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Title: Can Sarah Palin lead US Republicans to victory? <--------- [ LOOKIE HERE A SARAH Thread !!!! ]
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ABC News
URL Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/ ... 12/22/2778001.htm?site=thedrum
Published: Dec 21, 2009
Author: Michael Brissenden
Post Date: 2009-12-21 17:43:03 by WhiteSands
Keywords: Sarah Palin, GOP, Republicans
Views: 533
Comments: 18
The expansive asphalt parking lot in Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax Virginia was full and there wasn't a single Prius in sight. This is SUV territory and the campaign sticker on the back window of one big Ford summed up the mood: a play on the Obama campaign mantra of hope, this one said simply - "Nope". There are not too many Obama fans in Fairfax but there are hundreds of people prepared to line up for hours in the snow for a chance to meet the one political figure they believe might still be able to rescue the nation from "socialised medicine", "Liberal intellectuals" and "elitist" newspapers like the New York Times. Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue is the publishing sensation of the moment here. Tens of thousands of people have turned out as the carefully choreographed book signing tour has worked its way through a few dozen small cities and towns of middle America, carefully avoiding the bigger metropolitan centres of the north east and west coasts. The hype is real enough but it's left many observers wondering if it's the start of a bigger political campaign or just a money making exercise. Will she be a presidential candidate? Will she be a talk show host? Is Ms Palin a politician any more or just a celebrity in a celebrity obsessed society? She is quite deliberately not ruling anything in or out. For the moment she's almost both of the above and that alone tells us quite a lot about the state of conservative politics as we approach the first anniversary of the end of George W Bush's presidency and of course the inauguration of Barak Obama. The people lining up for a brush with fame see Sarah Palin as representative of "ordinary values" and an expression of their own beliefs - a "down to earth, real conservative who's not bought and sold by anybody", a woman "just like us". But while Going Rogue will tell you more about the life and history of the woman who energised the Republicans' 2008 election campaign, it won't bring you any closer to actually knowing what Sarah Palin's specific policy positions might be in any future tilt at political office. Here's just a snippet of the review in the New York Times: "In Going Rogue Ms. Palin talks perfunctorily about fiscal responsibility and a muscular foreign policy, and more passionately about the importance of energy independence, but she is quite up front about the fact that much of her appeal lies in her just-folks "hockey mom" ordinariness." But how ordinary are the "hockey moms" she says she represents? Polls taken before the book tour began showed she had considerable support among committed Republicans but very little among the so-called independents in the centre of the spectrum. Still, whether you're selling books or political ambition there's plenty to be said for a slick publicity machine and a high wattage smile. The tour has see her ratings improve. The latest CNN poll shows that 46 per cent of those surveyed have given her a favourable rating, up from 36 per cent in November. Much of her appeal rests in the way she has positioned herself as an outsider opposed to big government and the political class. She's even portrayed herself as outside the Republican Party. Her book savages the McCain campaign from the 2008 election and in particular the chief strategist Steve Schmidt who she says "put into motion a plan to destroy my reputation". Whatever her intentions are the other big conservative names know that she is a potent political force and they know they have to at least be seen to support her publicly. John McCain himself has been effusive in his praise. "I enjoyed the book", he said recently on one of the Sunday political talk shows. "We had a wonderful relationship. We need vigorous discussion and debate in the republican party and she's going to be a big part of that debate in the future." The fact is the Republican Party does need to have a serious discussion about where it's headed. Sarah Palin is becoming the most prominent face of the opposition to Barak Obama but she has so far failed to produce any substantive policy proposals apart from broad platitudes about the evils of big government and the inherent greatness of America. At the moment the conservative voices making the most noise and defining the conservative battle lines are the shock jocks like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. They are never likely to appeal to the swing voters - or independents as they're called here -that are needed for any party to chart a course back to government.
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#1. To: WhiteSands (#0)
How convenient.
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
Since the "Patriots"®, "Conservatives"™ here are obviously unconcerned about taxes, deficits, Immigration, obama care, expanding M.E. wars....
----------------------------------------------------------- She's going to ... make all the weirdos --- self destruct !
Bullshit statement. She is more at the center of the spectrum than those conservatives that disagree with her.
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
Good for her. That's ONE for Palin.
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
MAJOR red flag!
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
God help us.
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
shock jocks like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Got to love us "rednecks"! Funny there isn't a derogatory remark about pickup trucks. Shock jocks? Unfookinbelievably stupid ass writer!
What's the difference between Racism_Boot's mouth and anal pore? There isn't any, they both spew gas and feces.
There's just something hot about a woman with a gun in her hands!
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
God is the only one that can help you fags.
What's the difference between Racism_Boot's mouth and anal pore? There isn't any, they both spew gas and feces.
Are you so stupid that you are unaware that you expose yourself as a big government loving liberal every time you use these words in the mocking way you use them?
Would you like a tissue? Or perhaps a sanitary napkin?
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
Do they work on your hemmarhoids !
Why? You're the fag.
What's the difference between Racism_Boot's mouth and anal pore? There isn't any, they both spew gas and feces.
Are you still crying?!? OK, I'm sorry. I won't expose your stupidity anymore today. Wipe your tears sweat pea.
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
Another cryer? Sheesh, you girls need to sack up.
Hey yukon, can you see Russia from your house? LOLAY!
You're still fantasizing. You fags sure have problems with reality! What's the difference between Racism_Boot's mouth and anal pore? There isn't any, they both spew gas and feces.
LOL!! The GOP is dead. Anyone in their right mind is not going to aspire to be the leader of a political corpse.
But while Going Rogue will tell you more about the life and history of the woman who energised the Republicans' 2008 election campaign, it won't bring you any closer to actually knowing what Sarah Palin's specific policy positions might be in any future tilt at political office.
#2. To: All (#0)
Toss: ADL,CAIR and the Vatican into the pit they belong in.
#3. To: We The People (#1)
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#4. To: WhiteSands (#0)
Polls taken before the book tour began showed she had considerable support among committed Republicans but very little among the so-called independents in the centre of the spectrum.
#5. To: WhiteSands (#0)
Her book savages the McCain campaign from the 2008 election and in particular the chief strategist Steve Schmidt who she says "put into motion a plan to destroy my reputation".
#6. To: WhiteSands (#0)
John McCain: "We had a wonderful relationship. We need vigorous discussion and debate in the republican party and she's going to be a big part of that debate in the future."
#7. To: WhiteSands (#0)
Sarah Palin is becoming the most prominent face of the opposition to Barak Obama
#8. To: WhiteSands (#0)
This is SUV territory
#9. To: BorisY (#3)
#10. To: We The People (#7)
God help us.
#11. To: WhiteSands (#2)
Since the "Patriots"®, "Conservatives"™ here are obviously unconcerned about taxes, deficits, Immigration, obama care, expanding M.E. wars....
#12. To: Ibluafartsky (#10)
#13. To: We The People (#12)
#14. To: We The People (#12)
Would you like a tissue?
#15. To: Ibluafartsky (#14)
#16. To: BorisY (#13)
#17. To: We The People (#15)
Are you still crying?!?
#18. To: WhiteSands (#0)
Can Sarah Palin lead US Republicans to victory? <--------- [ LOOKIE HERE A SARAH Thread !!!! ]
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