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Republicans trying to stop a Palin run for presidency ("Stop Palin Week" now at Warp 10)
Winnipeg Free Press ^ | 11-9-10 | Lee-Anne Goodman

Posted on 11/09/2010 5:51:12 PM PST by TitansAFC

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To: pissant

We heard it from Will Folks, so you know it must be true.


21 posted on 11/09/2010 6:18:04 PM PST by TitansAFC ("Mike Pence's Amnesty plan is the '86 Amnesty with a trip home tacked on." - The Heritage Foundation)
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To: TitansAFC

We have Rove and his merry men to thank for all of this conflict. While it was there just under the surface, Rove lit this thing on fire. Rove gave birth to this narrative.

Palin will stay on track. She is stronger than them, she WILL ultimately win.

It is clear now that the establishment Republicans do not have the best interest of our country at the forefront. Their only interest is personal.

Justice is coming, and a good many of those trying to undermine the Tea Party folks are scared to death that......... Justice comes for them.


22 posted on 11/09/2010 6:18:23 PM PST by Gator113 (Beauty will devour the Beast in 2012. Kill "Obamamosque"@ Ground Zero)
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To: ari-freedom

I understand your concern. Many wish this to be a purely secular exercise. Many conservatives and libertarians on this site prefer to promote values sans religion; they are free, obviously, to do so.

I don’t think you can divorce values from faith, ultimately.

If there is no God, then there is no such thing as right or wrong, only social norms.

I go out on a limb and am willing to face the fire.


23 posted on 11/09/2010 6:19:43 PM PST by One Name
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To: ari-freedom

And you are helping with statements like this?

“She’s just teasing with the notion in order to generate publicity for her ideas.”


24 posted on 11/09/2010 6:20:24 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: ari-freedom
I don’t think she will run.

She'd have to take a big pay cut.

She is in a perfect role right now. And the RINO elites will do everything to stop her.

26 posted on 11/09/2010 6:22:12 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: TitansAFC

>>> The former Alaska governor backed some 60 Tea Party candidates, about half of whom won, while targeting 20 Democrats for certain defeat. Eighteen lost.

However these numbers mean little until you determine if her intervention made a difference. Would the winners have won anyway, or the losers lost anyway if Palin had stayed home. This was a certain republican year. She can’t be assigned all the credit.

Palin clearly made a difference to the good for South Carolina with Haley. Likewise she screwed up things in Delaware irretrievably by assisting O’Donnell before the primary. Beyond that it’s not a clear picture. I’d be very interested in seeing a more complete analysis of her real impact.

I’m not persuaded she will run for president. But there is nothing wrong with being a kingmaker either.


27 posted on 11/09/2010 6:22:17 PM PST by tlb
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To: TitansAFC

So what Republicans have gone public against Palin? Steve Schmidt, this Baucus guy I never heard of, Rove, Murkowski. Pretty weak lot.


28 posted on 11/09/2010 6:27:15 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: One Name; ari-freedom

If there is one person who has been more thoroughly vetted, more scrutinized, more investigated than Sarah Palin and come out so squeaky clean, name that person.

If I was God, and I wanted to confer my ‘grace’ upon someone, she would be in the top %1 .


29 posted on 11/09/2010 6:27:15 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: HerrBlucher
You'd think that if Palin was really that bad of a candidate, they would cheerfully let her run and laugh at her when she falls on her face. The fact that they're screaming hysterically about it, and attacking her through anonymous sources, speaks volumes. They don't want Palin to run because she would destroy the two-party facade and the good old boy network.
30 posted on 11/09/2010 6:27:40 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The Republic of the United States of America)
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To: KoRn

If Sarah runs, she will tell it like it is. Take no prisonors. She will call out the “bastards” as she sees them. The RINOS will stand around and say nice things to each other, hoping to not offend each other. She is not part of that “elite” crowd, and that is what people like about her. Remember when McCain would not say anything about using Obama’s middle name? That was out of bounds during the election, but afterwards, Obama had no problems using it. He was in!


31 posted on 11/09/2010 6:31:05 PM PST by Flyover Country
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To: tlb

She’s not afraid to take a stand, is she?

Most of the old guard stands around with their finger in the air before they pronounce.

That’s not leadership, that’s consensus.


32 posted on 11/09/2010 6:32:10 PM PST by One Name
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To: One Name

But you make it sound like she’s the messiah or something. It sounds like something a democrat would say about Obama.
I know that that’s not what you are really saying but that’s what it sounds like.


33 posted on 11/09/2010 6:32:10 PM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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To: TitansAFC

Good. I hope she makes the most of being the underdog and really capitalizes on not being the establishment choice. We Americans have come to hate politics as usual and tend to love the underdog!


34 posted on 11/09/2010 6:36:31 PM PST by Bellflower (All meaning is in The LORD.)
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To: KoRn

I find it very difficult to argue with your analysis.


35 posted on 11/09/2010 6:37:48 PM PST by freespirited (This tagline dedicated to the memory of John Armor, a/k/a Congressman Billybob.)
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To: tlb

South Carolina and Kentucky are very red states. I’d be surprised if any Republican would lose there. On the other hand, Delaware is very blue. Even the perfect candidate might have lost so it would be too easy to blame her for not getting that seat. Look at CA or MA. Some places are just hopeless.

However, I would be surprised if Palin couldn’t have pulled off a win for Miller in her own state.


36 posted on 11/09/2010 6:40:22 PM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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To: JPG

I heard that, too. I had given W the benefit of the doubt, when I first heard that he had said such a thoughtless thing. Relieved to have my thoughts vindicated.


37 posted on 11/09/2010 6:41:22 PM PST by jivin gene (Breakin' up is hard to do)
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To: ari-freedom; One Name

So now he has no right to his religious beliefs if it conflicts with your anti-Palin attitude? Sure you’re at the right website? Maybe Zsa Zsa could use you over there...


38 posted on 11/09/2010 6:41:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~Mencken)
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To: ari-freedom

She’s not Meshiach; neither was Reagan.

By the first part of your screen name I would suspect you are a believer. Ari-el means lion of God. Ari means fierce or brave, hence the lion.

I’ll take another leap. God raised up leaders in the Old Testament to correct Israel from time to time and return them to his path.

Has God forsaken the United States of America, or will he send us another Hezekiah, etc. to steer us back?


39 posted on 11/09/2010 6:44:55 PM PST by One Name
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To: JayVee

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

I think she meets these qualifications.


40 posted on 11/09/2010 6:45:06 PM PST by curth (SarahPac: Almost 2.5 million Facebook members! Are you in for $20.12?)
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