Can Sarah Palin be credited with sabotaging Republicans in yet another presidential election? Perhaps.
Palin the Spoiler? Supporters Threaten to Defect from GOP if She Doesn't Win Presidential Nomination
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This is hilarious considering how many GOPers hate Palin. But apparently her few fans are the die hard type. It remains to be seen if Republicans will continue to cater to their lunatic fringe and give Palin the chance to make the party a laughing stock in another election.
If nothing else, Sarah Palin is entertaining.
- 60 votes
:snicker: Seems $arah the media whore's supporters have more than the normal screw loose of the GreedyObstructionistPanderers of big business.
- 38 votes
Frankly, I don't give a Damn what Palin's supporters do. She and them are profound loosers! That misery loves company is no solace!
"Suffer all ye that labor"- Exercising Common Sense should not be... LABOR-ING!!!
- 33 votes
Yep, it's about to be an interesting political season.
$arah and other like-minded tea baggers can ditch the republican party and make a run as the tea bagger party. While the tea bagger party has the financial support for such an effort, their financial supporters might not be interested in the vote splitting that will occur if $arah runs as a tea bagger presidential candidate.
Y'all need to stop snickering because $arah and Michelle are poised to create major political upheaval. They can capitalize on the dissatisfaction of the shrinking, unemployed middle class.
That said, anybody who is likely to vote for $arah will not be voting in their best interest.
- 35 votes
It is to laugh!
Thank you Tea Party for taking all the ignorant crazy morons off our hands.
It's the Mad Hatter's Tea Party!
- 43 votes
Conservatives have always pillaged the rest of the world with a "divide and conquer" strategy.
I guess they are not immune to the effects of moles, from within, doing the same.
- 45 votes
That said, anybody who is likely to vote for $arah will not be voting in their best interest.
You only have to look at the 2000 election to see how this happened when Ralph Nader and his Green Party backers turned a razor slim margin of victory to George W. Bush, who was no friend of the environment, instead of Al Gore, who was a promoter of environmental concerns.
It happens all the time in local as well as national elections.
- 26 votes
Bush winning the election in 2000, over Gore, was rigged. Remember the CHAD issue in Florida? Brother Jeb screwed up the election in favor of his brother. As usual, take the matter to the court, be sure to get a Republican leaning judge. Make everything look like its on the up and up.
Some facts about the 2000 election and how the American People were royally screwed:
The electoral vote was won by Bush-Cheney by 5 votes.
The popular vote was won by Gore-Lieberman by 543,816 votes.
Interesting Facts:
- The last time the president won the electoral vote without winning the popular vote was in 1888.
- Bush won 1803 more counties than Gore won.
- One of the electors from DC abstained from voting for Gore.
- Because of the controversy over the recount in Florida, the Gore campaign sued to have a manual recount.
Very good example why we need to get rid of the electoral vote.
The link to this information:
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/elections/p/election2000.htm
I do hope Palin gets in the race. Either way, any Republican/Tea Party candidate is certifiably crazy and has no clue what We the People want.
- 37 votes
America certainly was screwed in 2000. If Palin runs as a third Party candidate in 2012 though, she may actually help this country by splitting the right wing vote!
- 44 votes
Nice job, McSpocky! Breaking the Palin-free month on the first day!
- 15 votes
This is hilarious considering how many GOPers hate Palin.
The republican party, does not like Sarah Palin, she is a nightmare, the Democratic and Republican Party, both know that she is unelectable, and would be a Hugh mistake, if she would win the nomination. In addition to losing the presidency, the carry over to Senate, Representatives, and Governor's, races that would vote Democratic would be terrible to the GOP, and give a big advantage to the democrats, plus four more years of Obama, and in charge of any replacement of the Supreme's, would be a Democratic appointment. It would be a win, win, for the Democrats, not so for the Republicans.
- 23 votes
This group of people - Republicans > Republicans who would vote for Palin > Republicans who will vote for a 3rd party should Palin not win a presidential nomination - has to be a small group. Did anybody see any numbers from that article? I didn't.
Anyway, this is funny as hell. Splinter the party more, $arah, do more damage, $arah...it's all about you! Always has been, always will be! And then maybe you and your rabid fans can leave this country to start a new moron nation. And please, let me help a bit...a small island with an active volcano would be the best place for you and yours.
Thanks!
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The survey of 1,000 Likely GOP Primary Voters was conducted on January 18, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. Likely GOP Primary Voters include both Republicans and unaffiliated voters likely to vote in a GOP Primary. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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46% of GOP Primary Voters Who Favor Palin Might Back Third-Party Option If She Isn't Nominated
"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 46% of Likely Republican Primary Voters who favor Palin say they are at least somewhat likely to vote third-party if she isn't nominated. That includes 22% who say it is Very Likely.
That puts the GOP in a tight spot since one-third (33%) of all likely primary voters say Palin is the front-runner they least hope wins the party's presidential nomination.
Among all likely Republican Primary voters, 35% say they are at least somewhat likely to vote for a third-party candidate if their favorite candidate doesn't win the nomination, with 13% who are Very Likely to do so. Most GOP Primary voters (56%) still say they are unlikely to vote for a third-party candidate if their favorite does not win the nomination, with 27% who say it's not at all likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
While the third-party feeling runs strongest among Palin supporters, 35% of those who support former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee feel that way, including 13% who say they are Very Likely to vote third-party if he doesn't get the nomination. Among those who back former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, 31% say a third-party vote is likely, but only nine percent (9%) say it's Very Likely.
Typically, voters who say they will abandon the party if their nominee doesn't win eventually support the nominee. For example, during the 2008 Democratic Primary season, a fairly sizable number of Hillary Clinton supporters said they wouldn't support Barack Obama if he won the nomination. But, given a choice between Obama and McCain, those voters came around and supported the Democratic nominee."
- 14 votes
Anyone interested in voting for Palin just to see what happens? White House reality shows, Nuclear Apocalypse, Nuclear strikes on San Francisco and New York by our own military.
- 15 votes
If they split from the Republican Party and do a Ross Perot, they will split the Republican vote. If you split the Republican vote like Ross did, a Democrat will win. Are the Republicans sure Palin isn't an undercover Democratic operative? Sounds like good material for Saturday Night Live and Tina Fey.
- 16 votes
Gee, that's a shame. I wonder what's for lunch?
Sarah Palin, the pied-piper of the mentally defective. Lead your lemmings towards the cliffs, Sarah.
- 15 votes
Without the TEA Party, the Republicans would have taken the Senate this past November, too.
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Buckeye Voter
Without the TEA Party, the Republicans would have taken the Senate this past November, too
That's a double-edged sword, isn't it? You think, without the Tea Party, the Republican base would have been as motivated as it was?
- 9 votes
Nice job, McSpocky! Breaking the Palin-free month on the first day!
Well, she is a kin any other nut- pistachios for example, as they are always pluralized- and you can never stop at just one!
- 6 votes
The GOP will have to give her a hefty fee to make a prime time speech at the Republican Convention and beg her to throw her support behind an establishment candidate to quiet her supporters. Of course there is always the possibility she won't play nice and wreak havoc for the GOP come 2012. Regardless, this should be an interesting run for the 2012 Whitehouse.
- 8 votes
#1.3:That said, anybody who is likely to vote for $arah will not be voting in their best interest.
Now things are getting very interesting, indeed! One thing about sara: she keeps the repugs busy watching her. Good, this will keep them busy for a while and they can't screw up anything else in the meantime-in between times!
Hilarious, but once again be careful what you ask for, you just might get it! The repugs are getting caught in their own spinning web. It couldn't happen to a better/worse bunch.
- 13 votes
A coworker and I have been talking about this same issue. We both believe that the only way Palin backs out of a presidential race is for the GOP to promise her a nice cabinet level position or some other as attractive position within the administration if they were to win (not likely).
All I can say for certain, is that the run up to the 2012 election will be very interesting as the GOP/Tea Party candidates jockey for position to be on the presidential ticket. (As an aside, it will be most interesting if Bachman puts her hat in the ring as well...that would place two Tea Party favs (Palin and Bachman) against one another.)
- 5 votes
Nice job, McSpocky! Breaking the Palin-free month on the first day!
Crap. I forgot all about that and that today it's February already. I even procured a bottle of Bachmannadone to help me through the withdrawal symptoms, and yet we all pulled a Lohan.
- 4 votes
If Sarah Palin had been properly vetted and her doings AND mis-doings had been scrutinized and investigated as hard as righties and birthers have tried to dig into Barack Obama's life from birth to present, they would have found out how she has no virtue called loyalty. She has no party loyalty, as she has demonstrated by dismissing those she has backed, in a heartbeat. She has been revealed to eat her friends alive with no remorse and set up stumbling blocks for anyone in her own circle that disagrees with anything she says or does, or plans to do, no matter how screwed up or problematic it may end up being. She readily responds with a quick wink and nasty little quip or unintelligent mouthing to amuse her puny "base" who know damn well they don't understand what she says, though they like her nasty tones.
Nevertheless, if the Republicans are really worried about all thirty of Sarah's bs-spittin' supporters, they're dumber and weaker than their constituents realize. Mr. Obama, welcome to your second term.
- 12 votes
Birther teapublican statehouses are already making some noises about President Obama's birth certificate. Plus, is the ambassador to China a teapublican? or just a member of the teapublican party?
- 6 votes
Palin is the best choice for the GOP because she would NEVER be elected president. (Of people who actually have a chance of getting the GOP nomination...)
- 6 votes
The Tea Party and Sarah Palin grow more isolated and desperate daily. Their bunker mentalty is fostering the ever dwindling and concentrated numbers of followers to where they're beginning to resemble a weird, paranoid loner, like thousands of Jarod Laughners that have formed their own society. They're growing more of a threat to those around them, and those around them are the G.O.P.
- 12 votes
2 years from now Fux will be running a conspiracy story claiming that Sarah was a liberal mole installed to take down the teabag movement. Their viewers will believe it since most of the teabags will have passed by then. Either that or a poison jello conspiracy.
- 8 votes
Can Sarah Palin be credited with sabotaging Republicans in yet another presidential election? Perhaps.
^^Let's hope! :)
- 7 votes
Sarah Palin winning the Republican nomination for Presidential candidate is the best thing that could happen to America. Back in 2000 I told my spouse not to worry about the Republicans having control of both houses of Congress and the White House. I said, "Hey, after harping that all of America's problems are the fault of a Democrat controlled Congress for forty years...they will have to put up or shut up." And just look at what a great job they did. My spouse respects my political opinions much more after the spectacle of the 2000 elections and the subsequent "achievements" of the Greedy Oppressive Plutocrats.
- 6 votes
Hey, Sarah speaks for thousands and thousands of dumbasses, and they have a right to be heard, even if they're saying something stupid. I hope she will run as an Independent candidate against the Party of No Ideas, and the Democrats, though I doubt she will give up 14 million bucks a year for a government salary. However, hate is a powerful motivator - we've seen the teabaggers clammoring to give up their sacred rights in exchange for punishing their neighbors, and Palin is, after all, their messiah.
- 9 votes
You think, without the Tea Party, the Republican base would have been as motivated as it was?
Yes, I do. There were enough unelectable TEA candidates that displaced shoe-in Republicans to keep the Senate in Democratic hands. Some of those TEA Party candidates helped suppress Republican votes.
The Left had its Greens, the Right its TEAs.
- 7 votes
Palin the Spoiler? Supporters Threaten to Defect from GOP if She Doesn't Win Presidential Nomination
Don't let the door hit you supporters! Buckeye hit the nail on the head. The Republicans might have taken the Senate as well.
With any luck, Palin will not even run. It would be very similar to Democrats not wanting Ralph Nader to run in 2000.
- 5 votes
Nice job, McSpocky! Breaking the Palin-free month on the first day!
Unless McSpocky is a writer for Alternet.org then its Palin's media whoring to blame, she can't go a day into the month without prostituting herself to the media.
- 9 votes
Sadly I'm beginning to think that Sarah Palin is the best candidate the GOP has. So far the only three that have shown any interest is Palin, Bachmann and Huckabee... Palin is dumb as a box of rocks, Bachmann is just plain insane, and Huckabee is a pathological liar. Out of the three of them, Palin at least has good intentions... that's not enough to get my vote... but it beats the heck out of the other two options.
It'll be sad if the GOP forces us into 4 more years of Obama by not giving us a better option.
- 6 votes
Geez, guys come on. Cut it out with the w-word and references to prostitution. Look, I'm no fan of Palin, or the GOP, but let's respect some boundaries when discussing women in politics ok?
- 4 votes
Out of the three of them, Palin at least has good intentions
Name one.
- 8 votes
Geez, guys come on. Cut it out with the w-word and references to prostitution. Look, I'm no fan of Palin, or the GOP, but let's respect some boundaries when discussing women in politics ok?
Sorry what better word do you have for pimping yourself out for fame and money?
- 6 votes
Name one.
Do you really think she's out to get you?
Just because she doesn't have the intelligence to know what's good for this country does not mean that she INTENDS to harm it... she simply just doesn't know any better. Don't get me wrong, if elected she would totally fudge it up for us all just like she did to the good people of Alaska, but I don't think she would harm this nation on purpose...
Actually, to tell you the truth, she's done more good for this nation than ANYONE gives her credit for... don't know what I'm talking about? Ok, well you know how McCain has completely gone senile the past few years (most likely with alzheimers)? Well it was Palin that in all liklihood lost the election for him, so if it weren't for her, we'd have a totally senile president in office right now... one that most certainly isn't capable of doing the job due to his failing mental health (I don't mean to be harsh to McCain, I do wish him well and keep him and his fight against whatever mental disorder he has (probably alzheimers) in my prayers, but I also thank God he wasn't elected). Sure Obama's not been good either, but at least we havn't started a nuclear war or done any of the other crap McCain would have that would have cost millions of American lives.
- 2 votes
All Palin, all the time. You're listening to McSpocky radio.
- 2 votes
Z1P2,
I guess I missed the part where you showed her good intentions in your response. Screwing things up by accident doesn't count as an intention. I find it hard to imagine that you look at a person who bailed on the job she was elected for in favor of taking the easy road of being a rich sensationalist as having anything approaching good intentions. I'd sooner credit Octomom for having good intentions than Ms Palin.
- 6 votes
Yes, I do. There were enough unelectable TEA candidates that displaced shoe-in Republicans to keep the Senate in Democratic hands. Some of those TEA Party candidates helped suppress Republican votes.
Not sure I completely agree with your analysis, but your argument is on the money. The Tea Party had a negative impact in places - Delaware being a prime example - I'm just not sure the drawbacks outweigh the gains.
- 3 votes
oldecrankyman
Z1P2,I guess I missed the part where you showed her good intentions in your response. Screwing things up by accident doesn't count as an intention. I find it hard to imagine that you look at a person who bailed on the job she was elected for in favor of taking the easy road of being a rich sensationalist as having anything approaching good intentions. I'd sooner credit Octomom for having good intentions than Ms Palin.
Don't mess with cranky, he's feelin' it. And, he has a point. I can see where you are coming from, Z1P2, but I hesitate to attribute Palin's motives to 'good intentions'.
- 2 votes
Conservative Conspirator
Nice job, McSpocky! Breaking the Palin-free month on the first day!
Palin free month?
- 3 votes
McSpocky, I keep reading that statement all over NV. What does that mean? Are they saying that Bible Spice is taking a month off her rants? Well fat chance of that happening!
- 7 votes
I have no idea about anything concerning a Palin free month. Maybe Palin is supposed to crawl back under her rock for a month?
- 6 votes
Please please GOP give Sarah the nod and throw in Gingrich as the VP nominee.
- 25 votes
dwillie, that can't happen. First off, two women on the ticket would be a bridge WAY too far for convservative men, and second, those two are cruising for a catfight over control of the teabaggers. At one point I would have bet on Sarah. Now I'm not so sure. But after Megan McCain sneered at Bachmann as a poor man's Sarah Palin (was that great or what), I don't think the two can work together. Two gigantic female egos in play here.
- 13 votes
Palin and Glen Beck. They might as well shoot themselves in both feet. I can just see it now, two attention whores fighting to gain most of the public attention on the same stage. Glen traveling America with his chalk board to lecture America. Sarah wearing her hands out with notes for her speeches.
- 17 votes
Sarah wearing her hands out with notes for her speeches.
Palin fixed that problem when she bought some new designer glasses
- 7 votes
LOL - Palin and Bachmann in 2012 - that would make the primary debates the most watched comedy show on TV.
and we didn't even make a whole day without talking about Palin - crap - now what to give up for Lent?
- 13 votes
now what to give up for Lent?
Well AL, you could follow the GOP practice of forgoing logical thought! ;D They have been 'practicing' for so long, I think that they've got it down pat!
- 14 votes
#3.3:They might as well shoot themselves in both feet.
I just love it; BOTH feet!
- 12 votes
Personally I'd love to see Palin and Bachman on the same ticket. We need some humor in 2011, and that would be a hoot. or............
perhaps the GOP will put Palin on the intelligence committee with Bachman....that definitely wouldn't be funny.
- 12 votes
A Palin / Bachmann ticket. At the debates between the Republican candidates and the Democratic candidates, you'd have to pity the poor moderator.
Can you imagine how far out there Palin's and Bachmann's responses would be??
- 7 votes
#3.10:Can you imagine how far out there Palin's and Bachmann's responses would be??
No, I can't!
- 7 votes
#3.10:Can you imagine how far out there Palin's and Bachmann's responses would be??
No, I can't!
Similar to when a beauty pageant contestant can't even identify where Canada is on the map.
- 8 votes
Mary Ellen, I can just see it now Bachmann looking out in the wrong direction and Bible Spice saying "do you see Russia yet Michelle?" What a pair! hahahahaha
- 7 votes
Mary Ellen, I can just see it now Bachmann looking out in the wrong direction and Bible Spice saying "do you see Russia yet Michelle?" What a pair! hahahahaha
Excellent very funny I am still laughing at that scenario. Palin and Bachman can be the new Lucy (PREZ) and Ethe(VP)l throw in Boahner(WEEPER OF THE HOUSE) as Fred and Jindle (type casting) as Ricky and that would be a good thirty minute comedy
- 5 votes
A Palin-Bachman run would be great for Obama... Clueless Squared. But it will never happen. Two women on a ticket nominated by rich white guys? But I can imagine that SNL would have a ball with that notion... even if it never happened. Its just too funny to pass up.
- 3 votes
Well, I don't see a lot of Palin supporters leaving the GOP unless she would run as an independant. Where else can they go? Demoratic Party? Palin supporters? No way in hail would that happen. Not after the attacks against her. Worse could happen would be that they just stay home on election day. But I think she will endorse whoever gets the nod on the right and be out there drumming up support for them. And forget about her, Bachmann, Newt.... only in your dreams:)
- 2 votes
As a registered Independent, I will say Palin is not welcomed in the Independent party, we been have a load of ex GOP (and Lieberman)switching to the independent party and if it keeps up my self and many will move to another party and it will be the Anti-Teaparty.
- 22 votes
no I wrote independent party, there is no such word as independant at least not as an known American political party
- 12 votes
I don't see a lot of Palin supporters...
Careful underestimating religious ignorance and predicting a mob is a dangerous game.
- 7 votes
#4:Not after the attacks against her. Worse could happen would be that they just stay home on election day. But I think she will endorse whoever gets the nod on the right and be out there drumming up support for them. And forget about her, Bachmann, Newt.... only in your dreams:)
But remember, that just because sara 'forgives' them all and supports whatever ticket the repugs finally decides on, doesn't mean that sara's supporters will do the same.
Remember Hillary's supporters? Some of them still would not vote for President Obama because it wasn't HILLARY- no matter what hillary said -for them to do on her behalf.
- 8 votes
#4.4:I like the sound of the Anti-Teaparty. :)
I do too, friend! Clear and concise.
- 10 votes
There are anti-Tea Party organizations:
The Coffee Party. Intelligent, civilized discussion of today's issues. Anti-Tea Party.
The Democratic party. "big tent" and all over the board when it comes to positions. Just like America.
- 7 votes
The other day Chris Matthews called Michelle Bachmann a "baloon head". Glen Peckerhead went ballistic saying that she could run and beat B.O. I would like to see a Palin/Bachmann ticket for 2012. Can you say landslide? Yup they would be buried up their lips.....
Please GOP run these 2 we need a good laugh!!!!
- 31 votes
That would be so much fun. Just imagine watching the late nite comedy talk shows! However it would be sad if Bachmann found the camera to early on in the campaign.
- 4 votes
"Nearly half of the Republican Primary voters who support Sarah Palin say they are at least somewhat likely to vote for a third-party candidate if she does not win the GOP presidential nomination."
But - do we know what percentage of Republican Primary voters support Palin?
Will she pull a "Sherman" ("If nominated I shall not run ..."), a "Hillary" - and support the Republican nomineee, or will she be a "Nader". Interesting times, indeed.
- 9 votes
rls, I've been giving it some thought. I think that this next Presidential election is Palin's only shot at the office. She abandoned her political office, so she doesn't have a natural platform anymore (such as Bachmann does) and she doesn't have the gravitas (boy, I got tired of that word) of a former officeholder such as Jeb Bush, Romney, or even Huckabee. I can't see her hanging on until 2016. She doesn't have the chops for that. How much influence can you exert from a reality show set or Twitter? How long can she expect Fox to bolster her political hopes? Nope. If she's going to run, she has to do it now. I had been thinking that the GOP would go ahead and run her just to get rid of her and protect their real candidate for 2016 (Jeb Bush?). So I see her taking the Nader route if she doesn't get the nomination. Regardless, she doesn't give a flying @!$%# about the GOP, the Tea Party, the Independents or any group that might support her. That is one ruthless bitch.
- 15 votes
sms - Well, no wallflower you, huh?
I think that there's a lot in what you say about this being Palin's make-it-or-break-it year. My thoughts have strayed towards her putting up a 'credible' effort at first - but then backing out of the nomination process with (hopefully for her) a deal with the front-running candidate that she would be up for VP again.
As far as I can see right now, the GOP really doesn't have a strong front-runner, and that leaves the 2nd spot even weaker. If Palin nails down the VP slot again it would keep her on the ticket, which would (again, hopefully for her) prevent the Palinistas from defecting, solidify Tea Party support (thus relaxing the degree to which the front runner would have to kowtow to the Tea Party) - and it would give her some credibility points for a run at the 2016 election whether or not the GOP wins in 2012.
But, as I've pointed out before - I can't see any farther through a brick wall than anybody else.
- 8 votes
Sarah could easily go from the worst nightmare in American Politics to a Godsend. But rest assured what ever Sister Sarah does will be in Sister Sarahs best interest and screw the rest of us.......
- 21 votes
Like my daddy used to say never count your chickens before their hatched
- 1 vote
ALter net
speculation and wishing does not make good analysis
Palin is not running for president.
Why take the pay cut?
- 3 votes
AlterNet <- FoxNews <- Rasmussen Reports
I'm not sure AlterNet was speculating or wishing. They reported a FoxNews story that in term was reporting on a Rasmussen Reports article. The FoxNews story initially commented on the problem that the Rasmussen poll may present to the Republicans. The Rasmussen Reports article had some interesting information, if not analyses. It says that 40% of likely Republican Primary voters identify themselves as belonging to the Tea Party. I was surprised to see the percentage so high.
- 16 votes
Palin is not running for president.
That's a classic "nothing to see here, move along now" statement. Currently, not even Barack Obama is running for President in 2012, so what you wrote seems factual but it's nonsensical. I've got a bridge to sell you if you think she hasn't had her sights set on being President ever since she and Johnny had a falling out over her "going rogue."
- 9 votes
Delayed gratification. Even a moron such as Palin can appreciate the future earning power of a former President.
- 9 votes
#10.1:It says that 40% of likely Republican Primary voters identify themselves as belonging to the Tea Party. I was surprised to see the percentage so high.
I don't mean for this to sound conceited, "but surely you jest"! The identifying demographic of 40% is just those that will admit to being Teabaggers. I would put the figure of repugs who are Teabaggers at 98 or 99%; they are all Teabaggers "in theory" because there are really only 2 major parties, the Democrats and the Republicans.
The Green Party do not have any Teabaggers- not ferocious enough- and neither does the Independent Party- too wish-washy, unclear and ambivalent. Neither do any of the other "non-extreme" parties that have come out in the last 20 years, including all of the quixotic "Johnny come lately" ones or whatever you wish to call them.
I have been around for over 60 years and it still resorts to these two major parties, the Democrats and the Republicans. So take your pick between these two parties , and we both know it ain't the Democrats that the Teabaggers are aligned with.
- 9 votes
No, no jest. And I've never thought of you as conceited. My thought was that the Tea Party folks were such vocal and polar people that many Republicans 'said' that they were Tea Partiers simply to garner votes. I thought I saw a decided shift away from Tea Partiness (or Tea Partitude) after the elections - perhaps I was mistaken. I thought that in the comfort and security of their own houses - talking more-or-less anonymously into a telephone - that the Republicans would shed the Tea Party disguise. But - as I said - I was surprised. If you are right, and their ranks are really 90 or 99% of the Republican Party - then I'm beyond surprised - I'm flabbergast!
- 4 votes
#10.6:But - as I said - I was surprised. If you are right, and their ranks are really 90 or 99% of the Republican Party - then I'm beyond surprised - I'm flabbergast!
Well, I am a good sport too and I'll play along. I'd be flabbergasted if 98-99% of these Republicans were not Teabaggers! I guess we'll both just have to wait and see, since neither of us will lose any skin-either way.
[(And thanks for the compliment that you never thought of me as conceited] :-) I also like to say "surely you jest" as a homage to Leslie Neilsen, who recently passed, when he said "and don't call me "shirley"! I really did like that guy who was funny indeed.
- 4 votes
Crap! Of course! I can't believe I let that one get by me! I must be tired.
- 1 vote
Well Guys, living in Iowa - I wish on the canidates would go elsewhere. If it's a choice between campaign ads or seed corn ads - I take the seed corn ads - at least their informative.
- 5 votes
A Palin candidacy will never happen.
She'd have to answer real questions without canned answers written on her palms.
No....her days as a candidate are long gone. She's riding her wave as a pseudo celebrity as long as she can, then she'll have to "retire".
Oh how look forward to that day.
- 3 votes
Independant thinker
you are correct to compare ALTERNET to RUSH
they are no different.
The best thing dems can do is send money to her campaign fund. I swear the more she speaks in public the better. Sad that McCain has inflicted her upon the country, in deed the world. I mean really a relative nobody on the national scene, then he needs a talking head to run w him to victory but wait! :) she loves to talk and hear own voice and be socially connected on facebook because she so hip and with it lol yelling 'pay attention to me'. and then a couple years go by and she's far more recognizable to the average american than he ever thought of being. Kinda funny actually if it weren't so potentially dangerous , some people actually take her seriously.
- 16 votes
I'm not sure what was worse for America - Bush invading Iraq, or McCain picking Palin. Both stupid decision made behind the scenes for purely selfish reasons that put the country at risk. But at least we can all laugh at Palin.
- 13 votes
Can you imagine the tongue lashing McCain must get from the women in his life everytime Palin puts her foot in it?
- 9 votes
#11.1:I'm not sure what was worse for America - Bush invading Iraq, or McCain picking Palin. Both stupid decision made behind the scenes for purely selfish reasons that put the country at risk. But at least we can all laugh at Palin.
Now that gave me a laugh! What a wonderful comparison.
- 6 votes
My choices for the GOP nomination:
1. Palin
2. Bachmann
3. DeMint
4. Barbour
5. Gingrich
They have my vote in the Illinois republican primary. Early and Often.
- 16 votes
You forgot Angle. She hasn't ruled out running. (Bizarro world!)
- 20 votes
dwillie, You don't plan on having the person you vote for elected do you?
- 2 votes
I'm not being sarcastic at all. I would LOVE for any of the people listed above to be the GOP nominee for President in 2012. But trm is absolutely right, I did forget about Sharron Angle. She definitely jumps to the top three on the list, nearly interchangeable with Bachmann.
I'm serious as a heart attack on this. Those would be terrific nominees to face President Obama in November 2012 and I wholeheartedly support their nomination.
Lynn, we'll deal with the General Election after the primaries are done ;-}
- 11 votes
I'll vote for Palin, Bachmann, or Angle in the primaries if they are on the ticket. Personally, I think Angle would really be a hoot.
- 12 votes
Vote for these pari-meno women in the primaries?
Angle being post-meno would eat those other two alive. I will cover my eyes and vote for Angle in the primaries just to see that rictus grin on her face. The female portrait of Dorian Grey.
I figured out why Bachmann won't look directly into the camera anymore. She probably couldn't even look her own self in the eyes and tell all those lies to the mirror and thought better of it. Those eyes say way more than her mouth ever does. She was mentally off to the races before Palin and angle could leave the gate.
And darling Sarah Palin. What can be said about her that hasn't already been said, ad nauseum.
The campaigning alone would speed up global warming, but the hot flashes from this group would solve the energy crisis clear into the next century.
"They're at the starting gate(chomping on bits)...and they'rerrrrrrrrrrr OFF!" (mentally)
These mamas is sho' nuff too hot to handle. Just make sure we keep their a$$es out of the White House.
- 7 votes
I would add Speaker Bonehead er Boener to the list.
can we have a tribal council and vote her off the island?
- 5 votes
"My choices for the GOP nomination:"
How many votes do you get in Ohio, did Boner get the hook-up for Ohio voters?
- 2 votes
Sarah is such the tease but in reality has nothing to offer.
- 8 votes
Da Thrilla from Wasilla may well become the next Moses, if she parts the Red GOP Sea even before nominations closes!
Go Lady Go, I'm trying hard to not use or mention any name, as February is supposed to be a wailing-free month.
- 18 votes
#15:"Da Thrilla from Wasilla"
Hi North, I like you moniker here! That's a good one. :-)
- 6 votes
I hope she runs for prez.
This would re-open the "troopergate" and other State ethics investigations that somehow went silent after she left quit public office.
- 21 votes
Yes. You know that trooper was supposedly the one that investigated the vandalizing of those Mat-Su country school buses that allegedly her son was involved in, the son that suddenly enlisted & shipped out. I remember specifically reading it in the Mat-Su paper & linking it here during her campaigning w/McCain & going back & finding a 404 error page removed. I think "troopergate" has a lot more to the story.
- 13 votes
There's another reason for her to run now. If she waits until 2016, Willow is bound to have done something to disgrace the family.
- 10 votes
Hell by 2016 Willow will probably be another "Unwed Mother Spokesperson for Abstinence" and Piper will be posting on Facebook.
- 4 votes
It has taken more time to get the e-mails from Palin then time she spent in office and I agree, all her ethic's problems will be right back except she will have to answer them, not the pass it off as political in nature like she did before, she will have to actually have to answer to these issues. If this was a Democrat or independent the T-publicans would expect the same of a wanna be newby.
I personally think Palin will stick to the speech for cash gig she currently has,even she can see she doesn't have a chance to be elected and would go from a money machine "tool" for the party to a negative prima dona that if badly beaten would no longer be the cash cow she once was.
- 4 votes
Supporters Threaten to Defect from GOP if Palin Doesn't Win Presidential Nomination
Finally, a national education test to identify the scholastically deficient.
- 27 votes
RI Mom It is still early out here, but that is the funniest thing thing I've heard all day. And I agree all the way. May open a new category on the intelligence scale.
- 12 votes
As a Democrat I pray daily for this damaged woman to run just as hard as her designer heels will allow her to.
Run run sarah....... she is minor entertainment most days.
Dam just broke my promise to not piss and moan about this woman during February.
- 20 votes
Today's GOP IS a laughingstock! In their race to see who's the looniest, they'll leave the vast middle behind. Palin certainly IS relevant, just not in the way probably most of the rational conservatives would like her to be.
She's relevant as a nut magnet.
- 22 votes
It's a pissing contest of who owns the most guns, who hates immigrants (and especially muslims) the most, loves god and a sanitized version of American history, and is the least educated but is "one of us".
- 17 votes
hates immigrants (and especially muslims
The geographic divide tells us that the southwestern variety of the T'baggus Southernus would rather sit next to a Muslim than a Mexican- if forced by 'evil liberals' to choose betwixt the two that is!
- 11 votes
#19.2:The geographic divide tells us that the southwestern variety of theT'baggus Southernus would rather sit next to a Muslim than a Mexican- if forced by 'evil liberals' to choose betwixt the two that is!
Would this be a "hobson's choice" or a "Dilemma". I sometimes get the two of them mixed up a wee bit, and I don't feel up to putting on my thinking cap this early in the day! {Plus the weather is gloomy where I am and we are waiting for a blizzard!}
It would definitely put them between a rock and a hard place, now wouldn't it?
Can someone out there within the sound of my voice- or within the parameters of this posting- clear this one up for me? Thanks! :-)
- 7 votes
ha, ha - definitely a dilemma! There's one too many choices for a hobson's, although at a first (Rethuglican) glance, there may be too little to distinguish between them;-)
- 6 votes
Since a Hobson's Choice leaves all parties in a state of delightfully inappropriate gifting- much like 'Secret Santa' in an office setting- I would have to side with DerryGirl's interpretation. Unless, of course, they are exchanging something equally lethal!
- 5 votes
Where are they going to defect to?
There really isn't anything further to the right than the Republicans.
- 12 votes
Where are they going to defect to?
Off the nearest cliff (I hope), the only place right of being WRONG, oh so WRONG.
- 7 votes
John Birch Society? The 'new' KKK (designer sheets)? or the American Nazi Party- they do have choices!
- 5 votes
Well you have the libertarians and the helter skelter T-baggers.
The Libertarian's have their own agenda and are actually are a separate party in most states but the hapless T-baggers who were created in Republican think tanks and then promoted by Republican media only have Republican leaders who are being self serving for their party, the Republicans. There is one scenario not discussed yet, How many big money backers prefer the T-bag agenda to the mainstream Republicans out there, how many backers don't want the T-partyers agenda up front and would prefer Republicans over tea baggers, all this will settle itself after much propaganda, we are back to where this started...
- 4 votes
I have personally always thought that Sarah Palin will run as an independent if she does not get the GOP nomination. And I think she will give President Obama a 1984 Electoral type map ;)
Have a good day.
- 13 votes
#21:I have personally always thought that Sarah Palin will run as an independent if she does not get the GOP nomination. And I think she will give President Obama a 1984 Electoral type map ;) Have a good day.
That's funny, C.!
- 3 votes
Supporters?
I can't fathom what kind of emptyheaded dolt supports this idiot for President.
- 16 votes
Brian-497171
The same emptyheaded dolts who gave the Republicans (with no real platform) the majority in Congress.
Or was the emptyheaded dolts who stayed home in the midterms and.......
NEVERMIND (for real)
Make fun all you want, but I believe Sarah Palin knows more about the mindset of the American Voter than you think she does.
She's still talking ain't she? Wonder just who's listening. Care to take a guess?
Nuff said.
- 6 votes
She hasn't a clue of the mindset of the American voter, she feeds the basest fears of the lowest common denominator and watches the 'trickle-up' effect happen. Peasants with pitchforks are never a pretty sight for those who wish to remain in (GOP) power!
- 5 votes
SP will never be POTUS, but in the nightmarish event who would be SP's Don Regan?
- 3 votes
She is showing her true colors now. She has NEVER been about uniting people for the common good of the country. It has always been about her, Bible Spice Palin. Wake up, followers she is not gong anywhere, except to these local gun shows and things of that nature. What a poor excuse for a possible VP. God was sure looking over this country, when they lost!!!!
- 11 votes
Her name as a candidate is more tainted than running another (heaven forbid) Bush, that says a lot!
- 10 votes
Watch out for W's daughter, Barbara, she may be the first female president
- 2 votes
Watch out for W's daughter, Barbara, she may be the first female president
Nahhhhhhh....
I think America has had just about all they can take from that family.
- 9 votes
I don't know, after the Teabag show of Palin & Bachman, she looks quite sane and she is CUTE
- 1 vote
#25.2:Na, Bush stench still lingers.
And Jeb knows it too; this is why he is still a little "gun shy"!
- 7 votes
...and she is CUTE
So are baby chimps....wouldn't vote for one though
- 10 votes
I don't know, after the Teabag show of Palin & Bachman, she looks quite sane and she is CUTE
Basing your voting decision on who is "cute" is a surefire way to @!$%# the country in the end
- 9 votes
#22.1:Brian-497171. The same emptyheaded dolts who gave the Republicans (with no real platform) the majority in Congress. Or was the emptyheaded dolts who stayed home in the midterms and....... NEVERMIND (for real)
Exactly!
- 8 votes
#25.7:Basing your voting decision on who is "cute" is a surefire way to @!$%# the country in the end
Yea, it is like asking Britney Spears to lead the White House!!! Perish the thought.
- 7 votes
Watch out for W's daughter, Barbara, she may be the first female president
Nah, but I bet you see McCain's spawn running for office someday.
- 5 votes
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