Posted on 10/09/2010 2:18:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
At a reception and dinner attended by fifty conservative movers and shakers, Sarah Palin implicitly compared herself to President Ronald Reagan. At the same time she suggested that she is mulling a Presidential run in 2012.
According to Politico:
"Speaking to a group of well-connected Republicans at a private dinner in Florida this week, Sarah Palin implicitly addressed questions about her own electability by noting that critics also said Ronald Reagan couldn't win in 1980, three attendees told POLITICO.
"Palin, at an event organized by the conservative magazine Newsmax, told the right-wing crowd that those who don't have the same convictions will always say a true conservative can't win.
"Pointing out that the knock on Reagan was that he was also too far to the right, the former Alaska governor repeatedly invoked the 40th president and conservative icon, at one point citing the quotation he was most fond of: that America is a "shining city on a hill."
"'I think she sees herself as heir to Reagan,' said one attendee."
While just about every Republican politician invokes Ronald Reagan, just as Democrats like to invoke John Kennedy or Franklin Roosevelt, Sarah Palin's implicit suggestion that she is the heir or even the second coming of Ronald Reagan would seem somewhat presumptuous, at least at first glance.
There are some parallels. Like Reagan, Palin was a state governor. Like Reagan, a large percentage of the liberal intelligentsia has labeled her, mistakenly, as somewhat dim. Like Reagan, she is beloved by many, hated by many more. Like Reagan, Palin is something of a media star.
There are differences, of course...
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I am beginning to like you.
BTW: I like a little turbulence on the plane, I find it relaxing.
:-)
Stop, LOL, trying to get me in trouble for laughing at work?
:-|
I am laughing so so hard I can't even type... Thank you!
PS: Yes, Yes, Bourbon or Vanilla Porter, and, how dare you?
Of course! This thread is so funny!
Narrowing the pool. There are more than a couple "SOL's" plying these waters; a bit of deductive ratiocination is always part of the relatively brief process. Patience.
;-)
:^O
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I give her far more credit than Obama. Even though she only served half her term, she has some real accomplishments to point to. Beneficial accomplishments. Obama had done nothing of note that I’m aware of.
That said, she ain’t my cup of tea, and her true believers who cannot accept that other conservatives view her as a lightweight are the most obnoxious (ostensibly rightwing) hacks I’ve ever come across.
We’ll have to do a “Cultists Greatest Hits” collection.
OMG, how do you know all these things about me?? Is that you watching me? Now I cant sleep. Everyone is following me, no it's just my shadow, or is it? It is scarey, just like a Alfred Hitchcock movie. Or Dark Shadows
Have you tried people finder ??
Hint :
First name : Sick
Middle name : of
Last name :libs
Dark Shadows, LOL!
Onyx called you a rumpswab? Just keeping it classy I guess.
LOL — you’ve got them running for cover :-)
If any of them had to endure one-tenth of the crushing garbage Sarah has endured these past two years, they's be sitting medicated, strapped in a restraining chair screaming staccato epithets like a drunken sailor with Turret's Syndrome.
It's one small part of what I so love about her; her gracious dignity, cheer and charm in the face of the hurricane. Have a great day!
Gargy 8^D
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L O L !!
” We’ll have to do a “Cultists Greatest Hits” collection. “
We can sell it on cable...
$19.95
Plus S & H
” Hint :
First name : Sick
Middle name : of
Last name :libs “
Thanks. I was confused until you broke it down for me....
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