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.
I also refuse to believe there is a conspiracy against Palin. Why would there be? She's not even a candidate and even if she becomes one, why would anyone think she is entitled to the nomination just because she shows up? That would be a coronation and all the candidates can work for it. I don't think this will fly in Iowa. We're spoiled. We expect to be able to see these candidates personally--several times. She cannot expect to show up here in Jan. and expect Iowans to just simply vote for her because she's Sarah Palin. It isn't going to work.
Rush was talking aout this I think....people jealous about Palin's looks.
I can't imagine basing a vote on something as shallow as this.
Oh, and if you think voting for anyone just to get rid of Obama is a great idea? Look at Cali and how Arnold "helped" us just so we wouldn't get Bustamonte. Yeah, that plan doesn't work at all.
Seriously, you're way better off sticking to voting your values not who's more popular or looks too pretty for you.
Excellent.
Scott Rasmussen doubling down as part of the vast right-wing conspiracy today on Fox News by claiming that a majority of Republicans don’t want Palin to run.
So how do you explain Palin being in second place when you average the last 10 national polls post-Huckabee, and winning the recent HA poll of GOP contenders outpolling her next 3 opponents combined?
Guess who doesn’t want Palin to run:
1)Romney supporters
2)Bachmann supporters
3)Cain supporters
4)Pawlenty supporters
5)Paul supporters
6)Santorum supporters
7)Huntsman supporters
I wonder why they all feel that way. Maybe because they all know Palin would be a formidable opponent if she ran.
Well, back to CA, which doesn't mean much but it would still have been a choice between Arnold and the RAT. Given that choice, I would have chosen Arnold because as bad as he was the RAT probably would have been worse.
We have to be realistic about the choices put before us. We are never going to create heaven on earth--it isn't going to happen. We must do the best we can.
I have no clue who will be getting my support at the Straw Poll or caucus. I know I will be going for the most conservative I can get who is also electable.
That’s the whole point that I was making. The anti-Palin forces know their window of opportunity is closing. They have to take her down sometime in the next 4-6 weeks or they risk that she will pick up a head of steam and barrel past Romney shortly after she declares.
There are NO secrets in politics. They all know what Sarah Palin brings to the table. It’s called political shock and awe. Judge Napolitano said it would be a game changer if Palin got into the race.
It’s either take her down now or risk Sarah Palin being in the White House until 2020 restoring America as a Reagan conservative.
If you’re right then you need to be talking to Palin and telling her that her window of opportunity is closing.
What the people on these boards say doesn’t mean anything except to the people on these boards. Rollins is a known name and he is the voice of Bachmann. What he says, she says unless she refudiates it, which she hasn’t. As a woman , aren’t you offended by his comment? Even Bachmann should be offended by such a sexist comment.
Hmm let’s see rumor of Perry running, no announcement. Rumor of Giuliani running, no announcement.DeMint. Nothing. Are these guys serious candidates? Where have they been as far as addressing national and international news and events for the past two years? I haven’t heard a peep out of either of them, yet they are serious and Sarah isn’t , the Sarah who has been speaking out against all the wrongs that Øbama has done against the citizens of this country? The Sarah who went into the belly of the beast, took it right to the opposition in Wisconsin. Those guys are serious and she isn’t? She isn’t serious because she hasn’t set up infrastructure in the early primary states, but Perry and Giuliani and DeMint have? I doubt it.
Again , what about the word unconventional do you not understand?
Palin said she will be making her decision in the summer. In school I learned summer doesn’t start until June 21. I think it’s called the summer solstice.
Palin is right on schedule, as she says observing the lay of the land and entrenched in 2nd spot in the polls (RCP avg today at 16.0 with nobody behind her in double digits who has participated in at least 50% of the polls conducted post-Huckabee.
Thus it’s not Palin’s window of opportunity that is closing but her enemies’ ability to stop her.
By the way in the last Iowa Report weekly survey (June 8, 2011) it showed Palin now tied for the lead with Romney among who the Iowa caucus goers would now support: 19% apiece and among LIKELY VOTERS Palin leading with 16%.
At least in Iowa I don’t think her window of opportunity is closing. And Palin hasn’t set foot in Iowa since fall last year.
You must have missed this;
What part of, “The longer she stays out, the longer she STAYS out.”, don’t you understand?
Unfortunately, it isn’t the vast right wing conspiracy who will stop Sarah Palin from running for president. It is her friendship with Rick Perry. She’s been waiting for word he’ll jump into the presidential race...she’s gotten it...so she is out. It will take unusual circumstances provided by The Lord to change that.
I didn’t miss it, I just don’t for one second believe it.I don’t put much stock in polls conducted by liberals that are put out to push one agenda, get Palin.
I guess you must have missed this , an uncompromised (that means no multi voting) internet poll among conservatives.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2735934/posts
And, obviously, you haven’t seen this.......
The polling agent was Rasmussen. Not Hot air like you think.
Which clearly illustrates that you are not paying very close attention to any other sources.
Sorry Great Granny, you are wrong. There is more.
Rollins has said the following as Bachmann's campaign manager.
"Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years"
"She got the vice-presidential thing handed to her. She didn't go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance. She gave up her governorship."
And Bachmann has refused to walk any of it back.
Disgraceful.
Hey stupid, I know it’s Rassmussen.Didn’t you see the word liberals in my post? What on earth made you think I didn’t? BTW smoke this :
ROFLMBO!
Florida Press; Now there is a wide range of public exposure for you. What does that Liberal Rasmussen know about it?
“I agree with most of your conclusions, but I don’t agree with calling it a “Right Wing” conspiracy. It is a conspiracy among the “elite” Georgetown Cocktail Party set both Republican and Democrat against the Country Party — which is pretty much the rest of America.”
Precisely.
Looks like the window of opportunity is really closing fast:
PALIN DECISION EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/06/17/palin-decision-expected-next-w
I certainly hope you are right and I am wrong. Sarah Palin is the only one who can be trusted at this point as President. She will do the right thing for this nation...she is not one of those untrustworthy types who are politicians...
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