I’d like to see the best and brightest conservatives obey Reagan’s 11th Commandment and have at the issues, the current administration and congressional ineptitude with everything they’ve got so the public can pick the one with the most fire. Also, the one that clearly bothers the lying media the most!
Ping!
Ping — I admit I have no idea what the heck is happening this election cycle.
“Baffling” doesn’t begin to cover it...
Let's please not forget that Medina turned out to be a truther.
I am not sure the numbers back up your dramatic rhetoric a la l Perry — though I think the time lines you present are instructive. I think Median self destructed and Perry would have beaten KBH anyway.
I would also say that since none of the three are as yet announced, this is a bit of an academic exercise. If Palin were to officially announce, or even “unofficially announce that she’s definitely in” — then the Perry and Bachmann issues may well take care of themselves.
Pat looking for a moderate Nazi.
So anyone who might seek the Republican nomination is being “disloyal” to Palin on the off chance she might decide to run herself?
None of this article makes sense on any level.
I do not think Bachmann and Perry are double-crossing Sarah Palin at all. If anything, by putting themselves into the race early, they are helping Palin keep her options open by keeping some RINO (like Romney) from becoming a front-runner early on.
If and when Palin does get into the race, she will immediately become the front-runner and be able to easily absorb the organizations and resources that candidates like Bachmann and Perry have already built. Also, Bachmann and Perry are obtaining some visibility and experience on the national stage so that either of them would be good running mate candidates once Sarah is nominated.
Oh dear Lord, do not let the media get a look at this headline. The next thing you know, all the MSM outlets will be running stories like, "DOES PALIN ENJOY BISEXUAL THREESOMES? SOURCES SAY THAT PERRY, BACHMAN ARE TURNING HER ON!"
Why don’t you wait and see who enters the race?
If people in their campaign are stupid enough to pick a fight with Palin, then they might as well save their contributors the money now. Cooperation is the key here. If at some point in the primary campaign they wish to draw on their differences good, we can hear what they think makes them better. If they are going to try to damage other candidates, the only name they better disparage is BHO.
This piece is crap! If there is ANY truth to it, I can tell you who will still be standing after the dust settles... and it won’t be Perry or Bachmann.
Pat wants a moderate Nazi.
Whether or not Palin’s support made the difference, she did support them. So this disloyalty reflects badly on both of them.
There were a lot of complaints when Palin agreed to endorse McCain in the last election. I didn’t like it myself. But. She HAD to do it. She owed McCain, even considering the fact that McCain’s handlers doublecrossed her.
It was McCain who asked her. And she went and helped campaign for him for two or three days. That was it. But she did refrain from speaking out against him.
She was caught between a rock and a hard place, but I think she did the right thing. No more than was necessary, but she did it. Frankly, it didn’t make any of the conservatives here at FR like McCain any better, and it shouldn’t have had much effect on conservatives in Arizona, either. Caveat emptor. Anyone who voted for McCain after seeing him action all those years didn’t need Sarah Palin’s brief appearance to persuade him to be a stupid idiot.
Competing with Palin is not “turning” on her. How ridiculous, and how condescending...we don’t even know if Sarah wants to run for that office, or play kingmaker and then become Secretary of the Interior AND Secretary of Energy. I think that’s the job she’d rather have.
What have I missed? What is perry saying about Sarah?
This is a total waste of bandwidth, let them all run, no one owes anything to anybody....
In recent days, I’ve made my feelings known on Bachmann. I could never trust her based on what I’ve learned about her.
As for Perry, I do not believe he can beat Palin in the primaries if both are in, but I’m going to hold fire until I find out for sure what he’s up to. From the standpoint of political philosophy he’s no Reaganite but — after years of watching him and watching people I respect express their personal admiration for him — I’ve never felt he’s a backstabber. Doesn’t mean I’m right about that but it tells me I need to know more.
We’ll see what happens with him. You’re absolutely right about the help Palin provided for him down here (although Medina may have self-destructed to some extent) and I think that’s a prime reason that the Bush family and Karl Rove despise her so much.
Liberal FEAR,Palin’s nod is indeed an asset.
Why do you say that Perry is “turning on Palin”.
Show me one negative thing that Perry said about Palin.
Palin just recently brought up Perry as someone she would like to see in the presidential race.