In a Pajamas Media opinion piece, James Lewis argues that Sarah Palin must be on the GOP national ticket in 2012 "because people recognize her as one of us":
America will need a headliner to counter Obama’s famous brand of demagogy.Read Lewis' op-ed unabridged here.
Sarah Palin can do it.
But why Palin and not any of the other candidates? Because Sarah Palin appeals in a more-than-rational way to all of us. You can make policy arguments for Palin as a GOP president. She is a solid, substantive, conservative thinker. She is open-minded about facts, unlike the current president — who just blocks out any evidence that doesn’t fit his mental party line. The Democrats will never have an original thought. They can only switch from one demagogic cliche to another one.
But like Ronald Reagan, Palin adds something rare and special to a substantive understanding of life and politics.
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Personally I like Palin for her ideas, but then I’m a policy wonk. The left fears her for her looks, charm, and eloquence. She leaves them sputtering in helpless rage. You can watch it happen. It’s sort of fun if you can handle the sight of real, unvarnished hatred. It’s easier to laugh at it if you keep in mind that she can handle a shotgun.
Sarah Palin is America’s anti-Obama is so many ways, and the libs feel this emotionally long before their brains get into gear. We have a new crop of promising conservative candidates, but we don’t seem to have any other charismatic conservatives today. They tend to come along only once in a generation.
- JP
Josh, you are the best at what you do. You provide us with the communication lines to a vast array of commentary. You give us the opportunity to delve as deeply as we choose, starting with your excellent excerptions and then on to the full commentary if we are inclined. I often go into the comments following the opeds, out of simple curiosity. Which leads me to the following:
ReplyDeleteI am fed up with "conservative" commenters saying Sarah Palin has a lot more to learn before she would be qualified to run for the presidency of the USA. There is NO other potential candidate that I have seen that can hold a candle to her acumen, no matter the field named. She possesses the values, morals, and ethics which have made America the most positive force ever on this planet as well as the courage and strength to fight for them. Her analysis of situations is incisive, indeed brilliant! Sarah Palin is able to reduce complexities into simplicities - why? because she has the unencumbered rational intelligence to understand. Yes, to understand! Nothing is complex if you understand it. Every time I hear someone say, "Well, this is pretty complex", I know immediately that they don't understand it (whatever "it" is).
She is a leader! Meaning, folk will follow her because she truly represents them and we trust her to, more often than not, not only make the right decisions on all our behalf, but we trust her to remain constant to her/our principles of social sanity. She knows that one is only as valuable as one can serve others. As has been rightfully said, Sarah Palin has a servant's heart. She is rock-solid in her faith in God and her belief in the innate goodness of man and his God-given rights. We can totally trust her to nurture all our well-being.
What more does she need to demonstrate to the feint of heart who can't yet come to the decision that we need this woman as our President? Her accomplishments are manifest...
It's time to shed any doubts planted by those who fear Sarah Palin. Get behind her and forward her motion! NO OTHER POLITICIAN in this country has been as "in Obama's face" as has Sarah Palin. And she's been right, every time! LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH SARAH TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY!!!
This is encouraging. The most critical factor now is for Republicans/Conservatives to be not too slow at realizing that no other candidate is really viable. The sooner they figure this out the more chances there are for Sarah Palin to beat Obama.
ReplyDeleteFor Sarah Palin supporters, it would be useful now to concentrate on advertising Romney's unelectability. He is the primary obstacle preventing a strong migration of Republicans to the Palin camp.
I've said Palin is the Anti Obama the very first week McCain announced her in Ohio. It's only logical that she is based on how liberals react to her. At this point, I believe if Sarah does run, she will be the most conservative candidate in the GOP field. That scares liberals in both parties. If Palin can go toe to toe with Romney, the nomination is hers. Romney doesn't have the grass root support. He has the GOP establishment support. There are more grass root conservatives then there are GOP hacks.
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