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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:43 AM
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I think Sarah Palin will be the (R) nominee in 2012 because......
of the obvious backlash from Rush's "Operation Chaos" last year.

Turn about is fair play. The pukes tried (and failed) to fuck up our nomination process in '08. It is only fair that "we" try to fuck up their nomination process in '12.

I live in an open primary state and have voted in the last 2 presidential primaries, Very low turnout in '04. It took only about 3 minutes to do. '08 had a better turn out but it still was about a 5 minute job. I will not hesitate to vote in the primary in '12 for Sarah as long as she has the worst chance of winning the general of all the pukes on the ballot.

I also think it is something that we should be talking about openly. It will help confuse their process even more if it starts sooner.







(P.S. I only started this because "Her" name was already in the title of a post on the page.)
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:53 AM
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1. I'm not interested. No repuke will be a threat
in 2012. I'll leave it to them to pick the loser. The less I see of that dolt, though, the better.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 10:54 AM
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2. I really don't care.
They have a shit pool of nominees to choose from--because all of them are disliked by at least one wing of the party.

Palin: Old-guard, big-business Repubs
Romney: Teabaggers, and Palinites
Jindal: People who are suspicious of anyone who doesn't have the same skin color as them (and he encouraged the GOP to work with Obama on health care)
Jeb Bush: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yeah right.
Cantor: Good VP nominee, but he might be too extreme for those who lean towards the center

Their most likely ticket? I'd go with a combination of Tim Pawlenty and Eric Cantor, because I can't think of specific wings of the party that can't stand them.
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thunder rising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:24 AM
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4. But the debates would be incredibly entertaining. "Mr President, can I call you Hussein?"
Actually, more like painful. Like, how do you debate a willful idiot.
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 02:22 PM
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12. You forget HUCKABEE! another gem in the cess pool
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 02:22 PM by emulatorloo
You may be right about Tim Pawlenty -- he proved himself to be as vile as the rest of them over the Obama is indoctrinating our school children nonsense.
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:09 AM
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3. I'd be more interested in seeing who they put up on their own
as a legitimate candidate, if only to see where the future of the GOP is heading.

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GivePeaceAchance Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:24 AM
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5. I agree with other folks let democracy decide naturally, it is always curious ...
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 11:25 AM by GivePeaceAchance
to see when wingnuts actually make a decision for themselves.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 11:58 AM
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6. I believe in letting the village pick their own idiot
I think when we do it the dumbfucks odds go up.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 12:30 PM
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7. That would be the funniest thing since the Three Stooges. nt
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 12:42 PM
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8. I'm not interested: I am well aware of the law of unintended consequences
President Sarah Palin

I dunno about you, but I shudder at the mere thought

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Va Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 12:46 PM
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9. I agree. Careful what you ask for...
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 12:47 PM by Va Lefty
I remember many people saying the same thing about St. Ronnie being unelectable and how the GOP would crash and burn with him at the top of the ticket
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 12:50 PM
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10. Yep - they saw him as a "washed up two bit actor"
And did not see the folks behind the man - folks who tend to win elections

The same could happen to the Wasilla Hillbilly

And then were are ALL SCREWN!

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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 12:56 PM
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11. Not until after they float this trial balloon:
"McCain was dragging down the ticket."
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-04-09 09:21 PM
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13. I lay no cash down on the barrel but at the moment at least, there is
Edited on Sun Oct-04-09 09:22 PM by saltpoint
no rationale for a Palin candidacy among GOP primary voters which will not be claimed by percentage from other candidates.

The Iowa caucus in 2012. If Palin runs as a Republican and not as a third-party wolf-shooting secessionist fringe candidate, she has to share the nutbag demographic with Huckabee, who is more charming than Palin but not really less far Right; with Pawlenty, who presents as collected and cool-browed but who will let the Corporate State use him for a door mat on a moment's notice; with Romney, who is self-engineered to match whatever his polling tell him voters want to hear; and who knows what other right-wing kooks and crazies still to announce.

At some point or another Sarah Palin will have to stand on a stage with Republican hopefuls who are smarter, better-spoken, and very well-funded.

I believe her competitors in the GOP are going to be locked and loaded for lunkheads well before that first Iowa debate, and I believe Palin is going to be eliminated from contention early on.
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