Posted on 08/22/2012 11:04:28 AM PDT by Bratch
It was an error for the Republicans to bring in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as the key speaker at their convention. While all of the excitement and adventure in politics in the last three years has been among conservatives, Christie is the great, faithless bet against conservatives’ future and a futile attempt to institutionalize the past. At CPAC events these last three years, up to 40 percent of young conservatives yearned for Ron Paul and Judge Andrew Napolitano; STATES’ RIGHTS, SOUND MONEY AND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. The other 60 percent — the National Review crowd, the neocons, the Bush apparatus, the entire Eastern Conservative Establishment — could think only of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Christie is their front man, as animated and clownish as a carny barker at the Dixie Classic. Going into the future, conservatives hold all the cards. But they chose the past. Obviously, they should have chosen former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as their lead speaker.
Sarah Palin told Greta Van Susteren on Fox last night that she would support a third-party run in Missouri. Not by accident this announcement comes as the Republican convention opens in Tampa, Fla. Like Romney, she misses nothing. Since Palin — and she was the first — came to the aid of Doug Hoffman in NY-23 in 2009, there has been a positive division in conservatism, which will grow and mature in our century. She is the natural leader of this new direction. In time we will see current economic liberalism disappear entirely. It lost its essential economic purpose when large-scale manufacturing left America and America became a place of smaller businesses. It left Democrats with only the most ephemeral lifestyle and cultural issues.
This shift in economy brings a maturity of economic purpose and is a historic shift. If the last century and a half was represented as a proxy fight between Marx and Keynes, the next in America will be between Keynes and Hayek. Two or three years ago at the CPAC events, the Hayek direction — Ron Paul, Judge Napolitano, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Sarah Palin — took the initiative. Chris Christie’s trickster dance in Tampa will not send it away. If Obama wins this year, Palin will lead (against Christie/Bush) in the Republican primary in 2016. If Romney wins and yields to the tradition (which he will because his life is stuck in 1972) Palin will bring a challenge.
Key here is we are at a generational shift as large and vital as that of the ’60s, but it is a conservative shift. They just didn’t get the memo yet in Tampa.
It worked in Alaska because the Democrats and GOP-e banded together. I can't imagine how conservatives in Missouri can put together a similar alliance.
We'll see.
Even without MO the GOP looks to gain 4-8 Senate seats this year. The Conservative/GOP movement needs to quit being distracted by these Democrat directed attempts at diversion and get back on message.
We need to stop worrying about what the Dems are doing and start making the Dems worry about what we are doing. Akin is a NON issue that Conservatives has all ready spent way to much time obsessing about
NON-Issue?
HUH
I predict this non-issue is going to be a very noticable part of the Convention next week.
Akin will not be the Republican candidate in November. According to Missouri election law, he has until the end of September to withdraw as long as he (the Republicans) agrre to pay the costs associated with changing the ballot.
Any person that is so ignorant they don’t know better than to use the term “legitimate rape” and state a woman’s body can stave off pregnancy due to rape, is too stupid to walk across the street safely, let alone represent me. And the sad fact is, every senator impacts my interests in the U. S. Senate.
This guy deserves a good old honest ass kicking. I’m thinking the women who got pregnant from being raped, would be the best people to do it.
Write in Rush Limbaugh!
Marx's exploitation theory of labor which states that a free market in labor means subsistence wages, unbearably long hours of work, and inhuman working conditions, plus the idea of Keynes that since a free market in labor with a drop in wage rates will not lead to higher employment,the two ideas combined have had a powerful influence on libtards who believe that the government should prevent such a drop. It has been a fight between Marx and Keynes on one side against free market economists such as Von Mises and Hayek on the other.
I doubt Palin's endorsement for a third party run in MO will carry any more weight than it did for Steelman in the primary.
If it gets mentioned by a single Republican speaker at the convention, that person should be tossed out on his ear.
Any leadership person who is asked about it by an attendee or by the press should simply say, "He's apologized. It's been talked about enough. Now, let's talk about the economy. . ."
Guess you didn’t see (or perhaps ignored) the threads that were posted where various medical organizations indicated that stress does, indeed, impact the ability to conceive.
I want you to give this some thought.
Yes, long term stress can impact fertility. So can extreme physical endeavors, such as world-class long distance running. Men wearing tight fitting underwear also suffer negative impacts on sperm count. These are ongoing long-term suppressions of reproductive processes.
A short extremely negative incident, is not going to kill a fertile egg. It’s not going to kill invasive sperm. It’s not going to prevent fertilization, or implantation.
The mere existence of mothers who bore children who were conceived by rape, should cause a man to avoid saying anything like what this guy said. The unsaid implication is almost a charge that if the woman did get pregnant, she must have enjoyed it. It’s a terribly despicable thing to imply, even if through sheer stupidity.
I don’t care how many studies there are that imply different, women do get Pregnant when raped. Not every time, but it does happen. It still has to be the right time of the month, so other factors do come into play.
I certainly didn't read that into what he said.
And just so you know, I'm female. Never been raped myself (thank God) but have a family member who has been raped more than once.
And then there’s the issue of a third party run being a terrible idea when it comes to the presidency. Why would it be any better in a state setting? Then there’s the issue of the person who was suggested as a replacement. Ouch.
I certainly hope your mention of the primary result, connects with people.
If the implication is, that if something terrible enough happens, the body will block fertilization, what’s the implication if the body doesn’t block fertilization? It wasn’t all that terrible???
I’m not making the case that was his intended message at all. I don’t think he realized what the implications of his comments were. None the less, it sure gets you thinking.
BTW: Sorry to hear about your family member.
And thanks for the response.
It will be used in ads tying him to every candidate across our great land. Its already being heard in some places. Mass for one. Boxer tied the ticket to it.
we don’t actually know the right number in the case of rape since its an under reported crime.
Not will, but may. If you listen to what Akin said, it was pretty clear he was indicating he knew it didn't always work that way.
And thanks. She's doing well now, but it took some years.
You can call it anything you like, and I'll support you saying it.
The fact of the matter is, if you're going to claim that the woman's extreme anguish over an incident will prevent pregnancy, you are defacto introducing the question of what would allow a pregnancy to occur despite the assault.
The choices are, she suffered enough extreme anguish that she couldn't get pregnant.
She didn't suffer the amount of anguish that would trigger the blockage of pregnancy.
I reject the argument out of hand. Women do get pregnant from rape. End of story.
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