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July 5, 2009

It Begins: Huck Hits Palin

Mild but strong. Mike Huckabee essentially laid out the questions he would pose Gov. Palin were she to seek the 2012 nomination. Seems clear that Palin still poses a big challenge to Huckabee’s own presidential ambitions, so expect Huckabee to continue this line of questioning. Somewhere Mitt Romney is smiling.

Mike Huckabee, himself once an object of significant media attention, has always chafed a bit at Sarah Palin’s rise. And in two different bytes on “Fox News Sunday” today he didn’t mince words about her decision to resign.

“In a primary this is going to be an issue she’ll have to face. Will she be able to withstand the pressure?” he asked.

And, referring to the ethics inquiries Palin faces, Huckabee said of his own time as a GOP governor in an overwhelmingly Democratic state:”If that had been the case for me, I would’ve quit in my first month. If she’s looking to be a national political figure, it’s not going to get easier.”

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nate Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
First thing ever to come out of this man’s mouth that makes me like him. Keep it up Hucky baby. Time for these two to go to war. No room for 2 “stamped and approved” Christians in one primary, so watch the long knives flash.
Texasconserv Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Let me be one of the first to respond, as I posted this on another section:

While I disagreed with Huckabee going on FNS today to talk about Palin, I thought he did a great job on Friday and what he said today was pretty fair and balanced. It did not appear to be a “hit” on Palin.

Huckabee today on FNS, was Huckabee the commentator, not Huckabee the candidate. And what he said was true. That Palin’s strategy is a risky strategy. That the negative press surrounding her will not go away until she completely exits politics. That her hastily called press conference raised more questions than it answered. That opponents when they cannot attack you on policy will attack you personally setting up a pattern of phony charges that keep you tied up in court. That he faced a brutal opposition in Arkansas, but decided he wouldn’t let them chase him out. She may have a brilliant strategy, but he just did not know.”

I think what he said was honest and true, but not snarky.

But alas for us Huckabee supporters, he also said that he renewed his contract with Fox for three years. That running in the primaries was honestly a brutal experience and he did not know for sure if it was in his future. He just did not know at this point.

Could be that Obama is doing well, so Huckabee sticks with his radio/tv gig-He can do more for the conservative/Christian/fairtax cause by being on tv than running again. Or he could see an opening by waiting to see who is running, then uses his tv/radio gig to announce his 2012 campaign. Either way it is a win-win for Huckabee supporters.
Jonathan Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
#2:

If Huckabee doesn’t run (I’m pretty sure he is) and Palin doesn’t run, that is actually bad news for Romney. That boils the contest down to simply: Romney vs non-Romney (looking more and more like Governor Pawlenty).Romney wants a large field to divide the opposition to him. With Romney and just one other candidate, that gives us non-Romneyites one person to consolidate around.
Aron Goldman Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran
The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6638568.ece

Biden: Israel free to set own course on Iran
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/07/05/biden_us_will_not_stand_in_israels_way_on_iran?mode=PF

Vice President Joe Biden signaled that the Obama administration would not stand in the way if Israel chose to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, even as the top U.S. military officer said any attack on Iran would be destabilizing.

Biden’s remarks suggested a tougher U.S. stance against Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Nonetheless, administration officials insisted his televised remarks Sunday reflected the U.S. view that Israel has a right to defend itself and make its own decisions on national security.

In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Biden also said the U.S. offer to negotiate with Tehran on its nuclear program still stands. Some thought the administration’s approach might change in light of the Iranian government’s harsh crackdown on protesters after the June 12 presidential election. Opponents of the ruling authorities claimed the vote was rigged against them.

“If the Iranians respond to the offer of engagement, we will engage,” Biden said.

It was after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on May 18 that President Barack Obama said it should be clear by year’s end whether Iran was open to direct negotiations. Obama told The Associated Press last Thursday that persuading Iran to forego nuclear weapons has been made more difficult by the crackdown after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Biden was asked whether Netanyahu was taking the right approach by indicating that Israel would take matters into its own hands if Iran did not show a willingness to negotiate by the end of the year.

“Look, Israel can determine for itself — it’s a sovereign nation — what’s in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else,” Biden replied. He added that this was the case, “whether we agree or not” with the Israeli view.

Biden was then asked more pointedly whether the U.S. would stand in the way if the Israelis, viewing the prospect of an Iranian nuclear bomb as a threat to the existence of the Jewish state, decided to launch a military attack against Iranian nuclear facilities.

“Look, we cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do,” he said.

Pressed further on this point with a reminder that the U.S. could impede an Israeli strike on Iran by prohibiting it from using Iraqi air space, Biden said he was “not going to speculate” beyond saying that Israel, like the U.S., has a right to “determine what is in its interests.”
DanL Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
This shocks and disgusts me to say, but Huck is right here.
Robbie Borchik Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Can anyone imagine a scenario where Huck, Palin, and Romney all skip 2012? If Obama’s popularity isn’t in the tank, it’s possible that they all could skip out on it. Who would that put on top? Newt Gingrich? Tim Pawlenty?
TC Robinson Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
What does Iran have to do with Huckabee and Palin? Anyway…

If Mr. Preacher wants to know why she did what she did, he should invite her on his show. I think she’d gladly accept.
fredo Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
While I don’t like to see GOP-on-GOP violence, let’s face it, this is pretty tame stuff. If Palin is planning a comeback, she’ll have to deal with a lot more pointed language than this.

It’s hard for me to imagine any scenario where Romney passes on 2012. He’s invested too much money and time to become the presumptive front runner. Why stop now? He’ll probably be deemed “too old” in ‘16.
OhioRepub Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
I… actually… agree … with… Huckabee. (Going to take a shower)
Dave Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Huck knows who his competition is for his segment of the Republican Party, so to keep from alienating Palin’s supporters, he stresses how much he likes Palin and agrees with her while more than just implying that she’s too stupid for primetime. He’s a real piece of work.
alaska jake Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Not sure if this was already posted. . .

Palin Not Under FBI Investigation (contrary to what’s posted on many political websites and blogs)

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/854318.html
Jose Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
yeah that’s typical Huck, full of passive agressive condescending back handed complements, pretend to sound reasonable while planting seeds of doubt, the guy is a snake
lkv Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Huckabee is the poster boy for all politicians. Not only did he throw Palin under the bus, he also got a dig at Romney, he just can’t leave the primaries behind. Huckabee is what gives Politicians a bad name.

He should leave those comments for the 2012 primaries if he chooses to run, for now we need to build up the GOP.
GetReal Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I think the main difference is some of the ethics charges against Governor Huckabee actually stuck.
MarkG Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I don’t see anything in what Huck said that I would consider controversial or as political spin. Assuming she takes a shot at the White House, she’ll have to explain her resignation more thoroughly and convince people that she made the right decision for her constituents.
Aron Goldman Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Transcript: Palin’s Decision Debated on ‘Fox News Sunday’
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003158510

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SARAH PALIN: It would be apathetic to just hunker down and go with the flow. We’re fishermen. We know that only dead fish go with the flow.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALLACE: Sarah Palin giving one explanation for her stunning decision to step down as governor of Alaska.

And it’s time now for our Sunday group — Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard; Jennifer Loven, who covers the White House for the Associated Press; Stephen Hayes, also from The Weekly Standard; and Juan Williams, of National Public Radio.

So, Bill, you are our resident Palin watcher and booster. You’ve gotten a fair amount of attention since Friday afternoon for saying that she’s crazy like a fox and this is an interesting and perhaps successful strategy to win her the presidency. Explain.

KRISTOL: It’s a high-risk move, but the truth is for those who are doubtful about her — she wasn’t going to do anything in the next 18 months as Alaska governor — to convince them that she was more qualified than they thought for high office — and this does give her a chance to travel the country, campaign for Republicans in 2010 in a way that’s difficult when you’re the sitting governor of a state that’s pretty far away, study up on issues that it’s hard for her to get fully up to speed on as a full-time governor of Alaska.

And I think she could have a very strong year and a half here if she’s disciplined, if she’s imaginative, if she picks the right issues to focus on and to quarrel with President Obama about, but it’s high risk. I mean, she’s — this is — she’s really all in here and it — she has no safety net.

You know, most — Bush ran for — George W. Bush ran for president as governor of Texas with the whole Bush machine behind him. McCain had his campaign machine from a previous round. Romney had a very professional team. She’s really just getting out there, and it’s going to depend on her talents and abilities.

WALLACE: Do you believe that — because we heard Lieutenant Governor Parnell basically say she left because she just felt that she was getting bogged down by all the attacks.

Do you believe that story or do you believe what you’re saying, which is that this is a strategy to make herself a national political figure and perhaps be president?

KRISTOL: I don’t know, but I think both. I mean, I do think the attacks were amazing. I mean, she has been the object of more hatred, I would say, and more hatred that has been sort of treated respectfully by the mainstream media, than any politician I can remember.

And I’m sure it wears on her, and she probably thinks it makes it hard for her to be an effective governor, and she does feel that she can now sort of get out and be sort of on her own.

You know, she’s depending on her own arms here, and she’s — she is going to take it on, and she’s had an interesting political career and I don’t rule her out. The odds are against her, but the odds were against her anyway if she had served out her term.

And given that, I think it wasn’t a bad idea to go all in, and just depend on herself, put together now a team in Washington that can help her, and go for it.

WALLACE: But, Jennifer, here’s somebody who already had a gravitas issue. Is she up to the job? How does stopping — stepping down in the middle of your term during a hastily called July 4th weekend news conference — how does that help with that?

LOVEN: Well, I’m not sure it does. I don’t think I can argue that. I think she hit a couple notes that I think are going to hurt her. One, she’s — she hit the victim note, which doesn’t usually go over well in — with the public.

You don’t want to be — you want to be a politician selling something good, something positive, a platform to run on, and she hit the victim note pretty hard. And what she’s going to get is just more of the same.

She’s not — it’s not like here she’s going to step out of the Alaska governorship and step into a kinder, friendlier, gentler territory. She’s going to have incredible scrutiny, perhaps even more scrutiny.

And the other note that she hit that I think she’s going to have some trouble with is this notion that she’s sort of unpredictable and flighty. And again, if you’re talking about national leadership, you’re talking about running the country, that’s not an image you really want to take forward.

WALLACE: Steve, not to put too fine a point on it, but I know that Bill Kristol is your boss. Are you buying his take on the Palin announcement?

HAYES: You know, Bill is probably the finest magazine editor in the country. (LAUGHTER)

HAYES: And he’s a snappy dresser, a wonderful husband and father.

No is the short answer, I’m not. I think — look, Sarah Palin had one problem. Since we’ve known her publicly on the public stage, she’s had one problem in particular, and it’s that she was not — she didn’t have a substantive policy base.

She didn’t have that in the campaign. She hasn’t had it in the seven or eight months since then. And I think that is and has been and will be her big concern going forward.

What I think she did since the election is really of a missed opportunity. She could have gone out and made herself the chief Republican spokesman on smart energy policy. And this is something she knows well. She lives in Alaska. It has consequences for her state, national ramifications. We’re in the middle of a cap and trade debate.

She could have positioned herself as somebody who really knew something about that and, you know, sort of taken over a role as a national spokesperson. She didn’t do that.

I think now the pressure will be on her to do that, but she won’t have the stature or she won’t have the office from which to make those arguments.

WILLIAMS: Well, you know what? I mean, she can’t even say that she was the one-term governor of Alaska, I mean, because she didn’t stand by Alaska.

I mean, I think it’s — she was in line, it seems to me, as one of the possibilities to run against Lisa Murkowski for the Senate, and Murkowski can now run ads that — repeating what she said in her statement, that Governor Palin abandoned the citizens of Alaska, who gave her the privilege of serving as their governor.

So I mean, the political class around here is all thinking, you know, what could this be about, because Palin is the most popular Republican right now. She’s more popular than Mitt Romney. People don’t know Tim Pawlenty , the governor of Minnesota.

So if you’re looking at Republican opposition to President Obama as he seeks a second term, you’re thinking, “Oh, Sarah Palin might be the ticket,” but Sarah Palin has taken away her platform as governor that was giving her the opportunity to respond to critics by developing, you know, not only experience, but demonstrating leadership.

And you know, it seems to me then — so what’s the answer? It has to be money. It has to be that she’s after book deals. She has to be…

WALLACE: She already had a book deal. WILLIAMS: She has a book deal, but she’s got to do the book. Maybe she wants to give more speeches for more money. I don’t know. Maybe she — I read somewhere that NBC might be talking to her about doing a TV show.

But if that’s the case, then it’s just a star turn. She’s just got stars in her eyes. And it’s all about her and the base that she wants to appeal to and has success with, which is an evangelical, pretty much southern base in the Republican Party.

I wonder how they’re going to respond to someone who’s not reliable, not traditional in terms of fulfilling obligations, being steady. It just doesn’t seem like the — a smart move. That’s why it’s so puzzling.

That’s why everybody in town is just talking about it. It’s like — what could she be up to? Is it a strategy, as you were asking, or is it just about her?

KRISTOL: Barack Obama ran for the Senate in 2004, was elected to the Senate, and the moment he was sworn in began running for president of the United States.

He had no Senate leadership record to speak of. He didn’t spend much time in the Senate. Certainly, for the last two years of his term he effectively was — had left the Senate by the time he started living in — you know, visiting Iowa and New Hampshire, et cetera, in early 2007.

And everyone said, “Ooh, he can’t compete with these people with these long records,” and, “What’s he ever done?” And Republicans like me were all, “Oh, he was a community organizer, come on, a one-term senator.” He seems to have gotten elected president of the United States.

I don’t think it is foolish for Palin to think, “You know what? If that’s the world we live in now, where people,” maybe correctly, incidentally, “don’t value years of experience in Washington or two terms counts for more than 2.5 years as governor of Alaska,” maybe she thinks she gets out there and she becomes a leader of the conservative movement, and then a leader of the Republican Party, and then conceivably a nominee of the Republican Party, and conceivably a president just as Obama did.

WILLIAMS: Well, you know what? Barack Obama had ideas. Barack Obama said he was opposed to the war, for whatever that — that’s what he said, right? Barack Obama said he was going to get the troops out. All right.

What is Sarah Palin ’s critical idea, Bill? What is it that you say independent voters…

KRISTOL: Well, no, that’s — that is the test. But what did Obama have in the — this is, again, the equivalent, just to get back in time, of this middle 2005. Obama had given one good speech at the Democratic Convention in 2004. Palin gave an effective speech at the Republican Convention in 2008. She — I totally agree that she needs to be serious about taking on a couple of issues, getting even — you know, getting well briefed on them, becoming the chief spokesman against the Obama administration on something like energy.

WALLACE: Well, let’s let — let’s let Jennifer in, since she covers the Obama administration full time.

LOVEN: Well I was just going to say one thing. I think what she wanted out of this was a game changer, and I don’t think she got that, because she — the people who like her are still going to like her. They’re still going to think she has all this moxie and this — you know, this sort of fresh face and these positions that they really like.

The people who have doubts about her are just going to have the same doubts. All this did was reinforce that. So I’m not sure how she took the game beyond where she was on any strategy, and it…

WALLACE: Jennifer, I want to — I want to follow up on this. The White House is absolutely saying nothing publicly…

LOVEN: That’s right.

WALLACE: … about Governor Palin. What are you hearing behind the scenes? They’ve got to be saying something.

LOVEN: Well, I think they’re entertained. And you know, they look at not only what happened with her, but what happened in the last couple of weeks with Senator Ensign and Senator — and, I’m sorry, South Carolina governor Sanford.

And they’re looking at the field and they’re kind of shaking their heads. But they know as well as the rest of us do that it’s a very long way until the 2012 race starts in earnest, and there could be someone out there that nobody’s even talking about yet that they’re going to have to face and really be scared by.

WALLACE: Steve, you get the last word.

HAYES: Well, I think, to go a little further than…

WALLACE: Mostly to attack Bill Kristol.

(LAUGHTER)

HAYES: I will not attack Bill Kristol.

I think it actually could be worse, potentially, for Sarah Palin than Jennifer says. This could be a game changer in a negative way, because it could take people who were willing to sort of suspend their doubts about her and say, “OK, this is why I was concerned.”

[EDITOR'S NOTE: KRISTOL and WILLIAMS nod in agreement with HAYES.]

WALLACE: All right. We’re going to have to leave it there. But you know, the thing about her — she is the gift that keeps on giving, whether you love her or you hate her. We are fascinated by her, and I suspect we’ll talk about her some more. Thank you all, panel. See you next week.
Kevin Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I agree wuth Huck.

Ewww….
lkv Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I detest Huckabee for his style.

He gains people’s trust by reminding them that he is a Pastor and only speaks the truth, then he digs the grave of his potential opponent,throws them in, and kicks dirt on it. Not only is he reinforcing the belief that politicians are swarmy, he is also giving those who dedicate their life to God a bad name.

He should either be a Pastor or a Politician, the two can’t co-exist.
nate Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
#15

Yes, Rush is her biggest fan and he said she will eventually have to explain why some day. Which implies she has not explained anything yet.
Thunder Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
As a Romney supporter:

When your at a Race and you see a wreck, you sit back and enjoy the show.
FiscalConservative Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I sorry but Palin is coming across whiny. Huckabee is right, it won’t get any easier the higher up she goes.
Strong America Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I was just giggling to myself thinking of all of the fun 4th of July fireworks we could have had if it had been Romney instead of Huckabee that made these remarks speaking as a “commentator” as Texasconserv put it.

The Conservatives 4 Palin types would already have had their pitchforks, torches, and slam-Romney YouTube videos out in force.

But it wasn’t Romney, it was Huckabee, so no over reaction and trumped up charges of insults and calling for Huck’s head.

How boring….
lkv Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
#22: Strong America: I hope Romney stays out of this, hopefully he’s turned off his cell phone and is sitting on a mountain peak somewhere. Palin has really made a mess of the Republican Party. We should be building the GOP instead of allowing Palin to play these games, it seems like she’s really enjoying all this.
Aron Goldman Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Observers: Palin resignation cuts losses in Alaska
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jzxwivQNOx4WUu5v_KyuPrJlf9KgD998JC580
Aron Goldman Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
The Palin Puzzle
This isn’t the way to win in 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124683501038397841.html#printMode

The political class is flummoxed by Sarah Palin’s decision to quit as Alaska Governor, and understandably so. Giving up on an executive job a year and a half early isn’t the best way to persuade voters you’re ready for the more demanding rigors and scrutiny of the White House.

Mrs. Palin’s explanation on Friday was hardly clear or persuasive, wandering from the taxpayer expense of various ethics probes, to the self-indulgence of lame-duck Governors who serve out their terms, to the fact that she and her family had concluded she can better serve the people out of public office. Some Alaskans, including many of her admirers, can be forgiven if they conclude she bugged out when the going got rough.

Perhaps she is finished with political life, and who could blame her? Since John McCain chose her as his running mate after a mere two years as Governor, Democrats and their media running mates have given her the kind of mauling they always reserve for conservative Republicans who aren’t part of the Beltway club. At least the press corps left Dan Quayle’s children out of his trashing. For whatever reason, Mrs. Palin seems in particular to drive feminist writers into condescending fits. If she wants to devote herself during the next few years to raising her family, writing a book and making money to pay her legal and medical bills, those are understandable choices.

The more troubling question is whether the 45-year-old is also calculating that this is the best way for her to seek the White House in 2012. If so, she’s probably mistaken. Her main claim on executive experience is the Alaskan state house, and giving it up early diminishes an otherwise solid record, especially in challenging GOP elites, and reneges on a promise to voters. Millions of conservatives admire her reform credentials and her personal story, but to win the White House she needs to persuade millions of others, including independents, that she has the policy depth and personal judgment to be President.

Our advice after the election last year was that Mrs. Palin spend two years out of the limelight, tending to her Alaskan duties and studying national issues. Last year’s campaign showed she didn’t understand economics any better than Mr. McCain — a very low bar — and her responses on too many issues sounded like half-baked spin rather than sincere judgments that she herself had reached or understood. No doubt Mr. McCain’s backbiting campaign team didn’t help her — we hope the next nominee bars them all — but every candidate is ultimately responsible for her own performance.

Ronald Reagan changed the national debate, and for three decades Republicans have been able to utter bromides about “liberals” and “big government” and get away with it. After the financial meltdown and long recession, those days are over. The GOP nominee in 2012 will need an explanation for how we got into this mess that goes beyond mimicking Democrats about “Wall Street greed,” as well as an agenda for how to restore U.S. prosperity. President Obama will take credit for any recovery, however sluggish, and Republicans will need more than a critical riff about spending and budget deficits.

On the evidence so far, Mrs. Palin isn’t yet up to that task. Whether she will be in two years, or six or 10, will depend on whether she’s willing to do the hard policy work that can add substance to her natural political talents.
Aron Goldman Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Palin and Conservatism
http://themoderatevoice.com/38224/palin-and-conservatism/

It doesn’t matter how much you study American politics, it still manages to spring a surprise on you when you least expect it. Anyway you try and analyze Sarah Palin’s decision to stand down as Governor of Alaska during her FIRST TERM, it still boggles the mind. I have been reserving judgment about Sarah Palin ever since her debut onto the national American stage in 2008, but I have made up my mind. This woman frightens the life out of me.

I have tried my very best to find a single, well thought out policy speech, statement or remark that explains her views on current political debates and I have come up empty. I have searched for almost a year and I have come up with nothing. This is a woman whose conservative political credentials are Christian centric and very limited. I haven’t heard or read her views on the current global economic disaster in great detail, I haven’t heard about what she thinks could be the solution to peace in the Middle-East, I haven’t heard about her thoughts on Health Care but I do know her views on gun rights, abortion and the role of religion (Christianity) in American society.

Again, this woman frightens me.

She should also frighten the life out of true conservatives. No I’m not talking about the pseudo-morally pure politicians who claim to have fiscal constraint but oversaw the 8 years before Obama took office, I am talking about conservatives in the same mold as the men and women who helped Clinton take control of the deficit – men and women who are now a rarity both in the Senate and the House. I have to believe that such Republicans still exist. I have to believe that they are not all Libertarians or ‘Blue Dog’ Democrats. I have to believe that Palin also conjures up unpleasant feelings within the very depths of their souls because this woman can realistically become President of the United States one day.

Whats the saying? Only in America.

In Palin I see the end of the mainstream elected Conservative political thinkers.

Many might have ill-feelings towards Mr Gingrich but you could never say that his political views were not thoroughly thought out. You would have never seen Gingrich do Couric as Palin did it. Mr Gingrich can look at his work in the nineties and hold his head up high. Instead in Palin I can envision the rise of Pop Socialcons – compassionate conservatism without the compassion. The ultimate hijack of the Republican Party by the religious far-right wing all packaged with a wink and a smile.

I know how this all sounds, call me sexist, call me a socialist or call me an elitist – that’s all fine with me but please tell me how she would get the banks loaning money again. I am happy to be considered all of the above but if you can tell me how she plans to calm the growing tensions in the Middle-East I will gladly be pleasantly surprised by Ms Palin. But I am unable to find such mind easing statements.

It’s disappointing because America needs a respected, functioning, intelligent opposition to Obama’s Democratic Party. If there was ever a time to sell real fiscal Conservative values it would be now, when job loss rates are at its highest in 26 years and confidence in the American financial market is at an all time low. But instead America has an opposition party that is in meltdown and foams at the mouth and screams ‘SOCIALIST’ every time Obama is on the television screen (which is alot).

If the Republicans want steer their way out of the political wilderness, Palin is NOT the driver to help them do so.
lkv Says:
July 5th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
I’m listening to Friday’s re-broadcast of Mark Levin on-line, He’s’ talking about Palin and it sounds like he just drank a quart of kool-aid.

I don’t get it, he is one of the smartest radio hosts out there, I think some people are in denial.
Josiah Says:
July 6th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I’m not a Palin fan, but Mike Huckabee is a gargantuan retard. Especially so, considering all the ethics investigations he was hit with throughout his tenure, which he conveniently forgets to mention.