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There is a lot of buzz. Many, of the conservative and libertarian (new agers of each, really), are stumping for Palin. The heat is on, the ball may already be in play.
Sarah Palin? Look. I think highly of the woman, in a secular manner. She has raised a family, with some serious issues, in the national spotlight. She has overcome a "lack" of a serious (Ivy League) education to lead a successful political career. She is rogue, in that though definitely not "liberal", and yet she certainly has strong socialist motivations from time to time. Though I chalk that up to a phenomenon I call "skirt socialism". It is a particular form of socialism no woman can be without, or she would have to have a favored child... publicly (she very probably does privately, in her heart, as all mothers seem to do, if that may change over time... a bit).
Still, she has taken on the big boys. She has wheeled and dealed. And, come on, she is a gorgeous woman, not just for her age. She is pretty, and not a bit above average but out there on a limb. For her age she is simply astronomically attractive. But more, she has a good brain, she has a strong will, she has family ethic, she has proven to be able to handle family disasters without the use of 'nukes', she has charisma, and she has been an ardent supporter and pusher of, mostly, conservative notions. Not bad, really, not bad.
But as we face down the disasters of putting one incompetent minority into an office for which he is clearly unfit, any and all other irregularities aside, do we really want to put another in to replace him? Seriously? What the f are you thinking? How many houses do you have to burn down with the novel matches before you put them away or before someone simply has to take them from you? I live in the stupidest nation on the planet regardless of the education level. Two wrongs never make a right. And, to be absolutely honest, the way skirt socialism works... the difference between Palin and Hillary is the difference between the men that would be telling them what to do and holding their hands while they potty during a storm.
Oh well. You have been warned, but it was not the first time. Unless you base your decisions in respect of the source of wisdom and go from there, you really are just asking for what you truly deserve in spite of having someone already having tended that. Do what you must, but do not then blame God for doing or not doing anything. He did not tell us what to do because otherwise He would punish us (on earth). He told us what to do because to do otherwise is dangerous, fruitless, unsuccessful, shameful, and such. If we do not follow His advice, in other words, we will break.
Bah! Bah! Go away! I weary of this.
A lot of Palin's core principles were compromised by the handlers assigned to her by the McCain campaign.
ReplyDeleteAnd then her decision to campaign here in AZ for McCain instead of her closer ideological match of JD Hayworth has nearly sealed my dismissal of her.
She could potentially pull off a Reaganesque win against the Republican establishment, but the mroe she gets drawn into the Republican inner circle (repaying favors by campaigning for McCain for example), the less her ideological appeal.
The country is virtually sunk in any case. At least with a socialist in the Whitehouse it is plausible to point to that fact as one of the exacerbating factors.
I'd rather she keep doing what she's doing, pulling for conservative candidates around the country based on the strength of her celebrity appeal.
I concur. She does well at that. And, if need be, replace someone like Steele. Though too, if she did that, her ideological wildcat days would be run over by the GOPMac truck without question. I know, another minority taking a minority position, but in this case, I could tolerate it.
ReplyDeleteSteele has to go. Though... I am not sure if she is ready for that or if the party is ready for her... yet anyway.