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The GOP's Long Love Affair With Schmucks
Reason ^ | 01.29.15 | Nick Gillepsie

Posted on 01/30/2015 6:11:54 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

From Sarah Palin to Donald Trump to Ben Carson, Republicans Just Can't Get Enough of obviously unqualified presidential contenders.

(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; concerntroll; getpalin; memebuilding; palin; palinhate; pds; teamromney; trump
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To: x
Religious and national defense conservatives also wouldn't agree with Gillespie much either.

And why would we, x?

Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.




81 posted on 01/30/2015 3:24:46 PM PST by rdb3 (Meh! A hole-in-one is just an eagle. Sink an albatross!)
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To: cdcdawg

You’re using Jimmy Carter as a defense for the benefits of voice coaching? LOL!

:-)


82 posted on 01/30/2015 3:56:28 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: bigdaddy45
"In spite of your protestations, I can assure you I am a conservative."

Yes, you sound severely conservative.

83 posted on 01/30/2015 4:35:22 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Redbob

Kim Kadarshian is lightweight, OReilly is a Kim, Obama is a Kim, Jeb is a Kim... All of them are shallow pu$$ies who would not be able to care as she does for a Down syndrom kid, too busy keeping their looks.


84 posted on 01/30/2015 5:51:16 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: Redbob
You know I've never understood why some call Palin an intellectual lightweight.

For her to be an intellectual lightweight, she would have had to dumb-lucked her way into the following lifetime of success:

*Getting elected to city council/mayor

*Getting appointed to be Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission

*Getting elected governor and earning an approval rating of 88% near her peak

*Getting selected to be the Republican Vice Presidential nominee in 2008

*Authoring 3 New York Times bestseller books

*Securing a contributor role on Fox News Channel

*Securing a show on TLC, "Sarah Palin's Alaska"

*Securing a show on the Sportsman Channel, "Amazing America"

*Launching her own Sarah Palin Channel as part of the TAPP network.

*Helping to elect literally DOZENS of constitutional conservative candidates to House, Senate and Governor offices.

*Emerging as a leading Tea Party leader and speaking to tea party rallies that numbered in the thousands and tens of thousands.

So, again, for me the argument that Sarah Palin is a political lightweight is just claptrap from the liberal media and the political establishment that despises her.

What amazes me is how many people then parrot the line, when it is demonstrably false. No one could dumb luck stumble their way into the amount of success Gov. Palin has had. You have to actually have a brain and be able to use it to make wise choices that will have advantageous results for yourself the way she has.

85 posted on 01/30/2015 6:19:21 PM PST by Impeach98 (Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
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To: cdcdawg

+1


86 posted on 01/30/2015 9:28:46 PM PST by Pelham (WWIII. Islam vs the West)
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To: greene66

Nick Gillespie is a Lou Reed wannabe.

Check this from his wiki bio:

“He worked for several years at Teen Machine magazine, where he interviewed celebrities and ghost-wrote an advice column for actress Alyssa Milano.”


87 posted on 01/30/2015 9:32:56 PM PST by Pelham (WWIII. Islam vs the West)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Nick Gillispie is a LiberTopian. His idea of a credible candidate is Ron Paul.


88 posted on 01/31/2015 2:44:26 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Ok... now that I’ve hacked up half a lung from laughing.....

I won’t even go past that first sentence. Omalord....


89 posted on 01/31/2015 8:23:02 AM PST by CaptainPhilFan (Since we can't live together we should just divide the country with a really long piece of tape.)
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To: rdb3
Gillespie got grief for anti-religious stuff he wrote on the website suck.com. That was in 2000, a lot longer ago than I thought, so maybe there's a statute of limitations.

Anyway, the reason he thinks the GOP loves schmucks aren't the reasons a lot of conservatives think the party loves schmucks. Now that I've finally looked through the article, it looks like he has different schmucks in his sights, too.

90 posted on 01/31/2015 10:01:21 AM PST by x
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To: GeronL

They certainly wouldn’t be considered as such by Reason because they are part of the ruling class you see.


91 posted on 01/31/2015 10:07:06 AM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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To: bigdaddy45

“Mrs. Palin is the greatest political thinker of our generation...”

Are you implying that she is not?


92 posted on 01/31/2015 4:05:23 PM PST by SarahPalinForPresident2012 (And 2016 as well)
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