Posted on 11/20/2008 4:54:02 PM PST by redk
I'm one of those who refuses to proclaim Sarah Palin as "the next Reagan." To do so would be to open myself to all sorts of attacks from Reagan admirers and detractors alike, but that's not why I refrain from equating the two. I truly believe that Ronald Reagan was a rare and unique leader, a giant of the conservative movement who pushed it ahead as much as did Barry Goldwater and William F. Buckley. I do admire and support Gov. Palin, and I think she has her own brand of uniqueness.
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What utter BS from you. She has a 80% popularity rating.
Only a RomneyBOT cultist or Romney-assassin would say what you said.
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Sarah Palin did a good job as McCain's VP runningmate and shes a first class Governor. But she came out of the last election cycle as damaged goods. An unproven entity, but a politico with a lot raw talent and future potential.
Linking Palin to Reagan, is like linking Obama to Lincoln. Ridiculous, absurd and downright dumb!
President Reagan was an effective communicator; he wasn’t caught up in slogans and double talk; one got the impression he said what he believed and of course, he proved that to us.
Sarah Palin is also an effective communicator; better depth concerning foreign affairs and financial astuteness will be helpful. Her downside is that she is a beautiful lady and it is more difficult to view her as a tough Margaret Thatcher, not that she isn’t.
And he DID make solid appointments to the Supreme Court.
(For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be an American)
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I understand how you feel with BOR interviewing the “Obama girl” on Fox right now. But please hang in there. You need never be ashamed. BOR, Chrissy, Katie, and the like should be ashamed. I nor you should ever be ashamed to be an American.
Stupid people who live among us made a mistake and will come to their senses after they have experienced much pain. We went through this in the late 70’s and came out stronger. We will do the same now.
He was so tough and yet so humble.
He had to be TOUGH—he was staring down the Soviet Union!
Reagan was Churchillian; no one now even comes close!
Governor Palin is NOT the “next” Ronald Reagan. But she is the FIRST great Republican leader from his legacy. Ronald Reagan, God Bless his soul, is 20th century. Governor Palin could be a the one to carry on RR’s legacy into the 21st.
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Well said!
We did NOT go through this in the 1970’s. Having lived through that time, I can say that.
The media is united behind The One (piss be upon him). As are the colleges, the schools, the courts, the government apparatus, and the majority of the voters. Conservative American values and traditions are now on the ashheap of history.
The Sheep have broken faith with their soldiers and their forefathers. They have willingly embraced the yoke. And everyone here and across the land will be hunted down and punished.
And that includes you.
And that includes me.
I am ashamed of these people and this country. For it is no longer mine.
This is not to slight you at all, but if you don’t remember trying to go to sleep not knowing if you would wake up to a world destroyed and pulsating with radiation or at all, and watching in awe as this man patiently and bravely called the Soviet bluff, and then watched the hordes of freed people streaming across the borders of the former Iron Curtain, from a regime in which they could not worship God on pain of death, then you really have no idea how great was Reagan.
The Cold War and the threat of total nuclear annihilation was the defining theme of my childhood. People built shelters, as I’m sure you know, kept their tanks topped off, so they had some hope of being among the few survivors of all-out nuclear war. Ronald Reagan ended that, at least for the time being. It’s not just having a certain political outlook or personality, it’s about being a great person for a perilous time. And he was.
A May 2007 poll taken by Ivan Moore Research in Alaska put Palin’s positive rating at 89 percent. That’s off the charts high. But Moore’s survey wasn’t a traditional approval rating or job performance measure. Rather, respondents were asked to rate their feelings toward public figures as very or somewhat positive or very or somewhat negative. The verys and somewhats were then combined.
A poll two weeks before that one, from Dittman Research, gave Palin a 93 percent approval rating.
The Moore poll numbers hit a low of 76 percent in mid July — in the midst of “Troopergate” coverage — but bounced back to 80 percent in mid August. That mirrored a Hays Research Group poll on July 24 and 25 in which 80 percent rated Palin’s performance as somewhat or very favorable.
Moore hasn’t polled similar questions in other states, so he wouldn’t say categorically that Palin’s are the highest in the country. “But it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know 89 percent is going to be at the top of the list,” Moore said.
On Sept. 3, the McCain campaign released results of an American Viewpoint poll on Sept. 2 — after the announcement of Palin as McCain’s running mate — that found Palin had an 86 percent overall job approval rating. That was a poll commissioned by the McCain campaign, so take that for what it’s worth.
Again, these are extraordinarily high numbers by any measure. But according to Rasmussen polls, Palin gave up her crown as “most popular” in July, overtaken by North Dakota’s Gov. John Hoeven.
A Rasmussen poll on July 30 found 64% of voters rate Palin’s job performance as excellent or good versus 14% who view it as poor. On July 8, Hoeven clocked 72 percent at excellent or good against just 6 percent who rated his performance as poor.
Scott Rasmussen, founder and CEO of Rasmussen Reports, said people shouldn’t get hung up on whether someone ranked No. 1 or 2. Those numbers change with the political winds of the day.
“In a broader sense, she (Palin) is one of the very top,” Rasmussen said.
The polling firm SurveyUSA has in the past conducted governor’s approval ratings in all 50 states, but not since Palin took office.
In 2006, the highest ratings were around 80 percent.
The ratings being reported in Alaska for Palin are “extraordinarily high,” said Jay Leve, editor of SurveyUSA. “Those kinds of numbers are unprecedented.”
And based on the previous highs for approval ratings, he said, it’s highly likely Palin is now top dog.
Jennifer Duffy, a senior editor for The Cook Political Report, and John McIntyre, managing editor at Real Clear Politics — two groups that pay close attention to such things — also believe Palin’s numbers rank her as the most popular.
“It’s difficult to make a categorical statement like that,” McIntyre said. “But generally, they are on pretty solid ground. If I was a betting person, I bet that’s an accurate statement. Once your approval rating is over 80 percent, it’s a little silly.”
Bottom line, most experts say the McCain campaign is probably right. We rate it True.
Greatness isn’t a popularity contest.
Where are you seeing all those recent rash of "Alaska Republicans" with nothing but bad to say about Palin? Please post the links. Because the only thing I've seen from supposed "Alaska Republicans" with nothing but bad to say about Palin, was reportedly discredited.
“Because the only thing I’ve seen from supposed “Alaska Republicans” with nothing but bad to say about Palin, was reportedly discredited.”
If there were discredited good that’s all I’m looking for. People are completely misunderstanding what I meant. Look at my post history, I only came here and became more active in this election because of her. I want her to get reelected and become our President but I’m nervous about what will be thrown at her the next 2 years.
That post was to show how popular Palin is in Alaska in answer to a particular post.
Politics is largely a popularity contest by the way.
The topic of the thread is comparing Palin to Reagan.
Yeah? I don’t get your point.
And I don’t get yours, so we’re even.
“I am more curious about the recent rash of ‘Alaska Republicans’ I’m seeing all over the place with nothing but bad to say about her.”
The “Alaska Republicans” are clearly a media myth as revealed by the poll numbers in post 32.
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