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Reagan was my Governor...I get it. Reagan led the most populous state in the union and did it well. Bachmann and Palin should not even be mentioned in the same breath if you were breathing a 3.0 into a breathalizer. No comparison.
You are right that many people said Reagan couldn’t win, but he at least had real world experience that voters could accept. A Congresswoman just doesn’t have it. Palin...I’m sorry but if the Democrat nominee was a governor and quit 1.5 years into their term we would be grilling them left and right as a quitter. Seems beyond hypocritical that we don’t do it to Palin. She quit on her state.
FRiends and lurkers ... observe. The behavior of many (not all, but many) Palin detractors reveals flaws that should tell you something about the kind of "thinking" that dislikes Palin.
1. That she "quit" on her state. Informed and HONEST people of any party -- including the low-life Democrats who nearly brought about her and her family's financial ruin through the frivolous lawsuits that forced her to leave the Governerorship -- know that implying that she "quit" the governorship because she couldn't take the political heat, is certainly disingenuous. It is misrepresentative of the whole truth, and it is calculated to make people think less of Palin ON FALSE PRETENSES.
2. That you and I, ethical conservatives and Republicans, would stoop to the same low, the same falsehood, the same deliberate using of partial truths in order smear a Democrat. I will tell you true: IF it was a Democrat governor who left the office because he/she was being pushed to personal bankruptcy because of frivolous, wasteful, nuisance lawsuits filed by Republicans, those Republicanas would have my contempt. Two wrongs don't make it right.
Here -- amply demonstrated -- is the mindset of those who reject Palin. I hope it gives many on the fence serious pause. Are these the kinds of people, these the kinds of values and honor (or lack of), that you want to throw in with?
True, there are some sensible folks who have reservations about Palin, and while I disagree with them, I respect their reasons. BUT THIS kind of thing? Needing to resort to that kind of deception to persuade others? I have contempt for it, and it tells me that in SUPPORTING Palin, I'm probably on the right side with right and honorable people.
These PDSers really do serve a purpose for good: they help lurkers and fence-sitters see which side has honor ... and which side lacks it. They HELP Palin, although that is not their intent.
Fred, first of all, you forgot a year. But she has been intricately involved in politics for two decades, works her butt to the bone and has successes against all odds. She also has a love for America, its Constitution and a belief in citizen sovereignity that shines through every time she speaks.
YES, she does remind me of the Gipper, and she is the best candidate America has had in three decades. I will make no apology for my fervent support of Gov. Palin. Bob
Tell me, is that what you call other Governors who have "resigned" before their elected terms are up? - or is it just Palin?