Rain clouds linger as Tea Party brews up a storm (Palin & Tea Party as Reagan redux?)

The Irish Times ^ | September 27, 2010 | Professor Richard Aldous

[yldstrk]

Look smartie pants

Palin is able to express what REAL AMERICANS are thinking

That is her appeal—she is a true representative, kapish?

[Psalm 144]

Comments?

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Professor Aldous gets it. He understands the facts and the potentialities better than all of the American left, and better than most of the American right.

But for the nod to weakfish Noonan, a flawless article.

Thank you for posting it.

[mmercier]

she is what she is. she is also exceedingly clever at media manipulation.

every word she speaks or writes is more carefully calculated than the performance if an icbm.

just because everyone is reminded of reagan by her...

everyone was reminded of jfk by the one.

where did that get us...

[no dems]

Don't know where you got the quote "Palin ain't no Reagan". I never said that. I'm a huge Sarah fan. I was a Sarah Palin rooter before McCain ever chose her for his running mate.

[ansel12]

just because everyone is reminded of reagan by her...

That's right, she is the closest thing to Reagan that we have seen since Reagan, and for many decades before, that is why she reminds people of Reagan.

Whine about something else.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You don’t see too many good ones like this. Most are “she’s a dummy & a quitter” and “she’ll get beat like a drum against Obama” and “he’ll wipe the floor with her in a debate” and so forth...

[upsdriver]

The second example is Margaret Thatcher, who is revered by, among others, Palin. Thatcher may not have been an intellectual or an original political thinker in the purest sense

As an admirer of Thatcher, Reagan and Palin, what the hell is he talking about? Not original thinker? Or intellectual? I'll take their brand of intellect any day.

[SoConPubbie]

My apologies, not even sure how that happened.

[reasonisfaith]

“The unknown element in that battle is the quality of Tea Party ideas.”

This is complete nonsense. The ideas have advanced this far based specifically on their quality.

[mmercier]

there is christie, if he can survive till 12’.

the only benefit i see with palin is if hillary offs the one at the convention and sarah secures nomination.

then we will all know the end is nigh.

[SoConPubbie]

palin aint no reagan.

The only possible contendors for POTUS 2012 that are close to her or equal in terms of being like Reagan are DeMint and Pence.

The others, including Myth, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Ryan, et all. are either compromisers on important issues or have voted for something they really should not have.

The one characteristic that Governor Palin has more than all the rest, is an unstoppable fighting spirit.

[redhead]

I always laugh at the way the British think we don’t have the wits to govern ourselves, or don’t have the critical thinking skills to handle something as complex as voting or legislating. It’s as if the art died out with the Revolution, and every last shred of political wisdom stayed on the other side of the Atlantic.

[David1]

I love this picture of Sarah Palin holding Mark Levin’s book.

[SoConPubbie]

there is christie, if he can survive till 12’.

While Christie is strong on some issues, he is weak on the 2nd Amendment, ObamaCare, Bailouts, etc.

He also endorsed Mike Castle.

He is also stumping for another extreme liberal, Meg Whitman.

He's good for New Jersey, but horrible for POTUS.

[reasonisfaith]

The politician who comes to office thinking in a “systematic” way—rather than simply wanting to apply the simple ideas of the tea party movement—is a politician with the mind of a big government bureaucrat.

[David1]

I love this clip of her taking on a couple socialists in her last appearance in the Commons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHGCz6xxiw

[Marty62]

Excellent assessment.

[reasonisfaith]

Call me paranoid, but I think the coming trend is for leftists to seem to give ground (like not criticizing Palin) while perpetrating their big government agenda in more deceitful ways.

[Deagle]

One of the great side benefits of this movement is that all of the liberal Colleges and Universities will suddenly be on the wrong side of America. Looking forward to that change and hopefully, even the leftist propaganda will diminish. Heck, you might say that this movement is for the children!

[phobia-dude]

Dr. Ron Paul is the best leader since Ben Franklin. Of course the war party is against him, and the liberals cannot stand anyone who talks about small government and the constitution.