Regarding chet 99’s zot:
I predict you will see more of these zots. As her nomination becomes more and more inevitable, her opponents in ther mGOP Establishment will try to infiltrate sites like FR to demoralize her base. They will say she is unelectable which is, of course, hogwash. The argument will be, as it always is, we have to reach for the center, Romney or Daniels or Pawlenty. They fervently hope that Huckabee will run so they can divide and conquer as McCain did in 2008 against a weak field.
I think they are grooming Pence to challenge her to try to take votes away from her. He will never gain any traction.
When all these ploys fail and she secures the nomination, the Establishment will continue to try to undermine her, as they have for the last two years. They think they have the template for it from DE that they used on Christine O’Donnell. And they are going to pull it out again. Their problems are two fold on this, though:
First, They have fired all their ordinance on Palin. She just gets stronger. The public has tuned them out.
Second, Palin is not Christine O’Donnell. While quintessentially feminine, she has a kind of pioneer toughness that, frankly, makes the male GOP candidates look like sissies. Feminine to be sure, but measured against the rest of the male field, she makes them look effeminate (Romney and a few others) or stodgy and overweight (Barbour).
In 1980, Reagan was the most a masculine of the candidates (measured against the preppy, wimpy Bush and the other dwarfs). In 2012, the most masculine candidate is also the only feminine candidate. It is the best of both worlds. I would dub it the “Tomboy factor”. And it plays to Palin’s advantage when deflecting the misogynistic smears fo the GOP Establishment.
Interesting take.
I hope we don't get to the point where posting news articles gets people zotted. If FR were turned into an arm of a particular political campaign, as some here seem to want it to be, it would become pretty much hobbled in pushing the political causes it is dedicated to.
And I don't expect that to happen. Usually there is a good reason when people get suspended, not just because they post a few articles.
The Evil Empire (DC) is just warming up. They snapped to the severity of the Palin/TPM threat late but they're wide awake now.
In 1980, Reagan was the most a masculine of the candidates (measured against the preppy, wimpy Bush and the other dwarfs). In 2012, the most masculine candidate is also the only feminine candidate.
LOL, there's a tagline in there somewhere.
“Palin is not Christine O’Donnell. While quintessentially feminine, she has a kind of pioneer toughness that, frankly, makes the male GOP candidates look like sissies. Feminine to be sure, but measured against the rest of the male field, she makes them look effeminate (Romney and a few others) or stodgy and overweight (Barbour).”
Nailhead.