Leaving for the day so I won’t be able to respond until later.
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.
Get a grip, Bob.
Bob J - you are going to get so flamed.....better get on your asbestos drawers.
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.
YOU were never even close to being a Palin supporter, so cut the BS, Bob.
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.
Don’t see the Madonna like adoration that the messiah gets ...
First thought that comes to mind is that one believes in American Exceptualism and the other one does not.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I’ll admit that I’m a huge Palin fan, but I also appreciate some people giving constructive criticism. We all know that the MSM will try to take her out, but if we can discuss actions and words in a civilized manner, we will be able to counter libs.
It sounds a lot like the way Obama supporters acted during the election.
I don’t worship Palin.
I would drop my support for her like a rock, if I saw that she really wasn’t a conservative.
I am excited and energized by her, or anyone; that I see as capable of leading our nation back to the principals it was founded on.
Some of those principals being; individual freedom from government oppression, freedom to have self determination, economic freedom, religious freedom, freedom from government, a market based economy, etc...
Those principals excite me much more than any candidate or political party.
The Founding Fathers had it right. They knew what was important. Most people today do not. The Founders would make much better leaders today (if it were possible to magically bring them here from 200+ years ago) than 99.99% of Americans. Probably even better than Sarah Palin.
odumbo is a crook Palin is not