Posted on 11/13/2010 10:12:50 AM PST by Hojczyk
With dozens of freshman Republicans heading to Washington DC in the next few days, advice will be in large supply as they prepare for the transition from campaigning to governing. Tea Party activists sent them to the Beltway with clear mandates on spending, debt, and checking the growth of government, but Americans have seen what often happens when Mr. and Mrs. Smith go to Washington. A curious case of Congressitis sets in, where suddenly the potential power of their office overwhelms the sensibilities that got them elected in the first place. Sarah Palin has been there and seen it first hand. In an open letter to the freshman class, Palin offers the policy syllabus so familiar to those in and around the Tea Party movement: stop ObamaCare, cut spending, shrink government, enforce the borders, and strengthen national security. Palin lays all of these goals out well, but her advice at the end about the distractions that will push the newly-elected from their path is perhaps the most important part of her letter, and should be required reading for every Republican on Capitol Hill: Remember that some in the media will love you when you stray from the time-tested truths that built America into the most exceptional nation on earth. When the Left in the media pat you on the back, quickly reassess where you are and readjust, for the liberals’ praise is a warning bell you must heed. Trust me on that.
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Oh?
Yeah, doesn’t she usually go out of her way to point out that she doesn’t have any inside-the-Beltway experience?
Her local government and then state government. The problems and pitfalls are no different from what happens in Washington.
See response #4. And she detailed all of this in Going Rogue. I highly recommend it.
So...she'll tell them that if things get too rough they can always quit?
If she can do as much good in Washington as she done up here; our country will be the better for it.
What was it that "Unseen1" said? Only Palin & Reagen have been the People's Servants; the rest have been our Kings;;;; hit the nail on the head.
Palin will always be the straight up real deal in my book. Course I said the same thing before the joke BIG "O" was elected and they all thought he had his game together; man. What's that say about America?
Are you trying to be accurate?
She could tell them that if things get too rough you can quit what you are doing at the local level, and then go and kick their ass on the national level, and even as president.
That does seem a bit curious, doesn’t it...
+1
Depends on which of the excuses she's given for quitting you chose to believe.
If that was the private sector, you would have been let go long before you quit if you were only doing your job 20% of the time.
When she was the Veep candidate I doubt you could say she was on her Alaska job even 20% of the time
When Reagan was the People's Servant he didn't quit.
Another one.
Or you can just quit.
Republican politicians with that vaunted (by some) inside-the Beltway 'experience' is a huge part of the problem. As a former state governor, Sarah Palin has actual executive experience; i.e. dealing with a legislature, diverse state agencies and of course, budgets. Something no congressman deals with except in a superficial manner, such as casting a single vote. Her advice is excellent.
John McCain is the poster boy for seeking and receiving liberal media fawning by virtue of his 'maverick' status. Meaning that he sided with Democrats a good deal of the time and shared a large part of their world view. I suspect that, despite the conservative mask he put on to get re-elected, McCain hasn't changed.
Sarah Palin saw this first-hand in the 2008 campaign and knows from her own experience as governor and vice presidential candidate that the second you 'stray' from conservative political/moral principles, the leftmedia will be pleased and praise you but if you hold fast to those same conservative principles, as Sarah Palin has, they'll hate your guts and never stop attacking you on every level, as they've attacked Palin. Her advice to the new Republican members of the House and Senate is hard-earned - and valid.
Actually...
Palin is doing more now serving the country fighting Obama, the Democrats and the RINOS, than she would have been if she stayed as governor.
What part of that could you possibly disagree with?
BTW, Reagan would have quit after two years, if he didn't lose the nomination his first time.
Reagan had the people behind him, not a dumbed-down idiot public 30 years ago. And last I checked, he wasn't perfect either. You need to pick your battles and not try to fight everything, because you will lose for sure then.
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