Posted on 08/29/2008 11:21:35 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle
The Base will love Sarah Palin—the Republican base that is. Rush Limbaugh has been openly arguing for her on his show, and John McCain was evidently listening. But I think that she has great potential to win over swing voters in the middle, too.
She’s a governor, which is obviously an asset in governing. She’s pro-gun, and she is pro-life. And not just pro-life in practice: Her youngest child is a Down’s Syndrome baby. “Perfect in my eyes,” she said, clear as a bell. That’s what The Base wants to hear—she talks the talk, and then walks the walk.
And speaking of walking, did I mention that she is authentic hunter and outdoorswoman—she and her whole family?
And of course, she has a son who enlisted in the Army and is on his way to Iraq. That’s walking the walk, too.
She’s also something of a reformer: She took on the entrenched Republican hierarchs in Alaska, and beat them to get where she is now, governor of Alaska.
Speaking for myself, I think that Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, would have been the best choice for McCain. I think he would have made The Base happy, too, but he has had much more executive experience and is a proven campaigner—after all, he won the Iowa Caucuses earlier this year. McCain has many great attributes, but as President, he will need the steadiest of energetic executive hands when it comes to the management of the federal government and dealing with the 50 states. Something to think about, in particular, as Hurricane Gustav bears down on Louisiana.
But that’s all moot now. Palin is a strong choice for McCain. The Base loves her, and I expect that America will, too.
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I like Mrs.Palin because she reminds me of my wife, who I am desperately in love with, and have been for the past 28 years. Her manerism are similar. Her demeanor is similar. Her countenance is similar. She has her head on right. No nonsense on important issues. Gets it done. Isn't intimidated. Sees through the fog of euphemisms the dems throw out. That is my wife and that seems to be Mrs.Palin.
btt
HEY KOS, OBAMA WROTE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BEFORE HE EVEN HAD A LIFE.
HEY KOS, OBAMA WROTE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BEFORE HE EVEN HAD A LIFE.
ROFLOL Too true!
What sexists! No wonder the Hillary supporters are leaving them!
Thanks! I am having a t-shirt made with this logo. Hope you don’t mind. Nah, I didn’t think you would...
I’m going to be a little more active now in this campaign. Great pick. I didn’t think McCain would do it.
Personal use only. Anything commercial should have all proceeds go to FR and or pro-life causes.
Vig usually gets it not quite right so I would hold off on his picks. Still, this brilliant pick does change the election. I want her to campaign in the West and NW. She will go over there as a real female without a phoney Celebrity malarky posing effort. She can say she cut taxes, wants new energy resources and mean it. Her state has done just that. She can also swing down South and be looked at in the Bible Belt as a real American person of faith without being looked on as a TV cultic personality. She is an Assemblies gal and a real mom.
Vig usually gets it not quite right so I would hold off on his picks. Still, this brilliant pick does change the election. I want her to campaign in the West and NW. She will go over there as a real female without a phoney Celebrity malarky posing effort. She can say she cut taxes, wants new energy resources and mean it. Her state has done just that. She can also swing down South and be looked at in the Bible Belt as a real American person of faith without being looked on as a TV cultic personality. She is an Assemblies gal and a real mom.
Vig usually gets it not quite right so I would hold off on his picks. Still, this brilliant pick does change the election. I want her to campaign in the West and NW. She will go over there as a real female without a phoney Celebrity malarky posing effort. She can say she cut taxes, wants new energy resources and mean it. Her state has done just that. She can also swing down South and be looked at in the Bible Belt as a real American person of faith without being looked on as a TV cultic personality. She is an Assemblies gal and a real mom.
(what a beautiful, courageous, brainy lady.)
ABSOLUTELY!!!! She is going to turn the tide of this election - “O-Blah-ma” is history!
Personal use only. Anything commercial should have all proceeds go to FR and or pro-life causes.
I was trying to get JUST ONE made, but the pic was too low-rez. Oh, well. Thanks, anyway!
“”o-blah-ma” is history!”
i hope you’re right and i hope over-confidence doesn’t creep into the equation.
I would like a McCain/Palin 08 with McCain in the smallest, unreadable typeface possible.
LOL!
I'm a Ron Paul supporter, and I said the same thing. LOL! What a difference a day makes. Just ordered three McCain/Palin yard signs and bumper stickers from the McCain store.
Not only will Sarah Palin be good for our country, she has promoted a ‘healing’ on F.R.
I heard Pinkerton called himself a libertarian. Must be a fair-tax zealot cause Huck is the least libertarian “Republican” around.
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