Posted on 11/13/2008 9:40:04 PM PST by cherry
folks and "my friends".....I think we are doing a disservice to Governor Palin, the Republican party, Alaska , and all the other fine candidates that could run for president in 2012, as well as giving way too much prep time to the big B.O.....
the Governor needs to go back and govern her state....she needs to be re-elected afterall.....she needs to get off the national stage for a while.....
it does no good to be promoting her so much at this juncture....
lets keep our powder dry....
for one thing, we may be looking at totally different circumstances 4 yrs from now....it may be necessary to find a different candidate...who knows....
I've given lots of money to the McCain/Palin ticket...I like her a lot...
but we have to stop pushing her every day, or people will get tired of it...example...Hillary....
;-/
Agreed. But that doesn't mean she ought to be VP or P.
Palin AND Obama are BOTH not qualified for the positions for which they have been thrust. Let's face it...we rallied around her because she's all we had. McCain was a schmuck who was as weak as Dole. He was going through the motions. He didn't believe in, or didn't care about, what he was saying. Why the Republicans thought they had a winner in him is a mystery. Or maybe it was a done deal beforehand and they knew it was the Democrats' turn so they ran a dud. I don't know.
But Palin was picked for the same reason Obama was picked.....because of their 'special interest' cred and NOT because of their credentials.
She may be ready in 4 years. She is qualified and she is not stupid. but she has some growing to do on policy.
“but we have to stop pushing her every day, or people will get tired of it...example...Hillary....”
Hillary’s kankles can’t fill Palin’s pumps.
No similarity there whatsoever. Faulty premise. Palin is benevolent. Hillary is a dictatorial shrew.
Barry’s troika requires a substantial backstop to keep the Republic intact. . .
Palin must immediately dispatch any wayward RINOviruses (depending upon the Senatorial slog) and BO’s sycophantic press.
2010 will be here before we know it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hussein started his run in ‘04, remember?!?
Any remnant of ‘bimbosity’ must be wholly eviscerated. She is proving that job(s) is quite easy, much to the dismay of many back-biting haters. Her journalism degree, from multiple state colleges, is serving her better than well.
Like it or not, she is de Facto party leader now. . .
The stage is all hers, and now, they are all kissing her beautiful butt.
She will get people elected and re-elected, if she deems them conservatively fit.
Doll&Jindal12
tehDeets
“We need her here, if you don’t mind. “
Sorry. . . but without a Republic, Alaska aint a state. Alaska isn’t going anywhere. The Constitution, OTOH, I’m not so sure....
Doll&Jindal12
tehDeets
Obama came onto the stage in 2004 and was hailed as the one by the media. He ran for president for 2 years and during that time he said so many stupid things and a lot of things but he had time on his side. He was thoroughly vetted so by the time more of his true nature came to light - many that voted from him did not think is was a big deal.
Let Sarah stay out here and be fully vetted by 2012. Then when the MSM and the libs attach her, nothing will stick - just like Obama.
I disagree vehemently!!! Every mistake “Oh Bummer” makes needs to be megaphoned to the public by Sarah Palin. This lets the people know what a mistake it was to elect “Oh Bummer” and positions her for the Presidency of 2012. If our Republic survives the “Oh Bummer” years.
“but she has some growing to do on policy”
I once thought that too. However now, without the constraints of a campaign (read Mccain), she is showing us more than even her most ardent supporters have given her credit for. I’m sure she even surprised many in her Alaskan inner circle.
Barry will have turned over every electoral rock by 10 and 12. Campaigns never end with these New Party Dhims and these people play for keeps. Our Slog has just begun and it will take every waking moment to beat this PROGRAZI scum back to the pit of hell from which they came.
Doll&Jindal12
tehDeets
The horse is out of the barn.
Absolutely agreed. Take, for instance, her statements re: the flagrantly UN-conservative bailout boondoggle.
Virtually all of the putatively "smarter," "more-ready-for-prime-time" GOP congresscritters were for this massive government giveaway; Governor Palin, AGAINST it.
Which one, just scant weeks later, seems genuinely the "smarter" and more inherently conservative of said positions, people?
Be honest, now. ;)
Shouldn’t you be talking to the people trashing her. If we stop defending her, while she’s still being trashed, it appears we’re conceeding the issue. Also, the campaing doesn’t stop anymore. BO started running for President in 2004
In 2008 it didn’t much matter who was on the Dem ticket (tho I DO give credit to Team Obama and ACORN for incredible organization). People voted for whoever wasn’t the Republican. I’d be willing to bet 1/3 to 1/2 of the BHO voters don’t have a clue who he is or what he stands for.
When it came down to it, an awful lot of people voted for BHO simply because they were ticked off about the value of their 401(k)’s and other assets. That includes some relatives who never before voted for a Dem.
Reminding them that the portfolio values of the market managers who were evaporated on 9/11/01 became wholly irrelevant did not sway them. I can’t believe that people cared more about their damned wallets than national security.
One serious failing of the McCain/Palub campaign was not connecting her vast knowledge of energy matters to both the economy and national security. Had they won and she been put in charge of energy policy, you can bet we’d have been a lot closer to energy independence and a more stable economy within the four year term.
Your tagline sums up 2008.
That sounds like an accurate way to move forward.
I think she needs this chance to combat the bad impression the campaign gave to some...but by the first of the year she needs to turn the page and step back into the pack of excellent young Republicans - and i think she will.
In a similar vein, I do think that things need to go VERY badly for Obama the next four years for us to consider running one of the Young Guns in 2012. If he looks like Clinton did in 1996, then lets let the last of the old schoolers chew each other up to figure out which is going to be the sacrificial lamb.
And meanwhile concentrate every two years on putting good young Republican talent in the house and Senate and governor’s chairs. We need to find and elect a generation of Flake/Pence/Cantor types to the Congress and more Sanfords and Jindals as governors. Anyone who’s under 50 in 2012 should pass unless Obama looks very weak.
“stalkers” ????
I'm sure we have all heard people say “give him a chance” or “well, look how bad the last 8 years have been.”
A good friend of mine who is a Christian and voted for BHO hates politics. She does not even know who the governor of our own state is and she doesn't care to. She was sold hook line and sinker by the MSM love affair with BHO. I've printed out articles for her and she's not interested that BHO supports abortion. She doesn't believe it because of what he said in the debates and at the church interview in California. Her best argument for her support of BHO is “look how bad the last 8 years have been”.
They did vote based on their wallets. If the economy crisis had not happened and the National Security was still the focal point McCain might have pulled it off. The gas prices dropping did not help either
Doll&Jindal12
tehDeets
Sorry, didn't mean to convey that opinion. I meant that she is still governor here, and we do have things that need to be done. I'm all for her staying in the public eye, polishing her image and boning up on policy, but she has a state to govern while she's doing all that. Alaska is essential to the rest of the country in terms of its natural resources, and she has proven that she knows more about energy production than anybody else in government. Alaska has only been a state for fifty years.
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