Posted on 10/05/2010 2:47:05 PM PDT by pissant
Are Sarah Palin and Michael Steele an item?
Not romantically, of course. But Palins conspicuous support for the embattled RNC chairman in recent weeks has a lot of Republican heads turning.
First, she appeared on a RNC fundraising mailer in July. Then she gave a shout-out to Steele on Fox News, painting him as more in tune with the conservative base than other members of the GOP establishment. More power to Michael Steele, she said.
Then, the RNC announced Palin would be headlining two fundraising rallies with Steele in October.
Meanwhile, Steele has made several overtures to conservatives, including warmly embracing Delaware Senate candidate Christine ODonnell when the rest of the GOP establishment was still bellyaching over what some believe is a lost Senate seat.
Steele has also praised Tea Party activists on his national Fire Pelosi bus tour. At the launch event for the bus tour were two Tea Party favorites: Reps. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota and Joe Wilson of South Carolina.
What makes Steeles recent veer to the right surprising is that he has long-faced ideological criticism from conservatives during his tenure as RNC chair. For instance, Steele fought a push by RNC members to call President Obama a socialist, once referred to abortion as an individual choice and expressed doubts about whether the war in Afghanistan is winnable, all of which provoked rebukes from parts of the conservative establishment.
But to complicate matters further, the Washington Times reported that Palin only agreed to raise money for the RNC in return for the RNC paying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Palins legal expenses dating back to the 2008 campaign.
So whats really going on?
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First, I agree with your gay/straight assertion. Nope....no more Gays to head the GOP. The marriage issue is just too damn sensitive.
But more, I think the GOP knows, for God’s sake and it ain’t rocket science, that Palin INFLUENCES elections.
Yes she does and I guess they had to get over it.
The Republicans stand to be in on a rout in these upcoming years. Let us get the most out of it and let Palin be trained and ready to pick up the mantle in 2012.
It’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
That steele guy is annoying
Who?????????????
Perhaps. Few.
Many spoilers like Ron Paul and backstabber Mitt Romney.
Feel like naming a couple?
To: 1rudeboy
Since I dont think they should even be able to vote, what makes you think Id want one as CIC.
13 posted on Friday, July 23, 2010 1:20:02 PM by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
Oh yeah! There's Sarah Palin, and there's Michele Bachmann, and then there's ... uh ... well, that's about it.
???
whoa
“You people?” ** snicker **
You obviously have confused me with someone else; someone who cares about your ... baggage.
I live and vote in Florida. Charlie Crist would have been the “Republican Candidate” for Senate here, but for the fact that he hit the panic button after reading a few polls. I will not insult you by implying that you would have been just fine with Mr Crist.
And, frankly, if the GOP “crashes and burns” to use your language, I’m not sure that I really care. They sold out a long time ago, and at the moment they are simply the least bad of two abysmally horrid options.
Oh, and I will respond to your “stuff it” by echoing your wish - go stuff yourself. Please do not post directly to me again.
That’s what a feminist would say, anyhow.
“No, she doesnt. There are much better candidates.”
I’ll bite, name three!
DeMint and Pence and Hunter and Rounds and Bachmann and King and Arpaio and Inhofe and Bolton and Cain and Franks and North and Barbour, for starters.
Well I must admit those are all pretty good picks. A couple I haven’t heard too much about.
By North do you mean Ollie North?
DNC Chairman Kaine will be on the other end of the stick ~ one of history's big losers.
BTW- I’d like to see Bachmann and Palin on the same ticket.
She knows the conservatives have to take the party back and if they do, her nomination for president in 2012 will be relatively assured. By supporting Steele, Palin is cementing her position as kingmaker and a powerful influence in GOP infra-party politics. Sarah Palin will not be maneuvered as she was in 2008. Those days are long gone for the former Governor of Alaska. She is a powerhouse and she will go far, despite the mewling of some conservatives who refuse to accept political reality and still expect a Deus ex machina to produce a combination of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan as a viable Republican presidential candidate for 2012. Get real.
Crist typifies the type of Republican who's ready to turn his back on other Republicans over a single word in a Leftwing periodical.
I don't swing that way. You shouldn't either.
Now the House is going to swing wildly to the GOP. I'd say he deserves some of the credit. For the life of me I can't uderstand the "Failed" comment.
The same is even MORE TRUE of McConnell. He had a fillibuster-proof Dem majority opposed to us. Despite this he managed to flumox Harry Reid over and over again, delyaing votes, finding the one Dem traitor needed to scuttle Harry's dingy plans. A weak hand very well played, in my opinion.
Boehner also made a very good speech a while back: Boehner Contra Obamacare, March 2010
So can we expect McCain and Steele in a Palin cabinet?
What is "going on here" is simple: Sarah is helping the RNC because......
hope to empower and influence election 2012 by backing and selecting their own candidates in direct competition with the RNC! (DUH)
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