Quotes of the day

Folks, I know it is difficult to reconcile yourself to a scenario that involves only two viable candidates for the GOP nomination but it appears now it will either be Romney or Palin as the 2012 GOP nominee. Of course the counterargument is that it is still early and a dark horse could emerge to pass them both. To me that is wishful thinking. That may occur at a horse race or a track meet but in politics that just does not happen, unless someone enters the race with such a venerable stature that he becomes an overwhelming favorite from day one. Eisenhower and Reagan are dead. Cheney’s health won’t permit him to run, and Jeb Bush would be shunned by voters because of his last name. Do you really believe Pawlenty, Thune, Jindal, Barbour, Daniels, Pence etc could beat both Romney and Palin in the same contest? No way. It is what it is. You have to play the cards that you are dealt.

So what about Huckabee you say. As of now, he has given word that he will not be attending the SRLC, a launching pad for future GOP presidential aspirants, that is held only once every 4 years. In addition Huck gave an interview last fall in which he said he would not run if he could not get more support from the GOP establishment. I don’t see that coming Huck’s way anytime soon. And of course there is the clemency issue hanging over Huck’s head. Then you add in Huck’s poor record of fundraising and Huck’s current price on Intrade at 1.7 and you can figure pretty well that Huck is not going to throw his hat into the ring in 2012.

Now that leaves Romney and Palin.

We all know that Mitt will throw his hat into the ring. All there is left is the press conference.

As for Palin, tell me why she is receiving daily briefings from Washington, tell me why she has such an intensive schedule in the works in visiting all over the lower 48 in the coming months, tell me why she is endorsing Congressional candidates for the 2010 midterms, tell me why she is writing another book, tell me why she hasn’t accepted an offer to host her own TV show or retired to Alaska to become full-time housewife, and if you are convinced all Palin wants to become is a celebretard, why has she chosen to visit such hotspots as Tulsa, OK, Orlando, Fla, and Selina, Kansas and shunned LA, SF, NYC and Washington DC? Could it be that Palin, like candidates of the past is busy getting her ducks in a row, building the foundation of an organization, and essentially preparing herself for the long presidential marathon ahead?

And for those familiar with sports, if you are a playoff team and you feel you are that close to winning a championship, do you as an organization go out of your way to pick up or trade for the “missing piece of the puzzle” or do you say I’ll wait till next year? The answer is obvious. Use common sense. With Palin’s current standing in the polls as a major contender, why would she not run in 2012? Because she didn’t think she could win the GOP nomination. The polls currently don’t show that and I don’t think they ever will.

So again if it comes down to Romney or Palin who will you vote for? If you are a Romney supporter, you are expected to vote for your man. But if you are a conservative and believe in the Constitution and conservative principles be followed in government are you really not going to vote for Sarah Palin but instead give your vote to Romney who is not a conservative or a fringe candidate who has no chance of prevailing? And when Romney wins the GOP nomination will you be representative of the people who always complain that the MSM chose the GOP candidate again?

I predict in 2012 it will be put up of shut up time for conservatives. How badly do you want a Reagan conservative in the White House and are you all talk and no action?

technopeasant on March 11, 2010 at 2:25 AM

An excellent post over at FR to the issue of Palin endorsing McCain and why the response to the endorsement by some conservatives is disproportionate to the act itself:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2467687/posts

technopeasant on March 11, 2010 at 3:02 AM

specialkayel on March 11, 2010 at 3:14 AM

“…IF WE’RE GOING TO WIN THIS WAR AGAINST THE BACKWARD/PROGRESSIVE/MARXIST/EVIL IDEOLOGIES, WE HAVE TO STOP TEARING DOWN PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND BEAR THE BRUNT.”

The most difficult thing you will have to face and your conservative friends will have to face and I cannot overestimate how difficult it is to face this fact but simply America is now an “occupied” country, ruled by a Marxist ideologue whose only goal is to deliberately tear down its social, economic and political foundation and send all phases of American life into bankruptcy and to erect in its place a socialist Utopia that will enslave most of us and reward the few. Do you really think Obama and his Marxist czars and Leftist followers think like you and I do? They call themselves Americans, but are they really in terms of their values, beliefs and what makes them happy?

Obama is evil. I knew he was evil before he was elected. Just because he wears a $1000 suit, gets a fantastic haircut, wear a white shirt and tie and wears expensive shoes doesn’t make him any less evil than Lenin or Castro.

But much of America still refuses to acknowledge the true nature of the Messiah. Many think he is misguided, others accuse him of overreaching and then there are some who still blame George Bush.

Remember the adage we learned in school: Birds of a feather flock together. Do the research yourself or ask your conservative friends to do the research of who Obama has flocked with since his teen years and you are left with one conclusion: this is one mean SOB who knows what he wants and is prepared to do whatever it takes to attain it.

And finally to your point. Who has invoked the most hostility, condemnation and wrath from the MSM in the past year-the POTUS who has threatened to take America off a cliff or a private citizen from Wasilla, Alaska who has used her Facebook as a free citizen of a supposed free country to bring attention to issues which she felt would be of interest to conservatives and the American people? We both know the answer to that question. That we on our side would criticize the one person who has short-circuited the Messiah and his agenda the most is imho highly counterproductive and sheer lunacy.

technopeasant on March 11, 2010 at 3:45 AM