Palin would be the winkin' and blinkin' divisive GOP candidate - Colorado Independent »
Posted By gamahuche 5 months, 4 weeks ago in Political OpinionThe results of a Pew survey on the favorability of leading Republicans, published Wednesday suggest that Sarah Palin remains a divisive figure. Among the GOP base, though, there' s only love for Palin. She is the star. Which means that if the nation was holding a Republican primary today, Palin would be the winkin' and blinkin' divisive GOP candidate for president! Palin- Penry 2010, everybody!
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gamahuche5 months, 4 weeks ago
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This is a flimsy story but if its a real reading of the current imagination of the GOP its a marvellous example of out-of-touch thinking.
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If I were a bookie I'd be salivating over the punters who would throw their money away on such a sure-fire loser..
The intelligent power-mongers of the GOP wouldn't touch her with a bargepole.
Her only support woud be from the hard-core, angry brainless segment of one party - with zero crossover from the democrats.-
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Spadecaller5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Thanks g.
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Palin is preparing for a great moment that will never come.
Just imagine: across the northern stream are all those poor frightened Russians shivering in their black market muckaluks worrying about Sarah Palin. Could she become the next female Bush Czar? These are the nuts and bolts of what make nightmares profitable.
Come on! If this nation would even entertain a candidate like Sarah Palin for the presidency after having had eight years of her male counterpart, an incompetent dimwitted cheerleader who accepted the nefarious handling of master puppet conductor Dick Cheney, we might as well pack up the donkeys and elephants now and move off into the ruins of an empire lost. -
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Mikunited5 months, 4 weeks ago
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If this is the most popular candidate, the Republican party can come up with,Obama should win a second term by a landslide.However,I feel it unlikely she would win the Republican nomination.As Gamahache says,"she has zero crossover appeal from democrats".She also has a very flimsy grasp of policy and issues.
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lloydm655 months, 4 weeks ago
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Gamahuche.Sarah Palin will not be on the ticket in twenty twelve
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So un twist panties I have never so many supposedly adults,(which might be a joke) so afraid of a woman.I guess her superior qualification to be commander in chief,over what we have now,I guess you can be a little worried-
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quicksilver06025 months, 4 weeks ago
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We're not afraid of her...at least not in the way that would feed your small-minded idea of what makes one powerful. Instead, we're dismayed by the fact that there are numbers large enough - though thankfully dwindling - to have bought into such nonsense, all in the name of winning an election at any cost.
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Remember lloyd...we libs are elitist and know we're better than that and like to think others are as well...
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lvrofwolves5 months, 4 weeks ago
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lloyd65 come on,seriously, who's afraid????? more of a joke if anything.
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But by all means...run her!!! we'll all pretend to be worried and afraid, if it'll make you feel better...or maybe just for sh!ts and giggles for all us supposedly adults.
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gamahuche5 months, 4 weeks ago
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I certainly don't have my knickers in a twist about SP, lloydm.
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The only thing that bothers me is the nastiness that she carries in her wake.
Pleads abused when it suits her but didn't baulk at dishing out hardcore abusive racist stuff at Republican rallies during the campaign.
To me she is a deeply flawed human being - and it was jsimply astounding to me that McCain allowed her to be put on his ticket.
Presumably to "sex-it-up" or something gross ike that - and I assume that someone leaned heavily on him.
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gamahuche5 months, 4 weeks ago
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I seem to remember, vaguely, that there have already been a couple of extremely unmemorable attempts by other brave wannabes to cast their hats into the ring, Bobby Jindal perhaps - sort of rings a cracked bell - but they got well and truly stomped on for their pains, even by their own party..
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Of course there's still a long way to go before even reaching the first turn but I seriously wonder where the GOP are going to find a viable runner. -
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Ciera-Marie5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Either Palin/Bachmann or Palin/Pawlenty or ick, ick, ick Pawlenty/Bachmann (then not only with the US be the laughingstock of the World, a ticket of T Paw and Ms. Luna Tic (thanks Goppy! It stuck!) would make MN also the world's laughingstock.)
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earthlingerer5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Please, please, please... let's skip the whole nomination, primaries, and the convention. Let's just make Palin the 2012 candidate today!
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I can understand the schism in the GOP, though. Half would leave to form other parties, and the other half would think it over while they brush their tooth.
I think people will vote for some real "change" next time, though. The kind of "flush it" twice to make sure it doesn't come back kind. -
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carforall5 months, 4 weeks ago
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I can understand the schism in the GOP, though. Half would leave to form other parties, and the other half would think it over while they brush their tooth.
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I think people will vote for some real "change" next time, though. The kind of "flush it" twice to make sure it doesn't come back kind.
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crespi5 months, 4 weeks ago
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You mean if our country collapses from Bush/Cheney's crimes, malfeasance, and ideological idiocy?
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Sorry, lloyd. We know you are old and would LOVE to see America collapse, like so many Necon Republicans have openly admitted ('cause you think you will be dead and have gotten your revenge?), but the rest of us normal American citizens are actually trying to prevent that from happening.
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lvrofwolves5 months, 4 weeks ago
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lloydm-oh now see????????????? YOU are the one who is really afraid lloydm65, you poor thing. Best enjoy your electricity and computer now while the gettins good, I'm surprised you think it's a whole year!!!
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bonaroo5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Jon Huntsman (Gov. of Utah) would make a more viable candidate against Obama. His business pedigree and political experience are equal if not better than Palin's and as far as I can tell, he's a rock solid family man. Unfortunately for him, any moderate Republican will be labeled a RINO by the far right power base.
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THOMNH625 months, 3 weeks ago
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like this story here would have any chance. You liberal morons are responsible for giving us Obama and his trillion dollar debt. Where are all the jobs, the economy still sucks, gas prices are back to 3$ per gallon and with cap and trade we will loose more jobs. You people should be ashamed of yourselves for destroying the fabric of this country. When there are no more rich people to tax who will you come after next.
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tanglang5 months, 3 weeks ago
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donald515 months, 3 weeks ago
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Thom, forget that the only president who had a net loss of jobs was Dumya and he didn't inherit 2 wars and the next greatest depression to the Great Depression!
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Barack is just trying to do what pulled us out of the Great depression, you fool and total un-American! -
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dunkirk5 months, 3 weeks ago
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"When there are no more rich people to tax who will you come after next"
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You.
After all, all us lay in the shade waiting for a handout libneral do nothings need you to keep working to support our lifestyle. So stop wasting time whining on Propeller and get back to work.
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Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 3 weeks ago
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I'm not sure enough people in the GOP have a grasp on reality not to nominate the wicked witch of Wasilla. Name recognition being the marketing ploy it is, combined with a serious lack of comprehension of the post cold war world, along with the insistence to look to the past for answers make a moronic candidate likely. Frankly the republican party's most fearsome enemy is their own ignorant "base" who insist on idiocy before supporting a candidate.
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tanglang5 months, 3 weeks ago
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gamahuche5 months, 3 weeks ago
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tanglang - you're really out to lunch on this one..
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I described this as a flimsy story because I have absolutely NO belief that the GOP would ever do something as foolish as to put THAT woman up for anything more than school lunch-assistant.
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lvrofwolves5 months, 3 weeks ago
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tanglang while it may be true people get sick of Obama, there's no way to predict that, otherwise people wouldn't have given Bush so much support!
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but even IF.......there is NO WAY IN HELL I would be begging for Palin, like is that your very best????? Palin????? that's all you've got to offer?????
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dunkirk5 months, 3 weeks ago
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