Posted on 03/14/2011 6:39:33 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
The corporate hate for Sarah Palin at Politico is obvious. The latest is here
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51218.html
But if you google Politico and Palin, the evidence of a Politico agenda is overwhelming. And the manner in which Politico's editors pursue their hate-Palin agenda is to cherry-pick the individuals they quote to make the point they want made.
A couple of quick things:
1. As I demonstrated last week, remarkably George Will missed the Reagan Revolution not only in 1976 but as late as 1980. In the 1979 Republican Presidential Primary, his first choice was Howard Baker, his second choice was George H. W. Bush, and his third choice was Reagan. Not until days before the 1980 general election did he write on November 3, 1980 that Reagan deserved election. For all his wonderful columns, the Republican electorate better understood the needs of the nation and the excellence of a potential Reagan presidency than Will. It is hard to believe he was so wrong about a matter of such great import, despite Reagan's presence on the national scene for many years.
2. Charles Krauthammer was not only wrong about Reagan, as late as 1980 he was a speech-writer for Vice President Walter Mondale. Krauthammer, like Will, not only missed the significance of the Reagan candidacy, but was putting words in the mouth of a terribly flawed politician from a philosophical perspective. I certainly do not begrudge, but in fact encourage, liberals becoming conservatives or Democrats becoming Republicans. Reagan was a Democrat who famously changed parties. But I do not believe that individuals touted by a left-wing "news" site as two of the leading conservative intellectuals, who stunningly opposed Reagan's candidacy while both were of mature age and mind, are necessarily reliable barometers in this regard. The "non-intellectual" voters knew better.
3. It is apparent that several of President George W. Bush's former senior staffers are hostile to Sarah Palin, including Karl Rove, David Frum, and Pete Wehner, to name only three. Pete is a good friend and a very smart guy. That said, Bush's record, at best, is marginally conservative, and depending on the issue, worse. In fact, the Tea Party movement is, in part, a negative reaction to Bush's profligate spending (including his expansion of a bankrupt Medicare program to include prescription drugs). And while Bush's spending comes nowhere near Barack Obama's, that is not the standard. Moreover, Bush was not exactly among our most articulate presidents, let alone conservative voices. I raise this not to compare Bush to Palin, but to point out only a few of the situational aspects of the criticism from the Bush community corner. (If necessary, and if challenged, I will take the time to lay out the case in all its particulars, as well as other non-conservative Bush policies and statements. No Republican president is perfect, of course, but certainly some are more perfect that others, if you will.)
This is not to say the folks cherry-picked by Politico are without accomplishment and merit. They clearly are. But that's not the point. Most were not involved in either the Reagan Revolution or the Tea Party movement, and were not, to the best of my knowledge, early outspoken supporters of either. What is necessary is a fulsome debate on each candidate's substance and policy positions. Most of these Politico stories are little more than excuses to attack Palin, intended to damage her early on in case she should decide to run. This has been going on for some time now. If she is as weak as some think, why the obsession? Why the contempt? Moreover, Palin has used social media and other outlets to comment substantively on a wide range of issues and policies. In fact, she has spoken on a wider array of issues than Youtube governor Chris Christie, popular among most of these folks, and her positions have, for the most part, been solidly conservative. (Christie's positions on numerous issues important to conservatives are all but ignored by some of those complaining about Palin; indeed, the same could be said of potential presidential contenders Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, and Mitch Daniels, among others.) My purpose in mentioning Christie here is to juxtapose the demands by "the intellectuals" on one politician versus another. Their inquisitiveness seems influenced by their political bias. That's not unusual, but it requires underscoring lest their opinions be viewed or promoted as objective.
As a Reaganite pre-dating Reagan's 1976 candidacy, the contempt for Palin does, in fact, remind me of the contempt some had for Reagan, especially from the media and Republican establishment, although no comparison is exact. I've not settled on a favorite would-be presidential candidate, but I also know media hit-jobs when I see them.
I am hopeful more conservatives will begin to speak out about this or, before we know it, we will wonder why we are holding our noses and voting for another Republican endorsed by "the intellectuals" but opposed by a majority of the people.
Yeah.
The Conclave is not? The PM is going to be there! Clinton, Colin Powell, and foreign leaders have spoken there..... Why diss it?
Will, Politico, Frum, Krauthammer, and Rove
representing CONSERVATIVE GOP values is as likely
as Obama being a natural born proud American.
I had never even heard of it until recently when it was announced Palin would speak there.
What’s important is that we have a POTUS who has an allies-centric foreign policy, NOT a “reach-out-and-appease-our-enemies” policy.
Nations like India won’t remain allies indefinitely while our “leaders” play kiss-ass with China or Pakistan while ignoring them.
Palin gets it.
When they came for the Jews I said nothing because I was not a Jew.
When they came for the Hindus I said nothing because I was not a Hindu.
When they came for me there was no one left to speak.
I have yet to find him to be wrong, and here he skewers George Won't and Chucky NaziTool with their own rapier witless partisanship where it comes to both of them sharing clinically probative symptoms of advanced stages of PDS.
Steyn's a Ninja assassin with a pen, and his hair is perfect.
Dear God, am I starting to sound like... Charlie Sheen...?!
8^D
Mark nails it.
If palin is so stupid and irrelevant, why keep slamming her?? Where are politico’s articles against some of the more stupid acts and words of president Obama?
Even Polutico pointed out that it was the most strategic/politcalevent in the Region for years! Just because the MSM is focused on Charlie Sheens and Tiger Woods and Hollywood doesn’t make the Conclave any less important- how many times have talked about the European papers have better info on what is going on in the World than our weak MSM?
I agree that it appears that many are afraid (even within the Republican party) that Palin will run. I am no longer registering as Republican, but an Independent. I am as sick of the Republican party as I am of the democrats, and I’ve been both. Elections and power. That is the mantra of both parties and kick the people to the ground after you are voted in. The Republicans listen too much to the polls to be worth anything. Leadership requires making some tough decisions and hoping they work as they should, given that nothing in politics is an exact science. But those who regale you with all they are going to do once elected, then vote like all the rest, are dishonest, at best. I understand that some things are best corrected with small steps, but show us the small steps, at least.
I hear good things about some of the “tea party” candidates, but not all. We need to really investigate these people, not just take their words. As we see daily, some of the ones at the “top” have been all over the issues, for/against/silent, etc. They want to give as little as possible so that later on (after the election) they can rightfully say they are NOT going against what they previously said.
We need to be on our knees, praying for godly people to stand up and run for office, but we also need to be a godly people, ourselves!
I hope Palin runs. I personally think she is waiting to see if Bachmann runs, so she doesn’t hurt her (Bachmann’s) chances. That is to be admired. Shows she is not about promoting herself. I hope Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich all falter and lose traction. I don’t trust any of them, to be honest. We do not need another McCain campaign. Those who believe that they have it coming to them, that it is their right, somehow, will only help elect Obama again. What a sorry state we’d be in then.
Go, Palin! I hope you decide to run. I hope the people see what a treasure we have in you. I think a lot of “connected” companies would fear a Palin presidency because they’d no longer have unwarranted support regardless of what happened. They fear her because she the propensity to see the right way and do the right things. I expect that some corporations will hire news agencies to do hit pieces on her if she decides to run. All the more reason we need to ignore them. The more they cry out against her, the more you can see the true fear that she might run and win! No one is perfect, and Palin is in that club with the rest. But she has a knack for how things should be and doing the right thing at the right time. That is real leadership and know-how. How refreshing that would be!
CHING!
India must be important. Your RINO friends have been giving them a half Trillion a year for the past two decades to write crappy software and put Americans out of work.
Meh. Well. At least he's consistent.
Media has taken it's level of vitriol to a whole new level with Gov. Palin, a level which should now be expected against anyone who becomes a front runner against their G-d. The question is, would another candidate be able to withstand these attacks as well as Gov. Palin? Probably not.
One article I read recently pointed out that Reagan was our last non-Ivy League president. Reagan’s lack of proper credentials might have influenced Will and Krauthammer in those days. But based on the records of presidents since Reagan, an Ivy League educations might not be what we need in the Oval Office.
Which ones are those?
Do they hang around with your gay friends?
This is Mark Levin, not Mark Steyn. Steyn is everything you say here and more, but Levin is the author of this piece.
pissant is going to be pissed, and no, I never ping him, no respect!
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