Posted on 03/06/2010 5:43:00 PM PST by Brices Crossroads
At first sight it was no contest. On one channel Sarah Palin, the poster-girl of the American right, was wowing audiences with her first routine as a stand-up comedian. On a rival chat show Mitt Romney, the early frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2012, was delivering such dull fare that his host yawned.
Writing a book and promoting it on late-night television have become an integral part of a presidential campaign launch. It certainly worked for Barack Obama.
For Romney, the tactic seems to have backfired. He may be ahead of Palin in the opinion polls. But 5.8m people tuned in to watch her on the Tonight Show last week, compared with 3.7m for his appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman...
When Letterman asked about his late father, a former head of American Motors and governor of Michigan, Romney went into a long ramble about his character and integrity.
When Leno asked Palin about her father, she replied: My dad hell tell me what kind of ammunition to use.
At one point Letterman seemed to yawn as he listened to Romney, a committed Mormon and former investment banker. I dont know what any of that means, he said after one opaque answer.
Romney, who failed to shine in the 2008 primaries to choose his partys candidate for the White House, was later asked about losing the ratings battle. I need to get better material, he quipped.
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Another Troll to be dealt with I see... we are on to your tricks, we do read how you are all being hired to troll conservative sites to trash conservatives like Sarah Palin.
For certain people even Jesus Christ won't be qualified enough......Reasoning; a lost art. Media news qualifies for certain individuals.
Thank GOD the framers of this constitution had qualified people coming from their farms, factories ,offices, etc to establish this great country. Could be that maybe they had common sense rather than”qualified”.
What a disaster the unqualified electorate(certain voters) ; (and elected vetted qualified persons)have created for us. What does qualified mean? How is it identified and obtained?
Go back to the stormfront where you belong you Paulite troll!
"Ron Paul is the prophet of our time."-rogertarp
One of the reasons congressmen and senators don't become president very often has to do with congress being a legislative body, an executive has to make decisions, and drive the agenda rather than just speak about it. It's one of the reasons Bambi can't do his job very well (for which we can be thankful), he has zero experience at being an executive type. McCain, for all his "experience" is not an executive at all. Pence, DeMint, Kasich, and others, have never held an executive position.
Executives, good ones, are leaders. All executives are not good ones, nor are they leaders. Romney finished his term, was an executive, but his main achievement seems to be the Massachusetts health care system that is not doing well. Clinton was a multi-term governor with plenty of "executive experience", but he accomplished nothing substantive in his state. Likewise Huckabee, and I'm not even sure Reagan's terms as governor were particularly distinguished by great accomplishments.
Sarah, is first and foremost a leader. She has an executive personality, and a good one. Her accomplishments as a two and a half year governor can stack up against any candidate out there. The idea that she is inexperienced is a total canard, and lacks understanding of what that means. She has a conservative vision for America, understands the basics of economic strength in free enterprise, military supremacy, and social conservatism through moral strength.
It doesn't hurt that she's telegenic, and when people actually see her and listen, they like her. She's been vocal on virtually every issue that is important today, and has been leading the conservative charge against this phony bunch of democrats. No one else comes close.
First of all, I am impressed you’re here on a Saturday night! Secondly, your comments are spot-on! Senators and House members also have unfortunate voting records that trail them forever.
I agree with everything you eloquently stated about our Sarah!!! We can dance around the other “conservatives” but they’d better start shining now if they’re up to the task.
I think you said it all.
:-)
There are a lot of good conservatives out there, governors, senators, congressmen, radio personalities, pundits, etc. There are only a few that even have the chance to become president, of those I don't see anyone better than Sarah. If one steps forward, I'll listen.
I hope she runs.
All good points, B.C.. .
. Well, except for Ron Paul, who servd as an airforce flight surgeon.
Ron Paul is not a serious candidate.
He is only the idol of the anti war, 9/11 Truthers
I will take an Alaskan Quitter over a Kenyan Usurper any day of the week.
And twice on Sunday’s.
“Alaskan Quitter over a Kenyan Usurper”
I will go you one better. I will take her over a flip flopping RINO usurer any day of the week.
Serious, focussed, business-like, and tough as nails.
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