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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they never destroyed her. she is doing just fine. they tried to destroy her but they couldn’t no matter how much they tried!!
that’s another reason to nominate her. she’s already been through so much liberal hate, what else can they throw at her? they’ve gone through her past and tried to create fake “scandals.” they went through her emails. they accused her of causing a mass murder. she is used to getting crazy attacks thrown at her. whatever stupid thing the liberals will try to hit her with next… sarah and her supporters have seen it all before. we’re used to deflecting the crazy liberal attacks. if she runs for pres, she’s ready… and we’re ready.
Sachiko on November 18, 2012 at 10:44 PM
He doesn’r even get a copy of the home game, the proof of the pudding was Raddatz, who was married to Obama’s FCC commissioner,
who was at the Naval Observatory, six months before (to borrow a cup of sugar) was spinning the questions, from the first minute, of course, blame the idiot debate commission, that ok’d someone who somehow managed not to find a single McCain supporter in Iraq?
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 10:45 PM
Palin needs to win a Congressional or Senatorial seat before anything more can be said about her influence or future political prospects.
profitsbeard on November 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Didn’t that person just win the election?
kim roy on November 18, 2012 at 10:48 PM
Tell that to Cruz, Fisher, Flake and Hatch..:)
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 10:50 PM
Geez. If more people were willing to spend the time and effort to correct the media’s narrative we might be saying “President Romney” right now.
So let’s disparage the people who make this effort.
SIGH
kim roy on November 18, 2012 at 10:53 PM
That one really cracked me up. Hillary? The electioneering juggernaut that won exactly one election? The sleazy, corrupt liar who made 10,000% interest on her one and only venture into cattle futures, and we’re supposed to believe she had no inside help? The conniving, shameless shrew that tried to frame innocent civil servants in the White House Travel Office so she could replace them with her cronies?
And lately, the smug and self-satisfied incompetent who claimed she was “resetting” foreign relations all over, but couldn’t be bothered to protect her own ambassadors in the Middle East?
It amazes me how people want to treat Hillary as some kind of brilliant political juggernaut.
There Goes The Neighborhood on November 18, 2012 at 10:53 PM
Funny, all I ever see the Palin cultist idesign do is attack anyone who doesn’t bow down to and worship Sarah Palin and also attack any candidate not named Palin. This is not “correcting people’s misinterpretations” of Palin. Typical Palin worshiper who cares only about what’s good for Palin.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Palin needs to win a Congressional or Senatorial seat before anything more can be said about her influence or future political prospects.
profitsbeard on November 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Why? By 2016 there will be a designated Palin section in both the House and Senate. I’m sure her influence and prospects will be ok.
A. Weasel on November 18, 2012 at 10:56 PM
Maybe there’s something to this dog whistle business. It’s amazing how fast bluegill and Moesart show up to a Palin thread. And the way they suddenly take over a thread with rapid-fire and ill-considered insults is kind of Pavlovian.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…..
There Goes The Neighborhood on November 18, 2012 at 11:07 PM
After the half baked efforts of Perry, Bachmann, et al, not a few of them wouldn’t have been back in office, if not for Sarah’s office,
I don’t see what the problem is, for someone who has been right on the issues in spades,
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 11:13 PM
If she had weathered the storm as governor and served her full term, she would have had a shot. But, she opted (wisely?) for the TV star route. She’s doing just fine, but she will never be the nominee.
BocaJuniors on November 18, 2012 at 11:20 PM
There is so much irony in this post that it sets of metal detectors at the airport and gets an enhanced pat-down from the TSA.
Left Coast Right Mind on November 18, 2012 at 11:23 PM
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Capitalist Hog on November 18, 2012 at 11:26 PM
Look, a Palin thread!
And here’s bluegill to tell us what Romney’s Inaugural Ball plans are because Mittens listened to geniuses like bluegill and kept Palin FAR
AWAY from his campaign.
Oh wait! Mitt’s in the Motel 6! Not the White House!
Go away, bluegill, you’re a f**king embarrassment.
victor82 on November 18, 2012 at 11:29 PM
She would have to make it through a tough primary season to be the nominee. I am certainly willing to let her try and would cheer her efforts. Chips will fall where they do.
KCB on November 18, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Certainly. It’s not like there’d be any unknown skeletons in her closet.
kim roy on November 18, 2012 at 11:38 PM
Yup. Although, I have my fears/doubts/reservations etc, the primary process is open access, last I checked. If Palin jumps in, whups butt, and grabs the ring before all others, she deserves to be the nominee. And it’s likely that she’ll have changed many, many opinions about her along the way.
Robert_Paulson on November 18, 2012 at 11:44 PM
Wow. Just wow. I guarantee if Palin’s name is mentioned on a thread that Bluegill will break her neck to make a snide remark which says a lot more about the gilled one than it does Palin. Is Palin that much a threat to you? Relax. Calm yourself. I doubt she will run. If she decides to run, you will have ample time to gleefully throw your little hate bombs.
JannyMc on November 18, 2012 at 11:49 PM
Promoting Sarah Palin would be tragic but fun. The only person who is dumber than Palin is John McCain. He’s been fun to watch lately. Maybe they can get the gang back together.
The so-called “elites” have had it with the toothless buzzards with no diplomas and their version of intellect. Palin appeals to the dumb, it’s that simple.
I personally look forward to the GOP becoming more like my favorite social clubs than a dive bar.
Capitalist Hog on November 18, 2012 at 11:49 PM
I agree with that. If we can’t pull our act together we get what we deserve. Palin couldn’t do worse than Barry.
Capitalist Hog on November 18, 2012 at 11:51 PM
unless she quits halfway through AGAIN
Capitalist Hog on November 18, 2012 at 11:52 PM
My concern with a lot of these people who worship Palin is that they feel like only Palin would be acceptable. It reminds me of the Ron Paul crowd.
I remember when Rick Perry was making rumblings about perhaps entering the race last year, the Palin worshipers savaged him, not because they didn’t think he had a chance or agree with him on the issues, but because they saw him as a threat to Palin, who had still not announced her decision not to run.
Also, a lot of these Palin worshipers refuse to acknowledge that Palin herself is at least partially to blame for the fact that she is now viewed as totally unelectable and unqualified for the presidency. Look, the woman struggled to name a single newspaper she read, and she couldn’t name a single Supreme Court case other than Roe V. Wade. And let’s not forget when she struggled to name even a single founding father during that interview with Glenn Beck. She is not exactly our brightest conservative light out there. Yes, how I wish she could’ve been a modern, American Margaret Thatcher, but her own actions showed she just didn’t have what it took.
bluegill on November 18, 2012 at 11:52 PM
fify
idesign on November 18, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Yes, the Op Ed in the same NY Times, that Couric’s researcher couldn’t be bothered with finding, or the Exxon decision, one could have heard her complaining of all the way from Anchorage,
narciso on November 18, 2012 at 11:58 PM
Look, a Palin thread!
And here’s bluegill to tell us what Romney’s Inaugural Ball plans are because Mittens listened to geniuses like bluegill and kept Palin FAR
AWAY from his campaign.
Oh wait! Mitt’s in the Motel 6! Not the White House!
Go away, bluegill, you’re a f**king embarrassment.
victor82 on November 18, 2012 at 11:29 PM
THREAD WINNER
SparkPlug on November 19, 2012 at 12:11 AM
Palin
20122016!Maybe they’ll even let her speak at the convention! What a concept …
ShainS on November 19, 2012 at 12:13 AM
i see the exact opposite: people like you who do nothing but bash her over and over again, and we are simply defending her from the constant bashing.
Sachiko on November 19, 2012 at 12:18 AM
we told you mitt was a loser, yet we endured your maddening rants.
now you want to tell us Sarah doesn’t have a chance. coming from you homegirl is a godsend to a Palinista.
renalin on November 19, 2012 at 12:22 AM
ah, finally someone who gets it.
renalin on November 19, 2012 at 12:25 AM
I knew when I saw a Palin thread good ol panfish would show up …
hey we supported your moderate – you know the one you basically toe sucked
for half a year …
so shut the f*ck up .. you have ZERO cred. go make out with you Mitt signs
and dream of what might have been …
conservative tarheel on November 19, 2012 at 12:25 AM
Palin fails the bluegill electability test.
Looks like she’s a winner!!!
trigon on November 19, 2012 at 12:40 AM
No, no more senators as presidents. Look at Obama. Governors only.
thebrokenrattle on November 19, 2012 at 12:51 AM
Potential 2016 candidates need to start boning up on national issues and foreign policy, just as Mitt had to do in the years leading up to the election. Scott Walker, Susanna Martinez and Bobby Jindal need to be prepared and cannot pull a Palin. We saw what happened when we ran a woefully unprepared candidate like Palin. Not pretty.
The Palin worshipers and apologists, many of whom are represented here in this very thread, will make excuses for Palin no matter what stupid thing she does nor what office she disgracefully resigns from. But we know that many more voters do care that the candidate is prepared and capable of completing a term in office. Susana Martinez, in particular, as a woman, needs to learn from the Palin disaster and start planning ahead now. Perhaps a female governor like Martinez could also assume a more prominent role in the national party now.
bluegill on November 19, 2012 at 12:58 AM
Palin is conservative, courageous, articulate, clever, witty, and hot.
She’ll always have my vote.
The Rogue Tomato on November 19, 2012 at 1:00 AM
The difference is that Sarah is conservative and Mittness isn’t. So how does a conservative defend, let alone correct misconceptions? Depending on whether it’s Friday or Tuesday, we’re supposed to the “flipped ” Romney and the next day the “flopped ” Romney — and sometimes neither position is conservative. But y’all bought the turd blossom koolaid only to see the Bush gang come up short twice. Stick a fork in the GOP. What’s the point of competing, if you already agreed to never challenge cases of fraud. Time for a new party not beholden to that despicable court agreement.
AH_C on November 19, 2012 at 1:00 AM
The difference is that Sarah is conservative and Mittness isn’t.
So how does a conservative defend, let alone correct misconceptions? Depending on whether it’s Friday or Tuesday, we’re supposed to the “flipped ” Romney and the next day the “flopped ” Romney — and sometimes neither position is conservative. But y’all bought the turd blossom koolaid only to see the Bush gang come up short twice.
Stick a fork in the GOP. What’s the point of competing, if you already agreed to never challenge cases of fraud. Time for a new party not beholden to that despicable court agreement.
AH_C on November 19, 2012 at 1:06 AM
Yeah. The truth hurts. But it’s not bashing. Truth is an absolute defense in court and real-life.
Capitalist Hog on November 19, 2012 at 1:11 AM
Good luck with your new party..
Dire Straits on November 19, 2012 at 1:11 AM
So much vitriol on this thread and for what? If there’s one thing we Hot Airians should have learned from the 2008 and 2012 cycles its that our preferences for both nominee and president mean nothing.
Kataklysmic on November 19, 2012 at 1:15 AM
I’d vote for her. To quote the movie War Games, ……”Hell, I’d p!22 on a spark-plug if I’d thought it would do any good.”
Or just as good, have Pres. Rubio appoint her head of Interior or EPA. Heads would ‘esplode. Would be fun.
Boogeyman on November 19, 2012 at 1:22 AM
It is a bubble..
Dire Straits on November 19, 2012 at 1:23 AM
It’s not so much that the media destroyed her as they’ve rendered her practically unelectable, thanks to a very stupid electorate who gets its news from SNL and Jon Stewart (believe me, I know lots of these people and some of them even call themselves “Republicans”).
I know I would vote for her, as many here at Hot Air would, but she is facing an uphill battle. Sarah Palin is the only politician to whom I have ever made a political donation, and would do so again to help her get her message out.
Probably a good idea. Unseating Murky would be oh-so-sweet and would mark the beginning of a huge Palin comeback.
UltimateBob on November 19, 2012 at 1:29 AM
Erm really?
Tampons
War on women
Binders
Big Bird
Bain
Killing wives
Abortion
Cover up Benghazi, F&F and every other Obama incompetency
Those are the ones right off the top of my head. Feel free to add more. In no way are those valid arguments regardless of Romney’s conservatism or lack thereof, but it sure resonated with the mush heads.
kim roy on November 19, 2012 at 1:30 AM
Good points..
Dire Straits on November 19, 2012 at 1:34 AM
… but the left thinks Palin is stupid….
UltimateBob on November 19, 2012 at 1:39 AM
How about 0bama’s lack of response to the largest oil spill in Gulf of Mexico history.
Saying, “Plug the damn hole” was about the extent of his effort, while equipment from other nations that could have helped were turned away.
UltimateBob on November 19, 2012 at 1:44 AM
Crap, I thought of one more just as I hit “submit.”
4 dead Americans are just “Bumps in the road.”
We could keep this up all night, but I gotta get to bed.
UltimateBob on November 19, 2012 at 1:47 AM
Interesting that many believe that Palin needs a new office to ever be able to run for President, yet Reagan was out of office for 6 years when he won in 1980. And Romney had held political office for only 4 years in his entire life and was also out of office for 6 years in 2012. Where was the claims Romney needed a new office in 2009? Funny how that works isn’t it?
I have seen Palin debate twice and came away fairly impressed. In a debate setting in a Republican primary, she could dominate. I think she has tons of ability to kill the number 1 flaw in her reputation[stupid]. Do that and she becomes a leading candidate.
I am not saying I would support her. Maybe. But I think it would be great if she ran. I want a true primary this time. Not the faux primary of 2008. The establishment needs to stop pushing their boys. Its already irritating. Let everybody that wants to run run and let the best person win. And stop the pushimg and shoving of Republicans by Republicans between now and then. And the attacking of Republicans by Republicans between now and then.
KMav on November 19, 2012 at 4:38 AM
Good luck on your ‘NO WOMEN EVER!’ platform.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 19, 2012 at 4:53 AM
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