Comments on: Palin agree that it’s the class war, stupid

By: nyomythus

nyomythus — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:28:43 +0000

Limbaugh defends Palin: ‘Most prominent and articulate voice’…

He’s back on drugs….

By: Leyla

Leyla — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:46:41 +0000

These days I almost don’t want people I admire to take up the gauntlet for fear of the savaging they are going to get. Her family seems almost too good to be true and I feel protective of them to the point where I don’t want her to sacrifice a marriage and family to the cesspool Washington has become. But then again, it’s a cultural/spiritual battle now more than ever and good people are going to have to stand up whatever the cost. SO I have to say———you go girl!

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:53:05 +0000

Baklava.
The astonishing thing is that the chattering classes were comparing her to…who? Certainly not Biden. Slow Joe, the gaffe-a-minute guy.
Nobody challenged his huge misstatements because…he’s a democrat.
But, and it does not seem like it in retrospect, they were each candidates for the same office and they should have been compared.
But the lefties knew they didn’t have a chance with that one, as did the MSM.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:34:33 +0000

Adagny wrote pretty weirdly, “This extraordinarily average woman has done extraordinary things every step of her public journey. At every level of involvement, from the school board, to city council, to mayor, to oil board, to governor I’m sure there was an amazing learning curve for her which she obviously mastered.”

Please apply that standard to Obama.

Obsessive people are…. obsessive. They will try and try to make their point. And they will try harder but only look foolish.

She was well qualified and had more experience than many of the presidents that ALREADY served and more experienced than Obama. Period.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:40:44 +0000

If the lefties push the dummy meme hard enough, there will be a sufficient number of folks who know little but want to appear smart who will buy it.
It may be vile and dishonest, but the lefties know what works.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:36:56 +0000

On one blog or another, the meme was that she lacked intellectual curiosity. What that is, and how you know someone has it or doesn’t, or whether Biden had it, was left unspecified.
The left tried the specific–rape kits and banned books–which only provided ammo for those thinking the rest of us are dumb enough not to know better.
They also tried the non-specific, such as lacking intellectual curiosity, which can never be disproven.
As usual with a lie, it indicates that the truth has been evaluated and considered to be not useful.
Thus the lies.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:36:32 +0000

On one boog or another, the meme was that she lacked intellectual curiosity. What that is, and how you know someone has it or doesn’t, or whether Biden had it, was left unspecified.
The left tried the specific–rape kits and banned books–which only provided ammo for those thinking the rest of us are dumb enough not to know better.
They also tried the non-specific, such as lacking intellectual curiosity, which can never be disproven.
As usual with a lie, it indicates that the truth has been evaluated and considered to be not useful.
Thus the lies.

By: Scottie

Scottie — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:24:39 +0000

Palin should not go quietly into the night.

She has a strong populist touch, and this is going to continue to resonate positively with the general public – but not if she simply disappears for a few years.

Newt Gingrich went away quietly, and even though many still know who he is he’s not the political force he used to be even though he’s trying to exert influence once more on the Republican party.

To stay relevant she should be heard from regularly for at least the next 2 years, and should position herself as a voice for the Republican party whether the RINO’s or the MSM want her to or not.

When she does speak out publicly, she needs to make it count. She needs to be in control of her own message. It needs to be on matters of importance that the majority of the public will side with her on.

She needs to use her political capital wisely so that such efforts create even more political capital for her in the long run.

Political capital need not be seen as a finite substance that has to be treasured and expended wisely or not at all.

She needs to discard all of the “handlers” who so mismanaged her during 2008.

She also needs to cultivate relationships on the national level with the right political allies, so that when the RINO’s try to undermine her (particularly RINO’s like McCain and his immediate circle of staff and handlers) she has friends in high places who can act as surrogates and defend her flanks from *friendly* fire.

This will extend her shelf life so she retains a shot at higher office later.

The more exposure she gets, and the more she can succinctly put her case out before the American people, the more she can undermine this image that has been created for her by the MSM that she’s a ditzy lightweight.

As the misleading image created by the media is discredited, she has an opportunity to create her own more positive image in the minds of the public.

Once the public has discarded the media generated image, it will be difficult for the media to recreate it, and any efforts to do so will only reinforce the perception that the media is just another organ of the national Democrat party leadership. Their own bias can be used against them to blunt any media criticism of Palin.

This is very important – Palin needs to do everything she can to demonstrate that she’s not the person she’s been portrayed as in the media, but she needs to do so without appearing as a whiner. Speak bluntly, as she did recently in an interview, but then move on.

National leaders don’t have the luxury of whining.

Palin should serve out her term as governor, and then consider a run for the Senate. A few years in the Senate will undo quite a bit of the damage the media inflicted – even though it will also expose her to close proximity and the influence of, the majority of the RINO’s in the Republican party.

BTW, I don’t think a term or two in the Senate is mandatory, though I think it is useful. After all, Reagan was never a Senator either.

The Senate terms are for so long that politicians tend to become quite geriatric by the time they feel they’ve built up enough political capital to run for president – and in that length of time will have cast many votes that can later be used against them by a hostile media even if the media has to misrepresent the issues surrounding the votes.

Just a lot of deal making to get their legislation passed, and this works against Senators in general as they run for president.

This may be one of the reasons The One was successful. He wasn’t in that body long enough to really become tainted in the eyes of the general public – and any votes He did cast that could be used against Him were studiously ignored by the media.

Not a bad playbook for Palin to follow….

By: Foxfier

Foxfier — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:33:36 +0000

Smart, savvy, supportive family, beautiful without being obsessively sexy, down-home, projects honesty…..

Meh, what do I know? I’m one of the folks who was only willing to vote McCain because the alternative was a guy who voted NOT to save babies that everyone agrees are babies.

By: adagny

adagny — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:22:21 +0000

I agree with Genuine Realist who said that Ms. Palin was pushed onto the national scene too soon.
This extraordinarily average woman has done extraordinary things every step of her public journey. At every level of involvement, from the school board, to city council, to mayor, to oil board, to governor I’m sure there was an amazing learning curve for her which she obviously mastered. Specific information for each position which had to be studied, learned and applied.
When she was just a mom I’m sure she had little or no knowledge of what the mayor, oil board, or governor would need to know. But I’m sure all along the way she studied each position and gained what she needed to know.
My point is that while she was focused on her various career steps, I doubt that she paid a lot of attention to international affairs, even national affairs for that matter. She was focused on learning things she needed at the time in Alaska.
If Sarah Palin decides she wants it badly enough, focuses like a laser on developing her knowledge of national and world issues, there is no doubt that she has what it takes to be a great leader.
She just wasn’t prepared for it this time.