Posted on 07/16/2012 1:40:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
She is the Tea Party diva who lit up the 2008 Presidential campaign.
But four years later Mitt Romney is facing one of the most vexing questions of his campaign: what to do with Sarah Palin?
In an increasingly uncomfortable stand-off, he has not invited her to next month’s Republican national convention whilst she has failed to give him her full backing.
Palin has also not appeared with the Romney on the campaign trail and prefers to use her Facebook page to bash Barack Obama.
The result is that the Republican presidential candidate is left without the endorsement of a woman who can energise his base in a way he can only dream of.
The former Massachusetts governor - who is so emotionally cold friends reportedly call him ‘Tin Man’ - is facing nagging questions about how he can appeal to the Tea Party which still feels he is a left wing flip flopper.
Palin would fill that role but would constantly be in danger of going rogue - and not sticking to the carefully crafted scripts....
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Exactly! When their back is against the wall, they will see what is stronger ‘in them’ - is it the faith they speak of? NOPE. They crumble like a cheap suitcase. The early Christians wouldn’t bow to evil even when their life was threatened.
“She is the Tea Party diva who lit up the 2008 Presidential campaign. “
Tea Party and diva don’t belong in the same sentence. And Mittens can KMA.
That's correctomundo, Fonzie! That would be smart politics. Putting her in the VP spot, again, is the solution, though...not yet. That could be sure death threat. Not from us, of course, but media-wise. Just the same that she attracted us to voting for McCain, this combination would attract us to vote for him (well...most of us). The right has mostly voted R and a large (if not the largest) portion of the right support Sarah Palin. Even if he's not a SP fan, if he is interested in shoring up votes, he should at least bring her to the convention and support a conservative base.
I don't think either is going to happen, tho.
“The result is that the Republican presidential candidate is left without the endorsement of a woman who can energise his base in a way he can only dream of.”
And if one votes for someone just because of an endorsement, I would question that person’s ability to think for themself.
Agreed. The “Christians” who are caving and voting for Romney are like those Christians who renounced Christ easily in the face of persecution. They are selling their soul for political expediency rather than standing on the Rock of Ages.
I certainly hope you’re not insinuating that voting for Romney is on the same level as renouncing Christ.
No they won’t - they already proved they are chicken sh!!.
Stray from the center? LOL! When was he in the center? What has he ever done FOR AMERICA. All his accomplishments were AGAINST what America stands for.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE - 1st in the country.
PRO ABORTION
LIBERAL JUDGES
BIG GOVERNMENT
Socialistic healthcare - 1st in the country
TAX TAX TAX/FEES, fees, fees.
Employment - MA was 47th in the nation under his admin.
Where is ‘in the center’ with that - that is FAR FAR LEFT!
Then you don't understand Conservatives and how we're tired of being dumped on by the GOP-E.
That is for you to decide - it's your vote. If you want a cult leader by all means go for it, at least you know what you are voting/supporting.
I wouldn’t vote for Romney just because Sarah Palin (or anyone else, for that matter) endorsed him. I will only vote for him because a second term for Barack Hussein Obama, unshackled and with nothing to lose, is unthinkable. I’m guessing that most Germans in 1946 wished that they could go back to the 1930’s and do things differently, don’t you? And in 2013, conservatives, Tea Partiers and the like will be the Jews in 1943.
Well Romney questions voters ability to think for themselves with all his groveling for support from other politicians - and some conservatives politicians believing they will sway them and it worked.
That is for you to decide. But if those that will cave on their principles so easily to support a candidate who violates CORE Conservative beliefs (abortion, gay marriage, etc) strike me as the kind of people who would renounce Christ in the face of persecution - which, if you go back to my post, is what I said. It is called an analogy.
And thanks for Pinging the Boss, I know nothing would make JR vote for Mittens - he has said so time and time again.
Well, if it’s not, please review Romney’s godless liberal/progressive, statist, socialist, big government, gun-grabbing, fee-hiking, homosexualist, baby murdering record, then explain how it is Christ-like (if you are suggesting such).
Oh by the way SOL, are you a retread or just a n00b?
Most n00bs aren’t so easy with the pings to JR.
That is for you to decide
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I used the exact same wording in my response before I saw yours. GMTA!
Thank you, Jim. You are correct there is nothing Christ-like in Romney’s beliefs or record.
Beg Pardon? That’s a pretty dumb comparison. Remember Ronald Reagan was a “media Commentator”—on the radio-for the years he was out of office. If Fox has existed, he would have been on TV.
I supported and voted for NEWT, America runs through his veins. But voters didn't want a patriot who was the only one with the credentials to be president but some smooth lying politician.
You betcha I made a choice - not to vote for evil.
So what exactly WILL you be bringing to America?
NOW tell me what is your boy - who wants to lead America - BROUGHT TO AMERICA??
She does not "gag" when she says his name. She does however "gag" when she mentions obama. Sorry for those that are disappointed but, it is time to circle the wagons and defeat obama. Stop trashing Romney it is only helping the little socialist dictator in office.
That said, they shouldn't try to alienate Palin for the simple reason that she will be everywhere! The media will swarm about her like annoying gnats around honey.
If Romney wants any chance at reining her in and keeping her "on message" (his message, whatever that will turn out to be), he needs to keep her close, not push her away.
I'm looking forward to her interviews and commentary.
Godly minds! :)
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