Dixie - In Memoriam
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The more I hear, the more I am convinced, the strategy being implemented against Sarah Palin, is the exact same strategy we saw employed against former Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork. The incessant buzz from the left, criticizing every aspect of Palin, to the point that moderates on the right are too scared to dare support her. So, we end up with hardcore liberals and moderate conservatives, forming an unlikely coalition to oppose and reject Sarah Palin. So far, this plan has worked out beautifully, and most Americans don't see Sarah Palin being able to defeat Obama in 2012.
What needs to be realized by the so-called moderate conservatives who aren't supportive of Palin at all, is how this is exactly what the left has done over and over again, since the strategy worked on Robert Bork. This is precisely why we ended up with John McCain as the opposing candidate in 2008. McCain was viewed as someone who didn't anger the left, he was someone who could "reach across the aisle" and work with the other side, and was considered to be the "favorite Republican" by the left, up until he announced his run for president. When Al Gore was searching for a potential running mate, he actually had John on his short list! So we went with a watered down conservative, in hopes of not pissing off the vitriolic left, but did that work? NOPE! What needs to be understood is, the LEFT is going to be vehemently opposed to ANYONE nominated by Republicans. We're going to hear all sorts of negative comments, smears, slimes, jeers, criticisms, complaints, allegations, accusations, rumors and innuendo about WHOEVER we elect to run against Obama in 2012. Non-stop, 24/7, relentlessly, up until the day of the election.... you may as well prepare yourself for this, it's their strategy!
The thing about Palin is, they've already been doing this for the past two years. How much more mud can they possibly come up with to throw, and still capture the imagination of American voters? At some point, people get weary of the personal attacks, they simply don't have the same effect... in fact, in the case of Bill Clinton, it actually started to create an underlying 'sympathy' for him, people began to take his side in spite of all his problems, because he became an underdog, relentlessly attacked by 'the system' and Americans are sentimental about their underdogs. The same could happen with Palin, as the empty rhetoric continues to flow, people start to realize Palin isn't deserving of that sort of treatment, and the mud-slinging approach simply has the opposite effect. This all remains to be seen, but given the fact that we've endured two solid years of Palin bashing, and she remains a top contender for 2012, says a lot. Bork certainly didn't survive that long, neither did George W. Bush or Newt Gingrich.
I keep hearing the clamor for Mitt Romney, but it's very crucial to remember, Romney was elected governor of the most liberal state in America. A Massachusetts conservative is someone who believes you should wear a tie to a gay wedding! Is THIS who we need to lead a new revival of core conservative philosophy? Really? Or is it more of the "McCainist" mentality, that if we nominate a Romney, the left won't be so critical and relentless in their bashing and trashing? They may actually LIKE our nominee! Conservatives have got to abandon this mindset, if we ever hope to return to core conservative principles. Sucking up to and appeasing liberals, has not gained Republicans one thing, and has arguably destroyed the gains made in advancing the principles under Ronald Reagan. We seem to have abandoned those principles in search of someone the left will find "acceptable" and how long will it take before moderates understand, that just isn't going to happen?
Yes, Sarah Palin is a lighting rod... Yes, Sarah Palin can make a comment on her Facebook page and have the liberals all in a tizzy for a week over it! Her daughter can go on Dancing With the Stars, and liberals are pulling out their Magnums and blowing away their TV! Even people we consider to be mainstream conservatives, are jumping on the Anti-Palin bandwagon, and lobbing mudballs of their own! She is polarizing and seems to strike a nerve with the left, like no one else I can remember in my lifetime... but why? The only explanation I can find is, she is a threat. The left knows she has a tremendous public following, and she appeals to a great many Americans on a personal level, and this could be real trouble if the momentum continues. Those on the right who oppose her, are mostly afraid that if she did manage to get elected, it would further polarize the left and right, and we'd have another George Bush Syndrome... but... my theory is, that's going to happen anyway, because liberals know they can Bork whoever they need to, whenever they need to, and knee-jerk moderates will respond. It doesn't matter if we pick a 'moderate' like Romney or McCain, they will demonize them and turn them into pariahs all the same, because they aren't Marxist Socialists! My thinking is, if we are inevitably going to have to endure the bashing and trashing from the relentless left, it might as well be against someone who stands for solid core conservative values and principles, and not some wishy-washy appeaser who wants to cave to the liberals to get along.
Bottom line is this... If she runs, she will probably win the GOP nomination. At that point, establishment, moderate, libertarian, McCainian-type, Romneyites, will have to make a hard choice. If they stubbornly refuse to support her against Obama, he will win re-election. If that happens, we may not ever have to worry about this again, another 4 years of Marxist Socialism, and we may not even have the right to vote for a president... if our government is not completely overthrown or collapsed by 2016. So now you guys can line up and repost all your usual complaints of Palin, all the same old rhetoric, all the same condescending complaints and garbage... just keep rehashing it over and over again, and insisting she can't win, she's not qualified, she doesn't deserve your vote... whatever... And "republicans" can keep on joining liberals in the bashfest, with the idiot mindset they are somehow "helping" the conservative movement. We'll have to see if America has learned anything from the days of Bork, through Newt, and on to Bush and McCain. Can the liberals successfully destroy Sarah Palin using these same tactics yet again? Will the so-called "moderates" fall for the same thing once more? Or will true conservatives dig down deep inside, and understand, it doesn't matter what the other side says, it doesn't matter that they don't like our candidate, and the only thing that matters is how we ultimately vote.
What needs to be realized by the so-called moderate conservatives who aren't supportive of Palin at all, is how this is exactly what the left has done over and over again, since the strategy worked on Robert Bork. This is precisely why we ended up with John McCain as the opposing candidate in 2008. McCain was viewed as someone who didn't anger the left, he was someone who could "reach across the aisle" and work with the other side, and was considered to be the "favorite Republican" by the left, up until he announced his run for president. When Al Gore was searching for a potential running mate, he actually had John on his short list! So we went with a watered down conservative, in hopes of not pissing off the vitriolic left, but did that work? NOPE! What needs to be understood is, the LEFT is going to be vehemently opposed to ANYONE nominated by Republicans. We're going to hear all sorts of negative comments, smears, slimes, jeers, criticisms, complaints, allegations, accusations, rumors and innuendo about WHOEVER we elect to run against Obama in 2012. Non-stop, 24/7, relentlessly, up until the day of the election.... you may as well prepare yourself for this, it's their strategy!
The thing about Palin is, they've already been doing this for the past two years. How much more mud can they possibly come up with to throw, and still capture the imagination of American voters? At some point, people get weary of the personal attacks, they simply don't have the same effect... in fact, in the case of Bill Clinton, it actually started to create an underlying 'sympathy' for him, people began to take his side in spite of all his problems, because he became an underdog, relentlessly attacked by 'the system' and Americans are sentimental about their underdogs. The same could happen with Palin, as the empty rhetoric continues to flow, people start to realize Palin isn't deserving of that sort of treatment, and the mud-slinging approach simply has the opposite effect. This all remains to be seen, but given the fact that we've endured two solid years of Palin bashing, and she remains a top contender for 2012, says a lot. Bork certainly didn't survive that long, neither did George W. Bush or Newt Gingrich.
I keep hearing the clamor for Mitt Romney, but it's very crucial to remember, Romney was elected governor of the most liberal state in America. A Massachusetts conservative is someone who believes you should wear a tie to a gay wedding! Is THIS who we need to lead a new revival of core conservative philosophy? Really? Or is it more of the "McCainist" mentality, that if we nominate a Romney, the left won't be so critical and relentless in their bashing and trashing? They may actually LIKE our nominee! Conservatives have got to abandon this mindset, if we ever hope to return to core conservative principles. Sucking up to and appeasing liberals, has not gained Republicans one thing, and has arguably destroyed the gains made in advancing the principles under Ronald Reagan. We seem to have abandoned those principles in search of someone the left will find "acceptable" and how long will it take before moderates understand, that just isn't going to happen?
Yes, Sarah Palin is a lighting rod... Yes, Sarah Palin can make a comment on her Facebook page and have the liberals all in a tizzy for a week over it! Her daughter can go on Dancing With the Stars, and liberals are pulling out their Magnums and blowing away their TV! Even people we consider to be mainstream conservatives, are jumping on the Anti-Palin bandwagon, and lobbing mudballs of their own! She is polarizing and seems to strike a nerve with the left, like no one else I can remember in my lifetime... but why? The only explanation I can find is, she is a threat. The left knows she has a tremendous public following, and she appeals to a great many Americans on a personal level, and this could be real trouble if the momentum continues. Those on the right who oppose her, are mostly afraid that if she did manage to get elected, it would further polarize the left and right, and we'd have another George Bush Syndrome... but... my theory is, that's going to happen anyway, because liberals know they can Bork whoever they need to, whenever they need to, and knee-jerk moderates will respond. It doesn't matter if we pick a 'moderate' like Romney or McCain, they will demonize them and turn them into pariahs all the same, because they aren't Marxist Socialists! My thinking is, if we are inevitably going to have to endure the bashing and trashing from the relentless left, it might as well be against someone who stands for solid core conservative values and principles, and not some wishy-washy appeaser who wants to cave to the liberals to get along.
Bottom line is this... If she runs, she will probably win the GOP nomination. At that point, establishment, moderate, libertarian, McCainian-type, Romneyites, will have to make a hard choice. If they stubbornly refuse to support her against Obama, he will win re-election. If that happens, we may not ever have to worry about this again, another 4 years of Marxist Socialism, and we may not even have the right to vote for a president... if our government is not completely overthrown or collapsed by 2016. So now you guys can line up and repost all your usual complaints of Palin, all the same old rhetoric, all the same condescending complaints and garbage... just keep rehashing it over and over again, and insisting she can't win, she's not qualified, she doesn't deserve your vote... whatever... And "republicans" can keep on joining liberals in the bashfest, with the idiot mindset they are somehow "helping" the conservative movement. We'll have to see if America has learned anything from the days of Bork, through Newt, and on to Bush and McCain. Can the liberals successfully destroy Sarah Palin using these same tactics yet again? Will the so-called "moderates" fall for the same thing once more? Or will true conservatives dig down deep inside, and understand, it doesn't matter what the other side says, it doesn't matter that they don't like our candidate, and the only thing that matters is how we ultimately vote.
