[curiosity]

LOL. "Conservative populist." There's an oxymoron for you!

[9YearLurker]

Next up, “Profiles in Commonsense Conservatism”:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-03-03-palin-book_N.htm

[Brices Crossroads]

Ping!

[highlander_UW]

“The populism I’m referring to is, if you will, demonizing certain members of society: going after businesspeople, going after Wall Street, going after people who are highly educated, people who are CEOs,’’ Romney said in an interview. “That kind of ‘All of our problems are due to that group’ is something that is unproductive.’’

He'll have to take that issue up with the democrats...that's their shtick.

Now if he's suggesting that conservatives should embrace non-conservatives as their representatives then he fails to grasp the point of elections and trying to choose someone to represent you.

[NavyCanDo]

When I think of Romney I think back to the GOP debate in Iowa. The famous “Show of Hands” question. What an embarrassment.

Moderator Question, “Show of hands if you think Climate Change is a serious threat and caused by human activity?”

Watch Romney, McCain, Rudy, and it looks like Huckabee all raise their hands before Fred Thompson saves their butts wit the we are playing hands here, response.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAYtC_jcK1U

I tried to like Romney, I really did, but if you closed your eyes during those debates and just listened to the answers he gave , they were just awful. He was not winning me over, or anyone else.

[Rich Knight]

There’s nothing wrong with objecting to those who use privileged positions to stomp on hard working folks.

[PaleoBob]

Palin’s willingness to take on Big Business when it is operating outside the bounds of fair competition is one of her strengths. This has nothing to do with “populism.” She has proven likewise willing to take on out-of-control Big Government and completely out-of-control Big Media. This woman fights back, that’s what she is and does.

I don’t even know that Romney was talking about Palin when he said his piece about populism. Populism has, by and large, been nothing more than a rhetorical device in which class envy is wielded to wedge voters away from Establishment candidates. It’s usually all bluster and blather and no real substance — like Ross Perot. To the extent that he explained himself, I actually agree with Romney on this.

We don’t need populism. We need smaller government, less spending, reduced taxes, to start kicking radical Islam’s butt, drill here/now, and someone who will kick ass and take names to make it all happen — and that person is Sarah Palin. She’s already shown us she can fight.