Posted on 09/17/2011 1:03:44 PM PDT by SamAdams76
“Why did Reagan wait so long?”
Reagan ran in 1976 and was a known candidate for 1980 for years prior to his official announcement. In truth, Reagan took years running for President.
BOTH sides of the aisle are selling us down the river.
Agreed. I have said many times that we don't need a third party, we need a second party.
Right now, the closest thing up there to a Reagan Conservative is Perry
I am not impressed with Perry as a true conservative, but he would be better than Obama.
If you aren't voting for a dyed-in-the-wool, rock-ribbed Conservative, you are simply whistling past the graveyard.
And if you aren't casting a vote against Obama, you are wasting your civic duty to support and defend our country and its constitution.
Some plastic-banana, feel-good win ain't gonna change a damn thing.
I don't get the whole banana thing, but I will feel very good about sending Obama and his puppet masters into retirement.
it cannot be fixed without a total reboot
So who is your candidate? Who is a true conservative, and can win the primaries and defeat Obama? Please, I'd love to find that person and get on board. We all would.
Principles are 'first things'... You do right because it is the right thing to do.
Absolutely agree. That's why my first principle is to defeat Obama. It's the right thing to do. It's just my opinion based on my analysis.
Where the hell did you get the idea that there is victory in compromise on our side?
I never asked for compromise. Maybe that's where you misunderstand me. Getting rid of Obama is job one at this point in America. He is the enemy coming over the wall. He and his little group are eroding our chances of ever rebuilding our country back to the founding fathers' vision.
We just disagree on priorities, but we agree on a lot. I respect your strong principled views, but I believe we have an emergency situation this time around.
I also believe the Obama presidency is creating and fortifying conservatives all across this great country. This tipping point on which we find ourselves may prove to be a great moment for conservative Americans and for the country. We may well be thanking him like we thanked Carter for giving us President Reagan.
Thanks, roamer. I look forward to reading more of your posts on other threads.
Reagan was doing all kinds of TV stuff in the 1970’s before he first ran in 1976.
Guest announcer on NBC Monday Night Baseball, appearances on “Dean Martin Celebrity Roast” shows etc. etc.
If Sarah Palin wants to put herself on TV and make some money that’s fine with me.
Why not keep yourself in the spotlight before a campaign begins??????
I really don’t want to tear into the various candidates, but I believe this is a serious game with political insiders pushing their candidates hard and tearing into the others.
My operating assumption is that the powers that be in the GOP want Romney.
But there’s been a big push for Perry in the last month or two. Is it to replace Romney or suck up conservatives so their votes will be split between Perry and others so Romney wins?
My guess is the latter.
Sarah Palin is probably the strongest candidate in the GOP field who is authentically an outsider.
She would really change things in Washington instead of just slowing down the debt and spending slide.
This gauntlet of debates that the GOP candidates have to go through right now is like a series of minefields with the MSM given chances to snipe and cut up the field.
Meanwhile Obama is able to go around unscathed by the process.
Sarah Palin can also be unscathed by staying out of the fray for now.
ALL I SEE HERE IN THIS ENTIRE THREAD IS BANTER AND POSTURING, NO WHERE DO I SEE ANY REAL ANALISYS OF THE ISSUE, WILL SARA OR WONT SARA... THERE ARE SOME FACTOIDS THAT EVERYONE HAS OVERLOOKED.
1. WHY DID PALIN BUY A HOME IN ARIZONA RECECNTLY ?
>>THERE ARE SEVERAL VERY EXCELLENT REASONS FOR THIS ALL OF WHICH ARE POSITIVE TO HER POSITION AS A CANADIDATE
2. SARA SAID “ILL JUMP IN IF I SEE THE NEED”
>>ONE MUST COUPLE THIS STATMENT WITH ONE THAT IS ONE OF A MORE PERSONAL NATURE TO HER..
SHE SAID..I VALUE MY FREEDOM AS A CITIZEN MORE THAN ANYTHING,EVEN BEING PRESIDENT, BUT I WOULD SACRIFICE IF IT WAS OK WITH MY FAMILY AND AMERICA NEEDED ME
3. SO WHAT POSITION AS A CANADIDATE WOULD FIT SARAS LATE ARRIVAL UPON THE SCENE, FIT HER NEED TO HAVE FREEDOM AND MOVEMENT THAT SHE SO VALUES, AND YET GIVE HER THE POSITION AND POWER THAT SHE REQUIRES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE...AND WOULD ALLOW HER TO JUMP IN AT ALMOST 120 DAYS FROM NOV 2,2012 ????
ITS EASY GUYS.. SARA IS GOING TO RUN AS THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANADIDATE OF THE NOMINEE..IF SHE SUPPORTS HIM...OR IF SHE DOESNT AND SHE FEELS AMERICA NEEDS HER, SHE CAN JUMP IN ANYTIME FROM OCTOBER TO JANUARY...
AHHHHH...NOW WE COME TO ...WHY DID SARA BUY A HOME IN ARIZONA AND WHY IS ARIZONA SO HYPED ON BEING FIRST...EH....
JUST PUT 2+2=PALIN TOGETHER AND YOU GOT IT !
YOUR GOING TO SEE A PERRY PALIN TICKET FOLKS..UNLESS PERRY GETS TORPEDOED OR REALLY SCREWS IT UP.. THEN YOU WILL SEE A PALIN BACHMAN TICKET... YOU CAN BET YOUR CAJONIES ON IT..
JUST RELAX..QUIT GETTIN YOUR PANTIES ALL IN A TWIST..RELAX..AND WATCH THE LIBTARDS GO SUI-SIDAL !!!!
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY IN THE DEAD OF WINTER...LOL
WHAT YOU CANT SEE AT THE END OF YOUR RATHER FAT NOSE SAM IS THAT SARA IS USING THE MEDIA TO GET BACK AT THE MEDI AND THE LIBTARDS BY MAKING MILLIONS OFF THEM...ITS REVENGE FOR WHAT THEY DID TO HER...AND THEN SHES USING THAT MONEY TO DEFEAT THEM...THERBY LETTING THEM DEFEAT THEMSELVES....
AND GEEE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SO SMART...SARA HAS YOU OUTFOXED SO BADLY THAT IF I WERE YOU..ID HIDE UNTIL..SAY..3012 A.D.....FROM INTELLECTUAL EMBARRASMENT..LOL
When one realizes that Rick Perry is saying things today that are different from what he has said in the past, you can’t help but think he’s just another politician.
He switches his words around like a Mitt Romney or a Bill Clinton and for us folks in Pennsylvania, old Arlen Specter who would turn right before a primary election.
When one realizes that Rick Perry is saying things today that are different from what he has said in the past, you can’t help but think he’s just another politician.
He switches his words around like a Mitt Romney or a Bill Clinton and for us folks in Pennsylvania, old Arlen Specter who would turn right before a primary election.
As a Pennsylvanian, I used to have faith that Santorum would be different when he was first elected in 1994.
But in 1996 he was supporting the presidential candidacy of Arlen Specter (the Huntsman of that campaign).
In 2004 Rick flew all the way to Alaska to support RINO Lisa Murkowski.
He twisted the arms of the local pro-life group to prevent endorsment of a pro-life candidate (backed by Sarah Palin) opposing Pro-Abortion Murkowski in the GOP primary.
The recent change in rhetoric by Santorum is just to fit the times. He learned a lot from being the junior senator to Arlen Specter for all those years.
Santorum’s fundraiser worked for Romney in 2008. Santorum is in the race to take conservative votes and help divide the conservative vote so Romney wins the nomination.
You summed it up pretty dang WELL! KUDOS, and a tip o' my hat to you!
It's been a fun thread! Just got home from work and have to the the sheets. Later all!
Cheers!
Well, there’s certainly alot of speculation about the scenarios you suggest.
Romney is the anointed establishment candidate, it’s his turn in their world.
That being the case, the establishment’s job will be to tear Perry down and keep Palin out.
I sure don’t want Romney, so somebody has to beat him. Bachmann is toast, so Perry, Palin if she runs, or even Cain will have to get it done. Anyone of those three is fine with me.
...and expect to be taken seriously on FR treating a mere poll by them as either honest or significant over a year before an election?
Cheers!
The moment Perry or one of his spokesmen begin speaking, a bell goes off in what you call your mind, and you begin to salivate reflexively.
Cheers!
Our esteemed correspondent is manifestly NOT telling people on FR what they want to hear, from which I draw the conclusion that no money is being made from the audience, either.
Concerning any under-the-table contributions from a candidate or operatives working for that candidate, I am not in a position to be sure.
Cheers!
Corollary: Palin's fans are strong minded, since it isn't working on them.
Cheers!
I'd resist projecting your personal problems onto others...
You noticed that too...LOL!...:oP
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