Posted on 02/18/2011 2:18:06 AM PST by pissant
I think American voters would do better to think about the influence political leaders exert by their words and actions, instead of treating their speeches (not to mention their sound bites and 60-second spots) as evidence of anything but what they think we want to hear. This came to mind last week as I read the report about Sarah Palin's non-appearance at this year's biggest conservative non-event (or should that be biggest non-conservative, pretending-to-be-conservative event?). She released a statement intended to keep her distance from the individuals and organizations whose non-appearance was meant to convey disapproval of CPAC's trendy surrender to the homosexual lobby.
Why, you rightly ask, would someone touted as the maverick spokesman for the pro-life, pro-family tea-party grass roots of the GOP be anxious to make it clear that she had no problem with the push to make GOProud an icon of conservative legitimacy? "Palin suggested that conservative groups had more important issues to worry about than which groups were attending the conference. 'There are so many life-changing, life-and-death issues out there in front of us. You know, we'd better be concentrating on what is really important here. …'"
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/01/sarah-palin-re-tweets-in-support-of-gays.html
Sarah Palin Re-Tweets in Support of Gays
She isn't as good a candidate as Herman Cain or Michele Backmann.
In fact, her incredibly high negative ratings make her one of the worst candidates if the goal is beating Obama.
There's just way more freedom here in Alaska than anywhere else. I live in a rural community. No prop taxes, no organized local govt, no law enforcement, no ordinances or regulations, no crime or problems. Funny how when govt grows, freedom goes out the window.
Thanks for the article by former Ambassador Alan Keyes. Joseph Farah of WND is a good man, and was certainly right about “fag hag” Ann Coulter:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2672821/posts
I’ve been highly suspicious of Sarah Palin’s Libertarianism for sometime now. As I’ve mentioned before, she’s more of a “Christian Libertarian”, that doesn’t personally partake in the Libertarian/Libertine “if it feels good do it” lifestyle, but won’t legislate against things like faggotry, abortion, recreational drug use, etc., as it is your body and you can do with it as you please, right Libertarian FReepers?
When all else fails, ask a Libertarian how they feel about Sarah Palin, in this case we’re asking the new “Mr Libertarian” himself, Walter Block:
“Yes, yes, she is no libertarian, certainly not of the purist variety. She is no Ron Paul. But, a little context here, please. Compared to McCain, Obama and Biden, she is a veritable Murray N. Rothbard. What about matching her up against all the other 49 governors? Well, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is not all bad as far as these things go, and there might be another half dozen of this breed, mainly in the poorly populated states west of the Mississippi, but surely Sarah Palin fits comfortably into this category.”
Lookit, I can easily be interpreted, here, not as supporting her, but as “damning her with faint praise.” It is not a very high barrier to be more of a libertarian than Messrs. McCain, Obama and Biden. And, none of the other 49 governors is exactly known as “Mr. Libertarian” either. Further, she did say some few nice things about Ron Paul (documented in my previous article). Contemplate that for a moment. Here is a governor of an actual state in the U.S. who actually complimented Ron Paul! I don’t know about you people, but, I take this personally. Ron has been castigated, scorned, demeaned, denigrated, ignored, avoided, maligned, by a whole host of politicians, media people, pundits, journalists, op ed writers, even, most disgracefully, by ostensible libertarian organizations located inside the beltway! And, here comes an actual mainstream politician who takes the opposite tack. Sue me, but I can’t help having a warm spot in my heart for such a person. At least in some sense, e.g., through the litmus test of who said and did not say what about Ron Paul, Sarah Palin is more of a libertarian than some of the members of several inside-the-beltway “libertarian” think tanks!
http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block107.html
For those of you that aren’t familiar with Mr. Loonatarian, he writes papers where he legitimizes the North American Man Boy Love Association (pg 56):
http://www.reasonpapers.com/pdf/26/rp_26_4.pdf
Keep on listening to the MSM polls and we’ll end up with another McCain...
Not of the candidate ends up being Herman Cain or Michelle Bachmann.
We've seen it before. We'll see it again. We're as predictable as Pavlov's dog.
You're assuming Palin is merely unpopular because of all the attacks upon. I believe her pit bull personality is one of the primary reasons she is so disliked.
ROFL. She re-tweeted it because she supported Bruce's comment that there are bigger fish to fry than homosexuals in the military right now. Nice try though.
Sarah's a big-picture person. That's not the time to have this fight.
Bottom line......she should have stood AGAINST GOProud being at CPAC. Alan Keyes is correct.
CPAC doesn't represent conservatism anymore, so it's none of Sarah's business who's speaks there.
Losing up to 24% of our military personnel is a big deal AND EVEN A RINO LIKE JOHN MCCAIN UNDERSTOOD THAT.
Is there any issue you won't sell out for to support Queen Sarah?
“Sarah’s a big-picture person. That’s not the time to have this fight.”
No, that is an untruth; both about Palin and the timing. She, like you, is evading an issue important to many in the base of the GOP. Actually, I am beginning to believe - based upon her present inaction and past actions - she is NOT TRULY PRO FAMILY IN THE “COMPLETE” SENSE.
Also, you challenged those posting here to show where she said something pro-homosexual, but then YOU refuse to show where she has done or said anything to stand again homosexualization of our military, society, etc. Show us the meat friend OR STOP making challenges when someone calls you on error.
Palin is a likeable person. I voted for McCain because of her in 2008 and because I thought anything preferable to Obama.
However, I am sick to my stomach of PALIN WORSHIPERS that refuse to see her errors as I was of THOMPSON WORSHIPERS and ROMNEY WORSHIPERS in the last election. It is TIME to hold these cadidates FULLY accountable and make them CLEARLY state where they stand on ALL ISSUES so we can make an informed decision.
WHERE DOES PALIN TRULLY STAND ON THE HOMOSEXUAL ISSUES OF THE DAY?????? AND THE REST OF THEM AS WELL!!!
Then I must have a lot more testosterone in my system than you as that is one of the things I like about her. The age of "going along to get along" is over. We need fighters.
Conservatives like but wish-washy undecided types DON'T LIKE IT. Like it or not, those are the types a candidate has to win over and most aren't going to vote for a candidate they consider abrasive.
Among other things, the GOP voters knocked Palin for her early resignation from Alaska's governor's office, while one activist described her as "combative, competitive and opportunistic."
Another expressed sympathy at the media's treatment of Palin, but added that she thinks the ex-governor "shoots her mouth off" in ways that aren't helpful.
Yo, sparky - why won’t you come back to your Palin-bashing thread (from a liberal wingnut blogger) and defend it? Chickensh**.
Oh, Alan Keyes. LOL!
back here, sparky:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2676479/posts
C’mon d’bag - defend this thread.
Alan Keyes writing in WND? Can’t abide the lunatics individually, much less together.
If you think I'm backing off that one inch, you're out of your mind.
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