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.
LLS
“She has more force than hurricane Isaac!”
Such a refreshing wind.
One hopes that the attempt by the MSM to cast her as an idiot bacfires terribly.
IMHO
That right there is one of the main reasons I no longer give to GOP or Republican Senate Commmittee or anything like that...but directly to the candidate(s) I WANT
The GOP has pushed the same "good ole boy" at us every election.
And I don't see them backing too many women either.
If you haven’t heard it yet, go to Mark Levin’s site and listen to his interview with Ryan on Wednesday’s program. I considered it to be so superior to what we normally hear from a politician and the conditions...he was enroute in North Carolina during the interview...were certainly not good for such a sterling performance...hold on!
I don’t take him at his word and i heard his interview with Mark Levin. Priebus was being “Weasley” throughout the entire interview. I believe Sarah,not Priebus.
I somehow see a divine intervention at work here, to me Isaac is being sent as a reminder that no man is a god no matter how high his pedestal is. And that the RNC should offer Sarah Palin a speaking spot, perhaps then Isaac will divert elsewhere.
I thought Sarah’s comments indicated that she had declined to speak..
I own both, and enjoy each!
How about a third party run and Akin drops out?
You missed my point. I asked if it wasn’t time for a SECOND party. Sure, we Conservatives are forced each election to either compromise our principles or stay at home.
Sure voters - including Conservatives - pick their candidates BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE. There has not been a Conservative run for national office since Reagan.
We continue to hold our noses and what have we gotten for it? I’m done with the national GOP-e; I will support local candidates who are Conservative, regardless of party.
Sarah sees the writing on the wall, the GOP is not long for this political world. Like I have said by nominating Willard the GOP has gone the way of the Whigs.
I also think that when Sarah forms her Conservative Party the "Moderate GOP" types should be excluded.
GO SARAH!
As already stated..you betcha
David Limbaugh, any professional Missouri sports star or celebrity, former state-wide politicians (I’m not from Missouri, so I have no names for you), prominent businesspeople, etc.
I am with you... He still fails the smell test.
Voting ONLY Conserves on my ticket.
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