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Palin more pragmatic than friends and foes expect
AP ^ | 2010-06-13 | Becky Bohrer

Posted on 06/13/2010 11:56:17 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

Edited on 06/13/2010 1:39:14 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: angrypalinbotshere; branstad; fakeconservatives; fallonyoursarahsword; fiorina; itsromneypalin2012; mccain; palin; palin4fiorina; palin4herself; palin4mccain; palin4palin; palin4rinos; palin4steele; palinlovesrinos; paulestinians; paulkucinich08; paulkucinich12; puritytest; rinopalin; romneybots; rontards; sarah4sarah; waronsarah
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To: rabscuttle385

The truth is sexist?


21 posted on 06/13/2010 12:07:49 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Because the Associated Pravda, Shelby Blakely and scuttle have no axes to grind.

- JP


22 posted on 06/13/2010 12:08:22 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("Every time a Democrat mocks Sarah Palin, an independent gets its wings." - JP)
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To: NCBraveheart

She made her persona on taking the the Alaska GOP good ole boy establishment. Of late, she’s sold out at the national level. Dance With the One What Brung Ya ... which isn’t the RINO Regime of the GOP.


23 posted on 06/13/2010 12:08:41 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: rabscuttle385
Mere winning is pointless (and even counterproductive) if you’re winning for McCain and his merry band of RINOs

But rabs...what other RINOs have Palin endorsed?

All of the candidates that Palin has endorsed are conservative. Carly is not a RINO because she has no prior experience in office.

Mark Kirk is a McCain flunky in IL. Did Palin endorse him?

I agree with you on McCain. But the point is that her supporters understand the endorsement but won't stop them from supporting JD. Like many Palin supporters, I support JD 100% and want to see McCain gone from office.

24 posted on 06/13/2010 12:08:47 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: JaguarXKE

Maybe she knows something about JD that you don’t.

- JP


25 posted on 06/13/2010 12:09:45 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("Every time a Democrat mocks Sarah Palin, an independent gets its wings." - JP)
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To: CaptainK
I doubt that statement because she was accomplishing so much in Alaska, was conservative, stood her ground against Libs and Pubs when they were wrong. I think she was on her way up with or without McCain. That's why he took her.
26 posted on 06/13/2010 12:11:07 PM PDT by carjic (Laid off since Dec 08...HELP!)
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To: Josh Painter

Is JD a RINO? ROFL, keep drinking the Saint Sara koolaid.


27 posted on 06/13/2010 12:11:24 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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To: rabscuttle385
Palin already split herself off by endorsing McCain and Fiorina

It sure has diminished her star power and places her at the bottom of hypothetical 2012 matchups, right? ROFL

28 posted on 06/13/2010 12:11:31 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

thats true, i heard she didn’t even bother to vote.


29 posted on 06/13/2010 12:11:32 PM PDT by dforest
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To: rabscuttle385


Yea, that's why the following occured:

1. McCain endorsed Crist, Sarah endorsed Rubio
2. McCain endorsed McMaster, Sarah endorsed Niki Haley
3. Sarah endorsed Clint Didlier who has Tea Party support, Rossi is the establishment candidate.
30 posted on 06/13/2010 12:12:54 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: sodpoodle

Sarah haters are out again..


31 posted on 06/13/2010 12:13:36 PM PDT by GregB (Sarah Palin The Next President Of The United States!!!!)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Is it better for a political party to be pragmatic & achieve power — or to remain an ideologically pure movement & criticize from the sidelines?

If by pragmatic, you mean turning into a pale imitation of your opposition, then neither alternative is acceptable. You present a false dichotomy; the real task if you have governing principles that will work is to educate people about them, not to give in to their ignorance.

32 posted on 06/13/2010 12:13:43 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: NCBraveheart
St. Sarah of Wasilla is at her core a politician.

Which explains why the GOP establishment loves her, right?

33 posted on 06/13/2010 12:14:21 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: rabscuttle385

bookmark


34 posted on 06/13/2010 12:14:54 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: sodpoodle

Rudy was also pragmatic, whats a little abortion and stuff.

Yes there will be other candidates in lockstep, they are politicians.


35 posted on 06/13/2010 12:16:31 PM PDT by dforest
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To: rabscuttle385

She’s plying (no a) politics according to the way politics work. If you’re going to play football, baseball rules won’t do.


36 posted on 06/13/2010 12:16:32 PM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: SoConPubbie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2327046/posts
37 posted on 06/13/2010 12:17:19 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: rabscuttle385

obsess much?


38 posted on 06/13/2010 12:17:24 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (WASS!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They will love her until 2011.


39 posted on 06/13/2010 12:17:35 PM PDT by dforest
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To: rabscuttle385
There is one thing about Free Republic...there has never to my knowledge been a consensus on any Conservative candidate.

From watching over the clinton years, the voting public is fraught with "one-issue", or "pet-issue" voters...if the candidate doesn't 100% support their project, they throw them under the bus and keep looking.

If some were all for, say, larger mudflaps on semi's, and only one candidate supported that - even if he was a member in good standing with the communist party - they would vote for him/her.

This is why we have a hard time winning, because the democrats have much more solidarity than we do. There is a lesson there to learn.

Sarah Palin is a polarizing figure, you either like her, or you don't. For someone like me who thinks she would make a great President and have the dems talking to themselves, you won't convince me to change by carrying the "she endorsed mccain" flag...I don't care.

Rest assured, the overwhelming majority of the free world KNOWS she endorsed McCain, but that was weeks ago, and her popularity is still increasing daily. But, there are those who have to mention it anytime they see Palin's name anywhere...like the rest of us somehow magically forgot about it.

They've thrown everything they have at the woman, and she's still roaring. So give it a rest, it ain't working.


40 posted on 06/13/2010 12:18:06 PM PDT by FrankR (Standing against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future belongs to the tyrants.)
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