Posted on 11/05/2008 8:30:19 AM PST by RobinMasters
Thank you for all your hard work Gov. Palin. Despite the naysayers, I feel you graced the campaign with your presence, not to mention, for me anyway, renewing my faith in the blessing of a traditional family.
I wish her and her family nothing but the best in the future.
Like, "John and me, we will fight..........for....."
If there is ONE thing I will not miss tonight, besides the incessant campaign commericials, will be McCain and his "My friends......blah,blah,blah"
“Ronald Reagan started running in . . . 1968? Then 1972, right? Something like that. He didn’t win the nomination until 1976.”
In 1976 Reagan lost a very public defeat in the primary, taking the battle into the convention hall itself. It was 1980 when he won the nomination.
Yes! They are out there, Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Thaddeus McCotter, Jim Demint. We need a list of the real conservatives. A good place to start is those that voted no on the bailout.
What I think is: 1. Sarah Palin is more effective as governor of Alaska. More than a Senator. 2. For the sake of her marriage and family, stay governor and out of the national spotlight. 3. She now has an archive of negative (news interviews and SNL etc.) ridicule to haunt any future run, then add the boat-anchor (McCain) she was attached to.
I think self-preservation is best. Decline any Ellen or Oprah or View appearances and the rest and just go home to Alaska, do her job and keep her honor and reputation. Any media spotlight now would just be rub-it-in and other crap. That is what I would do or, if I were Todd, would recommend to my wife for family's sake. Sarah has fought her battle and fought hard. Rotate out with honor intact.
Is there any way to contact Gov. Palin via email or usps? The Alaska website says not to send political email through their site.
I want her to KNOW that I don’t blame her at ALL for the loss, as a matter of fact, McCain can THANK her for the votes they DID get. >:-(
After Reagan narrowly lost his challenge to Ford at the 1976 convention - and gave a speech that was far and away the highlight of the entire affair - Reagan returned to his ranch, made speeches and appearances, and appeared with republican candidates for office all over the Country for the next 4 years.
Ford, of course, went down to defeat at the hands of the worst President of his century, and became an irrelevancy, while Reagan honed his skills, built his relevance and importance, made the connections and built the support that led to the most successful presidency of the century. What he did NOT do was find a parking place like the Senate. He kept his name, voice, and face before the public, and kept his conservative philosophy in the national spotlight by contrasting it almost daily with Carter’s current fiasco - remember the “misery index”?
Sarah Palin BY HERSELF added DOUBLE DIGITS to McCain’s numbers, IN SPITE of the efforts of her frightened faux conservative republican detractors. McCain’s loss has made him an irrelevancy, while Palin’s contribution has made her the most significant leader of the party today, while the former so-called leadership gets the sacking it earned.
And we have a duty to get on the phone and raise he?? with these temporizers whenever they raise their voices.
Oops, good point.
I should have said, "Ronald Reagan started running in . . . 1968. Then 1976. He didn't win the nomination until 1980."
While it is EXTREMELY early to be talking about the 2012 election, a setup of Sarah Palin/Duncan Hunter would be awesome, in my opinion.
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