Posted on 04/01/2010 6:08:06 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Conservative or Liberal, Right or Left, or somewhere in the vast spectrum of gray between Red and Blue, how on Earth could anyone not like - either be inspired by, bemused by, awed by or appalled by - Sarah Palin?
Not only is she an arousing and invigorating political wonder with evangelistic zeal and the moxie and alluring looks of a 46-year-old youthful cheerleader smartly attired, but Sarah Palin is an entertaining and spirited revolutionary yelling for a return to constitutional government and, were it attainable, self-reliance.
That is an image of the spirited Sarah Palin.
Across the nation (and in Midland last week), Sarah Palin is delivering a hellfire message, laced with homey frills and cutesy phraseology, that evokes attention: "You Betcha!" and "How's that 'hopey-changey' thing working out for you?" and "Our government is supposed to be working for us."
Her tone is upbeat and optimistic, though she does lament the nation's woes.
"We've had enough (of big government and big-government spending), and we want to take our country back," she declares to her exuberant audience. Her political rainbow is a "government that allows us to live as we choose" and does "not tell us how to live."
Sarah Palin lights a fiery blaze and holds high the Conservative Torch even if the pathway "back to the Constitution" (and, incidentally, back to the Bible) may be fraught with perils and crossroads brimming with hope.
She doesn't exude the anger or rage of polarizing right-wing conservative commentators and opinion-makers, such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. But in a more light-hearted tone and in plain, coffee-shop language, she bespeaks the certainty of a strategically shrewd Karl Rove and the audacity of a mild-mannered (could it be?) Dick Chaney.
One day last week, Sarah Palin no doubt charmed and aroused a staunch and enthusiastic multitude of West Texans and, especially, diehard conservatives with or without party affiliations. Surely, most were Republicans and Tea Party loyalists and, to boot, a smattering of Independents and, perhaps, a few Democrats who fancy or decry her rhetoric and who critically mull over her preachments to set aright a nation gone astray.
By her rhetoric, upbringing and competitiveness, Sarah Palin is feisty. She is a smartly attired celebrity star often sporting a modified French-braid hairdo. She is emboldened by success, re-routed by failure and eager to "reload" and try again.
Midland's Clayton W. Williams Jr., West Texas rancher, oilman and adventurer who was the Republican Party's 1990 candidate for Texas governor, said Sarah Palin is "presidential material."
Williams, "very impressed" by the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate, said he "liked her wit. I liked her appearance, and I now think she's presidential material. I like her conservative stance. She's definitely got the intelligence and nearly two more years to continue to grow. She's already grown a lot since she was the VP candidate. Her bearing is such that I think she'd make a good president."
Her self-esteem seems intact and booming. As both the literate and unlearned populous surely knows, she is not by disposition a quitter, though she did bow out of the Alaska governorship (2006-2009) to pursue personal and political interests following her bold run for America's vice-presidency in 2008.
One of her favorite poets, Robert Service, the "Bard of the Yukon," penned in the poem "The Quitter":
"It's easy to cry that you're beaten - and die; It's easy to crawfish and crawl; But to fight and to fight when hope's out of sight - Why, that's the best game of them all!
Just have one more try - it's dead easy to die, It's the keeping-on-living that's hard."
Read more: http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2010/04/01/news/opinion/columns/ed_todd/ed.txt#ixzz0jtslwGvo
Factual statements have been written to you.
Your questions answered with facts.
You still go on like a person hitting his head with a hammer over and over.
You demonstrate the symptoms of OCD, Psychotic, or a Troll
Evidently you missed the point of that post ENTIRELY, you got everything wrong, read it again.
You are a disturbed person who is completely obsessed with the topic. You don’t like it when someone figures out your motives and the obsession you and others have about Palin & McCain. A personal attack? What part of what I said was untrue?
You have absolutely no idea, no one here can find the list of Senate candidates and Congressional candidates that Reagan endorsed as a Governor and post governor.
What difference does it make anyway, are you a child? With all this panting and moaning and whining about Palin endorsing the 2008 GOP Presidential candidate to keep his Senate seat, you hijacked this thread, JR has commented on that before.
'Sarah Palin raising cash for John McCain'
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 3:35:38 PM · 302 of 527 Jim Robinson to jveritas I don’t know how much clearer I can say it but those who insist on posting like Palin-hating trolls will sooner or later get the zot. When we can no longer see any difference between your posts and Keith Olberman’s, well it’s time to part company. We don’t need or want that b/s here.
Like I said, don’t let your PDS get the better of you. Move on to a different thread if you have to but don’t get caught posting like a troll.”
Jim Robinson
I thought I was debating with some intelligent people who didn’t feel threatened going a few rounds and maybe even keeping it friendly. If that’s moronic then so be it. FR does tend to disintegrate into a mindless dog pile sometimes. Not sure who the moron is in that scenario.
I can see a little 'perky' going on...:o)
Outlaw, I’m not going to anwser you anymore - you haven’t contributed one thing to this discussion - just personal attacks.
I think that was my point on my original post. But I'm not sure that the people Reagan and Co. supported were as toxic as McCain.
Schweiker's voting record was worse that McCain's.
LOL...ok..I see you avoided answering the question. It’s quite obvious what you are dear.
When you kept being an @ss, I figured you needed to be called what you were.
Why try to reason with an @ss like you? Now go back to some place where you can act like that and not be called on it. You'll make a lot of people feel better about you.
Anytime you're willing to be reaonable, ping me and we'll discuss stuff.
Doh! reonable=reasonable
Put my name on that long list....
Deliberately hijacking this thread and taking it over is the biggest attack, you are playing at troll, and are adding nothing to the discussion of the thread topic.
We both laughed a lot.
Yeah and besides...you just know you'd see headlines like: "Breaking: Palin snubs McCain after he put her on world stage...endorses Hayworth...so much for conservative honor and respect".
I didn’t “hyjack” this thread. I made one statement on post 3. Many answered back, some with fairly vitriolic repsonses. All I did was answer back. Didn’t mind talking about it. Still don’t if there’s something worthwhile to talk about - with those who show they’re grown ups.
lol...thanks but I got carried away in later posts...should have just left it at this one...but... Just very tired of this dead horse being beaten nightly. You know?
That is correct, you jumped in at post three to hijack the thread over to the Arizona Senate race and you have been trolling ever since.
You squat here determined to make sure that you squelch this thread.
You are a punk kid.
Excuse me - I made a short statement in post 3 and got an avalanche of responses. Is that my fault? Am I not supposed to answer those who respond? Is this not an open forum? I didn’t plan this level of engagement by any means but it was a joined affair not unilateral.
LOL on your graphic! (can I borrow that?)
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