That is a legitimate argument, not the one thrown out by NeoCon pundits that she is not smart enough. I am very socially conservative and a stout southern traditionalist and most older white males here like me adore Sarah Palin but I am smart enough...if you will...to realize that what has happened here is not a groundswell for my America's way of thinking but rather a yearning for correcting course over taxes and financial matters and a distaste for far left government all combined with a fear that folks playing footsie with Islam are in charge.
How we navigate the next two years before 2012 is uncertain but getting Sarah Palin or any other culture war type elected will not be done running on culture war issues alone or that being the heaviest emphasis. It simply does not sell with the mushy middle or younger people and least of all just about any minority except a handful.
Even Magnus did not win running on traditional values per se but folks knew where he stood...that is the course Sarah must pursue in my view.
Someone who spouts what I believe non stop would be unelectable since 1856.
You're so right! We social conservatives have yet to learn the lessons of the Far Left. They spent YEARS getting things into place. They got themselves into positions of authority in Universities, and well known non-profit organizations. They got their people into positions from which Federal Judges would be drawn, and as a result, they control many of the Federal Court Districts now, and when it comes time to choose a nominee for the Supremes, a Democrat President has many people from which to choose.
They implemented, incrementally,the changes with which we are now living, and many regular folks didn't even notice, and don't see any problem with the way things are, because it's been done so slowly, in many cases, it seems to many that it's always been that way. For those younger than 30, it HAS, in their living memory, always been that way. They especially have been indoctrinated with the liberal ideas of diversity and equality, especially with regards to homosexuality and abortion, so anything that smacks of unequal treatment will arouse their ire. They have to be shown how destructive the lifestyle can be before they can be convinced that society should not be forced to accept or approve of it.
We'll have to be very smart and very patient, in order to achieve our goals. I know it's hard to wait, because it seems like we've waited forever, but if we want to get it done, patience IS the watchword. We have to get our own farm team of good candidates into the pipeline, or we'll never get back into any positions of power.