Posted on 10/26/2008 2:07:09 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush, dismissed Mrs Palin's critics as "cocktail party conservatives" who "give aid and comfort to the enemy".
He told The Sunday Telegraph: "There's going to be a bloodbath. A lot of people are going to be excommunicated. David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party. The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin?"
Mr Frum thinks that Mrs Palin's brand of cultural conservatism appeals only to a dwindling number of voters.
He said: "She emerges from this election as the probable frontrunner for the 2012 nomination. Her supporters vastly outnumber her critics. But it will be extremely difficult for her to win the presidency."
Mr Nuzzo, who believes this election is not a re-run of the 1980 Reagan revolution but of 1976, when an ageing Gerald Ford lost a close contest and then ceded the leadership of the Republican Party to Mr Reagan.
He said: "Win or lose, there is a ready made conservative candidate waiting in the wings. Sarah Palin is not the new Iain Duncan Smith, she is the new Ronald Reagan." On the accuracy of that judgment, perhaps, rests the future of the Republican Party.
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I've heard a number of people say they saw his "suspending his campaign and flying back to Washington" as a crucial blunder which called his judgment into question. If he had gone back and exercised visible leadership it might have helped, but he just disappeared back into the quagmire for a couple days, then flew out to Mississippi for the debate without so much as a word about what he had accomplished.
Voting for the bailout was the final disappointment for many.
Does anyone have a copy of Obama’s IL voting record?
Yes but where will they get their next Reagan, Thatcher and JohnPaul II? And who wants to wait forty years for the next Lech Walesa?
You are quite right. They consider all the social issues to be embarrassments they would rather not concern themselves with. So they don't.
I think its the perfect test...
Allright, you got me there. My "stand" on Palin is that she is uniquely charismatic, attractive, appealing, rock-ribbed conservative, base-stoking, and game-changing. With that, however, she is not particularly skillful in her ability to credibly represent the ticket in MSM interviews. If you were to draw up a short list of qualifications for a VP candidate, that list would include the ability to represent the campaign as a talking head on news shows. Perhaps the McCain camp should use her more often, but apparently they apprehend the results.
This casts doubts on her suitably as a VP especially with a 72 year old President, and on balance it is difficult to tell whether she was an advantageous pick in comparison to the alternatives without her charisma, but with more credibility.
I would love to see Sarah in the Senate, but Sarah as President is more problematic.
So, excommunicate away.
Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush, dismissed Mrs Palin's critics as "cocktail party conservatives" who "give aid and comfort to the enemy". He told The Sunday Telegraph: "There's going to be a bloodbath. A lot of people are going to be excommunicated... The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin? ...Win or lose, there is a ready made conservative candidate waiting in the wings. Sarah Palin is not the new Iain Duncan Smith, she is the new Ronald Reagan." On the accuracy of that judgment, perhaps, rests the future of the Republican Party.November 2008 -- Be There!
I begin Operation-Get-Kathleen-Sacked on Nov. 5.
In fairness, you’re going to quit asking the so called Rockerfeller wing of the party for money right?
Sounds good to me.
add Rove to this list. Look at his behavior : things got rough for Pres. Bush, and what does Rove do? He resigns right when he’s needed most, so he can “remake” himself.
He’s been advising the McCain campaign discreetly. Why would he do that - is he the leading conservative political consultant or not? What’s with the “discreet” ?
How can Rove do it so right for 12 years on a row, and suddenly get it so wrong with McCain?
Excommunicate Rove. For my money, Hannity is the next Rove - just watch his show for forcefully clear analysis of policy.
Bobby Jindal? No way. Everyone trusts him but as soon as our party starts “reaching out to immigrants” we’ll get watered down again.
I’m here to nominate a controversial choice: Rudy.
He’s a pro-choice cross-dresser. Most of us want people like that imprisoned, not in charge. Sure, he’s strong on security, but so is the fat black guy at your local shopping mall. But you don’t see me nominating him for anything.
And where has Rudy been? SILENT on Palin. Utterly silent, all he’s done is one robo-call. He’s turned his back on the republican part and decided to follow his own path first.
THADDEUS MCCOTTER
2012 or sometime in the future:
He’s socially Conservative but he also seems to know what he’s talking about in regards to the global economy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uw-WRzljmk
You can’t do any worse than losing to a completely unknown racists Marxist with no experience.
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