She has the ability to connect with and energize her party.
Posted on 08/03/2010 6:31:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
MORE than 13 months ago, I wrote a column that began: “Sarah Palin can be the Republican nominee in 2012. I am not saying she will be, but she can be. Those who underestimate her do so at their own risk.”
I remember sniggering and mockery from those who could not find actual vegetables to throw.
As was widely believed at the time, Sarah Palin was an idiot. Her interview with CBS’ Katie Couric had proved that. And Palin’s approval rating as governor of Alaska, once so high, had plunged to 54 percent.
Palin was a gun-toting pit bull with lipstick, with a family that was portrayed as somewhere between a reality show and white trash.
More than a year later, I have not changed my mind about Palin’s political potential. This is not based on polls — especially one showing her in a 46 percent to 46 percent tie with President Barack Obama in a 2012 face-off. I don’t believe the polls tell us anything meaningful.
I am basing my belief on Palin’s ability to connect with the base of her party. Name a bigger name in the Republican Party today. Heck, name any name in the Republican Party today.
The most energized wing of her party, Republican tea party participants, have reason to like her. At a February tea party convention in Nashville, Tenn., Palin said, “America is ready for another revolution, and you are a part of this.” This set off one of many standing ovations.
Making fun of the president, Palin asked the crowd, “How’s that hope-y, change-y stuff working out for you?” She believed what the crowd believed: It wasn’t working out well.
(Excerpt) Read more at nhregister.com ...
A lot of crazies on this site about Palin; nevertheless, so far she’s the best I’ve seen.
Yup.
Sarah Palin is a master of imagery. Pit bulls with lipstick, hopey-changey, mama grizzlies - all phrases conjuring up vivid images in peoples minds and they know exactly what she’s talking about - even those who don’t agree with her. Fact is, aside from being better looking, the leftie moonbats hate her because they realize how effective she is. Now she’s got the whole English-speaking world making fun of Obama’s (lack of) “cojones”!
Let’s consider Palin’s approach in light of three of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals:
1. Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
5. Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.
6. A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.
I’d say she’s writing a new one: “Turn your enemy’s weapon against him”.
Not sure how women will react to her as a Presidential candidate, it appears that she is trying to make strides with them.
She has the ability to connect with and energize her party.
Now if I were talented - I would draw on SARAH’s hand - Hi Onyx!
You will actually see elite-illectuals moving to Canada and France out of sheer agony and rage.
Then, when she sweeps into her second term in 2016, with the Nation in the middle of the biggest economic boom in over 100 years, unemployment at 2%, and fresh from total victory in Afghanistan, there will be Libtards jumping off the Empire State building in New York, and off Number 3 Embarcadero in San Francisco.
Ahhh, life is good with an active imagination...
:-)
The libs will be buying Depends when she galvanizes the sheeple to save our Country to save it from the abyss.
Right, but don’t undersell her intellect. Brains combined with commonsense is in short supply “inside the beltway”. We need Sarah Palin and many more like her replacing those over-educated idiots.
She’s smarter than all those people put together and the funny thing is that we know it and she knows it, but they don’t believe it! LOL.
LOL! Your good!
Go SARAH!
I haven't seen anyone in the Republican Party connect with and move large crowds like she can. She is Reaganesque in her optimism. So far she seems to realize that the current regime can't have its agenda tweaked. It needs to be reversed.
I suspect there are lots of Republican Presidential aspirants who believe the right way to go is Obama-lite.
Sarah Grizzzly mamma vs. lying icehole.
GO SARAH!
I hope we (Canada) tighten up our refugee claimant system before then.
Newt Gingrich wouldn’t excite me whatsoever. I would hope Sarah (if she ran) could garner a better running mate than him.
I do understand though, that he might bring in the RINO’s and old line GOP’ers. Blech.
“Paging Alec Baldwin....paging Alec Baldwin.”
“Your private jet for Toronto is ready.”
What is interesting is that a sitting President who has the complete backing of the MSM is now even with a former VP candidate who has been summarily trashed by same. Hmmmmm ....
Sarah speaks to, and as, US -- we the People, while the rest of the political class only speak to themselves in their own little echo chamber ... a game of upsmanship they play amongst each other.
Not saying that Sarah is perfect, far from it .. she is human like us all, complete with human frailties and foibles. And that is what makes her real, makes her just like all of us ... lends to her appeal to us all.
Some day she might turn out to be yet another phony politician of arrogant ambition like all the rest .. but until and unless that day comes, so far Sarah Palin is *real*
-- MM
She’s my gal and I’m sticking with her.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.