Thanks for the reasoned response. I too will support whatever Conservative candidate is running in 2012.
The issues are quite simple as I see them:
Unless Obama is neutered by a landslide Conservative takeover in 2010, by 2012 we will be facing staggering deficits, health system collapse, skyrocketing energy prices and a floundering economy.
There are few if any candidates that will have mastery of every issue and every industry that willl be harmed by the current occupant of the White House. But there are two key issues that I think Palin has mastered that give her an advantage in my mind.
One absolute imperative from day one of a new Conservative administration is kick starting our domestic energy industry. I can’t imagine too many Conservative candidates who understand this issue better than Palin. Her state depends on the oil & gas industry as few others do. It is one of the reasons Alaska, like Texas, has prospered while other states flounder. We have plenty of oil, gas and coal in our backyard here in the US and these are definitely “shovel ready” and real job producers.
Fiscal responsibility - She has returned money to Alaskan taxpayers and has not spent money like a drunken sailor as Governor. That means a whole lot to me after observing behavior in DC these last few decades.
I personally like governors as President. You need to understand the role of an executive and how to properly delegate and surround yourself with competent people. I believe Palin has this ability as well as that little extra special something that all good leaders require.
I also believe she is a woman of integrity, a quality I rarely see in politicians. I spotted Clinton for what he was the first time I met him while he was Governor of Arkansas. We met during a speech at the Excelsior Hotel. Still to this day I can’t imagine how people fell for his BS.
Obama, HRC, Biden, Gore, Pelosi, Kerry et al - They morph into whatever they think the voters want every election cycle. Their pandering is sickening.
I went to church with W before he became Governor. He was a good man, but definitely not a strong Conservative. History will treat him well for what he accomplished after 9/11 though.
This is the point. I look at Palin and I don’t see a savior or a cult leader. I see an accomplished woman of integrity. Someone who has fought the good fight from PTA, to city council, to mayor, to oil & gas commisioner to Governor to VP candidate.
I see a Conservative Christian woman who was brutally attacked by the state-run media and entertainment world in ways I have never witnessed in my 40+ years of following politics. But yet, she survived and thrives. And frankly, if she can make the left this crazy, I would love to see them implode when she is in the White House.
Unless Obama is neutered by a landslide Conservative takeover in 2010, by 2012 we will be facing staggering deficits, health system collapse, skyrocketing energy prices and a floundering economy.You are right about what America will be facing in 2012.
There are few if any candidates that will have mastery of every issue and every industry that will be harmed by the current occupant of the White House.