McCain vs. Palin for GOP Soul
Politics: The top and bottom of last year’s Republican ticket represent the recent failed past and future potential of the party. Both are vying for party leadership, but the past should get out of the future’s way.
Sen. John McCain is, as Politico noted last week, “working behind-the-scenes to reshape the Republican Party in his own center-right image.” The loser of last year’s run for the White House is recruiting candidates, raising money and campaigning for them, and even taking sides in GOP Senate, House and gubernatorial primaries.
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Some people apparently need a hook to exit the stage. McCain’s personal story is one of the most compelling in America, but as a politician, he leaves much to be desired.
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He pushed for amnesty for millions of illegal aliens and, most infamously, joined with liberal Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., to restrict the political speech guaranteed by the First Amendment through his campaign finance law — which the Supreme Court may soon gut in its Citizens United v. FEC case.
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The McCain campaign does have one positive legacy, however: It made Sarah Palin a national figure.
The former Alaska governor, already popular among grass-roots Republicans, is growing in credibility. Her much-criticized decision to resign the governorship is beginning to look like a move that made perfect sense — not just for herself but for Alaskans — in the face of the long knives the Democrats had ready for her as a sitting chief executive.
Palin is becoming a bold, principled voice on issues ranging from the global war on terror to financial markets. “Now is not the time for cold feet, second thoughts, or indecision,” she said regarding White House skittishness on Afghanistan.
She has warned that “we’re ignoring the looming crisis caused by our dependence on foreign oil,” arguing that America will be at foreign powers’ “mercy if they decide to dump the dollar as their trade currency.”
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That sounds like the kind of candidate McCain is now doing his best to defeat around the country. As Palin grows in stature , it would be a good idea for McCain to let some air out of that ego — and accept the defeat he was handed at the ballot box last year.
Let’s take a look at what the types of people McCain wants to elect are up to:
The DNC is was running an ad with four Republicans (Frist, Bob Dole, Arnold and Tommy Thompson supporting ObamaCare). The DNC stopped airing this commercial after Bob Dole complained.
Now it appears that Lucy Graham has climbed aboard the Global Warming Express.
Hat tip: Investors Business Daily, fedupartist, hotairpundit.blogspot.com, Michelle Malkin
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Mac and his fat daughter can rot.
Napolitano Says Terrorists With al-Qaeda Leanings Are Currently in USA…
Bloomberg
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Arpaio should Primary Mac.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/12/arizona-sheriff-vows-continue-immigration-sweeps-despite-federal-downgrade/
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As much as it may surprise you, I did not write the quoted portion of this thread. It was written by the editorial staff of Investors Business Daily, but these fine men/women share my ethhusiasm for Sarah Palin and the potential she has to unify and energize conservatives across the United States.
That’s why she is being attacked by McCain’s minions (Steve Schmidt, Mark McKinnin, Mike Murphy, etc.). She scares RINOs sh!tless.
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Looking at Drudge the insurance companies are going to cut loose on the White House.
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Looking at Drudge the insurance companies are going to cut loose on the White House.MI Conservative
That won’t help our side. If the knuckle draggers see that the ins co’s are against it, their knee jerk reaction would be, to be for it. The enemy of my friend is my enemy or some such. they will never side with “BIG” insurance.
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She scares RINOs sh!tless.~~bcsb
Not a real problem, as they have so much of it to spare.
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Why must we be continually cursed with McCain. Wtf is wrong with AZ.
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Perhaps, IP, but once they vote there’s no taking it back, and they will regret it next year…
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If J.D. Hayworth runs, we ALL need to support him.
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bc – We should all call his radio show and urge him to run.
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here’s the link to his web page
http://www.jdhayworth.com/
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TLS =
Thanks for the link.
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“McCain vs. Palin for GOP Soul”…no contest.
Palin needs to help CONSERVATIVE Republican candidates get elected next year…and collect a “chit” from each one!
Then when push really comes to shove in 2011 she needs to call them in. Call them in and take the Republican nomination…or start a 3rd Party with them as her elected base.
The ONLY fire in the Republican Party comes from people supporting HER! If she bolts the Republican PArty will fold up fast…and they KNOW it!
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Still in shock that the R party nominated McCain last year. Who the hell even thought he had a chance to win?
Unreal. But you could not stop people from doing it.
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Them GLC.
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The country is baked. People are literally too lazy, stupid, or cowardly to set this ship right.
It’s gonna burn.
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We must do everything possible to “primary” RINOs in red states. Had we “primaried” Alaxander, Lugar or Bennett a couple of terms ago, we probably would have conservatives in their place today.
I view what McCain is doing in states like Colorado as a “declaration of war.”
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Now, I don’t want any of you hardasses tearing up.
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There could be many “priceless moments” come 2010. The biggest could very well be Harry Reid being handed his walking papers.
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Oh wow, CT. That was a wonderful story. Thank you. Amazing the forgiveness one can give when the Lord is in their heart.
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Amazing story, CT. Thx. (p.s., I held it together!
)
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There could be many “priceless moments” come 2010. The biggest could very well be
Harry ReidJohn McCain being handed his walking papers.Fixed it for you CT.
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Miss Omerica
Hey, after the NPP, why not?
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Indeed, that was an inspiring story. Is it even possible to dislike ANYBODY after reading something like that?
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Anybody other than liberals, yes.
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2010 is about SURVIVING until 2012.
The two absolute best things about the Republicans taking back the House of Representatives:
(1) Nancy Piglosi O-U-T as Speaker!
(2) Congressional subpoena power to investigate ACORN, Rangle, SEIU, Piglosi, etc….
AWESOME! And YES, I would want the Republicans to go after that list HARD! Piglosi set the bar VERY low in the last few years…payback would be splendid!
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Ok BC, I’ll have to concede on that one. Maybe I can get a close 2nd if Reid campaigns for McCain and they both lose.
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Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein, and Reid…..in no particular order…..I would LOVE to see gone from the political world forevah.
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Miss Omerica
Hey, after the NPP, why not?
Might be the only pageant in my lifetime that I won’t be watching the swimsuit portion. Where’s the bleach?
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In case you missed it, Harry Reid’s son, Rory Reid, is running for Gov of NV. He isn’t polling well, but who knows at this point. I am sick to death of “dynasty” politics.
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JR,
Don’t forget Dodd and Frank!!
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Reid out, even if the Dems hold the Senate…and Piglosi OUT as Speaker (she can never be VOTED out). It’d be a splendid night!
Let’s start with winning the Virginia Governor…and maybe New Jersey. And even if Christie loses NJ, the Repubs need to make the Democrats pay a price for the absolutely filthy campaign Corzine has waged.
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Rory Reid? My mom and I would be boxing if she gave me a name like that.
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I’m hoping Christie wins now, if nothing else to punish the communists for their utter lack of humanity.
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Just ONCE, I would like to see a Republican in a Blue State campaign like a total RINO…and then emerge as a Conservative after being elected! Hell, the Dims do it every single election cycle!
sigh…dreams
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In 2008 Utah Republicans “primaried” Rep. Chris Cannon, who was pro-immigration, and replaced him with a more conservative Republican. If we could “primary” McCain and/or Bennett, it would send a message to all RINOs – “pal around” with liberals and you just might get burned.
I’m tired about McCain whining because he misses Ted Kennedy.
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Can’t blame McCain and Bennet. What’s that term that happens to people when they start seeing the “good” in their captors?
Its nothing more than a sickness. A cancer. Bring on the chemo.
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Kalifornia governor signs gay marriage recognition bill
AP story, can’t link. Michigan and Kalifornia are both screwed up. At least a Dim screwed up Michigan.
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Pawlenty, seems he maybe a RINO? According to HA he’s picking up some of the McCain camp strategy people. Know what that means?
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Manchurian stokholm syndrome.
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#38 Ahnuld is a dip $#!@
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Why would anyone pick up McCain staffers? I think Pawlenty is the GOP Establishment’s fall-back guy –
in casewhen Mitt falters.[43]
Thanks, IP. I would forget own name if it wasn’t tattooed to the inside of my eyelids.
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SOme of those McCain people have ties to George Soros. I will look for the article with names, but McCain was Soros’ fall back on guy.
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First the Senate should go back to being installed by the STATE government…the way the Constitution was written. And they damn sure oughta be TERM LIMITED!
And term limits for the House too.
reality: the ONLY way you get your name on a bridge, government center, highway, etc…is to grab some PORK to build ‘em! If you actually watch out for the taxpayer then you don’t get huge old monuments to yourself!
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Here’s the link:
http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2008/2008_40-49/2008-43/pdf/24-26_4235.pdf
Here’s the quote:
And Soros had already been bankrolling some leading
Republican neoconservatives, who shared his zeal
for “rainbow revolutions” on Moscow’s doorsteps.
Randy Scheunemann, now the chief foreign policy
advisor to Sen. John McCain’s Presidential campaign,
and a leading figure in the neocon Project for a New
American Century (PNAC), went onto Soros’s Open
Society Policy Center payroll in 2003, as part of the
Soros sponsorship of Saakashvili’s “Rose Revolution.”
During 2003-05, Scheunemann’s Orion Strategies lobbying
firm got $140,000 from the Open Society Policy
Center to back the Georgian insurgent movement.
Soros’s Open Society Insitute has also been one of
the largest funders of the Reform Institute, a Washington
think-tank headed by McCain’s campaign strategist
and longtime aide, Rick Davis.
When it comes to investing London’s political capital
in foreign hostile takeovers, Soros always hedges
his bets.
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JR -
As a pre-condition to being seated in Congress, an elected representative should be required to sign a contrct agreeing not to be a lobbyist for five years after the end of his/her Congressional term ends.
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it’d be a start, bc3b. Of course, the contracts would be shredded or ignored…or the definition of “Lobbyist” defined so narrowly that no one fit the description!
2010…we need to re-take the House. If we don’t do that we are well and truly screwed.
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BC, JR,
Your proposals though fine, just don’t go far enough. The problem as I see it is that too much of the legislation is written by lobbyists, and not read by or understood by the legislators that vote on the bills.
You want changes then you need an amendment passed over the heads of the Congress. –
a) No bill maybe voted on, in floor or committee, that is not complete in all details.
b) No bill shall reach the floor of either House that has not been posted on the internet. Further all bills having issued out of committee, no floor vote may occur until 14 legislative days have passed.
c) Once a bill has issued from committee, no changes or riders maybe attached to the bill.
d) Content of bills shall have been authored solely by legislators or their staff. Further more, before any bill having reached the floor those legislators voting on said bill shall have signed off that they have read the bill and affix their signature to the legislation.
e) Failure to comply shall be a trigger for immediate rules action against the offending legislator. The sole action open to the rules committee is did an infraction occur. A determination of ‘yes’ is immediate expulsion of the offending legislator. The actions of staffers in this regard shall be the actions of the legislator, to which a rules violation shall ensue against the legislator.
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Big day today in the Senate. Which way will it go?
Blanche Lincoln will be one to watch.
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Your morning ‘red meat’ session. Don’t mess with Texas.
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Blanche will blanch
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Yes, I agree. The suicide express rolls on.
And I doubt that any of them pay a price for it. The country is too, too far gone.
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Yeah the damn RINO.
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your morning PERFECT Onion satire, hattip to HotAir for the link:
Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire“>
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Maybe, if Palin becomes president, we can have aerial hunting of lobbyists. Why stop at lobbyists? How about trial lawyers and RINOs too?
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Snowe’s vote isn’t needed anyway to pass.
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drdog…that video was AWESOME!!!! Texas, I hope ya got room for the Justrand family…cause we may wind up there!
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We’ll keep a light on for ya.
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thx, IP…I really mean that. Our cabin (which I think of more as “Roark’s Drift” these days than “Glat’s Gulch”) is in the “Red” part of California…not terribly remote, but a 45 mile drive to the nearest city of more than 100. Before anyone ever gets around to us up there things will much worse elsewhere.
Still, if Texas DID declare its independence at some point the allure of being part of it would be a VERY strong pull on this boy! I still pray this country stays together as a FREE nation…but if it’s NOT free, then it shouldn’t be a nation!
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Dam I like those rules. Dr.Dog for congress!
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Oh Palin vs. McCain, need we even comment on this no brainier?
Wake up AZ voters.