Hey GOP, take the Palin cure
She’s tough as nails too. After Election 2008, she was supposed to have been through. This year eight of the 14 GOP candidates Palin endorsed for Congress won election or reelection, including tea party favorite Ted Cruz for a Senate seat in Texas…
There are also the snooty East Coast Republican intellectual types, such as Peggy Noonan, who look down their noses at a woman who doesn’t shop at Neiman Marcus and didn’t attend an Ivy League university. But Peggy made a fool of herself calling the election for Romney on Nov. 5. Who’s going to care what she and her ilk have to say next time?
Some Republicans will say Palin has too much baggage from 2008, and we need to look for a new Sarah Palin. But I don’t see what’s wrong with the one we’ve got. Ever since the 1990s, Republicans have been looking for the next Ronald Reagan. Reagan is now revered in bipartisan circles, but during his presidency he was, like Palin, ridiculed by liberals. They cited “Bedtime for Bonzo” and sneered at his no-name college degree.
Sarah Palin is the new Ronald Reagan: charming and affable and unwilling to back down if she’s right. I can’t see what’s wrong with that.
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arnold ziffel on November 18, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Consider that Joe Arpiao, who was under attack by the entire Latino community and the Justice Department, held out, against the onslaught, also stupid libertarian games lost us Parker, McSally et al,
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Yeah, yeah we know. What are your other 999 problems with her? She seems to be generally pleasant and you?
arnold ziffel on November 18, 2012 at 9:30 PM
Could she even win in Alaska? Her popularity there is not what it used to be. It would be great if she could win that Senate seat, though.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 9:32 PM
So, what’s the opposite of a Bishop? I have this uncanny ability of repeatedly getting the last comment on a page.
conservative pilgrim on November 18, 2012 at 9:32 PM
steebo77 on November 18, 2012 at 9:35 PM
So, why did you vote for Obama, again,
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 9:35 PM
I don’t know. Alaskans will have to weigh in. She’d run a great campaign & get plenty of outside donations and support. She has a lot left in her tank to help our country beyond being a Fox commentator. I wish she’d consider it.
conservative pilgrim on November 18, 2012 at 9:36 PM
She ain’t perfect … she ain’t Reagan … She is more conservative and desireable than most of these RINO’s that are running for the RIGHT.
Life … Liberty … and the pursuit of happiness … Constitutional canditates are my desire. If Mrs. Palin fits the bill and NO one else offers us more hope … I will support HER.
Obambi and his ilk are not the answer … they are our demise.
ORrighty on November 18, 2012 at 9:36 PM
She sounds like a third-grader reading a book report whenever she appears on TV for interviews. She cannot handle challenging interview situations. Her analysis of the issues never goes beyond the most superficial, clichéd points. Sorry, but voters simply don’t take her seriously. She does fine when she is reading speeches written by other people and when she has one of her aids help her with Facebook posts, but her glaring inadequacies are laid bare every time she appears for TV interviews, even in friendly venues like the Hannity show.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 9:41 PM
All you have to do is read the comments section of the LA Times to see the fits of liberal apoplexy that a Sarah Palin candidacy would create. Watching the liberal meltdown if she ran would be totally worth it. And she could win. . .especially against Hillary.
nitram on November 18, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Hey Sparky, Palin’s still standing, Romney not so much..:)
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 9:45 PM
I really wanted Palin to run in 2012. That was her moment – as the GOP primaries made clear. I just don’t see the possibility of success in 2016.
The irony is that she’s young enough to make a come back, potentially in 2020 or 2024, if the GOP is out of power that long.
Anyway, I think her best route back into the national political conversation is as advocate for and organizer of the conservative grassroots, or through some other office, such as through a challenge of Mark Begich in 2014.
Robert_Paulson on November 18, 2012 at 9:48 PM
thanks goodness for the person who wrote this article! i can’t believe there’s a sarah palin article i 100% agree with. usually they say something i have a problem with. but this one is great!!
i hope more people realize how great of a choice sarah is for president. we need to spread this article around.
Sachiko on November 18, 2012 at 9:50 PM
Ah, now that Romney has been disposed of, the Palin-bashing can resume.
/snark
Aitch748 on November 18, 2012 at 9:51 PM
Thought I love Sarah, I understand she has major hurdles to be elected President.
But re: ordinary people and “no information” voters, if ANY conservative can reach them, and will try to reach them, and can craft a message to reach them, Sarah can. That’s one of her biggest appeals for me — she’s a rock-solid conservative, who truly understands the underpinnings of conservatism, who has the “common touch”. She really does.
Paul-Cincy on November 18, 2012 at 9:53 PM
Old woman vs. young woman. Young woman wins.
Hey, your guy just lost by a bunch. You have no excuse. Sit down, and shut up, as your opinion does not matter anymore. You wasted it on Mitt the Schidt.
UODuckMan on November 18, 2012 at 9:55 PM
This isn’t about 0bama. If we give you a quarter, will you go away?
CurtZHP on November 18, 2012 at 9:56 PM
As the folly of giving Gitmo detainees ‘miranda rights’ as we see how
the Arab Spring will likely bring us to a point, like the Abquaiq terminal on fire, as Obamacare’s vision of death panels, prove disturbing on point, maybe they will learn the consequences of their
foolish choice, maybe,
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 9:57 PM
I voted for Mr. Romney, think he is a decent fellow.
Now tell me again how that educated, polished, experienced politician did against the nice little Baracka palooza and the dem thugs?
arnold ziffel on November 18, 2012 at 9:58 PM
The unelectable, unqualified Sarah Palin played all of you worshipers for fools last year. She never had any intention of running, and she is not going to run in 2016. She is going to continue selling books and making money. Which is just as well, since she has zero chance of winning a general election.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Put up or shut up…give us some/any evidence that she doesn’t write her own stuff.
A. Weasel on November 18, 2012 at 10:02 PM
Totally agree with your encapsulation of Palin: a conservative fighter with a common touch. I truly think she is a special political talent who unfortunately has been harmed by circumstances. She intuitively “gets” how to connect with and sell conservatism to today’s working class. In part, that’s what made her so frightening to the GOP establishment and the Frumian Romneyites.
Robert_Paulson on November 18, 2012 at 10:03 PM
So, Romney’s problem was that he sounded too educated and experienced? Therefore, we need to go with someone who quit halfway through their first term as governor and who sounds like a complete idiot in TV interview appearances? Oh, yeah. Makes perfect sense.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Mitt gets to be preezy of his own planet somewhere in the vicinity of Kolob for eternity.
I guess that is kinda like a consolation prize.
tom daschle concerned on November 18, 2012 at 10:04 PM
So says the guy who was pimping a mealy-mouthed moderate Massachusetts ex-governor as if he were the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan — right before he lost to the worst president in American history.
Yeah, now Mitt Romney — THAT man was electable, by God. /sarc
Aitch748 on November 18, 2012 at 10:06 PM
I would take Bobby Jindal and Scott Walker any day over a hyped up, unelectable nothing like Sarah Palin.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Initially, she wanted to mend fences with her state party’s establishment, but on Obamacare, and cap n trade, that was impossible, so she supported Joe Miller as a proxy, and the Dems
threw out every rule to put their gal, Leeza, a supporter of the Dream Act, New Start, Dodd Frank et al, that was a proxy for what
they would do two years later,
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 10:09 PM
LOL
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 10:12 PM
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Remember that Rasmussen poll from a year and a half ago that claimed that 20% of conservatives would have voted for Obama if Palin were the GOP nominee, and an additional 10% weren’t sure who they’d vote for if the choices were Palin and Obama? Some days I wonder if this “bluegill” person wasn’t one of the 20% that Rasmussen polled.
Aitch748 on November 18, 2012 at 10:15 PM
You are an incredibly vicious and nasty person.
conservative pilgrim on November 18, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Palin 2016
Because, we didn’t lose bad enough in 2012. Let’s really get stomped.
Moesart on November 18, 2012 at 10:18 PM
Sorry, it is called having standards. Bobby Jindal and Scott Walker are enormously more qualified to be president than Sarah Palin will ever be. Sarah Palin wouldn’t even be able to last one week during a primary presidential campaign. Remember Rick Perry and Herman Cain? You thought their meltdowns were embarrassing? Sarah Palin would make those two look like dignified statesmen.
idesign, anyone who googles your name knows that you spend your free time going around to various message boards and websites posting nothing but pro-Sarah Palin comments. We get it. You are a charter member of the personality cult of Sarah Palin. I don’t think I have ever seen you comment on any blog post that was not related to Palin. It is creepy.
Look, Sarah Palin is probably a nice person who is right on many issues, but she is simply not presidential material. Let’s stop pretending like she is, and let’s focus on serious contenders.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 10:21 PM
lol. HILARIOUS that some of you are STILL talking about how sarah is supposedly “unelectable.” yet, the same people who said that sarah wasn’t electable are the ones saying that romney was electable. yeah look how that turned out. so i don’t want to hear any more about who is and is not “electable.”
if you only look at her TV interviews, you won’t get a very in-depth analysis, because those interviews are only a few minutes long and she only has so much time to make her point. but she’s done some articles, fb posts, and long speeches that go into more detail on her points. in short interviews, she does a great job of getting straight to the point and explaining things in a way that even low-info voters can understand.
Sachiko on November 18, 2012 at 10:22 PM
Palin fans live in a thicker cocoon than anyone, even the Obama fans.
Yeah. Palin is the answer to everything. If, you are a Democrat and you are looking for an easy campaign.
The Dems were really disappointed she wasn’t the 2012 nom. They were all set up for her already.
Moesart on November 18, 2012 at 10:23 PM
I would certainly vote for Palin in a general election. I just want someone else to be the nominee because I don’t think she would have a chance in a general election. I think we have better choices.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 10:23 PM
Meh. Let’s run Romney again. It’s not like he can go 0 for 3, right?
Right?
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Left Coast Right Mind on November 18, 2012 at 10:25 PM
How did that Romney thing work out for ya? LOL
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 10:26 PM
You can sell winger crazy locally. You can’t do it nationally. Not without the media worshiping you, see Obama.
The media hate Palin’s guts, and gleefully hope for another shot at her. They already destroyed her once.
Moesart on November 18, 2012 at 10:28 PM
it’s not creepy that idesign spends lots of time trying to correct the false picture that many people have of sarah. we sarah supporters are so tired of everyone having the wrong idea about her, so we have to spend tons of time trying to correct people’s misinterpretations of her.
Sachiko on November 18, 2012 at 10:29 PM
idesign
One of those lost cult souls that actually believes his celebrity worship of Palin means something. Besides, his need for a shrink.
Moesart on November 18, 2012 at 10:29 PM
STOP SARAH PALIN! RE-DRAFT MITT ROMNEY IN 2016!!! /sarc
Aitch748 on November 18, 2012 at 10:30 PM
That they brought Joe Biden for an encore, makes me wonder if PT Barnum was right, he was certainly proven right in Delaware, six
consecutive terms, three after his plagiarism came to light
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 10:30 PM
I heard they destroyed her hundreds of times, but somehow she’s still standing..:)
Unlike Romney….
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 10:32 PM
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Your stupidity is really beginning to piss me off.
News2Use on November 18, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Sarah Palin
Exactly what the suddenly-coveted brown people vote is looking for.
Yep.
The Palin cure is to avoid Palin. She couldn’t even get elected to Congress or Senate from Alaska. She can’t even get her fans to watch another crap TV show.
Moesart on November 18, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Pfft. You stop attacking her, we’ll stop defending her.
You won’t do that, of course, so of course we’re going to be talking about this woman for years.
Aitch748 on November 18, 2012 at 10:38 PM
Could be, her husband and kids are part Eskimo..:)
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Yet you care enough about her feelings to want to spare her all that pain.
I’m touched.
A. Weasel on November 18, 2012 at 10:40 PM
What is the point of engaging you if that is really what you think I meant? You are not dumb, just playing so or short sighted.
arnold ziffel on November 18, 2012 at 10:42 PM
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