reject your criticism of conservatism.
I could direct you to my two year record of discussing conservatism,
Your homepage says that you are a LIBERTARIAN, that IS NOT the same as being a conservative.
American needs a strong conservative president to put things back together in three years. Sarah may be that person, but we don't know yet. I prefer a vigorous debate some good political combat among those seeking the GOP nomination.
Then why are you supporting someone who wrote a blog dedicated to defeating a conservative.
I don't know what banning people accomplishes...
It eliminates the non-conservatives.
How many of the posters on this thread are in states with open primaries? How many of them have contacted their representatives about getting the primaries closed?
You should check "Other" for the first group and fill in Free Republic.
I think you should check the the first block in the next two sections, and then the last section you should write in "I got the mean poopy pants banned."
If you need more help filling out the form let me know.
I checked out your blog, btw, and it is a nice, professional setup.
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I hear what you are saying, and I'll admit I'm a small l conservative. However, comma, I'll be damned if I'll sit still for the media to select the candidates to run against the marxists in the coming election. These are the folks who brought you Viagra Bob Dole and "maverick" sensation Manchurian McCain, and I don't have to listen to endless static and BS here. |
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