Sarah Palin's Leadership through a Civil War Prism

vanity | 04/24/2011 | Brice Crossroads

[fantail 1952]

Sarah is the kind of person as well as candidate that inspires and uplifts! In my lifetime, I have only seen one other that would outshine her message and her method, and I voted for him, Ronald Reagan, seven times.

Hopefully I will be able to vote for Sarah at least four.

[Sea Parrot]

“He paid no attention to the naysayers and pressed on, moving relentlessly by the left flank to Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, sustaining horrific casualties along the way and harping criticism from the McClellans and the Northern press who wanted to compromise and retreat. Meanwhile, his Confederate opponent was dropping back, losing men he couldn’t replace. “
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True, Grants Overland Campaign was fought in a series of battles through May and into June of 1864, starting at the Battle of The Wilderness and cumulating in the siege of St. Petersburg, (June 1864—March 1865) was the death knell of the Confederacy. I have read that during those two months Lee destroyed more Union troops than his entire army consisted of. But it mattered not, the war of attrition favored the Union, for with the South’s very limited resources and manpower, Confederate losses during the campaign were much greater when juxtaposed with the Union’s.

[DoughtyOne]

It seems folks get a bit testy when you document the people Sarah has been compared to. For the life of me, I can’t imagine why.

[Sea Parrot]

Taking an oath of office, is not a mutual financial suicide pact for your entire family.

Name one, just one, serving elected official who would submit to the law and rules Sarah Pain had to abide by?

Whereas anyone could anonymously file a complaint, (and did so many times) no matter how frivolous, and by state law it could go forward. To answer the complainant’s charges, all legal fees had to be personally paid by the elected official. Name one?

When Sarah Palin and her family were going bankrupt (they even had to take out a second mortgage on their home) from personal legal fees fighting the idiot left and RINOs in AK. What said you then?

She set up a legal defense fund (to which wife and I gladly contributed) for donations to help pay those legal bills. What said you then?

The LSM and all the usual suspects went berserker, tied up the money and shut it down. What said you then?

Just a few months ago, we got the money back we had given, we immediately endorsed the check and sent it to her new legal defense fund.

[Sea Parrot]

On election night 1980, I was sitting in hunting camp up on Ishawooa Creek in Wyoming, listening to results on a static plagued transistor radio. When they announced he had won, I let out a loud war whoop, scared the pony herd and almost broke up the poker game. After the disastrous Carter years, the immediate relief I felt was immeasurable.

Wife and I voted for Reagan both elections, and of his eight years at the helm, I consider the best ever for any president.

With Reagan I knew where things stood, there was no second guessing of him as to intent. He was the same man, with the same sense of optimism, purpose and steadfastness, when I woke in the morning, as when I had went to sleep the night before.

Could I have a selfish motive for waxing so about Reagan? Perhaps, for under the his administration, I prospered more during those eight years than all the others combined.

[FreedomGuru]

Run Forrest Run......

[The Wizard]

what a refreshing piece.....having just read it again, I must say this is one of the first written pieces that clearly lays out the real situation as it stands.....may it come to be....

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

You have to take Polybius' mutterings from what they are worth---not much. He has a "woman problem" just like pissant.

"Barack Obama was adored because his skin is black and Sarah Palin is adored because she is female and cute."

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

You’re wasting your time with wtc911. He’s a charter member of the PDS loser brigade on here who’s favorite meme is that “She quit!” He’s been spouting this nonsense for over a year now despite being thoroughly educated about the facts, which don’t matter to him at all.

[Anamnesis]

Well then, I guess we're just going to have to Organize 4 Palin!

DON’T WAIT UNTIL PALIN ANNOUNCES!

Palin and her aide Rebecca Mansour have already given the green-light, without “officially” announcing. I've highlighted tweets that Rebecca Mansour has retweeted and the other hints that Palin has given over the past few months:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2706696/posts

Most notably, her aide is pushing Organize4Palin. Check out this tweet from Rebecca Mansour:

Thanks @O4Palin for all you do! You guys are the best! Folks, this is a great grassroots group to join. Visit www.organize4palin.com

Email yourstate@organize4palin.com to directly contact your local coordinator, if it already has one. I've listed the ones that I believe already have a state coordinator, but go ahead and email yourstate@organize4palin.com in case my list isn't up to date:

alabama@organize4palin.com
alaska@organize4palin.com
arizona@organize4palin.com
california@organize4palin.com
colorado@organize4palin.com
conneticut@organize4palin.com
florida@organize4palin.com
idaho@organize4palin.com
illinois@organize4palin.com
indiana@organize4palin.com
iowa@organize4palin.com
kansas@organize4palin.com
louisiana@organize4palin.com
maryland@organize4palin.com
missouri@organize4palin.com
nebraska@organize4palin.com
nevada@organize4palin.com
newyork@organize4palin.com
northcarolina@organize4palin.com
northdakota@organize4palin.com
ohio@organize4palin.com
oregon@organize4palin.com
pennsylvania@organize4palin.com
southcarolina@organize4palin.com
texas@organize4palin.com
wisconsin@organize4palin.com

If your state DOES NOT have a coordinator email editor@organize4palin.com to volunteer, along with some information about yourself.

Link to sign up for newsletter email (You need to sign-up for the newsletter, and list your state in your profile to get on the mailing list of your state coordinator): http://tinyurl.com/33r7fg8

Newsletters:

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On November 2, 2010; O4P helped Sarah Palin elect: 37 House Reps, 6 Senators, 7 Governors, 2 Attorney Generals, & 1 Secretary of State.O4P had a 67% success rate in November 2010!

   

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[Anamnesis]

PS, if anyone wants the html for the O4P plug for when the ABP/PDS crowd comes around, just send me a message. I’ll also send you the updated versions as I improve it.

[Brices Crossroads]

I think it was bound to be a war of attrition. Sherman, who was more prescient than most, said at the beginning of 1864 that the worst of the war had not yet begun, meaning the worst of the casualties. Sherman knew the southerners having lived in Louisiana. He knew they were tough fighters who simply wouldn’t surrender because someone outflanked them.

Grant simply had the guts to do what was necessary. The other Union generals did not. That perseverance, and Grant’s coolness under fire, separated him from al the rest. But it is those two characteristics that Grant most conspicuously shares with Governor Palin.

[stephenjohnbanker]

;-)

[stephenjohnbanker]

Thanks. I saved the update.

[DoughtyOne]

;^)

[x]

What kind of Civil War general was Fred Thompson?

And how's that strategic withdrawal thingy working out for him?