Posted on 05/20/2009 4:46:53 PM PDT by lewisglad
It's take-your-daughter-to-work season for the Republican Party.
The three women have emerged as hugely influential voices for the GOP and its agenda; and each anchors very different wings of a fractured political movement.
Liz Cheney is everywhere these days on cable and network television, defending the Bush Administration's national defense and torture policies.
"[I]t's, you know, fundamentally un- American, frankly, for one administration to come into office and then threaten legal action and criminal prosecution against the predecessor over policy differences." Cheney essentially reflects future of the neo-con, national defense wing of the GOP.
Bristol Palin -- the 19 year old unwed mother of a 4-month-old baby -- has embarked on an abstinence tour, and has been embraced by the pro-life, traditionalist wing of the party.
"Regardless of what I did personally," Palin told Chris Cuomo on Good Morning America, "abstinence is the only ... 100% foolproof way you can prevent pregnancy." Meghan McCain (who described herself on a recent Colbert Report interview as a "pro-sex" Republican) is pushing what she describes as a far more moderate, centrist agenda.
"Bristol Palin's new abstinence campaign shines a light on the Republican Party's unhealthy attitude about sex and desire," she wrote, in her Daily Beast blog. (McCain grandmother has also spoken fiercely and publicly against "radical" conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh.)
What does it mean that three daughters have emerged as leading voices and figureheads of the GOP and its agenda?
And which faction do you think will control the future GOP. Is there a way that the Party of Bristol, Meghan and Liz can find common ground?
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I’ll take Palin for $1,000, Alex.
Who in the heck decided that Meghan McCain is a spokesperson for the GOP? Colin Powell? She’s another little attention whore in the mold of Paris Hilton, and this just happens to be her ride into the spotlight.
Palin by unbounded amounts.
No! It should be the party of common-sense, tax-paying, patriotic conservatives. We shouldn’t be defined by any of these three ladies. We are store owners, craftsmen, teachers, nurses, housewives, businesspeople, veterans, retired individuals, families, singles, religious and agnostic.
I vote for the Party of Piper.
Meghan is a joke; not influential.
Liz Cheney is an incredibly accomplished woman in her own right with tremendous academic and intellectual credentials. She has served in a number of varying public service positions and practiced private law at one of the most prestigious international law firms.
Megan McCain's just got a big mouth and Bristol just got knocked-up - end of accomplishments for both.
NONE of the above broads, please.
Thank you. I’m so tired of the socialist ongoing work to co-opt the only other viable party, so that they face no opposition and conservatives have no voice.
Having said that, Piper Palin in 2040!!
I don’t see Sarah Palin and Liz Cheney representing different wings of the party. Megan McCain doesn’t even represent the party. She’s a Democrat just like her father.
As for the party being fractured, hell yes it is. We have far too many Democrats in it. Kick their asses to the curb, and lets get down to business.
We’ve got things to take care of, and we don’t need leftists to help us reach those goals.
Sarah shows a lot of promise for the future. Liz Cheney is a pistol. I don’t know where they’ve been keeping her, but she’s as sharp as her dad.
Admittedly, I don’t know everything there is to know about either of these women. I’m just addressing what I have seen of them so far.
Great. No one representing the small, limited government faction within the GOP.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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