Is Sarah Palin the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan?

Associated Content ^ | October 9, 2010 | Mark R. Whittington

[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...

[dforest]

Tourettes Syndrome

[mkjessup]

Actually, I thought ‘turret’s syndrome’ was more appropo, I can easily picture the troll in question spinning madly in a turret, firing at everything, hitting nothing, and squandering whatever mental ammunition resides within it’s cranium.

[dforest]

ROTFLMAO! I think this guy is fighting his own Battle of the Bilge.

[MaggieCarta]

Glad that you had a chuckle, SJB!

[stephenjohnbanker]

I rike you....you make me raff!

[calcowgirl]

We’ll have to do a “Cultists Greatest Hits” collection.

Do you have the first few volumes?
I'm thinking the volume needs to be raised a bit, LOL

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994443/posts

[17ks]

“Palin will have to answer the “quitting” meme. That I have never denied, but Romney will also have to justify Romneycare and his other flip-flops, Huckabee why he granted clemency to Clemmons and others, and Gingrich of why he endorsed Dede Scozzafava and favors legislation on climate change.”

The differences between Palin’s “baggage” and those others you cite, is that unlike the others, Palin’s resignation was the honorable, courageous, and right thing to do.

[MaggieCarta]

I rike you....you make me raff!

:^) Thanks! Lately, I seem to make most people barf.

[stephenjohnbanker]

;-)