Posted on 10/10/2009 10:42:55 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Those of us who have been waiting for a politician to pick up on the monetary issue are perking up at Governor Palin’s demarche on the dollar. This came last week in a posting on her Facebook page, where she reacted to a report that Gulf oil producers were negotiating with Russia, China, Japan, and France to abandon the use of the dollar in pricing petroleum. She noted the report in the Wall Street Journal that Arab oil officials were denying the story, but reckoned that “even the possibility of such talk weakens the dollar and renews fears about its continued viability as an international reserve currency.” Then she pointed out that “a United Nations official called for a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar and end our ‘privilege’ to run up huge deficits.” Most importantly, she warned about the price of gold, which that day had hit a record in what she called a “response to fears about the weakened dollar.”
Time will tell, but what this suggests is that the former governor of Alaska is ahead of the rest of the undeclared contenders in 2012...
So Mrs. Palin’s comments suggest she’s savvier than many give her credit for being. No sooner did she issue her warning about the dollar than Reuters found a number of Republicans declaring she was right...
It is true that the only politician who has been campaigning on this issue, Ron Paul, failed to prosper at the polls. We would argue that had less to do with his monetary policy than other issues. Maybe he should have been a bidder for that famous lunch with the former Alaska governor. We’re not ready to make endorsements, but Palin and Paul would make a whale of a ticket.
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She is getting up to speed. To those that doubt this fantastic contender for 2012 better hold off on your negative comments. She is a very intelligent and a down to earth conservative Constitutionalists and deserves better than some of the comments.
Ron Paul is 74 years old. He will be retiring soon. The question is who will carry on the Ron Paul REVOLution? The son, Rand Paul?
As long as Palin remains under the sway of Billy Kristol and her other neocon handlers, a Palin/Paul ticket is impossible.
I think that is much more important than the social issues, however, Palin's big support among socons might suffer if she gets too close to Ron Paul.
Personally, I'd like to see the GOP become a lot more like Ron Paul, and a lot less like recent and current officeholders. Get serious about spending. Limit the role of the fedgov. And focus our foreign policy more on defense, less on adventurism and spreading democracy around the world.
That’s what I was wondering? Has she indicated, on her own, independent of McCain’s campaign, that she is in line with neocon foreign policy?
You mean like most of them?
Definitely. The socons don’t like Paul because he truly adheres to limited gubmint and federalism. The neocons don’t like him because he rejects Wilsonian foreign policy. The conservative movement, when you pick it apart, is not really that conservative, or at least, not really that interested in original intent.
Ron Paul, as right as he is on monetary issues, has alienated far too much of the Republican base to be a plus on any ticket. Palin already has credibility with his following and appears to be working to strengthen that credibility every day. She’s doing well enough on her own that I think it would be redundant to pick him as a running mate.
I just hope that she doesn’t have to choose Slick Willard as a VP to shut up the beltway RINO chattering class like Reagan had to do with Bush. It may have to happen though, because they’re just not going to shut up otherwise.
Palin is actually the best candidate I’ve seen since Reagan that can really maximize the Republican coalition. Far better than Bush43 ever was. The chattering class that hates her are a TINY percentage of the party base. Unfortunately, they’re a loud group and a group that the media loves to pay attention to.
By my estimation, he's alienated two thirds of the base--the social conservatives, who favor big government in pursuit of their interests, and the neocons, who favor big government in pursuit of theirs.
The problem, I think, is that Dr Paul is correct, and the base is incorrect. Ah well, some problems have no solution. So it goes.
I had thought the Sun had closed down. Have they simply retreated to a web presence—or did they sell such off to someone else? (I don’t recall them having been full Ron Paul types in the past.)
True.
I like Ron Paul and Governor Palin. Ron Paul is simply unelectable.
Still pushing that BS that because she signed onto a letter with Kristol’s name on it telling Zero to give the troops the resources to win means she’s a neocon right?
[Palin is actually the best candidate I’ve seen since Reagan that can really maximize the Republican coalition. Far better than Bush43 ever was. The chattering class that hates her are a TINY percentage of the party base. Unfortunately, they’re a loud group and a group that the media loves to pay attention to.]
I met Palin’s parents and brother at a repub beer bash. They are rock solid NORMAL. Sarah is rock solid NORMAL. Not perfect, just not a reject from a freak show.
Add to this that Sarah’s own writings show she is coherent, as I’m sure her book will also show.
What that means is that after being hit by every bizarre attack imaginable, she will only get better in the public eye as she is introduced to more people on her terms.
Who are they? She sounds like she is listening to herself!!!
Please note that the other signers of that letter were a virtual who's who of neoconservatism. In any case, do you disagree with my larger point that a joint ticket is impossible? As you know, at EVERY opportunity Paul brings the argument back to a foreign policy approach which is diametrically opposed that advocated by Palin.
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