Prove it!

Who are your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices for the Republican Nod in 2012?

Current results (it’s still early):

Sarah Palin (52%) 252 votes

Bobby Jindal (38%) 185

Mitt Romney (36%) 174

Newt Gingrich (21%) 101

Mike Huckabee (19%) 91

David Petraeus (12%)61

Rush Limbaugh (12%) 60

Mark Sanford (11%) 56

Haley Barbour (10%) 47

I think this poll that the results of the CNN poll, this poll and now strong indications of the abovementioned third poll should indicate to anybody with half a brain that Sarah Palin is a formidable force of nature and is a major player whenever she wants to re-enter the national political stage (as i mmentioned before the Tiger Woods effect).

This doesn’t compute, Ed!

And finally Ed can’t bring himself to perhaps admit that once the word got out on the Internet and through word of mouth about the existence of the poll that supporters of Sarah went online and voted and that it was not troll-driven at all.

People who support Sarah let us realize this: there are not only powerful forces against us on the Left but there are equally insidious forces supposedly on our side who want to take Sarah out as well. We must be vigilant of a 24/7 basis; not only do we have to look to who is in front of us but unfortunately we have to look over our shoulder quite frequently as well.

It is the Hegelian Dialectic of developing ‘group-think.’

The Hegelian Dialectic / Delphi Technique is the toolbox used to apply Alinsky‘s principles.

During the 08 election, it was on full display over at FreeRepublic.com and was quite tangible in it’s execution.

Frustration is palpable to those that are caught unawares
by it’s insidious application.

The democratic machine is employing extremely underhanded methods of influencing debate by Astro-turfing through unethical tactics.

This is the same methodology utilized in government schools, college campi, and city governments in order to limit dissent and ultimately short-circuit our Representative Republic.

It was recently employed by Obama in his Health-Care “Break-Out Sessions.”

Cloward-Piven is just part of the strategy.

These methods can be defeated, once discovered, but it takes a keen eye, a sharp ear and quick mind.

Take their motto to heart:

——- Dare to Cheat; Dare to Win ——–

These are not politics as usual and should not be viewed as such.

Extreme skepticism will be your most valued asset.

Palin / Sanford or Jindal in 2012

But then I always thought the outrage against her was due to her extreme competence in campaigning. Who’d thunk a gal from Alaska could know how to campaign that effectively? She surprised everyone.

technopeasant on March 9, 2009 at 8:07 PM

+1000

According to John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com (informal) poll of 55 right wing bloggers of who they would want to be the GOP Presidential nominee in 2012:

Sarah Palin (35%) 19

Mark Sanford (20%) 11

Mitt Romney (19%) 10

Bobby Jindal (17%) 9

Ron Paul (4%) 2

Tim Pawlenty (4%) 2

Mike Huckabee (2%) 1

technopeasant on March 10, 2009 at 1:54 PM

LOL, Mark Sanford? They must have included people like Allahpundit in this sample of “right wing” bloggers.

Not surprising that Sarah won this one too though. Of course, when it comes to the real conservative grassroots, she blows everyone else out the water.

According to John Hawkins of RightWingNews.com (informal) poll of 55 right wing bloggers of who they would want to be the GOP Presidential nominee in 2012:

Sarah Palin (35%) 19

Mark Sanford (20%) 11

Mitt Romney (19%) 10

Bobby Jindal (17%) 9

Ron Paul (4%) 2

Tim Pawlenty (4%) 2

Mike Huckabee (2%) 1

Sarah Palin

I agree with Rush (CPAC speech):

“The American people may not all vote the way we wish them to, but more Americans than you know live their lives as conservatives in one degree or another. And they are waiting for leadership. We need CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP. WE CAN TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK. ALL WE NEED IS TO NOMINATE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE. IT’S NO MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.”

First let me say that HA has elicited a far bigger sample. And second, I truly believe the arguments that we all made in the comments section may have swayed some or convinced many to declare themselves for somebody rather than being on the fence and voting ‘No One’.

By the way with Rush at 27% and Jindal at 2% that’s 63% for conservatism or Reagan conservatism. To the RNC leadership wake up and smell the coffee-the people have spoken to which direction they want the party to go in.

athensboy on March 9, 2009 at 8:02 PM

We have an ace up our sleeve. It’s called Media Malpractice. We know your playbook; by 2011 we will be as expert in Alinsky tactics as you are now.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me. Take my word for it. There are thousands of Palin supporters who would take a bullet for her or walk over broken glass to ensure it never happens again.

technopeasant on March 9, 2009 at 8:07 PM

just a few minor corrections…

1st i think there are millions of Sarah supporters
2nd since we all own the guns…i think we will be sending the bullets before we receive them…
3rd well i agree with you on everything else…the blatant evidence of media bullsh*t presented in Media Malpractice will NOT be tolerated in 2011-12

I badly want Sarah Palin to be the leader of the party, because she has the right view on what the party ought to be doing. However, at this point in time Sarah is not the leader and that is because she chose not to be, yet. I agree with others above that she wisely put her focus back on the job she has. Don’t you think she would be taking all the heat that Rush is taking now if she prematurely put herself in the bullseye? Sarah knew better, it’s too early to make yourself vulnerable to these sorts of propaganda campaigns. She will get the legislative agenda through in her state, and she will participate in the 2010 midterms as needed. Right now there is no leader.

Many of you looked at the choices on the poll, and then changed the question you are answering. You just wanted to vote for what should be, rather than what is. That’s ok, but that wasn’t what was asked. It is understandable that some of you see Sarah’s name on a poll and want her to smoke the others and send a message to the DC GOPers. I get that, but that was not the question, was it? That battle is yet to come. When it gets here, then we’ll see who gets the GOP voters the most fired up. My money is on Sarah in that scenario, but we aren’t there just yet.

It’s Romney, who bizarrely is not on the list in your poll.

haner on March 9, 2009 at 10:01 PM

Oh please. Romney is listed under ‘other – not named’ together with Huckabee, Sanford and other GOP has-beens. The fact that they get 3% combined speaks volumes to their unelectability.

Listen, I voted for Romney in the last primary, but I will not do so again. If the guy couldn’t beat McCain, he certaintly won’t beat Obama. Same thing goes for the Huckster. THey had their chance in 2008 and blew it.

2012 will be a race between Sarah, Jindal and possibly Newt. Judging from this poll, Sarah has 10 x times more enthusiasm and support than Jindal at this point.

Then is the fact that people are picking Rush, a media personality, or Gov. Palin, who is a state Gov and possible future candidate tells me the GOP has a serious problem. Now personally I think Rush is hurting the GOP right now with some of his comments and hype he is trying to generate, which is playing right into the Obama Administrations hands and game plan. How people can pick Gov. Palin as the supposed leader of the GOP is beyond me, when she is going to be spending the news few years dedicating herself to the state of Alaska.

MSNBC conducted a poll to rate Obama’s performance as President: 69% gave him a D or F.

Unbelievable!

technopeasant on March 10, 2009 at 4:32 AM

Those that gave him a D were probably concerned about his self-esteem.

The people of the parties are the leaders of the party. The established leader is only the mechanism by which we get things done and I have serious doubts about whether that is even needed.

Why so much hand-wringing over who the party leader is? If the people are informed, and are driven by justice and not greed, the best candidates will win elections regardless of party or party leadership.

People will vote their conscience. We just need to make sure they have one.