Poll: 64 percent of Republicans want Palin to run for president in 2012.
Poll: 64 percent of Republicans want Palin to run for president in 2012.
In a new Rasmussen poll out today, Republicans overwhelmingly say that they want Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as their presidential nominee in 2012. Sixty-four percent of GOP respondents said that Palin would be their top choice in 2012:
When asked to choose among some of the GOP’s top names for their choice for the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, 64% say Palin. The next closest contenders are two former governors and unsuccessful challengers for the presidential nomination this year — Mike Huckabee of Arkansas with 12% support and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts with 11%.
Three other sitting governors – Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Charlie Crist of Florida and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota – all pull low single-digit support.
In the same poll, 69 percent of Republicans said that Palin “helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency,” even though exit polls found that 60 percent of voters felt that she was “not qualified to be president if necessary.” (HT: John McCormack)
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Wow. Finally, something on which I agree with Republicans. :D
November 7th, 2008 at 6:21 pmShoot, as a Liberal I want her to run for President. It would be the best insurance that Obama gets a second term!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:22 pmOhhh please, please, please, pretty please!!
Just saying . . .
November 7th, 2008 at 6:24 pmGOP comitted to self immolation with their tenacious reality denial. Caribou Bimbo has Quayled herself and is a national joke that seems to go right over the head of the more obtuse Republicans. C'mon GOP stop making it so EASY to marginalize your sorry butts
November 7th, 2008 at 6:25 pmRun, Sarah! Run!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:25 pmPresident of what, Utah?
She's the female Duncan Hunter... they'll get over it.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:26 pmYes run Palin until she's as old as McCain - Where can I contribute $44 to Palin 2012 campaign? :-)
November 7th, 2008 at 6:26 pmNew Poll: 100% of democrats agree with those 64% of republicans who want Sarah Palin to run for president in 2012. :)
November 7th, 2008 at 6:26 pmRUN BABY, RUN!!!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:27 pmI completely agree!! Run her every 4 years = permanent minority status for the GOPigs.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:27 pmYES!....Please run Sarah PLEEEEEEEASE!
We'll win in 2012 without breaking a sweat
November 7th, 2008 at 6:28 pmPoll: 64 percent of Republicans want Palin to run for president in 2012.»
- - Palin vs. Obama in a debate. Will the networks televise that type of carnage, especially in prime time?
And that poll is highly dubious. I've seen the GOP's choices in order as Romney, Huckabee and Palin. You out Palin through the rigors of an actual primary season and she'll get the crap beat outta her.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:28 pmJoe The Plumber for VP!!!
Larry the Cable Guy for Attorney General!
Sean Hannity for Presidential Poolboy!
Buddy Jesus for White House Press Secretary!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:30 pmWow. That's seriously shocking. I mean, seriously!
One might imagine that Republicans—as represented by this sample—would eventually come to their collective senses. Of course, this is nominally the same group who supported President Bush for seven or more years.
It will be strange, though strangely satisfying, to watch this group of lemmings head over the cliff in four years. They have apparently learned nothing. Nothing.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:31 pmPalin-Gingrich has all the allure, I mean manure of Bush-Cheney. An incurious governor of a big energy state paired with a heavy handed veteran politician.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:33 pmWOW!
Who wants to join me in a Socialist Democrats for Caribou Barbie for President
November 7th, 2008 at 6:33 pmLet's not get giddy about this prospect just yet... after all, it'll give her four years to study up on geography, the Bush Doctrine and the newspapers she reads. Not to mention a Supreme Court case with which she disagrees.
She could become a formidible... aw, who am I kidding?
RUN SARAH RUN!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:34 pmI just laugh my ass off when I hear the MSM bobbleheads try to convince us that Palin will be a force in the future.
Puh-leeeeeeeeeeeeze! The woman was chosen as eye candy to appeal to all of the Joe Six Packs, rednecks and drooling, knuckledragging neanderthals of the republican party, while chosen to attract hockey/soccer moms across the country.
She has no politcal savvy, she is a cheerleader for the base, her speeches cantained no substance only GOP sound bites. Her claim to be an outsider and reformer are a myth as she is as corrupt as the politicians in DC. She has abused her power as mayor of Wasilla and as Governor of Alaska, she has received money for political favors as Governor. She is a National joke!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:34 pmSixty four percent of republicans are masochists.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:36 pmstateofthedivision Says:
Palin-Gingrich has all the allure, I mean manure of Bush-Cheney. An incurious governor of a big energy state paired with a heavy handed veteran politician.
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Damn, Palin/Gingrich...thats a scary thought and a ticket that would probably appeal to all of the wingnuts on the radical reich.
Why is the MSM so shocked that the McCain campaign is smearing Palin? These scumbags just spent the last 6 months smearing Obama and Biden....and NOW you're shocked? Idiots....
November 7th, 2008 at 6:43 pm60/60
60% of republicans love her.
60% of americans won't vote for her.
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good luck.
:)
November 7th, 2008 at 6:43 pm"Crist for President." Good lord, can you imagine?
November 7th, 2008 at 6:44 pmWhere can I send my campaign donation? Is Steve Schmidthead going to run it?
November 7th, 2008 at 6:46 pmAnd I want her as their candidate as well. Lets begin a "Sarah 2012" effort right now...or "Democrats for Sarah 2012" Something like that. Brimg em on.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:46 pmGreat! That's 64% of 28%. 19% of the population of the United States wants here to be president..... that should get it done.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:48 pmThis doesn't surprise me one bit. I'd say 64% of registered republicans are what we would call 'the base'. They love this woman for some reason.
And I don't think the prospects of her running in 2012 are that much of a stretch. Particularly if Obama has high approval, why would the republicans want to run anyone of substance just to get pounded again? It could very well be a strategy of the right to use her and her followers again. Let her get hammered in the election, then say to the bitter, religious, gun-clinging crowd, "Sorry folks, we tried again with your candidate,... never again". Of course, they would hold on to abortion and gay rights issues to keep those folks hooked, but they'd never have to run a fool like her again to satisfy the base. And they wouldn't have to sacrifice a 'decent' candidate in 2012.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:54 pmInteresting poll. Unfortunately, it has a margin of error of up to 69%.
Sarah P was on NBC Nightly News a few minutes ago proclaiming her innocence and exhorting young girls to 'study hard' (just like she did). Hoo, Boy.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:54 pmPoor, bankrupt righties. Now they've got no voters, and no good candidates.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:55 pmThe ONLY reason they like her is they think she gets liberals mad.
That's it. That's all she's got.
Whereas I agree with Gilbert and Sullivan that my object all sublime which I shall achieve in time...
"To make each wingnut pent/
November 7th, 2008 at 6:56 pmunwillingly represent/
a source of innocent merriment/
of innocent merriment."
But, seriously, Palin would be exactly the sort of shallow candidate that the modern GOP loves: George Bush in a (designer) skirt. All they see are shiny objects and they'll be willing to pretend that none of the stupid comments existed, that the $150,000+ wardrobe was overblown by liberals and that she'd bag all the Religious Right votes without ever needing to deliver anything. The "Republican intellectuals" (ha!) will be convinced they can manipulate her.
And Palin isn't going to stay in the box. She got a taste for the Big Time and she'll be spending the next few years trying to figure out how to build an organization -- made up of the same pundits currently dissing her.
And for all you cocky Liberals, don't forget who managed to get elected (more or less) in 2000 and 2004.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Something else really stupid and then runs away like the coward he is. Keep pumping Saracudda Quayle. She is my DREAM GOP candidate.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pmPaline? Bring it on.
The resistance from the Romney supporters should be interesting and entertaining.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:59 pmWow. The coward calling himself John Kerry just admitted that McCain never had a chance.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:59 pm.
It's like Night of The Living Dead.
.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:59 pmBefore this goes too much further, we may want to watch what happens in AK. She has eroded her own 88% approval rating and between her and the Stevens-Young debacle, may not survive the political wolves in her own state.
Let's just hope she gets a lucrative offer from Faux No_Nooz and dyes her hair blonde, and become part of the Faux Blonde Bimbo Brigade(tm).
November 7th, 2008 at 6:59 pmTroll John Kerry, stick around this time, okay?
Take your coat off, put your feet up, have some pigs-in-a-blanket.
Would it help if I bolded everything for ya?
November 7th, 2008 at 6:59 pmThis is just sad...
Considering that the incumbent, Marcia Kaptur, just won with 74%...Sam Wurzelbacher will remain comedic fodder should remain comedic fodder for another election cycle.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:00 pmJohn Kerry Says:
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Mc Cain had NO chance of winning UNTIL Sarah was selected and whether you libs want to a dmit it or not, they would have won had it not been for the economy! You all lucked out BIG TIME but now e all have to live with the “change”!!
God help us all!!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Come back when those you vote for win something , shitstain ......
November 7th, 2008 at 7:00 pmFine by me if she runs in 2012 - that about guarantees Obama a second term! Go for it, Sarah.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:01 pmDid nobody catch the Romney bid via prop 8 in CA.? Palin would be lucky to get re-elected for anything. But, we can't underestimate the lack of media integrity. Go Sarah Go! ;-P
November 7th, 2008 at 7:02 pmPoll: 64 percent of Republicans want Palin to run for president in 2012.
Guess we now know how many GOP backers also don't know what 3 countries are in North America nor that Africa is a continent ..............
November 7th, 2008 at 7:02 pmI voted for OBAMA. To ensure that OBAMA will be re-elected in 2012,I hope and pray that Sarah Palin does become the Republican standard bearer. I will assist, contribute, cajole, convince and otherwise facilitate in any way that I can, to further Palin as the Republican candidate.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:02 pmPoor john kerry, he never beleived his own candidate had a chance to win, until Gov. Flailin came along and the Dems secretly undermined the economy a month before the elections.
I wonder if terminal delusion disease runs in his family.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:04 pmJohn Kerry Your funny.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:05 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Mc Cain had NO chance of winning UNTIL Sarah was selected and whether you libs want to a dmit it or not, they would have won had it not been for the economy! You all lucked out BIG TIME but now e all have to live with the “change”!!
God help us all!!
Yeah libs, you would not have won had it not been for the economy...and the clusterf uck in Iraq..and an extremely unpopular president..and our inability to take the pulse of the country...and give a shit about public concern.
Other than those minor details we would have nailed you!!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:06 pmJohn Kerry troll:
McCain didn't win, stupid.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:07 pmAnd 100% of Democrats want her to run also.
Makes it a hands down win in 2012.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:12 pmThis is great news for Giuliani ... or McSame ... or somebody.
Really.
Best news I've heard in a while. The Rethuglicans are still batsh*t crazy ... and unlikely to twig to that fact any time soon....
Cheers,
November 7th, 2008 at 7:13 pmIf you gave these looney tunes clubs would they beat themselves senseless? An even more important question, would they repeat the process upon regaining consciousness? The ability of people to ignore reality is Astonishing.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:16 pmImpeach, while There's Still Time!
John Kerry Says:
Mc Cain had NO chance of winning UNTIL Sarah was selected and whether you libs want to a dmit it or not, they would have won had it not been for the economy! You all lucked out BIG TIME but now e all have to live with the “change”!!
God help us all!!
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for weeks before the election
you were m.i.a., now you're back.
are you out on a day pass or what?
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November 7th, 2008 at 7:19 pmPoor John Kerry seems sad....snicker.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:19 pmThey may want to wait and see how she gets out of the
November 7th, 2008 at 7:22 pmHouseGate, E-mailGate, and PerdiemGate scandals.
oh boy... this should be interesting...
Farrakhan plans Sunday speech on Obama
November 7th, 2008 at 7:23 pmChicago Tribune - 1 hour ago
AP CHICAGO - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan plans to deliver a weekend address on President-elect Barack Obama. The speech titled "America's New Beginning: President-elect Barack Obama" will be delivered Sunday morning at Mosque Maryam ...
PALIN WURZELBACHER 2012!!!1!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:34 pmThey--the lumpen-GOP--love her cuz she's a shit-caked thumb in the eye of all the people who are smarter than they are, better educated, more sophisticated...
November 7th, 2008 at 7:39 pmPalin/Jindal 2012
A ticket that will get the support from the Witch doctors union.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:44 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Mc Cain had NO chance of winning UNTIL Sarah was selected and whether you libs want to a dmit it or not, they would have won had it not been for the economy! You all lucked out BIG TIME but now e all have to live with the “change”!!
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Bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!
McCain/Palin would have won if it weren't for that meddling economy!
McCain didn't have a chance from the very start (Bush III, age, temper) and his chances went to nil the moment he selected Sarah Vampyra, fancy clothes wearer from the North.
She was used as eye candy for dim wits like JK. What suckers!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:49 pmGuess we now know how many GOP backers also don’t know what 3 countries are in North America nor that Africa is a continent …………..
it's more than three...probably Belize, and mebbe guatemala
November 7th, 2008 at 7:50 pmmeet the new Rudy, same as the old Rudy.
please! do whatever "the base" wants! keep giving the squeaky wheels the grease!! that's been working out SO well!!!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:52 pmMcWars Says:
Yeah libs, you would not have won had it not been for the economy…and the clusterf uck in Iraq..and an extremely unpopular president..and our inability to take the pulse of the country…and give a shit about public concern.
Other than those minor details we would have nailed you!!
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LMAO!!!!
McWars, did you have to really burst JK's delusional bubble like that!!! Too funny!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:52 pmAfrica!?! I thought it was a prison in New York!
Africa! Africa!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:54 pmWe ought to make that stupid brood-mare keep coming back until she wins. That'll lock the ReBUBlicans out of office for the next 50 years!
November 7th, 2008 at 7:55 pmWow. They never learn. Palin is probably the most ignorant person ever to run for office. Repubs-- you want her?? Go ahead- this woman doesn't know what a VP does, and doesn't even know Africa is a continent. You want someone this stupid & dishonest to represent you? Go ahead. Too funny.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:55 pm64% of 32% isn't all that many people. There working on a permanent minority here.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:00 pmfrom the puppy thread:
katy Says:
haven’t read these comments yet… something i heard, and am waiting for the blow-back from the frantic-righties - invoking nancy’s séances jokingly… i loved it!
wait for it…
November 7th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
uh oh...
just heard a news report, not all of it though, about this...
reported that nancy confided in astrologers not the dead...
and keith covered it... said that obama called nancy within hours to appologize for the comment...
haven't heard what happened, if anything...
has anyone?
November 7th, 2008 at 8:12 pmGood, she should guarantee a second Obama term.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:13 pmon this topic -
i've been looking for the past hour for a comment i'd read earlier that was pasted from a redstate-type blog, from a palin lover who admits that she was used to benefit mcLAME's campaign and everybody knew it and they were fine with it... even admitting that she was eye candy, and he loved her for it...
it was here or C&L, but i can't find it anywhere...
November 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pmdarn.
Okay, yeah, I'm down with that. :-D
November 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pmUncle Fester Lurks Says:
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LMAO!!!!
McWars, did you have to really burst JK’s delusional bubble like that!!! Too funny!
Thanks, lib!!! You're laughing now, but wait until unemployment begins on January 21st!!!
!!!
November 7th, 2008 at 8:19 pmThis poll demonstrates, once more, that conservatives consider ignorance and "incuriosity" to be positive personality traits.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:21 pmSo 64% of Repubs are completely stupid. Okay, I accept that.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:31 pmThis is sheer name recognition polling. Two years ago, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy was the so-called Republican front-runner and the experts over a Fox News were picking his cabinet. I trust the Republicans to ferret out someone even worse than Palin -- Saxby Chambliss, anyone?
November 7th, 2008 at 8:42 pmMcWars Says:
Thanks, lib!!! You’re laughing now, but wait until unemployment begins on January 21st!!!
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Unemployment begins on January 21st!?! Thanks to Bush's *booming* economy I have been unemployed for over a month now, but hey I'm still laughing. President Barack Obama, beotch! Bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
OT
November 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pmIs Rahm emmanuel an Israeli hawk ?
http://www.alternet.org/election08/106189/is_obama_screwing_his_base_with_rahm_emanuel_selection/
Constant Weader Says:
Saxby Chambliss, anyone?
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Or....Jeb Bush?
It could happen. Unfortunately Barack could be set up for a colossal failure thanks to the Bushites. Not only does he have to deal with a collapsing economy, healthcare, Iraq, Afghanistan but also Russia, Pakistan and China. If there is another *planned* terrorist attack on our soil by the puppet masters we could very well see the Bush name back in the news.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pmOk, I'm tired of the Palin thing. I've enjoyed it as much as the next person, but I'm done with it. The more she's attacked, the more defensive the far-right is about her. Tonight, while cruising through Fox momentarily, I watched Laura Ingram (substituting for O'Reilly tonight) going over the top with her defense. Enough already. Let's let her fade into the woodwork (like where's Joe the Plumber since Tuesday night?) Hopefully, Stevens will lose in Alaska, Sarah won't be able to install herself as his replacement in the Senate, and hopefully, that's the last we'll hear of her.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pmSounds about par for the course to me.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:50 pmHmmm...I wonder what the other 36% of Republicans thought (and how many are still rolling their eyes).
I suspect that Sarah will have faded into the woodwork and will be well on her way to being yesterday's news by the time the 2012 campaign gets ramped up.
After all, look at Giuliani. He was a novelty for awhile, too.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:50 pmSO much for my euphoria about Obama , It didn't last long .
November 7th, 2008 at 8:51 pmhttp://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/11/first-religious-lefty-lambasts.html
The delusional reichwingnut fringe is self destructing and I like it. Sure they like this moron. She is the gift that keeps on giving. As long as they choose to run a moron like this ditzy dingbat, they will never win another election. Go PTA mom.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:52 pmWhen you pander to Joe the Plumber, this is what you get. Congratulations Republican party.
November 7th, 2008 at 8:52 pmSo, does this mean that 64% are ignorant of facts, or just plain ignorant?
/let's just go with ignorant
November 7th, 2008 at 8:52 pmCan anything make the intellect level of bushcon clearer?
November 7th, 2008 at 8:58 pmWonder how many people is 64% of the entire bushcon sewage treatment facility staff?
How many (semi) humans still associate themselves with the disaster club?
How much better prepared will 4 years swilling sewage get us?
Oh well.if this is the best they have to offer..........
How about a little less koolaid .... all around .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:02 pmObama asked us to keep him honest , I suggest you get to work !
Some breaking news!!! Obama won Nebraska's electoral votes!
Updated 6:45 p.m. | For the first time in 44 years, it looks like a Democrat will win an electoral college vote in Nebraska.
Nebraska’s second congressional district had been too close to call Tuesday night. But a count of 15,396 early voting ballots in Douglas Country gave Senator Barack Obama a 1,260-vote lead over Senator John McCain.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/waiting-for-nebraska/
November 7th, 2008 at 9:09 pmWho's kidding who here. With 60 per cent must be those fixed machines Karl Rove set up or wing nuts only voted. Look Sarah is finished and if they bring her back President Obama is surely have a second term. Sarah might come back for a free Republican shopping spree for herself and the Family.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:13 pmWTF(cuk) is there to defend?
If they wish her to be the face and future of the GOP, more power to em.
Republicans seem intent on losing elections for the near future.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:13 pmOh, yes, please!!!!
November 7th, 2008 at 9:16 pmfreeman,
You seem to be web savvy.
Stay plugged-in:
http://change.gov/
Don't give up too easily.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:19 pmWhy would Obama choose a hawk in favor of a strike on Iran as his chief of staff ? This is hard not to see as a betrayal of the progressives who worked on his behalf to win this election .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:20 pmDNFP,
November 7th, 2008 at 9:23 pmI think freeman is a concern Troll. Only posts negative things about our President-Elect that have nothing to do with the Topic.
As a candidate Obama swore to filibuster any FISA bill with retroactive immunity ,. Upon becoming the nominee he immediately reversed his position .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:23 pmIs this what we can expect from him as president ?
Why would Obama choose a hawk in favor of a strike on Iran as his chief of staff ?
He's not Willy Wonka.
He cannot lead inside a bubble.
His decisions are carefully informed from his peers.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pmOh yes you were all talking about how the other party is filled with koolaid drinkers . Which well will you be drawing your water from ?
November 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pmFreeman,
November 7th, 2008 at 9:25 pmLast I checked Chief of Staff does not make policy. Ever think he is really good at what the position requires?
Which well will you be drawing your water from ?
The one filled with unicorn tears of course.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:27 pmhoo boy! just wait till you see and hear rachel's take on "sarah in alaska" tonight! she calls it perfectly...
November 7th, 2008 at 9:27 pmDNFP I won't but while the elction was undecided I promised to handle the Democrats with kid gloves . Those days are now over .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:28 pmRead the links I posted above . PLEASE .
Chaos
Calling people trolls ( I've posted here for years ,very regularly ) is not a refutation.
I hope your right chaos .. but so soon out of the starting gate to choose someone who is both a dual citizen and an unabashed hawk whose job it is to control access to the pres. is a bit disheartening .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:30 pmMohammed said trust God but tether your camel first . I'm not sure what he said about unicorn tears .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:32 pmAipac is to sit in front of the presidents door apparently , like cerebus .Woof .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:35 pmI think a more fitting ticket would be Sarah Palin/David Duke. This survey had to have been taken in the bible belt.
November 7th, 2008 at 9:42 pmJoe the Plumber could be her VP pick. Imagine these 2 uneducated bigots, fear mongering, hate inciting morons running the country.
The GOP candidates only need to be anti-gay, anti-abortion and NRA members. As far as these "compassionate conservatives" I have yet to find one among the GOP- they don;t have an ounce of compassion in their souls
November 7th, 2008 at 9:42 pmOh PLEASE let it be so!
November 7th, 2008 at 9:44 pmThis is the Republicans' way of saying, "Even we finally realize we shouldn't be in power anymore--ever." It's a cry for help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBoOqysiLFo
November 7th, 2008 at 9:46 pmYour sunday news .
November 7th, 2008 at 9:49 pmhttp://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2008/10/who-put-hate-in-my-sunday-paper.html
And how many of those Republicans firmly believe in the Rapture, meaning they'll be gone on December 12, 2012?
November 7th, 2008 at 9:51 pmBriseadh na Faire ,
November 7th, 2008 at 9:54 pmplease read my links at #'s 81 and 76 and give me your take on this .
64% of Republicans and 100% of democrats
November 7th, 2008 at 9:57 pmOh man...I couldn't stand to listen to her voice over the course of just 2 short months. To have to listen to it over the course of a 2 year campaign...I just might have to stab my ears with an ice pick in order to survive.
November 7th, 2008 at 10:01 pm100% of dems want mooseyak to run in 2012, 2016, 2020
November 7th, 2008 at 10:07 pmfreeman Says:
Why would Obama choose a hawk in favor of a strike on Iran as his chief of staff ? This is hard not to see as a betrayal of the progressives who worked on his behalf to win this election .
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I understand your concern but Obama has to fight of the Repubs HERE. Rahm brings a lot to the table as far as effectiveness in working with Congress and overall organizational ability a HUGE plus in a COS. Also it sends a message to the GOP. IF you want to get along fine but if you want a war bring it on. Rahm is a tough streetfighter in the political infighting arena. I am thinking THESE are the reasons he chose him. We will see. IF we start acting all froggy on Iran THEN it will be time to stand up and scream. At this point that kind of speculation is just begging trouble that isnt here the COS doesnt MAKE policy the president does. The COS is in charge of the nuts and bolts of getting that policy done. I think Obama at this point deserves the benifit of the doubt.
November 7th, 2008 at 10:32 pmThom Hartman said some things today about how it's all Romney's people doing the smear of Palin telling the facts to the media. They were hired by McCain after Romney dropped out and his people were the folks who put all the money into Prop 8 and he's planning on running in 2012. He wants to get rid of Palin as quickly as possible so his folks are spilling the beans.
November 7th, 2008 at 11:03 pmJohn Kerry Says:
"Mc Cain had NO chance of winning UNTIL Sarah was selected ..."
You really have no idea what you're saying here, do you? Your statement here alone should tell you what a disgrace those people are.
But you see it positively. Amazing!
November 7th, 2008 at 11:12 pmI of the impression that most of today's republicans are delusional. But now I know most of them are just dumb.
November 8th, 2008 at 12:02 amSooooo.....let's do the math. 60 percent of the 48 percent of Americans who are Republicans want Palin to run! So a whopping 28.8 % of the country wants her to run (well, some of us Ds might want her to run to)! Still, I hope they convince her to!
November 8th, 2008 at 12:04 amYou know, in four years time, wingnuts will be digging up threads like this and holding them up saying "See? The liberals wanted her to run! That's why we lost! It's all their fault!"
Then they'll move on to some other poor shmuck.
I'm a bit skeptical about the poll results, though-these polls tend to represent a "top of the head" reaction. Of course they're going to name Palin now. But in four years?
After all, four years ago noone would have predicted there would be a Democratic black president-elect with the middle "Hussein".
Additionally, it's conceivable (if not exactly likely) that Palin will get over her aversion to learning and, you know, actually pick up enough general political knowledge not ot end up sounding like a complete Dubya when asked softball questions.
November 8th, 2008 at 12:05 amI'd love to see Sarah Palin run for president. I love those Tina Fey SNL skits. Her running mate could be Joe the Plumber. More great fodder for SNL plus we'd see Obama / Biden win again.
November 8th, 2008 at 2:37 amI'd very much enjoy watching the other Republicans rip her to little shreds in the 2012 primary season. Bring it on, Sarah!
November 8th, 2008 at 6:40 amJohn Kerry: Mc Cain had NO chance of winning UNTIL Sarah was selected and whether you libs want to a dmit it or not, they would have won had it not been for the economy! You all lucked out BIG TIME but now e all have to live with the “change”!!
God help us all!!
Whew! I'm sure glad you used bold type for this important message! I might have missed out on your whiny paranoid ignorant panic!
So what you're saying is, the candidate your party selected in the primaries, beating all other contenders, had NO chance of winning, without being propped up by a governor that almost nobody south of the Arctic Circle had heard of before?
And it was only the economic crisis that saved us from Palin's overwhelming charisma winning the day? Are you serious? We should feel lucky, darn it, that McCain/Palin's incompetence on the economy was so glaringly obvious, that otherwise they would have won on their merits? What was her strong suit, then... foreign policy? Civil rights? Help us out here.
November 8th, 2008 at 6:59 amI think freeman is a concern Troll. Only posts negative things about our President-Elect that have nothing to do with the Topic.
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November 8th, 2008 at 7:02 amNovember 8th, 2008
drogen
Support Palin in 2012? This makes me even more convinced that republicans share a common flaw. Going forward this flaw will make them more susceptible to defeat.
As we have learned from the 2008 presidential election, Americans have jettisoned the GOP and the neocons. We are tired of their dirty tricks, their support of the rich and their contempt for average (income) Americans. We are tired of their fear mongering, their blind support for each other, their manipulation of the devoutly religious and their group-think.
Republicans share a trait shared by ants. A single ant is not very scary or formidable. However, put a large number of them together and you have something to worry about. A few of them have learned that most repubicans are followers; they need a leader and they desire to be followers - it is easier this way.
Republicans are also like a football team of less gifted athletes who, because of their coordination, can hold their own against most opponents. But, when faced with a less organized team of gifted athletes, are trampled because the talented athletes are too smart and too capable, sending the republican athletes into disarray and to the showers with a huge and embarrassing defeat.
In short, repubs rely on the organization provided by those out for personal gain and cannot adjust - they just keep doing the same old stupid shit. To them I say, keep it up.
November 8th, 2008 at 7:06 amI think Sen. McCain had two impossible and conflicting tasks, in his bid for the Presidency.
He had to shore up his base , which was lukewarm and skeptical, UNTIL he nominated Gov. Palin. The fact that the polls showed McCain TIED with Obama after the conventions, showed me that she did , in fact,
Secure and Energize the Pro-life, pro-gun, Evangelical base for the McCain/Palin ticket.
Sen. McCain's second task was to convince Moderates and Independents that he was NOT George Bush, and that his election would be a CHANGE from the Unpopular Bush Policies.
McCain hoped that Gov. Palin would bolster his Maverick persona, but she did just the opposite.
She instead reminded voters of the Intelectually challenged and Ideologically Partisan President Bush.
November 8th, 2008 at 7:19 amAnd 100 percent of Dems want to see her run too.
November 8th, 2008 at 7:35 am"free" man (free in name only),
You're posts are bordering on spamming and trolling.
You just can't see the forest from all the trees...
November 8th, 2008 at 9:27 amI was out drinking with Political Science professors last night, of all things, and one of them is a pollster. When I mentioned this poll, they found it hysterical. According to the pollster, at this time in 2004, the most likely candidate for president in 2008 according to polls of Democrats?
Joe Lieberman
Seriously.
November 8th, 2008 at 10:03 amgummitch
November 8th, 2008 at 10:15 amDid they all have those elbow patch things sewed onto their jackets?
Briseadh na Faire Says:
And how many of those Republicans firmly believe in the Rapture, meaning they’ll be gone on December 12, 2012?
Why would these assclowns even bother to run or vote if they're scheduled to be ruptured prior to inauguration day, 2013?
November 8th, 2008 at 10:17 amdbadass Says:
gummitch
Did they all have those elbow patch things sewed onto their jackets?
I was with the non-stuffy ones. We left all the elbow patch crowd in the hotel lobby drinking crappy wine.
November 8th, 2008 at 10:24 amTo quote Bush, "bring it on".
November 8th, 2008 at 11:21 amOh so you hung with they ones that had theirs sown on...
November 8th, 2008 at 11:22 amfreeman Says:
As a candidate Obama swore to filibuster any FISA bill with retroactive immunity ,. Upon becoming the nominee he immediately reversed his position .
November 8th, 2008 at 11:50 amIs this what we can expect from him as president ?
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I do not recall Barack Obama swearing that he would filibuster any FISA bill containing retroactive immunity. I recall him changing his position on the FISA bill but never claiming filibustering.
As a left wing liberal Democrat, I just want to know where I can send her my campaign contribution.
November 8th, 2008 at 1:40 pm"Mc Cain had NO chance of winning UNTIL Sarah was selected and whether you libs want to a dmit it or not, they would have won had it not been for the economy!"
Ok, the way I read this post is that the Republicans would have won big time if it were for the facts.
Sounds about right for the wingnuts from neocon fantasyland.
November 8th, 2008 at 1:41 pmnofltwlt Says: #124
Exactly NEVER underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups
November 8th, 2008 at 3:35 pmgummitch Says:
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I was out drinking with Political Science professors last night, of all things, and one of them is a pollster. When I mentioned this poll, they found it hysterical. According to the pollster, at this time in 2004, the most likely candidate for president in 2008 according to polls of Democrats?
Joe Lieberman
Seriously.
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I have this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that Bimbo Quayle is not going away that easy
November 8th, 2008 at 3:39 pmAnd that's why they lost.
November 8th, 2008 at 5:37 pmSeems like 99% of dems. want her to run too, but I wonder if the GOP will even remember her name in 4 years. She's so damn wacky I can't believe that ANYone takes her seriously, now or for the future.
November 9th, 2008 at 9:06 pmI agree completely that the way to all but guaraNTEE an Obama second term is by having Palin as an opponent. Hell, the only way he'd NOT be elected in that situation is if he refused to run.
But on a serious note...why? Why on earth would any Republican WANT her to run? Apart from the fact Barack could win even if he vacationed instead of campaigning. It makes no sense. She's demonstrated herself to be an idiot, a liar, corrupt, theiving...and that's before one debates the potential nuttiness of some of her beleifs.
There are intelligent Reublicans. There are intelligent Christians. As much as one may disagree with them at times, they're still sane, decent people. What it is the genetic flaw that forces them to willingly abandon all good sense and rationality and have ANY support for this nitwit at all, espeically now, when it's not a semi-required by-product of supporting McCain?
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November 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pmHi, good review. I read this post is that the Republicans would have won big time if it were for the facts.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:42 pm