Sarah Palin may be our next candidate, or not. We won’t know for another couple of years.

But she isn’t the only person who can bring back the party.

It’s just the opposite. They view the idea of Sarah Palin at the top of the GOP ticket in 2012 as almost too much to wish for and they are right to feel that way. I know that the implications of that aren’t popular on Redstate and I’m sure that if there are any replies to this post at all, they will be hostile, but it doesn’t change the truth.

-exits

and make her views concrete and plain in all the correct fora.

That’s how she won in Alaska, from what parts of her debate with her Democrat and Republican opponents I have seen. Couric and Gibson and SNL (if they are still around) can ride the pine with the rest of them next time!

I also saw her State of the State address this year. It was concise and no-nonsense. She addressed Alaskan issues –and her administration’s solutions– in a way that someone who had never been to Alaska could understand.

If she makes the most sense as potential President, put her on the top of the ticket. If she makes the most sense as VP put her in the second spot on the ticket.

The process of nomination is good, and I think she is capable of handling that entire process. There will be plenty of consequences to Obama’s actions (read: failures) to illustrate in the next few years. Every last one of them should be indefensible, and the Republican party should blast them relentlessly. I have no doubt Governor Palin will be up to the task.

lies elsewhere. I am currently investing the next for years of my life into another candidate. I will support her if she gets the nomination. My the best candidate win.

ClarkKent, didn’t have a chance to get my two cents worth in on your previous diary re: Palin, actually I was too cowardly. But, I did not believe that you said anything that was over the top or out of line. Sarah came to the Tidewater area, Va. and that crowd here was a fired up base-the numbers were not because of McCain. Many low key conservatives and Republicans came alive when Sarah joined the ticket.

To me, she represented core beliefs of what I see as the backbone of the country. We were obviously desperate to hear something that her message had to offer. Regardless of who our 2012 candidate is, and I hope that we will have a robust party with strong choices, she earned my respect to have even attempted to help the party and put up with the incredible abuse that was heaped on her and her family.

I’ve pointed out before that worrying about 2012 now is a waste of time. I’ve also stated before, as EPU is pointing out here, that there are several possibilities. Stop worrying about 2012 and worry about the here and now. If you take care of now, you take care of the future at the same time because the right leader will emerge when the time comes, if we do what we should be doing right now.

We got hung up on Romney, McCain, and some others during the primaries for ’08 because of the media. Let’s not make the same mistakes again, okay? If the media is focusing on Palin, they’re doing that so we stayed focused on Palin, positive or negative. They don’t care which as long as we’re not paying attention to the here and now.

If they (the left) have their way, we won’t even have elections after Obama, considering how they’re erasing the Constitution step by step.

We saw this same sort of worshipful blathering by proponents of RonPaul(tm) (and look how seriously we took THEM!) and some (not all) Thompson supporters. People, in short, who, if they DID understand their candidate’s histories and positions, couldn’t be bothered put them into anything much more convincing than “Dr. Paul is Teh Awsum! If you don’t like it, screw U!”

How are your last three diaries on Palin any different, Clark Kent? “The left doesn’t like her, so she’s great. She’s awesome. She’s the Palinator. Deal!”

I like Palin, as I said before. But I’m not going to go along with this whack-job, unfounded idea that she’s the “only one” who can bring us back. The evidence simply isn’t there to support the thesis.

You say it is? Excellent. PROVE IT.

She’s one of a number of possible hopes. Some of us think that she will be our best hope. Others think Jindal will be our best hope. Some others think the best hope will be Mark Sanford. Many are waiting to see how it all shakes out before they decide who the best hope will be.

The problem is that you are making statements about Gov. Palin which are outrageous and indefensible. As a staunch Palin supporter, I believe that you are hurting her furture national political prospects more than you are helping them. You are doing exactly what I would expect a “Palin moby” to do – pretending to be a starry-eye Sarah worshipper and making it seem that all Palin supporters are whack jobs.

Please stop it! If you can’t make a reasoned argument for Gov. Palin without sounding like you’re divorced from reality, for Pete’s sake find some other use for your time. Collect stamps, build model airplanes, take up fly fishing – anything but posting the nonsense you have been posting on this site.

Serious Sarah Palin supporters would appreciate it.

- JP

Accusing us of not being conservatives or implying that we would prefer the “right wing establishment” is to ignore about 90% of the diaries and front page articles that are published here daily.

If you can’t stand any amount of criticism for your opinions on Governor Palin, then why don’t you write about something else? Your diaries about conservatism were excellent and you will notice that you got lots of recommends for them. The fact that you aren’t getting them for these diaries on Gov. Palin should tell you that something is not right with them. It’s your worshipful attitude in time when we are so critical of the left for doing this same thing. Once again, we are not the left who base their views on their feelings. We base our views on reason and intellect.

If Gov. Palin’s political acumen bears fruit in the next three years, well and good. If not, then there are others, perhaps not even identified or known yet, who can rise to apply for the job.

btw, do Alaska, Utah, North Dakota, and South Dakota even have the population of Brooklyn?

If you want my real opinion of your diary, make some edits and stop bashing my friends here.

The kind of stuff that comes from people that are very young (or potentially 30′s/40′s but here-to-fore been asleep at the switch) and just had their first awake, aware, alert, Election Cycle…. Many have already said, these folks often fall into Cult Of Personality attraction to some candidate – which seems to be the obvious case here – rather than deep values/convictions that they then seek out, in any/every Election cycle, who best “fits” those values/principles. These types of Voters/Supporters are NOT reliable in the long run, because if their Anointed One doesn’t rise to immediate Power (Perot awoke many from a slumber, and when self-destructed many of) those folks go back to sleep rather than look for others that espoused the values that the particular “Person” got through to them about.

I like Sarah, have always said so…. though I will support any Candidate that has the right Values/Principles!

If Sarah Palin can make a difference in Alaska in the next 3 years, then you have my support.

But first, you need to help Sarah in reuniting with her fellow Republicans in Alaska and make a good case for Alaska in terms of economy.

If Sarah’s leadership/governance in Alaska becomes successful, then the rest of the conservatives will rally with her come 2012.

Question: are you expecting to receive coherent answers in your diary, or do you just like the fireworks? Is there a purpose to this diary, or are you writing it “just because”?

Let me tell you, from where I’m standing, you’ve written 3 diaries with absolutely no links, facts, or anything apart from your opinion and emotions concerning the Gov., and libeled anyone with a contrary opinion as an “establishment Republican”, a “Romney supporter” (???), afraid, and insinuated that they are not “true conservatives”, whatever that means. When people comment to leave you constructive criticism, you respond by saying, in effect, “It’s not me that’s the problem, it’s you!”, and lumping Redstaters together as one homogeneous (and apparently unenlightened) mass. And you wonder why you’re getting so many negative responses.

I’m going to say this right now: I have yet to see an “establishment Republican” post on any of your three threads, and precious few Romney supporters have posted on this thread. Most of the criticisms of your posts have been courteous, and have expressed why they think that your diaries have been deficient. In fact, most of the commentators are Palin supporters! So in the spirit of camaraderie, I suggest the following:

1) Please, be more courteous, and keep your blog posts positive. If you don’t have anything good to say about Redstaters, then don’t say anything at all!

2) Don’t make your next blog post about Sarah Palin. At this point, even if it was the most informative, logical, and persuasive post about her anyone’s ever read, tensions are high, and it’s not the right time.

3) On the flip side of that coin, please write a blog post at some point detailing specific reasons why you support Sarah Palin, using facts and sources. I guarantee you, if it’s factual and well-researched, it will be received positively, if not enthusiastically, by most.

If you do those things, I’m certain that your credibility with the Redstate community will improve.

What you’re doing right now isn’t working. When even Gov. Palin’s most ardent supporters *cough*Josh Painter*cough* think that you’re loopy, it might behoove you to reassess your writing strategy. Certainly, you can write things that the Redstate community is receptive to; your highly recommended diaries on conservatism attest to that. So please, don’t make the mistake of believing that you are better than the rest of the Redstate community, and that everyone who disagrees with you either “doesn’t get it”, or is otherwise evil/stupid. That’s a tactic used by the left that you don’t want to incorporate into your own argumentation.

Listen to some very sage advice….STOP THIS! There are plenty of Sarah Palin lovers on this site but YOU make US look STUID with your INANE diaries! You are NOT benefiting her so again STOP THIS!

If you find you have nothing else to diary about sit on your hands and watch TV because you have lost total self control. I chose not to say anything on your diary the other day BUT at some point even those of us who gave IMMENSE support to McCain after her choice have to step in and tell you GET SOME HELP! 2012 is so far away and you are blowing energy on Palin when you should be diverting it to the 2010 elections…..If we take back the House with a large majority WE STOP The Imitation Christ in his TRACKS! get focused because it is apparent your priorities are a tad askew.

for Sarah Palin’s defense fund if one gets started plus he will advertise it! Now that is someone who thinks Sarah is great as welll w/o going off the deep end!

We’ve got the 2010 elections to worry about first. We’ll have plenty of time to talk about 2012 starting Wednesday, November 3, 2010.

it would fine if he’d cut down to just 1 a week, rather than daily.