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Sarah Palin And The GOP
There's been a lot of talk about Sarah Palin as the standard bearer of the GOP going into the next presidential election. I suspect she'll fade away, just like Dan Quayle did after famously telling the press that he'd be running for president in '94!
However, it's really interesting to get a glimplse of the Republican Party through the lens of Palin. She's already highlighted the split between the social conservatives and the fiscal conservatives in the GOP. Her VP campaign spotlighted her views on religion in government which left many fiscal conservatives cold -- and her lack of understanding of the economy didn't help. Nor did her profligate spending on expensive new clothes at a time when the McCain campaign was struggling for money.
No, if the Republican Party falls in line with Sarah Palin, they'll be reduced to being the Party of a rapidly shrinking "real America" -- a small portion of this great country left behind and bitter with their God, guns and gays strategy. I just don't see that happening to the once Grand Old Party.
Never worry, never fear...God will save her day, so she won't disappear...
Here's a first !! I agree with you (what ??!) Yeah, Palin's just the
pretty "cheerleader" right now. As far as the whole 150k for clothing
goes, so what !! The RNC dressed her up, they paid for it, if she doesn't
give the clothes back, then the people who donate to the RNC should bitch
about it. But for us as a nation to focus on something so trivial...I
don't get it. You know that Barck wasn't wearing suits that came from
Mervyn's or Ross "Dress for Less". He looked pretty damn sharp and he will
continue to look that way. But we don't hear about the cost of that
.....do we? Who's going to want those dresses back after they've been
shipped to Alaska anyway. They're going to be wrinkled all to hell and
smell like Moose!! Keep 'em and consider it an award.....for putting up
with all of those Old Farts at the RNC. Blaze a new trail Sarah !! but
please stay in Alaska
and I'm not there
to wipe each one away"
You don't think that $200k could have been put to better uses? Like
staffing more campaign offices or putting more ads on TV?
Sarah Palin is a one trick pony...but, she'll divert the MSM for the next
twelve years...perhaps give the Republicans time to regroup, get rid of
Rovian Ways, and become a contender again.
Oh AP, I totally think that they could've spent the money better, but you
know as well as I that we're all about "Style over Substance" We're not
going to elect someone that looks like S@!T! You wash your car before you
sell it...Don't you? It's the same thing. She'll fade away (Just like
Ferraro did in the 80's), but watch out for Hillary (she's a comin'...and I
for one would support her. She's a no BS politician and that's pretty cool
!!)
when you close your eyes
and if you should stray
or run far away"
'Lullabye',