Posted on 03/27/2010 9:14:27 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Had Sarah Palin not been on the national scene right now, things would be SO MUCH WORSE! Obamacare and Cap & Tax would have passed months ago without her contributions to public discourse. (Death Panels anyone? Or her Washington Post editorial on Climategate?)
Obamacare not only would have passed sooner, but it would have come without any of the "compromises."
Beginning with her endorsement of Doug Hoffman in the NY-23, we take for granted how much her name lends legitimacy to the Tea Party movement and to ALL the *contested* primaries going on in the country, INCLUDING the one in Arizona!
The fact is: J.D. Hayworth himself has benefitted from the momentum largely initiated by Sarah Palin.
Palin was just who we needed at just the right time. By picking her and introducing her to the world stage, John McCain has done more for this country and more for conservatism than any other Republican serving in office right now--and that includes Bachmann, Ryan, Pence, and Demint, etc...
PALIN has outfought them all on our behalf and nobody has communicated our message as effectively to the public as she has. She has truly made a difference not just politically, but culturally as well. I think we take for granted how crucial her decision to resign and bring the fight to the national media has been. She acts as our representative on the Left's primary turf.
In many ways, Obama's presidency has been a blessing in disguise both for this country and for conservatism as a whole. The times we're in allow for a true patriot like Palin to shine even more. Quite frankly, the media fanaticism surrounding Palin has been a blessing in disguise too. People pay attention to everything she says!
Other thoughts:
I certainly am glad Mr. Mitt Flip Flop Romneycare is not our president and neither is Governor Huckabee. And guess what? I'm glad that next time, should Palin run, she's running for the #1 spot and not #2.
We can speculate all we want about the inner politics of the McCain/Palin campaign, but the fact is, without John McCain's brave and BOLD decision to pick her as his runningmate, we would have no Sarahcuda fighting the Communists in power today!
Which leads to my final point:
I find it ridiculous that we have a bonafide communist serving in the White House and some see it more fit to sneer and jeer at Vietnam War Veteran. Even if veterans such as John McCain are not entitled to our votes, they are certainly entitled to our thanks, our salute, and our RESPECT. He has literally put his life on the line in the service of this country and has the scars to prove it. Can't say that about most of his fellow Republicans serving in Congress, even the most "conservative" ones.
At a time when we are fighting terrorists and the security of our country is at the brink, at a time when our nation's leaders want to fund abortion mills, why are we villainizing one of the most crucial defenders of our military to have served in office and someone with a 100% Pro-Life record?! Mind boggling. No, his record is not perfect, but let's give him credit where it's due.
So again, I am not saying people have to like or vote for McCain--I don't know that I would either, (though I personally am not too impressed with J.D. Hayworth but that's just me.) But, we can at least appreciate his primary political contribution: introducing the world to Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, "For such a time as this."
The fact is: J.D. Hayworth himself has benefitted from the momentum largely initiated by Sarah Palin.
So basically, Palin helping McCain makes that race national news, thus, giving JD a lot more exposure?
Interesting theory.
*PING*
Good points, its time for all the incumbents and especially backstabbing InSain to go. I understand why she did it, but he never stood up for her when she was being attacked.
Pray for America and Gov Palin
What are you smoking?
Hi mnehring,
Nice try at that interpretation. Of course that’s not what I was saying.
Her message, her communication of the message, and her savvy in bringing that message to the public —has allowed for her to play a huge part in legitimizing the contested primaries going on all over the country. She was the most high-profile politician to start the trend by endorsing Doug Hoffman over Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23.
Jeez. Try not to get your nose too brown as you kiss John and Sarah’s butt.
Have you got your Palin/McCain for President bumper stickers and t-shirts ordered yet?
I respect John McCain for his service to our country and his enormous personal sacrifice.
I just don’t want him making laws in my country.
IMHO, he has earned a nice peaceful retirement on some beach, far, far, far away from any cameras, reporters, or legislation.
I swear to God...sorry...that some here act just like they did over Bush and amnesty.
crazy with uniform thought...and dreamy suppositions...and slathering
Sarah is great. I doubt anyone supports her here more than I.
But I am not with her on this...I’ve had enough.
Mccain is using her.
He is not out pal.....he hates the right.
“So again, I am not saying people have to like or vote for McCain—I don’t know that I would either, (though I personally am not too impressed with J.D. Hayworth but that’s just me.)”
Not being an Arizonan, I, too, can’t vote for either of them. However, I am supporting Hayworth with my contributions because there is a clear choice between the two.
An amnesty will be at least as devastating to this country as Obummer DeathCare will be. It impresses me when I see Hayworth forthrightly working against amnesty and McPain supporting it (not openly during his reelection season, of course).
There’s a clear choice here—any conservative should be able to see that.
As for Palin: my mind is open on any future run for office she might decide to make but, should that office be the presidency, she has not yet convinced me she is the candidate for conservatives. I will see what positions she stakes out and who she supports for other offices.
Governor Palin's conservative message, her communication of that message, and her savvy in bringing that message to the public —has allowed for her to play a huge part in legitimizing the contested primaries going on all over the country. She was the most high-profile politician to start the trend by endorsing Doug Hoffman over Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23.
I am not saying people have to VOTE for John McCain. What I am saying is, "underdog" Tea Party sympathetic candidates such as Hayworth, Rand Paul, etc... have largely benefitted from the momentum Governor Palin has initiated. By lending her name to the Tea Party movement and for being so vocal about her encouragement of contested primaries--we all benefit as a whole.
How John McCain and Lindsay Graham gave Islamic terrorists Constitutional rights and why judges have to release them.
http://article.nationalreview.com/429488/the-mark-of-mccain/andrew-c-mccarthy
“That is what Senator Graham did in 2005. Along with Sen. John McCain and other grandstanding Republicans, he gave cover to the Left’s “torture” demagoguery by spearheading enactment of the McCain Amendment. Under the rubric of “cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment,” that provision vested alien enemies held overseas with constitutional rights against coercive interrogation.”
McCain has stabbed us in the back repeatedly. We may have lost our country from good thanks to MCCAIN-Feingold.
I have no RESPECT for a stooge for Soros.
The only reason McLame picked Palin was because he was slipping in the polls and didn’t have enough Conservative support.
Palin’s popularity was an unintended benefit (and a good one at that)
Regardless of what his intentions were and are, he did make the final decision to choose Palin, and our country is better off for it.
The McCains looked gloomy standing behind Sarah during her speech in support of McCain.
Palin’s Facebook site just went over 1.5 million fans. Mitt Romney has 266,432 Facebook fans.
I just want this to be over...but damn...it will last till August.
Yes...Sarah exposes the race..gives it a lot of airtime for the media and now she is in a damn do/damn don’t
Mac wins...she pushed him over and we get him again...yuck
Mac loses and she looks like she hasn’t the power ....
man...I wished someone like Jim DeMint had ushered her on national stage
Mac is her albatross
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