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Title: Sarah Palin brought down the Republican Party
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URL Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article41451102.html
Published: Oct 26, 2015
Author: William M. Daley
Post Date: 2015-10-26 17:07:26 by Don
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The party’s embrace of her in 2008 was a major turning point She was gas on the fire of red meat rhetoric over reasoned solutions The low bar of Palin created the tea party tiger that now devours the establishment GOP By William M. Daley When The Post’s front page declares: “Republicans are on the verge of ceasing to function as a national party,” it’s time to ask: How did this come to pass? You can choose from a litany of insurrections, government shutdowns and other self-inflicted wounds. But this year’s carnival-like GOP presidential primary makes one event, in retrospect, stand out as a crucial turning point on the road to upheaval: the 2008 embrace of then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be a heartbeat from the presidency. Palin’s blatant lack of competence and preparedness needs no belaboring. What’s critical is that substantive, serious Republican leaders either wouldn’t or couldn’t declare, before or after the election: “This is not what our party stands for. We can and must do better.” By the campaign’s end, GOP operatives were shielding Palin from even the simplest questions. (She had flunked “what newspapers do you read?”). Barack Obama cruised to victory. Palin became a Fox News fixture, reinforcing the newly formed tea party’s “never compromise” demands. Bombast, not reason, reigned. Now the “settle for flash” aura of Palin’s candidacy looks like a warning that the party was prizing glib, red-meat rhetoric over reasoned solutions. Sadly, Palin owes her fame to 2008 presidential nominee John McCain, who is generally one of the party’s more thoughtful and substantive veterans. He has championed reforms to immigration and campaign finance. He denounced “wacko birds” who stymie Congress to pursue hard-right agendas with no chance of passage. Whether McCain actively sought Palin in 2008 or passively yielded to aides’ pressure, he set a new standard for GOP candidates who rely on lots of sizzle and little substance. Once McCain put Palin on the ticket, Republican “grown-ups,” who presumably knew better, had to bite their tongues. But after the election, when they were free to speak their minds, they either remained quiet or abetted the dumbing-down of the party. They stood by as Donald Trump and others noisily pushed claims that Obama was born in Kenya. And they gladly rode the tea party tiger to sweeping victories in 2010 and 2014. Now that tiger is devouring the GOP establishment. Party elders had hoped new presidential debate rules would give them greater control. But they are watching helplessly as Trump leads the pack and House Republicans engage in fratricide. It’s hard to feel much sympathy. The Republican establishment’s 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect. In Delaware, the utterly unprepared Christine O’Donnell promised “I’m not a witch,” but it didn’t save a Senate seat that popular, centrist Republican representative Mike Castle would have won, had he been the nominee. In 2012, Missouri Republicans hoped to oust Sen. Claire McCaskill (D). Those hopes died when GOP nominee Todd Akin opined that “the female body” could somehow prevent pregnancy from “a legitimate rape.” Party leaders aren’t responsible for every candidate’s gaffe. And Republican primary voters, not party honchos, choose nominees. But it’s easy to draw ideological lines from Palin to O’Donnell to Akin and so on to some of the far-from-mainstream presidential contenders of 2012 and today. Then-Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) was rising fast in Republican presidential polls in July 2011. Pizza company executive Herman Cain led the polls three months later. Does anyone now think Bachmann and Cain had the skills, experience and temperament to be president? True, the party eventually settled on Mitt Romney. But for months, Americans wondered, “Is this party serious?” Now the Republicans’ leading presidential contenders are Trump - who vows to make Mexico pay for a “great, great wall” on the U.S. side of the border - and Ben Carson, who questions evolution and asks why victims of the latest mass shooting didn’t “attack the gunman.” This isn’t to heap new scorn on Palin. But let’s not diminish the recklessness of those who championed her vice presidential candidacy. It was well known that McCain, 72 at the time of his nomination, had undergone surgery for skin cancer. It wasn’t preposterous to think Palin could become president. Now Republicans ask Americans to give them full control of the government, adding the presidency to their House and Senate majorities. This comes as Trump and Carson consistently top the GOP polls. Republican leaders brought this on themselves. Trump calls Palin “a special person” he’d like in his Cabinet. That seems only fair, because he’s thriving in the same cynical value system that puts opportunistic soundbites above seriousness, preparedness and intellectual heft. William M. Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000. More Viewpoint Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article41451102.html#storylink=cpy
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#1. To: Don (#0)
In Delaware, the utterly unprepared Christine O’Donnell promised “I’m not a witch,” but it didn’t save a Senate seat that popular, centrist Republican representative Mike Castle would have won, had he been the nominee. Is Karl Rove writing under a new pen name? "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."---Romans 5:6
That woman was worse for the repubs then nixon. The only people dumber then this stupid bitch are the IDIOTS who believe in her. damn alaskan white trash
I don't know about Rove, but I have never trusted Palin. II's hard to trust someone who has this great love for McCain.
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Former Chief of Staff to Obama.
" Sarah Palin brought down the Republican Party " Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Like Bob Dole, both Bush's, McStain, Rommney, McConnell, Boner, Karl Rove, & countless other GOPe officials both state & Federal were all clean & pure as the wind driven snow, and had no ill effects on the Republican Party. Sure, sure. And we are to give this doofus Daley any credit of being astute? F him, and the others I listed!! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Well, she made a lot of talk about Conservatism, and she was so down to earth. Many people liked her for that. I don't trust any politician. This is a time when many traitors and greedy people look out only for themselves. Patriotism is largely a word to con the gullible. Palin won the trust of people and then helped win votes for McCain. Who became President?
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It took many to accomplish that aim. Remember when Rush Limbaugh crowed so much about Democrats changing party to Republican in the early 90s? Yeah, the Republicans were winning the war because the Dems were coming over to them. The only thing happening was the beginning of the RINOs, infiltrators and conquerors of the Republican Party.
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You don't like the article? I didn't believe that Palin had that much influence either. I think she played her small part.
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Anybody who world utter those words, either in print or vocally, is mentally disfunctional. That " William M. Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000." is solid testimony to the febble mindedness of the presidents who put him there. as far as " She was gas on the fire of red meat rhetoric over reasoned solutions The low bar of Palin created the tea party tiger that now devours the establishment GOP " I am in total agreement with the first sentence. I am also not impressed with the vacuousness of the Tea Party. It is dissatisfaction without analysis or direction. But Palin didn't start the Tea Party.
Folks like you sure don't like folks like me.
McCain is a RINO, so yeah the left likes McCain.
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John McCain, who is generally one of the party’s more thoughtful and substantive veterans. He has championed reforms to immigration and campaign finance. He denounced “wacko birds” A Clinton Republican! That explains why it reads like it was written by Hillary. Drunk too. She had better Presidential credentials than Obama and would have made a better President. Yet she was only running as VP. If anyone brought down a party, let's look at Obama. Look at the Congressional and State governorship gains made while he was screwing up the country.
Im thinking bush and the repug elites did that job.
Oh yeah, them too.
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Yeah, you hardly ever here folks here on LF talk about emperor Zero and the bang up job he did destroying our Constitution and thus our nation. It is almost like this site gives obolo a free pass. It's all Palin's, Romney's and McCain's fault even though they never occupied the WH. Go figure. "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."---Romans 5:6
I keep thinking how Palin had to quit her job as Governor of Alaska. I'm skeptical about her ability to run the entire nation.
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It does little good to continue blasting Obama. He was put into office to accomplish a job which he has successfully carried out and he has a full year to finish up on what used to be a great nation capable of leading the "free world."
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Yeah, I remember that. First one comes to mind was Trent Lott. I had many arguments with Republican officials in my county. I told them they needed to study history, especially about Trojan Horse. They just looked at me with the "deer in the headlights" look. They did not get it Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Well, maybe they get it now. Unfortunately, it's too late now.
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Last words of George Armstrong Custer at Little Big Horn! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
William M. Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000. Think about what you just admitted. The Establishment Bush people are the same as the Establishment Obama people. Vote for establishment Bush, Rubio, Christie, Fiorian, Carson is for the same policy as Obama, Hillary. Trump is the only one that will fight for America. The rest will sell out.
You don't know about Rove. He sucks. You don't trust Palin. She supports all the right candidates. Without her there would be no Ted Cruz in the Senate running for President. She doesn't have great love for McCain. She regularly takes the opposite position as he does. She is just being respectful to him because he gave her the honor to be a on the Republican ticket for Vice President of the United States. She has just decided rightly or wrongly that she isn't going to attack him publicly.
What positions that she takes do you disagree with? Because she is right on most issues. Who you supporting this election cycle anyway?
The comment makes it sound like you think she was driven out of office because of some malfeasance. In fact she was spending so much time defending herself from unfounded and malicious false charges that she felt she did not have the time to responsibly execute her responsibilities. So she did the responsible thing ;she resigned. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Do you think the White House would be different?
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Rove is of no concern to me. We were talking about Palin. Ok, you like her, and I don't.
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Yep.
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As President, she would have been provided with a whole department of lawyers to defend her against frivolous claims. As Governor, they became overwhelming and she couldn't do her job.
I'm surprised the Governor's Office doesn't have access to lawyers.
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John McCain, who is generally one of the party’s more thoughtful and substantive veterans. He has championed reforms to immigration and campaign finance. He denounced “wacko birds” A Clinton Republican! That explains why it reads like it was written by Hillary. Drunk too. +10 Insightful
Yep. The Republican Party brought down the Republican Party. Who did we get for Presidential candidates -- Bush, Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain, Bush, Bush, Romney. And a JEB! to be annointed for 2016. And what about a primary process that front-loads Blue States and open primaries? And a leadership that thinks we're losing elections because we're not liberal enough? I hope Trump wins just so he can tell them to go f**k themselves.
They do. If they want to use their own money to pay them. After Palin left office, they passed a law stating that the State of Alaska would cover legal costs.
You enjoy dictatorial rule, don't you mr. white?
Only if I'm the dictator.
And, you think we won't have the same thing under the other candidates?
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I did not vote for her for President . The issue in Alaska was that she had initiated a series of tough ethics laws that her enemies used against her. She did the honorable thing and the responsible thing for the people of Alaska ....and yet you turn it into a question of resolve . Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Not at all; at least, I can be honest with a serious grass root's candidate that intends an adequate foundation from six feet under: my dead dawg scruffy.
In 2008, the Republicans were minorities in all of Congress. Now they control all of Congress. How has Sarah brought down the Party? William M. Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000 Clinton and Obama croney Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
How many support Conservative causes?
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestIt’s hard to feel much sympathy. The Republican establishment’s 2008 embrace of Palin set an irresponsibly low bar. Coincidence or not, a batch of nonsense-spewing, hard-right candidates quickly followed, often to disastrous effect.
#2. To: Don (#0)
#3. To: redleghunter (#1)
#4. To: Don (#0)
"Author: William M. Daley"
#5. To: Don (#0)
" William M. Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000. "
#6. To: calcon (#2)
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#7. To: Stoner (#5)
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#8. To: misterwhite (#4)
#9. To: Don (#0)
Palin owes her fame to 2008 presidential nominee John McCain, who is generally one of the party’s more thoughtful and substantive veterans.
#10. To: calcon (#2)
The only people dumber then this stupid bitch are the IDIOTS who believe in her.
#11. To: rlk (#9)
#12. To: Don, Hillary Campaign propaganda, disinfo, spin, B.S. (#0)
William M. Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#13. To: Don (#8)
You don't like the article? I didn't believe that Palin had that much influence either. I think she played her small part.
#14. To: Don (#0)
Sarah Palin brought down the Republican Party
#15. To: Justified (#14)
#16. To: misterwhite (#13)
#17. To: misterwhite (#13)
#18. To: redleghunter (#16)
#19. To: Don (#7)
" Remember when Rush Limbaugh crowed so much about Democrats changing party to Republican in the early 90s? "
#20. To: Stoner (#19)
#21. To: Don (#20)
" Unfortunately, it's too late now "
#22. To: redleghunter, tomder55 (#1)
Is Karl Rove writing under a new pen name?
#23. To: Don (#3)
I don't know about Rove, but I have never trusted Palin. II's hard to trust someone who has this great love for McCain.
#24. To: calcon (#2)
That woman was worse for the repubs then nixon. The only people dumber then this stupid bitch are the IDIOTS who believe in her.
#25. To: Don, redleghunter (#17)
I keep thinking how Palin had to quit her job as Governor of Alaska. I'm skeptical about her ability to run the entire nation.
#26. To: tomder55 (#25)
#27. To: A K A Stone (#23)
#28. To: Stoner (#21)
#29. To: Don (#17)
"I keep thinking how Palin had to quit her job as Governor of Alaska. I'm skeptical about her ability to run the entire nation."
#30. To: misterwhite (#29)
#31. To: hondo68 (#12)
William M. Daley was White House chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000.
#32. To: Justified (#14)
Sarah Palin brought down the Republican Party Im thinking bush and the repug elites did that job.
#33. To: Don (#30)
"I'm surprised the Governor's Office doesn't have access to lawyers."
#34. To: misterwhite (#32)
I hope Trump wins just so he can tell them to go f**k themselves.
#35. To: buckeroo (#34)
"You enjoy dictatorial rule, don't you mr. white?"
#36. To: buckeroo (#34)
#37. To: Don (#26)
Do you think the White House would be different?
#38. To: Don (#36)
And, you think we won't have the same thing under the other candidates?
#39. To: Don (#0)
#40. To: no gnu taxes (#39)
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