Posted on 06/16/2011 10:31:17 PM PDT by techno
Around the time that President Clinton got into hot water with Monica Lewinsky in 1998, wife Hillary coined the phrase "vast right-wing conspiracy" to denote the supposed nefarious, political forces that were determined to bring her husband down and cause him to leave office.
Personally I think Hillary was a bit off in her assessment of Clinton's enemies (personally I think Bill Clinton was his own worse enemy)but 13 years later I think we do have a vast right-wing conspiracy set up to derail the Presidential ambitions of Sarah Palin.
In the past I focused more on the Left and Obama and his war room and their evil use of Alinsky tactics to destroy and eliminate their enemies and their spouses (what Cheri Daniels was afraid of) but recently I believe the Left and Obama have their own problems to deal with like getting Obama re-elected despite falling poll numbers and decided to leave it in the hands of the Right, but giving the MSM and MSM pollsters free rein to help the Right anyway they can to dispatch Sarah Palin from the presidential battlefield.
I believe this vast right-wing conspiracy was probably hatched sometime before the debate in the back rooms and officially launched once the debate ended and especially after Bachmann exceeded expectations in the debate.
Now how do I know it is vast, that it is of right-wing origin and a conspiracy.
First let me define a conspiracy: a group of people planning, scheming or agreeing in secret to commit an illegal, subversive or wrongful act
We all know who the right-wing is: GOP establishment and party hierarchy types, Bushies, traditional Republicans, neocons, lobbyists, Beltway RINO's, Rockefeller elitists, Fox News executives, right-wing talk show hosts (not Rush, Sean, or Mark), prominent right-wing bloggers (Daily Caller, Hot Air, townhall.com) etc.
And vast: great in size, amount, extend or degree
Now here are 10 reasons why I think I stumbled onto a vast right-wing conspiracy:
1)Rumors that are afloat that Jeb Bush wants to run in 2016 and to ensure he has clear sailing to the nomination his allies in this venture (including the Bush 43 team) want to ensure Romney gets the GOP nomination because they know he will lose to Obama.
2)A blackout on declaring any good polling news about Sarah Palin after the debate. The Econ/yougov poll got in under the radar undetected. The results should not have gotten out that Palin was 6 points ahead of Romney in that poll. Note Romney's numbers with NBC/WSJ and Rasmussen--in the 30's.
3) Ed Rollins, on behalf of Michele Bachmann savagely attacking Sarah Palin without provocation
4)Rumors of Michele Bachmann being a stalking horse for Mitt Romney brought together by Karl Rove
5)Rasmussen polling the GOP presidential contenders without including Sarah Palin in the mix which was egregious since the Real Clear Politics average of polls shows her alone in 2nd spot. (see below)
6)No mention in the media after the debate about Romney's two major weaknesses--Romneycare, forgeting that it ever existed and Romney not playing well to very conservative and evangelical voters.
7) Right-wing talk radio and Fox News promoting a Romney-Bachmann ticket or implying that Bachmann is Romney's main challenger when the polls tell us this is not close to being accurate. Even noted Bachmann basher, Chris Matthews of MSNBC has jumped on her bandwagon. That definitely has to raise some red flags. And Leftist Joan Walsh of Salon has also weighed in asking Herman Cain to leave the race in order to boost Michele Bachmann.
8)An article today by Jennifer Jacobs of the Iowa Caucuses speculating on where many undecided former Huckabee supporters might end up in terms of a new political home and not mentioning Palin's name once as a possible destination. Every poll before Huckabee left the race, when asking for second choices hypothetically if Huck were not in the mix picked Sarah Palin as their #1 alternative.
9)Totally negative "programmming" about Sarah Palin by the media and round-the-clock memes she is not running or being completely disingenuous in not considering her a major player or a threat to Mitt Romney.
10)Little commentary after the debate from right-wing media that commented favorably about Palin, and that she appears to be vindicated after the media did not find anything going through 24,000 pages of e-mails.
Now for the record folks as I write this according to Real Clear Politics, Romney's average is 24.4, Palin's is 16.0, Cain is at 9.3 and Bachmann is at 6.3.
Note: Rudy Giuliani is averaging 11 but was only included in 3 of the 9 polls to calculate the average.
Who is entrenched in 2nd place in the polls? Sarah Palin. Who has finished first or tied for first in 3 separate polls post-Huckabee (PPP June 2, Reuters/Ipsos, and Econ/yougov)? Sarah Palin Who according to CNN's last poll now is supported by 27% of GOP primary female voters? Sarah Palin.
As of last week in the Iowa Report weekly survey who was tied for the lead in support with Mitt Romney in respect to the Iowa Caucuses? Palin 19%, Romney 19%
Not Michele Bachmann. She was at 12%.
Never in the history of the GOP primaries has a person finished a consistent second and an occasional first in so many polls and gotten so little attention but instead massive disdain.
Yes this is a conspiracy of silence to shut out Sarah Palin from the political conversation, a conspiracy to promote Michele Bachmann as a viable Presidential candidate through smoke and mirrors and finally a conspiracy whose only purpose is to prevent Sarah Palin from entering the race.
Look at the number of players involved: is is a conspiracy.
Yes it is right-wing. That is so obvious.
And yes it is vast. It is nationwide.
Now you may ask why?
This is simple. If Sarah Palin does not enter the presidential race, Mitt Romney will win the GOP nomination--no ifs, and or buts. And the elements involved in this vast right-wing conspiracy all know it and are heavily invested to making damned sure it happens.
But they don't want you to know that is their end game because if it ever got out it could split the party wide open.
But they also know they have a very narrow window of opportunity to torpedo Sarah Palin for she could enter the Presidential race at any time over the next 4-6 weeks. And then there is that damned movie The Undefeated which many right-wing prominent bloggers have seen and say it has the potential to rehabilitate her image. Fail to take her out now and Romney might end up losing the nomination to her once she hits the ground running. The stakes are just too high right now to fiddle around with such a charismatic politician like Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin must be eliminated. Hillary Clinton, you were right about a vast right-wing conspiracy but you were 13 years premature to calling attention to it. This one is real. Your's wasn't.
There’s nothing right wing about this list of Palin haters. These are the same moderate at best enemies that all conservatives have been fighting ever since Reagan.
You know, that is a brilliant point you have made. I didn’t realize a lot of this stuff until I saw the multi-part special that Brit Hume did last year on Fox. I wish I could remember the same of it, as it was very good. I learned a lot from it.
Where we are is essentially this:
The Goldwater/Reagan wing of the party, vs. the Rockefeller/Bush wing of the party. Looks like it’s been this way for decades. And the Democrats are going through and have gone through the same things. Just look at how fast the Obama wing of their party dispatched all the Clinton operatives from their hierarchy, once he was elected.
All of that said, I hope if and when SP runs and hopefully wins, that she doesn’t follow Reagan and name someone from the other “camp” as her running mate. That is what has kept this strain of the party alive; RR gave them a seat at the table. That side of the GOP should have died a death via starvation. I am not interested in that sort of compromise. It’s the reason why we are still dealing with these losers. Had my hero, Ronald Reagan, named a solid conservative to his ticket, the Bush/Rockefeller wing would have died of sheer neglect. Reagan could have won without Bush. Being the gentleman that he was, he left a tiny bit of life in that side of the GOP and we’re paying for it now.
He was the first president I was old enough to vote for, and when I get in the dumps over current events, I try to find videos of him.
That keeps me from sticking my head in the oven!
Last night on the Judge, Gov. Palin called them all out for not Vetting each other at the debate. The voters have a right to know past postions and votes. It’s up to the canidates and the voters to bring them in to the light.
It would be a fatal mistake on Bachmann's part if she went down this path. One thing we know for a fact is that she has hired one of the dirtiest player in the game, Ed Rollins. How many pieces of gold did Romney offer you Michele?
Michael Barone is one of the most informed pundits out there. Surely he knows that Palin is running a close second to, if not ahead of, Romney in recent polls.
Yet, here’s his entire article discussion of the newly declared Romney/Bachmann nature of the race. He goes so far as to include the prospects of such possible late additions as Perry, Giuliani and Ryan—without so much as a mention of Gov. Palin:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/269698/romney-leads-bachmann-gains-pawlenty-michael-barone
The Bush/Rockefeller/elitist/establishment/RINO/Neo-con elements of the GOP are absolutely not the "right wing"...in fact they are the opposite within the party.
Your ten reasons de[end on "rumor" and "speculation".
Your citation of the supposed fact that Palin was not prominently mentioned in post-debate coverage....Why would she be? She was not up there with those who are actually actively running...
Nice try though.
The 2012 election will be all about turnout.Sure. If the goal is to stop a RINO in Primaries, it is an easy vote. Then what? Who and how are we stopping Obama (Osama)? The socialist candidate?22 posted on 06/17/2011 1:27:38 AM PDT by indianrightwinger
2008 was lost because millions of WHITES (mainly conservatives) stayed home and didn’t vote.
Giving due consideration to the fact that it is easier to attain a higher percentage in '10 than in '08 simply because it was an off-year election and the "ins" naturally are more complacent than the "outs," IMHO the economy simply isn't good enough, and won't be good enough a year from now, to sustain a strong re-elect turnout.The '10 election was a deep rebuff of the party of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi - all the way down to the dogcatcher level. Absent a real "October Surprise," IMHO Obama will lose like Carter. Recalling all the while that the polls didn't show that a year and a half - or even a month - in advance.ObamaCare is unpopular; if RomneyCare Mitt is the Republican nominee he might win based on economic competence, but he won't have a mandate to really torpedo ObamaCare. Palin, OTOH, can and will run against ObamaCare as well as Obamanomics.
"A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his." - Ronald Reagan
I will make a prediction: neither Romney nor Palin will be the 2012 nominee.
And, all your discussion about a vast right wing conspiracy is nothing more than an acknowledgment that a split exists in the Republican party. Thanks for noticing.
EXCELLENT!!!!! Great article Techno, excellent! Post of the year perhaps!
You covered everything perfectly, what could I possibly add other than THANK YOU and AMEN :) AGREE WORD FOR WORD 100%
Is she going to participate in the Iowa Straw Poll? At some point, she must make a move. Until she does, I don't consider her a serious candidate and as far as I know that is all Ed Rollins said about her. If he said more than that, I'm not aware of it but if that is all he said, then he is correct.
Yep MSM wants Bachmann to face Obama, what more do we need to know. They fear Gov Palin the most, they hope that somehow with the help of drive by media polling outfits etc, they can push her to the finish line.
The idea that MB had this great debate performance is manufactured, just like the polls that are being drawn up for her as we speak
At some point, if she wants to be taken seriously as a candidate, she must act like a candidate. Don't blame it on others as long as she's not acting like a canddate herself.
I know of no badmouthing of Palin by Bachmann supporters in Iowa but I did see a very nasty piece against Santorum put out by some Bachmann supporters but I do not believe that Bachmann even knew about it.
That's because you have not been paying attention.
This is the very reason I, and others like me, are ready to hit the streets when she announces. We know we will have to ring doorbells, make calls, and work like never before to help her win.
It will truly be "broken glass" time, start to finish!
Sarah Palin has been called a lot of vile things, but cowardly isn’t one of them. This is the bravest, strongest woman I have ever seen.
Look up the word unconventional in your favorite dictionary.
You do have a point. I’m getting tired of waiting myself.
I've heard it said it happened but no one said who said anything or what it was. Until there is something specific, I believe it is a false rumor.
He did say more than that. He also said that people will look at Palin and Bachmann and have a choice between two attractive women and that they will choose the one who is intelligent, meaning Bachmann.
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What a despicable and deceitful thing to say.
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