Palin and the Battle for the GOP's Soul

The American Thinker ^ | August 02, 2009 | J. Robert Smith

[budwiesest]

she could be a way for us to get to "the other side"

Good analogy. She's "the bridge to Somewhere".

[jwparkerjr]

I have long thought there are two types who end up in the presidency. The first has a burning desire to occupy the office and sets out to emulate every trait he or she things the voters are looking for. This person spends a lot of time trying to convince voters that he is what they want and need. OTOH, there's there's the ones like Sarah who have what it takes, it shows at every appearance and when she stops moving for a moment a line forms behind her ready to support her. Obama is, of course, the first type. He looks for line and tries to butt his way into the front of it.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

John O'Sullivan on Thatcher Palin comparison

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Palin has what one would say about nature: an elemental force. It is seen but not terribly well understood. Supporters admire it; her foes dread it and fight it. In politics, that elemental force translates into powerfully connecting with average citizens. Status doesn't count when it comes to the "force." Aristocrat cousins Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt had it. But so did plebeians Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan.

[The Wizard]

and I now fear that the Arabs don’t want any Sarah Palin as an example to their enslaved women....they don’t mind a black man but no women, which they treat like crap

[Vaduz]

Amen