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Obama Worship vs. Palin Worship...What's the difference?
7-11-09 | Bob J

Posted on 07/11/2009 10:48:53 AM PDT by Bob J

We all loved Sarah. She rescued the sinking McCain campaign, said all the right things and holds pretty much the same positions of most FReepers.

They all love Obama. He rescued the sinking DNC, said all the right things and holds pretty much the same positions of most liberals.

Dems, liberals and the MSM are condemned for their all consuming adoration, virtual blindness to any mistakes or faults and slobbering worship of the man. Yet when the same thing happens to Palin it turns into a virtue.

Sarah was a real coup for conservatives. But when she announced her resignation many of us saw this for what it was, a deal breaker for a Presidential campaign. Oh she might run in '12 and she might even win the nomination. But she will not be able to shake the black mark of being labeled a "quitter" by her opponent and the MSM and it is very unlikely she will be able to garner the votes among right leaning dems and independents needed to win the general election.

Sarah decided to give up the hardship of public service. Hers was much harder than most, her opponents and the MSM were relentless in their vicious attacks and persecution. Instead she decided to go for the gold, writing books, the lucrative speakers circuit, not having to answer to a hostile critics and media.

I don't blame her, I think she did what was best for herself and family so I hold no animosity for it. But let's not deceive ourselves. She effectively has taken herself out of the game, a game in which we all were invested heavily in her political future. We NEEDED Sarah to lead a conservative revolution and anyone who thinks she can do it from the sidelines, the speakers circuit, is fooling themselves, just look at Newt. Sarah wnet for Sarah and we were kicked to the curb.

All I'm wondering is if the Palin cheering section, the one that praises every move, every decision whether it's good or bad, the ones that believe she can do no wrong, the ones who look to Sarah as a second coming of some sort, can you please take off the blinders for one second and see reality of the situation?

I ask this because I see these blind followers possibly leading us down a road to failure in '12. Let Sarah be, let her speak, write books, continue saying all the right things, make lots of money and establish some peace in her private life. She, of all, knows her decision has taken her out of the presidential ball game and she is good with it (if she doesn't then she does not have the political savvy to earn our support).

But quit with the relentless, vicious, nasty and foul attacks on your fellow FReepers who have taken the blinders off and made peace with what this all means. You're not doing Sarah any good and of she read some of things that are being written here I have a feeling she'd be the first to blush and ask it to stop.


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1 posted on 07/11/2009 10:48:53 AM PDT by Bob J
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To: Bob J

Leaving for the day so I won’t be able to respond until later.


2 posted on 07/11/2009 10:49:16 AM PDT by Bob J ("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
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Palin has a coalition , Obama has a never ending media infomercial and a cult of airheads.


3 posted on 07/11/2009 10:51:55 AM PDT by RED SOUTH
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I think that’s probably a good move for you.

I poo-poo your assumtion that Palin supporters have blinders on and that her resigning was a ‘deal breaker’. That being said, who do you support?


4 posted on 07/11/2009 10:52:03 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism, it's the new black.)
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I’ve been fairly non-committal about Palin, waiting to see what she does in the aftermath of resigning the governorship. It appears that she MAY be trying to rebuild the winning Reagan coalition in much the same way Reagan built it to begin with. IF so, I may become much more energetically engaged on her behalf.


5 posted on 07/11/2009 10:52:31 AM PDT by behzinlea
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Get a grip, Bob.


6 posted on 07/11/2009 10:52:45 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Bob J - you are going to get so flamed.....better get on your asbestos drawers.


7 posted on 07/11/2009 10:53:23 AM PDT by ASOC (Who is that fat lady? And why is she singing???)
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To: Bob J
Sarah was a real coup for conservatives. But when she announced her resignation many of us saw this for what it was, a deal breaker for a Presidential campaign.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
9 posted on 07/11/2009 10:53:37 AM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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Let's see, Sarah stands for:

Limited Government

Strong National Defense

Energy Independence

I guess all the large crowds she attracts are just because those of us who believe in what she believes in are just a bunch of mindless Palinbots.

10 posted on 07/11/2009 10:53:50 AM PDT by Left2Right ("Starve the Beast!")
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We all loved Sarah.

YOU were never even close to being a Palin supporter, so cut the BS, Bob.

11 posted on 07/11/2009 10:54:11 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Why does supporting what Sarah does become “Sarah Worship”? The very phrase is insulting. If she does something that isn’t defensible then we won’t defend her; but, for now, she’s been doing a good job. And, unlike some Freepers, several of us won’t kill and eat our own simply because of minor disagreements. She’s the best the GOP has right now, and many of us are supporting the person - not the party.


12 posted on 07/11/2009 10:54:25 AM PDT by Blogger
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Don’t see the Madonna like adoration that the messiah gets ...


13 posted on 07/11/2009 10:54:51 AM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Left2Right

And now...stumping for Democrats.


14 posted on 07/11/2009 10:56:16 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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First thought that comes to mind is that one believes in American Exceptualism and the other one does not.


15 posted on 07/11/2009 10:57:10 AM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (There might just be too many metrosexuals in America to allow Sarah Palin to become President)
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I actually don’t think her resignation has “taken her out of the presidential ball game” or is necessarily a “deal breaker,” though I do think it was a questionable move. Look at my posts in Sarah threads over the past week and you’ll see that I’ve actually pretty much never attacked or criticized Palin herself, I’ve only criticized the fanatical attitude of some of her supporters and urged caution. But for the Sarahbots here, anything less than total devotion - skepticism, indifference, a wait-and-see view - is unacceptable. You are either with them or against them.


16 posted on 07/11/2009 10:58:58 AM PDT by Dan Middleton (Say no to political personality cults, on the left or the right.)
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Sarah is not a black supremacy racist. Sarah is not a Muslim. Sara is a believer in the order of our forefathers not a Marxist.
17 posted on 07/11/2009 11:00:03 AM PDT by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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The difference is that Obama’s leftist followers want to believe he’s lying when he says things to attract voters and Sarah Palin’s followers expect her to be telling the truth about who she really is.


18 posted on 07/11/2009 11:00:27 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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Folks, if you can provide a list to me of five Democrats who vote with Republicans even 33% of the time, I’ll be very surprised.

They would have to vote with us at least double that rate before I would even want them in the party.

Anyone who is voting against you 33% of the time, is killing you. Generally that 33% of the time is when you really need them, and by golly off they go on principle, submarining defense spending, cutting our legs off on some globalony issue or another.

What’s left in the Democrat part of Congress, is not your Ronald Reagan Democrat. The elected people in his day probably weren’t either.

He sought out registered Democrats who agreed with his fiscal and defense policy. He didn’t go help get leftists more positions in Congress against Republicans.

It’s bad enough having Republicans who won’t support you. If anything we want to get rid of them.


19 posted on 07/11/2009 11:01:22 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
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The difference between Palin supporters and Obama supporters is one of ideas.

Palin champions ideas we at FR tend agree with (limited government, observance of Constitution’s limits, pro-family, anti-abortion, individual rights, religion, taking responsibility for one’s actions). Obama champions the idea that there are no such limits on government’s power, and that the president is free to run roughshod over the Constitution, as long as polls support him.

So, by saying Palin and Obama supporters are alike, you are saying that two different populations in the country seek, and have found, a charistmatic, articulate spokesperson for their values. True enough.


20 posted on 07/11/2009 11:06:12 AM PDT by Tax Government (Sarah NOW.)
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