Heh...
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.
See #45
Until she makes a move one way or the other, it looks to me like she’s perfectly happy to keep stringing people along. With each passing day, it less and less likely she is running.
Please stop making sense...
Do you pay any attention to the things people on these threads say about the other candidates? Rollins’ statement is mild by comparison. I only knew of him saying she is not serious and I would have to agree with him. If she’s serious, she isn’t showing it.
Arizona Senate.
I believe Palin plans on touring the campaign circuit like she did in ‘10, drawing attention (That she loves) and making gobs of money, without the stress or headaches of managing Government.
I think she's smart not declaring when the MSM wants her to.
That last debate was a joke! It's way too early and the voting public get sick of elections being run from voting year to voting year, nonstop!
You seem to be one of those in which there is nothing Palin can or will do that will cause you to vote for her.
Don’t ever use the words “Palin” and “cowardly” in the same sentence.
There is no proof of her ever being cowardly, unlike Mittens,Pawlenty,Santorum, etc.
She is the closest thing to Washington,Lincoln and Reagan rolled into one.
She’ll enter at the right time for her, not when these posers in the GOP “race” so far think she should enter.
I agree, there is a whole lot of “Delusion” going on, but it is not coming from who they say it is.
Romney has chosen to skip the Iowa Straw Poll. This tells me the guy is scared of the possible results and he doesn't want to risk it.
Palin cannot afford to wait much longer and still be taken seriously as a candidate. There are now stories about Perry joining the Tea Party bus tour around Iowa. Where is Palin?
To be honest, I probably will not be voting Palin at either the Straw Poll or caucus and that is not because I do not like her or I disagree with her policies. I know of too many people (including women) who say they will not support her because she is a woman. Why select a candidate with one strike already against them?
My goal is to take out Obama.
I agree, the idea of Bachmann being a Romney plant takes some creative thinking. I don’t get it. That in itself would be risky planning. Bachmann is perfectly capable of standing on her own two feet and could easily upstage Romney.
So the “M” word, misogyny, rears its ugly head. I did not include that as one of my 10 points as it needs no diabolical conspiracy to rear its ugly head.
You would think 21st century human beings would realize it is abundantly stupid to penalize another human being who through no fault or cause of her own came into this world with a uterus rather than a penis.
That says all I need to know....instead of voting for someone that most closely represents your ideals, you're going to vote for who your friends vote for?
How positively high schoo....(shakin' my head)
Look, I am NOT criticizing Mitt Romney for employing Michele Bachmann as his stalking horse. This is a political strategy that has been around for years.
And I am NOT criticizing Bachmann for being one; she is entitled to be one.
But what disturbs is that the “vast right-wing conspiracy” has brought the two people together and has not told the Tea Party or conservatives of their intention for Bachmann to bleed away conservative votes from Palin in order to hand the nomination to Romney.
If conservatives and TP supporters want Palin’s conservative support bled away in this manner so be it. But they should know before they vote Bachmann’s intentions, don’t you think?
If anything, because of Palin's late timing, it could be theorized that she will come in to try to stop Bachmann's monentum.
However, I do not know how that bias will carry over in a general--it may be less than in the primary process but I KNOW it is there.
Frankly, IMHO, Palin would be wise to wait a few years. People's reactions to a more matronly woman (think Thatcher) may be more favorable.
So tell me why Chris Matthews is talking about Bachmann now that she is the greatest thing since sliced bread where a year ago he was calling her various scurrilous names after interviewing her and trashing her to beat the band for the past year.
Did CM have a come to Jesus moment? No. To aid and abet the conspiracy to take down Palin. Yes.
Does anyone really think that he really has done a 180 on Michele Bachmann? That alone should make you question Bachmann’s credentials. This does not add up.
You may be correct but that doesn’t change the reality of the situation.
Heh...
Yeah, it sure looks that way doesn't it...
I think some people aorund here are under the delusion that the Presidential election is in November of this year instead of November of NEXT year---15 months away!!!
I challenge anyone here at FR to provide a logical, cogent argument given his current standing in the polls (15 points ahead of the field other than Palin, the next-in-line meme, Romney superb fundraising ability and personal wealthh, the media now being “all in” for Romney (Rush Limbaug), Romney having all his ducks in a row, the political deficiencies in his opponents other than Sarah Palin, Romney’s wide lead in senior support, the backing of the GOP establishment, and Romney’s promise and intention to utilize “the last man standing strategy” to win the nomination that someone other than Sarah Palin can prevail over Romney next year and win the nomination, if Sarah Palin does not run.
Recent polls show Romney would actually widen his lead on the field if Palin did not run.
And don’t mention Jeb Bush. He isn’t running. And neither is Chris Christie.
I defy anyone at FR to make a logical, cogent argument and prove my premise wrong, that if Sarah Palin does not run, Romney will win the nomination, and that if Sarah Palin does run, she is the only person standing in Romney’s way to winning the nomination.
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