Posted on 08/22/2012 11:35:56 PM PDT by onyx
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.
The chaos that was expanding at FR was counter productive to Freeper efforts compounding, to get down ticket real conservatives elected. Freepers are not liek the majority of conservative voters. We tend to influence conservative voters and enliven them to get out and do something to change the dynamic.
Spitting at each other so degrades that compounding effort as to make us axelrod enablers! Stop spitting on your fellow Freepers, PM.
Don't you read your own advice any more?
One man’s patriot is another’s terrorist...
Keep the faith, Dear Onyx.
If you have not seen the Mike Huckabee thread, you must.
This has been done already - that's why we are in the mess we're in!
We need to REtake it back!
How many people speak for the 'party'?
WHO are they?
HOW did they assume power?
HOW do we get RID of them?
WHAT are their names, e-mail addresses, Twitter accounts?
That’s ONE interview, conducted in 2010 no less wherein she was rudely interrupted by BOR. She’s had several in the interim. I don’t have the time to search for them now, but she is likely the strongest nationally known politician on illegal immigration. She backs, stands by and with Governor Brewer 100%.
We don’t differ on the illegal matter, only on Sarah Palin. You’re not a supporter of hers, whereas I am, and I doubt that’s subject to change.
I spotted the headline.. Have not found time to read it.
Thanks very much for your advice. I’ll find time...LOL.
the only time a third party ever actually got any electoral votes was when the governor of (I think) Alabama or Mississippi ran as 3rd party during the 60’s..got 20 electoral votes I think....(forgot his name, but was shot and paralyzed. His wife ran for governor and I think she won....
Take your meds, Larry.
Yes, she did and it was.
Is that the general outcome of third party runs? No. They can give it a go. I’ll still be here when it’s over.
Let’s hope I’m wrong and they’re right.
Yes we will LLS. Take care...
Well, failing a reasoned rebuttal by someone in the know, I’m willing to entertain those thoughts. Thanks for the mention.
Good points there Elsie. Thank you for the response.
No, it’s not. Thanks for the response Onyx.
You too!
LLS
George Wallace was the governor. Cornelia Wallace was his wife. I appreciate your mention.
Here is a link to her obituary. It’s somewhat colorful and fills in some blanks.
Evidently, she was quite the brave lady.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/09/AR2009010903656.html
Any of my pics are welcome for any FReeper to use :)
“So, was that your opus?”
Looks like one to me. I expect to see more of those on FR in the coming days. It has yet to be seen if there will be a purge as well.
Bless you Bikkuri, we FReepers who are not Photoshop savy thank you!
Yep, he’s the one...at my age I remember 2/3 of a story and the last 1/3 pops into my head about an hour later. After I needed the information, Getting old sucks at times.....LOL
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