Tenacious, perky, smart on stage, Sarah Palin is a rousing political personality

Midland Reporter-Telegram ^ | Thursday April 1, 2010 | Ed Todd

[Jim W N]

Hey Outlaw, I’ll go where I want thanks anyway. This is a forum - should be a place where you can handle honest debate. If you can’t then maybe you should leave.

[mnehring]

She shoots
She scores
Game over

[ansel12]

If the vice presidential candidate for John McCain and the the biggest GOP superstar since Reagan had not supported McCain for reelection for his Senate seat, then it would have meant the destruction of her image, and of the GOP image and it would have been the non stop political story of 2009 and 2010, the division between the ticket of the previous year would have made the Republicans appear broken and shattered and would even have led to a widespread reevaluation of the importance of a Democrat victory in 2008, because it would make the GOP ticket look like it had been a sham, it would have damaged and have prevented this incredible change in public opinion towards the entire republican brand that Palin has helped reshape during the last 17 months.

Palin would have looked cheap and shallow to the general public for turning on the man that 59,000,000 of them voted for, she would easily be painted as a radical and unstable person and a bitter, small timer to the general public.

There is a lot more going on with the national image of the republican/conservative movement here than what we McCain haters see in the Arizona Senate race, the general public does not share all of our perceptions and in depth view of the race between McCain and Hayworth. They would see the Presidential and the vice Presidential candidates of the Republican party at each others throats, clearly signaling that Obama and the Democrats represented stability and calm.

Palin’s image would have never survived, and the entire national, conservative movement would be weaker in reality and in the public’s eye.

[mnehring]

So Reagan helped a RINO beat a true conservative? Where?

1972, Nixon over Ashbrook. Some may also say in 1976 when he supported Ford over Libertarian MacBride. (for the Libertarians who say they are 'true conservatives'). 1988, Bush over Kemp, Robertson, Rumsfeld, et al.

Of course, all of these RINOs that Reagan supported were also supported by Goldwater.

[Outlaw Woman]

Hey Jim....it's also a forum for like minded people. Go to those and beat your drum there. Honest Debate? It's not a debate based on anything but your feelings. How you feel..well boohoo..she campaigned for John McCain. To debate, present facts not your obsessiveness with this topic. She can do the job and will uphold the Constitution...what else are you looking for? You're probably one of the dumbasses that sat home on your hands 11/04/08 declaring your purity/self righteousness by saying....I just can't vote for McCain and you will be one of the snakes that come out when the dust settles and everyone has fought and won Liberty. You are no man.....you are a jelly fish. *sniff sniff*

[Windflier]

Next RNC chairman?

Here's a clue....aim higher.

[FreeReign]

So Reagan helped a RINO beat a true conservative? Where?

Reagan chose a RINO VP over making a conservative his VP twice, Schweiker and Bush Sr..

How could you not know that.

[Jim W N]

she’s going to need someone in the establishment who will help her, as well as a senior Republican in the Senate who will pass her legislation.

There's ways to do that and ways not to do that. McCain has shown himself to not be a friend to America or to Palin herself. I don’t know if she's up to the challenge of playing hardball these guys and win for us (“U.S.”).

[Jim W N]

How is that helping a RINO beat a conservative in a congressional race? I can’t keep going around and around with you guys. Come on. Reagan didn’t do what Palin’s doing. It’s a mistake. I hope she repents. I hope she can play hardball with thee idiots but I have serious doubts.

[FreeReign]

Reagan chose a RINO VP over making a conservative his VP twice, Schweiker and Bush Sr..

How is that helping a RINO beat a conservative in a congressional race?

It's worse. It's potentially putting a liberal instead of a conservative one heart beat away from the presidency.

It’s a mistake.

Yes, like Reagan, Sarah makes mistakes too.

[Lakeshark]

And we don't care at all what you think.

Compared to them, you're just a zero.

[Jim W N]

Didn't McCain turn on her like a pit bull after the 2008 debacle? I think Palin has shown she resonates support across our country – she like Reagan needs to know that she doesn’t need the GOP as much as the GOP needs her. That’s the game she’s got to play with these idiots. The GOP didn’t really care that much for Reagan either but they realized they needed him. Palin needs to have that kind of confidence or she gets swallowed up. Look, after Reagan was in office some of his biggest battles were with his own party. If he hadn’t learned to stand up to them before, then he would not have stood up to them when he was in the White House.

This is Palin's testing ground right now. If she caves into the "councils of (political) war" that breed timidity, she will have lost it.

[mnehring]

We have a graphic for these type of events.

[HighlyOpinionated]

* Michele Bachmann cut her hair. Please contact her and voice your displeasure over this mistake.

Can't locate a photo of Michele Bachmann with short hair. Got one to share? Pleaae FReepmail me.

[Jim W N]

A debate for like minded people? We all have to think like you? There's no room for debate? You don't know what a forum is. I'm not the enemy but I'm questioning relevant issues that we all care about.

Your personal attacks are a reflection on you intelligence and character.

[Lakeshark]

One of the best.

Could look a lot like Jim........

:-)

[Jim W N]

You speak for everyone Lakeshark?

[Lakeshark]

Actually he didn't, it was his campaign manager, and he has managed to make a fool of himself since her book. Or, more to the point, she blew the whistle on what a loser he was.

That being said, he should have come to her defense a bit stronger, imho.

[Lakeshark]

Nope.

Just for me.

But a lot of people are thinking you're a moron, they're just nicer than me.

Do you need anger management tonight or something tough guy?

[Jim W N]

Yes, like Reagan, Sarah makes mistakes too

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.