“exact same ones...who created a cult of personality around Bush and rode herd over no criticism of him especially about immigration now back here doing exactly the same thing over Palin”
You couldn’t be further off. Palin and Bush are not in any way similar. I had misgivings about Bush and only supported him to stop Gore. Aside from the Court, he was pretty much an unmitigated disaster. He and his father before him spawned a quarter of a century of big government and they have given rise to Clinton and now Obama.
Palin should not be compared to Bush. She is an insurgent, anti-Establishment like Reagan. And like Reagan she is going to do some things that make ideological purists angry. Reagan picked the lib Schweiker (who turned more conservative later under Reagan’s influence) and he even campaigned for Chuck Percy when Phyllis Schlafly was ready to try to take him out in a primary.
You need to remember your history and not get drawn into this. Palin’s moves so far have made perfect sense, including this one where she is trying to get rid of Boxer and not give the seat to the execrable Tom Campbell.
BTW, I never defended Bush before he got the nomination. I was against him. Reagan, on the other hand, I supported when other conservatives were for Richard Nixon or George Wallace. And I supported him even when I wasn’t sure he was right, because I TRUSTED him. And I trust her in the same way. Trust does not amount to a cult of personality, as you say. In fact that is what the libs used to say about diehard Reaganites. Just because Reagan and Palin are the only two politician in 50 years to HAVE a personality doesn’t mean that their supporters were involved in a cult of personality.
and as someone banned for over a year during the amnesty squabbles here I will stand by that...criticizing Bush back then was serious business
thank you very much, you missed the point completely and if you had read down a few other posts by me you might have gleaned where I said precisely that Palin was not just another politician.
btw...I and my wife were there a few months ago at the now flooded Opryland for the banquet just to see her, I think I am the last person who needs lecturing on Sarah Palin . I've supported her from jumpstreet but if she does something I don't like I will say it
The day after Reagan announced his insurgent bid against Gerald Ford in Nov., 1975, liberal IL Senator Chuck Percy said this:
"A Reagan nomination, and the crushing defeat likely to follow, could signal the end of our party as an effective force in American life."Two years later, Reagan went to Illinois and campaigned hard for Percy, personally vouching for him to conservatives when Percy was in a tough re-election fight against a Dem foreign policy hawk.
Even worse, in early 1976 then San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson went to New Hampshire to campaign for Gerald Ford and called Reagan "the worst Governor in the history of the state". Six years later, Reagan went to the mat for Pete Wilson in his CA Senate race. Reagan understood that Moonbeam Brown could not be allowed anywhere near the Senate. He saw the big picture.
Sarah is channeling him more and more. She understands that Boxer has to go. I trust her as I trusted the Gipper when he upset me (which was more than once). I've never trusted any other politicians in my life.