Comments on: Libertarians and Conservatives should rally around Nikki Haley

By: zachpippin

zachpippin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:16:17 +0000

New contest for Nikki Haley for governor announced via video! youtube.com/watch?v=W61YlPT9CWQ

By: madison57

madison57 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:09:41 +0000

Wouldn’t it be useful if a political group that was committed to our founding principles relied on guidelines provided by our founder–with candidates coming from this comitment to the founding legacy?

The first half of Federalist 57, I believe, offers sage advice for a political group
seeking to revitalize our founding legacy. — which I think did not intend to put
knowledge about cost above knowledge of value.

Am not sure Libertarians are a political party — seems to me more like a political, well let’s say, club — with members having to swear an oath???

The opening sentence of No. 57 (attributed to Madison) warns us about those seeking the “ambitious sacrifice of the many to the aggrandizement of the few.”

My sense is that liberals are motivated by aggrandizement, not smagnanimity. And as the left appareently is interested in intrusive government, I would suggest they go back to the days of Tudor England, when a despotic king directed the daily lives of his subjectsd. How about
seeing liberals as authoritarians, not socialists??

By: Socrates

Socrates — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:18:58 +0000

I think we may see that Sarah Palin was Nikki Haley v1.

I’m still a Sarah fan, and Nikki has not been through the national wringer yet. But put through it she will be. I think growing up Indian in South Carolina prepared her very well for the path she has before her.

I was actually hoping she was something other than a Christian, so that she could stand up and say “These are my values. They come from my faith and my American upbringing. Like them? Vote for me.”

By: mycountry

mycountry — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:03:26 +0000

Nikki Haley would be great for the Country and I’m all for a Libertarian/ Conservative Party, but we don’t have the balls to stand up to the main stream Communist Press that will spin and lie her to the American Public!

By: willik

willik — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:04:33 +0000

There aren’t two of her: One for governor and one to replace Lindsey Graham.

C’mon SC, I am sure you have more like her there.

Willik

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:40:17 +0000

Eventually.

By: redtillimdead

redtillimdead — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:14:41 +0000

I was soo POd when I found out she’d be there and I couldn’t go! She is my favorite person that was there. Does anyone have any video ?

By: Xasteius

Xasteius — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:29:52 +0000

By: Socrates

Socrates — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:17:33 +0000

I’m not sure about the next level yet (which is why it’s the next level).

By: Socrates

Socrates — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:14:57 +0000

Totally impressed. She’s very real. She answered my very personal questions gracefully and without ever once drifting into fill-words. I was the one to end the conversation, as she was actually pursuing me.

By: Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:44:26 +0000

She’d be on the national stage as a player.

By: jchild314

jchild314 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:40:27 +0000

She has a good record in the Legislature but needs a few years to ‘run’ a state before trying to leap to the national stage…..

By: GremlinJones

GremlinJones — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:34:25 +0000

That’s pretty weak – it looked like he blinked? I think this injects sexuality into the discussion in a wholly inappropriate time.

By: GremlinJones

GremlinJones — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:30:53 +0000

I think Haley is EXACTLY what we need, from what I’ve seen. Thanks for the article.

By: Xasteius

Xasteius — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:20:10 +0000

checking her out at the debate like he did Palin (I think the poster is a Redstate member)? Classy guy, that Joe.

By: SoFiMil

SoFiMil — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:06:45 +0000

By: SirGladiator

SirGladiator — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:58:07 +0000

She definitely seems to be the right choice for Governor of South Carolina!

By: aesthete

aesthete — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:51:34 +0000

Thanks for posting, Erick. Though I generally defer to locals when talking about local pols, from what I’ve seen and heard, she seems like a great candidate for Governor in S. Carolina. The fact that she’s proven willing to engage Redstate is great, too. I, for one, wish her the best.

By: Hewhoone

Hewhoone — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:39:48 +0000

When asked if America is ready for a woman as president I always say that Margaret Thatcher would have been elected here years ago. All it will take is a brilliant, conservative woman that can put the good ole boys in their place when needed. Now that I’ve met Ms. Haley I can honestly say that she fits the bill.

By: mitrebox

mitrebox — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:32:04 +0000

At the wrap-up I asked tounge-in-cheek “Are you married to your soul-mate, did you meet by e-mail?”.

Instead of shrinking away and reciting some rehearsed talking, Mrs Haley replied “Yes I married my soul-mate, no we didn’t use e-harmony.”

She then went on to calmly address the Sanford situation…I was actually impressed with how collected she was compared to how most politicians respond to my AndyLevying.

However she did ingnore my last statement “So if you were Govoner and I was an Argentinian man…” Well played Mrs Haley.