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Palin, I knew Reagan. You're no Reagan.
CNN ^ | 12/1/10 | Ed Rollins

Posted on 12/01/2010 12:06:59 PM PST by pissant

Editor's note: Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for CNN, is senior presidential fellow at the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hofstra University. He is a principal with the Dilenschneider Group, a global public relations firm. He was White House political director for President Ronald Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

(CNN) -- The first date is over. Not much happened. President Obama and his new governing partners, the House and Senate Republicans, met at the White House along with the Democratic leaders and discussed the unsolvable issues between them.

Even though they made no decisions and both sides went their separate ways, they agreed to start negotiations on extending the tax cuts. That in itself is the beginning of a positive process. They actually talked to each other and talked of a plan for action.

As with real dating, both sides have to get along or nothing will happen. So maybe this situation has more in common with an arranged marriage.

The American voters are the substitute parents, and they want this marriage to work or at least to be civil. And we, the voters, hold the shotgun.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
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To: pissant

Ed Rollins is a known RINO pimp.
His words, either written or spoken have no value, and are most probably harmful JMHO


241 posted on 12/01/2010 1:53:54 PM PST by J Edgar
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To: OldDeckHand

the question is....how regional is this

her popularity may not be strong in California and New York. But I gurantee you she is giving Obama a run for his money in every swing state right now. atleast within single digits either way. and we have 2 years to go.


242 posted on 12/01/2010 1:54:09 PM PST by se_ohio_young_conservative (Palin or 3rd party... no exceptions !)
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To: pissant

I’ll vote for her too, if she’s the most conservative one in the race. That will be highly doubtful.
***Why is that so highly doubtful? Right now she’s the most conservative with the most name recognition. Last time around we supported Duncan Hunter, who was often criticized for his lack of name recognition by FReepers saying, “Duncan Who?”... This time around, FReepers aint saying, “Sarah Who?”, so I’m with Sarah.

I used to say that the process itself generated name recognition. And it did — for Palin. The butthead press won’t be able to keep her out of debates the way they did with Hunter.


243 posted on 12/01/2010 1:54:23 PM PST by Kevmo (Has Obama resigned yet?)
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To: goldstategop
Reagan had a lot of accomplishments before he ran for Governor and he served TWO FULL terms. You’re embarrassing yourself, please. Palin isn’t in Reagan’s league. Not by a long shot.
Actually? What were his accomplishments before he became governor - making movies?

Yeah, he was an able negotiator for the union he belonged to, and impressed people. But does he actually have a signature accomplishment while governor? In only a couple of years, Palin did something.


244 posted on 12/01/2010 1:55:17 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (DRAFT PALIN)
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To: pissant
It's damn hard to find ANY politician or pundit that's truly "on the right". Most are mixed philosophical mushy middle fair weather friends. The idea that some kind of mixed philosophy is the way to "get things done" is bovine scat.

I like Mike Pence and hope he runs for Pres, but he has a long long way to go to connect with the American people. And so far I haven't heard nearly enough from him about FREEDOM and I hear Palin talk about FREEDOM all the time. That is what attracts me. Policy discussion that doesn't have a fundamental basis in real, tangible freedom is always in the wrong direction. No one ever thinks or says - does this policy/law protect the freedom of the individual? Does this policy/law protect the liberty of the individual? Does this policy/law protect the rights of the individual? Can we justify enforcing this policy/law at the point of a gun?

245 posted on 12/01/2010 1:55:34 PM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: goldstategop
I'm not sure what Reagan would have done if he had been attacked by his political enemies, the way she was, when he was our Gov. They filed hundreds of bogus "ethics violations" against her that demanded hundreds of staff hours to answer and provide documents for. They left affectively shut down her ability to govern the state.

I don't think that has ever happened before and I don't blame her for ending the bleeding to save the governorship and state from complete paralysis.

246 posted on 12/01/2010 1:55:48 PM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: holdonnow

I hope you can comment at length about the publication of this article.


247 posted on 12/01/2010 1:57:25 PM PST by KC Burke
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To: OldDeckHand
Huckaboob and Willard Romney aren't in the news but Sarah Palin owns the national news, why is *that*, smart guy?

Your national polls are meaningless at this juncture, (2 years out) but a brilliant NortherEastern PDSer like you should know that, right or do you want some proof?

I note that you ignored the Rasmussen poll I posted which pitted Obama's views against Sarah Palin's.

A blast from the past to give you a tingle up you leg...leg.

March 10, 1980.

The GOP establishment had decided they needed another candidate besides GHW Bush to stop Reagan and started recruiting Gerald Ford:

ABC News - Harris poll: FORD LEADS BOTH CARTER AND REAGAN, ALTHOUGH STILL UNDECLARED CANDIDATE

"Former President Gerald Ford is the first choice of Republican and independent voters to head the GOP ticket, even though he has not yet declared himself a candidate for the Republican nomination.

Ford also leads President Carter among the general electorate."

center>- - - - - - - - -

Who won the nomination and the general election later that same year, smart guy?

248 posted on 12/01/2010 1:57:34 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: roses of sharon; JaguarXKE

I get so infuriated with people like him. They are completely without foundation in reality, everything is just a soundbite to them, but they are regarded as oracles.

Still, I wonder if anybody actually listens to them? Rollins strikes me as a jealous old man who isn’t really sure about this new media stuff and is a little PO’ed because somebody like Palin probably wouldn’t even glance at him if he was making a pass at her at the neighborhood saloon. That’s about the level of his discourse. Spiteful, personal and shallow.


249 posted on 12/01/2010 1:57:57 PM PST by livius
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To: pissant
Fools like to compare Palin to Reagan, but they compare Palin at 46 to Reagan after his entire career.

When Reagan was 46 (1957), he was still hosting General Electric Theater, and he was still a Democrat (though he had twice endorsed Eisenhower). He had never been elected to public office (1966), had not yet given his great speech for Goldwater (1964).

Reagan was a great man, but it took most of his life for his greatness to develop. Palin is well on her way to becoming great in her own right. Her ultimate achievements remain to be seen.

Of course the pissants of this world will continue to do everything they can to demean her and block her progress.

250 posted on 12/01/2010 1:58:02 PM PST by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: nopardons
"Not according to the latest polls."

Terrific, then you shouldn't have any problems posting these "polls" so we may all bask in her success, right?

251 posted on 12/01/2010 1:58:48 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: dirtboy

Well, Hunter won in a predominantly Dem district in 1980. He got zero support from the GOP. He sold his house to run and beat long time powerful incumbent Lionel Van Deerlin. It wasn’t until redistricting in the 1990s that it became a ‘safe seat’ for the GOP.

As for the charisma of a rutebega, I guess having a deep command of the issues, a stinging wit, concise and quick answers that make sense, and a baritone voice is chopped liver next to a screechy, high pitched voice who butchers the english language and can’t handle Charlie Gibson and can’t beat Slow Joe Biden in a debate.


252 posted on 12/01/2010 1:58:57 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: The Duke

“Rollins = long time insider = zero credibility.”

What about Dick Cheney?

Except for a brief stint at private industry, after holding Sec. Of Defense, Cheney was in government ever since his college days.


253 posted on 12/01/2010 1:59:41 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: truthkeeper

not a n00b...lose that argument.

I’ve been here since the late ‘90’s under the name teledude, mostly lurkinig.

I was banned, believe it or not, for expressing my disgust at the McCain nomination in a poor way, and spent a couple years just lurking before re-registering under a shortened moniker.

Not that any of that addresses the issue of your believing the left wing lies about Palin.

truth-my-a$$-keeper


254 posted on 12/01/2010 2:01:48 PM PST by t-dude
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To: goldstategop

“And she thinks McCain’s a great guy. I don’t.”

He is a great guy. But he is a lousy Republican.


255 posted on 12/01/2010 2:02:17 PM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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To: OldDeckHand

Go do your own scut work.

Better yet, just try to read more of FR than just the anti-Palin threads !


256 posted on 12/01/2010 2:03:32 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Kevmo

I’ll guarantee you a conservative will enter the race if all we have are the names bandied about who are ‘considering’ a run.

I’m hoping it is DeMint. But if not, I’ll take a Pence, Rounds, Bolton, Cain or somesuch.

Palin has laid too many RINO eggs.


257 posted on 12/01/2010 2:04:00 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: JusPasenThru
Oh, shut up. Shooting the messenger is a time-honored tradition going back thousands of years. I suppose you want the place littered with idiot messenger-types who contribute nothing but opinions you've already heard, have already rejected or don't care about in the first place.

I say...KILL ALL THE MESSENGERS!!! Bastards!

258 posted on 12/01/2010 2:04:22 PM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: onyx
'Huckaboob and Willard Romney aren't in the news but Sarah Palin owns the national news, why is *that*, smart guy? "

Yeah, that's a complicated one. /s

She's divisive. Divisiveness sells papers and drives viewers and visitors to websites and cable. She's train-wreck television to a great portion of the country.

Tiger Woods, Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton are all in the news. It doesn't mean any of them can be President.

I'll also note that your personal animus in this regard is really quite remarkable. Anyone who disagrees with you must be a "smart guy" or some such thing. Again, that's funny, but not in the good way.

259 posted on 12/01/2010 2:04:24 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: t-dude
Gee, I can't imagine why you were banned, gentleman that you are.

Now then, which left wing lies about Palin do I believe? I'm a little slow, so please direct me to the specific post.

260 posted on 12/01/2010 2:05:17 PM PST by truthkeeper ( God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy.)
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