Posted on 07/24/2010 10:47:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If the presidential election were today and Sarah Palin somehow topped the Republican ticket, and even if she were joined in the race by an orangutan named Bob, and they were facing Barack Hussein Obama and Joe Biden -- or an idiot to be named later -- I would be forced to vote for her. Yeah, that's right. Vote -- for her. Sarah Palin. And Bob.
Embracing that reality makes me want to shower, and it is an acknowledgment that our political system has imploded. I'm the proud owner of a "Hater" T-shirt, for crying out loud, but the future is increasingly clear. If this nation is subjected to another four years of Obama's lunacy, it likely is finished, kaput, toasted.
How could you? some will ask. She's nuts and you are mean to her, they'll say. I'm not arguing with any of that. OK, so the lovely Sarah P. occasionally gets flabbergasted and speaks in tongues and jibberjabbers on Facebook and even makes up words such as "refudiated" or "misunderestimate"; how much damage can she possibly do in the White House? There would be people to watch her and keep the witch doctors away, and nobody in his right mind would even think of giving her the red-button thingy. She could do the State of the State on Twitter -- "Wow! Doing great, America. Pls rejoice. Hey, can see Wal-Mart from here." -- and save lots of valuable TV time.
She could issue long, convoluted missives about momma grizzlies and papa grizzlies and baby grizzlies through a phalanx of spokesboobs. It would be like when she was governor. It came to me during an epiphany triggered by a bag of jelly doughnuts that the lovely Sarah P. might be ''The One.''
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
Believe me, this fellow’s mindset, warped as it is, was the view of many Reagan voters in 1980. Many (not including me, I hasten to add) had misgivings about him, but they appraised the situation and decided that Carter had to go. Once the decision to fire Carter was taken, the only option (Anderson could never have won)was Reagan. And they said, as this dummie says now, “Reagan couldn’t be as bad as Carter”. And they pulled the lever for him.
She is the frontrunner for the “Fire Obama vote”. If people decide he has to go for the good of the country, they can either not vote or vote for Palin. If they really want Obama out, which most will, they will vote for Palin even if they hate her.
As I have said before, if she is the GOP nominee and the voters have made the judgment to fire Obama, she will be the 45th President of the United States. The real issue will be how effective her campaign will be. If she runs a campaign of conviction, guts and panache that resembles the last year, something of which she is entirely capable (and which I find the most likely scenario), the GOP will obliterate the Democrat candidates down ballot and it will be a realigning election even deeper and more enduring than 1980 and 1932.
This is why the Democrats fear her. Because of her vision, the strength of her convictions and her political skills, she threatens their power not merely for four or eight years, but for generations. She is going to reorient the country’s view of the Constitution away from its current use to promote “fairness” (which the liberals call “justice” and which Marx referred to as “from each according to his ability...”) to its true purpose which is to PROTECT people from the Government. She will begin repealing laws where possible, impounding funds to starve the leviathan when laws cannot be repealed, and using all the powers of the Presidency in a full bore assault on this entire philosophy and its underpinnings. This is what the liberals in D.C. feared that Reagan would do, but what he never achieved for reasons too complex to get into here. Where Reagan merely scratched the surface, Palin will blow the door wide open. God go with her.
Great post, that is why I only took that little clip...
Yes, "He" may be with her, look at her name, and what it means.
Sarah Princess (in Hebrew)
Louise Renowned Fighter
Heath from the Outer Lands
Palin Who will serve at the table…..
I happen to live in Wasilla, and I have personally met the Palins.
And hearing this from ADN is actually quite a turn of events as they are and have always been a very liberal newspaper.
Actually for the most part Anchorage is a liberal town, its the rest of Alaska that is mostly conservative though its been analyzed to death that many believe Alaskans are really more centered or leaning more to the Libertarian side.
But in viewing the big picture I can see the picture as its described, Sarah Palin could be pushed ahead in politics solely because people feel more in common with her than absolutely anyone else, period.
While every possible candidate from any direction acts like a weathervane and trying to harp the crest of a wave of political emotions Sarah Palin remains loyal to what the real heartbeat of America is.
There cannot be a “best” candidate unless scientists were able to clone DNA from past successful Presidents and morph it into some Neapolitan political Gumby there is for the time being one such person that I believe does have our best interests in heart, mind and body, she isn’t perfect but then again perfect breeds tend to show excessive traits that often become destructive such as pureblood animals.
One cannot expect an Arabian stallion to plow a field, but yet mixed breeds in a dog show have won best of show by exhibiting all the combined traits of loyalty, intelligence and showmanship.
Wow! It’s likely foreordained, isn’t it?!
He must be referring to the AFRICAN CHRISTIAN MINISTER who said prayers/a blessing over her all the way back in 2005... He prayed to JESUS to protect her from spiritual warfare, and the “spirit of witchcraft” when she was campaigning for the office of Governor.
Here’s the (first result) from a Google search (meaning I don’t necessarily agree with the article it’s presented within - I haven’t even read it! LOL):
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/24/5401/43380
Anyway, for this guy to call this Assembly of God Minister a “Witch Doctor” is HORRIBLY defamatory. Even WORSE — this CHRISTIAN minister is from Kenya (ironic, eh?)... It’s not just that this author disparaged this man’s faith but, I’d say that calling a Kenyan Minister a “Witch Doctor” is buying into the “Africa: Dark Continent” mumbo jumbo...
This author is a BIGOTED, PREJUDICED idiot! I wonder if he’s “auditioning” for a spot on Ezra’s new “Cabalist” list-serv (that has replaced the JournOlist).
I pray you are correct... If anyone could energize America and get us back to looking forward and being strong, it’s her. I don’t think there is anyone else in a position to do it - and certainly no-one has the guts like she does.
There are some obstacles she’d have to overcome, but none as serious as Obama’s flaws SHOULD have been to the voters.
This guy is a frickin moron.
Somebody should tell the scumbag that before McCain picked Ms. Palin for VP that her approval rating was in the 80s and everything was super in Alaska.
Maybe that creep should not have covered-up for that liar in the WH.
The scum is taking out his stupidity on Ms. Palin.
This guy is a frickin moron.
Somebody should tell the scumbag that before McCain picked Ms. Palin for VP that her approval rating was in the 80s and everything was super in Alaska.
Maybe that creep should not have covered-up for that liar in the WH.
The scum is taking out his stupidity on Ms. Palin.
Even Hotair recognizes it -
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/23/oh-my-palin-28-romney-18-gingrich-17-huckabee-13/
>>>The ADN makes the New York Times look centrist. That paper is the worst of the worst. Many years ago Sarah wrote them a letter telling them she can’t wait for the day they are bankrupt and out of business.<<<
True enough... and I was a reporter at the Frontiersman, so I got to see the ADN up close and gritty.
However, Freepers here need to know that Paul Jenkins has really solid conservative credentials up here in Alaska. He just doesn’t like Sarah for personal reasons, not for political stance. Jenkins used to work at the (now deceased)Anchorage Times, a lovely paper that actually reflected the readers it served. After the Times died and was swallowed up by the Daily News, the Times struggled on in a half-page presentation on the ADN editorial page in which Jenkins (and a few others) wrote a daily editorial and ran conservative columnists. Sadly, even that half page is gone.
When Jenkins says that Palin is sometimes thin-skinned and prone to payback - well, I respect other stuff he writes, so at least I’ll pay attention. Sometimes you can be on the same side of a politician and still not like them.
FYI
>>>Is Alaska more purple than red? Who subscribes to this rag? Seattle transplants?<<<
Question one: We’re very conservative, but there’s a lot of libertarianism mixed in with the social conservatives.
Question two: It’s a monopoly paper - and it’s getting smaller and smaller. The last time I was in town the paper was literally a thin ghost of what it used to be.
Question three: Yes.
Hey bud! I used to live on the Palmer-Fishhook Road, and then moved over to Soapstone Road. And I’ve also talked with the Palins. Good people.
Interesting that your comments and mine compliment each other. Be well and God bless.
Thanks. I lived I the bush for 10 years (Galena and King Salmon).
Having lived in those areas with occasional trips to Fairbanks I naturally assumed the state was bright red. But of course the population mecca of ANC is getting more and more purple
Then again, I was working with a freakin’ jihadist out at the King Salmon weather office.
I was delivering a load of concrete friday down New Hope road. I often ride my Star 1300 on up to the bar up there at Wasilla-Fishhook.
Myself I am near Johnson Lane off the Parks.
“Even Hotair recognizes it”
Thanks.
When Old ALLAHPUNDIT starts to see what is happening (whether he likes it or not), it means the toothpaste is out of the tube. In all my years of watching politcs, I have never seen anyone so in command of the scene as she is.
She seems to read their minds and anticipate everything they are going to try. Trying to put myself in the postion of the MSM and the leftists (as well as the GOP Establishment). It must be tremendously frustrating to try to catch her.
She possesses something I have not seen before. I do not expect to see it again. She is different from Reagan, although there are many similarities. Lyn Nofziger said it was wrong to try to make Reagan a Saint because he was not perfect. the same holds true for Palin. But Nofziger went on to state, “But he was a unique President. He believed in three things: God, the American people and himself. And that is kind of unique.”
Yes it is. I think the same can be said of Palin. In spades. She believes in God and believes in the American people. For her, the belief in the American people is not just lip service, as it is for nearly every other politician, because she really trusts the people to manage their own lives and create wealth if the Government can be removed from the equation.
And she believes in herself, to put it mildly. And then some. I have never seen a more self confident politician in my life, not even Reagan, who was himself supremely confident. She is completely comfortable with her beliefs and her ability and no amount of criticism is going to deter her. She is not afraid of a fight and not afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter the consequences. That is a rare quality in any person. It is practically nonexistent among politicians. That the quality exists in a politician as uniquely gifted as Palin is beyond remarkable.
Not so great...
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