As for soon-to-be departing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Paul dismisses her supporters as "more establishment, conventional Country-Club type of Republicans."Strange, we don't recall ever having been members of any country club, nor do any Palin supporters we know have such memberships. How out of touch with the people can Ron Paul be? In fact, most of the Palin backers we know are blue collar conservatives, not Rockerfeller elites. They are much more interested in the latest NASCAR standings than in who is atop the PGA leader board.
"I wonder whether she's energizing the 15-20 year olds," Paul muses. "That would be a question I would have. Because she doesn't talk about the Federal Reserve and some of these issues. She doesn't talk too much about personal liberties, civil liberties, getting rid of drug laws, attacking the war on drugs, punishing people who torture."
As for the Palins themselves, it's unlikely that they belong to any country club. Golf is not their game. Sarah is a runner, and Todd is into snowmobiles, not golf carts. And with all that hunting and fishing they do, it's doubful that they have either the time or inclination for the game of golf. Sarah and Todd both played basketball in their youth, and their kids are more familiar with the hockey stick than the nine iron. We have it on good authority that the Palin clan has been known to ski, however, Alaska being more of a place suited to the winter sports.
And if you were to check the membership rolls of the Lake Jackson Country Club here in Texas, I'll bet real money that you will find the names of Ron Paul and his wife Carol listed as lifetime members.
Paul was always a loose cannon. His lying lips now tell us he's also a hypocrite.
Update 1: On reflection, it is the country club Republicans who have been most critical of Sarah Palin. That would be the Peggy Noonans, the David Frums and the Colin Powells of the GOP's Vichy wing.
And if Sarah Palin were to advocate for legalizing the same drugs that are enslaving and killing our children, her supporters would drop her like a hot hockey puck.
Paul must not have been paying attention when, in her resignation announcement, Gov. Palin said:
"Energy independence and national security, fiscal restraint, smaller government, and local control have been my priorities and will remain my priorities."And again:
"...We can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint."Smaller government and less government intervention are essential to those personal and civil liberties Ron Paul claims that Sarah Palin doesn't talk much about.
Paul is so far off base about Sarah Palin that he is way out there in left field.
Update 2: More from Evergreen Conservative, Adam Brickley, Lew Waters and Thomas Lifson, with thanks to the latter for the link.
- JP
Looks to me like some postering against HR 1207. Palin is a nice person, but if i had a choice between a true conservative and somone that is simply Popular because... I will take the true conservative, Ron Paul. This shows the problem with the two party system. This country is dead You people hav eno clue as to who is pulling your strings.
ReplyDeletePalin is just another career politician who will say whatever she thinks can build an electable image for herself. It's one thing to say, "we need x, y, and z in this country". That's called LIP SERVICE, and it's substanceless. It's quite another to hold a sustained, intellectual discussion about the merits of specific ideas. So far she doesn't seem capable of doing that in a public forum. This is why she identifies so strongly with NASCAR fans; as soon as they hear the words "monetary policy" they tend to get bored and switch the channel to cars going around in circles.
ReplyDeleteWhen Palin comes forward with real policy proposals, she might actually EARN some of the votes that she will inevitably get. More likely you will keep hearing hollow rhetoric as she wraps herself in the shell of the genuine conservative ideas brought to the forefront by Paul. I hope the voters wake up before 2012 so they can see through such obvious hacks as Palin, Giuliani, Pelosi, and Clinton.
Ron Paul is the least "loose cannon" politician I have ever heard speak. Palin may very well emerge with a good platform, but it remains to be seen. One must take pause when she signed on to the McSame campaign's platform of utter business as usual. Which included nation building, the patriot act and miltary commissions act, submission to Wall Street, monstrous government spending and eternal budget deficits la GW Bush, and utter submission to the intolerably corrupt Federal Reserve Bank. Ron Paul's record speaks for itself in his voting record, unlike any other member of Congress. Ron Paul is the ONLY Congressman speaking the truth. He single handedly has started a huge and growing grassroots movement so successful that his supporters are now referred to as the "Ron Paul Wing" of the Republican Party. He is anything BUT out of touch with the People, unlike the imploding dinosaur GOP that answers only to the military/industrial/media complex and which Palin still may be courting. Time will tell. Actually, a Palin/Paul ticket might be very formidable indeed.
ReplyDeletePaul is further off base than most realize, Josh. His connections with known holocaust deniers has never been addressed properly.
ReplyDeletehttp://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/77711671-de32-47da-a721-8f606d586ad0
and now he seems to be indicating that he sides w/the 911 Truthers:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/18/finally-ron-paul-kinda-sorta-comes-out-as-a-truther/
Sadly/tragically, Dr.Paul is no friend of Israel. And thankfully Sarah is. And she's not a member of the same "clubs" Dr.Paul is associated with.
I'm a loyal Paul follower, and this author is right. Palin once cited Paul as a politician she admired, and it's a shame that he felt it necessary to isolate her supporters instead of focusing on the 90% of the issues we agree on.
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