Sarah Palin Resigns

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Disclosure: I supported Ron Paul and voted for Bob Barr, held on to a glimmer of hope that Obama wasn't a total sellout and thought that McCain was more of a wildcard for military misadventure. Also engaged in discussions here and elsewhere about a setup of one party controlling the White House and the other controlling the Congress being better than total control for one party.

I know we've done this before. I proudly voted for Ron Paul. I'm like Starving Steve when it comes to Dr. Paul. I even gave him money. I give nobody money. I got alot of people to vote for him. I really thought he was our last chance.

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I know we've done this before. I proudly voted for Ron Paul. I'm like Starving Steve when it comes to Dr. Paul. I even gave him money. I give nobody money. I got alot of people to vote for him. I really thought he was our last chance.

paul ran an educational campaign.... he and kucinich.

spend enough $$$ and you can 'educate' the public to the point where you win, too.

[Finster]

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I'm not so sure PC.

I was a big Sarah supporter in the beginning. She was awesome in front of a teleprompter but impromptu, she was a disaster.

Now, that doesn't mean she wasn't a good governor but she had a Dan Quayle light weight image (which in Dan's case was true) Her resume was a little light so the last thing she should have done was quit her current job. This just reinforces the flake image.

As a card carrying member of the Republican party. I won't give her the time of day now.

On the other hand, the Republican Party is in such shambles, you have to figure something well outside of the box is in order. After eight years of big-government-growing, freedom-squelching policy, it had lost every last iota of claim to principle. And then to nominate McCain? Not one single Republican I know even considered him more than half Republican. The one thing - the one thing that he did right and in a big way - was nominate Sarah Palin.

[Sapiens]

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Future talk show host?

[BiscayneSunrise]

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On the other hand, the Republican Party is in such shambles, you have to figure something well outside of the box is in order. After eight years of big-government-growing, freedom-squelching policy, it had lost every last iota of claim to principle. And then to nominate McCain? Not one single Republican I know even considered him more than half Republican. The one thing - the one thing that he did right and in a big way - was nominate Sarah Palin.

Granted that Palin is the truest acolyte of conservatism but so are members of the John Birch society. In order to get elected and actually govern, a politician has to has some semblance of credibility along with grit and endurance. Sarah says the problems of Alaska are too distracting for her to get the real work of America done. I'm sorry, but what better way to implements ideals than from the governor's chair. From what I see, Sarah is just a show horse.

Although, given EJ's concern about the rise of populist despots and crackpots, maybe Sarah Palin fits the bill perfectly.

[Finster]

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Granted that Palin is the truest acolyte of conservatism but so are members of the John Birch society. In order to get elected and actually govern, a politician has to has some semblance of credibility along with grit and endurance. Sarah says the problems of Alaska are too distracting for her to get the real work of America done. I'm sorry, but what better way to implements ideals than from the governor's chair. From what I see, Sarah is just a show horse.

Although, given EJ's concern about the rise of populist despots and crackpots, maybe Sarah Palin fits the bill perfectly.

Politically speaking, the "show horse" factor works. I was looking at it at least in part from the standpoint of breaking out of the old guard mold and political chess game. There was at least some crossover appeal to the "first-woman-vice-president" contingent. If it was just conservatism at issue, McCain could just as easily have gone with Huckabee. IMO the guy that should have been the nominee. In the end though, Obama was just too overwhelming. Not only did you have the "first-black-president" factor, but the guy is just over-the-top charismatic.

Far as conservatism goes, I'm not sure the Republican party has a clue. It promoted GWB as a sort of second coming of Reagan, when he was closer to a second coming of LBJ.

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Far as conservatism goes, I'm not sure the Republican party has a clue. It promoted GWB as a sort of second coming of Reagan, when he was closer to a second coming of LBJ.

Wow, that's some comparison. I think to reach this conclusion you might need some quantum entanglement from another thread.

Except for a war or 2, seems GWB played it straight out of the Reagan playbook, complete with tax cuts for the rich, governments the problem, and starve the beast. Funny thing is, they won and got exactly what they wanted, to bankrupt the government.

As far as Sarah, she's Obama's best chance at a second term.;)

[BiscayneSunrise]

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Politically speaking, the "show horse" factor works. I was looking at it at least in part from the standpoint of breaking out of the old guard mold and political chess game. There was at least some crossover appeal to the "first-woman-vice-president" contingent.

Sarah definitely had appeal as the first woman VP but I thought it was just a "me too" by McCain trying to vainly trump Obama's "first POTUS" status. McCain got a bump from the Palin nomination but ultimately, a candidate has to win on his own merits. Which McCain was never able to do.

As you point out, Obama was the perfect candidate. I remember when I saw him in the first debate way back in November of '07. I told my wife that he was going all the way. It wasn't an endorsement just a prediction.

Sarah still has a lot of the base fired up. She certainly isn't old guard. But neither was Reagan. The old country club Rockefeller Republicans strongly disliked RR. But he persevered. 8 years as Gov, then many more years on the speaking circuit. Even Obama defeated the old guard D's. It can be done. We'll see if Sarah can pull it off. Much of it depends on the mood of the country when the election looms.