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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: Robbin

Obviously, you haven’t the slightest grasp of any reading comprehension skills whatsoever.

I was as raving anti-Clinton ( both of them ) many years prior to you even knowing that FR existed ( and, for that matter, also years prior to FR existing ), understood just HOW bad Obama was before most, including why his purported father’s African Marxism would influence him and how.

OTOH, my head isn’t anywhere near pissant’s rear, but yours is shoved so far up it, when he opens his mouth, everyone can see your eyeballs.


361 posted on 12/01/2010 3:21:04 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Lakeshark; pissant
pissant('s)... position on women.

No pictures, please. I have standards you know.

362 posted on 12/01/2010 3:21:16 PM PST by earlJam
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To: earlJam

And I’ll be damned if I share my women with you.


363 posted on 12/01/2010 3:22:49 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: t-dude
And the lesson I came away with in 2008 is we need to rally around a single conservative early, otherwise we split the conservative vote and the establishment RINO wins with a plurality.

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I agree, which is one of the reasons I support Sarah. We can't let what happened in 2008 happen in 2012.

364 posted on 12/01/2010 3:23:30 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
As the poster Syncro once said, he deserves no respect, I agree with that, so he gets none from me.

I admit, Fed did that to me too. We'll never know what happened, if he was a stalking horse, or just didn't have the fire.

It should be interesting to see how all this plays out this time. I'm guessing it will come down to the Mittster or Sarah in the end, but no one really knows.

365 posted on 12/01/2010 3:24:05 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: ari-freedom

I don’t agree.


366 posted on 12/01/2010 3:24:18 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: irish_links
most American voters couldn't care less about the Country Class / Ruling Class dichotomy that fixates the folks who post on this board. In general, they are interested in finding solutions to our problems and political leaders with demonstrated competence and executive leadership skills who have the ability to implement them.

I pray to God you're wrong.

I pray most Americans understand well enough by now that government "solutions to our problems" have gotten the country into the dire condition its in currently.

IMO most people have accepted government as a necessary evil, and just want to be left alone as much as possible.

Any politician - Palin or not - who appeals to this sentiment will blow away the field.

367 posted on 12/01/2010 3:24:47 PM PST by skeeter
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To: OldDeckHand
Palin hasn't demonstrated any ability to deflect these attacks and redirect them into positive energy. Yes, the people who are predisposed to support her, become even more fervent in their defense of her. But, for the rest of the country, the attacks have taken a withering toll.

Well said.

368 posted on 12/01/2010 3:25:15 PM PST by earlJam
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To: pissant

Ed, first, that was one of the most awkward segues I’ve ever read.

Second, no, Sarah Palin is not Ronald Reagan. There was, is and always will be only one Gipper. She does, however, appear in many ways to be an honorable, credible successor to him, and in fact just may be the closest thing the Republican Party has had to him (in principles, skills, and temperament, rather than resume) since he retired.

Third, if Governor Palin is no Ronald Reagan, the other current probable contenders for the 2012 GOP nomination are for the most part, and I’ll be kind, even less likely prospects.

Fourth, perhaps you hadn’t noticed, but Governor Palin is an adult woman who, in order to become governor, beat her immediate predecessor (the incumbent) in the Republican primary, and then beat his immediate predecessor in the general election. This before anybody much outside of Alaska. This, also, in a year (2006) when a lot of Republican candidates weren’t doing so well. I think she’s probably not entirely ignorant of what she needs to do to win high office against tough competition. I don’t know if it irritates her when would-be advisors write to her as if she were a not particularly bright child, but it definitely irritates me.

Fifth, I remember 2008 and 2009. No, Governor Palin did not just quit. She didn’t get bored with the day-to-day grind of a normal gubernatorial term. If it’d been that, we’re most likely not even having this discussion. Whatever that ugliness was, it was not boring. It’s disingenuous enough for the other side to skip over that. It’s just plain dishonest for anybody on our side to do it.

Sixth and finally, I remember you, Ed. Between you and Governor Palin, if I have to put money on who’s more likely to say or do something stupid and self-destructive in this next election cycle...I’m betting on you.


369 posted on 12/01/2010 3:25:28 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: Don't Make Me Get My Cluebat.)
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To: pissant

To 252 - Then explain Hunter’s showing in the ‘08 GOP primaries. Or did that “deep command” suddenly vanish into thin air?


370 posted on 12/01/2010 3:26:45 PM PST by jla
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To: pissant

Would you care to point to where I have ever posted such a thing?

You’re grasping at straws, losing this debate, and you apparently never learn when to stop digging.


371 posted on 12/01/2010 3:26:49 PM PST by nopardons
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To: pissant
Disingenuous article, posted by a Palin troll.

I have an overwhelming sense of Deja-poo.

372 posted on 12/01/2010 3:27:11 PM PST by gogeo ("Every one has a right to be an idiot. He abuses the privilege!" Groucho Marx)
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To: RichInOC

“This before anybody much outside of Alaska”...knew who she was.

Ugh. Can we get an edit function up in here?


373 posted on 12/01/2010 3:28:00 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: Don't Make Me Get My Cluebat.)
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To: Lakeshark
Fred may have been ill. I don't know.

It does seem that there are those who would foist Romney upon us, but that would be a tragic mistake.

374 posted on 12/01/2010 3:28:10 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
"Really? You think her base hasn't increased in number, particularly with her association with the tea parties? "

Listen, I'm not clairvoyant. All I can go by are the polls that I read. I haven't seen any poll that has been taken post-election or post-resignation that shows a huge up-swell of support for Palin. Maybe you have, and if you have, please post it because I'd love to read it. But, everything I've seen shows that anywhere between 60-75% of the country doesn't think she's qualified to be president. That's going to be tough to overcome.

"What about the mid-terms? Nothing there either?"

She supported Republican candidates in a year that was great for Republicans. Did those Republicans do great because of "Sarah Palin". I don't know, why don't we ask Senator-elect Miller what he thinks - oh, wait.

No one is saying Sarah Palin doesn't bring energy to the base, at least I'm not saying that. She does. And, in House races that is intensely important. But, as last month showed, that isn't always enough in statewide races, nor will it be enough in a national race (which is really just a collection of state-wide races). If it was enough, we'd have Senators-elect Angle, Miller, O'Donnell Buck etc, etc. The middle still swings state-wide elections, especially in the swing states (or purple states), and right now, the middle loathes Sarah Palin.

Great conservative candidates can win in purple states. One needs look no further than Rubio to see evidence of this. But, poor conservative candidates in these purple states usually get shellacked. That's not a coincidence.

375 posted on 12/01/2010 3:28:59 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: pissant
John O'Sullivan compares Palin favorably to Maggie Thatcher.
Reagan's own son compares her favorably to his (late) father.
pissant says 'it ain't so'.

Whom to believe? ~snicker~

376 posted on 12/01/2010 3:30:03 PM PST by jla
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To: RichInOC

Everyone makes mistakes. Most of the time, it’s clear what a poster meant.


377 posted on 12/01/2010 3:30:42 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: pissant

On the other hand, if you want to see some candid pictures of Anna K, let me know. I will email you them from my phone.

Gotta go now, we are heading back out to the beach to have dinner and watch the sun set.


378 posted on 12/01/2010 3:31:17 PM PST by earlJam
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To: OldDeckHand

Whom do you support?


379 posted on 12/01/2010 3:32:04 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: onyx; OldDeckHand
Simply put, you’re FOS. It’s lamestream smear parrots like you that perpetuate their lies about her resignation and you make it worse because you’re a lawyer who knows better, but because you don’t like her, you’re happy to play the part of a lamestream parrot. Shame on you.

Onyx, ask OldDeckHand to explain to you how it would have benefited Sarah and Alaska for her to have finished out her term. Watching him flailing around trying to answer that question last time made me laugh my ass off. Maybe you can get him to do it for you too. (He might just be dumb enough to fall for it again.)

380 posted on 12/01/2010 3:33:38 PM PST by NurdlyPeon (Sarah Palin: America's last, best hope for survival.)
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