Move the Party more in the direction of Sarah Palin is the clear view of Republican voters according to a just-released nationwide poll. Released from Rasmussen, Jan. 29 (h/t GOP 12):
Coming off a shellacking at the polls in November, the plurality of GOP voters (43%) say their party has been too moderate over the past eight years, and 55% think it should become more like Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in the future, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
For Palin, her favorables are 52% (28% Very Favorable) and her unfavorables are 46%, with 26% who see her in a Very Unfavorable light.
Again, the party differences are enormous, although Democrats clearly like McCain more than Palin while for GOP voters the opposite is true.
Thirty-one percent (31%) of Republican voters have a Very Favorable view of McCain, compared to five percent (5%) of Democrats. Nineteen percent (19%) of Democratic voters have a Very Unfavorable opinion of the Arizona senator, but only six percent (6%) of Republicans agree.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Republicans have a Very Favorable regard for Palin, while an identical number of Democrats (51%) hold a Very Unfavorable view.
Palin fares better with unaffiliated voters, too. For McCain, unaffiliateds break 10% Very Favorable and eight percent (8%) Very Unfavorable. But 35% of unaffiliated voters have a Very Favorable opinion of Palin, compared to 15% who have a Very Unfavorable view.
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Yeah, but would any of that translate into votes? I don't see her winning a national election.
And I don't see any way we win in 2012 without her.
Who would bother coming to the polls on the GOP side? Is Tim Pawlenty supposed to inspire us to vote GOP for President? Even a guy like Charlie Crist, whom I like very much.
Can any other Republican get a crowd of 70,000+ to a campaign rally?
Not even close.
This independent voter certainly isn't impressed by her. If her supposed popularity actually translated into a significant number of votes, she wouldn't still be the Governor of Alaska.
I disagree. I think she's far too attractive to be taken seriously in a national race. Its not fair, but its true nonetheless. Hell, just look at her negatives. She is a polarizing figure. And its not because of any policy positions either.If you asked one of her detractors, they couldn't tell you anything about her. Her opposition is shallow and stupid, but its real.
cchoad,
And its not because of any policy positions either.If you asked one of her detractors, they couldn't tell you anything about her.
Riight!! I'm sure it would be absolutely impossible for some one to find all of the articles from people (even within the GOP) who spelled out why they disagreed with her policies! Hey Cchoad, there's a great big world outside of your tiny little echo chamber. The fact that you refuse to look beyond it doesn't mean it isn't there.
See what I mean, Eric?
cchoad,
See what I mean, Eric?
If I'm Sarah Palin's opposition, then she has no supporters. Nice try though, cchoad.
Ross Perot was viewed as "shallow and stupid" cause he had a blue collar regular Joe/regulat Jane appeal, and talked about getting under the hood and "fixing it," rather than using pointy-headed intellectualism.
That's what American's crave. They're sick and goddamned tired of the Ivy Leaguer elitists.
Doesn't get any more normal than Sarah. People can relate to her.
If this doesn't make you want to fly to Washington and slap your legislator, nothing ever will. Congress gives itself a $93,000 raise to stimulate the economy. It must be nice to have that kind of extra petty cash laying around. Instead of tightening your belt in this recession, wouldn't you like an extra $90,000? Never mind the record deficits. Never mind that ordinary Americans are struggling to pay their bills. Our Congress thinks it is far more important to be able to dole out perks to itself.
This independent voter adores her. If she commits to the Libertarians - I'd move Libertarian. I thought about becoming a Republican because she's a Republican. But, I'd have to see the Republican Party become more like her.
Intellectual Redneck,
I think we need to drag these people out of Congress and tar and feather them. I wanna see Pelosi, for example, in the birdsuit she deserves from the American people.
Eric,
Ross Perot was viewed as "shallow and stupid" cause he had a blue collar regular Joe/regulat Jane appeal, and talked about getting under the hood and "fixing it," rather than using pointy-headed intellectualism.
And how did that work out for him? Did he actually win the election?
That's what American's crave. They're sick and goddamned tired of the Ivy Leaguer elitists.
Which is why they voted for a crème de la crème Ivy League graduate, right?
Doesn't get any more normal than Sarah. People can relate to her.
If that's true, then the American people obviously don't want their country being run by someone they can relate to. Personally, I want the people who run my country to be the best educated, most accomplished people that America has to offer. I don't want "normal" people representing my country. I want the extraordinary.
wv: pandepab
The Intellectual Redneck,
This is just reason number one million and one why the Democrats and Republicans really aren't all that different from each other. Politicians in both parties voted for this.
I would like to respond here if I could. It's quite obvious that "bint alshamsa" is not a Sarah Palin fan. Usually I could care less, but I believe some defense is warranted here. First of all, as a conservative, I was extremely unimpressed with Barack Obama. Him graduating from Harvard means nothing to me. His views on the role the federal government should play is misguided and dangerous. Like the evil Sarah Palin, I believe in state's rights as opposed to this collectivst mentality that he likes to spew whenever he can. You questioned her popularity and capability, yet she was added to the campaign with what 2 months to go? How long did Obama campaign for-2 years? Without saying a freaking thing of substance other than "hope" and "change." Wow, lots of substance. Lastly, I would hardly call someone who has had five children (one with downs syndrome) and gone on to become the first female and youngest governor of her state as a definition of "ordinary." Call me crazy. By all intellectual standards, Ronald Reagan was ordinary, and yet went on to become one of the best presidents this country has ever had.
ccoffer,
I think she will pick up appeal as she ages, honestly. There are a number of women who hate her because of her looks, imo.
Grace,
I think she's awesome. My statements have more do with the electorate than with her.
After all, Brakabama just won. That says something very disturbing about the voting public.
That's what American's crave. They're sick and goddamned tired of the Ivy Leaguer elitists.
Eric,
They just elected one.
Anony-Mouse,
It's quite obvious that "bint alshamsa" is not a Sarah Palin fan.
Is there some reason why I should be? Why should any thinking adult be a politician's fan? Are they supposed to be rock-stars or are they supposed to be representatives?
Usually I could care less, but I believe some defense is warranted here.
I usually don't care about whether people support Palin or not, but when she gets blamed for everything that went wrong with McCain's campaign, I defend her.
Like the evil Sarah Palin, I believe in state's rights as opposed to this collectivst mentality that he likes to spew whenever he can.
Palin isn't really opposed to the "collectivist mentality" you mentioned so it sounds like you don't actually share her views.
You questioned her popularity and capability, yet she was added to the campaign with what 2 months to go?
I didn't question whether or not she is/was popular. I simply stated that whatever popularity she supposedly had/has--and I said "supposedly" because there are several different ways of trying to determine just how popular she is/was--wasn't enough to get her the Vice-Presidential position she campaigned for. Biden wasn't the Democrat's pick until a few months before the election. Yet, he was appealing enough to win the Vice-Presidential position. So, just spending a few months as a VP candidates clearly doesn't make it impossible for one to win.
How long did Obama campaign for-2 years? Without saying a freaking thing of substance other than "hope" and "change." Wow, lots of substance.
Clearly, the majority of voters disagree with you. In their eyes, what Obama said had more substance than what McCain said.
Lastly, I would hardly call someone who has had five children (one with downs syndrome) and gone on to become the first female and youngest governor of her state as a definition of "ordinary." Call me crazy.
My parents raised a total of twelve of their own kids and also took in lots of other children and added them to our family. Being the parent of a child with disabilities isn't anything all that extraordinary to me. My child has disabilities. Taking care of her is absolutely normal. It's what parents are supposed to do. You don't get any brownie points from me just because you take care of the children you brought into the world. My standards are a lot higher than that. With regards to her age and her gender: Maybe that matters to and impresses you but what matters to me is the person's politics. She had absolutely no control over what gender she is or what year she was born in, so there's nothing more extraordinary about that then Obama's gender or age. Gender and age are not signs of extraordinary intelligence.
"Ross Perot was viewed as 'shallow and stupid' cause he had a blue collar regular Joe/regulat Jane appeal, and talked about getting under the hood and 'fixing it,' rather than using pointy-headed intellectualism."
And despite spending about as much money as George Bush and Bill Clinton, he didn't get as many votes as either of them and carried not a single state. Your point?
Of course, your memory is also defective. Perot was ALL about "point-headed intellectualism." Everyone made fun of him over his infomercials full of charts and graphs. He mixed blue collar / populist appeal with wonkery.
I liked that -- so much so that I collected ballot access petition signatures for him that summer, and voted for him that November.
LOL, I like how you called me "Anony-Mouse."As well as trying to break down what each person says line by line.
First, I never said anyone HAD to be a fan of anyone, so your point on that is irrelevant. Furthermore, in no way, shape, or form is she a "collectivist." Liberals promote collectivism, you know group rights. She's a firm believer in individual responsibility as are most conservatives, so I don't really know what you're talking about.
Your point about having and taking care of children with disabilities is actually dead on. Too bad many people advocate choosing to have abortions instead of raising children. (considering over 90% of children with downs are aborted.) Sorry, but I find any parent who, through pre-natal testing, discovers that their child is to be born with such a condition and chooses to have the child anyway to be quite admirable of person. So yes, that admiration includes you and your family as well. It's a shame too many who advocate "choice" don't believe that every life has value.
Lastly, gender and age weren't necesarily the points I was trying to make. It's that if you were to go through her biography, you would see that in almost every position she's had, she's taken a leadership role. And now she's become governor. My point is that yes we want people to lead who are intelligent, but I would hardly doubt anyone would suggest that one's IQ to be the only criteria. Reading off a prompter and giving flowery speeches is a nice attribute for a politican, but governing is completely different. I just feel that way too may people have bought into the messianic depiction of Obama when he hasn't done a thing yet.
By the way, Joe Biden might be the biggest moron on the planet. He's been in the Senate for 36, yes 36 years and it's laughable how little he actually knows. Maybe he should go to that restaurant Kate's in Delaware and look at the pain in people's faces due to the economy. Oh wait, that closed 20 years ago. (yes he said this.)
If memory serves, Perot spent about a billion dollars getting 15% of the pop vote.
The result? The national embarrassment that was Willy Clinton.
Chuck, did Americans just elect Obama? I'm not so sure. Count in about a few million illegal aliens voting. And the double voting in places like Ohio by Democrats connected with ACORN.
And all the absentee ballots from overseas, places like Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Indonesia, Kenya, ect...
More like the World, Illegals and fraudulent Democrat voters, voted in Obama.
Real Americans voted McCain/Palin.
Problem is we Republicans play fair. The other side, plays fraud, and they play it brillantly well.
Grace, that was FUCKING BRILLANT!!!!!
You cannot imagine how right you are. There are millions of dumpy, overweight American women who absolutely despise Sarah, solely based upon her looks.
But we're never gonna pick up those votes, cause she's gonna be fit and hot well into her 70s.
Anonymous, did Obama really graduate from Harvard? How can we know for sure? We've never seen his transcripts, nor his Graduate Thesis.
Could've been another case of affirmative action supporting professors, just passing him cause of his ethnicity.
How do you know Bint, that he's "creme de la creme"? Did you see his transcripts from college? How about that infamous missing doctarate thesis he supposely did.
Where's it at?
Not going to harp on anonymous 1 to register, eh Eric? Oh right, that one agrees with you.
What is your obsession with "pointy-headed intellectuals"? What, how, and why are their pointy heads? Why is this a bad thing?
Or is it, I suspect, that you're just repeating something one of the cooler kids said, hoping it would trickle down to you? You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I'm a Sarah Palin fan. I think she's the greatest thing since Barack Obama.
I'm an Independent voter.
Anony-Mouse,
LOL, I like how you called me "Anony-Mouse."
Anonymous just sounds so boring to me. It's a lot more amusing to picture a cute little mouse typing away on the computer instead. ;)
As well as trying to break down what each person says line by line.
Interlinear responses are quite common from me because it saves me a lot of typing which is often necessary if I'm going to actually respond to the points someone has made despite my arthritis. This way the person can know exactly what I'm responding to when I write something.
First, I never said anyone HAD to be a fan of anyone, so your point on that is irrelevant.
I asked questions. So what is this point that you are talking about?
Furthermore, in no way, shape, or form is she a "collectivist."
I disagree.
Liberals promote collectivism, you know group rights.
Some do. Some don't. It's the same with conservatives.
She's a firm believer in individual responsibility as are most conservatives, so I don't really know what you're talking about.
Again, I disagree. She certainly doesn't exhibit what I see as personal responsibility. Blaming others for how she looked on television and how the American public perceived her doesn't sound like someone who takes responsibility for their actions, to me.
Too bad many people advocate choosing to have abortions instead of raising children.
Because I believe in personal responsibility, I think that we should encourage people to decide whether or not continuing a pregnancy is really in their best interests. If we are going to say that people should be responsible for the children they bring into the world, there's no reason why they shouldn't also be allowed to decide not to have a child if they can't handle that sort of responsibility for some reason or another.
(considering over 90% of children with downs are aborted.)
This is problematic to me, but it isn't because the woman chose to have an abortion. What's problematic to me is the fact that so many women in that situation feel that they must have an abortion because they won't be able to handle the added difficulties that often accompany having a child with disabilities. As long as people are aware of the fact that having a child with disabilities could result in the entire family becoming impoverished, homeless, bankrupt et cetera, the abortion rates will always be higher when the parents are aware of the disability before birth. Some people want to have it both ways. They think that women should give birth no matter what, but they aren't willing to provide them with the support system they'd need to make caring for the children possible.
Sorry, but I find any parent who, through pre-natal testing, discovers that their child is to be born with such a condition and chooses to have the child anyway to be quite admirable of person. So yes, that admiration includes you and your family as well.
What's so admirable about it? It's no more admirable than when any other woman decides to have a baby.
It's a shame too many who advocate "choice" don't believe that every life has value.
I think it's equally shameful that so many who do not support reproductive freedom don't believe that every life has value. So many of them are more than happy to support killing after the person has left the womb. I respect those who truly believe that every life has value but so few people who are anti-choice really hold that view.
Lastly, gender and age weren't necesarily the points I was trying to make.
You are the one who mentioned her gender and age. I responded to what you wrote.
It's that if you were to go through her biography, you would see that in almost every position she's had, she's taken a leadership role.
I don't care if someone has taken a leadership role. What I care about is what sort of leader they were.
My point is that yes we want people to lead who are intelligent, but I would hardly doubt anyone would suggest that one's IQ to be the only criteria.
Being extremely intelligent isn't the only criteria that I think someone needs to have but it sure as hell needs to be among them. If they aren't extremely intelligent, I don't care what other traits they have. That one is a deal-breaker, in my book.
Reading off a prompter and giving flowery speeches is a nice attribute for a politican, but governing is completely different.
They are completely different but there's no reason to see one as superior to the other. One could be a really bad governor or a really inspiring speaker. Again, it depends on how the person leads. If the governor can't speak well and we need her to be able to do so, then her ability to govern doesn't make up for that fact. If the speaker can't govern well, then the fact that she can give great speeches doesn't make up for that fact, either. I think we deserve to have representatives who can do a great job at both.
I just feel that way too may people have bought into the messianic depiction of Obama when he hasn't done a thing yet.
Well, plenty of folks felt that way about Bush so I'm not surprised that there are lots of folks who feel this way about Obama.
By the way, Joe Biden might be the biggest moron on the planet.
If you have a great deal of admiration for those who choose to be the parents of children with disabilities, then it might be a good idea to consider what many of them have had to say about using terms like "moron".
Eric,
There are millions of dumpy, overweight American women who absolutely despise Sarah, solely based upon her looks.
Prove it.
Anonymous, did Obama really graduate from Harvard? How can we know for sure? We've never seen his transcripts, nor his Graduate Thesis.
Judging from the birth certificate conspiracy theorists, I doubt it would make any difference if he did show you his transcripts.
Could've been another case of affirmative action supporting professors, just passing him cause of his ethnicity.
Do you have any proof that this has occurred at the universities he attended?
How do you know Bint, that he's "creme de la creme"?
Because, unlike you, I actually study the candidates who want to represent the country I live in.
Where's it at?
Ask Elvis.
Eric,
I think you are right. I don't believe this "2%" or "3%" was anything but fraud. Look at ACORN - and look how crooked the Democratic Party is. They're organized crime.
Obama didn't win the true American vote by majority. I don't believe it either. Not with as much crookedness there is - and the caliber - yes caliber - people that support him. I saw a tape of some of the people who voted numerous times admitting it. Low. Really low.
Yes, it's absolutely true that ugly women resent Governor Palin. Especially bitter mean leftist ugly women.
Sure, Eric and Grace, keep living in denyal.
Could democrats prove there was a fraud in the 2000 election?
NO. Most of them (except the michael-moore-like ones) sucked it up and resigned to their new President.
Can you prove there was an electoral fraud in this elections?
NO. Suck it up and stop crying.
Eric,
You are so right! People need to remember that John McCain, who was the top of the ticket, ran a lame campaign and was too old and "creepy" for many voters.
I know people who told me they voted for Obama because McCain didn't know how many houses he had or seemed confused about the issues. Let's face it, he just didn't match up well against Obama.
Sarah has a great future ahead (even Chris Matthews said so on Hardball's 1/29/09 show plus Rush Limbaugh & Michael Steele thinks she rocks!). Sarah is not the dumb caricature the media has portrayed. That is why she has been invited to the elite Alfafa club meeting tonight in Washington D.C. with the major players.
Hector, there was MASSIVE FRAUD in the 2000 election. By some studies at least 500,000 illegal Mexicans voted in the California for the Democrats.
In Florida, the Democrats kept Military absentte ballots from being counted. And recall, CBS deliberately called Florida at 7 pm eastern time, to depress Republican voters in the GOP strongholds of Western Florida; Ft. Walton Beach and Pensacola.
Then there was St. Louis. Despite a Court order telling them not to do it, Precinct Captains in heavily Black Precincts kept polling places open til 11:30 pm, way past the 7 pm deadline, which was in affect in White suburban areas.
In places like East St. Louis, Illinois, and New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Gore votes just miracuously appeared, long after the polls had closed.
I'll leave you with this thought. If Al Gore had won, it would have been the first time in US History, that a US President was elected WITHOUT WINNING HIS HOME STATE!!! (Tennessee rejected their favorite son.)
Hector, I've seen it with my own two eyes, how Mexicans vote in American elections. Witnessed it my own damned self, in Calexico and El Centro RIGHT ON THE CALIFORNIA BORDER WITH MEXICO!!!
You should see the line of Mexicans from Mexicali waiting to get into Cali every day: Like 300 people long.
On election day, the Dems simply set up a table right out side the Border Insepection station, in a little concrete patio area, register them, and then let them sign the voter card, with the Dem blocks already filled out for them. And then they gather them all up, and take them to the polling place.
It's sickening. And the friggin' Republicans there are so goddmaned wimpy that they don't even challenge them.
Plus most of the GOPers down in southern Cal, don't speak Spanish, so they have no idea what's going on right under their noses.
I could tell you stories about California elections on the Border, and how the Dems steal hundreds of thousands of votes each election cycle that would make your head spin.
I've petitioned all over Calexico, El Centro, Indio, El Cajon, San Diego County, La Quinta, Yucca Valley, San Bernadino, you name it. I know Southern Cal like the back of my hand. And I know PRECISELY how the Democrats commit massive voter fraud in that State.
But alas, Republicans are too afraid to say anything about it for fear of pissing off the Mexican vote, and making the situation worse, and Libertarians don't give a flying fuck about the issue of Voter Fraud.
So, the Democrats, keep going on and on each election cycle with their Voter fraud in Southern Cal completely unchallenged.
I love this blog! Thanks Eric.
It's so cool that vote fraud was brought up but the obvious was ignored. The partisanship here reeks.
Have you ever heard of Diebold? How about Ken Blackwell?
I'm only going to provide this link - http://www.blackboxvoting.org/. I have a feeling the response will be that the demoRATS are evil mafia dons that stole the election.
Sure, I come from Chicago and understand how party politics operate. If you think the Republicans are somehow cleaner, you are smoking too much.
Of course this is a partisan site so I shouldn't expect much more.
Héctor,
these are the same folks who blame everyone else for what goes wrong in their life. It's not much of a surprise that they can't bring themselves to admit that their favorite politicians are responsible for the fact that they loss.
They need to believe that the only reason why a woman wouldn't support Sarah Palin is because they are jealous of her mediocrity. I thought about pointing out the fact that I'm even thinner and younger than Palin but throwing a monkey wrench like that into their theory would probably just make them whine more about how mean I am. ;)
"I'm even thinner and younger than Palin "
So was my last bowel movement. You rank just below it terms of appearance and intellect.
cchoad,
So was my last bowel movement. You rank just below it terms of appearance and intellect.
cchoad=coprophiliac
By the way, when are you going to post a picture of yourself so that we can all see your stunning good looks? *snicker*
Eric,
I agree with you: the USA desperately needs new ways to have a safer fraud-proof election. You might want to take a leaf out of Mexico's book (IFE).
Are you sure those mexicans in Mexicali are non-US citizens?
Do you really think Democrats need to go through all that trouble in a state that they almost own (except for the 'guverrnor')?
And I don't see any way we win in 2012 without her.
And I don't see the Rs winning with her.
Sarah Palin is not a libertarian-conservative, Eric.
To add to that list, she flew to DC this weekend and palled around with the Craven Criminals on Capitol Hill to get her share of the "stimulus" pie, and whined how "unfair" the "shovel-ready" mandates are for the colder states.
Projecting libertarian ideals onto Palin is as bad a the libertarians who projected their ideals onto Obama (and then voted for the statist asshole).
That dog won't hunt.
You need to start shilling for Sanford-Flake if you want fiscal conservatives, or Sanford-Johnson if you want a libertarian-conservative ticket.
(Where is Stefan?)
Eric,
How can you persist in this delusion that Sarah Palin is a libertarian of any kind ?
Where was she on the TARP bailout ?
Nowhere. She was given numerous opportunities throughout the campaign to speak out against a tremendous act of generational theft and not only did she do nothing, she went along with John McCain's endorsement of the crap sandwich bailout.
Where is she on Obama's stimul-pork ?
As Rae noted, she spent the weekend in Washington trying to convince Senate Republicans to vote for it so that she can get even more Federal money for Alaska.
A sharp contrast, I might note, to Mark Sanford who has been a clear, consistent, strident voice against the bailouts from the beginning.
Palin may look good in an evening gown, but she's no libertarian, and on the two biggest tests for Republicans so far, she's come out on the wrong side.
Fail.
Héctor,
Are you sure those mexicans in Mexicali are non-US citizens?
Que?!! You mean people can be citizens of both Mexico AND the United States of America? When did this happen? ZMOG!!
You must be lying! I don't know ANYONE who lives in Mexico but also has citizenship in the USA! Do you know anyone like that, Héctor?
Sarah Palin attended two meetings of the Libertarian Party of Alaska in 2005/06. That to me MORE THAN QUALIFIES one for the "libertarian" label, particularly when SHE WAS SLAMMED!!!! FOR BEING A LIBERTARIAN.
Nuff said.
Hey Rae, explain to me please how Mark Sanford is going to attract a crowd of 70,000+ to a campaign rally as Sarah Palin did in Ocala, Florida Sept. 23, 2008?
I'm all ears.
If you can't come up with an explanation for how he can do that, than you might as well, stop pushing him for President.
I'd be all in favor of Sanford. Just don't think he has the Pizzaz.
Have we not learned anything from "Mr. Cool" Barack Hip Hopper Obama's" election?
America just doesn't want Policy wonks, even if they're right on the issues.
Now, some other Celebrity Republican besides Palin? Hey, I'm all for it.
Bruce Willis, Lynn Swann, Ted Nugent, Meg Whittman, et.al.
For 2012, it' either a Celebrity Republican, or we lose, and probably lose big.
It's hilarious to me that all the inside the GOP Palin critics, never have an answer when confronted with her Celebrity.
They just go silent. All they want to talk about are issues. You'll never catch them talk about stuff like "electability," or celebrity, or physical attractiveness.
Nope, all they can revert to is attacking Palin on issues.
Hey Rae, Others, Issues are important, but so is Celebrity, Excitement, Inspiration, even Sexiness.
Rae, you hate Palin, that's clear.
How about an alternative then?
Michelle Bachman of Minnesota?
Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee?
If not Palin, than someone EXACTLY LIKE HER!!!
Good looking, fun, exciting, and able to inspire the Republican masses.
I'd be just as excited with Bachman or Blackburn. It's gotta be a Sexy, Exciting, Attractive GOPer in 2012 or we LOSE BIG!!
Hasn't Obama's election taught us ANYTHING??? Are you that deaf to the realities of American politics 2009?
Eric,
They just go silent. All they want to talk about are issues.
Which is it? Do they go silent or do they talk about the issues?
By the way, even if some people are so shallow as to be more concerned about a politician's looks than they are with the politician's views on the issues, does that mean the rest of us should just join in? Shouldn't we be even more concerned about where the politicians stand if so many people aren't paying attention to this?
Go Eric! I with ya Dude! You are right on! Deals are made all over this Country, on "personal connection," for whatever reason,..and it's not always policy!
Example: I am a fan of Sarah Palin because I think she's trustworthy. I disagree with almost all of her social conservative views, but I like her because of her personality, I think she's honest, down-to-earth and has the people's best interest at heart, regardless of her policies.
(Plus she has real class -- not the fake kind.)
Eric,
Who cares how many social conservative, Darwin-doubting, bottom-feeders attended Sarah's rallies.
She's not a libertarian.
She supported TARP.
And she wants to take my fucking money back to Alaska.
To hell with her
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