Dare I say it? Palin reminds me of Reagan in one critical respect: she thinks and acts like most Americans do or would like to, and she does it with a smile on her face. She’s the ultimate “one of us.”
Whereas Hillary Clinton is a nagging harpy, Barack Obama is a sexually-suspect creature from another planet, and Joe Biden is a dirty old man.
The thing about people who come in promising “change” from the left/progressive side, is that they always seem to be something totally different from what most Americans really want deep-down, which is simply to get their work done, take care of their kids, be left in peace, and feel good about themselves at the end of a long, hard day.
The fantasy that this country should become a technocratic paradise for eggheads with advanced degrees and no robust experience of ordinary life appeals primarily to young people. And they mostly grow out of it.
The “change” America wants isn’t a brave new world. It’s a return to an older world, with all the modern conveniences. Sarah Palin is not ready to be President of the United States (yet). But along with her attractive family, she certainly sets the pattern for an eventual renascence of a genial, confident and self-reliant Conservatism.
And the biggest surprise for some people will be that the Democrats don’t have a monopoly on youth. Or women.
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I thought the same thing,
NickLevi86 (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:28AM EST (link)but hesitated to say it. We still need to get past Reagan himself. She is in Regan’s image, but no one but Regan could be Reagan.
I’m voting for the next Sarah Palin/Bobby Jindal.
“Any love letter is incomplete without a Ronald Reagan quote”
–my sophomore year roommate
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I thought the same thing,
NickLevi86 (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:28AM EST (link)but hesitated to say it. We still need to get past Reagan himself. She is in Regan’s image, but no one but Regan could be Reagan.
I’m voting for the next Sarah Palin/Bobby Jindal.
“Any love letter is incomplete without a Ronald Reagan quote”
–my sophomore year roommate
www.robbinsblog.wordpress.com
Yes, she can be another Reagan if given a chance.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:30AM EST (link)For the mean time, she call learn best as a VP to McCain.
One of US
Redbirdfan (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:32AM EST (link)What a fantastic idea for a campaign commercial. Show her doing regular everyday things and then show some of the nasty comments the liberals including Obama’s campaign have said about her. I’d play it non-stop in Michigan, Oregon, Ohio and Penn.
Nail On The Head
neoeconomist Saturday, August 30th at 10:45AM EST (link)You nailed it here:
But you mess up the landing here:
Reagan had spent 15 years learning how to organize and govern before his first run at Pres. and I’m supposed to get excited about a gal who’s admitted she doesn’t know what the VP does?
Mitt was everything we needed and we sold him out for a skirt.
All you Romneybots really should settle down.
NickLevi86 (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:49AM EST (link)The Vice Presidents don’t even know what Vice Presidents do. It varies on each administration.
“Any love letter is incomplete without a Ronald Reagan quote”
–my sophomore year roommate
www.robbinsblog.wordpress.com
Cut the "skirt" talk!
Crowe (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:51AM EST (link)Misogyny is alive and well I see.
Mitt would not have energized the base like Palin has — ON HER CONSERVATIVE MERITS. The fact that she is a woman truly is an added benefit, but it’s hardly the main reason she was chosen.
Sheesh.
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”In Vino Veritas
xuyi Saturday, August 30th at 10:52AM EST (link)Drunk with Obamania a day after his speech, Democrats have stopped pretending that they care about small town America.
So being a small town mayor isn’t relevant experience? Maybe we small town people have something else to be bitter about. How about a condescending Beltway elite that doesn’t take us seriously?
Sarah Palin was never going to convince the MoDo Hillaryites to vote McCain. But the instant dismissal of her competence tells real working mothers in the rest of America that the Democratic party has no interest in their empowerment.
Are these people really republicans?
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:53AM EST (link)Wow, they’re speaking like the Obamanots against Hillary on the other Party.
Good catch
Jason Gillman (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:55AM EST (link)I had missed that angle. Thanks for the meat.
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Crowe (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:56AM EST (link)nt
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”His first comment is to bash Palin
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:56AM EST (link)I’m guessing he’s not a real Rombot, but is just a moby.
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Exactly... COUNTY/CITY LEADERSHIP = "TOUCH-BASED" MANAGEMENT.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 10:59AM EST (link)Real Leadership is best experienced at the county and city level!
Well
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 11:09AM EST (link)You, RS Moderators, will have a hard time in watching the RED STATE… there are so many trolls, mobies, and other hybrids these days. Not my kind of fun! LOL!
On the other hand, it only means that RS is getting more and more popular each day, even to the far left. It’s like the “last frontier” for the leftist bloggers. LOL!
Congrats, RS!
The Left
RJD (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 11:34AM EST (link)believes they are better and above the rest of us. That is their mindset.
They are the parents, caregivers, lords over their “children.”
I’ll give most of ‘em the benefit of the doubt and assume they don’t start out lusting for power, but power is the only way they can accomplish their “lofty” goals.
5!
Brian Simpson (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 2:02PM EST (link)We’d be better off governed by city council members. At least they have to stick to a budget.
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Agree! Sticking to (or further cutting down) the Budget is what Palin does best!
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, August 30th at 2:07PM EST (link)If only the Fed copies the efficiency of the city council! That will be perfect for the overall economy.
Dead On Accurate
Jaden Saturday, August 30th at 9:28PM EST (link)That post was a great piece of wordsmithing. I was nodding my head all the way through, you nailed it.
She's no Reagan....yet
SATA_Interface Monday, September 1st at 4:04AM EST (link)Palin/Jindal 2012/2016!