I would not have a problem with Michael Steele, and Mitt Romney (to a lesser extent.)

Gee, no votes for McCain..shocking..(not!!)

NO MORE RINO'S 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

Fred would be great, if he wants it.

Have you seen his video on you tube, its great. 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

Here is part of my comment copied from below....

I have a good friend who just said the other day she thinks the Republicans need to move more toward the center.  

And there I was, without my duct tape......

for the MSM when he's being a REPUBLICAN maverick and "reaching across the aisle." It was never, ever, ever going to get him points when he was actually running against a Democrat. Any Democrat, let alone the Chosen One.

I mean, hell, even I knew that, years ago.

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..." - The Who

Well then you can ignore it.

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

I'm afraid I'll have to join you in the punch bowl.  I really like Sara and like what she has done in Alaska, but I don't think she will be ready for a 2012 (top of the ticket) run.  Like you said, at this point she lacks the chops. 

Not to mention that she has been so vilified by the press.  She needs to keep her head down and do her job.  Serve 2 terms as gov. then look at her options IMO.

“I just don't think she has the chops to make it on her own on the national stage, and I doubt a couple more years as governor is going to beef her up that much.”

Chops?  Please define what you mean.  From the rest of your entry it sounds as if you mean experience.  It has been argued many times that Governor Palin has more executive experience than McCain, Biden, and Obama put together.  (Admittedly, you and I know that it is fruitless to try to explain any of this to a liberal, but that is beside the point.)  And DON’T get me started on Obama!

I hope also you are not allowing yourself to be influenced subconsciously by the media, as PopularTech appears to be.  If so, I ask you to review my belated response to him.

Besides name and face recognition, in which Sarah Palin has all the rest beat by a mile, she also has principles, in which she has everybody beat by many miles.  During the last primary season I thought that Mitt Romney campaigned from the best position as far as principles are concerned; however, Warner Todd Huston convinced me that Mitt’s principles are not reliable from one year to the next.  And anyway that was before I got to know Sarah Palin.

For me at least Chops = principles.  And Sarah Palin has them.

Edit: I see below that PopularTech is still touting his media biased half baked diatribe against GovernorPalin.  Shame.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

   i see i have to reply to keep this from being bumped again     

----- Radical  Liberal

Care to make some more generalizations?

Leaders in particular fields are a result of societal norms.  Norms change, roles change.

Liberalism has nothing to do with a feminine view point.  To wit, the female of any species is far more ruthless about protecting her young.

You, sir, are full of it.

And I agree with him. I don't see how anything he said is derogatory towards men or women.
Men and women each bring unique qualities to a relationship, which ideally, compliment each other to make up a harmonious whole.
If the two sexes don't have distinctly different gifts, traits, qualities, etc., what's the point in having two?
Vive la difference!
P.S. Just for fun, check out Rudyard Kipling's 'The Female of the Species is more Deadly than the Male'

In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.

garyganu

Your post is a real thought-provoker (with hints of Dr. Laura from the radio).  I found myself agreeing with much of what you said…. and then I thought of Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher.  All men and all women don’t fit into simple stereotypes…. so the idea that there is no American woman who has the characteristics to become a capable, and perhaps great, President…. well, I just cannot buy into that (and maybe you don’t either).

However, your comments about the feminization of the culture and the government are absolutely on-the-target as far as I am concerned.  Liberal policy is cozy and nurturing… and it tends to ignore the integral role of the warrior (male or female) in our culture.

Since the early days of the Democratic primaries, I felt that Obama was fatally flawed as a candidate because of his tendency to be non-assertive, wimpy, milquetoast…. you might say feminized.  Looks like I was way-wrong on my projection that he would not be elected!

Your analysis of leadership leaves out principles and character, as I discuss above.

For people that think principles and character are unimportant Obama should be the greatest president ever.  As far as I am concerned, I hope and pray we are able to make it to 2012.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

GaryGanu.....I have to call BS on this one!

I know a bunch of strong women. Being a drag racer, I know a lot of strong fast women!! I've seen many a gal jump in a 330 mph race car, or crawl on top of a 200 mph bike and go straight for the jugular!

Again, I'm really biased, because no one since Reagan himself has excited me like Palin has. She is a strong leader. She had no problem taking on the folks in her own party who were corrupt. Thanks to her, most of the leadership of the party, including the chairman were forced the leave the regulatory commission she ran as well as the party. 

Then for good measure she took out the sitting Governor, a Republican, in a landslide. Then she beat a former democrat Governor for the job! 

She hunts, kills, field dresses, and then cooks her own food! And looks darn good doing it. 

The only thing wrong with Palin, was McCain....that guy is a disaster. 

Do what I did, do some research on the Governor......she's got a nice story to tell. 

www.teamsarah.org

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Challenging such a popular attitude was bound to draw some fire. Dogeatdog is just trolling, from what I've seen. But a couple of regulars seem to take umbrage with your observation.

I would suggest that people check with their local fire and police departments and their academies. They will find that women are paid the same as men, but have to meet lesser physical qualifications, due to their physical differences. This may not be true everywhere, but it is in lots of departments.

Things like running times and distances, carrying of weight (like YOU if you need to be removed from a burning building), and other physical feats, are scaled back for female candidates, in recognition of their general lesser strength and endurance than male candidates.

Men and women are different, thank God. Vive la difference!These government entities recognize this difference, and encode it into labor laws affecting public safety.

Funny how we're not allowed to notice or mention it.

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..." - The Who

It is amusing to see such comments on a site where Palin veneration is so rampant.

Popular,

I thought she had won Miss Alaska...dang!

You know what they say about second place? It's the first place loser!

To all those Sarah fans- If God is on Sarah's side...why did she lose? If God has touched her as the anointed one...why did she lose? If prayer is such a powerful force and the GOP is full of Christians praying for a positive outcome in the election...why did she lose? If God wanted her to be the next leader of the GOP...why doesn't the majority in the GOP support her?

DogEatDog

"It's the world we live in!"

I have lost track of how many time you have posted this list, PT; but this is the second time I have pointed out to you that you left out all of Palin’s accomplishments so as to provide as dismal curriculum vitae as possible.  It looks as if you used the usual suspect MSM sources for your research.

Here are the sorts of things that you and the MSM ignore about Sarah Palin:
- Invested $5 billion in state savings for Alaska,
- Overhauled education funding (how many of us would like to see that in our states!)
- Implemented the Senior Benefits Program that provides support for low-income older Alaskans.
- During her first legislative session, Governor Palin’s administration passed two major pieces of legislation – an overhaul of the state’s ethics laws (how many of us would like to see that in our states!) and a competitive process to construct a gas pipeline.
- Prior to her election as governor, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council and two terms as the mayor/manager of Wasilla. During her tenure, she reduced property tax levels while increasing services and made Wasilla a business friendly environment, drawing in new industry.
- She was elected by her peers to serve as president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.
- She has served as chair of the Alaska Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's most valuable non-renewable resources: oil and gas.

From Wikipedia:
After resigning, Palin filed a formal complaint against Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner Randy Ruedrich, also the chair of the state Republican Party,[59] accusing him of doing work for the party on public time and of working closely with a company he was supposed to be regulating. She also joined with Democratic legislator Eric Croft[60] to file a complaint against Gregg Renkes, a former Alaskan Attorney General,[61] accusing him of having a financial conflict of interest in negotiating a coal exporting trade agreement,[62] while Renkes was the subject of investigation and after records suggesting a possible conflict of interest had been released to the public.[63] Ruedrich and Renkes both resigned and Ruedrich paid a record $12,000 fine.[57][8]

And here is the thing that says it all:
Governor Palin has the highest approval rating by far of any of our 50 governors.

It is too bad that you, like the MSM, sneer at accomplisments like these by a young and very capable politician, who has genuine integrity. 

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

There are many people here afraid to post because they are going to be shouted down by obsessed Palin supporters. If you stay quiet we are going to get 8 years of Obama. Palin only helped McCain lose the election - despite all the excuses by her obsessed fans. She does not have the qualifications to by POTUS. The problem is only non-obsessed Palin fanatics can see it.

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Uh.....PT,

Governor Palin said she simply didn't want to mention any paper by name. Reading a newspaper, these days isn't exactly something most even want to admit. 

She had said, before the Perky interview that she read a variety of papers, and mentioned the Economist as a regular read.

Do you HONESTLY think that a woman who has run the agency that oversees everything to do with the multi-billion dollar oil business, a business that effects like 7 out of 10 jobs in her state, a woman who stood toe to to with the big wigs from Exxon-Mobil, Conoco-Phillips, and BP, and showed 'em how it was gonna be, doesn't read a newspaper?? 

Can you sit there and tell me that the Governor of the largest state in the union, land wise, a Governor who has 60,000 employees, oversees a budget in the 10's of billions (and will have a 5-9 billion surplus in FY 2009) doesn't read the paper? 

Come on man...wise up, uou are a whole lot better than this! 

Popular Tech:

Yada-yada-yada.

I suppose you still identify Mitt Romney as a great candidate?

Except, for the millions he spent in Iowa, he still couldn't buy a vote.....  Hell, I am not sure his immediate FAMILY voted for him.

At least Palin brings fire to the movement.

To xfast:

". . .regardless of how much I detested Obama, it wasn't enough to motivate me to vote for the biggest RINO in the entire senate."

I do hope it motivated you to do a write-in vote.

How about looking at tommrow or today. What will happen four years from now is irrelvant if we don't start TODAY to fix the future. We may find that the Republican party establishment is happy with being moved to the left. You know their is a conservative party out there that most of us would be happy to back, and influence for viable canidates. Sounds like a good idea to me, there hasn't been a republican with the values of Reagan since him and their wasnt really one for quiet a while before him. Maybe it is time for a third party rise up and bring back the values we hold dear  to goverment

Live Free or Die

Its because McCain is not a Republican.

Chris, I actually agree with you. I do like Bobby Jindal a lot. But he is awefully young. He's under 40 now.

I know that gets the younger kids, maybe. Of course Palin is only 5-6 years older, but there ya have it. 

Don't know if they would even get along, but I could see 8 years of Palin with Jindal as veep, and then 8 years of Jindal. Both are good conservatives, who know how to lead. 

Also, here's a wild thought, Jeb Bush is talking about running for the Senate. One less RINO, one more conservative. Not sure how bad his big brother George hurt him, but he's someone who if got in the race for POTUS could be the wild card. 

Give you Mitt or death as long as they don't give you a black politician like Michael Steele you can't trust eh? 

How about Bobby Jindal?, he is not black, but a little lighter shade of black

He had my vote

good point. 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

LA,

I think you posted this in the wrong thread. Let me help: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/12/06/anti-snl-comedy-video-open-thread-teaser.  :-)  ns

I love your pick. Talk about telling the world to bite us.

I wanted Allen early on before he lost. And Bolton, the UN would be crapping in their pants. 

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

But Chris --  you have to take note of his campaign for the nomination. This tells us one of two things:

1. He didn't really want the nomination, or how else can you explain his inept strategy.

2. Assuming #1 is incorrect, his nom campaign throws up serious doubts about his ability to win a Presidential campaign in 2012  

If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same...
Yours is the earth and all that's in it...

Rudy Giuliani? Talk about another John McCain...no more RINO's!

CT...

Wow.

That's different.

To each their own, as you well know me by now...plus I posted my pick somewhere above days ago now...

Bolton/Allen.

Neither one of us has a chance. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

May as well throw Romney in as well.

Romney's bait and switch on fees instead of taxes was still nothing more than taxes.

And Romney's Socialist Healthcare has the State economy reeling, not to mention the $50 buck abortions he instituted.

Now it's a great list.

Thanks.

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