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Can Sarah Palin Make a Comeback?
Wall Street Journal ^ | 11/13/2009 | MATTHEW CONTINETTI

Posted on 11/14/2009 9:14:36 PM PST by PreciousLiberty

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To: celmak

Perfect post, without a copy of the text.


41 posted on 11/15/2009 1:06:06 AM PST by jws3sticks (Sarah Palin forever!)
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To: PreciousLiberty

A comeback? LOLOL Some petty little turd at the WSJ feels left out of the limelight.


42 posted on 11/15/2009 1:06:21 AM PST by TigersEye (0bama is our first Port of Entry President - I hope he goes home.)
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To: celmak

Perfect post, without a copy of the text.


43 posted on 11/15/2009 1:06:39 AM PST by jws3sticks (Sarah Palin forever!)
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To: PreciousLiberty
Comeback from what? She didn't lose; McCain did. He just wouldn't let her drag him across the finish line.
44 posted on 11/15/2009 1:17:47 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: Engineer_Soldier
Well said. I especially like the "again" part of "NEVER again will I hold my nose and vote." I have done enough pragmatic voting for big government liberals who are registered Republicans; THAT HAS ENDED -- here in California, Schwarzenegger taught me a lesson and I am applying what I've learned, and will cease engaging in Einstein's definition of insanity.

I urge all FReepers who agree with me and Engineer Soldier to at least investigate Marco Rubio, and if they like what they see, to join me in contributing to his campaign so he can beat RINO Crist (Scozzafava redux?) in the Florida primary for U.S. Senate. Rubio ain't perfect, but it appears that he's at least 80 percent, and if it was good enough for Reagan, it's good enough for me.

Being part of FR is a good start in reclaiming our Republic, but it's ONLY a start ... contributing to Republicans who can vanquish the RINO establishment is how I am going to start putting my money where my mouth is. NY23 was a "teachable moment." Crist is one who MUST be rejected by Republicans if conservatives want to take back our party.

45 posted on 11/15/2009 2:29:50 AM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: chiller

....I could understand a tingle up my leg with Palin...but Obie????..naaahh


46 posted on 11/15/2009 2:48:28 AM PST by chiller (almost speechless)
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To: Jacob Kell; Engineer_Soldier
If you vote third party, you will help bring about 4 more years of Obuma. Is that a good idea?

Here's what Schwarzenegger taught me: If you vote Republican and the candidate who bears the (R) is a big government liberal, you are CREATING THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE OBAMA HAPPENS. The only reason Obama is able to appear "centrist" in any way is because the "right" has edged so very far left. The last two decades of people -- myself included -- voting exactly as you prescribe, out of fear rather than courage, created the Obama scenario.

Obama hurts the here and now, but you can bet your ass that he's creating a whole lotta future Republicans if the Republican party takes on the banner of LIMITED GOVERNMENT. McCain would have hurt the here and now more slowly than Obama, but unlike Obama, he would have mortally wounded any hope of folks looking to the Republican party as an alternative to Big Government Liberalism because he would have destroyed any possiblity that the Republican party could reclaim the banner of LIMITED GOVERNMENT in time to save this great Republic.

I am not a third-party person, but I realize that this is like being on a ship headed for shoals, and the ONLY WAY to make that ship change course is via my vote. As long as I -- AND YOU, Jacob -- continue to vote for candidates who want bigger government, the ship will continue toward the shoals. The fact that those big-government candidates happen to be Republicans offers zero change in course. The only way this ship will change course is when big government proponents start losing. If I have to vote third party in order to make big government Republicans lose, then that's the life of a sailor.

47 posted on 11/15/2009 2:51:09 AM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
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To: Blue Jays

Ditto


48 posted on 11/15/2009 3:31:22 AM PST by benewton
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To: rightwingjew
RWJ, I have a solution for your angst at seeing cars with Zero stickers. Just do what I do every time I see one . . .I take my left hand, extend my thumb and first finger to 90 degrees and tuck the others in. I then bring it to my forehead and yell out LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER!!!!

Its quite theraputic for me!

49 posted on 11/15/2009 4:18:24 AM PST by misharu (Zero, even your family agrees . . .YOU STINK!!!)
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To: monocle
"Once the media has implanted the image of a candidate as a doofus the damage is lasting and cannot be overcome. Images are part and parcel of first impressions and we all know how important first impressions are."

Uh, you "do" remember the little phrase "Bedtime for Bonzo" and who it was associated with??? And how the media characterized that person as "dumber than Bonzo"?? And how that person was later elected to two terms as President??

Now, tell me again that "the damage was lasting and cannot be overcome". Sarah seems to be doing all the right things--mostly bypassing the media to go directly the people--just as Reagan did.

50 posted on 11/15/2009 4:20:41 AM PST by Wonder Warthog ( The Hog of Steel)
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To: PreciousLiberty
Ms. Palin has two problems. The first is that she's become one of the most polarizing figures in the country.

Because Barack Obama is in Japan.

51 posted on 11/15/2009 4:29:53 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (("To psychology! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems"))
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To: Wonder Warthog

Ronald Reagan was a special case. Reagan earned his bona fides as a spokesman for GE. I have often attempted to find transcripts of those speeches because they were so compelling and powerful. Furthermore, Reagan was in the minds of many a successful governor of a state having a very large population. Reagan had an established reputation reputation and the media tried but was unable undermine his character. The first impression Reagan made held - proving the importance of first impressions.


52 posted on 11/15/2009 4:44:02 AM PST by monocle
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To: PreciousLiberty

You betcha. Just watch. She’s been on defense so far. Now it’s her turn to show why she should be our next president. Shock and Awe baby.


53 posted on 11/15/2009 4:47:35 AM PST by McGruff (We're Going Rogue Baby!)
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To: PreciousLiberty

Hope So, What I am Looking for is the Independence and Fortitude that I have seen In Liz Cheney when a Turd Reporter fires a Loaded Question she tells them right out I dont except your premise you are wrong and then takes Control . If Sarah Palin can show that she is in ,no waffling and usual Political BS answers.


54 posted on 11/15/2009 5:30:50 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: PreciousLiberty
This article once again points out her obvious similarity to Reagan...

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55 posted on 11/15/2009 5:33:55 AM PST by doc11355
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To: doc11355

It seems a good thing that the Governor polarizes. It is good to know your enemies. I’ve had it with mushy dem-lite politicians, rinos, whine-o’s and other pretenders. If you don’t like the Governor and her policies vote for someone else. Yes, she will be attacked, but so what? Politics isn’t all doves and bells. As long as the dimocrats and their minions dislike her, she must be doing something right. Conservatives in...others OUT!


56 posted on 11/15/2009 6:10:19 AM PST by hal ogen
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To: PreciousLiberty
Can Sarah Palin Make a Comeback?

Did the left not notice that foot placed firmly on the back of their pants?

57 posted on 11/15/2009 6:12:00 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: monocle

“Once the image of being non too bright is created it is indelible.”

Nonsense. Do you remember the Reagan election? Also, GWB was portrayed as an idiot by the press before he was elected.

The image will only be “indelible” if Palin lives up to it. I seriously doubt she will. Lately she’s showing herself to be a tough, savvy politician.

We’ll certainly know more by 2012, but at the moment she’s head and shoulders above the competition.


58 posted on 11/15/2009 6:32:31 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
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To: JLS
Comeback? Only someone who lives inside the Beltway or in NYC could think she has soemthing to come back from.

The New York Washington corridor is an island of fantasy surrounded by a sea of reality. IMHO

59 posted on 11/15/2009 6:52:08 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: PreciousLiberty
Continetti is a top dog NeoCon at the Weekly Standard.

NeoCons are Palin's biggest supporters and they hope to get her into the White House and co-opt her administration.

As for the Reagan connection, Continetti accurately describes Reagan as Pragmatist.

Pragmatists and NeoCons are oil and water.

60 posted on 11/15/2009 6:58:20 AM PST by Ben Ficklin
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