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Republican talking point number 1: when in doubt, blame the media!
You're just saying that because you're brainwashed by the media
Republican talking point number 1: when in doubt, blame the media!
I thought I just posted this but can't find it. Anyway....if Palin runs, it's going to be an uphill battle against the media. It's all hate Palin all the time.
I found this and I agree with some of it but not the part where she would LOSE.
Republicans Against Palin Watch - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Republicans Against Palin Watch
30 Nov 2010 02:11 pm
Mark McKinnon, former advisor to John McCain, begs Palin not to run for president:
If Palin runs, I think the entire Republican primary process will be hijacked. With ardent fans and a rabid media, it will become Palin-palooza. A celebrity fest will follow with even more amplitude than the adulation and adoration that surrounded Barack Obama, who was so revered he was sometimes referred to in biblical proportions as “The One.” An all-consuming super nova, Palin will suck the oxygen out of every room, everywhere she goes. And one of two things will happen. Discerning conservative voters in early primary states will be offended by the circus-like atmosphere and the presumption that they could so easily fall for a “cult of personality.” And they will vote against her. And she will lose. Or, Republican voters will be completely swept up in the mania and nominate her as the GOP standard bearer to go up against President Obama. And she will lose—perhaps the only Republican nominee who could lose in 2012.
Since the term "The One" has already been seized upon and worn into the ground by many on the right, can the left refer to Palin as "The Two" please?
I thought I just posted this but can't find it. Anyway....if Palin runs, it's going to be an uphill battle against the media. It's all hate Palin all the time.
I found this and I agree with some of it but not the part where she would LOSE.
Republicans Against Palin Watch - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Republicans Against Palin Watch
30 Nov 2010 02:11 pm
Mark McKinnon, former advisor to John McCain, begs Palin not to run for president:
If Palin runs, I think the entire Republican primary process will be hijacked. With ardent fans and a rabid media, it will become Palin-palooza. A celebrity fest will follow with even more amplitude than the adulation and adoration that surrounded Barack Obama, who was so revered he was sometimes referred to in biblical proportions as “The One.” An all-consuming super nova, Palin will suck the oxygen out of every room, everywhere she goes. And one of two things will happen. Discerning conservative voters in early primary states will be offended by the circus-like atmosphere and the presumption that they could so easily fall for a “cult of personality.” And they will vote against her. And she will lose. Or, Republican voters will be completely swept up in the mania and nominate her as the GOP standard bearer to go up against President Obama. And she will lose—perhaps the only Republican nominee who could lose in 2012.
Number two is taken by doctor evil. Number three?
So? The One was previously taken by Neo, it is not against the rules - anyhow its not "Number Two" its "The Two" a good compromise would be "The number Two"
Republican talking point number 1: when in doubt, blame the media!
Number two is taken by doctor evil. Number three?
For someone supposedly so thick, she's been playing the left like a Stradivarius.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/opinion/04blow.html?_r=1
She Who Must Not Be Named
The left’s ... unrelenting assault... has made her a folk hero. The logic goes that if she’s making people on the left this upset, she must be doing something right.
Yet the left continues to elevate her every utterance so that they can mock and deride her. The problem is that this strategy continues to backfire.
ROTFLOL... Who knew!? MSNBC is The Real Palin Network!The same leftward skew is also true on television... Left-leaning MSNBC mentioned it nearly 1,000 times. But Fox News, which employs her, mentioned it fewer than 600 times.
Mitt Romney is a very impressive candidate and, despite his health care fiasco in Michigan, he should be looked at seriously.
from Grant
Do you mean Massachusetts? While Mitt was born in Detroit and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, I believe you are referring to his health care experience in the state he governed - Massachusetts.
I thought I just posted this but can't find it. Anyway....if Palin runs, it's going to be an uphill battle against the media. It's all hate Palin all the time.
I found this and I agree with some of it but not the part where she would LOSE.
Republicans Against Palin Watch - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Republicans Against Palin Watch
30 Nov 2010 02:11 pm
Mark McKinnon, former advisor to John McCain, begs Palin not to run for president:
If Palin runs, I think the entire Republican primary process will be hijacked. With ardent fans and a rabid media, it will become Palin-palooza. A celebrity fest will follow with even more amplitude than the adulation and adoration that surrounded Barack Obama, who was so revered he was sometimes referred to in biblical proportions as “The One.” An all-consuming super nova, Palin will suck the oxygen out of every room, everywhere she goes. And one of two things will happen. Discerning conservative voters in early primary states will be offended by the circus-like atmosphere and the presumption that they could so easily fall for a “cult of personality.” And they will vote against her. And she will lose. Or, Republican voters will be completely swept up in the mania and nominate her as the GOP standard bearer to go up against President Obama. And she will lose—perhaps the only Republican nominee who could lose in 2012.
The Republicans have a mess on their hands.
Palin has a good shot of gaining early momentum by winning Iowa and SC... but she has no shot at winning the presidency as she has much too much baggage. Somehow the Repubs need to derail her before she hijacks the process and derails them.
Romney would be a credible candidate, but the fact he is Mormon is a non-starter for the Christian funtamentalists that view Mormonism as a cult. Moreover, his MA health reform was the foundation of the US health reform, so he would be a weak advocate for those that do not like "ObamaCare".
Huckabee is a credible candidate, except I don't see how a creationist can win. He would appeal to the same elements as Sarah. If the Repubs can not derail Palin, Huckabee ends up lost on a siding early in the process.
Pawlentty looks like an excellent candidate. He is good-looking, well-spoken and intelligent (presidential material) and reasonable (which means he will lose tea party support and thus never get the Republican nod)
Christie is a romantic choice because of his upset and hit-the-ground running style in New Jersey. He has some possibility, but we don't know enough about him.
Not much of a bench on the Republican side at the moment.... but they need help, starting with hijacking Palin before she hijacks them.
The Republicans have a mess on their hands.
Palin has a good shot of gaining early momentum by winning Iowa and SC... but she has no shot at winning the presidency as she has much too much baggage. Somehow the Repubs need to derail her before she hijacks the process and derails them.
Romney would be a credible candidate, but the fact he is Mormon is a non-starter for the Christian funtamentalists that view Mormonism as a cult. Moreover, his MA health reform was the foundation of the US health reform, so he would be a weak advocate for those that do not like "ObamaCare".
Huckabee is a credible candidate, except I don't see how a creationist can win. He would appeal to the same elements as Sarah. If the Repubs can not derail Palin, Huckabee ends up lost on a siding early in the process.
Pawlentty looks like an excellent candidate. He is good-looking, well-spoken and intelligent (presidential material) and reasonable (which means he will lose tea party support and thus never get the Republican nod)
Christie is a romantic choice because of his upset and hit-the-ground running style in New Jersey. He has some possibility, but we don't know enough about him.
Not much of a bench on the Republican side at the moment.... but they need help, starting with hijacking Palin before she hijacks them.
And brothers and sisters this is what is important and good news if we can keep it going until 2012 and we can wave goodbye to Obama once and for all.
Sarah Palin is the best thing to come along in many years if for no other reason than she is shaking up and worrying the the dumb-ass Republican old guard.
The Republicans are almost as afraid of Sarah Palin as the Left, because her personality matches the Title of her first book, Rouge.
She thinks for herself and has been less likely to fall into the party line and Republicans want control over their members.
As I have said repeatedly it now seems everyone is just repeating what they hear and have no independent knowledge of what the hell they are talking about, and it's too bad because I once thought Republicans were smarter than that.
Looks like I was wrong.