Posted on 12/31/2010 2:46:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Is the idea that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin could be America’s next president laughable? Not only to many on the left, but also to conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer.
On Friday’s broadcast of “Inside Washington,” Krauthammer offered several reasons why Palin shouldn’t be considered the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2012 presidential election.
“What do you mean if not Sarah Palin in 2012?” Krauthammer said. “Who’s saying she’s going to be the presidential candidate? I don’t even hear her saying it. Her chances of being are smaller than half a dozen other people. If you talk to Republicans, I don’t think there are what, more than one in three who would tell you she has a chance of winning the presidency or even the nomination.”
Because of that, he said, she wasn’t the favorite.
“And she is not the favorite,” he continued. “She has a very strong core constituency but outside of that I think she is rather weak.”
Krauthammer has previously downplayed Palin’s chances and indicated he favors Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He said Palin would not be the ideal candidate to unseat a “vulnerable” President Barack Obama.
“Her negatives are over 50 percent,” Krauthammer said. “She has no chance of winning a general election. Why would you want a candidate who is going to lose against a Democrat who is going to be vulnerable and who is also extremely ideologically ambitious?”
He even employed a Keith Olbermann catch phrase to describe Palin and said even fellow Republicans didn’t see Palin as qualified.
“A half-term governor? I’m not sure Republicans think of her as qualified.” Krauthammer said.
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I don’t like to argue with people who don’t do research...but all you meglamaniacs who HATE Krauthammer because he wasn’t crooning over Palin...
here is an excerpt from your ludicrous resource Wikipedia ( where anyone can post anything and it is edited by the Leftwing.ha)....
” In 2006, the Financial Times named Krauthammer the most influential commentator in America,[11] saying “Krauthammer has influenced US foreign policy for more than two decades. He coined and developed ‘The Reagan Doctrine’ in 1985 and he defined the US role as sole superpower in his essay, ‘The Unipolar Moment’, published shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Krauthammer’s 2004 speech ‘Democratic Realism’, which was delivered to the American Enterprise Institute when Krauthammer won the Irving Kristol Award, set out a framework for tackling the post 9/11 world, focusing on the promotion of democracy in the Middle East..”
The Palin fans now have a new mental health syndrome...Palin Critique Derangement syndrome!
Anyone who dares breathe the slightest questions about Palin’s electibility must be denounced, vilified and screamed at..be they in the media, other conservatives , or Freepers.
Where is your link to Krauthammer..you just read stuff, and then stick the theory onto whoever, like a post-it note.
Keep at it....You have Palin critique derangement syndrome...sorry you are so think skinned about her, that won’t help her win, if she gets the primaries...sorry the world is such a cruel place and its about street rules in politics...
Spoken like a true ACORN-SEIU street thug.
Looks like you really haven't done much "recovering".
Civilized politics is a "war of ideas".
The "street rules" type of politics is most historically associated with types such as Lenin, Mao, Hitler, Alinsky, Obama, etc.
Ah....now , instead of realizing your error in attacking Krauthammer with ludicrous analogies, cherry picked quotes from a left wing Wikipedia “source” and unable to defend Palin with strong “ideas”...you resort to the most juvenile name calling of a third grader” :
“Looks like you really haven’t done much “recovering”. “
then you come up with this fantasy of the Libs that “civilized politics is a war of ideas...” Grow up!
Politics IS street rules of who has the power ( ie, # of congressional/Senate seats), who can get the most votes, and yes, ...this will shock your faint heart...Who has the most money for the campaigns...
Obviously you know also very very very little actual history, or you would know that Stalin was Membership Secretary of the communist party at its beginning...using politics of persuasion and manipulation until he did finally resort to thugishness...so go read up, my ‘civilized “ child, maybe then you can actually help Palin in “real” politics.
You need to lay off the drugs.
Like the character of “Maddie” in the Charles Portis novel, Sarah Palin has “The True Grit”.
This is the thing that Sarah's most ardent supporters are reacting to. It's also the chief thing that her doubters and detractors on the right are failing to see in her.
Sarah Palin's appeal has less to do with the fact that she performed admirably as a public servant in Alaska, and everything to do with the fact that she understands and embodies those originalist American values that created this nation like no one since Ronaldus Magnus.
Those who want to engage us in long-winded discussions about the minutiae of her policy positions are bogged down in a wonkish corner of a much larger universe of fundamental principles of freedom and liberty.
I trust Sarah, because her decision-making springs forth from a deep pool of conviction. Like most conservatives, she doesn't need more than a few nanoseconds to sort out right from wrong. Her default position on any policy or issue you care to name will always hew toward that choice which promotes more freedom and liberty for the individual, and less power and influence for government.
In my view, she is in a league above mere politicians. She's made of the same stuff as those who founded this country. This is precisely why the left fears her as they do.
This is what confounds the elites, while Ms. Palin “connects” with the unwashed.
That late actor/cowboy guy who rode all the way to the top had it, too...
Indeed. The last patriot they faced of Palin's caliber set their plans back 30 years. In the cinders of their blackened hearts, they know that this time, they will likely be crushed for all time.
I trust Sarah, because her decision-making springs forth from a deep pool of conviction. Like most conservatives, she doesn't need more than a few nanoseconds to sort out right from wrong. Her default position on any policy or issue you care to name will always hew toward that choice which promotes more freedom and liberty for the individual, and less power and influence for government.
In my view, she is in a league above mere politicians. She's made of the same stuff as those who founded this country. This is precisely why the left fears her as they do.
Great explanation. Sarah Palin speaks and writes (and lives) conservative ideas, principles, concepts, and presents a conservative vision for the future of the USA, drawn from historical successes of those principles, and contrasted against the historical and current failures of opposing principles.
Simple people talk about people.
Mediocre people talk about events.
Superior people talk about ideas, principles, and concepts.
Our culture has devolved to the extreme "simple", including the talking heads of the media and the corrupt politicians of the leftwing Democrats and leftist RINOs.
Oh, you evade further discussion by some ridiculous personal stupid remark, “ you need to lay off the drugs...”
Bye limited one, you are too boring to have a discussion with...Good luck defending and supporting Palin if you can give up that easy and name call.
I was expressing a sincere concern for your mental wellbeing.
Discussions about conservative politics are running about two standard deviations above your current drug-impeded IQ.
Your post is rank stupidity.
The MSM and the Dems hated Nixon more than anything and he won twice; they hated Reagan more than anything and he won twice; they hated Dubya more than anything and he won twice.
LOL!
Personally, I like her and I like her message.
Of course you do...that's why you claim she has "zero chance of winning" almost two years out from the next Presidential election.
LOL!
But I’m also a realist.
Of course you are...and as a realist, you predict the future.
LOL!
Anyway, good post. Sorry for all the namecalling you’ve experienced in response to it.
You shouldn't be apologizing for anyone on this board except yourself. If I were you I'd get started immediately.
LOL!
Can’ t win an argument?..good luck campaigning for palin. ha.
In fairness, Rove was right about O’Donnell. She was a terrible candidate and took quite the beating.
Hank
So?
Dude, you seem like as big of a raving lunatic as the birthers. Take a Xanex and relax. Sheesh.
Yo...oldvike...your views about Palin line up nicely with those of the MSM, Jon Stewart, Joy Behar, Bill Maher and the Democrat Party...and now you call birthers "raving lunatics?"
I think you're on the wrong board. LOL!
Your sides are going to be worse when you realize the silliness of your own argument. Okay, ready? Here’s your position:
—Palin should have stayed on as Governor, allowing marxists to render Alaska’s government dysfunctional!
SO...contrary to what the poster appeared to believe, there was nothing wrong with what Rove said.
Hank
It seems to me, and as explained in my post, that Palin’s motive for stepping down was to protect the people of Alaska.
If she were making her decisions for the sake of personal gain, don’t you think she would have kept her private jet, and accepted a higher salary instead of refusing it?
Palin’s good fortune in the private sector was not her motive for stepping down. But to think she should have moved into the poorhouse right away seems rather pointless.
Moderates know that if conservatives stick together, they will nominate a conservative. Their only hope for Romney, Bush, Daniels, etc is to split conservative support. At first they thought Huckabee was the man, but he hasn’t gotten much traction and doesn’t seem to be anxious to play the game. So now we get these Herman Cain supporters showing up hoping to convince us to support a man who has never won an election. It’s not going to work.
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