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In Order For Palin To Lose, Someone Must Beat Her (To the PDS Chorus: Put up or Shup up)
2/21/2010 | Brices Crossroads

Posted on 02/21/2010 7:31:41 PM PST by Brices Crossroads

For a number of weeks now, I have noticed here on Free Republic an increase in the number of posters who say that former Governor Sarah Palin is unelectable. he reasons proffered are usually two fold: First, her resignation as Governor of Alaska forever brands her as a quitter, and the American people will never elect a quitter. Second, she has been so damaged by the hostile MainStream Media, and will be further damaged in another campaign that she can never defeat Barack Obama in a general election. Leaving aside the criticisms of her for the moment (inasmuch as they have been addressed and debated in numerous other posts), I maintain that the 2012 election will be a referendum on Barack Obama. If he has succeeded, he will likely be returned to office. If, on the other hand, he has failed, he will be defeated, in effect fired by the American people. The GOP nominee, whoever that is, will in all probability become the 45th President of the United States. In a word, the GOP nomination will be worth having.

Which begs the question, and I address it specifically to those posters among you who have been quick to point out your perception of Palin's flaws, including and especially her alleged "unelectability": name the potential candidate(s) you believe a) would be a better President; and b) have the political skills and appeal to defeat her in a GOP primary. As the saying goes, you cannot beat something with nothing.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: palin; rinos; romney; sarahpalin; vanity
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1 posted on 02/21/2010 7:31:41 PM PST by Brices Crossroads
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To: Brices Crossroads

They won’t name anyone. But you can bet that they will once again point something out. And they might also call you names. Stand tough. There’s more of us, then there is of them.


2 posted on 02/21/2010 7:36:01 PM PST by ABQHispConservative (A good Blue Dog is an unelected Blue Dog. Ditto Rino's!)
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To: ansel12; Virginia Ridgerunner; WalterSkinner; 2ndDivisionVet; CondoleezzaProtege; Non-Sequitur; ...

Please ping the Palin list as well as any that are known to be opposed to, or ambivalent toward, her candidacy.


3 posted on 02/21/2010 7:36:21 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: Brices Crossroads

“Which begs the question...”

This is NOT what “begging the question” actually means. Look up “petitio principii.”


4 posted on 02/21/2010 7:37:40 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: Brices Crossroads

I like Mike Pence. I think Pence and Palin would make a formidable ticket in the General Election, and it wouldn’t matter to me which one was at the top of the ticket or which one won the primary.


5 posted on 02/21/2010 7:43:04 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Brices Crossroads

Great post! Put up or shut up doofusses. Sarah is the ONLY one in position to restore our Republic.


6 posted on 02/21/2010 7:44:14 PM PST by rae4palin (islam is of the devil)
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To: Brices Crossroads
...she has been so damaged by the hostile MainStream Media, ...she can never defeat Barack Obama....

I predict that by 2012, B. Hussein Obama will be severely demonized by the Liberal Media and half his base who feel betrayed by him.
GREAT ARTICLE!!! My sentiments exactly. Take that all you Palin haters.
7 posted on 02/21/2010 7:45:09 PM PST by no dems (If you think Obama is a better President than Sarah Palin would be, lay down the crack pipe.)
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To: ABQHispConservative; MadHatter

I pinged MadHatter who posted to me on another thread that he thought Jim Demint was to be preferred to Palin. I have nothing really bad to say about Demint, except taht he lacks the political skills to defeat Palin. He is a conservative, as is she.(although why he jumped on Romney’s bandwagon in 2007, I am at a loss to understand). He spent his entire career prior to entering Congress as an market research (advertising) firm, then went into Congress in 1998, served 6 years there and 5 years in the Senate. Zero executive experience.

He is a good man, but dull as dishwater. Palin would clobber him without breaking a sweat.


8 posted on 02/21/2010 7:46:08 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: ABQHispConservative; Brices Crossroads

Stand tough. There’s more of us, then there is of them.
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FOR FREAKIN’ SURE !!!


9 posted on 02/21/2010 7:46:46 PM PST by no dems (If you think Obama is a better President than Sarah Palin would be, lay down the crack pipe.)
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To: Brices Crossroads
Some of you people need to put down the Palin crack pipe. The only thing that makes her look qualified or experienced enough to lead the country is the fact that Community Organizer in Chief is even less qualified. Sorry, her hearts in the right place, but we need somebody that has run more than her mouth.
10 posted on 02/21/2010 7:47:38 PM PST by festusbanjo (It's not that we tax too little, it's that we spend too damn much!)
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To: Brices Crossroads

You can’t beat something with nothing. Governor Sarah Palin has an army already and it will grow and grow as Dear Leader FUBARs our country. As you know, I’m committed to raising at least $2 million for her campaign should she decide to run, and there are tens of millions more supporters with much deeper pockets than I have. Do you think there’ll be thousands of people waiting in line in the cold to get Governor Mitt Romney’s new book or Governor Huckabee’s new album?


11 posted on 02/21/2010 7:47:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2 million for Sarah Palin: What will you do?)
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To: Brices Crossroads

I agree with you.

Demint needs to stay in the Senate, at least for a bit. He’s doing a good job, and we need more like him to show some of the younger senators that you can be a conservative in Washington.

We need a good team up there.


12 posted on 02/21/2010 7:48:41 PM PST by ABQHispConservative (A good Blue Dog is an unelected Blue Dog. Ditto Rino's!)
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To: Brices Crossroads
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13 posted on 02/21/2010 7:49:11 PM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: smoothsailing

Pence is a good man. Didn’t he hang back on NY-23 in favor of Scozzafava? Also, he is completely unknown. It would cost him 200 million dollars to get half of Palin’s name recognition. He has no organization or money. He is not credible. He should have challenged Bayh. Going straight from the House to the White House is rare. Hasn’t happened since 1880.

Pence would be a good Veep. I agree with that.


14 posted on 02/21/2010 7:50:28 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: smoothsailing

I love Mike Pence but I think Marco Rubio (Spanish surname) would cancel out the Black votes Obama will get. Per the last census, there are more Hispanics in America than there are Blacks.

If the GOP is smart (questionable) they will have a Hispanic on the ticket.


15 posted on 02/21/2010 7:50:41 PM PST by no dems (If you think Obama is a better President than Sarah Palin would be, lay down the crack pipe.)
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To: Brices Crossroads
Please ping the Palin list as well as any that are known to be opposed to, or ambivalent toward, her candidacy.

That ping list has been discontinued due to lack of interest.

16 posted on 02/21/2010 7:51:24 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: Brices Crossroads
Paul Ryan
Mike Pence
Fred Thompson
Jim DeMint
John Shadegg
17 posted on 02/21/2010 7:51:41 PM PST by Cu Roi
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To: festusbanjo

“Some of you people need to put down the Palin crack pipe.”

Like I said, put up or shut up. You Palin anklebiters can’t run “none of the above.” Put a name up if you dare.


18 posted on 02/21/2010 7:52:59 PM PST by Brices Crossroads (Politico and)
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To: rae4palin
Sarah is the ONLY one in position to restore our Republic.

Sarah is the ONLY one in position who can enable US to restore our Republic.

19 posted on 02/21/2010 7:53:38 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: smoothsailing

Hey smoothsailing: What’s going on in PA-12, Murtha’s old District? Is it looking good for our team?


20 posted on 02/21/2010 7:54:37 PM PST by no dems (If you think Obama is a better President than Sarah Palin would be, lay down the crack pipe.)
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