I don’t normally leave comments! But what you said here makes one think! Would you mind if I placed a link back from my blog?…

But I believe that Sarah Palin, her strength of character, and the strong voice of integrity she brings to public office is what can make this country great once again. Sarah Palin is the only one I see out there deserving to take the baton from Ronald Reagan, to lead this country back to greatness.

CatyMac on November 10, 2009 at 6:34 PM

As do I. The greatness I remember is the greatness I demand. Second place is for suckers and dhimmicraps. America wants a winner!
 
FREEDOM!

But I believe that Sarah Palin, her strength of character, and the strong voice of integrity she brings to public office is what can make this country great once again. Sarah Palin is the only one I see out there deserving to take the baton from Ronald Reagan, to lead this country back to greatness.

Sarah Palin draws CHEERS when she appears in public. The beltway insiders get jeers, and boos WHEN they find the backbone to appear in public forums. Usually these lousy beltway insiders are too busy walking in lockstep with the Communist styled Democrat Party in attacking the most relevant Sarah.

Sarah Palin is relevant to changing the loused up GOP and the current Communist styled Democrat Party. The beltway insiders are the targets of the Tea Party Protests.

I discovered this topic at Sodahead…

1.) Natural born citizen

2.) At least 35 years of age

3.) 14 years residency in the U.S.

That’s it according to the U.S. Consitution, Article II, Section 1.5.

Sarah Palin is NOT a quitter but a fighter. A sign that she is not quitter. No quitter takes the time or expends the effort to rally the troops (conservatives) like Sarah has if she has quit.

technopeasant on November 10, 2009 at 10:15 AM

Sometimes the best move a fighter can make is to sidestep his/her opponents attack.

President Reagan had character. Governor Palin has character. That’s the point. The rest is just sound bites and bumper stickers.

Blacksmith8 on November 10, 2009 at 9:46 AM

I remember back in 1992 I was debating a couple of hard core Democrats. I tried making the point that Clinton had a history of saying one thing and doing another. There response was that character didn’t matter. All they cared about was that Clinton supported the same things they did. 6 months later, after Clinton had abandoned everyone of his campaign promises, I had the pleasure of meeting up with those same Democrats again.

The Palin qualifications

Thanks, Zero–I needed a laugh today.

In this essay, he wrote about Millan’s physical presence, and how his “phrasing” when he moves and speaks is so compelling. The author’s expert compared it to both Bill Clinton’s and Ronald Reagan’s versatility in phrasing, that they could weave a dance with their words and their movements while speaking, and explained in very vivid terms why George W. Bush’s speeches were not successfully delivered.

I immediately thought of Sarah Palin. She has that phrasing, that resonance when she speaks publicly as well. I thought perhaps it might be courage of conviction that allows people with presence to build a trust with an audience, but then realized that W. was nothing if not full of conviction, and Clinton’s only conviction was that he liked being president. But I think that’s why we compare her favorably with Reagan, she holds the elusive key to being a great communicator.

“Frum’s Law”: If it makes absolutely no sense politically, argue it.

I’ve done all the defending I’m going to do about Palin. If the GOP goes gunning for her, they will deliver the WH to Obama for another four years, because there will be those who will never again vote for a mccain.

Frum thinks that he and his ilk get to approve and annoint who will lead the American people and the 2 major political parties.

I read his article a few days ago and thought that it was more of the same sophistry from the chattering class.

Run along now, David.

And, for the record, I love and respect Sarah, and I think that she does a great job staying on a message of limited government and conservatism which resonates very loudly with me.

Behind the endless nattering about Sarah Palin’s qualifications for President is the assertion that her supporters aren’t qualified to vote.

And only we in the gate-stream media possess the ability to confer “electability”. Or at least (in our cowering retreat) recognize it…and if you ignore us you’ll be sorry!

Beautiful concluding words Doctor Zero.

BTW: Has anyone else noticed that this “poll” puts former Presidential contenders next to comparative unknowns (at least as far as the Presidential election cycle is concerned) like Sarah Palin?

According to Gallup, X% … Palin “unqualified” to serve as president – by far the worst score for any leading Republican. In comparison, only Y% of Americans say they would never consider voting for Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee … qualified.

Geezus. Both these guys gave us their best pitch, over and over again, over an 8+-month cycle, as to why they should be elected President. And the mainstream media faithfully covered them while they made these points. Sarah hasn’t done that yet. Doesn’t that at least count for something in David Frum’s book?

Let’s talk again when survey respondents have been treated to an entire election cycle with Palin being covered seriously as a presidential (primary) candidate, and once they’ve seen Palin in a cycle of presidential debates where she frames questions in the “if I am elected President I will…” style, like both Romney and Huckabee have done already.

Note that this point doesn’t even seem to register with Frum.

Comparing Palin’s “qualification” ratings to Romney or Huckabee is a little silly, because neither of them took the kind of pounding she did.

That too. It could also have helped Sarah in this poll to have had a cycle’s worth of presidential electioneering under her belt.

It’s not about leadership, principles, or ideals. She’s crucifying EVERYONE on the right in all of those right now. It’s about “Presidentiality.” Obama ain’t got it. Reagan defined it. I’m not sure Palin’s got it.

Reference my first sentence though. I LOVE her politics. She stays on message better than anyone in the universe right now and is undeniably controlling the conversation. She hammers conservative principle, picks her battles well, is out Obama-ing Obama in her use of the internet, and gets stronger every day. She is the undisputed conservative champion right now.

So kick Steele to the curb and let her lead the party. Give her positional authority to clean up local parties (no more Dede, thank you very much), the checkbook, and the public recognition that her message is where we’re going. She’s tough as nails and will make Tim Kaine look silly.

Installing her as POTUS is a brazen dare to every KGB Kook, tiny tinpot, and pretentious pseudo-Cuban wannabe to explore and develop their inner misogynist. She wouldn’t blink, but let’s limit ourselves to two wars if we can.

Does this fellow have a blog of his own? He could do a LOT better than Allah’s and Ed’s benchwarmer.

As far as the Palin poll numbers, she could eat that s*** up in a matter of weeks once she starts doing her thing back on the national stage; she’s too f***ing good and she’ll be too f***ing prepared next time.

Plus, about 75% of the viewing public will be tuned to Fox News (and Dr. Zero’s site) by that time so those seditious media coxuckers won’t be able to circle the wagons around Obama like they did last time.

That is, of course, why the media hated it. *haha

And, I think, the concern was valid. I see him now as alarmingly unprepared for the job in many ways.

Unfortunately, for Sarah, this is also her achilles heel, and I am not sure voters will go twice for someone without solid national experience.

We’ll see. The rhetoric will be ugly, but the truth is that people are a bit bitten by Obama’s meteoric rise. Her key power is a kind of Jacksonian revolutionary spirit. That will also be the problem for a lot of people who don’t want to make the same mistake twice.

This could, in fact, reverse into a plus for Obama. It could be that people will say, “Well, at least he now has 4 years under his belt.”

It’s an issue.

definition of QUITTER

A DEFEATIST who gives up too easily, one who embraces failure, one who shirks his duties, deserts his post, or abandons his/her field of endeavor

1)Sarah as giving up, going into a shell, becoming a recluse and staying out of the public eye

NO!

2)Sarah embraces failure so much that she rejects the milquetoast approach of the Congressional RINO’s and continue to fight Obama’s agenda every step of the way

No!

3)The mythology that Sarah has shirked her duties and deserted her post is disabused by the fact that she has handed over the reins of power to her Lt Governor by all reports is doing a good job. And Sarah no longer receives a salary as governor.

No!

4)Sarah has abandoned politics

You’ve got to be kidding!

Conclusion:

Sarah Palin is NOT a quitter but a fighter. A sign that she is not quitter. No quitter takes the time or expends the effort to rally the troops (conservatives) like Sarah has if she has quit.

Funny isn’t it? Every campaign is about character. It’s always about character. It’s always been about character. Every race, every vote, every election throughout time. It’s ONLY about character. If I have one good person, I can gather an army, create a country, and build a life for my family and my children. Without character you’re left with nothing but empty promises.

President Reagan had character. Governor Palin has character. That’s the point. The rest is just sound bites and bumper stickers.

Blacksmith8

A+

She exudes a cheerful optimism and a brisk, yet warm sense of getting to business that I find absolutely compelling. Her ability to articulate her beliefs, her principles is unequaled by any of the current crop of potential candidates on both sides.

piglet

Most of us agree with much of what she says. She is not perfectly in tune with everything going on, but she is a damn site closer to our positions than anything his nibs the One, or David Frum, or Mike Huckabee, or Mitt Romney, or Tim Pawlenty, or John McCain, or Lindsay Graham, or Newt Gingrich says about how middle Americans feel at the moment.

She believes America is a force for good in the world, and he does not. She has faith that we, as a country, can overcome any obstacle put in our path as long as we work towards limiting our government; allowing private enterprise and its inherent efficiencies to pull us up by our bootstraps economically instead of taxing the Hell out of the engine of our economy; and using science and technology to our advantage instead of imposing artificial limitations on our industry by taxing the crap out of energy, innovation, and small businesses; and by supporting the mission and the families of braver Men and Women than you and I who go about fighting Islamic extremism every day they draw a breath, for us, without faltering or failing, and with Honor in their profession.

And that is all most of us need to know to follow her. Since she is the only one leading with a message that says we are good people, compassionate, industrious, and worthy of distinction above all the tyranny in this world, then we will follow.

Subsunk

Very well said by both.